Session 2000 and RC2000

Roy McKinney · Post by **Roy McKinney** » 12 Jul 2002 12:12 pm

If anyone has experienced any loud hum/buzzing or loss of volume while using the Session 2000 and the remote controller RC 2000 you might want to isolate the RC 2000 controller from your steel if that is where you have it mounted. After sending my amp back to Peavey on two occations and my RC controller on one occation I found that there was a "ground loop" being set up if I did not insulate the controller from the leg of my steel. It took quiet a bit of time to locate this as the problem showed up as an intermittent problem and it would come and go. "nuff said"

Jim Florence · Post by **Jim Florence** » 12 Jul 2002 7:31 pm

Thanks Roy, I haven't had that problem yet but I have the same equipment. I bought mine from Carter Guitars, and John Fabian had made a clamp for the 2000 {He calls it the "Fabian Mod" but it makes for a handy way to clamp the RC 2000 to the steel leg, and it just so happens that it is insulated from the guitar. Unwittingly but effective.

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Roy McKinney · Post by **Roy McKinney** » 14 Jul 2002 3:59 am

Thanks for the reply Jim. I have done what I think is the "Fabian Mod" also. I took a piece of schedule 40 plastic pipe and made a mount to attach to the leg of the steel, but I had not recessed the screws enough and on the Sierra square leg if you don't get it positioned just right the screw heads will make contact with the leg. Once I got this figured out I have not had any more problems with the interferance. I had just copied the mount that was made for my Goodrich driver.

David Weaver · Post by **David Weaver** » 15 Jul 2002 2:10 pm

I've sent my amp (Session 2000) back to Peavey four times. Once with the RC with it. Finally, they sent a whole new console. The console doesn't work with the RC. I sent the RC and cabl back about a month ago without the console to check it out but it came back as all ok (the RC that is). The RC still doesn't work with the console (amp). I feel like I am ahead of the game with an amp that DOES work even if the RC doesn't work. I may just let sleeping dogs lie and not go so far as to send back an otherwise working console just because the RC doesn't work with it.

I like the Session 2000, but I have not had a good experience with the reliability of it. Maybe it is better that Peavey did away with this amp. Mike Brown has been genuinely helpful and sympathetic. The service department has been ok, but the long and the short of it is that I still don't have a totally functioning system, and it seems like a crap shoot whether things will get better or worse when I send them in to their service department.

Oh, yea, the original issue was the hum. Yes, I had it when I attached the RC to the leg too (and when the whole system was working!) I insulated it with tape and it helped. I ended up mounting the RC to a recording and playback rack that I have so I don't have it attached to the guitar. Yes, it did hum rather loudly when attached directly to the guitar. Some insulation helped. [This message was edited by David Weaver on 15 July 2002 at 03:13 PM.]

Jimmy Dale · Post by **Jimmy Dale** » 15 Jul 2002 3:46 pm

Guys I am glad to know that I am not the only one having trouble with the 2000. Mine has been back to the factory four times. I have it back now. The remote control does not work, but I'm not gonna mess with it. I don't even take it to gig any more because I can't depend on it. I use my Vegas 400 instead. I hate it because I was able to get "that sound" out of the 2000. I could take both of them I guess and use the Vegas for a back up. Naw, I don't think so. Jim I'D RATHER BE STEELIN'

Roy McKinney · Post by **Roy McKinney** » 16 Jul 2002 6:05 am

Since I have insulated my RC from the steel completely, I have not had anymore problems with the combination of the two. I was getting pretty disgusted with the setup also until I arrived at this fix. The only steel's I have used it on is my Sierra Artist D10 8+5 and my Crown Keyless. Both work great now.

Ron Randall · Post by **Ron Randall** » 16 Jul 2002 8:53 am

Whew,
Lucky me. Knock wood. I have a S2000 and RC that i bought several months ago, and I have had no problems. My unit stays in my den,
i don't tote it around. My unit has the Fabian mod.

