Best Fluke Buy I Ever Made

One of the most vital parts of my "tone quest" was over as soon as I found this cabinet for $114, beaten and road-worn, in a Everett WA Pawn Shop in 2008. The shop did not know what it was, the only spot on the entire cab that said "Peavey" on it was the nameplate in back, it had heavy duty casters all grungy and beaten suggesting decades of hair metal, grunge, punk, and other hard rocking shows.

The 412M in the picture is the newer version, I have the older VTM series version from 1988 - these 412Ms came with 4 Celesion GK-85S speakers - precursor to the GK-100. Honestly, after having a Line6 Cabinet with a GK-100 in it, I prefer the GK-85s better, they are a bit warmer, and have midrange, and that midrange is in EXACTLY the right spot for my tonal preferences. Need an idea of the kind of midrange I like - go listen to Eddie Van-Halen, George Lynch during hte Under Lock & Key era Dokken, Elliot Easton on the early Cars records, or George Kooeymans in pretty much any decade of Golden Earring - THAT is where this cab sits tonally - with a 120 watt Bugera 333XL head with EL34s and 12AX7's pushing the speakers.

It's a tough as nails cab too. Last band I was in, this thing got regularly loaded into an old panel van and beaten around on it's way to gigs. Our rhythm guitarist had a Marshall cabinet just as old, and his looked like HELL! This thing's tolex could stand up to a nuclear blast, only had to glue one patch of it. All 4 casters still work despite being rolled up and down western Washington streets for the better part of 3-4 decades. Will never let go of this cab.

And just a hint on the other variatns this cab has....

The 1988 version is what I have which came with the old Peavey VTM series amp heads - a set of amps with Dip-Switch "modification" circuit tweaker stuff.

Then in 1989-1990ish, Eddie Van-Halen joined Peavey and the 412M became his cabinet of choice for the 5150, except with Sheffield Speakers.

I think later these got equipped with the GK-100 speakers sometime after the 6505, correct me if I'm wrong.

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Quality, Quality, bulletproof, durable, sounds great

This is a good example of an overbuilt 1960-type cabinet. Mine is loaded with GT75s. With the 5/8 thick wood it is a beast to move and sounds awesome. You can get them cheap and are a hidden secret for those that know the badge on the front does not mean it will sound good. Great deal!

Budget slayer.

Mine is one of the Sheffield 1290 loaded ones that were sold with the VTM heads. 16 ohms with a series jack. Sick.