My dad had a XXX for years, thing sounded monstrous. A part of me died when I came up to visit this year and saw my stepmom made him sell it. I’m sure a part of him died too.
I had one for a while, got the first X our Guitar Center got in. There is a way to adjust the noise gate. I just turned it all the way off and used my own and it was a game changer.
@@borisv8766 its probably a hidden control feature like on the spider series. For example, the spider you have to hold the tap button and turn the gain knob to access the gain boost. if you turn the channel volume while holding the tap button it accesses the noise gate.
I got my X2 literally 6bdays after after was released. Saw the first video Ola has with the VIP X1. Went to guitar center and got the Vyper X2 not knowing it was new! It's the best amp I have
@@bigchiefsmackaho387 it’s like this exactly, if I remember correctly you have to turn on tuner mode and then use volume almost to 0 and the. Switch out of tuner mode and it basically disables the gate. I haven’t had one for months so I don’t know if that method is current
@@urmomsaivilo4783 that’s awesome, I’m glad you like it. I liked the x1 but the one I got the lowest the volume would go was equivalent to like a 3-4, the knob would go all the way down but the volume wouldn’t. I live in an apartment and it was just too loud.
I picked up a used 100 watt vypyr a couple of months ago for like 90 bucks, and it sounds amazing, a lot better than all the popular free amp sims that I tried imo, and after selling my 3 watt NUX practice amp it basically didn't cost me anything to upgrade. It was an amazing deal, never selling this thing.
@@bigchiefsmackaho387 It might be, its kinda old I guess, It has no back and it has like an M shape on the front below the knobs, like vampire teeth I guess its what its supposed to be.
I had an old Vypyr,.. was a big 1/12, 75 watts I think. Was years ago, But I think thats the OG one, you'all are talking about? I loved it, too. and miss it. I actually really liked the Big azz Sanpera pedal, even. It really had all a guy needed! Only thing I never liked was, The software hookup,.. (revolver?) would Never work.
So cool to see these newer versions. I used the old Vypyr 15 for like 6 years before getting anything bigger/better. Lil bastard can still punch high above its weight class.
Peavey Vypyr amps are super underrated. Definitely takes more time time to tweak but when tweaked they kill it for metal. I have the tube 60w combo for home use and dude it still holds it down for being 10 years old. Especially for metal.
Peavey should resurrect their Vypyr Tube series. Those amps sounded fricking amazing! The excellent analog amp simulations combined with a tube power section was an excellent combo.
by moving the controls from the front to the top and changing to just a flat black cloth grill, I feel like this Peavey looks 79% more like a Boss Katana than it did previously.
The Katana 50 is pretty great. I haven't A/B compared the Peavey, but I'd bet a dollar it would sound as good or better for metal with a 12" speaker(and a slightly larger box)
@@thedickens6490 I'd bet on the Katana being better although I love Peavey as well. You'd have to get one of the bigger Peavey's with the 12" to do a proper comparison on them
@@Fektthis I agree. I think Peavey undeniably has that metal sound figured out, but the Katana is insanely versatile. Modeling amps have come so far in the last decade
If they made practice amps like this in the 80s I would have been over the moon. Great amp, lots of fun. My first amp was a Peavey solid state, but it was NOTHING like this.
i’m so glad you’ve reviewed this finally , i have the x3 and i love it, a lot of people crap it online but dude it’s killer sounding and you finally show that
How is the x3 for bedroom levels? I have the x2 coming in today and I'm worried about it being too loud for bedroom use, but not loud enough for metal gigs
@@metalmike7835 see one thing i’ve found even tho this is for most amps it sounds kinda different in a way depending on how you place it, i have mine as far back to a wall as it can be but i’ve played on the x2 as well and it’s great for bedroom levels and so is the x3 it sounds absolutely amazing
I have the VIP 2, distortion is bone crushing and the amp loves pedals. I hooked up a overdrive and the tone is really amazing coming from a budget amp. I Would highly recommend though a noise gate when purchasing this amp. Can get really noisy without one.
I have the 100W XP3, so the previous version of the Vypyr series. 100% agree that for a cheap amp to play metal, they’re great. Lots of chug and tonal flexibility
bought the X3 right before you made this video, got it for $300 bucks and i love it. took some time to get all the settings and parameters how i wanted them but dialed in it sounds absolutely legitimate. 6505 amp sim with boost and compression is just NASTY
Listening to you play this vyper thru my Bose speaker sounds amazing! That 6534 tone has a chug and it sounds as good as any time I've listened to you play. I own several Peavey heads and cab's and love energy single one. My first amp with distortion was a Peavey Rage that I would stuff a pillow into the back opening to tighten up the sound.
