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Tube Guitar Amp Head from Peavey belonging to the Classic series

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  • frankypfrankyp

    great value for its price-weight

    Peavey Classic 30 HeadPublished on 09/27/08 at 06:20
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    (This content has been automatically translated from French)
    First opinion in April 2008 and September 08 in addition:
    Peavy Classic 30 head of all lamps is made in the United States: four EL84 power tubes and 3 12AX7.
    it is given to 30 W, while with this config there are 50 or 60 W: So 30 watts BIG! reverb (good) and an effects loop. 2 switchable channels and a boost at the foot general one EQ for both channels.
    simple connection, but too simple, in fact: it lacks a standby switch and especially impedance: That's the big problem: all the pubs, there is writing 8 or 16 ohms. However, it is only 16 ohms, and point bar! I don 't have to keep that head to buy another cabinet (Marshall TSLC212)
    So: power: great, super ... (100W all-tube, with sou…
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    First opinion in April 2008 and September 08 in addition:
    Peavy Classic 30 head of all lamps is made in the United States: four EL84 power tubes and 3 12AX7.
    it is given to 30 W, while with this config there are 50 or 60 W: So 30 watts BIG! reverb (good) and an effects loop. 2 switchable channels and a boost at the foot general one EQ for both channels.
    simple connection, but too simple, in fact: it lacks a standby switch and especially impedance: That's the big problem: all the pubs, there is writing 8 or 16 ohms. However, it is only 16 ohms, and point bar! I don 't have to keep that head to buy another cabinet (Marshall TSLC212)
    So: power: great, super ... (100W all-tube, with sound systems, it is "wrong")
    connection: problem! ... that said, it provides a powerful all-tube head but not too much and lightweight: 13 kg .... 7 / 10 for the beauty of the head and its own power despite bp ohms, stand by .....

    UTILIZATION

    Config very simple, the clean channel has only volume, channel and drive, the meadow is the gain, and the post is the volume.
    SOUND: beautiful, beautiful!! and heat lamps, the more ecstatic ...
    the manual, I have but I especially looked for the impedance: it was no help as it confuses the combo and head!
    September 08: I maintain that it's still serious than say 8 or 16 ohms, whereas it is 16 ohms or more!
    against by the stand-by, I learned to do without it: you finished playing? you put your knobs to 0, you wait 4-5 minutes, and you can mute the sound without the "plop" that's a bit scary ...

    SOUNDS

    Hardcore metalheads, it's not for you (unless adequate pedal) ballochards or variety (I was too), either: it is a head ROCK! Who does not like to be transported too! from blues to classic rock or hard: ideal.
    the crystal clear sound is less warm but more than fender.
    the sounds are very saturated and sharp, hot (as long to go through the appropriate HP: Cel eg V30).
    I use the clean channel especially with my effects, and channel II is mainly used to boost me the solo with 3 or 4 pre and post gain on 6, 7 or 8.
    You can imagine the disappointment with config, I would have made! but I fell in love with the sound, better than the combo (which, however, has 8 or 16 ohms), through my marshall with her big TLSC212 Celestion (V30 Vintage 30 and Heritage)

    OVERALL OPINION

    LATEST NEWS: NO LONGER MADE! And yes the manufacturing States is expensive, and the new heads are made elsewhere affordable .... COTE will rise up ....
    Cons: impedance 16 ohms + not stand by.
    the most: the sounds, the look, weight, size, power (it has no pb to move a 4 * 12 400W)
    reasonable price in stock Euroguitar up to € 639 qand?
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  • Cdt. MarcosCdt. Marcos

    Peavey Classic 30 HeadPublished on 05/28/09 at 03:02
    (This content has been automatically translated from French)
    This is an all-tube amp, 4 EL84 power and two 12AX7 preamp in. A 12AX7 drives the power tubes. With such a config, we can expect a smooth and warm if necessary.

