review - Peavey ValveKing 100 (5 different guitars) @ ampsonair.com

[@TheAwesomeWizardDude]

I know this video is ancient, but I have never heard anyone make this amp, or any amp for that matter, sound so bad. Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of lowered mids for metal, but this is insane. When you scoop them this much, the natural sharp mid-range that an SM57 causes, along with it's boosts to low end and bass frequencies in an untreated room, causes the guitar to sound like it is run out of a 1 watt first act amp. Listen to 1:01 and 1:30 to see what I mean. I understand the tone is subjective, but nobody, and I mean nobody, likes those tones. They may have sounded good coming from the amp, but any experienced musician would know that its not about how the amp itself sounds, it is about how it sounds after it has been through a mic, preamp, interface, etc. However I did really like the EQ on the cleans, but pickup choice was not optimal for those either.

[@fortyseeker717]

Mids? You don't need those. They're only essential if you actually want to sound good.

[@MegaMantra]

Bryan Blevins so Celtic frost and hellhammer don’t sound good

[@atata2000]

@@MegaMantra they don't

[@MegaMantra]

@@atata2000 wrong

[@hacker8253]

When you scoop the mids this much its basically like putting a lid on the guitars voice and telling it to stfu....-_____- add some mids bro.

[@sYk306]

+Malik Berry exactly dude

[@jeremygovernale898]

I have this head and love it. The volume on the lead channel is set still fairly low which is why it sounds lame. Tube heads are meant to be cranked the fuck up.

[@MatrixRZ5]

Cool amp and tone dude. I got the same amp but is the new Peavey valveking version ii 100 w h. Same old features plus more improvement.

[@SvrgitAbsvrdvm]

The idea of the video is great and we have to appreciate the time spent in doing it. But yes, the tone is not that good, seems like it was on a very low volume, not letting the tubes to heat. And maybe a bad positioning of the microphone. We have to accept that maybe he's no professional and he's trying his best.

[@5urg3x]

2:35 -- That's my guitar! I love that fucking thing, although after 10 years the frets are dented to shit, the pickup switch is loose as hell, and so is the output jack. Funny thing is, that guitar isn't even made by Fender -- it's made by Cort. Love the neck profile and the radius...so flat, very comfortable to play.

[@justincourtney8691]

I know this is ancient..but someone may have one of these and not know this. The internal circuitry is kinda wonky in the effects loop. So take a patch cable and jump the send/return jacks in the effects loop. Changes the amp dynamics entirely. These are cheap and looked down on for some reason. But set up right these are a great choice for a budget all tube 100w screamer. The cabinets aren't half bad either. Listen to your ears..

[@albudot8983]

I just ordered one of these. If i jump the loop, can i still use the loop for delay and modulation?

[@ws8790]

I was going to buy one of these but, I don't think I will now!

[@Crunchifyable2]

That resonance knob is what is killing the tone.

[@Beltmaker09]

This amp is not a bad head. I have one o think the way he has it set up as far as the setting is y they sounds is wired, and mi e is modified with blue led lights In it

[@SpyroHolliday]

why is there like no treble what so ever.... sounds like its in a box

[@SpyroHolliday]

honest review?

[@SpyroHolliday]

touche lol, i mean the new valvekings sound great in person,

[@flmcon]

does it have an in between nice clean tone and shit load of distortion?

[@NachoLastra]

hi guys! the distortion you use in the two first demostrations are from the amp? or are you using some pedals?

[@cloudcoldstone4820]

Why does your ValveKing sound so bad? I've got one that I use for practices so that I don't have to drag my Triple XXX around so much and my VK sounds a lot better. I don't know if it's your mic that you're recording with or what but if it's the amp you may need to have it checked man. You seem to have no highs and the bottom seems really muddy.

[@joschelei262]

Are you running straight through the amp, without pedals?

[@berkystrko]

hej Sound Is OK. i like it !

[@Conan2433]

5 guitars and all are the same!! Well done man!! Have you ever heard from different pickups?!?

[@seppheinzl9378]

Φιλιππος none of them had the same pickups :D

[@Conan2433]

Sepp Heinzl they were all humbuckers so...

[@bustanut3888]

Your point.. Just cause they are humbucker don't mean they "all sound the same"...

[@nathanielmartinez8599]

I'm sure it was my 3 different cabs. it sound nothing like a 6505 but god bless you if that what you hear. my wallet would wish that what I could hear lol

[@jackarmistead5353]

Man, you guys had to have gone out of your way to find such a limited guitar player that can’t dial in a tone to save his little life. You way way undersold the amp.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

CORT = WOOD CHIPPER. YES? LOL!

[@rajdutta6600]

Absolutely

[@monsterjotunn5257]

#fearnotthemids

[@MatrixRZ5]

Well all you got to do is fix your tone, this amp sounds better than this. Now that I am paying more attention on your tone, I'm starting to realize how bad your amp is sounding, you also need more treble bro. But I appreciate the time you took to demo it brother, thanks.

[@dot_boi]

***** Yea he needs to grab an 11 band or digital parametric eq..and eq. out bad frequencies, but other than that the distortion sounds amazing

[@israarango3054]

Porque la cort suena tan a culo?? yo tengo una X11 y en un buguera 333 XL infinium suena como dios!!!

[@mickjames5388]

Sounds like a wet wool blanket is over your cab, bro.

[@hughwhang266]

Does anybody know where I can find a demo where one of these heads is cranked up,not the master but mids treble and bass along with gain and etc? I do not play metal but I see one of these at a local pawn shop and want to know what it would sound like if I was too use it (they have no cabs to try it out on).Or is there anyway to cut down the metalhead douchebag tone?