I have one and after about a year or so the encoder knobs failed. They jump full clockwise if you turn the encoder knob until you turn them for a minute or more and finally they start responding properly lol.
The vip3 has a power sponge yeah? Does it work well with the transtube tech that peavey uses? Does it emulate tubes when cranked? The point of a power sponge was to get that awesome tube saturation at lower volumes with tubes. Does this work like that?
@@aaronhiggs i'm happy with the effects tbh for my style of playing, i don't really need a lot. you can get much better effects with the helix but for that £275 price point it's going to take some beating and the amp and cabs sound great, to my ears it's on par with my friends Pod Go
Peavey Vypyr X3, 12" speaker at 100watts for $399.00 which is a killer deal for what you get. You can use bass guitars on it, and it actually sounds good. I don't know how these amps aren't in a discussion when folks are recommending or mentioning great studio/casual amps.
I have a peavey rage 158 I think it's called and it's awesome. All it has is a clean and distortion channel and a modern (for the time it was made) and a vintage. There isn't much if a difference between the moden and vintage but it sounds kick ass. It can also get some nice dime tones with a boss distortion pedal 🤘🤘
If you had two and hook up a signal splitter. They sound a lot better you can blend different amps . With the reverse effect on slightly it’ll cut some of the nasty . I’ve used the reverse on both amps and delay, reverb and a slight phaser !! You wouldn’t believe it came from those amps. And I would record it and have! I’ve had a lot of time to deeply experiment. Trust me you can get some amazing sounds especially with an outboard effects board!
Awesome demo, ola 😎🤘🏻🎸 I’ve always been a big peavey fan and this amp sounds pretty killer. recently I’ve purchased a peavey vypyr x2 and it sounds incredible. It’s a definite keeper.
The vypyrs to watch for are the 2x12 combos, primarily 2nd gen, and the tube vypyrs sound ridiculous as well. They really are not bad amps, but the older ones were in fact better sounding, less features but better sounding. I never put my own pedals into one, because as far as I could tell back then it didn’t need any
Some of my first amps were Peavy and never had a issue with them. They were great for metal. I owned Marshall and never cared for the brown noise. I have a Mesa Stiletto Trident and best amp I have ever owned. Through a Mesa 4 speaker cab it cranks.
I just bought one of these for a practice amp and it is HEAVY. but, it doesn't pull off pinch hArmonics well. The cleans sound great too. I recommend this for the beginner who wants it heavy. A little work dialing in the tones though. btu great little amp for the price.
In my opinion this will always be at the top (fore the price) along with the Line 6 spider V (Which is what I use) for cabinet emulation before going into plug-in impulse responses, lol. This (Peavey) sounds really great with the Rhythm Solid State Tones some leads are cool too. Yeah, even the Line 6 doesn't replace my favorite Tube Amps that I own but it's cool just to have for it being simply "Diverse in Tone" just to invent new sounds and play around on to warm up before going to record!!!
i wish line 6 would bring back the spider valve not as affordable brand new as peavey and regular spider, but for price more affordable than most valve amps plus effects
@@ClintGilbert5 That would be great, man I really love my Line 6 Spider V and if they upgraded the Spider Series with modern tones you could even use the 2x12 combo for playing small clubs with a mic. It's just so versatile and a great amp series.
I got my vyper X2 today and I'm a beginner but I think it sounds really good and the ola is the reason I bought it , he said it was a good beginner amp for metal an rock an hard rock, and I love it , I think it sounds good thanks ola
ty Ola. Bought the Vyper X2 after seeing your video . Very happy with the sounds. Especially after going through 2 amps to try to get that metal sound. Btw great music on your channel!
I have the original 100W 2x12 Vypyr with the Sanpera II footswitch board as well as the 30W head unit . Bought them both used from GC like 10 years ago. $225 for the 2x12 and $120 for the head. Still have them. Still sound great. However, I am ready to build myself my own hand wired tube amp and put a decent pedalboard together. Craigslist time!
