Peavey VYPYR VIP 2 40W 1x12 Guitar Modeling Combo Amp Black

I wanted a more substantial amp for my acoustic/electric instruments, and sold my bass amp to pay for it. I asked a sales person if there were amps that you could use for acoustic/electric/bass, and they recommended the Peavey Vypyr. I couldn't get much sound out of my telecaster, so the telecaster went in for service and nothing was wrong with it. I discovered whatever I plugged in had the same issue after the amp warmed up. The tone drops off after a few seconds. The same thing happened to a friend who borrowed it. Warranty service is limited in the area, the place I took it to has had it for 2 weeks. They called a few days ago to tell me they can't find anything wrong with it. Wrong answer. They'll keep trying. The also told me my Sanpera 2 foot pedal is supposed to bank up when you press the bank down button and vice-versa. I guess I'll switch the buttons myself. I might be looking for 3 new amps. The computer interface is slick, though.

I use this as my practice amp, which is pretty much all that it's good for. If you crank the volume it craps out on you because it's a solid state 40 watt amp. If your just starting out this is a good amp because it's fun with all the effects and stuff, but if you take guitar seriously you'll eventually upgrade to something better.

This amplifier is a sweet deal it is very versatile it has broad selection of different amp types and effects any pedal you could buy this amp has my favorite are the high gain amps for metal this amp has a lot of range and loads of gain and a killer chug and you can get a tone of almost every player you want. The expansive amount of technology in this amp though can become a problem the amp can become really buggy and mine often freezes and I've reset it multiple times and it only really fixes after leaving it unplugged for a couple days this normally happens when going through and changing my effects. But overall it isn't a bad amp and it has a really low price in my opinion for the amount of variety in it.

Use at home and small venues.

I bought this amp as a practice amp and for the ability to plug in both a guitar and bass. I enjoy the features of the amp but wasn't all that pleased with the sound. The more I played through it I thought the sound was too muddy. A little tweaking of the preset eq settings took care of it. Bottom line-good practice amp with a ton of features for the money.

So this is an amp that can do really nice things IF you are willing/able to tweak it a little bit to get the optimal sound. I had the smaller 20 watt VIP1 version and it is the favorite of all my amps - packs a great tone and nice punch. But I wanted a louder version I could use for medium sized gigs. This 40 watt fills the bill! It is able to be programmed to yield the very same great tones only with a heavy 12 inch speaker bass tone. But you have to be willing to tweak it - don't expect to just take it out of the box and get great tones from the presets. You have to do the work. When you do, you will get what I consider very realistic tube sounding crunch with some of the amp models (British in particular) and the right reverb, delay and compression. Cleans sound great as well. I can get great classic rock blues and crunch settings for ZZtop, Zepelin, Dire Straits, Petty or whatever with great sustain and natural distortion. The only thing missing from the various internal pedal and delay settings etc is a noise gate. And if you get the Sanperra pedal you can build more presets, use a wah and volume pedal and switch easily to different tones with stomp buttons. Lots of horsepower and great sounds with a very reasonable price and the amp has proven reliable for me.