    The power is 30 watts, which is more than enough if you play in rooms not too large, repeat, and incidentally home without annoying the neighbors.

    Connections: input, an output speaker, switch, EFX IN and OUT. This is the bare minimum, without artifice.

    WARNING: NOT SWITCHABLE LOOP!

    Settings: Volume, a switch to switch on the Crunch channel, Pre and Post gain for the channel gain Crunch, Bass, Mid, Treble, Reverb and a boost at the equalizer, acting on the mediums.

    I put 8 because it's annoying not to have switchable …
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    This is an all-tube amp, 4 EL84 power and two 12AX7 preamp in. A 12AX7 drives the power tubes. With such a config, we can expect a smooth and warm if necessary.

    The power is 30 watts, which is more than enough if you play in rooms not too large, repeat, and incidentally home without annoying the neighbors.

    Connections: input, an output speaker, switch, EFX IN and OUT. This is the bare minimum, without artifice.

    WARNING: NOT SWITCHABLE LOOP!

    Settings: Volume, a switch to switch on the Crunch channel, Pre and Post gain for the channel gain Crunch, Bass, Mid, Treble, Reverb and a boost at the equalizer, acting on the mediums.

    I put 8 because it's annoying not to have switchable loop or stand by and again, we put everything to 0 and it does the same, and a headphone jack would have been refused, see a switch to decrease the power of the amp if necessary.

    UTILIZATION

    The configuration is very simple you'll understand. No frills on this amp, you plug and you play. The right sound is achieved easily, but what good sound exactly?

    The manual?? Not even read "/>

    EDIT: with my cabinet Harley Benton 2x12 "Vintage 30, the sound is shielded bass. Soon I try it with 4x10" to compare!

    SOUNDS

    It's a versatile amp, because I'm versatile sounds of the attack were clean enough to reggae and funk. By pushing, we get a nice heat as appropriate to the blues. If you like your pedals, this amp does not fade much sound (not like Fender, for example) which allows, ultimately, to be very versatile: it will adapt to you more than you will adapt to him.

    For my part I like that are clean, clean, precisely, and it remains clean even with my big pickups, that drool from time to time, but nothing ignoble, a slight crunch that has charm tell us. By increasing the level, the sound becomes a bit more crunchy, but a clever use of the volume knob on the guitar will help you avoid that. And your pedal will sound warmer saturation is absurd: I use a Boss DS1 and a Sansamp gt2, they sound better than ever ...

    Passing the lead channel, this deposit is not the Mesa Triple Rectifier, but the grain is still fat and excellent support capabilities of the guitar, the sound is rich in harmonic circle.

    EDIT: If you push the gain too strong against, it gets a little too vague. It is very runny and lack of "edge". However, my guitars are equipped with passive pickups from the old school, no EMG active.

    The equalizer is very dynamic in the bass that are generous (sometimes too!), The mid are especially rich and is difficult to dig them (the head is not really made for metal). The treble knob for my part is often 8 or 9 (of 12). But I remember that I played on a speaker Harley Benton 2x12 "V30, this must inevitably affect the sound! Soon 10" Celestion for a point of comparison ...

    OVERALL OPINION

    I for a month and a half is an amp that is what I love: everything but the modern metal. NO SOUND SHARP! You will get the sound you want if you want to use your pedals like me as much as your amp. It should be noted again that the sound is not very distinctive, with a good attack and a good seed, leaving the heat lamps.

    It is also an argument: its price, it is terribly cheap! So quality / price ratio, great!

    EDIT: After further use in a group that sends, I have never gone beyond the screen "3" size. In other words, the power ensures the steak! The reverb is not unique ... but what I did was no big deal: p

    RECTIF OF EDIT: reverb 'was loose, Peavey saves money as it can ... Once this is settled, it is curious, but the reverb is really better! This is an Accutronics. The two lamps are Sovtek preamp LPS. on the other hand in power, EL84, I do not know, there is written JJ.
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