I own the old version of this model the vypyr vip 3 of one hundred watts of power, nice to know Peavey electronics gave an upgrade to this amplifier, I use to play bass guitar through it.
got my first guit fiddle in 84. played it (a harmony) through a plastic service merchandise amp for 5 years until the first peavy rage came out. i was convinced that this is what i needed to sound like my heroes. after convincing my mom to shell out the $99, I soon found out i was wrong, so i decided it was the DOD hard rock distortion pedal that was needed to finally sound exactly like my heroes. wrong again. Next, Mr.Jim Rubino, from Rubino's Music in Merrillville Indiana convinced me that what I needed was the Digitech GSP-5. It was way out of my league, budget wise, but Mr.Rubino saved the day by introducing me to layaway. A year later, that GSP-5 was mine. I used the "Eddie Van Halen" preset but I still didn't sound like my heroes. It wasn't until I was in my 40's when I took a step back and peaked over my mountain of gear and realized it was practice that made me sound like my heroes. Oh well, it was fun along the way and I sure made some music store owners happy :)
Absolutely! I look at the mountain of gear that I have accumulated over the past 32 years.... No matter what Guitar, amp, effects, etc that I use, it still just sounds like me. My early dedication to leaning remains apparent, but the quest for the perfect tone always ends in the laziness of my practice routine. Chasing that dream around the country was fun, using big loud amps is always fun.., but these little bedroom amps seriously kick ass! They capture the essence of much higher valued gear; at least close enough to properly steer good decision making in which amp to save up for, while providing quite impressive range and fairly accurate representation of the tonal character of the model being emulated. These little amps serve a much underappreciated purpose; to inspire the creativity and imagination of the next innovator enough to follow that dream to wherever it leads. I Love my VIP 1; at low volume it is absolutely brutal and simultaneously beautiful.
Been tough finding an amp with “big amp” tone that’s small enough for me. I practice on the road in an 18 wheeler! This thing is brutal. Getting it. Done.
Yeah, I have to agree... Peavey seems to, primarily, be a "metal/high gain" amp company... & God bless 'em for it! Though, they DO still put out models (like the Nashville for steel guitars... that I WISH did high-gain) that absolutely CAN'T touch "high-gain" territory; still, they're pretty damn good at it too! I think Hartley Peavey is a secret metal-head in the shadows... eventhough he LOOKS like a guy that probably listens to outlaw-country and belongs in the world of Smokey & the Bandit. Haha
Isn’t the size of the speaker/cabinet always the limitation of an ENTRY level amplifiers. I have put output jacks on my small practice amps like the Marshall Lead 20 or 40 watt mini amp . I have even done it with my Pignose battery powered amp. Once you plug them into a 4/12 cabinet, look out they freaking scream. The tone is SO MUCH BETTER when you put the output through a quality set of 12” speakers. Of course the output jacks cut the speaker in the cabinet of the amp off when you plug the external cabinet in. It’s the speaker size/quality, I think more than the cabinets of the little amps that makes their tone cheesy but the cabinet size does affect the low end a lot. The bigger the cab the better bass tone
It's not that the size sucks, it's just that entry amps tend to have worse speakers. I've seen a video of someone replacing the speaker in one of the Fender Frontman/Squier beginner bundle amps with a WGS speaker and it actually sounded good after
I love my Vypyr X2 . I did not like the X1 or X3 . It doesn't break up like a tube amp . But at low volumes it sounds better than any amp I've ever played on .
the sticker on your forehead kills me😂😂 great video definately helped me to consider this for my first real guitar amp as a bass player. keep up the good and fun videos👍wish i could play like you do
Really cool how it has a usb. Growing up, I used to have to wait for my parents to leave the house to record my riffs, and even then, it was a terrible room recording using the mic that came with the computer. This is direct-in. All they need is to download reaper or audacity and they're good to start writing riffs. Although, I can't help but think about how times have changed since I owned a practice amp like this. VSTs are great, most computers can handle the processing power now, and a laptop and an interface is smaller profile than a practice amp. (assuming where you're going has powered speakers) Also the Friedman BE mini is only $50 more and while it doesn't have as many features, it's a better amp long term. Not too forget you have more versatility with being able to choose a guitar cab and the speaker inside it right from the start. (even if that's more cost upfront) That being a more old school approach instead of just getting a VST and using a preset so you don't have to think about it. Too many options now, personally I think peavey needs to put that 12" speaker back in or maybe continue further into the audio interface realm. Something even smaller than this that is an audio interface first, practice amp second could actually be pretty cool and probably more future proof.
I would’ve loved this as a beginner amp instead of a Peavey Audition 20 and distortion pedals. Lol. I own the first version of the Vyper 15 for jamming on ideas while watching tv. I love it sounds great for what it’s worth. 🤘🏻🔥
Great summation, the others? They sound great, just not for metal... So multi-feature paperweights then? Still have my VIP1 and I love it. I know there are better ones, but for practice in general, it sounds better than the Spark (though the Spark has its moments).
Actually the red stripe Revolution 112 takes the Bandit one level further with its ultra channel. It's closest rival would be the 212 XXL, which is considerably more burdesome to carry. I like the Revolution more than the Transformer and all other iterations of the transtube series of which I've owned probably 20 to 40 over the years. I consider the Revolution 112 the pinnacle of Hartley's transtube series but you're spot on with the Bandit. It's an absolute killer and will 🤘 eat most of these digital Borg boxes for breakfast.
