Peavey 400 recap

An overview of the replacement of the electrolytic capacitors in my 1977 Peavey 400 BASS amp.

[@chriskahawai6915]

Thanks so much this was really useful

[@m600blu]

i have the 800 series for guitar with the matching 4x12 scorpion cab @ 4ohms. had no foot switch or reverb, i just started working on it.

[@NicSterling]

Enjoyed the video thanks for sharing, I have an old Peavey Century I really want to recap myself. Where did you order your parts from and when I do it can I just go left to right across the board part by part by the number printed on them and replace? I’m a newbie…

[@walterrizotto8668]

He says he bought them from Mouser.

[@tjsogmc]

I got them from .ouser. but any supplier should have them like Digi-key. Replace the caps one at a time. Take photos and do it methodically.

[@zerosadness]

Hi Did you change them for 2.2UF? Because it seems hard to find 2uF nowadays Thanks

[@tjsogmc]

Yes, the 2.2uf is just fine. Make sure the voltage rating is correct, that's about the only real concern. The amp isn't going to care about the difference between 2 and 2.2 uf.

[@sgttrib4379]

i bought one today with a Basson B15B for $100. I had to drive 80 miles to get it tho.

[@tjsogmc]

That's an excellent deal! Good score! A little road trip once in a while to go get a piece of gear can be fun. I once drove 120 miles one way to get a left hand Schecter bass for $100. With the time and gas money spent I probably broke even over finding one locally, but lefty basses don't come up for sale often and I really didn't have anything better to do that day anyways. Rock on, and enjoy your "new" amp!

[@roncarter2188]

Putting a capacitor in backwards is not going to fry your board. What will probably happen is your capacitor is going to explode in you're going to have a nice smoke show, that's it.

[@robertsapin5074]

I just got one of these but mine doesn't have the master volume. Does that make it older than yours? Thanks

[@sonofdirt]

Yes the master volume was added to later versions of this range of amps. I have both the Bass 400 & Musician 400 amps with master voliume. You can find PDF manuals online of these both with & without master volume.

[@robertsapin5074]

Oh yeah and mine was 300 bucks with the peavey 2x15 cab.