Sound of Peavey TransTube Amps & the Reliability of Solid-State
Some “golden ears” even thought the Peavey TransTube amp ‘Bandit’ was the real tube amp at the 1995 NAMM show thousands of players, media and dealers crammed into a small demo room inside the Peavey exhibit, one after another, where our engineers set up a blind A/B comparison between their new invention and a real tube amp. No one could tell the difference between the two. But How?
In devising the Peavey TransTube Circuitry, our engineers studied every aspect of how a tube amp works. We learned that recreating tube tone isn’t merely a question of gain structure. It’s about the entire component chain and how each one interacts with the others. It’s about the damping factor and the corresponding speaker response. It’s about power amp compression. How the amp breaks up when driven hard, harmonic structure and non-linear gain stages. It’s about cabinet size, bracing, wood and thickness. But most importantly, it’s about what it’s not.
Those other manufacturers’ half-hearted attempt at tube emulation failed because they focused on the wrong elements. So we concentrated on emulating the tone characteristics we all recognize and love about tubes and 86’d the rest. It’s a deceptively simple concept, but it took three U.S. Patents to map the entire process for the history books. Set up a comparison at your Peavey dealer and discover the TransTube amp difference for yourself. No marketing hype needed. You won’t believe your ears!
Peavey Transtube Features:
100 Watts (rms) into 4 Ohms (w/external speaker)
12″ Blue Marvel® speaker
High and Low Gain inputs
TransTube tube emulation circuitry
Footswitchable Clean and Lead channels
3 band passive EQ on each channel
3 position EQ/Gain
Voicing switch on each channel
Reverb with level control
Footswitchable Boost with level control
1/4″ Stereo Speaker Simulated Direct Out jack with level control
