Reinforcing the sense that Periphery’s Misha Mansoor is one of the key men of the moment in the guitar business, Peavey has joined Jackson guitars in signing the man up for a signature model. In Peavey’s case, the signature product is a whopping tube amp likely to rekindle memories of the enormously successful link between Peavey and Eddie Van Halen in years gone by.
The Mansoor amp is called the invective.120 Guitar Amplifier – and yes, that lower case ‘i’ is deliberate. Marketing people – dontcha hate them?
Peavey says: ‘Guitarists with heavier tastes looking for their next upgrade will find a sturdy solution in the new Peavey invective.120 Head and invective.212 Cabinet. With design input from Periphery’s Misha Mansoor, this dynamic duo is perfectly suited for each other, helping players achieve the most revered metal sounds, from woody and clean to the most extreme of high gain tones.’
The invective.120 runs on four matched JJ6L6GC output tubes with top-loaded bias test points and adjustment. On the rear panel, players will find paralleled speaker outputs with impedance selector, an MSDI-XLR direct output with Level/Tone/Ground Lift, MIDI out/thru, and MIDI footswitch input. The included footswitch has nine presets. The invective.120 Head has a single input with three key remote switchable channels: Clean, Crunch, and Lead. The all new clean channel is voiced to be pristine and uniquely suited to work with closed back cabs. Both the Lead and Crunch channels have independent Pre and Post Gain controls as well as shared low/mid/high EQ, in line with the revered Peavey 6505 head. They also feature a shared switchable front end boost fast attack input noise gate with a threshold for complete control over muting. The standby and power switches with blue jewelled pilot light indicate when the amp is ready. Just adjust the Master Resonance, Presence and Volume knobs, and it’s ready to rock, Peavey says. Just add the invective.212 cab.
Info: www.peavey.com