I hate amplifiers, and I hate music stores.

[Joe Nerve]

I usually rant over at that other place - but I may as well start doing it here too. It'll take longer for everyone to get sick of me like that.

I think I have (have had) the greatest combo amp on the planet. A 25 year old Peavey TNT 130 with a black widow speaker. The thing has been giving me trouble for about a year now though, and I think it's finally had it's last day. In desperation, with very little money to spend, I went in search this evening for new combo. Nothing, absolutely nothing compares to my Peavey. Not even the newer Peaveys with more wattage. Everything distorts, and nothing can handle a B-string the way I dig in. I plugged into lots of amps and they let me go wild cranking the Bongo I plugged in. My sad realization.... if I plan to clearly hear and feel the bass the way I want, my combo days are done. I'm going to have to drop about $1500 and carry really heavy crap around for the rest of my gigging days. I DON'T WANNA DO THAT!!!! I DON'T HAVE $1,500 TO DROP RIGHT NOW! I WANT MY LOUD OLD PEAVEY BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's worse is I had to go and say, let me plug that 5 string stingray in. Never owned one of them. I couldn't freakin put it down. With everything I love about the Bongo, the Stingray definitely has something different going on. GAS AGAIN! Now I NEED an amp, and I'm THINKING I need a Stingray.

Somebody please stroke my hair and tell me everything's gonna be OK.

P.S. They had a radiance red bongo there (NJ guitar and bass) and that color kicks butt. Headstock was black though. Never saw that before. I thought they all matched? The neck was red. Wussup????

 

[niftydog]

Somebody please stroke my hair and tell me everything's gonna be OK.

I'm sorry, but there is only one cure for GAS, and it's expensive. You're just gonna have to buy that Stingray.

You don't wanna fix the TNT? That's surely the cheap option for those of us with cash flow issues!

Heavy crap? Like there's anything singularly heavier than a bass combo amp!?

 

[bovinehost]

You poor basstard. I am so sorry that your combo gave out...but it is, perhaps, time to move on. Check out the Eden heads. They make Stingrays and Bongos go nuts.

IF you can find a Sunn 1200s (yes, I'm a broken record, but the sumbitch WORKS) on ebay, think about it. I wish you could come over here and hear this monster plugged into two Ampeg cabs.

If you need a Stingray 5, drop me an email. I tortured you long enough on TB about Bongos - I probably owe you a really good deal.

Jack

 

[pattiejay]

or try one of the nemesis or eden silver combos - should handle the low B no probs...

 

[smallequestrian]

Have you taken the Peavey to a Amp repair guy just for him to have a look? My brother has a Peavey guitar amp of a similar vintage, that he was very emotionally attached too, that started to crap out. He took it to an amp tech and it only needed about $100 worth of work to get it going again. It might be worth a shot. Now he is rockin' just like he did in high school, except now he has nicer guitars and less of a mullet.

 

[Splanky]

P.S. They had a radiance red bongo there (NJ guitar and bass) and that color kicks butt. Headstock was black though. Never saw that before. I thought they all matched? The neck was red. Wussup????

The Radiance red was an Ltd Ed. before the Envy greens and BC.
Still avalible at Basscentral (see Basses->Musicman->Anniversary/Ltd edition

They are beautyful and avalible as a SR5. Only with maple though.
Really helping out am i?

/Henrik

 

[bovinehost]

"I'm rockin' the suburbs
just like Michael Jackson did
I'm rockin' the suburbs
except that he was talented
I'm rockin' the suburbs
I take the checks and face the facts
that some producer with computers
fixes all my sh!tty tracks"

- Ben Folds

 

[philthygeezer]

What about the two GS112s route or the Bag End two 1x15s route? Both would be light on your back for about $600 used. You want loud? Add a $600 Yorkville XS800h to that. It's much louder than an Eden WT550. I had trouble getting it to be really bright though. Maybe a GK1001RBII would work...

Either way it's about $1200 I think.

EDIT: Or get a Schroeder and a GK or Yorkville.

