SeriesPeavey Vypyr

Got this amp for a portable solution as it only weighs 38 lbs. Seen You Tube clips of people playing Metal and it sounded amazing! Peavey went over the top with this amp as far as their amps (Peavey) they moddeled. Priceless as it has the XXX, JSX, and Krank amps that are no longer made! 6505+ matched perfectly w/ you tube clips of 5150's too! Cons= I don't like the other amps moddled ( Marshall, Bad Cat, Vox AC, ect. Effects are ok but not amazing but adequate. Stompboxes are usefull. USB recording is a great addition!!! Amazing practice amp overall is the point and really does sound like a tube amp in it's sweet spot. Won a lot of awards in 20091

30 watts 4 channels with 3-band EQ, master volume and pre- and post-gain controls 12" custom-voiced loudspeaker 24 amplifier models - Both clean and dirty channels from 12 different amps 11 editable rack effects 11 editable stompbox effects Up to 5 effects SIMULTANEOUSLY Onboard looper On-board chromatic tuner Up to 400 presets with optional Sanpera II footswitch MIDI In/Out Tap tempo switch Studio-quality headphone output Patented TransTube technology in preamp and power amp UTILIZATION The Vypyr is loaded with effects and models, but it is easy to just plug in and play. This amp has enough different sounds in it that one could spend hours just experimenting and seeing what tones are in it, but it's not so deep that it's easy to get lost. Getting a good sound isn't an arduous process - with all the different amp models in there, one can scroll through quickly to find the general basic tone one is going for, then tailor the EQ from that and add effects. The small LEDs show what the settings are, so one isn't wondering "where am I?" SOUNDS For a small practice amp this size and this price range, the sounds are great. The amp is loud enough to practice with a band, as long as the drummer doesn't hit hard and the others don't have half stacks. The amp models are long on tone, but that doesn't mean they feel just like their original counterparts - it's unreasonable to expect miracles here for this price range. But for the cost, this amp has great sounds. The reverbs and delays are luscious enough, and I particularly like the reverse setting on this amp - it seems easier to get in the old Jimi Hendrix vibe with this amp's reverse than on most pedals I've played. OVERALL OPINION Again, for the price, this is a great deal. It allows enough for the beginning or young guitarist to play with without getting bored, and it allows enough flexibility for a more experienced guitarist to get a good practice tone that is close enough to what the main rig sounds like. I'd recommend this Vypyr amp to anyone.

This is one of the amp modelers that has found its way onto the market. Amp modelers in general in my opinion sound horrid. I hate the process tone and characteristics in these amps. However, the Vypyre series from Peavey has done a great job at making them more tolerable to listen to. The problem I see with this is you have to spend extra money to get a speaker cabinet to go along with this amp. Which means you are going to play an amp like this out in public. That is where I draw the line on these things. If you are going to practice at home or take a shot at playing the guitar you don't have to spend a whole lot of money, so a nice little combo amp will do the trick. But this things invites the idea of playing on stage somewhere. UTILIZATION Features 120W tube amp 1 - 12AX7 preamp and 4 - 6L6GC power tubes 24 amp channel models Clean and dirty channel models 11 editable stompbox effects 11 editable rack effects Tap tempo 12 programmable presets True 32-bit floating-point SHARC DSP processor 12 presets (400 with optional footcontroller) WYSIWYG interface True analog distortion Built-in looper Impedance selector 2 speaker output jacks Studio-quality headphone output USB recording output MP3/CD/Aux input Onboard chromatic tuner 5 simultaneous effects with optional Sanpera II footcontroller Two parameter effect controls Global reverb and delay SOUNDS The sound of this amp isn't bad for a modeler. It is still going to be processed and only mimic the amps that is is trying to model but it is a good amp for practice at least. I like high gain amps and since most amp modelers have a tone of clean amps but not usable distortion tones, but this amp does have a great amp distortion. If you are a fan of high gains and need an all in one amp with effects and settings than this is the amp for you. The clean is just as good as a Fender or Roland clean, but the distortion amps is where this thing lives. another cool thing is that this thing has stompbox models as well not just amps. So there are really more options available here than any other amp modeler that i have seen. OVERALL OPINION If you need a solid amp modeling amp that is cheap and compact then this is the best amp for you. At new they come in at around $699, which is a bit more than I would ever spend on an amp modeling amp. I wouldn't recommend this amp to anyone. I love Peavey but spending this kind of money on an amp modeler is just plain foolish. I would get a used 5150 or 650 for the price of this thing.

This is an instant classic for Peavey amplifiers. This amp is just a great sounding low priced amp that will crank out some high gain tones and clean up real nice. This amp is exactly the same as the 60 watt version but with double the wattage power, one extra 1x12 speaker, and two extra power tubes. You will have two more extra power tubes which are 6L6's and that is basically it. What a killer little practice amp! This amp has a very good tone for being an amp modeler and enough features that will having you playing for hours. You actually might be spending too much time tweaking then actually playing so this could be a bad thing. Either way this is a nice bang for your buck all around effects and amp modeling amp. Peavey Vypyr Tube 120 Modeling Guitar Amplifier Features: 120 watts Four channels with 3-band EQ, master volume, and pre- and post-gain controls Real 6L6 tube power Two 12" custom-voiced modeling loudspeakers 11 editable rack effects 11 editable stomp-box effects Up to 5 effects simultaneously On-board looper On-board chromatic tuner Up to 400 presets with optional Sanpera™ II footswitch Studio-quality USB computer interface MIDI In Tap tempo button Studio-quality headphone output MP3/CD/Aux input Patented TransTube® technology in the preamp UTILIZATION Details Type Hybrid Number of Channels 4 Power 120W Speakers 2 x 12" Effects Reverb EQ Low, Mid, High Amp Modeling Yes Number of Models 400 Presets, 24 Amps Number of Tubes 5 Preamp Tubes 1 x 12AX7 Power Tubes 4 x 6L6GC Inputs 1 x Instrument, 1 x Aux (1/8") Outputs 1 x Headphone (1/8"), 1 x Speaker Footswitch I/O No Effects Loop SOUNDS This is an all encompassing amp that you only need a guitar and cable and you are set. It is a nice amp for those starting out playing on the the electric guitar and mom or dad don't want to shell out too much money just yet. Compared to the solid state Vypyr series this amp has a lot more dynamic range and punch to the tone. Not a bad or good thing just a personal taste thing. The tone has more girth and tube feel obviously with the added power tubes. I like this amp with a humbucking pickup style guitar. Since this amp is sort of modeled after some of Peavey's more high gain amps it is only fitting to play it with a guitar that can cut some of the hum and noise out. Plus the increase of gain with the humbuckers is essential when playing in the XXX mode of this amp. OVERALL OPINION At new these amps come in at around $650, which is a steal if you ask me. For what you get and the options to explore this amp is just killer for the price. You couldn't find a better sounding amp or something even close to the price of this amp. Peavey are masters at keeping decent enough tone in a rather nice price point. I highly recommend this amp to anyone thinking of getting a practice amp and doesn't want to shell out a ton of money to get. Just need a cable and guitar and you will be good to go. Personally unless you are gigging with this amp there really isn't a need for the extra 60 watts so if you are buying this for practicing at home or giving it to a beginner player than the 60 watt version will suffice.

The Peavey Vypyr 15 is a 15-watt solid-state modeling combo amp with an 8" speaker on-board and a variety of different amps, channels, stomp box effects, and other features. Being only 15 watts, the functionality of this amp is somewhat limited. There is no jack to connect to an external speaker and there is no effects loop or any of the other advanced stomp box functionality that comes with some of the bigger (30-watt plus) Vypyr series amplifiers. Peavey incorporates a lot of the functionality by making the knobs on the front panel push/push knobs that activate different modes or different amp channel models. Each amp model has a low-gain and a high-gain channel, and can be incorporated with one of the stomp box modelers and fed into the equalization and output stages. The amp also has an 1/8" jack so you can hook up an external music player so you can jam along to your favorite tunes. It also has a recording out jack that you can connect directly to a DAW for direct recording. UTILIZATION It's not difficult to make this amp sound good. It's apparent that Peavey took the time to research the amps and try to emulate them as closely as possible. The amp is very touch-responsive, most likely due to Peavey's Patented TransTube technology. Being a Peavey product, many of the modeled amplifiers are Peavey models such as the 6505, JSX, and XXX amplifiers, but it also includes everything else you would expect such as Fender cleans, Marshall Crunch, boutique amps, and even some metal amps such as Diezel and Krank made the cut. The only gotcha with this amp is that if you don't have a 1/4" guitar cable plugged into the input when powered up, it goes into a "light show" mode to save the LEDs and won't exit until you plug in a guitar, then power-cycle the amp. It makes sense from a component-saving point of view, but it's slightly impractical. Also, one of the prevalent issues with the amp is that, at times, if you turn of the amp it will not turn back on unless you let the amp sit for ten minutes. SOUNDS I play most of my standard Dimarzio-equipped Neal Moser guitars, Ibanez, and Gibson guitars thought this amp and it really excels in the space of a practice amp. You might be able to get some good recorded tones with it but I never tried. The EQ is fairly wide and there are LEDs that track with the position of the knobs so you can see where everything it set easily. Mostly, I use the Fender Deluxe cleans with a slight chorus and the Krank overdrive with a Tube Screamer up front. With the gain dialed up very high it can get a bit "fizzy" but one must have realistic expectations from a $99 15-watt solid-state amp. OVERALL OPINION The Vypyr 15 is a fairly simple and easy to use practice amp. I happened to pick one up second-hand for an extremely low price. If you're in need of a practice amp and don't need other features like a graphical interface so you can edit presets via a computer GUI, this is a great-sounding little practice amp.

The Peavey Vypyr 100 is the largest solids state amp in the recent line of Vypyr amps. It is packed chalk FULL of cool features that kids today are ridiculously lucky to have in a $450 amp. It features 11 amp models with 2 channels each, several different effects spread out over 2 different effects blocks, a separate delay and reverb section, and the ability to dial in tones from Fender clean to Diezel or Mesa grind all at the twist of a few knobs. It's a solid state 100 watt amp with TWO 12 inch speakers, and two extra 1/8" jacks, one for aux. in, and the other for headphone. There's also a power sponge control which acts like an attenuator of sorts to bring down the volume and brown out the feel of the amp. UTILIZATION This amp can be daunting to look at and perhaps even dial in on the first few attempts, but fear not! Peavey has it set up much like a standard amp/effects setup, with your stompbox sounds first (boost, phaser, flanger) preamp tones (amp models) next, then your other effects (such as pitch shifting and other "rackmount" type processor effects. Next there is tweaking the power amp settings (EQ controls like bass, middle and treble) and then finally the amp has a master volume to control the output of your new preset. It's pretty easy to get the hang of and it does such a wide variety of tones that it's perfect for the jamming musician who needs a variety of different tones. SOUNDS This amp is great for many different sounds from clean to high gain. While it lacks the general tube feel of the high dollar amps it's emulating, I really can't expect much better tone out of a $450 solid state amp. It covers a wide variety of different tones and sounds great at all them. Some of the high gain sounds a bit compressed for my liking but for a beginner I'm sure it is just cool to have so many flavours of distortion tone available, plus all the cool effects built right in. I really like some of the low to mid gain sounds like the AC30 and Badcat with the gain turned right up as it gives a more natural tube like sound than the higher gain Mesa/Diezel/Krank models do. This is especially true of the smaller 15w and 30w version with their tiny little speakers, but I'd say it's true of the whole series, even the tube ones. This one is a bit better with its 2 speakers but it still has some of the modelling compression that I'm not a fan of as much. For what it is though... great. OVERALL OPINION All in all I think the Peavey Vypyr 100 is a FANTASTIC bargain for the $450 new that they cost. It's really quite mind boggling to think that such a decently priced practice/jamming amp can sound this good with a wide variety of sound emulators. It is definitely my go-to recommendation for a great jamming and home practice amp as there is simple no better bang for your buck than the Peavey Vypyr series.

