Peavey Classic 2 x 12 Combo Hybrid Guitar Amplifier
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- čas přidán 16. 04. 2023
- In for a check over, this Peavey Classic Guitar Amplifier is from the mid 1970s. Most hybrid amps made today are tube pre-amp with a solid state output stage. This amp is the other way round. A pair of 6L6GCs run the output stage and this guitar is loud. We check the bias and give this beast a demo.
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When I started playing guitar my teacher had one of these in the mid eighties and Gibson RD Artist, man did he make it sound great. Great video my friend, thank you.
Hello Ron. Ahh the Gibson RDs. I had a standard in early 90s and sold it. I have regretted selling it for years. I paid £140 for it. Can't afford one now and that's if you can find one. The peavey Classic is great budget amp. I bet they were pricey in their day though. Thanks mate and take care.
Great video as always
Thank you.
Nice amp! One day Americans will wake up and realize how great OG peavey amps truly are! You have one speaker from 1967 and the other one id from the 1970s, Awesome!!! Most underrated amps of all time
Hello, thank you. Yes, a really nice sounding amp. You don't see many people using them, which is a shame. Thanks for watching and take care.
I still have my old Peavey Renown from 1982, & with my flanger & compressor/ sustainer my Guild S9 sounded fairly decent, I played that thing for hours a night & had a blast 🎸
Hello Steve. That's a long time to own an amp. Those older Peavey amps will go on forever. Thanks for watching and take care.
Nice playing!
Hello, thank you. Thanks for watching and take care.
Sounds great! I started playing guitar around the time that that amp was built (began playing bass a couple years earlier). I never paid much attention to Peavey guitar amps, although a good friend had a all solid-state Standard head.
Peavey has most of the manuals for these gems on their website under the Support section. A lot of the older manuals even have the amp's schematic included in them.
Hello, that great info. I will check out their website. Thanks for watching and take care.
@@vintageguitaramp_guitarteacher You're welcome! One tip, sometimes you have to look up the amp sort of backwards; not necessarily by model name first but by series, then model. I don't recall any specific examples, but I know I've had to do it that way. It's not consistent.
Back in 1980 I was guitar sales kid in my local music shop and I sold truck loads of these. Sounded great. I never could afford myself...
Hello Johnny. Yes, I remember these were a pretty penny when new. Mind all Peavey was expensive in those days. You can pick them up quite cheap now. Still a good amp though. Thanks for watching and take care.
Sounds darn good to me.
Hello Jerome. Yes, not bad sounding at all. Thanks for watching and take care.
Dang you let it rip when you dialed in that fuzzy distortion!
Thank you.
Wow,I `ve got one of these hiding in the garage,but never got it to sound like this,didn`t know you where a shredder,lol :),perhaps I`ll check out the biasing ,wheyhey,as entertaining as usual,great stuff!
Thank you. I was a shredder when I was younger. Get it it out the garage and give it a blast. A nice amp to own. Thanks for watching. Take care.
@@vintageguitaramp_guitarteacher Great stuff Martyn,you`re the UK`s answer to the Guitologist,been waiting for someone to come along that knows what they`re on about,without the political nonesense,a breath of fresh air,your videos are a real treat,keep `em coming. 🙂
This model doesn't often crop up theses days.. Like most Peavy amps it's was great value for money and surprisingly reliable except for the factory fitted speakers .. Fender produced a similar amp ( 'The Showman' - Not to be confused with the Dual Showman), that had S/S pre-amp and valve output in the 80's. That was very well spec'd amp with the Alembic designed S/S pre-amp so could fool most into thinking it was all valve. Hartley Peavey came up with some 'unusual' designs, and has certainly deserved his place as an innovator ..
Hello Pete, that is very interesting info. They are certainly good value for money now days. You can pick these up quite cheap. Thanks for the info. Take care.
I once had the DEUCE...with 120 watts.
I had the transistor volume preamplifier increased from 10 to 20! It had more preamplifier. The distortion was much more. That made it a top amp :-) Then I didn't need a booster.
Hello. That sounds well cool. Peavey amps are quality. Thanks for watching and take care.
@@vintageguitaramp_guitarteacher I sold it! I bought a Peavey Ultra 60 head! This is a dream :-)
@@maxgrim1672 do you know how this mod was done?, I've been trying to find anything about modding theses amps but its thin pickings. Thanks
Thanks for the video, I am just about to buy one.As you said; great budget amp.Really good for c&w isn't it?Bit of phasing and some compression...you play great btw!
Hello Eddie, yep great for the money. Someone on here left a comment about changing the speakers on the one he had. Can't remember what he put in it. He said it sounded even better with the speakers changed. Thanks for watching and take care.
The date code stamped on the inside of the chassis 042876 would indicate April 28, 1976, so you are correct about the mid '70s (We put month/day/year in the US where the Peavey was made). Was the reverb tank actually fastened to the bottom of the chassis, or did you just have it sitting there in the video?
Hello Michael Thank you. I missed that. The reverb tank was fitted to the chassis which I thought was a good idea. Thanks for watching and take care.
