Thinking of trading my ...

[lesterpaul]

Peavey 212 classic 50 watt all tube for a Rivera 100 watt all tube price is around 750 used with trade in i may have to put in some boot just wondering what the wise minds here had to say about the trade and rivera amps in general ....thanks in advance

 

[Farview]

Gigantic step up.

 

[lesterpaul]

oh i almost forgot ...

style of play is original rock and country (more rock) think of the byrds (clarence white years) meet skynyrd and skynyrd won....

 

[Hard2Hear]

For your style let me throw something out there.

Have you ever played one of the DrZ amps? They are low wattage class A, and some of the combos used can be bought for 600-750. If you havent checked them out, they're worth considering, especially for country/rock. I don't own one myself, but it's likely my next amp purchase. I have played several and they are all very good.

As for thr Rivera, they remind me of a Twin sort of. Pretty close to a late 70s Twin Reverb for me, slightly different feel. If you need all the clean headroom it will probably to well for you. Frankly I'm not a big fan of them, but YMMV.

H2H

 

[InTheFire]

A buddy of mine just bought a Rivera and got rid of his Peavey. It's an awesome amplifier. I'd say it was a hell of a jump.

I notice that over the Peavey that you have, the sound of Rivera will be a bit "tighter" and less "spongy" if you know what I mean.

Both are very cool but, I think you will like the Rivera much better for what you play.

 

[lesterpaul]

Dr. Z ...

yeah i've saw them, one of my closet favs is Brad Paisley (did i say that outloud) he plays them but don't know of any dealers round here... the rivera is at my local dealer and i can probably swing th deal i want ...another thread here i have is about Will Ray he played through this very amp during a clinic there last nite ...