I just picked up a 2013 Peavey Classic 30 II. That is the one with the new circuit board and the last made in the US. I changed the tone stack to a Fender Twin and sent it off to Peavey to run a check on it and mod the reverb circuit. Put a Cream Back in it. It is now a hybrid of a Fender Twin and AC30. Wonderful little amp !! I am sure the Classic 50 is as well. Peavey makes a far superior constructed amp than Fender. Fender has always been cheaply made and very much so Now!!
4x10" is the go. I'd been searching for my sound for years and could never find it until I went to a 4x10" open back cab. It sits just right in the mix.
Thanks Shane! You sounded great. The rest of the band are excellent as well. I had one of these amps just a few years ago. My experience was the same as yours. Now I just use my pedals through a clean Katana 100. Not as great as the Peavey, but good enough for me.
I have that same guitar and changed the plastics to creme and it looks fantastic!! Also, if you're feeling adventurous, change to 500k pots and 50s wiring and it really comes alive. Best of luck on your journey man.. 👍🏼
I've played nothing but fender amps since the 70s and just by chance heard a guy playing a Peavey' Delta blues 1 15 and immediately bought it. It's a perfect match for my strats and teles for clean and drive tones. I'm surprised they're so overlooked, I guess it's pretty hard to compete with Fender's reputation and marketing. I still have my old deluxe but the Delta blues gets the bulk of the playing time.
Great Shane, but... I returned to a Bandit Stripe and keep going with my Envoy Red Stripe and 1982 Renown... I don't tubes maintenace anymore. I hate that Anyway...great tone man!
It sounds great for sure! I have one of the newer Classic 20 Mini heads. I don’t know how it compared to the Classic 50 but I think you should check one out. It sounds really good and won’t need a cart to wheel it into the gig!
Sounded great ! I swapped speakers in my Fender Hot Rod Deville and it added so weight ! It is sounds so much better but the weight added makes it a chore to haul to gigs . Peavey tweeds from the mid 90's are great amps . The Classic 50 with 2 /12's is a great amp . A well known band from the 90's called Skeleton Key played our guitarist Peavey classic 50 and wanted to buy it on the spot after he jammed on it for a bit . Peavey were coined as the Mississippi Marshalls back in the late 70's but in the 90's the made great Fender'ish type amps .
The Peavey Classic series is a true hidden gem. There is something special about how they sit in a mix. They just project like crazy! I have my USA classic 30, and I'll never part with it.
@@intheblues for sure. It’s different for everybody. When I was gigging, I would feed off the crowd. There’s nothing like being on stage, it’s quite the rush.
I just picked up a delta blues 1x15 for cheap. Clean channel is really big sounding and great with pedals. I'd like to get a 4x10, don't see many locally.
a lot of people upmod the 20W model, just sayin as a MH20 owner ;-) It will push a 15" cabinet, and that pushes even deeper sometimes than the 410 and certainly gives you the same amount or more of headroom, speaker wise.
Hey Shane, you must feel pretty good about getting that Amp. Even with the Camera Mic, it certainly cuts "cleanly" through the mix. Like you said, as well as others in the comments, the 4x10 Amps create a different Sonic experience, my Tone Master Super Reverb certainly does it. I wonder if the EL84s in the Peavey give it that extra mid push, compared to 6L6s in the Fenders. Nice work Pete
...just something about those 4X10 amps, besides the weight! LOL! I love my Rivera Quiana 4X10. Transporting these does help keep you in better shape....
I was playing bass gigs for donkeys years. Peavey tnt100 combo (with a Celestion 400w 15in speaker with a ceramic magnet weighing around 20kg on its own). I feel for your poor back muscles from this perspective. Worth it though...
I forgot to ask you how the classic 50 compares to your Fender blues deluxe. Ive been interested in one but the one I had experience with was really noisy. Im wondering if the newer ones are better in that regard.
The only thing I noticed was the fan noise thats in the back of the amp, otherwise it's not too bad unless you're using the drive channel with higher gain settings.
haven˙t even seen the full vid and know exactly what is wrong with it. you˙ll lose your hearing, that˙s what. amazing sound, pedal friendly, loud as heck, but it weighs a ton. i˙ve had my eye on a used classic 30 for years because it˙s more compact but can˙t really justify the purchase as they still hold their value
Classic open-back 4*10 conundrum- beautiful midrange tones, huge 3-D sound field, and you can control the onset of breakup with pedals. Sadly, load-in and out are still a BEAR…
It’s nice to see Peavey getting some love again!
I just picked up a 2013 Peavey Classic 30 II. That is the one with the new circuit board and the last made in the US. I changed the tone stack to a Fender Twin and
sent it off to Peavey to run a check on it and mod the reverb circuit. Put a Cream Back in it. It is now a hybrid of a Fender Twin and AC30. Wonderful little amp !!
I am sure the Classic 50 is as well. Peavey makes a far superior constructed amp than Fender. Fender has always been cheaply made and very much so Now!!
4x10" is the go. I'd been searching for my sound for years and could never find it until I went to a 4x10" open back cab. It sits just right in the mix.
Thanks Shane! You sounded great. The rest of the band are excellent as well. I had one of these amps just a few years ago. My experience was the same as yours. Now I just use my pedals through a clean Katana 100. Not as great as the Peavey, but good enough for me.
Sounds amazing! Killer tone and playing for the bit on the neck pick-up 🎉
Thanks Eddie! It was a pleasure to play for sure! I really enjoyed it. Thanks again for the support.
I have always loved the Classic series. Great to see them getting some attention. Nice playing.
I have that same guitar and changed the plastics to creme and it looks fantastic!!
