Peavey Classic 50-410

I bought mine on e-bay I believe it's a 2003 model. I'm a Harp player and the price of a Bassman was way out of the ball park for me. My 1st "big amp" was the beatiful sounding Crate VC-5310 I still have it and have not done nothing to it. It's a wonderful amp. Ok enough about that beast.I've done my home work on this 50/410 and when it arrived at my door step after u.p.s. beat the hell outta of it one of the volume pots had taken the rath of the brown suit wearers. However it being a workingman's amp she still fired up and played like a dream. As of this writting the volume pot is being repaired.I can't wait to get my hands back on this lil'power box!!!

I can tell ya for a harp the clean channel works the best. I've still haven't played threw the drive channel much but am still willing to give it another good around when it's returned to me.I went threw the phase of effects and have returned to the "old school" of playing. Which to me is the simple way and if your any good you'll need nothing but a harp and great amp.

So far so good.I've heard good things about there customer service. Just think this amp won't need anything but a good workout when returned to me.

It takes a lickin and it's still tickin!!!

I'm speaking from my experiance having 5 amps of different sizes for the different venues I play in. I've yet to put the lil' beast threw it's paces but I'll update when I do.

Hi gang - just wanted to share an easily-missed tip from a few years back on this thread. Plug your guitar into the Bright input, and plug an empty (no cable) plug into the Normal input. Instant increase in gain & beef. Thanks to the OP!

Mine has been modded a bit - different speakers, better tubes, and a switch to turn off the negative feedback circuit. Just about the best sounding amp I've ever heard, at a very reasonable price.

Famously solid. Be careful changing tubes, since they are PCB mounted.

I bought my Classic 50 410 used about 2 years ago - the amp is about 10 years old. The amp has all the features described in the other reviews. It is covered in tweed tolex with an Oxbloood grill cloth.

It has two channels, which can be controlled by a footswitch or a switch on the amp. This is a useful feature for me because my music ranges from country clean to overdrive-soaked blues and rock. At 50 watts, the amp has plenty of power and is very loud. A nice feature is the master volume and separate volume controls for each channel, which enables the guitarist to adjust the amount of overdrive without getting into ear-bleed territory, and to balance it between the two channels.

I am giving it lower marks for the effects loop - when I run my pedal board through the loop, I get a very unpleasant sound through the reverb on the amp (a harsh, crashing sound). Not sure if this is a malfunction (the amp works fine otherwise), if I'm doing something wrong, or do others hear what I'm hearing? Is there a fix? As a result, I end up running my pedals (a Boss Bassman '59 overdrive, Boss DD-2 Digital Delay, Boss Chorus Ensemble, and Boss Tremolo) directly through the input jack rather than through the effects loop.

Despite my problems with the effects loop, I really like the tone of this amp, except for the reverb.

I like the tight, focused punch of the 4x10 speakers. The amp produces a nice compression of the lower strings, which I need to accentuate the bass runs for my finger-picking style. It opens up nicely when strummed and really howls and quacks with a good lead solo. I play in many different styles - Chet Atkins, Albert King, Scotty Moore, Brian Setzer, SRV, and Reverend Horton Heat among others. The amp also plays jazz quite well. I have found that the treble is too piercing for my taste, so I typically keep it around 3-4, with the mids and bass at 7-9. In addition, I usually add just a little slapback from my delay pedal and increase it for the rockabilly stuff. Spot-on match for Setzer's sound.

Both channels do everything I want of them. The clean channel stays clean all the way to the top. It produces a full, rich tube sound that lets every string be heard distinctly. This is important because I finger pick most of my material, and I need a lot of clarity. That is a double-edged sword because this amp is very unforgiving - if you make a mistake, everyone will hear it.

The overdrive channel warms up nicely around volume 3 and the crunch increases from there. It doesn't quite have the harmonic OD that you hear from a high-quality Fender tube amp, but it is quite good. The overdrive is very responsive, as you would expect from a decent all-tube amp. I typically set the OD channel volume to 4-5, and use the volume control and my attack to get more or less distortion. Don't expect to do thrash'n'trash with this amp - that's not what it's built for.

I have found that when I drive the tubes at max power, the amp produces a hum and hiss that is audible to the audience between songs. I have never needed that much volume, so I resolve the problem by lowering the volume controls.

I play a Gretsch 6120, a Fender Telecaster, and a Guild CA-100 hollowbody with an accoustic PU attached. The amp sounds magnificent with all 3.

