Peavey announces the return of its legendary Super Festival Series. Renowned for its stellar, overdriven bass tone, the Super Festival Series features a classic retro look with features modernized for today’s bass playing settings.It begins with the Peavey F-1200B Bass Amp Head. The F-1200B takes its cues from the classic F-800B Bass Amp Head circa 1971 and revitalizes it with 1200 watts of true skull-crushing RMS Peavey power. Its discrete BJT (bipolar junction transistor) preamp circuitry is carefully recreated with a lot of effort to select similar thru-hole components and has been voiced by the legend himself, Hartley Peavey. The F-1200B flaunts a three-band EQ with Treble, Middle, and Bass settings and preset Slope that can be adjusted internally, if desired. Like the original F-800B, the F-1200B has a six-band inductive EQ circuit that divides into six segments, each controlling a specific band of frequencies. The result is player-defined tone that can be dialed into any conceivable configuration.For those looking to kick the F-1200B’s sound into overdrive, the Overdrive control is for players looking for that perfect overdriven tone. The Overdrive feature distinguishes itself from others by providing a fuller, softer characteristic, and is footswitch controllable. Honestly, it’s what this amp really became known for, making it highly sought after in the secondary markets. Rounding out the F-1200B’s control assortment are two Input Jacks with Input Jack 1 having twice the amount of gain as Input Jack 2. Volume to control the input preamp and Master Volume to control total sonic output bring it all together. On the rear panel, the F-1200B features a USB-C Recording Output/Interface, Dual ¼” TRS Footswitch Jacks for Mute, Boost (+4dbV), Overdrive, and Effects Loop, a Headphone jack, XLR cable connections for a DI Interface, Ground Lift, Preamp Out/Power Amp Input Master/Slave Loop, EFX Send/Return jacks and Dual Neutrik combination Speakon/Phone Speaker Output connectors. All of them combine to make this the heaviest and biggest sounding Super Festival bass amp yet.Providing the thunder for the Peavey F-1200B Bass Amp Head is the Super Festival Series 610 Bass Enclosure. The Super Festival Series 610 Bass Enclosure is designed with the touring musician in mind and manufactured to withstand extreme use show after show. The Super Festival 610 is a black vinyl covered beast with a full-frame fabric grill, reinforced by the classic metal silver strips, with a quick removal strap included, emblazoned with the classic Peavey “lightning-bolt” logo. Six heavy duty parallel-connected 10” speakers pound out the bass. Rugged 15mm plywood construction provides stability while the extensive cross bracing technique produces a tighter low end. Tweeter attenuator, top handles, internal pocket casters, metal corners, heavy duty hardware, and two combination input jacks, which accept both Twist Lock and 1/4” phone plug, are also featured. Overall, the Super Festival 610 handles 1,200 watts of program power making it the perfect partner for the F-1200B Bass Amp Head. Nominal Impedance is 8 Ohms.The Peavey Super Festival Series is for the serious bass player looking for that retro 70s sound and feel in an enhanced contemporary package.For more information, please visit www.Peavey.com or visit NAMM Booth 210ARetail Street Price: F-1200B $999.99 USDRetail Street Price: 610 $999.99 USD
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