Peavey Citation Mark IV 160W

Music-Ian

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Dec 8, 2010, 8:27:57 PM12/8/10

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anyone know anything about these amps? got an offer for one but i've
never heard of these amps before. just wanted some info/ people's
thoughts on this amp before i tried it out.

Music-Ian

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Dec 8, 2010, 10:06:48 PM12/8/10

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all i know is that it's from 1982 and i'm pretty sure it's ss. it's
the head on a fender cab model # 2-12 c3 (which i also know nothing
about if anyone knows anything about those too).

boardjunkie

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Dec 8, 2010, 11:39:45 PM12/8/10

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Just another SS Peewee amp. The Citation was a bass amp head IIRC.

rct

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Dec 9, 2010, 7:56:30 AM12/9/10

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boardjunkie wrote:
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> Just another SS Peewee amp. The Citation was a bass amp head IIRC.

I remember it as a bass head as well. Unremarkable, even back then,
but by then I had stopped using Peavey.

You haven't said how much, that could be important I guess. Offer 50
bucks if it works.

rct

mkm

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Dec 9, 2010, 8:49:15 AM12/9/10

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http://www.peavey.com/assets/literature/manuals/80370371.pdf

Les Cargill

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Dec 9, 2010, 5:21:46 PM12/9/10

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Tommy Shannon might disagree with me, but I'd pass on
PeeVee bas electronics. The cabs are usually
underwhelming, too.

--
Les Cargill

mkm

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Dec 10, 2010, 6:00:58 AM12/10/10

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According to peavey its a guitar amp not bass
http://www.peavey.com/assets/literature/manuals/80370371.pdf

jtees4

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Dec 10, 2010, 8:23:30 AM12/10/10

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On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 17:27:57 -0800 (PST), Music-Ian <ian...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>anyone know anything about these amps? got an offer for one but i've
>never heard of these amps before. just wanted some info/ people's
>thoughts on this amp before i tried it out.

I don't have experience with that specific amp....but I have a lot of
experience with Peavey amps of that time period. What I would expect
is a really solidly built amp, very heavy, very loud for ss, a great
clean channel with a nice reverb. Probably a non usable distortion
channel, but the clean usually takes pedals beautifully. The key is
the price, I would not pay over $75-$100....and $100 is pushing it.

Music-Ian

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Dec 11, 2010, 8:55:00 PM12/11/10

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On Dec 10, 5:23 am, jtees4 <jte...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 17:27:57 -0800 (PST), Music-Ian <ianf...@gmail.com>

well since it's at my drummers house and it's sort of co-owned by some
of my really good friends, i could just use it for band practice and
maybe a gig (but i doubt i would want to) without actually buying it.

Les Cargill

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Dec 12, 2010, 6:31:02 PM12/12/10

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I'll be derned. I thought all Mark IV stuff was for bass.

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Les Cargill

Rufus

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Dec 12, 2010, 7:12:14 PM12/12/10

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...hmmnnn...I'm in the market for a *small* bass amp and just looked
over the Max series...a 15 watt bass amp? Wouldn't a bass blow that up?
I thought the reason for high powered with bass amps was for headroom?

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- Rufus

crow

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Dec 13, 2010, 11:31:28 PM12/13/10

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On Dec 8, 8:27 pm, Music-Ian <ianf...@gmail.com> wrote:

The guitar amp is somewhat underwhelming, although you can get
earsplitting clean tones from it. The bass amp version is quite good
especially if it comes with the footswitch - which allows you to blend
both channels. I buy every used Peavey Mark VI bass amp that I find.
They're GREAT 200 watt power amps or, for monitors you can plug into
the low gain input and access the 9 band graphic EQ! The last one I
bought (I have 3) I got off CL for &65!

jepp