The Designer of the Peavey Classic 30 should be CASTRATED!

I don't know whether it was James Brown, Hartley Peavey, or Mickey Mouse who designed this amp, but whoever it was, they were at once both a sorcerer and a sorcerer's apprentice. If you leave the box shut and never look inside, you'll swear this is some boutique marvel with secret sauce sprinkled all over it, with a circuit board probably caked in epoxy goo to thwart the would-be cloners, à la Howie Dumble. But no, this was a run of the mill production amp for its time, made as cheaply as possible in a USA factory at a time when production of all things guitar and electronics related either had moved or were moving overseas to Asia. You might even call it one of the last great American amp designs, which also happens to be a simultaneous piece of unmitigated donkey sh-t. This is a heady mix which is advisably drank in measured doses in a studio or other climate controlled environment and not relied upon in any way at a gig, and you'll soon see why. So sit back and enjoy as we repair and demo an early 1990s Peavey Classic 30 guitar amplifier - the WORST 'good' amp I've ever repaired.
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[@UncleDoug]

What a great video !! It reminded me of the nightmare of coping with a Vox Cambridge (?) amp several years ago, which required about 9 hours of disassembly just to reach the circuit. Then your PCB circuit tracing at the midpoint of the video reminded me why I shun this style of construction like a leper who wants to hug. The trio you have assembled for the audio demos was splendid.....Ollie & Jack need to take some notes.....climaxing another fine video from my favorite amp guy. Thanks !!!

[@TheGuitologist]

Thanks Doug. Good to see you, my friend. It's just a real shame they felt they couldn't sell a true hand wired version of this same amp without all the parts deletions and weird design choices, like IC reverb. Some things they got right, like the 12V per tube (36V total) DC supply for the preamp tubes. I think that's a stroke of genius that lowers hum considerably I'd imagine. But then they doom the design with all the other choices. Shame. This could have been an all-time classic amp if not for the cheapness.

[@thatampguy]

Gotta love when UD shows up. It's officially a party!

[@UncleDoug]

Thanks, T. Where's the beer ?@@thatampguy

[@PetraKann]

Uncle Doug, I am actually very impressed with this particular amp design - i prefer it over ALL other amp designs since 1951

[@UncleDoug]

I guess we all have our likes and dislikes, PK. Thanks for sharing :)

[@TracerPhill]

This is one of the most used amps in Nashville by session players. I have an original American made first run Classic 30 and it has made it on a ton of records. I dig it.

[@jaydee9968]

I absolutely love the Peavey Classic series.

[@iantomsic4686]

I gigged a classic 50 to death, bought another one and gigged it to death, too. They were great sounding disposable amps. Then I got a ‘67 Super Reverb…

[@julesl6910]

This is also one of the classic amps of Shaoxing China, the heavy metal bands there use it almost exclusively.

[@midniterollercoaster]

I bought this from a guy on classifieds in Utah he had rehoused it before me. I installed the speaker jack in the rear and gigged with this amp a few times actually! This is crazy to see it on your channel lol

[@TheGuitologist]

Thanks for sending it! I’ll get with you tomorrow about shipping it back.

[@jtbracknell]

Excellent Brad, the Classic 30 was my first tube amp back on the 90s and I enjoyed watching you recap the amp. The sound check at the end was outstanding and loved it brother man.

[@TheGuitologist]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dwilliamjohnson]

Brad, your one-man-banding makes us all look bad as usual, aside from all your electronic sorcery. Legend.

[@simonkormendy849]

Most of the time these amps are usually built to a manufacturing budget to maximize the profit-margin, so manufacturers like Peavey will try to find all sorts of ways to cut manufacturing costs where they can, Leo Fender did that a lot.

[@thatampguy]

James Brown was the godfather of soulful Amp designs. He managed to squeeze a lot of tone out of the budget that H Peavey gave him -- and those amps sound killer with the proper speakers and set up! Nice work!

[@thatampguy]

@@Peterbrendanalbert the ol' Celestion v type that people are unloading for no reason, other than it being oem, is amazing in this amp!

