What's up everyone? And welcome to Ola Testing S****.
Today I'm trying out the Peavey Vypyr X-1.
Start here, it says.
Start here by pulling this off.
I guess...
There it goes.
Now, the Peavey Vypyr series is basically the...
like a low-cost beginner type of amplifier.
Much like, you know, the Line 6...
Oh, what was the name?
Spider, thank you.
Now, there's been a couple of different Peavey Vypyr's out there.
I've owned a couple myself.
This is a newer version that came out last year called the Vypyr X.
These come in different shapes and forms.
This is the smallest one.
This is a 20-watt amplifier, then there's the 50-watt, and I think 100.
This one sports a smaller speaker in it though.
So it's not a full 12".
Just like my old Peavey Vypyr
that I switched the speaker on.
So this is the smallest amplifier they have right now
and it's about 200 bucks.
And something I've always liked about the Peavey Vypyr's is that...
they always sounded really good for metal.
Usually with...
Like, you know, beginner amplifiers like the Spider and...
even the Fender Mustang for instance, is that
they don't necessarily sound very metal, do they?
Like, they're made for rock and you know...
everything in between leads and clean.
But the Peavey Vypyr's always sounded great for metal.
In my humble opinion.
For this demo I'm miking up this small little cabinet
with the Neumann TLM-102.
I'm using a Solar guitar.
And this is a metal tone, I guess.
And that, my friends, is a pretty good metal tone right out of the box.
This was a preset right here
that I just removed--
I think it was a preset that had a flanger on it, or something stupid.
I just removed the flanger, and that's it, basically.
What is it? It's a 6534.
The red channel, or the second channel.
There is a gate happening.
Much like on the original Vypyr that I had.
Listen.
Duh-duh uh...
It's a little too soft, maybe, and...
From what I understand, there aren't any gate controls on the Vypyr's.
It's just there all the time.
And it's not tight enough for metal, maybe.
But I guess it's OK.
You can probably use some noise gate yourself and it will disappear.
I think that sounds pretty good, man.
OK, let's see, we have low, mid, and highs.
Let's turn down the highs.
It is a little screechy.
Sounds better.
And much like--
You know, on the other Vypyr that I had
it sounded a little screechy.
And I switched out the speaker for that one
and it became a little bit more tamed, which is good.
That's because the speakers that come with the Vypyr series are more
flat response type of speakers, so...
it should work for like bass, and other instruments as well.
And I forgot to say that, but...
You pick the instrument type here.
At the top, so you have A, B, C, D.
So C is bass, and D is acoustic.
If you wanna use this for bass, that's perfectly fine.
We're doing it for guitar on this video, OK?
So...
Here we have low, mid, high.
Is--
I can't see... alright.
I can say for sure that not many of the other beginner amplifiers
sound this good for metal.
However...
It is a little boxed in
by the size of this whole cabinet right here.
I imagine if you would get one of the bigger ones
the X-2 or the X-3, maybe?
Is it he X-3? I don't know.
That it will sound a little better.
Yeah, you have to turn down the highs, man.
I mean, listen to this.
It has this sizzle that you can't really take away, like a...
You would need like a presence knob for this thing
but you don't have one.
You have the high only, so...
But I guess--
You turn it down a little bit, and...
It's chunky, man, OK.
Let's try some other amplifiers.
We have the XXX.
Sounds a little djentier, maybe.
OK.
That sounds way too scooped.
So, one thing about the Vypyr series is that
the distortion types are actually analog, so...
all the digital stuff is in the post-effects, or the effects.
I mean, Peavey are claiming that it sounds better this way
and you know what?
I can probably agree.
It does sound better than other
you know, amplifiers of this size or beginner amplifiers.
At least for the price, you know?
Maybe that's why the distortion sounds better.
British.
That's nice, it sounds broken.
6505.
Yeah, man, the character of the distortion is great.
It's just that it's getting a little boxed in by the cabinet.
I mean, it does kinda seem like it's a 6505, you know?
OK, let's try out the effects a little bit.
You can do these effects things right here, you have a bunch of shit.
I'm just gonna try the... there's a tube screamer on here?
And to add the effects, you push here
and you get like the editing things right here.
So that's like the Marshall style
or British style with a tube screamer on, OK?
Alright, let me try some other things.
The fuck was that?
Alright, maybe we need something clean for this.
Hello?
The fuck is this?
Wow, that's so useful.
OK, let's find something else.
Oh, damn.
OK.
Some wahs.
Octavers.
OK.
Some phasers and flangers.
So...
And then you also have delay level and reverb here as well.
That's always on, unless you turn it down.
So you can...
Alright, I'm gonna try...
Oh, lost a bit of hair too.
Great, Peavey.
So, I wanna do a little bit of a conclusion in regards of this amplifier.
If you're into metal
I think this is probably the best you're gonna get for metal.
In terms of just sitting home and practice kinda deal.
This is not an amplifier I would record, or anything like that.
For just sitting at home practicing, being a beginner and all...
and you wanna have a kickass distortion for metal
I think this is really, really f**** great.
The character of the distortion is great.
But the cabinet and speaker of this is--
I... uh... yeah.
It's not perfect.
But you have to take into account that this is the smaller
you know, cabinet and speaker.
And that definitely limits the openness of this whole amplifier.
I mean, it seems a little boxed in.
Which--
You know, you can't have anything else unless you just upgrade to a bigger sized box.
Or a bigger sized speaker, so...
With that said, I mean, it sounds fine as it is.
But just keep in mind it will sound a little boxed in.
If you're into clean tones, and effects, and stuff like that.
Maybe this is not the best option.
Since it doesn't have any connectivity--
I mean, you have a USB port right here
but it's mainly just to record into--
use it as an audio interface.
It's not to...
gain access to more tweakability, in that sense, it's just...
It's just for recording.
So, in that sense, it's nice, because...
This is everything you get.
So you don't have the extra--
You know, you have to go into the iPhone, and iOS, or...
to tweak around.
Everything's right here.
So, in that sense it's nice.
But also, if you really like to tweak things...
maybe that is not the best option right there.
But if I would pick and choose between the Vypyr and some other...
You know, Spider, or like the Fender Mustang.
In terms of the metal, I think the Vypyr is doing a great job.
200 bucks, I guess that's an OK price for this.
I mean, it's not...
It's not meant to be professional gear, it's...
for, you know, sitting at home.
Playing, have a good time.
And for that I think it's pretty f**** good.
Is it better than the previous Vypyr series?
I don't know.
I don't feel it, it sounds just as good.
But is it better?
Is it an upgrade?
Don't know.
If you already have a Vypyr, you probably don't need to upgrade this.
But if you don't have a Vypyr
there it is, it's right there.
So, there you go.
That's the Peavey Vypyr X-1 for you right there.
I think it sounds pretty good for what it is.
If you wanna be certain that you don't wanna spend that much money
but you want a really good metal tone going,
I think this brings you pretty close
to like a 5150, but in a small size.
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Thank you so much for watching, goodbye.