Double Bass Peavey Minx 110

Chuck M

Chuck M

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I have a little Peavey Minx 110 that I got for $70 from a pawn shop. The amp is like new and at low volume the tone is wonderful. My Upton is fitted with an Underwood pick up and I plugged straight into the amp. I played with the tone controls and was able to get the amp to sound just like the unamplified bass.

These little amps are easy to find and cheap to buy.

Peavy. Not very loved these days but the little Minx is a great amp.
 
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Chuck M said:
Peavy. Not very loved these days but the little Minx is a great amp.
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There's at least three versions of the Minx.
The first has two inputs, passive EQ, and preamp out jack.
The second has a blue line under the knobs, single input, active EQ, and a single hole effects loop that required a stereo to L/R mono adapter to use.
The third has a red graphic on the front, a bright switch next to the input jack, a normal two jack effects loop and I believe passive EQ.

$70 is a good price on the blue line version, not as much for the other two.
 
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I know this thread is very old, but I had a blue line Minx 110 given to me. The amp was owned by a teenager that didn't know anything about repairs and I spent all day resoldering, replacing some inputs, cleaning, and repairing other things. It works great and looks almost new, now. I'm definitely a beginner on the bass and I have a noob question about this patch input...I bought the stereo male to mono females cable. I just need to know how is it used and what connects in and out of it? Simple diagrams would be helpful and please forgive me
 
#5
Use another amp or device with an instrument input. One of the mono plugs is the output (send), the other one the input (return).
It doesn‘t damage anything if you connect two inputs, so try both into the input of the other device. The one which geberates a sound there is the output (send).
 
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If you don‘t know which is the output, check both possibilities into another input. If you use the same amp you get a feedback loop.
Another possibility is check with a multimeter in ac voltage mode. Feed some music in and see which output has the higher output. Range should be 10 to 20 volts, but make sure you set it to ac.
 
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The other device could be a mixing desk, effect unit with an input indicator etc.
There might be a standard way for the connector, but I won‘t take that for granted.
Often the signal connection is printed onto the device, sometimes it is only mentioned in the manual.
You only need to make sure that you don‘t connect output to output.
 
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The main use is for an effect unit on an amp. Something that modifies the sound.
It is also present in the channel strip of almost any mixing desk, typically for a compressor there.
The effect loop is also often used to bypass the preamp section if it doesn‘t work well for a certain instrument and use an external preamp that goes into the effect return input if the amp. Then only main volume works on the amp, anything else gets set on the external preamp.
 
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