[@scottriddle5468]

That was a lot of crap to go through and a interesting video. Nice job Brad

[@fruitlesspursuits_]

Those folded 3-sided pcbs are a goddamned nightmare.

[@nobodynoone2500]

I honestly prefer them VASTLY to that crappy grey ribbon cable of perpetual intermittance. At least you know you broke one, and where.

[@phil36135]

Wow the demo at the end was incredible. One heck of a good bass player,drums, and the guitar player is awesome. I had a C 30. back in the day and I loved it until it broke, then got it fixed, broke again and trashed it after that I think.Enjoyed the video very much thanks man. oh yes I had to watch the demo twice.

[@oliverlangner5202]

I own a Classic 20 Amp with it's onboard 10' Speaker and two EL84. Had to recap that thing and bias it down, 'cause it really ran hot. It was a pain in the butt but this amp sounds awesome for a little 15 Watt combo. I also changed the baffle to a 7mm pine board, which was imho a big win. You want this cabinet to resonate more.

[@COLDMKULTRA]

Love the use of a real ink pen ... Brad is a truly stylish and considered Gentleman ! 👍👍

[@TheGuitologist]

Only the best will do.

[@mark64tanner]

@@TheGuitologist I bought 6 x159's after watching your vid and gave 4 to friends as christmas presents. The days of leaky ol messy pens is long gone and writing with a fountain pen makes your penmanship improve (for most folks) immensely. Happy New year brother, here's to a good one 👍✌😎

[@MrJOHNMICHAELVEGA]

Thank you so much for your patience !!! I appreciate your resistance . Much respect from France ! Thank you ❤️🎶🙏🌈

[@mcgrath16511]

I used to play through the Classic 2x12 50 watt from the 70’s.. I wish I still had that amp.. loved that thing.. great video!

[@hobertgordon7465]

Peavey made some hand wired amps at one point, one was called a sensation and one was called a masterpiece, would be cheaper to find one of them than to convert a classic 30. Great video, I enjoy watching your work

[@kenzuercher7497]

I've seen a number of these after they've aged a bit. My memory is what you encountered. The first time getting it apart is a pain. Peavey like Fender seem to run the EL-84s too hot and it causes issues with the board. Like a Fender Blues Junior. Also the filaments might be in series.The Classic also has them running DC for hum reduction, but that might be the Classic 50 Which also sounds great! And the filaments are fused...A "low budget " amp where the value of the amp is maybe less than the repair cost. I fix them anyway. Good job chasing down the odd screen resistor configuration. When these were designed, EL-84s must have been cheap enough to not worry about short tube life.

[@kenzuercher7497]

70% bias is good!

[@knifeswitch5973]

Brad, so nice to see this type of content again. This and the Eico vid were very informative and entertaining.

[@rickycompton2610]

What a killer video Guitologist, you’re definitely one hell of an amp tech !! What a killer Jam session Guitologist your musician ship blows me away !!!

[@TheGuitologist]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching, Ricky!

[@davidflamee]

Brilliant, start to finish.Like you say, the amp sounds amazing.

[@rogermoore126]

Got two of these in the basement now needing help - one newer tolex style that likely just needs a socket re-flowed but I've been dreading dealing with the ridiculous pcb taco to the point I just move on to the next project. The second is an older tweed one that's in pieces - that'll likely end up getting re-wired into something else. This video gave me some ideas though, and maybe the courage to get it over with. Thanks!

[@auntjenifer7774]

😂 Is not as bad as the internet warriors would have you believe 😅

[@alexbozas887]

This channel is rocking. Good job Brad.

[@TheGuitologist]

I appreciate that!

[@RaezorX]

Hell yeah, I really enjoy the amp repair/mod videos

[@randalclarke5487]

I used to have one of those grey carpet-covered Fender 4-12 cabs! Great cabinet

[@TheWarped45]

I am a tech at Clawsons music they sold these about 26 years ago I have worked on just a few I think the reason the ic capacitors hold up better is because the tubes are el84 the voltages are lower maybe 325 but on fender blues deluxe and pro jr they are notorious for leaking causing an audible ripple the fender amps they are lined up like 47 22 22 22 at 450 500 volts they all go bad I like jj electronics and f&t and a new one from tube depot MOD capacitors.

