Restoring old Peaveyamps

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Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Sun Dec 08, 2013 12:16 pm

restoring old Peavey Standard MarkIII (1979). before:

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cleaning all comonents:
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changing old noisy springreverb to digital Springreverbemulation:
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ready:
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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Sun Dec 08, 2013 12:20 pm

Peavey TNT150 (1989). before:

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after:
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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Sun Dec 08, 2013 12:24 pm

selfmade tnt130 like preamp and poweramp in 19" case.
first build 1991. newest Revision 2012:


Technical Specifications:
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the Beauty in his rack:
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now i search for a cheap 2x12" Peavey Classic Chorus or 2x12" Peavey Classic or Peavey KB300.
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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Mon Dec 16, 2013 2:56 pm

my next project for the next week :) ( can anyone say how old this enclosure is ?
Serialnumber is : 5E-100109 ) :

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old Peavey Enclosure ( full Metall Peavey logo no cheep plastic Peavey-Logo )
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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Mon Dec 16, 2013 4:53 pm

what kind of speaker are original in this old peavey enclosure? we
think that in Moment are not a original speaker are in our enclosure.
in moment there is the following speaker in this enclosure:

Becker
East Durham, N.Y. 12423
Made in U.S.A.
913A15ALU-4

we can't find any information about this 15" speaker.

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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by Enzo » Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:17 pm

No,that is not original.

The 115 cab would have had a speaker with a Peavey part number like 70777046, a 15454B speaker, probably made by Eminence.


My guess is 1975.

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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Tue Dec 17, 2013 7:16 am

then i will put one of my old EVM15L in this Enclosure :D .
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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:23 am

Ready... :)

Speaker is now a EVM15L:

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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:33 pm

for the reason i use the Peavey "Standard Mark III" more with 8 Ohm
Enclosures ( 1x 15" EVM15L or 1x 12" EVM12L ) i change the original
260D powerampmodule ( 130 Watt 4 Ohm ) in the "Standard Mark III"
Amp to the 300CH powerampmodul ( 150 Watt 8 Ohm with DDT-
Compression ):

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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:36 pm

:D My project for this year ( i begin this weekend ):

Peavey 400 Mark IV bass head
Peavey 2x15" Enclosure

one of the TNT150 is sold last weekend :)
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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by higonzilla » Tue Aug 19, 2014 10:40 pm

Nice work. What did you use to paint the cabs? Also, how the heck do I post pics?
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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Wed Aug 20, 2014 5:08 am

damages in the tolex are only paint with normal black color. the tolex are
not paint, only cleaned and refreshed ( http://www.lederbearbeitung.de/glattled ... 50-ml.html ).
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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Sat Aug 23, 2014 6:46 am

1983 Peavey Bass 400 MarkIV ( 400BH Powermodul ):
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cleaned....:


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Re: Restoring old Peaveyamps

Post by gillem » Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:51 pm

1983 ( i think so ) Peavey 215 Enclosure ( equipped with 2
Peavey ( Eminence ) 15" Speaker ).

before:

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