The Good. The Bad. The Broken.. | PEAVEY VYPYR X GUITAR AMP REVIEW
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Hi, my name is James. I am a full time filmmaker and founder of the Content Creation agency severnwave.com as well as the founder/songwriter of my musical baby "Kill Deluxe". Aside from filmmaking, music and guitar is also a huge passion of mine. Chilled Guitar Reviews is my creative outlet to engage with other like minded people through feature videos, livestreams, original music performances and tutorials. I am always grateful for any and all engagement/viewership and am committed to uploading new videos regularly. Take care of yourselves and I'll see you soon!
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When I was younger, I wanted a Vypyr 3, I even got to try the Vypyr 2 from a friend. Ultimately I went with a BOSS Katana MK2 but these Peavy amps are great for metal
I'm testing a Katana amp next!
I still very much Love my "old" VIP3 since it sounds Stellar for a solid state amp or compared to any other of my amps, even my tube amps for that matter.
Dude please continue doing these they're so helpful 😊
Doing my absolute best mate! Thank you for the support!
Great review! I've got VYPYR MK1 30W (80W output) and can say, considering the reviews and my own experiences, that they sound more like Bandits with lots of modes. They are extremely loud for practice amps and best used for metal with enough of a 5150 taste. Wish You good health and clear mind man!
You're right actually I remember blasting the absolute hell out of a Bandit in my school music room back in the day and it's quite similar! Thanks for watching!
I have mostly used Peavey amps because they sound great and are reliable. Right now I have the VYPYR VIP-1 and was thinking about buying the X2. For 60 watts it's a great deal.
I only started learning how to play the guitar a little over a month ago & I'm documenting my entire journey on here so watching this was super interesting!
I just watched your one month update. You're doing great, especially considering you're adding a layer of difficulty by learning on an Acoustic as opposed to Electric. Keep going!
@@ChilledGuitarReviews Thanks so much, really appreciate that! Haha yes I've heard electric can be a tad easier on the ol' fingertips! Looking forward to the day I get an electric as well (& the amp of course!). Thanks so much for the useful vids you put out!
@@NewLifeWithGuitar Yep the plus side is electric will feel like a breeze when you make the switch! Thanks for watching!
Its so traditional to down pick & move the fingering hand positions accordingly. we hit a root note & quickly get the other fingers where they need to be while moving smoothly across the strings with the pick . 90% of playing is done that way. ...Ive been trying to play backwards. hit the higher notes moving my pick upward towards the fat string just in time for the root note.
I pair my vypyr x2 with my 6505+112 with loop effects and they sound magical together. Also a slaved amp out of the di for more movement around the room. I'm very very pleased with this amp and haven't really turned on any of my other amps or headrush after getting it.
Interesting. Why not just use a multi effects in the loop of your 6505 instead of this?
I'm basically using this amp as another reference speaker to see how close it sounds to the real deal and I'm surprised to hear it stacks up well. I also use it as another monitor with a classic aby pedal on your setting. It's great for clean to dirty switching between the vypyr for clean and the real thing for dirt! The precision drive is the best pedal to use with the vypyr BTW. Cheers
Thanx for this vid dude👍
Thank you for watching!
I'm trying to decide to buy the Peavey X3(100 watts) or a Hughes and Kettner combo of some sort. I had the Blackstar Black Spirit 200 it was an awesome amp but the amp had a problem powering up when it was below 68 degrees.
I have the Vypyr VIP 2. I'm just a beginner player, so for me it's been a great amp. I don't do too much loud high gain stuff, so the Tube Screamer hasn't been an issue for me. I'd say if I had to upgrade I'd probably still go with the Peavey, although I also like the Fender GTXs as well.
Fair enough.
I have a question. I just got the X2 and I do not have the Sanpera pedal which it says in the manual that with the Sanpera you can run 5 simultaneous effects at once. My question is: How many effects can I run simultaneously without the Sanpera? Thank you for taking the time to read my comment. Cheers 🍻
If I remember right you can have 1 in front of the amp. 1 after the amp. And an independent reverb on top.
😊please advise or tell me peavey vypyr x2. 1. Question: This combo can be used for recording, and the second question: how do you think if you buy the noise reduction separately, it will become better (thanks sir).
In theory it should be usable for recording but honestly if it was me I'd use one of the affordable modellers like Headrush MX5, Valeton GP200 etc. Far more flexible than this amp. With a noise gate it should be much improved!
Clean ut does sound great 👍 but no gate boy does that hurt. Shame it could have been pretty great for the price... And those extra features with only the pedal which is more money??? If any new guys reading this for the new croud look at the Katana and measure everything else you try to compare it to. Im a big Peavey fan so hopefully peavey get more creative here soon with the entry level stuff they have great ideas. Your clean patch did sound really good. Have a blessed day James! 😎👊
Definitely need to test a Katana model next! Thank you for the support!
i had the old vypyr head with the valve poweramp and sunpera footswitch, it was amazing imo but the permanent active noise gate (issue) was a deal braker for me. so sad that there is no head version of the new vypyr, just practice combos so i will stick to my good old boss katana MKII here
I had no idea they did a head! Just googled it.
vypyr needs noise reduction?
@@user-bi3id6bg3git has a build in permanent noise reduction, that just sucks
I had one too (actually had the original 30w Vypyr first, then the tube one).
Honestly ? It was amazing. Sold it becuase i got a (real) JSX.
Fixed un-adjustable noise gate was the main reason I got rid of my 1st gen Vypyr Tube 60 (yes, they had a tube Vypyr!). It was so aggressive, that at the room volumes chocked note tails. I believe the only version with adjustable noise gate was Vypyr Pro 100, discontinued. Regarding this X2 - mono effects only, even through USB, is a disappointment. I think, though, that looper can be controlled with Sanpera 1, which is ~130 USD, much cheaper than Sanpera 2.
Damn so they fixed that problem with this amp by just giving you no noise gate at all!?
@@ChilledGuitarReviews I'd assume they still have something fixed built-in. But with fixed, it is either too much or too little. Overall, I don't understand why noise gate is such a continuous issue for all generation Vypers. The $100 Zoom MS50G has an adjustable noise gate, for god's sake.
@@borisv8766 Definitely too little in this case. There's a small amount of auto gating going on but it's useless for overdriven rigs.
I had this same issue with the original Vypyr. The Guitar Center guys gave me a hard time when I returned it saying that I was the only one who had ever returned one or complained about the note tails fizzling out. It sounded great otherwise so I'll probably pick up one of these new ones but I can understand how the lack of an effective noise gate would be an issue for someone who plays high gain stuff.
Could you get a cheaper noise suppressor pedal? How do you think that would work? And why can you use it as an interface if there’s no software for it?
Could definitely work. Run it into the front of the amp perhaps. You can select it as a USB Audio input device on your PC when you plug it in but there is no dedicated Editor for PC like there is for Android/IOS.
@@ChilledGuitarReviews The Vypyr edit 1.0 software is available on the peavey website software page and works with all vypyr X models aswell for editing while plugged into your computer with USB. Also great video. One trick I found to help with saving presets is to make sure you are saving your new preset to a channel you are not currently on. Some errors do occur if you try to save your preset to the same number channel you are currently using. Would love to try some of your presets if you can figure out how to share them.
@@bane4206 Good tip!
I found the editing software. But this amp has no updates right? It’s kinda like abandoned it.
The synth model plays itself 😂
It's a "feature" 😂
Lmao 🤣
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This video inspired me to go dust off my old boss katana, and I quickly realized why I switched to my pod go. The amp sounded great but I felt like I was missing the tightness, clarity and punch, but I have been wanting another amp that I can have as a backup. However I’m not sure about this amplifier though, it seems to sound much better then a katana but just as intuitive as a Boss product 🫠
Great video as always!
We as guitarists really are spoilt for good modelled sounds these days! The Pod Go is like a flagship unit from 8/10 years ago.
😢how to improve the sound of the peavey vypyr x2 combo?😮
Unfortunately I think this video shows it as good as it can get!
Hey personally I think the noise gate cuts off way too much, the manual does say the amp is for passive pickups only so maybe you’re having issues because the actives
I did spot that. How ridiculous... Metal focused amp and they recommend not to use Actives. Active pickups have only been used in metal since 1981 lol
@@ChilledGuitarReviews so bad too same issue with both last generations I love the built in tuner and ability to use all the effects straight off no computer but man peavey is falling behind
@@AdamManley7what do you recommend
@@stretchypants7140 if you want to stick with the amp maybe use it as a pedal platform I used to use a boss stack pedal or a matal core with mine back in the day if a different amp I say a used line 6 pod go and some cheap studio monitors, digital modeling is still the way to go to get everything it’s just that peavey can’t compete anymore
I had this ordered from guitar centers warehouse at my local store, do you think i made a safe bet? Im a metal player if that helps
Did you end up getting it? How do you like it?
Sounds good for metal
Doesn't sound bad at all just has excessive noise with even medium amounts of gain!
