Amp360
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I found this amp at a Guitar Center. It was marked as being a modified Peavey Classic. I got it for just over $400 because it had been sitting there for a while and I had a whole bunch of Guitar Center reward points I had been saving.
A little more research and I was told this is a pre-production prototype of a series of amplifiers Peavey made for a very short time. Apparently, they tried to do a custom-order amp line based on the Dumble ODS. They were all hand built by a guy named Tim Jauernig. Later versions of this were sold as the Masterpiece 50.
From what I read you could order an off-the-shelf version or they would build you exactly what you want. Prices started at about $3000 and everything is supposed to be high quality.
I was wondering if anyone has owned one of these or played one. I had a Dumble combo for a while and really liked it, although it wasn't my go-to amplifier. I'm still really good friends with the guy to who I sold mine but he moved to Italy recently, so I can't put them side by side. I'm interested to see how this one stacks up. I'll probably try it through my JCM-900 cab because it has EVs in it and that's what my Dumble had. If it sounds better that way I'll put one in here or maybe the stock one is fine.
I'm friends with Tag and Shad so maybe they can give me their thoughts as well.
Anyway, any info is welcome but I wanted to share this odd piece of Peavey history:
A little more research and I was told this is a pre-production prototype of a series of amplifiers Peavey made for a very short time. Apparently, they tried to do a custom-order amp line based on the Dumble ODS. They were all hand built by a guy named Tim Jauernig. Later versions of this were sold as the Masterpiece 50.
From what I read you could order an off-the-shelf version or they would build you exactly what you want. Prices started at about $3000 and everything is supposed to be high quality.
I was wondering if anyone has owned one of these or played one. I had a Dumble combo for a while and really liked it, although it wasn't my go-to amplifier. I'm still really good friends with the guy to who I sold mine but he moved to Italy recently, so I can't put them side by side. I'm interested to see how this one stacks up. I'll probably try it through my JCM-900 cab because it has EVs in it and that's what my Dumble had. If it sounds better that way I'll put one in here or maybe the stock one is fine.
I'm friends with Tag and Shad so maybe they can give me their thoughts as well.
Anyway, any info is welcome but I wanted to share this odd piece of Peavey history: