Peavey Vypyr 120

It's an all tube modeling amp that was made in 2009. Won amp of the year twice in a row. It has:

- 120 watts of all tube power
- 2 12 inch speakers
- 11 stomp box effects
- 24 amp models (2 for each of the 12)
- 11 rack effects
- delay
- reverb
- Aux in/out
- USB recording out
- 16 ohm extension cab out

This amp does everything under the sun. I really must say that it fits any style I throw at it but the Fender Twin Reverb model with a tube screamer in the stomp box section, and some reverb is the perfect sound for me. With the ability to use a seperate cab, and with it being open back it's loud enough for whatever I might need it for as well.

I'm mostly using a Squire Bullet Special which somehow this cheap guitar sounds amazing, I've played a ton of Fenders, Gibsons and Jacksons while testing it though, and I have some Les Paul, and Tele copies I use on it. The sound from them all is phenominal. I use mostly humbuckers but unless you really push the gain it's great with single coils as well. I've dialed in a sound that is a mix of Pete Townsend, Alex Lifeson, and Ian D'Sa, so a very vintage modern alternative sound. It fits everything from blues to metal though, being a modeling amp it should though.

To my ears the sound is perfection when you dialed in the right tone. It's a powerful amp and it reacts like each amp it models so without the Sampera 2 (which is a must have) it's hard to on the fly go all over the place with your sound. However, I absolutly love the sound it makes.

Well it's a Peavey. I'm a big fan of thier amps, but this one is still young. We'll see how it holds up in time but I have no doubt that I wont be replacing this one anytime soon (if ever).

I haven't had to contact them, but the store I bought it from we're an authorised Peavey dealer (they carried nothing but Peavey, Fender and Ampeg) and they we're awesome.

Overall it's hard to give it a perfect 10. It's to young to tell if that would be a solid ratig. I've heard some people have had issues with it freezing. I'm lucky to not have them and I've never heard anyone say that it was teribly annoying, you just turn it off and on again, and it only happens on start up. I can say that this is the best amp I've ever played, and has my perfect sound. I found it simple to use but it can be overwhelming for some to understand at first. For the price theres nothing better, and I defenitly recomend this to anyone. I will say though do run it through it's paces and figure the amp out before buying it. Sit down with it for an hour or two and try it with as many guitars as possible. It's an amazing amp and defenitly deserves the aclaim it has been given.