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Peavey Horizon II review - part 3 overdriven tones
By KenBJammen on Dec 20, 2009 | In Reviews
Part III of the Peavey Horizon II review includes a review of the overdriven tones that are achievable using the Peavey Horizon II. As in Part II of the review, I am using a Fender tweed style amp with 4x10's with a touch of reverb. The same amp setting is used for all recordings of this guitar.
How a guitar responds to overdrive and distortion is a key factor for many players. If a guitar feeds back or is noisy when the drive is kicked in, it will become an annoying guitar to have to lug around to performances. I have found that my Peavey Horizon II is exceptionally quiet for a guitar of it's day. Take a listen to some of the tone samples that have been created. . .
Follow up:
The first tone selection clip is the Peavey Horizon II in the bridge full humbucking position with a TS-808 clone added as a dirt pedal. During the clip I add the single coil in phase which has a subtle change in the tonality of the clip. At the end of the clip, I switch the center pickup out of phase. This tone although very thin, I see more useful than the other clips clean and with the center pickup out of phase.
The next clip is the same TS-808 clone but with the neck pickup and the tone rolled all of the way off. During the clip I add the single coil in phase which again changes the tone, but is very subtle. During the last part of the clip I turn the single coil on but out of phase and the tone is very "Nasal" and almost "Wah-ish." sounding.
The next clip I pulled out a Big Muff Pi clone and set it up in the signal chain to see how the guitar would react to this effect. In this clip both Humbuckers are on. The second part when I engage the single coil in phase there is so little distinction if I did not stop and hesitate in the recording I am not sure that even I would know when I switched over. There is a noticeable increase in the sustain achievable when the single coil in on and in phase though. The last part of the clip when the single coil is put out of phase gives a real neat 70's tone, which is almost my favorite part of the clip with the PI.
Boss Metalzone clips done in the same way again have very little difference between the humbuckers on and the single coil in phase. At the end of the clip the single coil is placed out of phase for a distinct metalish scooped tone.
The Peavey Horizon II stayed very quiet during testing with overdrive with very little hum or fuzz. Part IV of the review will summarize the Peavey Horizon II in value, gigability and investment worth.| « Peavey Horizon II review, Part 4, summary | Peavey Horizon II review - part 2 guitar tones » |
