Peavey 5150 combo wet/dry/wet setup

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Peavey 5150 combo wet/dry/wet setup

Post by nicholasyounger18 » Fri Apr 28, 2017 10:25 am

I have a 60 watt 5150 combo that I love more than anything in the world.
I have a mission;
I own an Eventide Pitchfactor that gives me the wonderful chorus effects that
Eddie Van Halen uses. Most evident on For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, Balance, 5150, and OU812.
I need help.
I want to purchase 2 1X12 Peavey cabs and use the 5150 combo in the center as my dry(distorted) signal,
and run the Eventide through the 2 outside cabs.
Please use Barney language with me and tell me if this is duable and if so, what I would need.

Thank you!

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Re: Peavey 5150 combo wet/dry/wet setup

Post by tele twister » Fri Apr 28, 2017 4:41 pm

Welcome nicholasyounger18!

A wet/dry/wet set up is essentially three independent amps. You have one amp.
Barney says, how big is your wallet?
The speaker output voltage on the 5150 Combo, will fry your Eventide, which would be expecting line level.
I think you would need at least a line level box, to reduce the speaker out voltage, then to your Eventide, then left out to a left power amp and speaker, and right out to a right power amp and speaker...

I think :wink:

Maybe there's another way, IDK

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Re: Peavey 5150 combo wet/dry/wet setup

Post by nicholasyounger18 » Fri Apr 28, 2017 5:48 pm

so i would need 2 more combo amps? ok.....what else?

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Re: Peavey 5150 combo wet/dry/wet setup

Post by ScottMarlowe » Fri Apr 28, 2017 7:55 pm

Yeah you could look for something inexpensive like used Bandits or VT Classics or something. Are you looking at feeding the dirt from the preamp of the 5150 into the other amps? I.e. you can split the pre-amp out to go to both wet signal chains and also back into the 5150. Then you're just using the clean channels on the two wet amps. That should work.

Heck you could use monitors or keyboard amps if the 5150 is pre-processing for the second wet channel etc.

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Re: Peavey 5150 combo wet/dry/wet setup

Post by nicholasyounger18 » Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:16 am

yeah, i want the distortion to go to the outer cabs. The issue is the 5150 combo doesn't have a pre amp out. it only has an output for an extra cab.

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Re: Peavey 5150 combo wet/dry/wet setup

Post by ScottMarlowe » Sat Apr 29, 2017 9:24 am

Does it have an efx loop?

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Re: Peavey 5150 combo wet/dry/wet setup

Post by tele twister » Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:15 pm

Scott, it does have a FX loop.

Okay, I think I see what Scott is saying.
Effects Send to a Y splitter.
One Y side back into the Effects Return (dry center)
Other Y side into the Eventide input.
Left signal out to left amp->speaker (wet left)
Right signal out to right amp->speaker (wet right)

One concern I would have;
Could the speaker voltage back up on the Y and damage the Eventide?
Maybe there is a splitter box that would prevent this.

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Re: Peavey 5150 combo wet/dry/wet setup

Post by ScottMarlowe » Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:18 pm

EFX loops are line level, not tied to the speakers so it should be fine.

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Re: Peavey 5150 combo wet/dry/wet setup

Post by tele twister » Sat Apr 29, 2017 1:40 pm

ScottMarlowe wrote:EFX loops are line level, not tied to the speakers so it should be fine.
That's right, the signal is still at a (safe) line level at that point, speaker voltage (harmful) is at the other end of the 5150s power amp. (Senior moment :lol: )

OP, I think two identical (112) combos, one for Left, one for Right, would be the ideal.

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