Log in
Log in

or
Create an account

or
< All Peavey Classic 100 Head reviews
Add this product to
  • My former gear
  • My current gear
  • My wishlist
Peavey Classic 100 Head
Images
1/14
Peavey Classic 100 Head

Tube Guitar Amp Head from Peavey belonging to the Classic (Discontinued) series

Price engine
Classified Ads
Forums
Galadan Galadan
Published on 02/05/07 at 03:05
Simple and already described

UTILIZATION

The setup is traditional and instinctive, not need the manual to play ...
The knobs are effective, apart from the Mid control that is not clear enough for my taste, but it also comes from the amp rather typed vintage.

SOUNDS

One can discover this amp in two phases:

-Simple version: it connects and it will then joue.Les sounds of crystal clear sound that is comparable to a fender (I think even hotter) at a saturation already angry that will address a Register wide, from blues to hard rock. Crunches are fabulous, and are certainly the main strength of this gear.

Doped-version: paste him a multi / preamp and you will be amazed he can do most! The whole lamp helps tremendously to the return of crisp, clean and high quality, even with the most aggressive of the saturation moment (neo-metal, if so!)
Plugged into the peavey 4x10 cabinet, it sends a serious and many people were listening to the taped demos done on this amp, the announcement of the equipment used.
But simply put it a Tubescreamer or other overdrive, with no artifice, just for exit saturation: back on stage people will believe the wall of marshall!

A big plus as often peavey heads, these are settings for separate volumes for each channel, plus a master.On can heat the animal while using a very resonant volume, and the result is felt.

Its only weak point (which does in fact not really one, since it is the type of sound desired category with this amp), already described above, is the Mid control very present, and therefore its difficult to dig, even with a graphic equalizer.

OVERALL OPINION

I have this amp since 1996, with a period where I wanted to part with it. He did not leave and that's good, it would have been a big mistake. The key word is versatility of this material, followed by very ready sound quality. Again the sounds are all very very clean. Associated with its retro look (in contrast to the tones that can be drawn) size reduced to a two body (mini-stack) is an absolute weapon if we take the time to discover the intricacies of which he is capable of. 100W head is rare, even in time, but its price remains low. For the all-tube (11 behind that heat, no less!) Is a first choice, often used by sizes in the studio.