Product reviewsPeavey MiniMEGA 1000W Mini Bass Amplifier Head (03612360)

The real deal you've been looking for!

After 5 years and hundreds of bar gigs together my trusty Rumble 500 head started acting up. I would turn it on and nothing, unless I popped a string, then it would pop on and pretty much stay on so I still gigged with it but in the world of GAS this is more than enough reason to get a new amp. Am I wrong?

So I sold my backup rig which was a 77 Ampeg V4 and set out both TB and YouTube on the dreaded amp comparison ride. At the end, I was about to buy a Mesa Boogie WD-800 but then some reviews of the EBS Reidmar 750 swayed me at the last minute. I ended up returning that amp right away, out of the box the power light worked in the morning trial but was non working at the evening trial. That and I could not get a sound out of it that I liked. It also felt like the master volume pot had an unusual audio taper to it so it was too loud at 2! Also the on board compressor was a bit weak to me. I’m sure it’s a great amp as many have said but not for me.

So the search continued and I ended up on an unlikely choice. Unlikely in that if you told me I was going to be all giggly about how awesome my new PEAVEY bass amp was I would have maybe been a little disappointed as I have just a trace amount of brand snobbery. I played through a Demeter prior to the Rumble, I’ll have you know! Snort..Snort…

So I ended up getting the MiniMega. Just from last nights show alone I’m sold and in love with this beefy little gem. I went straight from the PO to the gig and just plugged it in, did minimal EQing and loved it from start to finish. The on board compressor works very well and seems to be designed to affect the highs more than the lows which is really nice, seems to be weighted just right for bass. I play American Standard P’s only for the record.

Today I played with it at home and it’s really about perfect for what I do (rock cover bands) and is so flexible I can’t imagine a situation where it wouldn’t fully deliver. The EQ is super powerful but with the right frequencies so there’s a wide variety of GOOD sounds. . I’ve had very powerful eq’s on amps before but they gave me a huge array of not so great or just so so sounds. I’m sure many of you know what I’m talking about. The KOSMOS knobs are cool too. The outer is a sub harmonic synth and the inner one I would describe as make my neck sound like a stand up knob. Probably not what I’m going to find in the manual if I ever look but that’s what it sounds like to me. Very cool indeed. Seriously, I turn the knob and my neck gets extra woody sounding, like an upright. I’m not kidding about there being a lot of cool and useful tones in this thing. The extra power over the Rumble 500 was noticeable and nice.

Then the guitar player chimed in on the first break, “dude, that amp blows your old one away by far!”

I would highly recommend you try one of these if you are shopping for that perfect all around bass head. You can always return it if you don’t like it but you’ll likely be blown away like me.

The one I purchased was discounted as B-Stock but I can’t find anything sideways on it at all. Purchased it from ebay seller proaudiostar. Value wise I would easily say it'sRead full review...

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Isn't that good.

Very powerful and loud but the features are actually unusable musically. It just wasn't for me. So i sent it back. Oh yeah the many different light colors was cool. But i was after sound. This is how i had it set up for a couple of days before deciding that it wasn't for me at all.Read full review...

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Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: proaudiostar

Great little amp...

Got an excellent price on this powerful, feature packed amp from Peavey.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: unique_squared_inc

More Power and Adjust-ability for your money

Just a great amp, with a ton of power and adjust ability compared to almost any other amp on the market. Just a great value, and dead reliable. 1 year and no issues so far

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Didn't power up.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: tradeportusa

Great value

Is everything it is advertised.

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: ernest416

Excelente mucho poder

Excelente, mucho poder

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: pre-owned | Sold by: proaudiostar