As I said previously, my one real complaint is with its solid-state reverb. It is weak even at setting 10, and it has harsh underlying tones that were hard to perceive at first, like an unpleasant aftertaste. As a result, I usually turn the reverb down to 3-4. This amp would improve from a really good tube-powered reverb unit.

I have gigged with it off-and-on since the first week I bought the amp. It is a true workhorse. I even sold a solid-state amp that served as my backup because I never used it. I may get bitten someday when I blow a tube in the middle of a set, but that's a risk I'm willing to take.

Couldn't say - never dealt with the folks at Peavey. No issues with the amp.

I have played for 30+ years, in many bands and many different styles. This is the first tube amp I've owned and dearly love its tone and responsiveness. It plays everything I want - from country, jazz, rockabilly, classic rock, and blues. You can find better amps that feature a particular sound, but for variety, this is an excellent bread-and-butter amp.

As a tone junkie, I compared this amp side-by-side with a Fender Bassman RI, a Fender Deluxe Reverb, and a Fender Blues Deville before my purchase. The tonal quality and responsiveness of the Peavey was equal or better than the FDR and the FBD, except for the better reverb on the Fenders. All three, however, were no match for the Bassman's thick, warm tone IMO. I couldn't afford the Bassman and its features are too limited, so I selected the Peavey - no regrets.

As I've said before, the only thing I'd change is its reverb. I am thinking about adding a tube-powered Fender Reverb unit; even a solid-state reverb pedal, like a Holy Grail, may be a significant improvement at a modest cost.

I play mostly Blues/Jazz/Classic rock, this amp has so far gone far and beyond the call. Two channels, one is "Normal" the other is "Bright". The normal channel has a warmer tone to it, the bass is fuller. Bright gives it sort of a light ring, almost a pop. Bright is great for loud rhythm. There are two settings you can choose(it affects both channels) "Normal" has a nice, fat, clean tone, while "Lead" has more distortion and can be adjusted more using the effects. There are two volume knobs, one is for the "Normal" setting, and the other is the master volume. The amp also has Post and Pre Gain settings, both of which are very flexible. Presence, Reverb, and Bass are the other effects. One more thing about the tone, for a 50 watt tube amp, it is extremley loud.

I'm using a squire stratocaster(3 single coils) with a shielded pick guard and wiring. Although I don't get any hum due to the pick guard, there is a grounding switch on the back you can adjust. The clean channel stays clear when you crank it up, it doesn't get distorted. But if you turn the Pre Gain and the Post gain all the way up you will get a hum in the back ground. I play my acoustic on here as well, it plays like a dream.

I haven't had it for very long and am not sure how old the tubes are, I can't really give a rating for this category, but I would trust this amp any day.

The warranty has already been registered and has expired, haven't needed to contact Peavy so far.

This is NOT a heavy metal or rock amp AT ALL. If you hook a pedal to it you might be able to get the sound you want out of it but the amp is made to give a very natural, full, warm tone(or clean if you prefer). I wouldn't try to convert it. By the way, I am a huge Steve Ray Vaughn fan, believe it or not, I can get the tone from the El Macambo performance and many others, this amp is perfect for SRV players.

93. very versatile but i use a blues driver for overdrive
two channels but only one eq.
effects yes.
two separate eqs.
I use it for shows at clubs and jamming. loud enough to it all.

I use a tele special and play rock muis with another guitar player.Up beat punkish maybe. With the pedal it sounds great for this style.
the clean channel stays clean but gets a little crisp and at higher levels but i like it alot.
I don't use the distortion but it is good to use, but sitching between them is no go for me. I use a pedal.

No back up and i trust it.

they told me the year it was in a day. very quick and they have all the info you need to know about when the amp was born and what with.I am not worried about it breaking, mine is in mint shape.

playing for 15 years and i an acoustic, mandolin and bass.
I would buy another one if i could get it for the same price in the same shape.
I originally bought a fender twin and with my guitar was to thin.
I found the peavey for a lot cheaper and in better shape and i got it and love it.

This amp was made in 2001, and I bought it as a replacement for another Peavey Classic 50/4x10 that I'd been burned for. (I got shafted out of the twin of this amp in a deal with an unscrupulous fellow band member, but I went straight out and bought another one just like it!)

