Modded Peavey Butcher with Strat

KnifeDeets
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Published 2011-01-18
Peavey Butcher with EL34 output tubes (modded). Sounds like a JCM-800 with more balls to these ears. Filmed 1/18/11 with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ8 that cost $109 (cheap). No pedals were used.

Strat is a mexi Musicians Friend special edition.

I'm not a good player, so I was trying to showcase the amp's sound briefly. I didn't make this video for any other reason than to dispel the rumors that Peavey Butchers sound bad. This Butcher sounds great.
All Comments (12)
  • @Ralphnaderchop
    I have one of these amps too, and it loves JJ's and Mesa tubes alot. Tung sol not so much, but are better than groove tube's and ruby's.
  • @MisterDeets
    @DelSpaarky - It's the original Peavey Butcher that was released in the 80's to compete with the JCM-800. It was sort of a clone of the 2203 JCM-800, but with 6L6 tubes and a few other changes that can sometimes make them a bit bright sounding. The fixed (nonadjustable) bias was another issue that kind of made it not as cool as well. I made quite a few changes to this beast to make it better, but I didn't completely re-do the whole amp. It was a good foundation to start with.
  • @MisterDeets
    @dummerbube - Glad you liked it. I need to practice more so I can post decent vids of decent playing.
  • @MisterDeets
    The hum adjusted does not exist any more on that amp. That system fried itself and burned the potentiometer. I put an adjustable bias in it's place when I installed the EL-34 tubes.
  • @MisterDeets
    @Madstrgr It's a Port City 2x12. It ROCKS! I love that cab. I want two more just like it with different speakers. This one has Mojotone VB-30V speakers. I want to get another with Mojotone VB-30H speakers and one with Eminence Red Fang speakers. I have more cool amps to run and only two cabs to run them with at the moment.
  • @DelSpaarky
    Is this an older butcher or one of the new ones just released? Sounds real good, btw.
  • @MisterDeets
    I wish I could say. Since I converted this amp to EL-34, I have no idea what kind of 6L6 tubes you should use in it. Unfortunately, I can't make a recommendation because this amp was very heavily modified. The transformers etc on this amp were great, but the output stages of this amp needed lots of work to sound good. I also modded the pre slightly as well.
  • @peligrop0p
    Hey man I have the same amp but I was wondering about the tubes which one should I buy???
  • @FLHCSfan68
    This is the original Butcher...not the newly released Butcher.