Stay away from Peavey Classic 30 & 50 amp

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2003/12/19 09:35:07 (permalink)

Stay away from Peavey Classic 30 & 50 amp

Of interest for guitar players,


I bought a Peavey Classic 30 guitar amp last year and
I just found out that they have design flaw in the way
the tube are mounted and isolated from the casing that
make the TUBE RATTLE.

So far I haven't found a suggested (one that could be done
by your local certified peavey tech) workaround to correct
this problem.

The same is seen is seen on the Classic 50, even though
my local tech told me that the desing of the Classic 50 has
been improved to minimize the rattle from the tube.

STAY AWAY FROM PEAVEY CLASSIC 30/50 GUITAR AMP

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    wogg
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    RE: Stay away from Peavey Classic 30 & 50 amp 2003/12/19 09:56:57 (permalink)
    The guitar player for my band used a Classic 30 for a few years without trouble, including heavy gigging. It dien an unfourtunate death when there was a connection problem with the extension speaker shorted the output and took out the output transformer. It is my studio amp now (as soon as I get around to replacing the damn output transformer).

    I think the tone and general quality of the classic 30 is outstanding. It's all over the new Big Creak CD. They only trouble was a tube or two becoming microphonic after a couple of years. But that's a common issue with any heavily gigged tube amplifier and re-tubing isn't really all that expensive.

    Never heard any 'rattle' making it's way into the signal...

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    mario
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    RE: Stay away from Peavey Classic 30 & 50 amp 2003/12/19 10:28:42 (permalink)
    I'm not surprise,


    My guitar teacher as one I use when I go to my lessons. I never
    heard it rattle either.


    Something now tells me that if we were to group all the serial
    numbers of the amps reported on the Peavey newsgroup there
    would all be coming from the same production batch.

    This is by no mean a precedent as it is seen with all manufacturers
    that produce electronic equipment.


    What makes it bad in this case is that the problem may not show
    right away. There is a post on the forum from a guy that bought
    is in '98. It worked flawlessly until a year ago when it started to
    rattle.

    It's in the shop being fixed right now (the preamp has gone to hell),
    but when I get it back I will dis-connect the internal speaker and
    use the speaker from another cabinet, positionned away from the
    tube to see if it improves the situation.


    Mario
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    jerkboy
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    RE: Stay away from Peavey Classic 30 & 50 amp 2003/12/22 04:28:44 (permalink)
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    STAY AWAY FROM PEAVEY CLASSIC 30/50 GUITAR AMP
    Mario



    A better plan would be to stay away from your guitar tech. He doesn't seem to be able to fix one of the most common tube socket problems known to guitarist.

    If you don't want to waste your money anymore then get a small dental pick, and reset the tube socket on the pcp board. Then tell your "guitar tech" to get into a different line of work. Preferably one that doesn't require any skills.
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    RE: Stay away from Peavey Classic 30 & 50 amp 2003/12/22 09:38:36 (permalink)
    Elementary Watson, Elementary.

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    mario
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    RE: Stay away from Peavey Classic 30 & 50 amp 2003/12/22 19:59:09 (permalink)
    Let's sync up here for a sec before calling anybody an idiot.....


    My amp is still under warranty and because of that I can't blame my
    local tech for not wanting to fix the problem in a way not "endorsed"
    by peavey.

    Note: Nobody from Peavey has posted your "elementary Watson"
    solution on their amp forum.


    My request to Peavey is simple:

    - Document the recomended procedure to fix the problem and make it
    available for the techies to do the work under warranty

    or

    Refund me


    In the meatime would you guys be kind enough to forward me a high
    level step-by-step of your proposal as I might have to try it once the
    warranty is expired.

    For now I will disconnect the cabinet speaker and run the amp speaker
    out to another un-used cab.


    Thanks...it's alway nice to get constructive suggestions

    M
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