I thought they were both 4x EL84 but with the 30 being cathode biased, and the 50 being fixed bias. Same setup as the Crate Vintage Club 50 and 30Where are you guys seeing classic 30's for $400?!?
The classic 50 is EL34 or 6L6 I believe, the 30 is EL84. It's going to sound a bit different.
I was not aware that the 50 was so big, I know they built a 410 but thought the other was a 112. I would probably switch to the classic 30 as well, or the delta blues (115).
Correct. It was labelled a Classic and was 50 watts, but it was an old one and had only 2 power tubes. 6L6's I think, but I could be wrong on that. The old original one in black with the aluminium down each side of the speaker. Kinda like:Classic 50 is all tube, you might be talking about very old Peavey Classic which believe had some solid state in the signal path. It preceded and looked a lot like a Classic 50.
I haven't done the requisite google search to checkI thought they were both 4x EL84 but with the 30 being cathode biased, and the 50 being fixed bias. Same setup as the Crate Vintage Club 50 and 30
This is very accurate.It needs to be loud, really loud, to sound it's best. It was too much amp for small bars
Here's a picture of Kerry Brown in the early 70's playing his Gretsch Chet Atkins, coily-cable & Big Muff into the Peavey Classic 50 410..........I had a Classic 50 4x10. Awesome cleans. Some people like the gain channel but I found it way too bright. It needs to be loud, really loud, to sound it's best. It was too much amp for small bars unless I used an attenuator. I ended up trading it and haven't really missed it. Good amp but not my cup of tea.
Most, but not all.Most tube amps are too much for small bars though.
I play just about everywhere with my 45 watter. Just means I need pedals for dirtMost, but not all.
I played a small pub on Friday with my LSS. I had to tame it down (kinda funny for a 30 watt amp) for the first set as the bar wasn't very full. So I switched the clean channel to 15 watts. By the end of the 2nd set, I was back to 30 watts for the clean channel. The cranky channel stayed at 5 watts all night, right to the bitter (Black Sabbath / ACDC) end.
My 2 X 6L6 amp hasn't been in a bar in years. It only seems to see outdoor stages. I don't mind, it's kinda heavy compared to the LSS.