All user reviews of 5/5 for the Peavey Classic 30 [1993-2004]

Peavey Classic 30
30w
Info on tube vibration in first contact, I have concrete about the problem of vibration, not your windows or your managers that vibrate but the tubes is doing NOTHING builder and Yet the problem is known. If you use a low-end guitar no problems. But be careful when you play with the meanest gear range. (Both aware that I'm a little dranger brand, I do not give a name or brands to keep some cartridges if expertise is sought by the manufacturer)
What does the vendor if it's nice, it changes the tubes counted in these costs by this call loss and profit.
on the other hand, if you pass your A customer TCHAO BONSOIR.
The concrtes evidence is available.

USE

Simple pity that the channel is not clear with rglage differevt sound Booster

SONORITS

Ok for the blues his warm care the same low-power vibrations see my comment below

NOTICE GLOBAL

Info on tube vibration in first contact, I have concrete about the problem of vibration, not your windows or your managers that vibrate but the tubes is doing NOTHING builder and Yet the problem is known. If you use a low-end guitar no problems. But be careful when you play with the meanest gear range. (Both aware that I'm a little dranger brand, I do not give a name or brands to keep some cartridges if expertise is sought by the manufacturer)
What does the vendor if it's nice, it changes the tubes counted in these costs by this call loss and profit.
on the other hand, if you pass your A customer TCHAO BONSOIR.
The concrtes evidence is available.

Tube amp ..... we know all that.

USE

It connects it sounds. Clear or crunch.

SOUNDS

Perfect for rock, blues (channel with gain), as perfect for jazz and funk, and all that leads to a more clear sound (I specify below)

NOTICE GLOBAL

I have this amp for? .... I do not know, maybe since 1996/1997? When I bought it, I was in Guiana. This is an amp that has spent at least 6 or 7 years to about 100 100 of moisture, and a year in Grand Santi in full Amazon forest. and well, and that's what I want to say, this amp and indestructible !!!! and regardless of the location and use it tears.
Mine is rusty, screen on the dashboard in the pots is illegible, but it works! and the pots do not even crachottent. Of course, I changed the lamps since I have. And I changed the HP, because I blew the original one with a low (6 strings moreover) I found a Blue Marvel on Ebay for 20 euros, and go again.
With the new HP, my Peavey Classic 30 and found a new youth. I play in a jazz band, and I no longer was using this amp for jazz. Since I changed the HP, it has regained its accuracy in the clear, and now it's my roland is the key .....

The Classic 30 is a tube amp (7 = 4 + 3) size combo a fairly reasonable size (less than wholesale Hot Rod), equipped as standard with an HP 12 "Blue Marvel.

The amp delivers 30 watts, which is (very) far enough, whatever your use.

Level there is a middle setting, aspen, bass, and a spring reverb pretty good I think. Then there is a second channel and a boost (but I'll never used)

The features are really simple and effective.

UTILIZATION

Regarding the manual I did not have access but the settings could not be more simple.

Sound:

For my part I find excellent sound. Well defines its clear, we arrive at something very hot when the lamps are well heated.

SOUNDS

This amp is very well suited to my style of music (blues / rock, rock / jazz, jazz / fusion). It supports very well the pedals I use (no big disco, OD and delay, reverb ...) and I use it with a strat '

I get clear sound and well defined, as hot and when I ask a specific OCD above. The sound is not at all greasy, just as it is garish.

Basically I set off with a shudder at 7/10 and a middle 6/10. Low in general 6/10 and a fairly low reverb.

Overall the sound has nothing to envy to other Fender or Vox same category. This amp is a perfect all-tube combo with dimensions that make it easily transportable.

Note a flat anyway, reported by many users: the lamps have a bad tendency to vibrate, and it is extremely unpleasant, especially for the sound. For my part I got the foam of a Harley Benton G212 Vintage I placed on a tray on wheels, on which I put the amp. It made me partly mitigated these vibrations.

OVERALL OPINION

The quality / price is really great for the price of the occasion. The price of new I do not know. I also try the new version and it is substantially the same as I have.