[@GnLguy]

The engineer that designed the Peavey Classic series left Peavey and went to Kustom. The Kustom Defender series and the Kustom Coupe series amps were designed by the same person. Great sounding amps that are no longer made abd can be found very reasonable on the used maket

[@shredenvain7]

It was James Brown right? The same guy that designed the Peavey ultra/XXX ,and 5150.

[@GnLguy]

@@shredenvain7 That name sounds familiar but it's been too long for me to be certain. I love the sound of the Peavey Classic series as well as the Kustom Defender 112 & the Coupe amps. The way that the Classic series is built is a pain to work on but for the most part, they seem to hold up well even though the circuit boards are pieced together as they are

[@auntjenifer7774]

Yes it's James Brown ! He also designed the peavey Bravo and the Rockmaster tube pre amp ! Both awesome ! He owns his own company now called "Amp Tweaker" and he's got some killer pedals !

[@larrydering1598]

Had a classic 30 for 20 plus years, no issues. My son's favorite amp.

[@nobodynoone2500]

In 20 years this will be coinsidered easily repairable compared to most of the crap tube amps being made now. Still better than a mesa lol.

[@gunsofsteele]

I just canabalized an old Peavey mixer and have tons of those chips & I bet the reverb tank is the same too. Thanks Brad!

[@auntjenifer7774]

😂 James Brown of 5150/amp tweaker/ Iconic amp designed the classic 30 to be able to get a tube Amp that sound good for under $300 and that was the goal for this amp. The classic 30 has the same folded up boards as the 5150 peavey as he designed the amp for Eddie Van Halen to be affordable, which I guess it was achieved.

[@thatampguy]

Dingding!

[@nikosmozakis4960]

Apart from the fact that you have one of the most serious, informative and acourate channels on YT, you sir are a great player! If the music in the end of the video is yours, I totally respect you as a composer too. Greetings from Greece!

[@simonkormendy849]

I seem to remember doing some servicing work on an amp similar to one of these Peavey Classic 30s, if I remember rightly, the amp I serviced needed a new replacement power transformer, very similar to the power transformer in this amp.

[@TheGuitologist]

Yeah, I'd call this transformer 'puny'.

[@simonkormendy849]

​@@TheGuitologist I'd have to agree with you on that, compare the size of that transformer to say the power transformer from a 50W Marshall amp.

[@simonkormendy849]

​@@TheGuitologist You could also compare the stock power transformer to a Vox AC30 power transformer.

[@AlexanderShibilski]

that's just how these were done, made in the USA. They made the pcb's in house. The 5150 combo and Delta Blues are similar, still much easier to take apart (and much more spacious in the chassis, not cramped) than some modern equivalents. There is an elegance to those pcbs all connecting with jumpers, USA built, and single layer. I see 80's/90's Peaveys as mojo, they're solid.

[@bazzaar1869]

The odd screen resistor arrangement *could* make each half of the paralleled tube pairs break up at different drive levels so giving you a greater amount of that overdrive sound or give *some* overdrive at moderate volume levels.

[@TheGuitologist]

I had considered that too, that they might be going for some kind of asymmetrical output thing also, but I don't think the tradeoff of tube life due to no screen protection is worth it. if they wanted something like that, they should have at least done something like a 470R for the entire screen supply, then give each tube a different screen value above that.

[@aimp4598]

@@TheGuitologist Seems like you didn't follow the SCREEN label with its down arrow over to the corresponding SCREEN up arrow label, which shows a resistor before the screens.

[@nobodynoone2500]

Almost forgot to mention. 90% of opamp chips like that tend to have higher quality replacements now, but just like tubes you have to make sure the spec is close enough.

[@Mountain_Mutt]

Seeing that adhesive come off was oddly satisfying.

[@bingskiddd]

Great job with the heat gun Brad. I'm impressed.......... I learned something

[@markn4526]

Yup! I had a Peavey Classic 30 combo about 25 years ago that I bought new. It sounded great...until it stopped working about 2 months later. I had it repaired under warranty. The tech who worked on it agreed with you on every point you made, especially those regarding the crazy flexy board layout which was the source of the problem I had. I picked it up, took it to a music store and traded in toward a Fender Blues deluxe. A much better amp that I wish I still had.

