@bryce-akguitar

You are ready for rockin!!! Sounds very nice….it’s funny never really considered Peavey amps….but based on GNLguy’s recommendations I’ve been doing some hunting and this specific amp and the Peavey delta blues are firm contenders….found a new music store in town that is a Peavey rep….

The recording is really good….is this the one you’ve been having problems with? Honestly its better than most “pro demos” online…very clear sound at that volume….having played a couple now…the character does come a cross….

Congrats again….your playing and enthusiasm will go to a new level….for me its critical to hear the tones I love when practicing, really motivating……now for a man cave!!

Be well and enjoy Bryce!

Hey Bryce,

Thanks for posting this. I learned a couple of things from your review. That’s a nice amp too. Rock on my friend!

Gene

@bryce-akguitar

You are ready for rockin!!! Sounds very nice….it’s funny never really considered Peavey amps….

Hey Bryce

Congrats on the amp.

Due to SRV’s popularity and use of Fender amps, most people who start playing blues gravitate toward Fender. They make some great sounding amps – if I had the money, I would own a Deluxe Reverb or a Princeton.

Like Bryce said in his review, the EL84 tubes can be easily pushed into OD or they can sing on the a clean setting – both at a lower volume

Check the used market and Fender amps are outrageously priced as well as the price of a new Fender amps. Check the price of a used Peavey amp from the Classic line – 30, 50 or Delta Blues – and they are much more reasonable. Both amps are well built, whether they are made in the USA, Mexico or China. Read the reviews and both are built like a tank and can withstand rough treatment.

Thanks for the review Bryce- that overdrive sounds fantastic. I’m a big fan of Peavey blues amps

GnLguy wrote:

…whether they are made in the USA, Mexico or China. Read the reviews and both are built like a tank and can withstand rough treatment.

I forgot to mention the tubes have a steel cage around them that protects them from bumps and you touching them accidentally. This is a real work horse amp!

Good to hear that the Classic 30 now has that steel cage. The function of this cage is to hold the output tubes securely in their sockets and the early models of the 30 didn’t have this. Without this, some of the Classic 30 & Delta Blues amps would develop ‘tube rattle’ that would be transferred into the sound.

Glad that Peavey corrected that problem

Thanks Bryce for doing this review. That is a really a nice sounding amp.. Both the overdrive and clean channel sound great. The amp has many sound option to play with.
By the way, your recording of the amp sounded very good.

Mark

Here is a pic of the cage.

With the problem/complaints that Peavey had in the early days of the Classic 30, I would think that when they incorporated the cage, that they also implemented a fix for tube rattle.

Since it doesn’t directly hold the tubes in place, play the amp as hard as you want but keep in mind that if you start hearing a buzzing in your speaker, it could be tube rattle. If it does develop, and I doubt that it will, remove the cage and while your friend plays thru the amp, hold something non-conductive against the top of each output tube and see if it stop.
I specify using something non-conductive in case you slip and the tool gets into a live part of the circuit. The glass part of the tube isn’t energized but it is hot. Very hot!
A piece of wood works well, plastic will melt.

Your amp will last a lifetime. Some of the Classic amps from the 90s are still running strong even after a lot of gigging, heavy use and abuse
AS your playing improves, the Classic will have a tone for you.

@gnlguy

I really really like the delta blues amp….but saw the Shane review and demos….regarding the reverb problems it has had…those demos were a little dated….any of your intel have an update on the current line?

Thanks

Roberto

@gnlguy

I really really like the delta blues amp….but saw the Shane review and demos….regarding the reverb problems it has had…those demos were a little dated….any of your intel have an update on the current line?

Thanks

Roberto

I had forgotten about that issue, interestingly it seems to only be on the 1×15 model of the DB – which produces an outrageous low end. I watched the video by Shane again and it made me realize why I got rid of my fully hollow archtops. What Shane pointed out was very typical of the feedback from an archtop.

It seems that this would be an easy fix and I will keep my eye open for DB 115 that is ‘defective’. Might be an easy way to make some money
Here is an excerpt from a forum post on the Peavey board
http://peavey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=29074&p=221175&hilit=delta+blues+delta+blues+reverb+problem#p221175

** I bought a “mint” Peavey Delta Blues 115 last night and plugged it in this morning. It sounded beautiful, but after about 5 minutes it got this loud, low hum which disappeared when I turned the reverb below 5.
A member of this board advised that I take the reverb tank out of the cabinet (with it still connected) and attempt to duplicate the problem. I did. I turned the reverb up all the way and there was no hum.
It was suggested that the big 15 inch speaker magnet was causing vibration in the reverb tank pan which caused the hum.
** If your reverb works when out of the amp, then I would still lean towards mechanical coupling/feedback through the chassis. These amps resonate like crazy and it’s probably what they are made of and how they are constructed.
** Key Word ——-> Loose
Do NOT tighten screws.
Screws are there to keep bag and reverb from moving around when amp is in transit.
http://peavey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=25969&p=199103&hilit=delta+blues+delta+blues+reverb+problem#p199103
** I replaced the pan in the vinyl bag and LOOSELY rescrewed it down to the cabinet, and lo and behold a lovely reverb unit again.

Congratulations Bryce, that’s a great amp you will never outgrow. Now, like Roberto says, you need the soundproof mancave to go with.
John

Your new amp sounds (and looks) really good, Bryce. If you have the opportunity at some point I would be very interested to hear how it sounds on the clean channel with both a little and quite a lot of reverb.