I remake this choice without hesitation at the price of Cygnus'

All lights except the reverb circuit with operational amplifier (JRC4558), for the rest, it is still useful to have? tradiitionnelle spring reverb, Accutronics.
let's say I wanted to make review more than with the Classic 30 as a "cheap" amp ...

UTILIZATION

the configuration very simple! in clean, volume, tone corrector B, M, T (jointly lead channel), the knob of reverb (jointly lead channel) and that's it.
same for the lead with a "pre" for gain and a "post" for the volume.
The "boost" I never serve me, because it boost in the low / medium and suddenly the sound changes, not to his advantage to my taste.
entered a "send" and "return" output (or FX loop) output preamp after the reverb. when using the input "return" using an external preamp or type simulator Tonelab, there the preamp and reverb are part inoperative, adjust the volume as well).
For sound, this amp is a very polivalent, jazz, blues, funk, reggae, rock a billy, 70 rock, hard rock, Country ... Not for metal, not too much for an electro-acoustic: it sound fairly quickly supply (slight crunch), its bluesi! it is not suitable for a nylon string, or to a 12-string, but for some electro play for blues or country: to see! That said, since this amp gives potato mended volume 3, beware of feedback.
The reverb is not bad, good for coloring the sound, to give effect to the "surf" on Dick Dale, this is not a Fender ... Although we can still (with reverb background)! for the Duane Eddy, no problem (he plays Peavey Delta blues when it's not a Fender). Du Merle Haggard From Jhonny Hiland (not as farting that the fender to the country, but it happens), the Eddy Cochran ... See some Ry cooder.Bien safe through the Mississippi Delta blues to Chicago Blues, Muddy Waters, Jhon Lee Hooker, BB King, Big Bill Broonzy, Lightin Hopkins, or Memphis Slim or Pintop Perkins etc ...
if you like these styles, you'll love the Classic 30.
Which is ideal for blues, jazz, country.la heat EL84 with a perfectly balanced preamp!
With that just mentioned, m ^ me if the lead is approaching sound marshall without being, I hope you understand that this amp does not have a "British" sound, but the pure USA. I think it has character, Peavey sound, not the sound Fender or Marshall or Vox or Mesa, etc ... And do not have the reputation it deserves!

SOUNDS

Be it your style of music?
Yeah, if I do not speak, I did not inherit ...
This combo is perfect for the musician, who despite being strongly oriented blues, jazz, country, see a bit of hard rock when he nerves, not a "stage costume" to say loud and clear that it belongs to the family of "xxxxxx". short for one who is open to all styles, and tries all styles of the moment there are other musicians to play together (in fact it is not an amp to play at home, but group in concert to play at home all alone a 5W lamp is enough)!. I play outside for the music festival on a small stage, there was not enough microphones for all the world to the sound: no problem, but the recovery was heard 30 Classic (c good! 'is sure others did not have two bodies 100W Marshall).
With what type of guitar?
I play with a Telecaster "made in myself" copy, mahogany body and neck with a humbucker neck pickup and a classic telecaster bridge-type micro (2 wound by myself with a kit from Stewart MacDonald, famous provider makers) and a Gretsch G5125. Peavey Classic 30 fits very well with his Gretsch for "twang." And finally a Peavey Raptor TK that I use a little bit of everything, guitar terrain to go to guitar lessons, on vacation, and play in open tuning slide in the bottleneck.
What I hate her?
None, except when it starts to fuck up ... hissing, POCS, with reverb and feedback on the ratings graves.Il to wait a bit, after a few minutes it stops, except for the reverb: you must either lower the volume, or the reverb, ie good basses.Mais there are Fender 3000 Euros that hiss, which POCS and other frittures!