 

[JB1]

Like Jack, I'm a bit of a broken record, but have you considered Ashdown?

www.ashdownmusic.com

 

[adouglas]

You don't need to spend $1500 if you shop wisely.

FWIW, my rig (it's a bit different now, but that's another story):

SWR Grand Prix
Presonus compressor
Stewart World 1.2

All used via ebay, plus

Avatar B212

Total cost: About $1000. The heaviest single piece is the Avatar, at about 70 lbs. Probably lighter than your Peavey.

That leaves $500 towards the SR.

But if the Peavey has that certain special something, why not just find a used one? I just hit ebay and typed in "Peavey TNT" and got three 130s and two 160s. If you get a used one and it doesn't have the Black Widow, just cannibalize your current amp.

 

[tkarter]

Joe call Peavey. They will put you onto someone who can fix your Peavey. I know it won't cost anywhere near what you think it would either.

tk

 

[Funky Chicken]

Peavey probably produced about 93,000,000,000,000 of those amps-I'm sure if you look around you can find at least one that was gently used. Try local school systems, pawn shops, local paper, under rocks-seriously, if you'd really be happy with another TNT 130, go find one.

 

[Joe Nerve]

I decided I'm going to bring my amp to a different repair guy. Silly me assumed since the one guy I brought it to 3 times can't fix it, it's unfixable. Even if it costs me a couple of hundred bucks, I get my favorite amp back - for a couple of hundred bucks. From there I'll start saving for a really good head, a really good 15, and really good 2X10 cabinet.

Thanks Jack for the good deal offer on the Stingray, you do know you're only making things worse though don't you. Mommy says I'm not allowed to buy anymore basses until I get an amp, pay my mortgage, maintenance, car insurance, cable tv, internet, electric and student load bills.

 

[Joe Nerve]

Peavey probably produced about 93,000,000,000,000 of those amps-I'm sure if you look around you can find at least one that was gently used. Try local school systems, pawn shops, local paper, under rocks-seriously, if you'd really be happy with another TNT 130, go find one.

The store I was at last night had one. They were asking close to $300 for it which was a joke - it didn't even have the BW speaker. I also kinda sorta already have another in the basement of my brother's house. The weird thing is I honestly believe mine is some kind of freak. All the others I've ever played through (used one in a studio once also) didn't have a black widow, and mine seems like it has 2X the output of them all. Could a speaker make THAT much of a difference? A lot of them also have the same problem as mine. The one in my brother's house does, and I read some stuff on the internet when mine crapped out about the volume fluctuation thing (which is what mine does badly now) being a common problem.

In short. Imma scared to buy another. Too much risk involved.

 

[tkarter]

Hey Joe looky here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/PEAVEY-TNT-130-...ryZ38076QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[adouglas]

Hey Joe looky here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/PEAVEY-TNT-130-GUITAR-AMPLIFIER_W0QQitemZ7349472575QQcategoryZ38076QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I dig the missing knobs!

That might be just the ticket.

 

[tkarter]

My peavey combo is picky about cable ends. I could fix it but haven't since it lets me know when it is time for a new cable.

tk

 

[Joe Nerve]

Just made my first ebay bid ever. Thanks tkarter.

 

[5Stringer]

The Radiance red was an Ltd Ed. before the Envy greens and BC.
Still avalible at Basscentral (see Basses->Musicman->Anniversary/Ltd edition

They are beautyful and avalible as a SR5. Only with maple though.
Really helping out am i?

/Henrik

Actually, all of the Limited Editions have always been available in whatever options we normally have on that instrument. In this case, the StingRay 5 in the LE-1 was available for ordering in maple, rosewood, or even fretless. Like always, it really depends on what the dealers order based on what they think will sell.

Dan McPherson
Music Man Customer Service

 

[mike not fat]

Mommy says I'm not allowed to buy anymore basses until I get an amp, pay my mortgage, maintenance, car insurance, cable tv, internet, electric and student load bills.

You'll have to sell nude photos of you without the Bongo (and of your GF too !).

MNF