Peavey Royal 8 and Marshall Guvnor2 plus clip - Harmony Central Musician Community Forums

axis player · 10-03-2009, 07:35 AM

purchased from fellow Forumites Sudds (amp) and NeilRocks25 (pedal)

Got this little peavey royal 8 class A 5w valve amp and had done some research and found out that it hasn't got tons of gain but does nice cleans and a bluesey overdrive, anything else and you need a pedal. So I bought a pedal to go with it called the Marshall Guvnor 2 Plus.

Here is a little clip of the pedal and little valve amp, these small amps are still bloody loud even at 5w so I have the gain on the amp set at 2 and the master volume set at 1 and I have the pedal set for a heavy rock crunch.

The amp is close mic'd and has no reverb or no other eq. Guitar is my LP on the bridge pup.

There is no way I could have this amp set at more than 2 on the master volume it is silly loud.

The stock speaker in the amp is not great so I have ordered a celestion super 8 to replace it. total cost amp, pedal and upgraded speaker £90, I think it will be very cool for recording

SaSa · 10-03-2009, 09:09 AM

Nice clip. I also put a Super 8 into my Royal 8, it was definitely an improvement. I think I paid about 165 EUR for the amp including the Celestion, nice amp IMHO for the money, I still like for cleans.

axis player · 10-03-2009, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SaSa

Nice clip. I also put a Super 8 into my Royal 8, it was definitely an improvement. I think I paid about 165 EUR for the amp including the Celestion, nice amp IMHO for the money, I still like for cleans.

Agreed well worth a shot even at the new price, even better at the used price I got it for.

axis player · 10-12-2009, 07:45 AM

I am still waiting on the replacement speaker for this little amp but see if this clip sounds any better, basically the same clip but now has a 3 band eq added from the recording software and some delay/doubling. 2nd track is quieter than the first so may need to turn it up to hear any difference.

I will post some clean clips etc.. when I change the speaker, with and without fx.

matt rhoades · 10-12-2009, 07:52 AM

where do they offer the super 8 at i would like to upgrade the speaker in my vyper at some point. Nice clip sounds like a crank marshall.

axis player · 10-12-2009, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by matt rhoades

where do they offer the super 8 at i would like to upgrade the speaker in my vyper at some point. Nice clip sounds like a crank marshall.

Hi, you can get them on ebay, I am getting mine from a fellow forumite.

I'm in the UK so can't comment on US

dangordan · 10-12-2009, 10:10 AM

I was in GC for strings and spotted a Royal 8 used mint for $100. Put in a couple JJ's and an alnico Jensen. Best practice amp I've owned.

10-12-2009, 07:52 AM	#5
matt rhoades Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 801	where do they offer the super 8 at i would like to upgrade the speaker in my vyper at some point. Nice clip sounds like a crank marshall. __________________ My Gear Washburn WI570 Amercian Idol,Fender USA Strat, G&L USA ASAT, Ibanez RG2570ZPrestige, ESP LTD PB500,Alvarez MD-80 Amps Peavey Classic 30,Peavey Vyper 15, Peavey Valve King 50 1x12 Effects Pedal Train Board, Vox Wah,Barber Dirtybomb,Mi Audio Crunch Box, Mi Audio Blues Pro, BBE MindBender, tu-2, Good trades with: james reuter,bro blue,cody 4474,thesleepless,FredJr,used666,Twisty571,Cadfael ,Jim Hunter,Infragreen,Cyfan,lockbody,soholounge, pedmans,maltomario.

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10-03-2009, 09:09 AM	#2
SaSa Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 151	Nice clip. I also put a Super 8 into my Royal 8, it was definitely an improvement. I think I paid about 165 EUR for the amp including the Celestion, nice amp IMHO for the money, I still like for cleans.

10-12-2009, 10:10 AM	#7
dangordan Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NY Posts: 512	I was in GC for strings and spotted a Royal 8 used mint for $100. Put in a couple JJ's and an alnico Jensen. Best practice amp I've owned.