[@id3m589]

Hah recognized this amp just from the intro. Have one of my own, modded extensively, hate to work on it, but it's a great amp indeed. Made mine to sound more akin to Mesa MKII, instead of the classic 80's hair metal sound it originally made.

[@malcolmbliss777]

There is a guitar shop in my hometown and it’s huge: they have a room full of half stacks and full stacks, and the only Peavey heads are empty, with skateboard grip tape on top: they’re used as step stools! 😅😅😅

[@thejakefromstatefarm6768]

It’s a great sounding amp. It feeds back well. I dig that. I also dig your signature guitar. That thing looks cool and sounds good. Love that nasa shirt too lol.

[@PXR5-PXR5]

Nice episode Brad, been thinking of getting the original version of this amp. Good playing too, thr basist seems very shy and the drummer looks... dunno, he remind me of someone 😊😊

[@TheB3Nut]

I've had a US-build Classic 30 for 19 years or so, it's been all things considered a solid amp. It's my go-to especially for recording Wurlitzer electric piano, it really brings the bark out of the Wurly beautifully, internal build wonkiness notwithstanding. ;) Hard to complain about the rock'n'roll guitar tones it can provide...not looking forward to having to work on it though! (mostly work on Hammond/Leslie equipment.)

[@screamengine]

I stood in the middle of the street naked & screamed "LONG LIVE THE GUITOLOGIST!" & when the cops arrived, I told them about your channel. They laughed at me. I tried to tell them it was because it was so cold outside. Hey I'm a grower, not a shower. They took me in and warmed me up and checked out your channel. You might have a couple more subs from the North East tonight. Gotta go and shower up for court in the morning. They don't like shrinkage around here it seems.

[@rogermoore126]

Have you jumped into any Bass Pro aquariums lately?

[@screamengine]

Nope but I did fart upwind from a pack of wolves before. :) @@rogermoore126

[@jasonlee8497]

You have a knack for cool 60s style jam rock Brad.

[@andylowrey5174]

Great video!!! Watching it brought back shades of terror when I opened up my late 90s DB 210 to replace all the caps as some were leaking after 20 years plus of gigging. Nobody wanted to work on it. I will spare you the gory details, but, in short, when it was complete days later and ready to test, I set the amp out on the back patio, power switch on, and connected it to an extension cord. I then plugged it in from a distance. If it burnt to the ground well then so be it. But it worked! To my amazement and brought new life to an old amp. I replaced the blue marvels with greenbacks and still use the amp to this day. But to your point, I would have preferred the concrete shoes river crossing method. Rock on!

[@davidwoodruff2245]

Hey Brad! Huge fan! I saw that scarred and yourself are having a build off with guitars. I haven't seen yours yet!

[@TheGuitologist]

It's on the way. next coupla days it should be up.

[@davidwoodruff2245]

@@TheGuitologist sweet! Looking forward to it!

[@mikeoxley4458]

I used the C30 for many years, after using the C50 410 combo, and then the C50 Head with two 1/12 cabs. The C50’s never failed, but my C30 failed four times, due to heat issues. The three circuit boards at right angles are connected by tiny wires that were breaking due to heat. Finally unloaded the amp, for a Supro.

[@crosswalklarry]

That Amp does have a sweet tone. 👍

[@jonathanmeyer1164]

Luckily, my local music store is an authorized Peavey dealer, so i was able to get the parts to fix my bass amp. An inductor went bad on me, and while replacing it, the shims that go between the chassis and the transistors were blown out, so it blew the fuses on that part of the board the second i powered it up. So the store owner gave me a box of shims, a tube of thermal paste, and said you seem to know what you're doing, so get this back together, then we'll test it. Been fine ever since.

[@nobodynoone2500]

Sounds like a good shop. Count yourself lucky to have a good local place. They are getting rare.

[@BlueRidgeAudio3]

First amp I ever worked on... As a teenager it was all I could afford. Lets just say it was a character building experience!

