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Jack Latimer
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From: Ontario, Canada

posted 27 June 2005 05:36 PM profileIs there a way of telling the age of a Peavey Nashville 400 by the serial number? (The serial number is 5a 02376717.) I believe this is an older model, so my next question is with all the talk of the modifications that can be made to the older models, do they compare to the newer Nashville 400 amps when the modifications are made? I'm looking for suggestions on buying used or biting the bullet and going for the new amp. Any help would be appreciated.
Ron Whitworth
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From: Yuma,Ariz. USA

posted 27 June 2005 07:48 PM profileHello Jack;
Going by what Mike Brown from Peavey said in this post a few down the page here,
your amps should be a 1995.here is the post:
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/007318.html
Jack Stoner
Sysop

From: Inverness, Florida

posted 28 June 2005 02:57 AM profileThe difference between a 'stock' (Unmodified) 95 Nashville 400 and a late 96 is the factory tone mod. Peavey and John Lemay had mods but it wasn't until about September 96 that Peavey made a production engineering change and incorporated the mod component changes into production.

There is a major difference in the low end and high end with the tone mod. More lows are added and the high end is not as 'brittle'.

However, the early Nashville 400's, with the 1502 speaker do not need the mod (but people install it anyway). The amp was originally designed for the 1502 speaker. Later (about 89 or 90) Peavey started using the 1501 speaker (what is currently used in the Nashville 1000) and that changed the overall response of the amp. The tone mod basically restored the amp to the response it had with the 1502 speaker. (This also relates to another thread that someone put a 12' speaker in a Nashville 400 and wanted to compare it to a Nashville 112, which you can't because of the overall system's tailored response).

Jack Latimer
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From: Ontario, Canada

posted 28 June 2005 11:26 AM profileThanks for the dating Ron, and Jack I appreciate your explanation of the speaker issue.

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Jason King

From:
Missouri, USA
Posted 10 May 2015 10:39 am
I'm not great on computers, but I couldn't find a peavey page with serial number data for a Nashville 400.
I have one that is 00-05590373 MFG LOC-04
Anyone know what all that means? Year? Other info?
Thanks
Bill Moore

From:
Manchester, Michigan
Posted 10 May 2015 4:34 pm
I don't know of any link to serial info, but the first two digits, are the year. In this case, 2000.
Richard Sinkler

From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
Posted 10 May 2015 6:10 pm
The first two numbers are usually the year, but was the NV400 still in production in 2000?
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Jack Stoner

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Posted 11 May 2015 2:15 am
A friend got one from the last production run and if I remember correctly it was before 2000.
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Richard Sinkler

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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
Posted 11 May 2015 8:10 am
I believe the first was 1983 (not positive). Mine is an 84. It would really surprise me if the NV400 was in production for 17 years.
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Mike Brown

From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
Posted 11 May 2015 9:17 amPeavey
There is not an accessible s/n search on our website. Actually, the Nashville 400 was in production since 1983, so apparently you own one of the early models.
Jason King

From:
Missouri, USA
Posted 11 May 2015 9:50 am
I called customer service and was told it's a 1992. Thanks all.
Mike Brown

From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
Posted 13 May 2015 9:23 amNashville 400 serial number
I can help you with determining the year of manufacture if you provide the serial number of your amplifier.
Richard Sinkler

From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
Posted 13 May 2015 9:29 am
By his first post, the number he posted appears to be a serial number. Mine says 4A-{8 more numbers} similar to his. I was told that the 4A meant the first quarter, or maybe they said month, of 1984. I bought it pretty early in 84, not more than 6 months after I used one in a show in Nashville in Octocer of 83, that the backline was furnished by Peavey or a dealer. The 00 at the beginning is what puzzles me.
Mike.. When was the last NV400 produced? By the way, it's nice to see you active on here again.
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Mike Brown

From:
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Posted 13 May 2015 10:40 amPeavey Serial Numbers
The 4A usually indicates 1984 'amplifier'.
André Sommer

Posted 16 May 2015 5:02 am
Hi Mike Brown,
I still have a Peavey Nashville 400 with serial number: 7A-02953949. Can I assume that this amp was built in 1987?
It's an 'Export 220-V' amp (I'm in the Netherlands) and it also has a '878' number printed behind that. I have no idea what that means.
On the bottom of the serial nr. plate there's a handwritten thing in black marker saying' DB 71375'although the second 7 could be a 1.
Lastly, from an (PDF) article you wrote for Peavey I understand that my amp has a 1501-
4 ohm version speaker. Is that correct since it doesn't have any sticker on it?
Thanks in advance for your reply.
Richard Sinkler

From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
Posted 16 May 2015 7:38 am
The 1501 has a smooth cone and the 1502 has a ribbed cone.
Donny and Lane. Good points. I have always used the high gain input with every guitar I have had during the time I have owned this amp. Never noticed any distortion, and I have played in bands that are so loud, they would drown out a jet's noise. I never even thought about the lo-gain input. If I ever gat to play out again, I'll have to take it for a test drive.
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