OVERALL OPINION

How long? Actually I do not know, 6-7 years. I've had several. Like everything, you want to try other things. At first I was thoroughly Marshall, my dream teens: A body 2 Marshall JCM800. I loved Fender guitars (a Strat MusicMaster and U.S.), but could not stand their amps: too garish! at the time the Fender tube amps made me feel that I m ​​^ balls musette accordion:. cheesy old music with cheesy stuff (it is true that Fender are not really beautiful) A this time also (80) Peavey for me was the shit, or amps player country (a little redneck in the era of hard rock and disco.) Then we get older quickly starts to hurt ears, no longer bear the rehearsals volume up ... We finally sell the superstrate and amps to make the sound, and m ^ me she finished up gathering dust.
And then I buy myself a tube amp, something I had never been able to pay me as a young man, and saw that my budget was "cheap" and no place for a 2 coprs home or in the trunk of the car it was a Peavey Classic 30 OCCAZ. I had several: as an electronics technician and passion for tube amps, I bought, I used a while, then sell them to the likings of the market, and in my ..
the last one I sold, although I had 4 other tube amps at me w 5 and 20, after 6 months I finally buy a Classic 30 because it really fits my sons.C ' is the only amp that I bought!
Marshall, Hugh and Kettner, Fender, Valveking, Peavey Triumph 60, 6505 112, I'm tired ....
Will I do it again this choice? yeah, the proof! I cross that is the only one who will always be my home.
Negative: the feedback with the reverb on some (not all), the vibrations of EL84 when they begin to tire, the fact that there have no tremolo as delta blues, and no standby (very easy to install).

So that it is a "cheap" amp, compared to what? a Fender or a Vox 2000 3000 Euros? How much is the maintenance of a Vox AC30 when to change the 10 tubes (4xEL84, 5xECC83, 1xGz34)? or when a grid transformer? for version 7 tubes is like classic30 (3xecc83; 4xEL84) at vox, good prices on parts and Fender? Mesa?
It's like those rolls BMW: 40KE when you slam into a box, it does not boast too much when it breaks down ...

Combo 2-channel equalizer with common independent volumes. 3x12ax7, 4xEL84 hp Blue Marvel, reverb, position boost, effects loop, speaker output.

UTILIZATION

Can be done easier? Like many, I regret the absence of stand-by forcing down the volume to avoid "plocs" the speaker.
Boost function for both channels is inflating low mids (especially) and smoothing sharp. Not releasable to the footswitch, which is not included and works "reverse" the Marshall footswitch standard channel change is then the reverb, and vice versa. Sucks, but no big deal.

The speaker is not so bad, as long as you prowl the (ie put it in full figure for a little while). It remains effective even if it loses its qualities concert volume bar (ie not transplanted). Choose the hp that it sticks, if you make a change. Personally, I was not convinced with greenbacks, for example!

SOUNDS

Start with the clean: it is very beautiful, there is no denying it, but not as a typical clean Vox or Fender. It compresses much less crunch and speed with doubles, but may be less with single coils round the amps mentioned. The sound has a real warmth, but it did not bounce a Vox or Fender. If for some this will be a default, the resulting quality is against extremely interesting, because it makes this amp a pedal eater. It's not complicated, I never noticed a mismatch pedals with the clean channel of a Peavey classic series, not even Classic 30. While a Vox or Fender require a test to ensure proper complementarity or compatibility.

The overdrive channel is british, between Vox (EL84?) And Marshall. A big fat overdrive well supplied, but vintage. It is possible to sound well-structured and bold, smooth, with 2 treble and bass, midrange background. It does not go to the metal. But for hard-rock 70's, it's perfect. With a little more boost, and go to the lead. Obviously, this channel provides very well in the rock and of course the blues.

Boost mode, I've never liked. You lose a lot of bite and presence, even if the volume appears to be increased on the spot.

OVERALL OPINION

This amp is great nowhere in particular, but well (almost) everything. One might criticize his lack of personality ... which is not really: it does not sound like a Vox, Marshall or as like a Fender. And for sure when you think vintage, we think there's sounds in particular. It feels good parentage. The advantage is that it allows the amp to have a multitude of possible use, from blues to hard rock, we like Marshall, Vox or Fender, 3 amps that have nothing to do. And as the amp behaves well with pedals is the alloying scratch bar, who wants to play in several style, even jazz. This is not the amp that kills the amp that brand for life, but this is an amp that does the job for sure!

