Great amp for any type of music.
Model Year: 1988
Price: $350.00
Where Obtained: Ritchies Music Center
It's got a lot of knobs and it's a hell of an amp to begin with for small shows or even big shows. I used an SWR Workingman's 15 and this peavey was so much bassier.
Bassy as all hell and trebley as anything. This amp is so versatile when it comes to this.
It's easy to use but it weighs a ton.
This thing is a tank. It can go through anything and come back alive. It's such a durable amp.
The TNT 130 is discontinued and has been for years. I would have liked a speaker out on the back panel for an additonal 1x15 though; if you want to add a cab, you have to crossover it out and use a separate power amp for it. I think the greatest aspect of this amp is its reliability, but finding a good eq setting is a chore without the manual, at least for me.
The front panel consists of the following: high/low gain inputs, pre-gain with pull-out for bright, post gain with pull-out for punch, equalization (low @ 80 Hz, mid, shift - 150 to 1500 Hz, bandwidth - 1/3 to three octaves, high @ 3KHz , presence +/- 15dB), crossover (frequency, high/low outs), patch (preamp out, power amp in), compression and power LEDs, ground and power switches.
I presently use an MTD Kingston 5-string and through the patch I loop a Digitech BP200. It seems to handle the low B well enough, though it can rattle at times. I play worship music and I suppose the TNT 130 fits (I haven't heard any complaints, anyway). It has a good sound, provided you eq it well, but I think a lower eq rating at the bass end (perhaps 40 Hz instead of 80 Hz) would sound better. Being solid-state, it isn't noisy, it's a clean sound if you eq it right, and it can distort if you use a pre-gain setting of 10 and a post-gain setting of 3.
It's old school amplification, so there's no programming. The recommended eq settings in the manual (downloadable from the Peavey website) work great - I finally have good sound after years of "fiddling". Unless you know your way around Peavey amps, you might have to take some time to find the sound you're looking for. The settings in the manual are a great starting point. Other than that, using the TNT 130 is simple enough; everything is on the front panel, so just plug it in and go.
Peavey amps are noted for withstanding a nuclear blast, but the pots might need to be cleaned once in a while.
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