Re: [Harp-L] Peavey Classic 50 modifications??



This won't help much, Jens, but I used to have one and felt the same way. I
bought it out of youth, ego, and ignorance.  Man, did it look badass.
Trouble is, the "Lead" channel was a feedback nightmare, and sounded all
fake and transistory for harp, and the "Normal" channel was too clean.  The
amp was loud as hell, but it wasn't a good harp amp.

Possibly you could do some tube swaps to beef up the clean channel, but I'm
skeptical - especially if you do not want to play at ungodly volumes.  I
wound up selling mine and put the money toward an old class A amp, which I
still gig with today.  If your Classic 50 is still in good shape, you should
get a decent price for it on ebay, with the understanding that it's a beast
to ship anywhere.

Of course, I expected the new little amp to solve all of my tone issues, and
of course it didn't, and then I made a concerted effort to work on my tone
from a non-electronic standpoint, which is the best thing I ever did for my
playing, but that's another thread......

Good luck. Maybe you'll get better advice from some of the more gear-savvy
people here.

 - Blake


On 8/26/08, Jens Juel <jensjuel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> I've had a Peavey Classic 50 (4 x 10") for quite some years now and never
> really been too happy about its tone, and have mainly been using my Blues
> Junior for gigs in recent years. However I often miss the power potential of
> the Classic and wonder whether any of you good people know of any possible
> improvements or modifications?
> Thanks and all the best from
> Jens Juel
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