Behold, my Peavey Vypyr 30!

Here is some audio from my favorite practice amp to date: The Peavey Vypyr 30 1x12 combo. Using my PRS CE-22 with Dimarzio Crunch Lab and PAF Joe pickups.

[@lichen8855]

Would never have guessed this video is 8 years old! Such good sound quality.. and especially such great playing!

[@JandNandJ]

Excellent demo, thanks! Played this amp for the first time yesterday and was blown away at what you get for the price. Thanks!

[@rawding1976]

I just purchased this exact Amp for my son, and I must say, it is impressive for the money. Peavey did good on this in my opinion. I'm a drummer of 25+ years, and I play LOUD using mics, and this Amp keeps right up with me with ease. Well worth the money if you ask me. my son loves it, (he plays lot of rock/metal music).

[@rocowolf918]

Glad to hear some love for this amp.Its not my main rig but its my go to at home.

[@thetruly1730]

ILOVE THIS AMP,,its loud and has more efx than all the other amps in its class.

[@Visitor2020]

I have had many amps over the years this is my favorite

[@Ogscottyp]

I bought that very amp back about a year after they came out and it immediately became my favorite amp I ever owned. I got rid of most of my pedals, as I was si satisfied with the parameters this thing came with. Such a good sound.

[@alanknott363]

Thanks for the great demo Lucas, loved your guitar skills. I picked up a defunct Vypyr 30, exactly the same, for next to nothing recently and after repairing it has become my go to jamming amp. Easy to use once I got a Sanpera pedal and considering what it is, basically a low cost amp, can get amazing tones from it, my pals are always amazed! I leave my other gear, including pedals at home now and have some fun with it. The clean sounds (Fender twin) are ok for sure, maybe others can do better but for gain sounds this thing can rock. Effects are quite usable too. Thanks again and best wishes.

[@TheStrataminor]

I have had several modelling amps, (Vox, Fender) and to be honest, if you EQ them right, play with good technique (and put aside pre-suppositions about tube amps being the only nice tone) they can sound really good. I have used so many great tube amps, with complicated pedal chains...I long again for the simplicity of plugging straight into an amp!

[@ganu1201]

I Still gig with my vypyr 120 the high gain tones are a beast and with a little tweaking nice clean tones too. Underrated amp!

[@fahadjavaid7336]

I at time experience some issues with my 30 version. It's volume level becomes unstable at times. Vary it self a bit high and low.

[@garyseals7874]

I had the same problem on my Vypyr 120. What I did was removed the head from the cabinet, once you do that you will notice a plug in ribbon running from the master volume pot to a circuit board, the plugs have either 3 or 4 individual wires which are inserted into the plastic plugs via little pins, those pins are what hold the plugs in place and make electrical contact to the circuit board. One of those little pins may not be seated securely in the plug as is not always immediately apparent by looking at it with the naked eyes. Unplug the ribbon from the master volume pot and take something pointy like a toothpick insert it in the end of the plug where the wires run through and push each individual wire more snugly into the plug reconnect the plug to the the master volume pot and do the same to the plug at the circuit board, remember the lack of connection is not always visible to the naked eyes. It worked in my situation I hope it helps aswell.

[@mikebjammin93]

Sounds great, that clean sound really surprised me. Love your playing and overall feel of the instrument too man.

[@kevinblake839]

Good demo of what this amp sounds like with your presets, I just picked one up on ebay to mess around with at home. And you're an awesome player!

[@LucasFowler]

Good question! Yes, I set the post gain low because it seems to make the master volume knob taper a little slower. So I can really get the volume low for practice and not have it jump tremendously.

[@robertyoung7027]

I just bought me a VIP2 and it will be delivered today and this video you made just has me ecstatic for it’s arrival! Thanks bro!

[@markjovanelli2607]

Excellent demo sound and playing. I have one of these. These blow away all other stuff on the market.

[@robn.7426]

Excellent playing, and excellent real world review. Thanks Lucas.

[@Dan-ms4oq]

Stunning playing.

[@DirtyDiezel]

WOW! so glad I watched this shred-tastic video!!! I just got the vypyr 75 for $60 and I am amazed at how quiet it is on high gain...NO BUZZ OR HUMM AT ALL!!!