[@clugokillscluco]

Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio does a review on the 212 combo which is the same as the head. He's on KZbin.

[@hughwhang266]

thanks man I tried one out a few months ago and been using one ever since.

[@nathanielmartinez8599]

I had this amp for 2 years and hated it. even if you replace the tubes it still sound like crap but clean chanel can sound good. idk why peavey would put this out.

[@corbinhaynes7543]

That had to be your cabinet dude....I just played one in guitar center the other day and was super surprised at how amazing it sounded. To me it's almost like a 6505+ without all the fizz.... Like seriously I'm not trying to buy anything I just saw it and figured why not and i was like holy shit this is amazing. Such clean gain to me, it's not muddy like a Mesa or fizzy like a 6505+. Like with a 6505/5150/6534 nobody ever cranks those they generally use a tubescreamer because when you turn the gain way up it just gets nasty and fizzy and on the VK100 it had enough gain for me that I could get it to saturate enough but still sound clear without using any kind of pedal. I think the guitar I used had EMG 81 and 60 in it or something through a somewhat cheap marshall cab

[@Jjaayyddeenn101]

yeah dude i completely agree. i own one of these heads and play it through a 4x12 marshall cab and it sounds beautiful.

[@corbinhaynes7543]

Jayden Smith Like for real if I were in a metal band touring I would 100% be using these things on the road because they're cheap and easy to find if they break and sound amazing with no fiddling required

[@george25199]

Ya have on to the stock cab is what kills this amp changed to Marshall cab and big difference.

[@michaelthiele2562]

You know, there are actually are people who doesn’t play metal... why not go through the amplifier for real an show the versatality?

[@kristofferhjelmaassivertse4736]

This amp sound amazing!!!! if you have the right settings... check out my videos! i will record a single using this in may so be sure to check it out!

[@agroindosa]

i think a bandit would sound better...

[@jamessanscrainte9533]

Marshall and Fender probably got together and funded this video! L ololol! This amp is waaaay better than this video.

[@Haiasiriku]

drop some of the bass (no pun intended) and bring the mids up. I can't hear shit!

[@MrKlayban]

I have this amp, but I never get that crap tone like this... this amp is great, just shit review. getchapull mate crank it up dont shy

[@XxSypherxX91]

The corts sound bad

[@DimitarProynov]

Липсва само 7струнна китара :D

[@odysr5682]

As the shirt say..stop ✋

[@jamessanscrainte9533]

Why are you using all these junk guitars for this demo?

[@5urg3x]

I hate to criticize here but...I will anyway...that's not only some awful playing, but those amp settings are terrible man. Nobody in their right mind would actually use those settings for a gig or in the studio.

[@5urg3x]

+Michael Tuft Lol! It's drop F for FART! Every string is brown-note capable, rofl.

[@5urg3x]

+Michael Tuft Do not buy a Randall -- I'm pretty sure they're out of business now. The company that Randall was sold to awhile ago, US Music Corporation, which also owns Parker and Washburn guitars, closed a bunch of the US shops and are downsizing -- I think Randall was one of the shops they closed...I know the Parker and Washburn shop is gone -- it was in Chicago, one of the best custom shops in the world :( So sad. But anyway, if anything ever goes wrong with it and you need support -- it might not be easy. I had the Valve King 100 amp, awhile ago. I ended up selling it...I just use software amps now. It was an amazing amp for the price though; it sounded fucking sweet. It can do pretty much anything...metal, rock, blues, it even did cleans and crunch very very well. Peavey has sent a lot of their amp construction overseas but they are still a great company and they have amazing support, and make very good products. If I had the room, without a doubt, I would get a Peavey 6505...that, IMHO, is one of the best amps out there -- The only other amp I would even consider getting is a Mesa Mark V...but I really don't have room for any amps anymore...I'm saving up for a Kemper currently, so I can have all the amps I want in one small little box :) But the reason why I got the Peavey ValveKing 100 originally was, I needed something to gig live with, and the price was out of this world compared to everything else. So I bought it from a local Guitar Center...I wish I still had it :(

[@5urg3x]

+Michael Tuft I think they closed in August (it was recent) -- www.rig-talk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=170471 - looks like Randall might be closing soon, not sure -- the one guy says the entire US Music Corp company is going under soon. They would probably still do imports though. Software amps are, you have a USB audio interface on your laptop, you plug your guitar into that, and then you run amp modeling software on your computer, like Peavey's Revalver 4, Guitar Rig, or Amplitube -- I've tried all of those, all of them are very good for metal, but if you want to use this for live playing you have to have a laptop and you have to bring it to every show. Have you checked out the Peavey 6505 mini? I don't think it costs that much -- and it sounds fucking AMAZING. It's just as good as the full sized 6505, and you get reverb, effects loop, and USB recording capabilities out of it. You really don't need a 100 watt head just to be able to play live and cut through the mix over a drummer; the 6505 mini will do that just fine -- you can go with any 2x12 cab to plug it into, and you're set.

[@5urg3x]

+Michael Tuft Yes there is no need for a 4x12. Yes, the 6505 mini can do 20 5 and 1 watt I think. Just get a 2x12 cab and your set -- or if you have the time, save up and get a Fractal AxeFX or a Kemper Profiling Amp, they are expensive but its like 10000 amps in one.

[@zurielfigueroa706]

Sounds like a cement mixer. Not good.

[@bqbhhhh]

28/53 LOL

[@glugblub7524]

demo would be better with someone who can play the guitar