[@hopper1]

I have a tweed Classic 30 that I purchased somewhere around 1999 and it was a rather extravagant purchase for me at the time. I didn't need that amp. I'm a living room guitar player (not good at it either) and I wasn't too thrilled about that amp. I had the opportunity to use that Classic 30 at proper volumes and it was the sweetest sound to my ears. The clean channel, cranked up to (almost) max volume sounds so, so good but the volume will rip your face off. Not a good living room amp.

[@hestheMaster]

How is the weather there? It's 3 degrees and 5 inches of snow here in Chicago but wow Nashville is 14 degrees and snow still coming down! The kids must love it! I don't have to go back to work until Thursday, yay! Drunks are not excluded from designing amps! Thankfully you have a great schematic to work with. Sober and worthwhile repair job I must say. It works great Brad! I see you cloned yourself. I found a machine that can do half of my work so I bought two of them. LOL

[@TheGuitologist]

Probably a bit closer to Nashville's status. We have a snow on the ground but not more coming down last I checked.

[@PrinceWesterburg]

Oh yeah - Awesome bass and drum sound - maybe add a little compression? VERY Live sounding, you where playing in my living room!

[@TheGuitologist]

Yeah, I'm actually disappointed the audio is clipping in spots I didn't notice when editing. I tried to get the levels similar to the rest of the video by upping the gain and clearly overdid it. It actually sounded pretty good before I did that.

[@jaymercier1992]

I believe james brown designed this amp, same guy that designed the 5150. I’m pretty sure they address chassis design when he was on tone talk

[@jerryhatrick5860]

Got a buddy that's a tech. He nodded out the issues with this amp and it kicks ass. Did the same with a Marshall jtm30 combo. Another great Amp put together wrong. I'd love me One. Then on day shows up to a gig with a peavey 112 I think it was the studio pro 40. Or a backstage plus. Sounded as good to me thru the PA as either of the aforementioned amps.. I have a studio pro 40 out on loan. When I dropped it off and plugged it in I was blown away the tones I got out of it. I don't use amps anymore but can't bring myself to sell them. Hot rod deluxe, Un modded except speaker change, Carvin mts head. And a crate stealth 100 head.

[@rogermoore126]

Concur on the JTM30 - great sounding little amp but not built to last. I have a beater 2x10 version I love but will probably sell because it's a ticking timebomb and I already have way too many projects.

[@auntjenifer7774]

​@rogermoore126 😂 I've got a JCM600 head unit that the internet says it's a ticking time bomb but it's the one head unit I've used since day 1

[@Illegal-Swede]

My coworker worked with James Brown at Peavey in those days. James Brown designed the circuits, but it was Hartley Peavey who insisted that the amp cost $300 (hence the goofy layout).

[@TheGuitologist]

Guess we’ll take one ball from each.

[@TheJimburke]

I had a Classic 30 combo for 20 years. Heat was a constant problem. The amp sounded killer when it wasn't being repaired.

[@johnburns5783]

Wow, that drummer could be your twin 😂😂😂😂

[@jbh219]

Love my classic 30. Sad to see its such a bag of spanners under the hood

[@carpediem4413]

Remember working on my Classic 30 and it was a PITA to work on... always had a few gremlins. You gotta get hold of a Crate Palomino (USA - like a V32) the amp is similar but great sounding. Designed by Obeid Kahn (Ampeg, Magnatone, etc). Would be interesting to get you take on the amp. They did suffer from heat issues due to the design of tube location.

[@albertceva1526]

I once contacted Amptweaker pedal company and its owner, James Brown said he created the Peavey Classic 30 and it was, surprisingly to me, based, in part, on a Vox-type amp. I wish I had kept my US version one.

[@cantyouhearmeknocking1961]

I keep musical equipment listed for sale/trade on Craigslist all the time. As a hobby, I buy stuff, try it out and sell/trade what I don't keep. I actually had a guy hit me up today (1-16-24) wanting to trade a Peavey Classic 30 tube combo AFTER I saw this video. Since I'm still an amp repair novice, I told him no thanks. Thank you Guitologist!!