This is a little off the thread, I use the RC only to change presets. I sometimes use the tuner. Do you know how to use the knobs on the side of the RC?

How do you move from preset 99 to preset 100 or higher?

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Roy McKinney · Post by **Roy McKinney** » 17 Jul 2002 5:45 am

The knobs on the side of the RC are for other hardware, not the S2000. I don't know of anyway to get from preset 99 to 100 and higher. In the user bank, I just program the presets that I want to use below 100.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » 18 Jul 2002 7:17 am

Jimmy Dale, please call me toll free at 1-877-732-8391 and I'll assist in resolving this for you.

David, I will be calling you.

Mike Brown
Peavey Electronics Corporation

Jimmy Dale · Post by **Jimmy Dale** » 19 Jul 2002 9:32 am

Mike, I called this AM, they said you were on vacation. Have a good one! Let us know when you are back and I will call again. Thanks so much for all your help in the past. Jim Miller, I'D RATHER BE STEELIN'

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » 29 Jul 2002 5:09 am

I'll be in the office everyday this week except for Thursday.

David Weaver · Post by **David Weaver** » 29 Jul 2002 8:35 am

Mike did call as promised (I had no doubt) and they are taking back the console for service.

This is another subject, but a company that dedicates so much effort into getting it right and sticking their neck out with innovative products has to be applauded. Peavey is doing everything they can to provide a great product. Innovation involves risk, and risk means making errors. They come back and do everything to make it right.

It's easy to criticize innovation when problems occur. I think Peavey is a great company and with the attitude that they have they will continue to be an industry leader.

Roy McKinney · Post by **Roy McKinney** » 29 Jul 2002 3:35 pm

I wasn't critizing Peavey for anything. Mike Brown has been super with all of my phone calls about my problems with the amp and RC. But, with the status of the problems I was having, being that they could not be reproduced on demand and were of intermittent nature, I felt that I was probably not the only one who was expericing problems with the amp. I am glad that the problem has been "isolated" so to speak and will help other people who may have a similar situation. As far as I am concerned, Peavey is one great company!

Dag Wolf · Post by **Dag Wolf** » 29 Jul 2002 5:28 pm

I also have experienced a problem with my Session 2000 and RC 2000. Often when I power up the amp the RC2000 won`t go in to "intelligent mode". This will say that the RC2000 won`t "talk" with the amp.

However if I bend the midi plug at the amp just a little upwards when powering up, the system are go. I suspect somethings wrong about the Midi IN.

I`ve also set the two midi controllers to work as reverb volume and delay volume - works okay.

I got the Fabian mod - no hum.

Ron, if I have not misreaded the manual - I think you can only use the first 100 programs from the RC2000.

Dag[This message was edited by Dag Wolf on 29 July 2002 at 06:36 PM.]

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » 30 Jul 2002 4:40 am

We appreciate that you have purchased the Session 2000 and RC2000. The Session 2000 "is" a computer and can be difficult to understand to those who don't understand computers. But, I will do everything possible to make a product right if it is a result of our design and workmanship.

Believe me when I say that any product that is sent to us that has a problem, we want to repair it, forget about it and continue on with our work. However, this is not to say that we wish to discontinue our manufacturer/customer relationship. We try to make access to the Peavey factory easy. They are as follows;
Toll free phone number-1-877-732-8391
Website-www.peavey.com
Fax-(601)486-1361
e-mail-mikebrown@peavey.com

Jim Florence · Post by **Jim Florence** » 2 Aug 2002 3:02 pm

Mine is still working great, and mind you I don't solicit compliments, but when the likes of John Hughey hunt me up to brag on my sound, I eat that stuff up. But I'm afraid I have to share the credit with the 2000, and PX300, and the Fessenden.
Jim[This message was edited by Jim Florence on 02 August 2002 at 04:04 PM.]