Session 2000

clive swindell · Post by **clive swindell** » 18 Oct 2000 2:11 am

Hi Jim, tell me - which presets are you using. I am new to the Tubefex and am stuck on one of the Carter settings.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » 18 Oct 2000 5:13 am

Thanks for your comments and for purchasing the Session 2000 and RC2000 Midi handcontroller!

P Perry · Post by **P Perry** » 18 Oct 2000 4:26 pm

Hey Guys,
The factory presets on the "Session 2000"
are different than the factory presets on the tube fex, Right? Are the session 2000 presets the same as Jeff Newmans? If they are different is there anyway to get my grubby little steel picking fingers on some of them?

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 19 Oct 2000 2:25 am

I haven't seen the program list for the 2000 but I would think they are different from the old Profex II as the processor section is an update and there is a different front end on the 2000.

Just like the Transtube Fex and TubeFex are also different. If you are using the Jeff Newman Profex II programs on a Transtube Fex or a TubeFex you have wasted your money and should have kept your Profex II as it didn't get you anything.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » 19 Oct 2000 5:10 am

The Session 2000 presets are all newly programmed by 11 studio and pro players out of Nashville. These players are all Peavey endorsers. There is about 30 or so that are entitled "Steel #1" through 30 and the rest were programmed by various Peavey dealers and myself. There are a couple of dobro patches and approximately 10 for lap steel and one or two for six string clean electric.
Overall, there is a good variety. I tried to make every preset a "usable" preset for stringed instruments.

The Session 2000 is receiving good comments so far for its sound and voicing. If you would like to check out the features of this amp, you may visit the Peavey website at "www.peavey.com". I welcome you to participate in our Interactive Forum for steel guitar also.

If you need additional information on our products, please feel free to contact me toll free at the factory by calling 1-877-732-8391.

Mike Brown
Peavey Electronics Corporation[This message was edited by Mike Brown on 19 October 2000 at 06:11 AM.]

Dave Smith · Post by **Dave Smith** » 19 Oct 2000 6:10 am

Jack - I found that using some of the old ProFex II patches as a starting point for editing was a great help in getting what I wanted in the Session 2000. For example, simply inserting the steel voicing effect in a Profex II patch is a powerful enhancement.

I also believe (JMHO) that a straight Profex II patch sounds better in the Session 2000 than in the Profex II (w/Lemay mod) / StereoSteel environment.

Dave Smith · Post by **Dave Smith** » 20 Oct 2000 4:22 am

Hey Jim - I wondered if that was you when I first saw you post on the forum. It's great to hear you are well and enjoying life in the sunny south. I've still got my ZUM S12 on double frame that I was playing when I last saw you but have added a couple more since then. I got a new Carter D-10 9 & 5 which I love to death and I traded my 70 PP Emmons for a new LeGrande II D-10 9 & 5. I agree with you that the Session 2000 is a killer amp. I too did some tweeking to get the sound I like. All in all, the factory presets are fantastic and I use some of them as is. Do you have the PX-300 also. That is the ticket for stereo playing. I still have my rack system which I pretty much leave set-up in the music room. In fact, I just bought a TubeFex from Darvin Willhoite which I am going to use to swap out the ProFex II.

I alternate guitars for gigs but leave a system setup at home so I can sit down and practice for a few minutes with no hastle.

We're gigging just about every weekend, mostly doubles in the Parkersburg - Marietta area. Tomorrow night we're down at the Moose in Ripley. If I remember right, the last time we talked you stopped in at the American Legion in Parkersburg just before you went to Florida. Great to hear from you buddy. Keep in touch and I'll do the same.

David Weaver · Post by **David Weaver** » 20 Oct 2000 6:04 am

I've sure enjoyed mine. It's a great amp...and for me, still learning the basics, it is a good learning tool. Lots of pre-set sounds to give me a feel for what is available and how different songs sound with different effects. Since they are pre-set by experts, I figure I will leave them as they are until such time that I have the ear to know exactly what I am looking for in tone.

It's a full bore pro amp with a pack of features. No one mentions the built in tuner...but that alone is soooo handy.

[This message was edited by David Weaver on 20 October 2000 at 07:05 AM.]

Dave Smith · Post by **Dave Smith** » 20 Oct 2000 6:15 am

You're absolutely right about the tuner David. With the RC-2000 clipped to the leg of the guitar, if you need to make a tuning adjustment in the middle of a song on stage just hit the tuner button on the RC, the amp is muted, pick the string in question and see right there in cents how #/b it is. Make the adjustment and hit any button on the RC and you're back live - way coooooooool !