Peavey MAX 100 100W 1x10 Bass Combo Amp Gray and Black

I have owned Peavey bass amps since 1984. This one is not as advertised. It is not 100 watts as my 18 year old 35 watt Peavey Max 112 is louder and has better punch than this amp. It also cannot handle basses (active or passive) that have a lot of bottom end because as you turn the volume up, you will get this garbled mess of sound coming out of it. The one positive is that you can get a cool SVT-like sound out of it. Just don't turn it up too loud.

I LOVE PEAVEY! THIS AMP HAD EVERY THING I WANTED. THE 2 INPUTS REALLY MAKE A HUGE SOUND DIFFERENCE.NICE SIZE FOR PORTABLITY. (SOMETIMES MOVING HGE CABNETS GETS OLD) I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THIS AMP. GOLD RECOMMENDATION 6 STARS

Amp was supposed to be new but was obviously used. Gain know never worked and I'm lucky if the built-in tuner works long enough to tune one more 2 strings The amp's bass sounds great. The quality of the kids and treble is not that great. You will not get a smooth, warm, round sound from this amp. The amp has a built in compressor limiter that's always on and is not adjustable. The gain channel adds more comprehension but the gain/distortion/overdrive channel sounds weak unless you push the preamp pretty hard and then the overdrive/distortion that you do get sounds crackly and inconsistent. The Kosmo-C feature sounds pretty rad but it makes the super low frequencies perhaps too pronounced for some people's taste. you can never really get the EQ to sound balanced or NOT "digital" sounding. However, I am using an active EMG 40dc in the bridge of my bass. I also use this amp as a guitar amp and it's decent run through the preamp or into the FX loop skipping the preamp completely. I use an EMG X SAV active pickup on the neck of my PRS. overall, this is a decent home practice amp. It isn't loud enough to use with for band practice and it doesn't sound good enough to use on a live performance.

i use this amp for practice, i'm planning on starting a band up and hopefully use this amp for small gigs.

used it very little and it pops and shuts off and on when I try to play through it..not worth trying to repair it..solid state junk

My usage is just entertaining myself in my room or just jamming with friends, and I was still going to order either the 150W or 250W version, but they were sold out. I wanted something now to play my new Jackson JS2 Concert bass so I went ahead with the 100W. It's PLENTY LOUD. My neighbors hear it thumping across the street! Heck it might be loud enough to play with a drummer and guitarist in a bar or something. The gain and overdrives can make it even louder without losing sound quality, which is pretty amazing. The EQ controls and shaping are very good and can give an incredible amount of variation to get exactly the tone you want without getting lost trying to figure them out. There's a whole lot of sound mixing inputs and outputs for the recording geeks. Probably the best part about this combo amp is that it's small, light and easily portable. Really it's perfect if you have to travel for band practice but still want to be loud and clear.