This is my first tube amp, bought in the late 90's. I come back constantly, even though my favorite amp remains a JCM 800. I had a Fender, Rivera, Brunetti, The Valve, and other Peavey Engl. If it has not much character, it is certainly the most pro amp in its use, which can adapt to any situation, for cheap too. It is not best seller for 20 years by chance ... His lack of personality prevents fatigue, and mood changes allow sound.

My rating reflects the value for money, especially in occasion!

30W, all-tube, two channels, spring reverb, effects loop and a switch to boost treble.
Construction beefy amp and very classy.
By against a quality weight!

UTILIZATION

No need to leave HEC to understand how it lights up, it is expected that the heat lamps and banzai! The footswitch to change channel and reverb send. Ultra simple and so much better, you can spend time fiddling with the settings to get a sound with onions!
Now small regret the absence of stand-by switch, yet oh so practical ...

SOUNDS

This amp was perfect for me, the beach sounds will clear sound well a nice warm overdrive biting well, perfect for punchy rock well, the bowl 12 with a nice dynamic.
With a Sheraton II and double crunch it very quickly (just play with the volume of the instrument).
Reverb esqt great provided you do not abuse it too!
The volume is huge, I played with a drummer in a small room, not to exceed half the volume, otherwise I could not hear my dear hitter.
Against by the tubess are poorly insulated and they tend to vibrate quite easily.
Another black spot, no master, impossible to play at home without hitting the walls ....

OVERALL OPINION

Used for 8 years, he gave me many satisfactions, but given the changes in my life, no longer corresponded to use my ...

Blackheads: No-stand-by
-No master volume
-Lamps vibrate

Highlights:-The reverb
-Sounds!
The dynamic-power!

I got this amp for $470.00 at my local Sam Ash. I had been using solid state amps for a few years, and I decided it was time to step up to a tube amp. I got the extended warranty too(you need it) so it all came out to $550.00. Best little amp I've ever owned.

Well, comparing it to solid state amps, which I had been using for a while, there is no comparrison. The tone on this is to die for. Very warm, not like a Fender at all. The fenders just seem to be too airy for my taste. It can get fairly loud, enough to shake the house. But for club gigs, you'll need to mic it. This amp is PERFECT for blues. The OD/Distortion on it is really smooth with a nice breakup. All in all, a great little amp.

Well I have no complaints soundwise, but theres some things that I definitely would have liked. First of all, two equalizers would be nice. One for each channel. An included footswitch would be great...I mostly use pedals for my distortion though, so this doesn't pose too much of a problem. The tubes get really hot, more so than other tube amps.

Well it is very sturdy. But the tweed covering peels and cracks if you don't take care of it. Also, this is a tube amp, so you can't afford to drop it...it is much more fragile than solid states. But for just putting it in the back of your car, it'll work fine.

There's four words that accuratly describe this amp...Great First Tube Amp. It has a good enough tone where you will easily be able to tell the difference from solid state, but crazy tone fanatics might come up unsatisfied. So if you're new to the tube amp world, this is the amp for you.

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Melodee Music, used, $250. I bought it 'cause I badly needed a new guitar amp.

-Superb tone, especially for blues, jazz, and rock... You can even get a good metal sound out of it.

-Loud, loud, loud. It's amazing how much sound can come out of one 12" speaker. Turn the volume to 25% on the clean channel in your bedroom and your ears are guaranteed to hurt after about five minutes of playing.

-Solid construction.

-Great looks.

-Great-sounding reverb and distortion.

-The only thing I can think of is that the EQ is not very responsive, even less so with the boost engaged.

Seems to be ruggedly constructed. Quality work here.

-Great amp overall. It will push more sound than a 120 watt 2x12 solid state. No shit. For $250, I am convinced that this is THE best deal I could have found. This thing rivals the famous Fender.

The Peavey Classic 30 is a monster box!

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I purchased this jewel of an amp from a previous owner in May 1994. At that time in my life I was getting bored with Classical Guitar and had gotten heavily into the Blues. I saw an ad in a local publication for the amp and decided to check it out. I love the warmth of straight tube amps and decided to buy. I actually borrowed $150 from my girlfriend at the time for the amp that had only been played through for a couple of months.


