Re: Replacement Speaker for Peavey Classic 30

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3/1/1998 8:24 AM
art	Re: Replacement Speaker for Peavey Classic 30 Clear as a bell, not excessively wordy...     thanks,   art

 

3/1/1998 7:07 AM

Jack Orman

Re: Peavey Classic 20 I was in my local music store yesterday looking around and playing with some of the newest effects boxes. I was using a Classic 20 set up clean and the sound was good.     After doodling on the boxes for a while, I plugged direct into the Peavey and set it for distortion.... yuck! It sounded like crap! There wasn't a cool tube sound to be found at any setting of the controls. My FetMuff makes a better tube crunch than that.     Q: Will replacing the speaker improve this sound, or is this an example of "poor design with tubes", or am I being too critical.     regards, Jack

 

3/2/1998 12:31 AM

Steve A.

Jack:     Q: Will replacing the speaker improve this sound, or is this an example of "poor design with tubes", or am I being too critical.       Yes, Yes, No!         I'm not that familiar with the Classic 20, but with the C30 and C50 I feel that Peavy really dropped the ball when they designed the OD channels. Replacing the preamp tubes helps a bit with the C30 and C50, but to get some decent OD sounds I had to go through and replace about a dozen caps. For details on mods for the C30 and C50 check out the new site I moved my homepage to:     http://www.techaccessinc.com/blueguitar/" target="_blank">http://www.techaccessinc.com/blueguitar/">http://www.techaccessinc.com/blueguitar/     Steve Ahola

 

3/2/1998 9:15 AM
Jack Orman	The problem was that the sound was thin and harsh, not fat and tube-like at all.     When I flipped it over and gave a look, the output transformer appeared to be about half the size of the tranny from a Fender Champ! That can't make for good response.     -Jack

 

3/4/1998 11:11 AM

Bill Harbour

I've got a Classic30 and it sounded like s--- until I did Steve's mods. Now it really has a voice. The small OT is still a limiting factor but I've gone from nearly selling the amp to playing it an aweful lot. Who knows why Peavey has done what they did with these amps. They might not have been meant to be real blues amps. The retro look was probably just a marketing ploy to get the young grunge players to buy. It's evident that they cut corners. They might have made the amp sound thinner in order to save money on building a more substantial cabnet which would handle more bottom end. Also they'd have to add a little more power to get the perceived volume level up with more bottom end (am I right in saying this?). That might explain the small OT.     Bill Harbour

 

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