Peavey Classic 20 bargain

jonnygreentrees

So my dad found a Peavey Classic 20 at his local auction and managed to score it for £80! When he got it back he found a Guyatone Digital Delay stuck to the speaker magnet as a bonus!

That's my Christmas present sorted!

stonevibe

I have one of these, great little amps and that was a bargain and a half!

Guitar_Slinger

Nice. When I used to gig (and smoke) there was a Foster's pub ashtray that lived on my speaker magnet so I didn't have to find one while setting up.

ICBM

Try a 12AT7, 12AY7 or even a 12AU7 in V1 - it will open up the range of the gain pot, so it doesn't go from off to Metal Zone over the first quarter turn .

jonnygreentrees

ICBM said:

Try a 12AT7 or even a 12AU7 in V1 - it will open up the range of the gain pot, so it doesn't go from off to Metal Zone over the first quarter turn .

Good tip, cheers!

I only want to use it as a practice amp at home, will this clean it up?

ICBM

jonnygreentrees said:

I only want to use it as a practice amp at home, will this clean it up?

Yes. Sorry, I meant to type 12AY7 as well in the post above - edited. The Y is probably the best choice - the T can sound a bit 'cold' in a gain position, and the U might overload the plate resistors - it worked OK when I tried it, but I'm not sure I would run it like that for a long time.

jonnygreentrees

ICBM said:

jonnygreentrees said:

I only want to use it as a practice amp at home, will this clean it up?

Yes. Sorry, I meant to type 12AY7 as well in the post above - edited. The Y is probably the best choice - the T can sound a bit 'cold' in a gain position, and the U might overload the plate resistors - it worked OK when I tried it, but I'm not sure I would run it like that for a long time.

Finally got round to getting a 12AY7 for the amp and it's totally transformed it.

Much more usable range of gain now, thanks for the advice!

Alterlifeson

Great deal, you could probably flip it and get double your money back or more!

jonnygreentrees

Alterlifeson said:

Great deal, you could probably flip it and get double your money back or more!

Yeah I know!

I'm enjoying it as a practice amp at home though, much more inspiring than the little solid state Vox I had before

ICBM

jonnygreentrees said:

Finally got round to getting a 12AY7 for the amp and it's totally transformed it.

Much more usable range of gain now, thanks for the advice!

Glad to have helped .

The amp was designed in the late 80s-very early 90s, when "more is more" was the principle when applied to gain... I never found it had any usable range above about 4 with the 12AX7 in. The 12AY7 should make 12 roughly what 4 was before .

jonnygreentrees

ICBM said:

jonnygreentrees said:

Finally got round to getting a 12AY7 for the amp and it's totally transformed it.

Much more usable range of gain now, thanks for the advice!

Glad to have helped .

The amp was designed in the late 80s-very early 90s, when "more is more" was the principle when applied to gain... I never found it had any usable range above about 4 with the 12AX7 in. The 12AY7 should make 12 roughly what 4 was before .

Yep - I mostly play clean with pedals for drive.

I couldn't go above 1.5 on the volume before it started overdriving before. Now I get a nice usable range of clean