"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
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"Gareth Magennis" wrote in
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"N_Cook" wrote in message ...

Owner acquired knowingly non-working off a friend of a friend, so no
point in asking him/them what is normal operation. Nothing about the
following test routine? in the user manual
Reported as ok for practise use but will not switch into high-power
gig mode.
I've not got inside yet to monitor power rails/ try use dummy loads
etc. Low level test signal in, the output jumps to a high level soon
after switch on, plus bargraph surge, for half a second and then drops
back to low level. Is this normal, just checking-out +/-40V to +/-90V
switching of rails is ok? If so why the bargraph jump?






Rant:

There was a time when Peavey had a large facility in Corby, UK.
If you wanted spares, you could phone them and anything you wanted
would be there in a couple of days.
It was an excellent service, one of the best.

Now the Corby Facility is closed. You have to go through a 3rd party,
Barnes & Mullins.

Ask for a pot for a particular amplifier, and you have no chance.
They have to contact Peavey USA, get a part number, then try and get
it across the pond.

Tried that, just doesn't work.
Peavey spares are now largely unobtanim, the brand is dead in the UK.



Gareth.



However, Peavey service in the U.S. are very helpful with requests for
service manuals, and help and advice with obscure problems.

Arfa







To be fair, that is my experience too so far.

One thing they were unable to help with though:
I had 2 Peavey Pro 15 cabinets with blown HF diaphragms from different
customers. (one just brought the driver/horn)

Now Peavey no longer supply replacement diaphragms for this driver, but now
use a different driver and diaphragm altogether. (Mark 2 cab presumably)
I bought 2 of these from Barnes and Mullins UK, after being told by Peavey
this is the replacement, to find they were much bigger and heavier than the
original, and do not fit in the cabinets.

I checked again with Peavey in case I had been supplied the wrong part, but
in fact this is the part they think is a replacement.


Gareth.