[@DeadKoby]

I have a video of one of these I took in, fixed up, and sold. It is indeed a wonderful amp for the money. The low/moderate gain was more my style with it. Although I generally don't like digital modeling things, if I were to name the favorite I've seen/heard, THIS would be it. I genuinely liked this amp, and was glad to find it a good home.

[@RollerCoasterFenatic]

I still use my Peavey Vypyr 30 to this day. It's such a great amp. I got 2 gigs this weekend coming up and my Vypyr goes as well. Great gigging amp

[@LucasFowler]

My Dad just gifted me a 60 watt Tube Vypyr so I think I'll revisit this topic soon...

[@mitchellcastell5348]

@@LucasFowler We are waiting patiently! I just bought a used VYPR 75 at Sam Ash for $100. Still trying to get used to all of the different settings and modes.

[@yeeyee1690]

Do you reccomend it now? Theres a deal for 120€

[@RollerCoasterFenatic]

@@yeeyee1690 absolutely still recommend it.

[@julianotaday2]

​@@LucasFowler tive um tube 60, gostava muito do plexi dele, não sei se esse soa igual, amanhã estarei pegando um pyvy 30 igual a esss , espero que o plexi soe bem a simulação

[@LucasFowler]

Thanks! I've been playing since I was 14, so almost 10 years now.

[@TheKimgower]

Top class review of a very good sounding and affordable amp. Why do a lot of good guitar players slag off modelling amps! Great playing and you have given me a thumbs up in seeking a good condition vypyr 30. Thanks for your review and positive feedback.

[@andrelessard5305]

Awesome tones!!!

[@zaxlash]

Great playing and tones dude.

[@NorsemanUSA]

Sounds awesome brother. I have this amp but I think to fully benefit I should get the foot switch. I just feel like a switch costing more than my amp was silly but hearing yours makes me rethink the situation. I don't play in a band but wanted an amp I could get lots of sounds/tone from and for $199 new in the box I was very pleased and now watching your vid it has renewed my interest and enthusiasm. I wish I had a tenth of your talent. Listen to some Insomnium and see if you can get a similar sound. If you do send me a PM and the amount I owe you HA! Cheers bro. Metal!

[@ROBERT6500MK2]

I have a Vypyr 30 amongst others that's about 2 years old now and for money the thing is absolutely amazing. Takes a bit of working out at first but once you've got it.........OMG.

[@michaelmcglenn3837]

Great demo Lucas. I put a Celestion G12S-50 speaker in mine and it just gives it a bit more of that British flavor. I prefer the Krank and Rec models on lower gain as opposed to the Marshall models that are too tubby. Makes a great B rig to my Pod HD500/Mesa 50/50 setup. Rock on dude!

[@bradfuller84]

I have and love this amp. Takes pedals very well!

[@michiganmusicproductions7406]

damn! youre an amazing player dude

[@DeeTee79]

great review, greta playing. I have a bigger vypyr vip2, but I still want one of these amps, for a smaller room. it has great tones. Awesome review!

[@_MetaL]

Clean 1:13 Dirty 3:43 Metal 7:30 Wah 9:40

[@guitarman6742]

Nice demo. Good playing.

[@mrshiney2]

I had no idea these amps sound this good

[@giftedplanksify]

what a hell of a nice jam! I just got my VIP3

[@Patrick33194]

man you really kick ass in playing guitar awesome xD

[@Direlake]

Nice playing and feel

[@TruBluGuitar]

These tones are insanely cool. I had a Vypyr 30 for about 6 years and recently upgraded to a VIP3, but didn't like it as much as the original 30 so I bought another one. I caught your settings for the different amps and tones but was wondering if you'd be so kind to provide the reverb and delay settings you have on these 4 presets.

[@Gulosa1976]

Thank you for this great review.

[@FrankieKato149]

awesome sound great playing

[@jim9214]

Kato 忍者 bb

[@edwardprete]

Joe, this was replaced by the VIP-3, which is a 40W version. Many places are now blowing those out at 199. I actually. Found this amp at my local store used for 99, may get it.

[@joeprete7424]

Excellent !

[@gp85hkg]

great demo of this amp, mate (".)

[@JohnPerryMusic]

Great tones bud

[@arjunkaul]

Great playing man. Kick ass

[@Casey_J96]

cool that's around when I started too. I hope im as good as you 7 years down the road!