[@Fixologist1]

He Probably saw my video too and was trying to unload it. :D

[@cantyouhearmeknocking1961]

@@Fixologist1 IDK, this is Alabama. Did I spel that write? ;-)

[@russlora]

Hell yea there a pain in the ass to work on., I had forgot till I saw the inside and remembered one I fixed

[@Geopholus]

The hot melt glue will easily separate from everything it is connected to when hit with a bit of isopropanol, it just lets go while remaining in one piece. The reason I've heard for eliminating the screen resistors for two output tubes is to make the amp run hotter. It is a vast improvement to do as You have done. Yes the amp runs hotter, but only in temperature, to the detriment of tube life. Without the screen resistor the amp sounds sloppy and "red plating" without any benefit.... YUCK !!!!. You are correct to do this mod ! The increased resistance of screen grid resistors will make the amp run cooler, same voltage applied, and much less current so they will run cooler.

[@PoppaRoc-np3er]

I figured out a cool way to cut the ends off of the wires. I use a similar tool and I filed down the 24ga setting to make it crimp down a bit more on the wire. I give it a little wiggle on the attached side in a back and forth or circular motion. Obviously, you have to be gentle. You can use your nails after that. I kept exposing wire after crimping down with needle nose pliers. You might have a better touch with that.

[@andomi]

I have to say that this amp would deserve a simple mod that Will help the job for technicians, AND that would be cutting with an angle grinder the upper side sheet metal all along, so you can separate the front panel from the socket side. Then , you can reassemble the whole thing by adding a piece of sheet and some screws to hold all together as original.

[@PortsmouthCherokee]

That is a mad looking little home made amp head unit.

[@simonkormendy849]

Yep, Peavey obviously didn't design this amp for serviceability, that's for sure.

[@Intrinsic.Recording]

Have one of these waiting to go on my bench right now. Thanks for this! Great video, great chops on the music bit at the end. Like song clip #2. Got a fusion feel to it. Love it! Oh...and the dreaded IC caps...hate em! Everybody is using the still. Cheap stuff. I see guys saying they never have had any more issues with IC than other brands. NOT my experience at all. Thanks again man!

[@Byron_Blue]

Nice job Brad!

[@valleywoodstudio7345]

On my classic 50 it was both the tank AND the chip - I think the tank went first and maybe caused the chip to fail eventually.

[@Superjet113]

Enjoyed the video and the jamming at the end Brad, thank you!

[@sinenkaari5477]

You need to do a solo album some day

[@bobtheblindbedroomguitaris8742]

Hey Brad thanks as always for your videos it's good to see you on my feet again LOL when I was cited I was pretty handy used to work on my car as my motorcycles 30 years ago when I bought a house I did my electrical plumbing all that stuff I've always been handy and it would have been a real asset if I had access to your videos back in the day but it's still really interesting I'm still learning all the time doesn't matter whether I could see or not you kind of trick me though I'm sure that wasn't your intention at about 28 minutes when the I could tell you know there was a cut in your and it went to this music and I automatically reached out to find the skip ad button and couldn't find it so I found the the elapsed time and saw that it was still going and realized that will just just different music LOL hope everything is well with you bro thanks again for your videos sincerely Bob the blind bedroom

[@TheGuitologist]

Hello Bob! Good to see you. Hope all is well. Happy New Year, my friend!

[@tedmich]

the dreaded folded PCB! LOL! Sadly is was James Brown who designed this and the Classic 50...I prefer to judge him on the 5150, XXX and Bravo!

[@douglasnielson8250]

James Brown said he had to make that taco shell circuit board to meet the low price point Hartley Peavey set for the amp. He’s like I built a great sounding tube amp that sold for under $300.

[@motoki1]

Sounds better than my old Classic 50 did.

[@johnphillips752]

I worked in a pro audio service center from 2008 - 2016. We were Peavy authorized so I had to work on a number of these both under warranty and non-warranty. I really hated the tri-folded PCB arrangement that tempted buss wire breakage and the hidden component phenomenon that made troubleshooting awkward and even dangerous. It was all very unnecessarily time consuming and potentially more expensive for the customer, too. I just think those designers in Meridian ate too much catfish and drank too much beer to think clearly about serviceability. But hey, they got a product out, it sounded pretty good, was probably was profitable to build, and they got paid for their job. Too bad for the ones like us who had to deal with their mess. Today, I won't even mess with them. All of that being said, the service department at Peavey were Class A guys who would bend over backwards to help with advice, and if that wasn't enough, then you could just ship the headache off to them and get it back done well.