@@vintageguitaramp_guitarteacher I always thought it was best to get the reverb tank as far away from the chassis as possible. For instance the Fender Bandmaster Reverb head has a larger than necessary cabinet so the reverb tank is further away. On mine, rather than being mounted on the floor of the cabinet, the reverb tank is mounted to the inside front panel. The knobs on the bolts that connect the head cabinet to the speaker cabinet would prevent the reverb tank from being mounted on the floor of the cabinet.
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I have one of these as my main amp. I have a pedal board in front of it and it sounds awesome. Mine is the earlier one that does not have the silver sides on the grill. It works great but there is a lot of heat coming out the back, is that normal? I guess the tubes are like light bulbs. Its the only tube amp I have so I have nothing to compare it too as far as how hot the tubes get.
The bias may be a little hot. This could be caused by leaky coupling caps. Or the bias circuit is getting a bit tired. Check to see if they red plating. I am always around if you need advice.
Your good.
Hi. I picked up a VT Classic 2x12 from a guy cleaning out his garage. It works perfectly, but i would like to get a footswitch. Should i be looking at 3 or 4 button? The schematic on back shows 4 buttons and looks likea 5 pin connection?
Hello. I have done a bit of searching round the net. The first link is the manual. The second link is one for sale on ebay. Look at the picture of the back. you can see the foot switch. Looks like a three button.
The third and fourth links are foot switches I have found for sale on ebay. I don't if you live in the UK or USA. If you live in the UK then the links to the foot switches might help. Thanks for watching and take care.
assets.peavey.com/literature/manuals/80343001.pdf
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325722724929?itmmeta=01HTGFV5ZVNYRBXF524X8EG4G6&hash=item4bd6965a41:g:k7cAAOSwquxkow-h&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8K8Ofj5CSy4y6Lvk34wzyaz35RWi%2Bd7iwn9XxgXchXMFOfoawSgQJV0rsnFSBqIVLM6jIz28ZvCjiBavS%2BJt%2FcePJB1E8q%2FflJ28FLYijV9BeiHGm%2BfcXT80LtPWjYnhUkEpyguspSPa7kX%2FttWGi1lrEbtmyddPMDJoka0FA%2FPJ2uoIrdSOVvCoImOgSLZQJMpKqlqwEZBHc9varHx1MVqVmOz90hY%2Fn4D%2F5ByoF6zgd1sjlZCJBDXH5CUwzsYI61h0DMobzZZ9rCYioOSA1fZvXx7033AgdObi0Cag3kA7t0ba25zQ2C7%2FYiSwSJ40Xg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMgODsj9Rj
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285786036828?itmmeta=01HTGFV5ZVHJ2MZ5HX5PSZBP6R&hash=item428a2cda5c:g:JVsAAOSwmHll6I4L&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8NEqczGcAJWLsQ%2BA5m3B8D1RppvG83CJDEY%2Fq4cKG90PqI2Brvi17dKcOa34C6sWWk60%2BqBDNBc8rybhDDqEz5RjlWWqnzKt7vtp%2Ft6EnuHylnd7v25AFX%2BUyMNNxk6pJFEo7f5doQItoNvnB%2FnfbhAS4gc1EqUGkKrVNG5OGRTJZwZPVS9UdN7r8gaYT8Td7UA%2F8wnGWCujGG9gExnFYDH8AYFtBIWPdFsW9xLp%2BxUDM%2FngfLmJWjAeSg9Ns9jM28RyRolmkP4aVAD8QmZAfBJMLKLDxDOfADVmpAodkBA%2BA0NhwRVM8AQ%2BJCzxkjlEiA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR4Lg7I_UYw
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Thank you so much for taking the time to answer so thoroughly. THe graphic on the back of the amp does show a 4 button footswitch. So I will go ahead and check out the other links and see what I might be able to do to get that footswitch. Appreciate all the care you took.@@vintageguitaramp_guitarteacher
Which Accutronics Reverb Tank does this amp use?
Hell Thomas. I am sorry but I can't say on that one. Peavey do have some great resources on thier websites. you can still get manuals for these older amps. Might some info on there. Thanks foer watching and take care.
Hellow. Good video frend.
Gracias por avisar Miguel. Cuidarse.
I'd replace every cap !! Then hear the difference!!
Hello Janina. This is true. However, I could only go as far as the customer wanted me to go with this one. Would have been an expensive job to change them all. Thanks for watching and take care.
This is a great amp! Needs some good speakers. I put a tube pedal in front and it's a bitch!! The on-off-on switch is a polarity switch.
Hello Dave. Yes, really nice amp. You are right about the speakers though. What speakers have you put in yours? Take care.
@@vintageguitaramp_guitarteacher here's what I did to make my Classic shine. Change speakers. I put some old Pyle Drivers in mine. If you can't find them, Eminence ceramics are good. Change the tubes to 5881s. The amp is cathode biased so no biasing needed. You may like that now but since these amp run fairly cold you might change the resistor on the cathode biased or add a pot to get more voltage on the plate. That's the ticket!
I cut the head off mine and it's still a great head. Bonkers loud and nobody wants them it seems.
Brilliant idea. They are bit on the heavy side. Yes, very loud. It's a shame they are very popular, they make a great clean sound. Thanks for watching and take care.