Josh Homme Signature Peavey Amp

[dronerstone]

Forgot about the Tube Works. He used that quite a bit too.

He still does for studio stuff, along with lots of other obscure amps, from small to large.
Some of his "broken" recording sounds are said to come from little old film projector amps modded for guitar. Can't say much more than this.

 

[0XI0]

who is Josh Homme

Elvis + ZZ Top + Chuck Berry

 

[Whizzinby]

I think this is hilariously awesome and I kind of want the redneck full stack for the lulz.

 

[Snave]

I don't understand why this is being sold as a Josh Homme signature amp. It was used on one of four bass tracks on Songs for the Deaf. All the guitars were other amps (Ampeg, TubeWorks, and an old PA-looking '70s Peavey). Did he use it on some later album?

 

[dronerstone]

I don't understand why this is being sold as a Josh Homme signature amp. It was used on one of four bass tracks on Songs for the Deaf. All the guitars were other amps (Ampeg, TubeWorks, and an old PA-looking '70s Peavey). Did he use it on some later album?

I'm fairly certain those few bass tracks on SFTD aren't the only occasion where the Decade was used.

He does seem to layer big iron and small/cheap/unpopular amps like the Decade for tracking/overdubs, e.g. the Decade, but also a Gorilla, a cheap 90's Epiphone "starter" combo, and the small film projector amps that I mentioned, among others.

Some of the bigger irons he's using:

Tube Works RT-2100
various old Ampegs (VT-40, V4, V4B, VT-22)
Model T (V1)
Peavey VTM-60
a Bedrock combo
old WEM/Watkins stuff
Silvertone 1484
Peavey Standard 260
Peavey Standard PA head

The new Decade Too, from what I understand, is deemed "signature" because he helped with ideas for the redesign - additional high/low accentuation toggles and output options that make it more comfortable for studio use, and thus they put his name on it. After all, he's responsible for the stupid price hike during the last few years...

I can imagine he's laughing his ass off about the whole ordeal.

 

[norminal]

 

[Blix]

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Good grief that guy should quit playing. Yesterday.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Good grief that guy should quit playing. Yesterday.

NO!!!






He makes me look good.

 

[newholland]

My first actual amp was a Peavey. Studio Pro 40. $150. Friend had a Rage and
another had a Bandit. You could play the notes right and still sound so far off
whatever riff/lick you were playing.

Kids today have it so good! Stay away from the Peaveys children!

studio pro 40 was a great amp! the silver panel one with the goony gray buttons was noisy as all getout but i lived with my tascam in front of one!

that woulda been probably mid 90s though.. some of the old dogs werent so great, but they're gonna outlive the roaches

 

[newholland]

Good grief that guy should quit playing. Yesterday.

whaat? absolutely not!

i think that amp sounds great for its intended use. im sure its an atrocity in the room, but... ya know.. sometimes thats just the ticket.

 

[newholland]

i dunno gents. i like it cause its totally a fuck you to all things guitar snob by being peavey, solid state, an 8 (albeit a celestion), and ten watts. but its also an actually usable tool thats pretty brilliantly thought out AND its a full stop anti- status symbol.

its not my bag soundwise how this vid uses it, and it sure the hell seems majorly tonally inflexible .. but i wonder if its actually more usable than it lets on. i know ive had to get it done with peaveys on many occasions.

i definitely appreciate this whole schpiel. in a world of way way overcomplicated shit, this is pretty much a 'shut up and play' device. its not subtle, no doubt, but im 100% behind it. its a weirdo sounding pedal thats an amp, a di, and more of a statement of purpose.

 

[paisleywookiee]

I think the amp is better suited as a pedal, for when you need that weird sound. I know they’re doing a pedal too, apparently. Not like Peavey can actually ship anything though

 

[DrewJD82]

Uh ohhhhh, everyone's telling Josh's toAn seCrEts, so many youtube videos are gonna get pulled now!

Keep your eyes peeled at local talent shows for Josh Homme flippin' chairs over on his way to kick a 12 year old in the head because they didn't tape his name off on his sig Peavey practice amp.

 

[paisleywookiee]

I think this would be fun in a plugin. Some of this quirky shit is fun to layer stuff with. I use the Rockman model in Amplitube as a layered track.

 

[Ed DeGenaro]

I’m not even sure really. I saw SSL released some interface that looks like a Focusrite from 2009 but with SSL knobs. There are reverb plugins that are just simple IR captures of a couple of sounds slapped under a GUI. SPL releasing the Machine Head plugin because they got wind of Serban using it. Maybe 10 or 15 years ago I’d have hoped we’d progressed a bit further by now, but I can’t really tell you how.

Not sure I'd fault manufacturers for going catering to a conservative market, pro audio and guitar didn't get much more conservative.
I mean compare what guitar players buy to bass players.

 

[GuitarBilly74]

Not sure I'd fault manufacturers for going catering to a conservative market, pro audio and guitar didn't get much more conservative.
I mean compare what guitar players buy to bass players.

It depends on the style, I think. Metal guys are pretty open to new stuff like the fanned fretboards, 8 and 9 string guitars, new designs like the Strinberg or the Abasi guitars, modeling devices etc
Rock and blues guys are the most conservative these days.

Of course, I say that just coming from a gig where I played a Les Paul through a Marshall

 

[Orvillain]

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As a lefty.. I could genuinely do that job better than that guy, and I'm English too.

 

[FuzzyAce]

As a lefty.. I could genuinely do that job better than that guy, and I'm English too.

You should contact SW. Never know.

 

[Orvillain]

You should contact SW. Never know.

Nah, I've got bigger flaps to bukkake.

 

[paisleywookiee]

You should contact SW. Never know.

They have a great cafeteria.