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iamqman « Classic 15 incher »
Published on 07/21/11 at 22:57The Peavey classic is basically Peavey's take on an American classic amplifier. The best amp I can relate this one to is the Fender bassman. It is essentially a blues and mild rock amp. The tone is ok and not really promising. You really need a good distortion or overdrive pedal of some sort to get a decent tone out of it. I understand Peavey's need to do an amp like this to get into the Fender tweed market but in my opinion is that Peavey's excels as making high gain rock and roll metal amps and this is a bit of a let down.
What was unique about this amp was not that is has a big cabinet for a simple blues amp but that it was sporting a 15 inch speaker inside. Usually 15 inch speakers are used by bass players to help round out there tone by combining it with there existing 10 inch speaker. You don't see it with guitar players too much as it can be very sub bassy.
UTILIZATION
- 30 watts into 16 or 8 ohms
- All-tube (three 12AX7 and four EL84 tubes)
- 2-channel preamp
- One 15 inch Blue Marvel(r) speaker
- Tremolo with speed and intensity
- Pre- and post-gain controls on lead channel
- Normal volume control on clean channel
- 3-band passive EQ (bass, middle, treble)
- Boost switch
- Master reverb
- Footswitch selectable channel switching and tremolo
- Effects loop
- Classic tweed covering
- Chrome-plated chassis
- External speaker jack
- Weight Unpacked: 49.20 lb(22.317 kg)
- Weight Packed: 56.00 lb(25.401 kg)
- Width Packed: 14.5"(36.83 cm)
- Height Packed: 25.5"(64.77 cm)
- Depth Packed: 24"(60.96 cm)
SOUNDS
This amp is best for Fender Stratocatser guitars. These guitars while having a tone of soul and tone lack in the bottom end. This maybe the reason for the 15 inch speaker. This will help compensate for the lacking lows and the bigger speaker makes that difference up. This is more of a mild overdrive amp fit for country, rock, and pop and having that tweed look on the outside just makes you think the blues. Since the blues is best played on a Stratocatser then that is generally what I lean towards. I suggest using a good tubescreamer pedal if you want to get a good pop/rock tone. You can already get a smooth distortion breakup with the amp but this will allow you to take it a level and half to that singing sustain that you need for lead playing.
OVERALL OPINION
This particular model has been discontinued and replaced with an update model. You can find these amps if you look hard enough as they were made for that long. They are to be found but can be a challenge. I would recommend this amp to a fender Stratocaster player who needs more low en to his or her tone.
What was unique about this amp was not that is has a big cabinet for a simple blues amp but that it was sporting a 15 inch speaker inside. Usually 15 inch speakers are used by bass players to help round out there tone by combining it with there existing 10 inch speaker. You don't see it with guitar players too much as it can be very sub bassy.
UTILIZATION
- 30 watts into 16 or 8 ohms
- All-tube (three 12AX7 and four EL84 tubes)
- 2-channel preamp
- One 15 inch Blue Marvel(r) speaker
- Tremolo with speed and intensity
- Pre- and post-gain controls on lead channel
- Normal volume control on clean channel
- 3-band passive EQ (bass, middle, treble)
- Boost switch
- Master reverb
- Footswitch selectable channel switching and tremolo
- Effects loop
- Classic tweed covering
- Chrome-plated chassis
- External speaker jack
- Weight Unpacked: 49.20 lb(22.317 kg)
- Weight Packed: 56.00 lb(25.401 kg)
- Width Packed: 14.5"(36.83 cm)
- Height Packed: 25.5"(64.77 cm)
- Depth Packed: 24"(60.96 cm)
SOUNDS
This amp is best for Fender Stratocatser guitars. These guitars while having a tone of soul and tone lack in the bottom end. This maybe the reason for the 15 inch speaker. This will help compensate for the lacking lows and the bigger speaker makes that difference up. This is more of a mild overdrive amp fit for country, rock, and pop and having that tweed look on the outside just makes you think the blues. Since the blues is best played on a Stratocatser then that is generally what I lean towards. I suggest using a good tubescreamer pedal if you want to get a good pop/rock tone. You can already get a smooth distortion breakup with the amp but this will allow you to take it a level and half to that singing sustain that you need for lead playing.
OVERALL OPINION
This particular model has been discontinued and replaced with an update model. You can find these amps if you look hard enough as they were made for that long. They are to be found but can be a challenge. I would recommend this amp to a fender Stratocaster player who needs more low en to his or her tone.