I've been a working musician on and off for nearly 30 years, and I've used a lot of amps in that time, but the Peavey Classic line keeps me coming back for more! I started with a Classic 30 when I was between bands, and just loved the sounds. When I hooked up with a new band, I realised I needed a little more oomph, so I upgraded to the 50 4/10, and man, that thing was honkin'! It's got plenty of power, great features, and moves loads of air...it was considerably louder than my rhythm guitarist's 75 watt custom 2x12 solid state amp. I play mainly Classic Rock 70s influenced rock and rock'n'blues, straight-up blues, Southern rock and the like, all the way through to '90s and current "guitar god" stuff, and I find this amp is perfect for the range of sounds I need to generate...plenty of power, loads of great all-tube tone, and a really rich, full sound on the lead channel.

It has two channels that share EQing, and separate pre and post inputs for the lead channel. It came with a footswitch that can switch between channels and turn the reverb on or off. I'm not a big fan of reverb, but I don't mind using the long-spring reverb unit built in every now and then...it does have got a nice sweeping sound to it...just don't knock the amp while you're playing, or you'll get that annoying whooping echoing sound!

I've used this amp in jam sessions, clubs and some outdoor gigs, and I always found it was easily able to keep up with bigger and more powerful amps. For a really big venue or an outdoor gig, it helps to mic it through a PA, but I've always preferred going that route, even when I was playing through a really big stadium amp, like the Peavey Deuce (120 watts, 2x12, all tube) I used to have. By mic'ing the amp, you can drive it hard without having to blast the volume, which leaves you a lot more room for juicing the sound via the controls...you get it set up just the way you like it, and that's that.

I really like the "chicken head" knobs! They make it very easy to see (and even feel!) the settings. For different songs, I use small cardboard templates with 6 or 8 different settings per page, and keep a little booklet of templates in the back of the amp; they make it MUCH quicker to switch between the various settings during a gig because it saves a whole lot of "knob twiddling"...the template shows exactly where to position the knobs, and the chicken head knobs make it really easy to verify that I've got them exactly where I want them; that way I can get exactly the sounds I want without changing the overall volume level.

I don't use the effects loop often, because I don't usually use a lot of effects...a wah pedal, and maybe a digital/analog delay. For some parts of my repertoire, I do need more effects; that's when the effects loop comes in handy...it's always a lot noiser when you run the pedals in-line through the guitar imput. I use a Jim Dunlop Jimi Hendrix wah, and Danelectro Fab Tone Cool Cat and "PB&J" digital/analog delay, and I get a wide range of sounds from Skynyrd's screaming guitars to Santana's sweet crunchy leads to ZZ Top's awesome, beefy/edgy delay sound with this set-up. The Dano distortion and chorus have several settings for working together, and sound really sweet on "Harmonizer" and "De-Tune Harmonizer" settings, very ZZ Top-esque. (Wah pedals should always be run in-line with the guitar; if you run it through an effects loop, it ends up working more like a volume pedal, and that's just annoying!)

Clean channel driven (knobs to the stops) is beautiful...crystal clear high ends, warm rich middle, and a little boom to the bottom end, all very sweet whether I'm playing my '91 PRS Custom 24, with their Vintage Bass and HFS humbuckers, as well as three different single coil settings. my vintage Yamaha SE350 with standard single/single/single-double with tap pot on the tone knob, or my Godin Artisan ST, which has three hot rail pick-ups with push/pull pot on the tone knob for switching from single to double rail. It really brings decent Humbuckers to life, and gives single coils a very rich, fuller sound than I'm used to hearing from single coils. When I play the Godin with split (single) rails and I really crank the pre on the lead channel, it feels like everything movable in the room is starting to shimmy and shake...and that's in a fairly big room, like the 500 person capacity club I've played most of my recent gigs in.

If you crank the preamp in for the lead channel, you need to reduce the preamp out level accordingly or else you're going to get a LOT of noise, noise, noise, by which I mean crunchy, hissy and generally bad sounds! By carefully balancing pre and post with the master volume and clean channel volume, you can avoid those annoying big increases/drops in volume when you switch channels. It can be a little noisy (hissy) when you drive the clean channel too hard, but again, by micing it through a PA, you can keep the overall volume down and avoid all the unnecessary noise byproducts of driving the amp TOO hard to achieve the same volume level.

I would not call the distortion "brutal," by any means...this amp is NOT ideal for metal heads. The distortion is more adequate for playing Classic/Southern rock, blues/rockin'blues and so on, anything from Allman Brothers to ZZ Top and everything in between. I can even get some very Satriani-ish sounds out of this amp, especially with better tubes.

The standard tubes it comes with are pretty okay, but if you really want to get the most out of this amp, you'd do well to upgrade to a higher quality of tubes, maybe Mesa/Sovtech or the like. If you do upgrade, make sure you get tubes that are biased just right for this amp, otherwise you'll be burning out a lot of tubes...I made that mistake by buying a set of unbiased Mesa tubes for the pre-amp stage. They started failing very soon and I had to go back and spend a lot more to get better, pre-biased tubes...after that it worked like a charm, and my high ends were awesome, my mid had guts galore, and the bottom end had enough grunt to move small mountains. Fortunately for me, this happened when I wasn't with a band, so I was able to sort the problem out before I needed the amp for a gig.

I've never needed a backup for any of the Peaveys I've owned, and this is my fourth in a row.

If you're a "sometime" pro or semi-pro gigging musician, playing small clubs, basement parties, some outdoor gigs and things like that, or even if you're a more full-time working musician playing steady gigs in bigger clubs, you can't go wrong with this workhorse from Peavey...it'll keep pumping out exactly the sounds you want at exactly the levesl you want (I find the controls very precise) it just will not let you down. It's a tank...but man, it's also heavy like a tank...but that's just the price you pay for having an all-tube amp, right?

The only issue I've ever had reliability was when I switched out the pre-amp tubes it came with for a set of Mesa 12AX7s which weren't pre-biased. (see above) Otherwise, this amp has never let me down and I've never needed a backup, or even considered bringing one. I just keep a log of tube hours and replace them when they start to get a little too gritty or run-down.

I've been playing for about 35 years, 30 of that seriously. I own 5 guitars, the three electrics I mentioned previously plus a Fender classical and an Art & Lutherie wild cherry acoustic guitar. I also own a few other amps including a very rare vintage Gallien Krueger 250ML solid-state stereo guitar amp and one Peavey Solo practice amp.

If it were ever stolen or lost, I would definitely get the exact same amp again. In fact, this is the second Peavey Classic 50 4x10 I've owned, which I bought after I got shafted out of my first one, and it's the third Peavey Classic and the fourth Peavey tube amp I've owned.

I love everything about this amp except the long spring reverb, which I can take or leave.

I did compare it to a number of other products, and the only amp I liked better was a Mesa single rectifier Nomad combo, which cost nearly three times what I paid for this one!

If I ever get the chance, I want to get another Classic 50/4x10 and two Classic 4x10 cabs, all tweed, so I can get that awesome and downright chilling sound four times over again! I can only imagine just how sweet the howl would be when I ran my PRS HFS Humbucker through all that tube power being pumped out through 16x10 inch speakers!

Not sure what year mine was made - picked it up used on Craigslist. I play for church, and I would describe the style as rock/alternative.

The amp has two channels - clean and lead, though I almost never use the lead channel (more on that later). My model has the effects loop, though I don't use that, either (more on that later, too).

As I mentioned, I play in a church, so 50 watts is actually too much. That's where the Weber Mass attenuator comes in handy.

I give it an 8 for versatility, but that's mostly because there aren't that many features. BUT I would clarify that the amp does everything I need it to do, so it's simple-featured, but in a good way.

I had owned this amp back in high school/college, but I don't think I ever really got the most out of the amp back then. I couldn't turn the amp up too loud (parents were understanding as it was, didn't want to push my luck), and I didn't understand the concept of driving the tubes to get a good sound. I was just in awe of having a "tube amp" and was happy as a clam.

Sold the amp (and most of my recording gear and instruments) when I got married, but in this last year I've been rebuilding my stash. Picked up two amps - the Roland JC120 and the Peavey Classic 50 410.

The Peavey came with JJ tubes from eurotubes.com already installed. First thing I noticed was, it sounded warmer and smoother in the clean channel than my stock amp - the cleans weren't as sharp or brittle. The lead channel was nice and smooth too - great sound.

Then I discovered the Weber Mass, hooked that up, cranked the pre on the clean channel, and I was in heaven. Regular strums and picking on my strat gave me clean glassy notes, but the minute I start to dig into the notes a little harder, or push the chords harder, the amp's sound just... growls. It's such a lovely lovely sound.

And therein lies my problem - with the clean channel Pre cranked to max, I could not for the life of me get the lead channel up to the same volume. If I cranked the clean Pre to max, and cranked the Lead Pre and Post to max, when I switch from clean to lead channel, it almost sounds like I get a 50% volume drop. Don't get me wrong, the tone is there on the lead channel, but it can't keep up with the clean channel. Not sure if this is related to the attenuator or not.

