Peavey Classic 30 Follow Up.

[NathanCahill]

:13: I had originaly posted about replacing my classic 30's speaker with a celestion vintage 30 (to try an take care of a muddy bottom end). I was told told to get ahold of the guy at eurotubes and tell him what I was looking for. He recomended a set of JJ tubes with some specific specs and recomended a few Weber speakers. As of now I am getting ready to order a full set of JJ tubes from eurotubes.com of course and a Weber AlNiCo Blue Dog. I'll let you know how everything turns out but It sounds like what I was looking for. Thanks Everybody! : party:

 

[Mike M.]

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Sounds cool Nathan. I too have a Classic 30 with JJ's and I would definatley be interested in hearing how it all turns out, especially if you install another speaker. Let us know once you've got it all together!

 

[xerxes]

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hmmm, interested in the blue dog. cant wait to here how you make out....

 

[BloodRose]

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I put JJs in my Classic 30 and it is like a different amp. Im so amazed with it now, Im thinking if I could have only one amp, Id be happy. I really liked the amp before, now Im blown away by it.. A new speaker for more head room would make it perfect

 

[That90'sGuy]

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Just my personal advice, go with the ceramic blue dog. I've asked about it over at Weber and people said they actually prefer the tone of the ceramic a little more than the alnico. Either way, they said there isn't much of a difference and you'll save yourself a lot of money

Great speaker by the way!

 

[Mkf411]

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How would a Peavey Classic 30 (stock) sound a bedroom level? I'm thinking of getting one but would be playing it primarily at home.

 

[Mike M.]

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How would a Peavey Classic 30 (stock) sound a bedroom level? I'm thinking of getting one but would be playing it primarily at home.

Like all tube amps they really dont come to life unless you turn them up a bit. But you could just keep it turned down a bit while at home and get a fairly decent sound. Try one out at a music store at the levels you're talking about to see how you'd like it.

 

[xerxes]

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How would a Peavey Classic 30 (stock) sound a bedroom level? I'm thinking of getting one but would be playing it primarily at home.

i disagree with the above post, i never crank mine at home. at most at home, it goes to 3.75 for the gain channel and for the clean at 2. jamming it never goes over 6 for the gain channel or 4 for the clean (or it gets to loud).

it sound sick at these levals.

also, im loving mine stock now. im getting a great sound, one i have been after for a while....

 

[butnut]

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i disagree with the above post, i never crank mine at home. at most at home, it goes to 3.75 for the gain channel and for the clean at 2. jamming it never goes over 6 for the gain channel or 4 for the clean (or it gets to loud).

it sound sick at these levals.

also, im loving mine stock now. im getting a great sound, one i have been after for a while....

I agree...the gain channel lets you use it like a master volume so I can get the crunch at very low levels. At recent small club gigs, the clean channel at 4 is loud enough if using a mic through the PA. This is a great amp, but there are a lot of smaller amps with great tone for less money if only used at home.

 

[NathanCahill]

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For the Money the ceramic Blue Dog looks excelent but the description on the AlNiCo said it "compressed" at higher volumes, can somebody elaborate on this.

 

[Mkf411]

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Like all tube amps they really dont come to life unless you turn them up a bit. But you could just keep it turned down a bit while at home and get a fairly decent sound. Try one out at a music store at the levels you're talking about to see how you'd like it.

I'll go try one. For the money, it seems like something worth having. In the future I'm sure I'll be playing around town with friends. I'd like to try a real tube amp. I started with a solid state DOD Ice it amp. I could get one decent metal type sound out of it with alot of gain and low volume. Then I added a Digitech RP-50 digital effects processor to it and got a few more decent sounds. But finally I figured out that solid state sucks and so do digital effects processors. Now I have a Vox Valvtronix AD60 1x12. It has a tube pre-amp and pretty good modeling. It's good for bedroom levels. I think it works for me because I've never tried a real tube amp. But I'm jonesing for the real thing.

 

[kaknight]

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For the Money the ceramic Blue Dog looks excelent but the description on the AlNiCo said it "compressed" at higher volumes, can somebody elaborate on this.

basically they mean that there is a compression effect (like a compressor pedal) created by the alnico magnets. This means that when you barely pluck the guitar it sounds louder and when do arm spinning windmill chords they will sounds slightly quieter.

I have a fender twin with two weber speakers (ceramic blue dog, and ceramic silver bell), and they made a HUGE difference in tone!!! I highly recommend them! One thing, remember when you get them that they need hours and hours of break in time! Mine sounded like I was playing through a cardboard box for the first few days. Then one day I turned on the amp and something truly beautiful sounding came out.

Finally, I recommend Weber's because they are handmade in the US, and no other good speakers are these days. For less money than Celestions (now made in China), you get a speaker that is at least as good and hand made!