Peavey Vypyr 30 watt

[Rickdod]

Hey guys, im a newb to this site, i actually found it on google looking up some stuff about the peavey vypyr i just bought a week or so ago. Well anyway I have been playing guitar for about 4 months now, 1 of which i just picked up the electric guitar. I purchased a Epiphone Sg 1966 reissue i like it alot, although the neck is heavy and akward when i play standing up. Anywayyyyyyyyy I also own a peavey vypyr and ive messed around and messed around with it, and i cant seem to get a clean sound out of it all the sounds are ether distortion or some wild type of sound, which i LOVE but i would love to also be able to just get a clean sound from it. Any tips or pointers??

Also any help on the guitar or anything else with the amp would be GREATLY appreciated =]]

[crazy_guitar_man]

http://www.peavey.com/assets/literature/manuals/03584290_4.pdf

go to page 8....

i have never had this amp before but from looking at that manual you should be able to get the clean sound...

but if you turn the stompbox knob to bypass push the amp button so it is on clean and put the effects to bypass you should get a clean sound and if that doesn't work try turning the gain down....also if you want to get fancy you could put the stompbox on bypass then select a amp(probably really doesn't matter which one) and then put the effects on chorus and you should get a clean sound

like i said thats just from reading that manual so if you follow that you should be ok but yeah if this helps ya cool if not let me know and maybe i could look at it again and try to figure it out haha o and if it is possable could you put a pick of that guitar i love sg's and i am curious what that one looks like i don't think i ever saw one haha :w:

[Rickdod]

Thanks alot, ill have to check it out in the morning so i dont wake anybody up lol seems pretty simple tho :w:

OOO and here is a link to the add for my guitar on Guitar Center, the one they have as the picture is the silverburst, i have a deep cherry red one

http://cgi.ebay.com/Epiphone-Gibson-SG-Custom-Shop-Ltd-Ed-Near-Mint-NR_W0QQitemZ190286963267QQihZ009QQcategoryZ33037QQ ssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[crazy_guitar_man]

hmm the link wouldn't work...but sounds nice haha o and actually read through that manual haha that amp seems really nice i think i might have to check one out haha i especially like the power sponge thing which makes its quiter while still getting the full tone out of amp but yeah i would say that manual gives you all you need to know i don't even have the amp but after reading some of that i feel i could work it with my eyes closed haha

[Rickdod]

Yeah the amp is amazing, but i dont know jack about it so im only using 10% of what it can actually do because ive only been playing electric for a month. So im trying to take in all the info i can lol, and here is a pic/stats of my guitar

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c50/rickydodson/_c221650_image_0.jpg

Taken from the Guitar Center Website

The Epiphone Limited Edition 1966 G-400 Electric Guitar is a Gibson-authorized version of their great '66 SG with a solid mahogany body and slim-taper set mahogany neck. Some subtle-yet-significant differences make this one special. Instead of the small, lower horn-only pickguard, it has the larger pickguard so there aren't any pickup mounting rings around the high-output Alnico Classic humbuckers (the '66 SG had P-90 pickups). Separate volume and tone controls for each of the pickups give you complete control of your sound. A stopbar tailpiece and Tune-O-Matic bridge provide great sustain and tone. The deep double cutaway lets you reach all 22 frets with ease.
Epiphone Limited Edition 1966 G-400 Electric Guitar Features:

* Double-cutaway solid mahogany body
* Slim-taper set mahogany neck
* Rosewood fretboard
* 22 frets
* Alnico Classic Plus bridge humbucker
* Alnico Classic neck humbucker
* 2 volume, 2 tone controls
* 3-way pickup selector
* Grover tuners
* Tune-O-Matic bridge/stopbar tailpiece
* 24-3/4" scale
* 1.68" nut width
* Chrome hardware

[crazy_guitar_man]

yeah i like that guitar haha i would get a epiphone but i really want the gibson so ill keep saving money haha and a arm and a leg :jumpgrin: but yeah i have a peavy myself and i am satisfied with it but 1) its not big enough and 2) it doesn't have alot of effects...so i am either going to get a half stack or something and i still don't know what i am going to do

[Rickdod]

Yeah i was at a mom and pop shop today and they have a vypyr just like mine and a older style peavey and they said they were almost identical except for the effects and such, o and the older one was a 45 watt i believe, i cant remember what they said lol :confused: but so far i love the amp, just wish i knew how to use all the bells and whistles

[crazy_guitar_man]

my next question is how much was it???

[Rickdod]

I got the guitar off ebay (yeah it was a risky choice) but i got it for $399 it came with a hard shell case, and the guitar was basically brand new, besides the pick guard has a TON of scratches, which of course means its been played before, but besides that its in mint condition

[crazy_guitar_man]

haha i ment the amp but yeah i got a double neck guitar kit off ebay and i thought well this could either be the shittiest thing or the coolest thing ever haha but i got it...i am not done yet but if you wanna see it go to the pit and look up my thread building a guitar i have pics in there

[Rickdod]

Haha yeah i actually just got done looking at that, pretty badass i must say

and i paid $199 for the amp +taxes and a 2 year replacement warranty it came out to $237

[crazy_guitar_man]

nice yeah i would pay that looks like a well worth it for that amp...but yeah i hope this thing is bad ass it looks but who knows what it will sound like yet haha...i am putting the pickups that came with it in it for now but i def want to upgrade to better ones such as covered humbuckers i like the sound and the look of those...


*EDIT* woo 200 hundred posts haha

[Rickdod]

Nice, so how much $ will u have wrapped up in that once your done?

[crazy_guitar_man]

well i paid 210 for the kit which came with everything but the paint...i am getting two different truss rod covers cuz i don't like the ones that came with it so they should be under 5...umm the inlays were 3.50 a letter so thats 14 plus tax and the paint was 18 over all and i still need to buy the clear coat which will polyurithane i think and that should run about 12 dollars....so i am at about $259 right now and if i want to do different pickups they might be around 80 or so for a set times two sets would be $160 so the whole guitar would end up costing about $410 which is way way way lower than the one gibson or epiphone makes haha

[Rickdod]

OOO wow, thats awesome!! yeah i really wanted to get like a les paul style body and repaint it and put some custom fret board inlays on it and stuff, but that is alot of time and alot of things i could make go wrong there haha but maybe oneday!! :biggrin:

[crazy_guitar_man]

yeah thats what i thought with the kit but the guitar when together easily...now the fretboard inlays might be alittle tough but yeah if you would want to do a kit like mine for a les paul go to ebay and look up the seller senior he has les paul kits too but yeah i left his feedback the other day and looked at his newest stuff and he has a double neck flying v witch i recommend you go check out cuz it is sweet haha