[@Nobody92421]

Good video. Thanks for posting.

[@davidallen346]

This reminds me of bring my vintage tube amp to local repair guitar shop Prosound, they repaired it once with a new speaker then it broke down again. He gave up and say I'm Not gonna touch that thing again 😮‍💨

[@qwertJoe1975]

Those two other high watt resistors looked they are cooking that board. Just like the HRD mounting them with no air-flow.

[@raybassman7536]

Is that black and white checkerd combo Rick Neilson's?

[@seansweeney3532]

So like that chassis and especially those circuit boards... Are like a cross between 3-D chess... And 3-D Russian roulette!

[@riders.oregon4474]

The tone cannot be denied

[@-dazz-]

Hey, at least its not a Mesa Boogie!

[@lvrocker6281]

I've got hand wired amps and cheap shit PCB tube amps, yes you can feel the difference in response and pick attack between them but I love my 30 because it takes a beating and keeps on ticking, haters be damned! Nice vid btw, love watching and doing amp repair.

[@johnnyb3987]

They still sell this amp. Looks like a little tweed amp now. There are a lot of used ones out there though. I like them.

[@Chris48guitar]

I have a classic 30 and I love it. It’s the best app I’ve ever had. It’s a workhorse. It’s been going forever and it’s never had a problem. So if that makes you want to castrate Mr. Peavy, I don’t know what to tell you. He’s a fucking genius.

[@stephenrioux6821]

I love the sound of the Classic 30, and I'm design a scratch build with similar jangle. I noticed on the schematic that the master volume control is a 10k audio pot. Is this correct? I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. PS- Thanks for all the videos.

[@Killall12]

That title is metal as fuck. I like it.

[@ianinindy1165]

I used to own a 2x12 Classic 50. Got rid of it and replaced it with a Fender Deluxe Reverb. The Classic 50 sounded great til when I sold it.

[@nobodynoone2500]

I have one. Great amp! Super versatile.

[@cantyouhearmeknocking1961]

I just heard Gibson Is releasing a Gibson model Falcon 5w, 1x10, & Falcon 20w 1x12 guitar combo amps, made in Petaluma CA by Mesa Boogie, which Gibson now owns. I wonder how long it will be until one sits on your bench..

[@anonymouslyominous33]

They sound awesome with a les Paul and tube screamer

[@PetraKann]

Actually I like this particular chassis design - very impressive

[@analogemma]

You have so much more patience than me!

[@cantyouhearmeknocking1961]

Great playing, and that scruffy drummer ain't too bad either. ;-)

[@schmolly75]

Hello, I think that in the calcul of the dissipation you forgot to substract the cathode voltage from the plate voltage !

[@barbmelle3136]

From Leo: Good job on the repair. Pretty impressive performance also. Yes, the classic 30 is a very difficult and frustrating piece of equipment to work on. Mostly because the folded board self destructs when you need to open it. The connecting wires should have been stranded wire. They do make great tones. Until the first Fender bluesbreaker, I thought the Peavey was bad. The Fender bluesbreaker is far, far worse. I refuse to work on them, no matter how much the shop I work for demands.

[@raybassman7536]

They are spray paints. Ther is a guy at summer art fairs that does that style of paintings.

[@haroldtherock7875]

Hey Brad awesome video as always! I have a question or two regarding one of the cabs I saw in this video. ( 4:28 ) I recently just picked up a Fender HM A 4x12 cab and for the life of me can't find much info about the model of the cab other then that it was made in the 80's and was made I believe at the Usa fender plant, do you know anything else about it? Like was there a matching head for it? Does the HM stand for heavy metal? Just wanting to know some more info on it if there is any. Thanks!

[@TheSavagederek]

I always thought the Classic was a well respected amp . My first decent ish amp , other than 10-15 watt practice amps , was a Peavy Bandit . I had that thing years and it refused to die so I kinda like Peavy .