Also, if you're feeling adventurous, change to 500k pots and 50s wiring and it really comes alive. Best of luck on your journey man.. 👍🏼
Haha.. This comment was for a different video actually.. Disregard please. If you're wondering tho, it's a les paul studio and is indeed amazing!
Great Guitar Amp ! BUT incredibly heavy.
Blues On.... 💙
I've played nothing but fender amps since the 70s and just by chance heard a guy playing a Peavey' Delta blues 1 15 and immediately bought it. It's a perfect match for my strats and teles for clean and drive tones. I'm surprised they're so overlooked, I guess it's pretty hard to compete with Fender's reputation and marketing. I still have my old deluxe but the Delta blues gets the bulk of the playing time.
Nice Shane!!
10s have the gutsy mids that chop into the mix well....
Definitely different to 12s.
Great Shane, but...
I returned to a Bandit Stripe and keep going with my Envoy Red Stripe and 1982 Renown...
I don't tubes maintenace anymore.
I hate that
Anyway...great tone man!
Getting to play a venue with live amps on stage is becoming more rare. Enjoyed your live video clips.
Freaking rippin intro man, excellent playing!!
It sounds great for sure! I have one of the newer Classic 20 Mini heads. I don’t know how it compared to the Classic 50 but I think you should check one out. It sounds really good and won’t need a cart to wheel it into the gig!
Love the live playing!!! 🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸
Thanks, Scott!
Hi Shane, love your enthuthiasm and your passion for music and gear. Greetings from Germany - Axel!
Thanks!
Thanks for the support, mate, I appreciate it! 😎🎸
Sounded great ! I swapped speakers in my Fender Hot Rod Deville and it added so weight ! It is sounds so much better but the weight added makes it a chore to haul to gigs . Peavey tweeds from the mid 90's are great amps . The Classic 50 with 2 /12's is a great amp . A well known band from the 90's called Skeleton Key played our guitarist Peavey classic 50 and wanted to buy it on the spot after he jammed on it for a bit . Peavey were coined as the Mississippi Marshalls back in the late 70's but in the 90's the made great Fender'ish type amps .
The Peavey Classic series is a true hidden gem. There is something special about how they sit in a mix. They just project like crazy! I have my USA classic 30, and I'll never part with it.
Look at the audience man, smile like you’re having fun 😂 I love that amp.
Getting in some sort of zone sometimes requires a bit of living in the moment. There’s plenty of laughs during the gig. 😎👍
@@intheblues for sure. It’s different for everybody. When I was gigging, I would feed off the crowd. There’s nothing like being on stage, it’s quite the rush.
Thanks Shane! Man you're ripping it up for sure!!
Great playing! Cheers from Sweden. 👍🏻
When I started gigging with this amp first thing I did was put casters on it- problem solved. One of my all time favorite amps.
Dirty bottom clean top! For 40 years I’ve tried to find a good way to describe that tone. Amp sounds great! Playing as well.
I just picked up a delta blues 1x15 for cheap.
Clean channel is really big sounding and great with pedals.
I'd like to get a 4x10, don't see many locally.
Great stuff! :)
a lot of people upmod the 20W model, just sayin as a MH20 owner ;-)
It will push a 15" cabinet, and that pushes even deeper sometimes than the 410 and certainly gives you the same amount or more of headroom, speaker wise.
Hey Shane, you must feel pretty good about getting that Amp.
Even with the Camera Mic, it certainly cuts "cleanly" through the mix.
Like you said, as well as others in the comments, the 4x10 Amps create a different Sonic experience, my Tone Master Super Reverb certainly does it.
I wonder if the EL84s in the Peavey give it that extra mid push, compared to 6L6s in the Fenders.
Nice work
Pete
That amp rocks, wish I could find one, and I live in the states
...just something about those 4X10 amps, besides the weight! LOL! I love my Rivera Quiana 4X10. Transporting these does help keep you in better shape....
I was playing bass gigs for donkeys years. Peavey tnt100 combo (with a Celestion 400w 15in speaker with a ceramic magnet weighing around 20kg on its own). I feel for your poor back muscles from this perspective. Worth it though...
Rock star!
Far from it, but it's fun! :) Thanks mate.
Sounded GOOD Shane! WHERE was that jam at?
It really cuts through the mix with that Kiesel Tele. I never see Peavy in Japan these days.
I'd put some castors on the bottom so you could roll it when possible..
I should get that sorted at some point, great tip!
Not sure i could compare the classic series to anything. Great live amps though.
I toured with a Classic 30 for 14 years, no pedals, not even a Tuner.
Nice
I'd still have mine if Iwas strong enough to carry it!
I forgot to ask you how the classic 50 compares to your Fender blues deluxe. Ive been interested in one but the one I had experience with was really noisy. Im wondering if the newer ones are better in that regard.
The only thing I noticed was the fan noise thats in the back of the amp, otherwise it's not too bad unless you're using the drive channel with higher gain settings.
👍
haven˙t even seen the full vid and know exactly what is wrong with it. you˙ll lose your hearing, that˙s what. amazing sound, pedal friendly, loud as heck, but it weighs a ton. i˙ve had my eye on a used classic 30 for years because it˙s more compact but can˙t really justify the purchase as they still hold their value
MT D!
Classic open-back 4*10 conundrum- beautiful midrange tones, huge 3-D sound field, and you can control the onset of breakup with pedals. Sadly, load-in and out are still a BEAR…
Guitar players slag on Peavey tube amps because they dont cost a lot of money.
Most guitarists listen with their wallets.
Enough with the Peavey.
They don't make them anymore. I'd go for an early 90s ones that look same as a bassman. I've heard they sound better also, don't know if true.