Peavey Max 158 15W Bass Amplifier

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List Price: $139.99
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• 15 watts (rms) into 4 ohms
• 8 inch speake
• Modern/Vintage voicing switch with patented TransTube(r) tube emulation circuitry
• Low, Mid, and High EQ controls
• CD/Line-In jacks - Headphone jack.

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I received my Peavey two days ago and am reasonably surprised. I've been playing bass for two years and have been playing a Thunderbird out of a Kustom KB200 but wanted something a little smaller to haul to practice. The 158 MAX does alright. With only an 8 inch driver I have to turn it up to be heard over our drummer but it does the job. Tone isn't great but it's okay given the size of the amp. Construction is what you would expect out of a Peavey = SOLID. Another reviewer commented on problems with wiring but I think he had a fluke as Peavey as known for their construction (not necessarily their tone [it's no Eden]). All in all if your wanting a solid amp to practice with, do it. If this is going to be your primary you need to save your money and get something better. Now the details: Front grill is metal (as you would expect) and solid. Good solid state construction, and reasonable sound. Tone leaves something to be desired but it is a "practice" amp, not meant for show quality sound. Equalization is okay (1-low, 1-mid, 1-high). Has a line in and headphone jack that work fine. Voicing selector (modern & vintage) is pointless. Modern just makes the sound more silent, I wont ever take mine off Vintage (with only an 8 inch driver you'll need all the volume you can get). You get what you pay for, this is a totally reasonable practice amp but I wouldn't pay over $80.

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I love the input for my Ipod! Great little amp for practice by myself! Nice tone on it! I am not going to play too loud for practice anyhow! Need some Dimple Pinch and a guitar player!

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Purchased to use with my acoustic electric guitars as it produces a nice sound for a reasonable price. Works well jamming with my bandmates weekly.

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I was in the market for a smallish bass practice amp and I tried this one out at the local Guitar Center with my own bass, just to give it a shot. I agree with the other reviewer, the sound quality is terrible at any level, it sounded like I was using distortion even at the lowest volume setting. This is essentially what I expected out of a bass amp with an 8" speaker, and I'm a big fan of Peavey bass amps. I'm not sure what this amp is useful for except to just hear oneself playing. In my opinion, even a small bass amp should have at least a 12" speaker in order to sound good. In amps with only one speaker, guitars can get away with smaller, but not basses.

When I first received this there was no sound at all. I started to investigate what was wrong. First the the control panel which houses all the switches and inputs and outputs was loose. I took the control panel out to see if anything was not hooked up but it seemed fine. The two screws on top were not screwed in and that was why it was loose. I fixed that issue but still no sound. So I pulled off the screen and then pulled the speaker and found that one of the wires to the speaker was not plugged in.

So now I have sound coming out but it still sucks. It has massive hum at anything above 1/3rd volume. When I turn it off it picks up a radio signal for 5 seconds or so and I hear a radio station through the speaker.

I am a rookie musician who has only owned one other guitar amplifier but compared to that one (epiphone) this Peavey 158 is a piece of junk!

I made the mistake of ordering this online so it is probably not worth the hassle of tring to return since I will have to pay shipping at least one way, maybe both.

Dont buy this one, go for the Fender.