The warm tone, the versatility, it is so light and easy to carry, perfect for small clubs and larger rooms as well. This amp has survived many bangs and drops as a result of heavy drinking college bar gigs. This amp has truly taken a licking but continues to scream out crisp cleans and beautifully dirty warm leads.



The only thing that is more of a hassle than a dislike would be having to change the tubes from time to time. Many a soundcheck has been interrupted by my lack of preparedness and running out to a local music store to purchase a power or preamp tube before a gig.



The amp is housed in a tweed casing. I believe the newer Classic 30s are encased in blace tweed. Mine is a classy looking blonde tweed that truly looks vintage and has some dings to add character. The Classic 30 is a very sturdy unit. Mine has held together very well to be a veteran of several years of heavy gigging.



This amp is great for any caliber of player. It has enough volume for small clubs and with a mic and a good monitor mix, can fill a larger room as well. I have enjoyed it's warm tone and looks since I first laid eves on it and will continue to use it until it literally falls apart.



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All-tube combo amp, a single speaker Peavey Blue Marvel, 4 EL84 power, and three 12AX7 preamp. 30 watts of power, very strong!
spring reverb
mono effects loop.
Two channels clean and saturated, sharing the same 3-band eq and the same reverb.
A button to "boost"
channel change / activation of the optional footswitch for reverb.
Coating "tweed" for mine!

Probably missing a few settings and features, but it does what is asked!

UTILIZATION

The general setup is super simple, the manual useless, except perhaps to know the exact impedance of the speaker output, for example.
We obtain easily a very good sound, regardless of the channel.
It is more compact and relatively lightweight, easy to transport.

SOUNDS

I shall not use, for the most part and I possessed, that the clean channel, great platform for my period "Ayatollah of effects pedals!"
Nothing to say, for this type of use is absolutely nickel. Neutral so malleable, while still warm.
Then I saw the excellent crunch channel-full, a blues-rock grain Rican very interesting, excellent base for a tube screamer, for example. I still see one as soon as I try, this amp is very common!

OVERALL OPINION

I used it for over a year, when my transistor watts enough do me more! I had not tried other models, the mine was sold for 300 euros with the reverb out of use. I used all ways to a Boss RV-5 to compensate for this minor inconvenience. I finally part with it to fund the complete renovation of my Epiphone Les Paul. I think I should have to keep it, because it is an excellent amp.

The value for money is very very good, and you can find it for anything in time, and easily too.
A clear channel neutral but warm (can be worse than a Fender all things), a tough drive (much better than a hot rod in this case!), An effects loop, power controllable, a practical and well thought out ergonomics, this may be the perfect club amp!

Rant for the optional footswitch, now found in stores.
It appears that a transformation of Hp transfigures ...

The choice would be to do again, I would do, and I can be cracked one day again if an opportunity presents itself ...

Hello and best wishes,
configuration tip top in Floor1 preamp and 3 12AX7 Mulard warm sound and very clear without parasites, February 1st floor telefunken after a stock of old lamps, power 4 JJ tesla.
The note is fine with mods.

UTILIZATION

Easy to use, good sound with the changes is much easier to obtain.

SOUNDS

I changed the blue marvel HP is good but too much with too directional midrange and not enough bass for my taste to a red coat eminence private jack. The result is surprising to be honest it has taken the place of my fender in my living room, it sounds round and warm it between a fender and a mess of very Clapton sounds very slamming "without boost" with the strata and a very good held in high power while it was rough before.

OVERALL OPINION

I highly recommend small changes like that, clean sounds are terrible.
Next mod replacing condos by Orange.

On the site there is a Peavey Classic 30 Limited Deluxe Wood exotic. To see:

www.peavey.com/products/amps_mi/guitaramps/classic30_sigseries.cfm

The photo is in the forum.
beautiful but what price? I do not know sil is import to France.

UTILIZATION

Everything is simple!

