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Peavey ValveKing 100 Head

Peavey Valve King amps feature a patent-pending, variable Class AA/B control called Texture, which allows sweepable selection between Class A and Class A/B power structures, as well as any combination of the two.With this feature, guitarists can ...

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Sound	I play in a heavy metal band. I use an EMG 85 in the bridge and an 81 in the neck of one of my guitars, I have it tuned to Drop D Down 3 semitones (B, F#, B, E, G#, C#). I currently have Harma ECC83/7025 DR250 Cyrogenically treated preamp tubes in all preamp positions (from Watford Valves) and Electro Harmonix 6L6EH Tubes in the power amp section. It sounds insane. The other guitarist in the metal band currently has a line6 spider 3 and he wants a Valveking. A guy I knew had two marshalls (JVM 205H and DSL 50) and I prefer this over those no contest. It handles metal without a distortion pedal and cuts through BETTER THAN BOTH MENTIONED MARSHALLS (no experience with any other marshalls). However, to get this amp to achieve its potential, you HAVE TO PUT A JUMPER ACROSS THE FX LOOP. Without this, it just doesn't sound the same. Another guitar I have has (Neck/Middle single coil/Bridge) Dimarzio Air Norton/Blue Velvet/AirZone, and this also sounds amazing through this amp.
Reliability	CAN YOU DEPEND ON IT? Simple answer, yes. I've had this amp for a good couple of years now and the only ever problem was tube wear and tear (which is completely normal). I couldn't ask for more reliability. I have gigged with it a fair amount of times and it's NEVER let me down.
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Liked about it

Top three things about this amp:
-Sounds never cease to amaze me
-Reliable
-100% Tube Signal Path

Didn't like

Top three things this amp lacks:
-Footswitchable FX loop that you don't need to 'bridge' to get this amp to give out what it REALLY HAS.
-Master volume, although this could be sorted with an attenuator/some kind of volume device in FX loop.
-Adjustable Gain/Volume boost, the boost (volume & or gain) is a nice feature, but can be a bit extreme for me- I would want an adjustable one but I am NOT complaining.

Overall satisfaction:

5.0