Peavey Ultra 120

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Ricky Littleton
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Peavey Ultra 120

Post by Ricky Littleton »

A customer brought in an Ultra 120 tube amp for repair the other day. After completing the job, I decided to "test drive" it with my Emmons. I must say I was reasonably pleased. The sound was excellent, and I did manage to get a good tone after some fiddling around with the EQ. I love the "tube" sound anyway, but think insofar as modern tube amps go, the Ultra is a good "fit" for steel. At least for my tone and style.

Just an observation and I'm interested in anyones experiences with this amp.

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Post by Mike Brown »

Hey Ricky, do you mind sharing what control settings that worked for you?
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Post by Ricky Littleton »

Mike:

Just quick settings. Would like to spend more time with it. Here's where I got to with it:

Voicing: edge 3o'clock body 12noon Bottom 4oclock

EQ: HI 2o'clock MID 12o'clock LO 4o'clock

I set the reverb at 3-4 o'clock, and sometimes wide open since that was the problem I serviced.

Settings need some "tweaking", but like I said, I was fairly happy.

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Emmons LeGrande - 8x4
Session 400 Ltd
Alesis Microverb
Dan-Echo, E-Bow