[@Tcrumpen]

And here's me with only a Roland 20XL and only able to play 80% of Enter Sandman, i'm gonna go hide in the corner and practise scales now :p

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

if you find you are inept,lack skill or just plain suck shit then you should really try to do something about it.there are always dozens of guys saying they are going to burn their guitar when they see someone who can actually play well.i always laugh when i see this and feel sorry for the poor idiots who say this.another solution is to actually practice,improve,and become another person who can play rather than talking about it.im easily as good or better than this guy and his videos are great.im not bragging,i just put the time in and learned how to play like you should.

[@bizzlemizzle8467]

Tcrumpen how's the progress going mate?

[@gp85hkg]

circle of fat...fuck yourself (".)

[@gp85hkg]

Tcrumpen, I'm hearing you, mate...a pity there's always some dickhead taking themselves too seriously and insisting that they know more about what you should do than you do...(".)

[@tonymirabal8832]

Nice playing!

[@rlta04]

You make it sound pretty good. Looks like it has quite a range of tones available in that sqwauk box

[@nelarmeds]

very nice amp for practice or even live gig

[@fahadjavaid7336]

Amazing playing man.

[@svenzia]

Good demo

[@mikeromanowski1379]

Great killer Video Lucas ;-) ----------Greetings Mike

[@Guy-c4p]

Thank you for your tutorial good job

[@glensmith654]

Yeh thats great but what about the settings for these great sounds?????????

[@rayadray9279]

Great playing

[@Hadogei123456789]

Fuck the amp...you're an amazing player!!

[@podhditalia]

great tones and great great playing! you seem like a very versatile guitarist :)

[@devilslide01]

I had the vypyr 75 with the larger sanpera II pedal. That pedal would fuck up every time I used it and the amp would freeze, so definitely not something to play out with. Other than that the tones were pretty killer. I might consider the second generation and replace the speaker as many have done.

[@mulemusic]

Nice to see such a positive video on this amp. I have had one of these older Vyper 30s for several years. I think it is a great amp. I have used mine in the studio (Check out The FRANK FEROZ BAND at Spotify, Amazon and here to check out the tones but forgive the playing!) I used the effects in this for the entire project except for a wha wha on one song. I have used my Vyper in a 500 seat theater and at a large outdoor gig with no problems. Mr. Peavey and his team did a great job with these amps. You can't beat the price for an amp this full of power and features.. Lucas, nice playing and a very informative video! Thank you!!

[@stevemcbride2857]

i have just got one second hand could you help me to get your tones fantastic sounds lucas

[@mariomario7379]

I still have my vypyr 30. I just can't find a better amp.

[@chrisasmith75]

Have you tried the Vip series?

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

fender mustang=better fender super sonic=better marshall jcm 800/900/2000=better any mesa =better this is o.k but there are thousands of amps that are "better"

[@chrisasmith75]

big daddio had a fender mustang and hated it. My vip 2 is superior.

[@creatorshadow8343]

wayne rorbach probly meant around the same price mesa amos are like 10x the price of this amp

[@marike1100]

circle of fat Fender Mustang is not better at all, the cleans are OK, the high gain sounds suck. The new Mustang GT series is one of the most hated modeling amps ever made. The rest you mentioned, lol, you do realize the subject is practice amps?

[@LucasFowler]

A Dimarzio Crunch Lab in the bridge and PAF Joe in the neck.

[@christineblack4654]

it's sounds like there's some kind of noise gate on it?? at 4:51 around there.

[@zapantalambda]

Hey Lucas. Nice review of the amp. How did you do that lick on 2:56 ? Pls teach us kind sir.

[@martawiesner7657]

Hi, I recently bought this combo. Could someone briefly write me how to permanently save 12 of your preferred settings ? So that I don't have to set them up again every time when I turn on. Thank you in advance.

[@robertyglesias3692]

Awsome licks , I have75 watt one and saw this model for a 100 so I’m gonna get it , which pedal do you have ?samp 1 or 2

[@francolenzoottawa6914]

I think can make any amp sound good with ur chops

[@dzytryn4801]

Is that will work with drums? (Is it loud enough?)

[@fahadjavaid7336]

Is its volume unstable? At times it got mute I have to turn it of and turn on to get it working again

[@Casey_J96]

i loved that little srv lick you played when you went to singlecoil! you rock man how long have you been playing?

