Peavey ValveKing or Peavey Vypyr

[cursed]

hey guyz
i was given these 4 options and i can`t make up my mind ,hope u tell ur opinion to help me

Peavey Vypyr 75/100
peavey valveking 112/212

i play progressive metal and also some jazz using my ibanez rg2550 and s2170

thnx

[DanEwins]

what are you using the amp for? small gigs/ larger gigs or just for practice?

I have a valveking 112. They're great for practice and for gigs. It's quite a loud amp and can be used for small gigs and can be miked up through the PA for more volume. You can also connect an external speaker to the vk112. I don't think that the valveking would have quite enough gain for progressive metal but you can easily boost it with a decent pedal.

Hope that helps,
Dan

[cursed]

i`m usin the amp for practicing and large gigs , i can`t buy bigger stuff cuz i travel alot and it would be hard 2 carry somethin big,,,and i don`t wanna connect more pedals and stuff,,i`m bored of pedals , i used 2 have boss GT8 and some more pedals with my amp
but now i can`t carry all those stuff to the place i`m movin to...so i think peavey vypyr 75 is gd enough right?

[Guitarmattms]

Hey, I have a Peavey Valveking 2x12 and it's a great amp. Great tone, great distortion and loud. I'm a bedroom player and I rarely go over 1... But I've played with a band once or twice and it was able to handle it self alright. I've tried the Vyper and I like them... but They really don't sound like tubes too me and not alot of good clean sounds compared to the valveking.

[EvoGiant]

avoid the vypyr. i bought one and after a week it decided that it would only work when it wanted too. i took it back and the salesguy said that they have had that problem a lot. then i went to a guitar center and he said the same thing. i would avoid the vypyr. sounds better than the spyders in its range, but only dependable as a paper weight. good luck.....
search the net for problems with vypyrs and you should find plenty of info about it.
on the other side, maybe they have corrected this problem....

[OklaStar]

I have a Vypyr 30. Love that little amp. I sold all my other amps. Occasionally it doesn't turn on the first time and you have to turn it off and on a couple of times to get it to come on, but that's it. Works great, and sound GREAT!!.

[EvoGiant]

thats what i am talkin about. if i pay for an amp, i want it to work on my schedule. not when it wants to. IF the amp was ten years old or something, then i could live with it, but not in a brand new amp. take it back. its just gonna get worse.

[DanEwins]

If you're at home and the amp decides to not work then thats one thing. If you're up on a stage with a hungry audience then that is a completely different matter. You need a reliable amp. Going by these comments i'd say the Vypyr isn't reliable

[Mr.WizardNeck]

One thing I've noticed about the amps, on the 75 watt solid state, the high gain models seem to pretty much sound exactly the same. Also, there's a noise gate you can't turn off...... AT ALL. So that kinda kills it right there.