Peavey VTM60. What was I thinking?

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While I prefer my Bogners, I have a VTM 120 and for the 450 I payed for it, I feel it was the best bang for the buck.
 
easstudios said:
I like your story better, theres also some rumours online about a band called Keel having a Jose modded amp and sending that to Peavey as the basis for the VTM.

Hard to know for sure but there’s more than a small bit of Jose/Marshall influence on the circuit.

Joe Barresi seems to be a big fan, he posts it a lot and I’m pretty sure it may have made some Tool recordings (they mention some old Peavey head),

Cool website here showing what each of the dipswitches do: https://www.ampbooks.com/mobile/classic-circuits/peavey/
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It was Brian Jay of Keel’s Jose modded Marshall they copied. I guess they were up for a Peavey endorsement but Peavey didn’t have any amps the guitarists wanted to actually use.
 
paulyc said:
It was Brian Jay of Keel’s Jose modded Marshall they copied. I guess they were up for a Peavey endorsement but Peavey didn’t have any amps the guitarists wanted to actually use.
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I wonder if EVH and the 5150 had anything to do with it too. James Brown made it sound like he originally expected Ed to want something based of a Jose and then it never arrived and they went in a different direction. Guessing if EVH is on board to promote your amps then that’s going to be your main focus over anything else.

I think the VTM ceased production when the 5150 came?
 
easstudios said:
I wonder if EVH and the 5150 had anything to do with it too. James Brown made it sound like he originally expected Ed to want something based of a Jose and then it never arrived and they went in a different direction. Guessing if EVH is on board to promote your amps then that’s going to be your main focus over anything else.

I think the VTM ceased production when the 5150 came?
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The first amp they gave Ed to try was a VTM 120, but he didn’t bite. He had moved on to the SLO and was looking for something in that vein.
 
I have a VTM60 I'll probably never sell; thing hangs with any $$$$ amp I've ever owned or played tbh
 
I had a VTM-60 that I bought for $200 back in the mid 2000's. Great amp, ugly as hell, sounds very Marshally IMO.

You know Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger album was supposedly recorded with a VTM-120.
 
anomaly said:
I had a VTM-60 that I bought for $200 back in the mid 2000's. Great amp, ugly as hell, sounds very Marshally IMO.

You know Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger album was supposedly recorded with a VTM-120.
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You can un ugly them with a 5150 headshell swap.
 
One more VTM video because why not. Figured I'd go more high gain with it, this is with both gain switches engaged. It still has a slightly different character to the others but it does a cool "modded high gain Marshall" thing.

 
Racerxrated said:
I've got a Classic 60/60 on the way this week. Got a preamp I want to run with it; my HH is great for a WDW but not the best with the pre.
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I'm sure its the one I was gonna buy of reverb!!!
 
easstudios said:
One more VTM video because why not. Figured I'd go more high gain with it, this is with both gain switches engaged. It still has a slightly different character to the others but it does a cool "modded high gain Marshall" thing.

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The one thing I noticed, when I had my 60 was the 2204 felt more 'immediate' and 'present' vs the VTM. Small differences but noticeable.
 
Racerxrated said:
The one thing I noticed, when I had my 60 was the 2204 felt more 'immediate' and 'present' vs the VTM. Small differences but noticeable.
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definitely feel like the VTM let’s a bit more low end through the gain stages, it can be a bit prone to sounding overly thick/farty in the low mids. 2204 definitely has more upper mid squish and aggression.
 
easstudios said:
One more VTM video because why not. Figured I'd go more high gain with it, this is with both gain switches engaged. It still has a slightly different character to the others but it does a cool "modded high gain Marshall" thing.

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Pretty damn close. Thanks for doing that and posting it. :yes:
 
Devin said:
I have a VTM60 I'll probably never sell; thing hangs with any $$$$ amp I've ever owned or played tbh
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100% my experience as well.
Since I doubt Peavey will ever reissue the VTM, I wish they would at least do a VTM Synergy module. It wouldn't need the two High dip switches since the affect the presence, but everything else could be on there. Sure there's a good amount of overlap with the BE DLX and maybe a few others, but I'd sure buy one.
 
I find it just makes the amp sound and feel better. Marshall stopped chokes in the 900 series amps, it's really a cost cutting measure. Maybe one of the amp/electronic savvy guys can chime in about exactly what it does. The 5150 doesn't have one either, but its a common mod to do to them.
 
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