Man I just have started watching just as it posted because it’s still doing max 360P visuals 🤣
It's nice that after all the work I put into production value TH-cam takes forever to make HD actually available for my viewers lol. The transcode time has been quite bad lately for some reason.
How long does it take to get to HD video, even though I'm not interested in anything with a Peavey badge on it.......I'm looking at 360p.
It's nice that after all the work I put into production value TH-cam takes forever to make HD actually available for my viewers lol. The transcode time has been quite bad lately for some reason.
Loved the sound from the amp then one day I was playing and the sound just stopped. The amp will still come on itself but there's no sound coming out
Man that sucks!
Peavy is shooting themselves in the foot by not making a standalong Sanpero multi fx pedal. Been loving the Vyvypr since i had the tubed version, but i moved on to HX for that flexibility.
Hopefully with Fender having success with the Tonemaster, it could be considered. Would love wa 5150 model true to form at an affordable price.
I've just started work on a review for the Laney Ironheart Loudpedal which is a 60watt 2 channel amplifier in a small pedal and I'm wondering why Peavy haven't made something similar yet...
@@ChilledGuitarReviews Laney has always been pretty on course with the curve. Not yet w effects processing but amazing amps that do well both in recording and tone sculpting. The $300 Leadtop is a great mini head honestly!
Only problem is they can be hefty to fix!
@@ChilledGuitarReviewsbecause they didn't use class d neutral amp design for the vypyrs. They are basd on transtube and that means mosfets power amp emulation etc. They need to re do all that in digital preamp form and then use a super clean class d amp for size weight and eternal psu.
Right now it is transtube with digital eq to mimic the various amps which for me actually is better than some digital amps especially in the price bracket.
I had the peavey vypyr X2 and sold it. The amps for metal are just great but all the rest is pretty much unnecessary. Even conected with the usb in the pc it acted as an audio interface but you could not split the audio to hear it in the studio monitors. As for all the bass/acoustic/effects, just rubbish. Peavey should had focused on making the ultimate metal amp for practice improving the desktop app and also making the amp more versatile for shaping tone. Maybe in 10 years they will realize it.... Still have the peavey vypyr 15 since 2011 and that is a keeper lots of fine memories, but I expected more from them in 2023.
I hear you... Is it so hard to just give us 6 good amp models, drive, effects and gate options with customisable chain and a decent app? I don't need a Violin and Sitar simulator in my practice amp lol
🥺 mine is finally breaking and I hope Lord willing it can be repaired. There’s something about this specific one too. I can’t explain it but when I played on in a store it was just not the same 🥹
Worried about the digital knobs every knob on my first gen vyper are not working. The potentiometers are all bugged up they only turn up to max i can no longer adjust my settings 😂🎉 terrible quality 😂
Oh boy not good. 🙈🙈
My VIP 2 knobs shit the bed in 2015
Call Peavey.
@@user-no9qn5gz8w do they actually help?
Is there a second component that you could use to do that so when you're playing metal or something and there's got to be something maybe the manufacturer could make you something maybe do something or something to do with metal and stuff when you're playing like death metal or thrash or stuff like that there has to be a way to get that you know what you need a third-party added to it I guess or something or PD does have something or you would have to get something custom from PV I guess that's insane I was almost I mean I was just about going to buy this but now after what you said and stuff that does kind of suck cuz I do play metal Rock thrash old school metal and stuff like that like Iron Maiden and Megadeth and Slayer and all that kind of stuff and death metal and black metal and do stuff and stuff and that just kind of sucks if it's nighttime in the Peavey vypyr amp sounds amazing the name everything and all the gimmicky and stuff but after you know what you're telling me that really does suck I don't know why they didn't include that with this amp that doesn't make any sense especially the kinds of people are going to play with this app and that means people that do play metal in rock it's almost like they designed it for like classical and Rock is very interesting there just got to be a way to do it Das party
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Why oh why do all combo amps have such a gritty loose sounding distortion? I have found better metal tones just running pod farm through basic PC speakers.
I think it's down to the quality of the Speaker cones. Even the best amp models in the world will sound farty and fizzy through a cheap 8 inch cone.
@@ChilledGuitarReviews thanks for the reply. Always been something I have found annoying. I had a boss katana everyone raved about but to me the metal tones still just sounded quite poor!!
Good lord the beginning of that video was just way to much saturation it hurt my ears.
jesus f christ, how could they not put noise gate on fking METAL AMP. ehhhh
I hate this kind of demos, always those distorted sounds! 👎
It's a Peavey amp aimed at Rock/Metal players. What do you want 10 minutes of Stairway to Heaven?
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