Peavey is one of those companies that has everything for anyone. You may or may not like the tone of a Peavey but they produce and manufacture some of the best and most versatile amplifiers in the world. I think that Peavey has something in any range for any person. This has 32 effects which in my opinion is probably more than you would ever use. You have 11 amp models which again has something for every person's flavor of tone. You can get just about any tone you desire from this little amp. UTILIZATION Features 11 amp models: two clean models, two overdrive models, two rock models, two metal models, two lead models and one acoustic model 32 effects combinations: chorus, wah, compression, compression/chorus, flanger, octaver, tremolo or rotary speaker, plus delay and/or reverb on any effect Tap tempo for delay Parameter control on all effects 15 watts with a 6.5" speaker in a true transmission line enclosure (10" x 10" x 10") Master volume Gain control Three-band EQ Battery or AC powered Built-in Chromatic Tuner 1/8" auxiliary input 1/8" recording/headphone out ¼" microphone input with level control Strap buttons on each side Expression pedal input for real time parameter control over effects (sold separately) SOUNDS I like the way this amp takes the effort out of finding the right effects to go with the right amp. You have only a few control knobs that are clearly labeled and the best part is if you don't have an expression pedal hooked up the wah turns into an autowah. That is a very cool feature to have in this amp. The brain of this amp seems to be a lot more advanced than people give credit to Peavey. I like most Peavey amps with a nice Gibson Les Paul or another guitar with humbucker pickups installed. I find that most of the Peavey tone comes from the hard rock and metal side of electric guitars. So the humbucker fits better with the tone of this amp in my opinion. OVERALL OPINION At new these amps come in at around $250, which isn't bad of a price for something this unique and this expansive. You get an almost unlimited range of tone with the multiple effects and amp models. I would recommend this amp to any beginner guitar player who needs an all in one amp and effects processor. You basically juts need a cable and a guitar and you are golden. Also someone who needs an amp for practice or silent home use will like this amp as well.

What a killer little practice amp! This amp has a very good tone for being an amp modeler and enough features that will having you playing for hours. You actually might be spending too much time tweaking then actually playing so this could be a bad thing. Either way this is a nice bang for your buck all around effects and amp modeling amp. Peavey Vypyr Tube 60 Modeling Guitar Amplifier Features: 60 watts Four channels with 3-band EQ, master volume, and pre- and post-gain controls Real 6L6 tube power One 12" custom-voiced modeling loudspeaker 11 editable rack effects 11 editable stomp-box effects Up to 5 effects simultaneously On-board looper On-board chromatic tuner Up to 400 presets with optional Sanpera™ II footswitch Studio-quality USB computer interface MIDI In Tap tempo button Studio-quality headphone output MP3/CD/Aux input Patented TransTube® technology in the preamp UTILIZATION Details Type Hybrid Number of Channels 4 Power 60W Speakers 1 x 12" Effects Yes Reverb Yes EQ Low, Mid, High Amp Modeling Yes Number of Models 400 Presets, 24 Amps Number of Tubes 3 Preamp Tubes 1 x 12AX7 Power Tubes 2x 6L6GC Inputs 1 x Instrument, 1 x Aux (1/8") Outputs 1 x Headphone (1/8"), 1 x Speaker Footswitch I/O No Effects Loop SOUNDS This is an all encompassing amp that you only need a guitar and cable and you are set. It is a nice amp for those starting out playing on the the electric guitar and mom or dad don't want to shell out too much money just yet. Compared to the solid state Vypyr series this amp has a lot more dynamic range and punch to the tone. Not a bad or good thing just a personal taste thing. The tone has more girth and tube feel obviously with the added power tubes. I like this amp with a humbucking pickup style guitar. Since this amp is sort of modeled after some of Peavey's more high gain amps it is only fitting to play it with a guitar that can cut some of the hum and noise out. Plus the increase of gain with the humbuckers is essential when playing in the XXX mode of this amp. OVERALL OPINION At new these amps come in at around $450, which is a steal if you ask me. For what you get and the options to explore this amp is just killer for the price. You couldn't find a better sounding amp or something even close to the price of this amp. Peavey are masters at keeping decent enough tone in a rather nice price point. I highly recommend this amp to anyone thinking of getting a practice amp and doesn't want to shell out a ton of money to get. Just need a cable and guitar and you will be good to go.