I need a new amp...

[Steven]

I need a new amp for giggin and just playing in my room. I've tried/looked at/played a bunch of amps and I'm pretty sure I want either one of these peeveys.

Peevey Valveking $800
Peevey Vypyr 100w $400

I know these amps are far from equal, but I want to know which one will be better for what I'm doing. I gig occasionally, like once or twice every couple months, but mostly I play in my room. Its a kinda small room, about 10x10 feet. 

[Frankengruven]

This looks like a good deal if you have the cash right now.  Might be a little loud for your purposes, though.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Peavey-Vypyr-120-2x12-Tube-Electric-Guitar-Amplifier-/160439183707?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item255aeba95b

[gillmanjr]

Get a Mesa Boogie F50 - the best combo amp ever made - everything else is just garbage 

[AKA Ninja]

If you hardly get out of your bedroom, you're gonna feel like the Valveking is overkill most of the time. That's a pretty big amp for a 10x10 room. However, the vypyr is solid state while the valveking is all tube. Those 2 will produce wildly different sounds for you. here's what I'd recommend, given your preferences:

http://www.music123.com/Peavey-ValveKing-112-Combo-Amp-481442-i1145634.Music123

(And)

http://www.music123.com/Peavey-ValveKing-412-Guitar-Cabinet-601344-i1152968.Music123

... That's a ValveKing 1x12 combo amp ($400) and a ValveKing 4x12 speaker cabinet ($400). The pair come out to equal about the same price (slightly less actually) than the ValveKing half stack.

BUT, with this option, you can be comfortable playing in the clubs, AND the bedroom. The combo is a 1x12 50 watt amp, which will still be a bit loud for your bedroom, but nowhere near what a 100 watt 4x12 would be. You'll be able to appreciate it more in smaller spaces, and the combo has all the same features as the full sized head (effects loop, footswitchable channels, A/B with texture control, etc). BUT, when you want to go out and play a larger gig, hook it up to the 4x12 cabinet, and that sucker will *ROAR*. A 50 watt amp on a 4x12 is *LOUD*, believe me.

So yeah, that's what I'd do, if I were in your shoes.

[Apopholis]

If you hardly get out of your bedroom, you're gonna feel like the Valveking is overkill most of the time. That's a pretty big amp for a 10x10 room. However, the vypyr is solid state while the valveking is all tube.

The Vypyr 100 Watt has a Tube Power-section-thingy I think.

[AKA Ninja]

If you hardly get out of your bedroom, you're gonna feel like the Valveking is overkill most of the time. That's a pretty big amp for a 10x10 room. However, the vypyr is solid state while the valveking is all tube.

The Vypyr 100 Watt has a Tube Power-section-thingy I think.

The Vypyr 120 and Vypyr 60 have a 6L6 poweramp, but they still have a digital modeling preamp.  The rest of the models (including the Vypyr 100) don't have a tube poweramp. Might as well get the Valveking combo at that price; the 50 watt tube will be much louder than the equivalent modeling amp, and it'll sound better 'cause the preamp isn't modeling crap.

So yeah, I stand by my original recommendation.

EDIT: I take that back, the 120 watt Vypyr has a 12AX7 preamp tube in there for some reason; but your tone still goes digital inside the amp, because it's still a modeler and the USB outputs and such. So I'm skeptical of anyone who would try to pass the Vypyrs off as "tube" amps.

[Vintage MR]

I'd get the Valveking too, I toyed with buying one for awhile actually.

They sound good. Peavey are reliable. They generally resell well from what I've seen and they have a fair amount of features. Win-win-win-win....

[Chris]

The only thing I dont like about the VK is the loudness of it. I played one in a guitar center, and the clean channel was either off, or really loud. Im one of the few who likes to be respectful in a music shop, and not crank it, and I thought it was too loud.

That was the 112 too, I wouldnt even want to try the halfstack.

[AKA Ninja]

The only thing I dont like about the VK is the loudness of it. I played one in a guitar center, and the clean channel was either off, or really loud. Im one of the few who likes to be respectful in a music shop, and not crank it, and I thought it was too loud.

That was the 112 too, I wouldnt even want to try the halfstack.

Yeah I'm not a big fan of the clean tone on a peavey high gain amp. 6506/5150 in particular.

[Chris]

The only thing I dont like about the VK is the loudness of it. I played one in a guitar center, and the clean channel was either off, or really loud. Im one of the few who likes to be respectful in a music shop, and not crank it, and I thought it was too loud.

That was the 112 too, I wouldnt even want to try the halfstack.

Yeah I'm not a big fan of the clean tone on a peavey high gain amp. 6506/5150 in particular.

VK isnt really that high gain. I also liked the clean sound, just wish I could have played it a bit more without feeling like a dick.