Nashville 1000 with 12 BW

Rusty Hurse · Post by **Rusty Hurse** » 11 Jan 2002 7:21 am

I wonder how a Nashville 1000 would sound like with 2 12' BW. Maybe Mike Brown will experiment with this and give us his honest opinion.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 11 Jan 2002 9:07 am

I suspect they already have!

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » 12 Jan 2002 11:27 am

Have you ever lifted a Twin with JBL's? You know what I'm saying, right? A Nashville 1000 with 12's probably would sound good with steel and I can't really say if I've tried this or not. But, I don't think so.

From a manufacturing point of view, this configuration would not be a problem to build. But, the number one complaint that I hear the most is about the weight of an amp. You can only do so much to reduce the weight, but a manufacturer can't dictate the wood that Mother Nature grows. On the other hand, we can reduce the weight by using a switching power supply which eliminates the bulky "large" transformer required to produce the power, then use aluminum for the chassis construction, use an all wood cabinet construction....................wait a minute, I just described the Nashville 1000! If you want a 212 version of a Nashville 1000, this would be a simple fix by using the 1203-8 ohm BW speakers that can be mounted on a new baffleboard. The baffle in the 1000 is screwed in.

The bottom line is that the weight of a 212 version would be unbearable. Contact me here if you have other ideas and I will be glad to check into them.

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 12 Jan 2002 7:37 pm

Mike Brown- I heard there was a new speaker for the 1000 that weighed 16lbs less than the black widow. What happened to it?

I was planning on buying one , it was supposed to be about 40lbs , same as an Evans....Well , I am still waiting...al

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 12 Jan 2002 8:08 pm

Back in the late 1970's I purchased, new, a Session 400 that came stock with 2 EV 12" speakers. At the time, I was using it for both my steel guitar and my Gibson ES-335. The Gibson sounded great, but I never could get the tone I wanted out of my steel.

And Mike is correct. It was one heavy amp. The two EV speakers had huge magnets on them.

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Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 13 Jan 2002 3:45 am

Al, I remember they scrapped that speaker idea. I forget exactly why, but they ultimately went with the same speaker that is in the Nashville 400. I think price was one of the reasons.

Danny Hullihen · Post by **Danny Hullihen** » 13 Jan 2002 5:50 am

Jack.

You are correct. In the beginning developments of the Nashville 1000 and Session 2000, Peavey was considering using a 15" Black Widow with a Neodemium magnet, however, this is a rare earth material and very expensive. This would have driven the cost considerably higher for these amps.

Although the plus side was a little less weight and perhaps 3 to 6 db gain, in the end, the high cost of this would unlikely have been worth it, or at least not to most.