SOUNDS

Its not as clear warm crystal-clear that a Fender Twin.
Fender amps are raproche for clean sounds and in particular fender deluxe.
I think its Electronic Schematic is based on a Fernder tweed 50s.
Belle rverbe giving the scale to the sound.
Trick to swell the clear sound with single coil pickups do not push the button hsiter BOOST.
Warning: I am in an apartment in the city and the volume level of 0.5 (out of 10) dj is strong.
An all-tube amp like a classic 30 sounds when pushed.

OVERALL OPINION

Ms. Pact04 opinion.
Small precision: I found the latest version in the store that seven lamps are being protected by a grill.
I use another time for 3 years.
No problem of reliability. No retubing either.

Small combo lamps.
30 Watts to do well.
two colors: vintage (as pictured) or black (which dchire Amre).
2 channels (bright / saturated)
A boost for the channel saturated (I was not yet found the usefulness)
A reverb

no mute button (with a mute this amp would be perfect, o the 9 / 10)

UTILIZATION

It's a Peavey so must rgler a minimum (although it's better than 10 years ago), otherwise it's pretty easy to find the types of sound. APRs must go into the fine but globalelement rglages donns in the manual give a ide off potential.

The pb is that the volume is too powerful and too linear, I am clear in his apartment and I go up to max 2 and 1 in distortion! O The day I splurged (2.5 Mt) neighbor came to ask me to fall ...

SOUNDS

You can do anything with this amp! Blues, mtal, jazz, rock 70's ...
It's impressive. I spar with my metalzone so the distortion is (good TFWP a SansAmp GT2 comes the Pauler soon but good nonetheless).
But it's clear that his bluff me on my little Squier Start mexico home (not a model of 91 shit now) the sound of the neck pickup out of a Manir prcise and warm. The Clean channel does not saturate, a string me of my old Fender Performer 1000 Crunchant that everything is

Well ok it's not a meza or orange but the sound is, there's nothing wrong for less than 700 is not better combo (yes only at the top are better but hey have to add Bafle or so if is the last little Orange 15W but it is a bit less complete and must love the look).

OVERALL OPINION

I have this amp for a month, I bought to go with a Jackson DKMG and sounds monstrously good. Start with my ptite These and bluesy death is hot is that of happiness that makes girls cry. And with my X7 (yes I know but I have no shame, I like Korn and Dream Theater, so I have a 7 string to do all they like) a cash rather well despite the serious if m 'somewhat completed the above named Performer 1000 ...

I put 9 / 10 for overall score especially due to the fact that there is no mute button, because you have to take extra care that much heat lamps but an accident happens so quickly that has become quite stressful, especially the classic 50's one himself. Finally now I have a technical siouxxxe, I turn and I'll psser a good move by taking my time well.

Ah yes another default, which is not really a actually it was more a constraint petiute mchante not well, it is essential to plug into a grounded outlet! Anyway it's pretty rare amps with slecteur type of connection (with or without land).

Finally I love this amp! I had in my life a Peavey Studio Pro 110, a fender performer 1000, a Carlsbro Sherwood junior (transition ct a loan) and really is the first amp that gives me as much plaisr play.

Everything is good say on this subject

UTILIZATION

For use, I had used to jamma tube amp, so it can divert a minimum, especially between the lead and clean channel.
Anyway after an hour ouaaaaaaaa
Must take the time to try
I put 9 because it is very well rule

the record provides a range of rglage so ecxelent

SOUNDS

Ben zik style, from jazz to hard rock

j el'utilise with Variax totu and I get what I want, even in the position Acoustic Sounds, has a epeche ouaaaaa,
I found the beginners to the disto blah, but actually it depends on the type of guitar and also useful to settle the afaon.
Power is ample, yet in group j ejoue nothing to say the 30 watts are enough very well, for comparison I have a peavey bandit 100 watt, ben tet outdoor the villain take over, but hey,,,, after Just plug in a sound system.

OVERALL OPINION

From: 15 days
I like everything, it's simple I m edebarasse even my pedalboard bandit 112 v amp .... etc. it is ultimately more simple and it gets off style angus, which has a sg, a jak, a receiver point.
The report price is KALIT top
yes I would do this choice,