I wish I could figure this thing out! I just got one and cannot seem to get a decent tone from it. Right now I have it on a clean sound with a distortion pedal attached while I figure it out!.
...also have a Vypyr 30 12" (many years older), and sometimes it sounds BETTER than this one (I have an X2), just depends on what you are looking for, I have them stacked one on top of the other 🤷♀
Sweet water finally got these amps back in stock. After a year and a half of waiting the x3 will be on my doorstep today. Hope it blows the x1 out of the water and doesn’t have that boxed in sound you were talking about
It's the X1 that has the boxed sound. The single 10" isn't great. The X2 to the X3 are killer, no huffiness or whoofing. I'm sure you know that by now though 🤘
Considering the price and 10 inch speaker it barks pretty darned good. It's not trying to take a Boogie or Deizel to school. But that would be asking an awful lot for the price and size. Peavey has always been solid.
In my humble opinion, your medley video with the Spider V, where you showed off all those free presets you made (crunchola, etc.), was as metal as it gets!
Thank you so much for reviewing THIS first thing back from your vacation! I've been highly considering the 50w X2 myself, and will probably get one after watching this review! Only thing I've been really wondering though is, if I use the right type of XLR to 1/4" cable, how will it sound with a microphone singing through it as a portable PA when I'm not using it for guitar? I'm currently using a TINY little VOX practice amp and utilizing the "acoustic" setting for my mic and it doesn't sound bad at all minus the fact that it's completely lacking in bass response and volume due to its TINY size. 🤔
Got the OG Vypyr 30watt and it's still great. I think the onboard computer is slowly starting to die after about 12 years of rigorous use so maybe I'll have to replace it with one of the new ones.
When i Start playing guitar in 1982 i was poor ! could not Buy a Marshall and Buy Peavey for the métal hard rock sound and the Peavey X1 is good for électric guitar ,good for bass ,and acoustic guitar ,for praticicing at home! Plug and Play !
I have 2 hooked in stereo to my pedal board twin H9’s, Metal Zone, generic noise gate, vox wah, cry baby wah and the wonderful Whammy pedal!! Can use the board mixed with amp effects and they sound great!!
Not the x the VIP 1 and 2 ! If you put a sheet of cardboard over the back of the little guy ( don’t know why the made it completely open) it actually sounds fantastic!! I tried an actual piece of plywood lol but the cardboard worked better!! Wish I could share the tones I’ve gotten.. Using a 7 string with 10-62’s ! Bang!!
I can dig this. Sounds good and looks sinister ;) Could go on about Peavey since i've been a brand fan since the '70s and owned a few of their amps (Mace, SP112) but now have a Vypyr 15 i bought almost 10 years ago used at GC for $49.95. Still surprises me. There's some vid called "abandoned Peavey Factory" or something. Pretty heartbreaking. I guess all MIC now,,,,not sure.
Nah for metal and overall good at everything., I would still highly recommend boss katana, sounds ferrous when you install sneaky amps pack. Actual useful and good sounding effects ( this Peavy has pretty aweful sounding and useless effects) there's a reason 9/10 amps sold if this price point is a katana, it just kicks ass and does everything well. The katana needs a little TLC for modern metal sound with the global eq but it will get there easily and better than most
yo bro I'm planning on getting a boss katana mk2, is it good for trash, death metal, and other metal genres, that heavy shit u know, and also is it possible to connect it to the pc to use amp sims, I've heard it has like an built in audio interface right?
I got the x3 a couple of months ago and within 2 months the speakers had already popped, traded it for a spark, much nicer in my opinion as a practice amp and honestly for gigs too, just need to get a cab
Love the "Another Day-like" solo happening. I find myself doing the same thing to test how bends and vibrato sound on an amp :D I really wish Peavey would get deeper into the serious amp game. Give us some lunchbox amps with 6L6's/6CA7/EL34, like the MT15, and Fireball 25. Who tf is using more than 50w these days? And who wants to break their back with a massive 40-50lb.100w amp? Give us 50/25w, IR loaders, and load boxes built-in "Ironball SE" style...I really feel like those amps are kind of the future right now, but then again, that's just me .
dude... everything you described for wants and desires of Peavey... Ola already did those reviews - a few years ago - of peaveys products that they've brought such features to the table. Go through his entire "Ola testing shit" playlist. Misha Mansoor has an amp series with Peavey called Invective. Ola did a review on it already.
