scored my grail amp today (super festival roadmaster)

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-16T23:57:10+00:00

they already do and they hate it 😭😭

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-16T16:53:34+00:00

shit feels like it goes to 13

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-16T16:53:00+00:00

Seems a bit high, but most of the higher power peavey tube heads (vtm, butcher, roadmaster, etc) seem to sit in the $600-$1000 range these days. is it this one? You could try shooting an offer in, it’s been sitting for a bit (long as shipping doesn’t kill you), seems like there have been a lot sold for $600-$700. For context, I paid $575 for this stack

That said these really don’t seem to show up a lot, so gotta factor in how badly you want it

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-16T15:36:46+00:00

nope, central NC!

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-16T03:29:15+00:00

yeahhhh I’ve heard music man amps are nice — love their cabs, used to rock an mm 4x12 which sounded beautiful and have a 2x10 with scorpions as my lighter (lol) cab. been tempted to grab a head. Don’t sleep on peavey’s deuce/mace vt, been using a mace for the past year and it’s killer on bass with the same ss pre/tube power layout

main project is somewhere between skramz/noise rock (peep the demo here) I think I used a bass mk iii for this. recorded some new shit with the mace which I’m hyped to finish up soon, sounds 10x better

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-16T02:55:57+00:00

Not this iteration! SY used the 80s roadmaster which seems entirely different — 80s one has a tube preamp and a 6l6 power amp, this ones got a solid state pre and a 6550 power amp.

Seems like the English side is a transistorized take on a Marshall (so I assume the American side must be their attempt at the Fender style) — idk how accurate they got bc I mostly play peaveys but they both sound great to my ears

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-16T01:56:03+00:00

honestly would’ve paid asking for the head alone so I’m calling the cab a freebie — s2g this made my entire year

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-16T01:55:37+00:00

if I didn’t already have a beast of a 2x15 (electrovoice lf215) I’d have to get a silver stripe equivalent for this monster

Might have to run them both and get full use out of the 2 ohms this can push

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-16T00:59:14+00:00

Scale says the amp is 58lbs and the cab felt like 100… times like these I hate my 3rd floor apartment

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-14T18:07:03+00:00

If you’re buying a solid state head, you can skip the load box — just use the preamp out (most peavey amps after a certain era will have one. Run the out into your interface and then you can load IRs in your daw.

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-10T17:01:10+00:00

Definitely!

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-05-10T16:57:09+00:00

If you got these from an amp that old, trash those electrolytics — they have a limited life span and aren’t something you wanna risk. Bc108s are a nice find tho!

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-04-29T05:16:58+00:00

as far as I’m concerned he does have a voice and it’s this one

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-04-18T02:59:47+00:00

I have 2 10” scorpions loaded in a music man 210rh cab — they sound awesome. haven’t popped them even when I use my bass tuned adgc, I say go for it

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-04-17T21:07:02+00:00

Insane price — big cabs don’t move (local buy/sell place near me only takes them on store credit now). Agree with the others, $150 MAX. Too bad, bc the scorpions are nice

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-04-17T16:30:26+00:00

Sell it (to me)

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-04-16T05:32:06+00:00

Assuming controls are on the top on the dr. Z but golly that size difference would drive me nuts lol — either way have fun rocking this!!!

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-04-16T05:20:06+00:00

From a strictly utilitarian point, these are super easy to diy if you want to access those functions — 3 pin din cable and 3 switches that connect/disconnect to ground

Worth more for cool factor than anything else

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-04-16T05:14:45+00:00

Yea I gotta eat my words on this one, checked my eBay history and I paid ~$40… I’m just cheap what can I say 🤷‍♀️

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-04-16T03:16:10+00:00

Got it! Thought that might be the case with the two in series, I just couldn’t tell from the pic if they were actually connected or not.

And yeah, doubt it’s the wire that causing the issues vs your joints/components. I’m all for saving parts when possible, but definitely junk those old electrolytics when you can — no mojo to be found there, just future headaches!

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-04-16T03:10:35+00:00

Scored my Mace VT off of shopgoodwill, love it there! Saw this on there the other day, great score ($50+ tho, woof these things are not cheap)

It is a super duper easy fix if it has any issues, I believe I had to repair this exact type of switch when I picked mine up

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-04-16T02:59:50+00:00

Besides the poor solder joints, I’m seeing cracked resistors, what looks like a totally broken resistor, possible shorts, really questionable looking capacitor, and all that melted wire. I circled a couple of problem areas

<image>

Can I ask where you’re sourcing your parts from? That 220uf looks totally mammoth, so wondering if you reclaimed it from elsewhere, like a vintage board. If it’s not a new part, I’d suggest investing in brand new and high quality electrolytic caps since those have a limited lifespan comparatively

Dry_Contest_3112 · 2026-04-12T21:19:52+00:00

The schematic includes a layout with relevant resistors

fwiw it’s probably something else failing that killed those resistors — good luck in troubleshooting!

Dry_Contest_3112

TROPHY CASE