[@MaxLucasPiano]

Haha using this in 2022 to bush up on my old one!

[@argentavo4060]

Cómo puedo activar el delay ? Es necesaria la sampera ?

[@Guitarraeficaztutorialesytabs]

Amazing amp and player and sound! does it have a line output?

[@sleanidraC]

Hey man, great video! I noticed you set your 'Post-gain' quite low most of the time. Is there any particular reason for that? It really is a great practice amp, but I find myself using the plexi sound a lot too.

[@marceldubaj5760]

Amazing! Could you share the settings pls?

[@ElViato]

How can I make this Amp work along with my Zoom G1X Four?

[@mrbrd6185]

What’s this compressor you speak of? Also, which pedal model do you have? I’m looking to get one would love to do loops and add to the overall experience.

[@WarPotatuh]

Bought this amp for a hundred bucks off craigslist. it's awesome.

[@christineblack4654]

good for you, went to look and there is nothing there lol one cracked srat as for fender guitars go. wow not much of a site for guitars choices.

[@CentralCoastBoyz]

I'm getting this at Christmas with the Gibson LP Black with gold Pickups and outlines

[@tomngreg]

What the Video should really be titled is "Behold, the greatest guitar player the world has ever seen!"

[@KebapRocker]

Can you share some more settings that you use? maybe in another video or a spreadsheet pr something? I just bought my very first real fender (also my first single coil guitar) and I cant find a decent jimi hendrix sound, or generally any good distorted sound.

[@ApproachingHoofbeats]

Can you tell me what's wrong with it when it's plugged up and into my guitar and no sound comes out? Even with volume at max. Hear it hum, the classic Peavey hum when it's plugged in, but that's it. Help!!

[@CentralCoastBoyz]

Hey what setting would you think is the best for AC/DC Sound?… i'm getting this amp at Christmas

[@denverrandy7143]

Thanks man, guy has one of these on craigslist for 50. Wanting a nice modeling amp so...👍

[@christineblack4654]

geez that's crazy, there is fuck all every time I look, that site is crap.

[@cp-jc2784]

Love the poster on the wall

[@gelinasbm]

Wow. You are a guitar God!

[@arthernandez5514]

Can some chips, salsa and beer would suffice to have your help to setup mine? LOL!!

[@LucasFowler]

Yes, definitely.

[@giuliodanelon6945]

Does anyone know if these old versions of the Vypyr 30 watts and 75 watts have the same dimensions? Considering that both have a 12 speaker (height, width, length)

[@factsonly5994]

They both have a 12inch speaker but the 75 is a bigger amp size and volume wise. I have a 75 now and I used to own the 30. There also has an aux and usb port, and a power sponge control. I use a Mesa Boogie Roadster and a Mark IV. But I always turn on my Vypyr because you can dial in any tone with patience. These older vypyrs are king because you can dial in the stompbox effects too.

[@LucasFowler]

I couldn't tell you, I've always used the built in effects with this amp.

[@brendenmoldy]

Nice bro!!!

[@7Roeth]

Behold sirs!!!!

[@Satanicwar7]

Sick playing dude!! Quick question, I currently have the 75Watt version to this amp but I'm thinking of getting the 6505 head since I mostly play metal. What are your thoughts? is it worth the upgrade?

[@Satanicwar7]

Thanks! but is it worth the upgrade to the 6505 head?

[@Satanicwar7]

Ok, thanks bro.

[@tonymirabal8832]

keep them both!

[@michakwiatkowski1313]

Does is sound good at quiet level?

[@DeeZeeGuitar]

I have the exact same amp but i cant get the right distortion without a lot of feedback

[@tomt-c9610]

What's better, this, or peavey bandit 112 with sheffield speaker?

[@rghising]

dude! whats that microphone you've used on the amp man ? sounds awsome....you rock !

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

I've got the Peavey Vypyr 15. I should have gotten this amp. Do you still have the amp?

[@raulangulo9800]

Do you think this amp could work for practicing in a full band without mic?

[@Feefifofum24]

Raúl Angulo id go with the 75 watt version just to be safe.

[@Ruifuckingcampos]

when you turn on the amp without anything plugged , the amp make noise??

[@StillSuckinOnTitties]

Rui Campos just a little pop then a light show

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

Hey I forgot to ask, are those pickups stock? Which pickup is the PAF Joe pickups, the bridge pickup?