Peavey 5150 4x12 Cabinet

300 watt 4x12 cabinet. 4 Peavey Sheffield EVH Speakers. Eddie Van Halen uses it , it's gotta be good right? Whatever. (look at my 5150 review). Not many features. It's closed-back, has an XLR and a 1/4" input. Shitty Peavey casters, replace them with generic heavy-duty hardware store brand for $4.99 a peice versus $19 for ONE peavey caster. Recessed handles.

Although i hated the 5150 amp, i LOVE this cabinet. It's not brittle like a Marshall, and it has more bass OOMPH than a Mesa/Boogie. It's cheap, too, plus it looks great.

I used it on many a gig with no problems.The finish is very easily dented, though, and the PEAVEY logo on the front actually broke once. I just took it off.

I dealt with them about the 5150 amp.. they know jack shit about their products. NO help there. never got my 5150 manual either.

Best value in cabinets, bar none.

Four Sheffield? 1200 12" speakers,300 watts RMS, 16 ohms, XLR and 1/4" jacks on back. Would be nice to have a mono/stereo switch so the cabinet could be split for stereo effects or running two 5150 heads ( could run one head clean, other head dirty, each with different EQ settings ).

Sounds great. I use it with one 5150 head to play top 40 and classic rock. Sounds nice on clean and mean on dirty. I've ran an Orange 120W head through this cabinet from time to time. Sounds just as sweet!

Maybe it's just me, but I've been through two sets of casters for this cabinet. It seems to eat them alive. I finally couldn't afford the $20 per caster replacement price. Went to Meijer and bought 4 heavy duty casters in the hardware section at $5 a pop. Have not had a problem since I switched away from the 5150 factory casters. I think the 5150 caster design is flawed. The 5150 casters require a hole in the cabinet to feed the wheel pin through. The replacement casters I bought have the wheel mounted flush. (see crude caster pictures)
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Anyway, this is hard to explain without real pictures, but imagine trying to install the above 5150 caster on the bottom of a flush cabinet?! Requires a hole to slide the wheel pin through. When the wheel is subject to being rolled over stairs, door jams, etc, this hole gets ripped to shreds and the wheel becomes "wobbly".

Moderatly friendly, not willing to consider any design flaw on anything endorsed and designed by EVH. Eddie, did you pick these casters?

Sounds great and thats what's most important. Fix the damn casters, and add a stereo/mono switch and I'll give it a 10

What can I say? It's easy to use.. It's got casters and a jack on the back that you plug the cable into.

I looked into EVERYTHING that I could think of before I bought this cab.. the only other ones I would consider would be a Cervin Vega (very expensive), Marshall (would be cool, if everyone and their brother didn't use one, or Mesa Boogie half-back (I hate the Celestion Vintage 30 speakers they put in the lowest priced model, and the one I would have liked to buy was going to run me over $900 bucks..
I was skeptical about this cab.. I have heard the 5150 head, and to me, it's just too noisy and bland sounding.. but I took the 5150 cab back into a try out room at the music store, and with a Jackson guitar and a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier head, I was completely blown away.. I also tried the Mesa Boogie 4x12 Recto cab, but it sounds kinda muffled compared to the Peavey and the Celestion speakers are too brittle sounding for my taste.. the Peavey has a very nice, smooth, "modern" tone

You should definetly check out this cab.. it blows the Mesa Boogies away, and it's a much better value.. Marshall would also be good, if you're looking for a cabinet with sharper highs..