What's up everyone? And welcome to Ola Testing Shit.
Remember I did a Peavey Vypyr demo not too long ago?
I demoed this amplifier in a video and I told you how underrated it is
Well, remember that I also said that I'm gonna switch out the speaker?
And see if it matters, I mean...
The amplifier is sorta non-expensive
You can get a new one for about 250 euros, 300 euros
You can probably get a used one for like 100 bucks or something like that
And I figured...
Since the preamplifier and the amplifier sound is just really awesome
It's really brutal, I mean, listen to this
It's just...
F***ing awesome for the price
So I figured, since I really really like the sound and the tone
The speaker...
It's alright, but...
Let's just mod the amplifier, put in a real speaker...
See if it's a major difference, if it's really worth your while
to upgrade one of these combos for... with a real speaker, like a Celestion
So that's what's gonna happen in this video
I'm gonna play this Peavey speaker right here
And then I'm gonna switch out the speaker to a Celestion G12M...
...Heritage speaker
A pro youtuber would probably have made a DI
You know, reamping thing to get a real close comparison
With using the same DI and stuff like that
Well, I'm not like any other, you know, studio youtuber
I'm gonna sit here and play it and just...
You know, you will hear the difference between the 2
But I'm gonna let you know what I think and what I hear in my head
And then we'll just see what happens
Exciting, huh?
Another thing worth mentioning is that the speaker that comes with the Peavey Vypyr
Is also meant to be used with bass guitar
So it's a hybrid
I forgot to say that in the latest video
And a lot of people were like 'Don't change out the speaker, it's a hybrid'
'You're supposed to be able to play bass through it'
Well, I'm a guitar player, I'm gonna play guitar through this thing, so...
We're gonna see how installing a Celestion speaker will...
...if it's an upgrade or not
That's worth mentioning, so...
That's what's gonna happen
I'm gonna play the amplifier a little bit
And then I'm gonna do a little switcheroo, how about that?
So I'm gonna play one song and let's just see what happens
Ok, quick test, let's switch out the speaker
This is made in the UK by the way, it's not one of these Chinese speakers
Made in England
This is a 20-watt speaker by the way, it's in 8 ohms
You might wonder why I put the amplifier a little forward in this video, it's because...
Uh... I get a clear working space behind
So I can install the new speaker without having to move the microphone or move the amplifier
So you'll probably get a...
...a pretty accurate depiction of how it sounded with this speaker
Versus this one, ok?
Uh... what the f*** where's the hole? There.
Struggling to find the hole
Just like in real life
Alright, the G12M Heritage speaker is plugged in
And ready to go, this is the sound, I haven't changed the preset or anything
The microphone positions are the exact same
You can go back and forth a little bit and compare yourself, ok
Ok, so something I hear immediately
Not sure if it's translated well through the microphones
But it's that it sounds a little...
It sounds like there's an IR impulse response on the output going into the speaker
So much like when you would connect like an Axe FX...
...with a cabinet simulator into a power amp and a cabinet
You get like, you know
As we say in Swedish 'Kaka på kaka'
Which is like 'Cake on cake', you get, you know...
You get a cabinet simulation on a speaker and power amplifier section
Which doesn't make any sense, but...
I mean, it is a different speaker, it has a different type of response to it
Now, you know, I didn't change any of the settings on the preset
But now I will, ok? So...
You know...
...what it did, though?
That became very apparent now
Compared to when I had this speaker in there
It's just that there's a lot less fizz
Before there was a really high-frequency-heavy tone
I mean, this speaker is probably more like a full range speaker
You know, more like a reference speaker
Uh... to be able to accommodate all the different applications of this amplifier
Like if you're playing bass or you're playing guitar
Changing the speaker it immediately took out a lot of the more annoying high end frequencies
And now it sounds more like a...
It actually sounds like a real combo amp right now
I think it sounds a lot better
This speaker is 150 bucks to buy
Is it worth the upgrade?
Maybe not for the absolute beginner player that wants a...
You know, a combo amplifier to play around with at home
I don't think it makes any sense to upgrade the speaker
But if you own one of these and just wanna...
You know, you just wanna pimp it out a little bit, make it sound a little more slick
I mean, yes, I would definitely do the upgrade again, I would say
That sounds like a really good amplifier in my opinion
Now obviously there's a lot of different speakers out there that you can get
You can probably find a V30 for a very very good price and just shove it into this thing
And if you find one of these used, I mean, shit...
You can get a really good-sounding combo amp for probably like 200 bucks used or something like that
And yeah man, I would definitely do this again
Next step...
...will be to connect this to a 4x12
I'll make a video of that, but later, ok?
Thank you so much for watching this video
Let me know what you thought about this
It's gonna be really interesting for me to listen to the results on the computer over there
Uh... but you guys, let me know what you thought
Did it sound better before or after?
Thank you, bye