Van Halen Tour Amp Found (Part Two) - Peavey 5150 EVH Prototype - Power Amp Test & VTM Pedal Cameo

In part two of this series, we verify the screen resistors, check the bias, pop in two more vintage Peavey "Super 6" STR387s (unmatched), and fire up the power amp for a quick listen. Since the preamp is still flaky, I'm using the all new Peavey VTM pedal to do the initial sound test since it's purported that Eddie actually tried a VTM at one point when he visited Peavey. Part of me really wants to think that he tried it on a 412M built on the February 1991 (91B) run, which contained Peavey's incredible and short-lived Sheffield 1290 "Senior" (large magnet) speakers....not the notchy small magnet 1290s from the later cabs. Eddie's Sheffield 1200 replaced the 1290 Senior (and earlier Celestion K85s) as their top of the line 12" speaker, and both the 1230 and 1290 were changed to have a small magnet design. The 1230s retained most of the character of the 1200, but the 1290 did not. Peavey's new Sheffield 1230+, which is used in the new 6505 cabs, retains the best aspects of the large magnet 1200 and 1230 with the tighter low end of the original 1290. Anyway, please comment if you have more info and tell your friends to like and subscribe for more content. Perhaps I'll get better lighting and sound soon, but I'm doing this on borrowed time, so it's quick and dirty for the sake of documentation. We'll finish up the electronics in part three very soon! Thank you for watching.