So, I now treat the amp as a one-channel clean amp, and run either a Fulltone FullDrive or BassDrive in front of it to get overdrive at an acceptable volume level.

FYI - I'm playing a run-of-the-mill clone Strat, built by blurdrcarl (he used to sell strat clones on eBay). Nothing special, but the Peavey 410 makes the strat sound like a million bucks.

I never had problems with the original amp I had back in high school, and haven't had problems with the amp I have now. Then again, the amp sees action maybe three or four times a month, so it's not like I'm pushing it that hard.

I am driving the tubes hard when I do use it, but so far I haven't had a problem.

Haven't had to deal with Peavey customer support.

I also remember back when Peavey was known for the small solid state practice amps (I used to have a Peavey Rage before "upgrading" to a solid state Fender amp), but the Classic 50 has been an awesome amp.

I initially bought it back in high school because I had read that the guys in Pearl Jam used the amp. Now, I don't care who uses it - I just love how it sounds, with the JJ tubes. Thinking about swapping two of the speakers, but hey... if it ain't broke, what's there to fix, right?

I'd cry if it were stolen, that's for sure, mostly because I got a great price, considering it already included a full set of JJ tubes.

im the original owner of this classic fitty, its was made in 2000 i believe. the features are pretty simple, one channel, one eq, clean and dirty channel all tube (6L6 mesa tubes and 12ax7's groove tubes mallard). came with a channel switcher and a built in effects loop.The only complaint i have with the amp is the weight. It needs casters other than that the amp is hands down the best bang for your buck.Hands down. Im a pro player and have played professionaly for about 10 years. In the studio, or live, this amp is a work horse.Has enough juice for any type of live gig even if your not miked through pa it still cuts through the mix and cuts through well. if it every got stolen or damaged i would repalce it in a heartbeat.

the amps diversity is what sold me on it. From jazz to rock to country to blues and even metal can be dailed up on this amp. Both channels on the amp are killer. The dirty channel is surprisingly beefy for a combo amp. I use alot of gain so i use a noise gate to eliminate some of that hiss and hum. The amp at loud volumes can get noisy(tubes have a part in that hiss or hum,also effect pedals too)but nothing that a little noisegate can clean up. I play two custom shop tele's. My maine tele has a pearly gate humbucker, seymour duncan in the bridge and a vintage hot rail in the neck also a seymour duncan. The other tele is a 60th anniver. 54 reissue with seymour duncan little 59 in the bridge and a vintage stack in the neck. All though fenders are my bread and butter, les pauls are just as sweet sounding as well as a nice jazz box. This amp can dial up any tone and w/ effects that are out today this amp can delivry beautiful tones.

Ive been giging on this amp for ten years. In the studio or in front of hundreds of people, its a tank. the amp has never broke or never has it not turned on. Its always there and ready to go. Dont need a backup amp,This amp will probably out live me. The amp will let you know when the tubes are out because it will start to crunch and hiss and you like a diseased cat or something. Pending on the level of use, tubes should last about a year in the amp, longer if you dont play out as much. hardly no other upkeep issues other than tubes.

the amp has never warranted having to call peavey. i personally know cats that work for peavey and there all top notch.

I got the amp right when i graduated Atlanta Institute of Music in 02'. Used a mesa half stack until i played through the peavey at AIM. Thats when the love affair started w/ me and the classic fitty. I immediatly sold the mesa and got the peavey. THis amp will be a staple of my tone as long as im able to play guitar. This amp for the price,quality, and overall package is hands down the best. Dont knock it till you try it peavey haters of the world. I use an erray of pedals as follows.
1.e.b. volume
2.matrix tuner(out through e.b. volume)
3.fulltone fulldrive 2
4.Ts-9 analogman silvermod
5.dynacomp mxr
6.ibanez cs-9
7.boss oc-2
Effects loop
1.Boss EQ
2.Boss noisegate
3.line6 dl-4
4. boss rt-20 rotary twin pedal
This effect chain gives me the best tone without sucking out to much of my signal. Take use of the amps effects loop. I saw that one review hade a complaint about the effects loop not being a true effects loop. That guy needs to do his homework, the effects loop is an independent channel and is a true effect loop. dig it.

I'm the original owner of a 93' Classic 4x10. I'll skip the features. You know what they are. I do wish it had a true effects loop, and I hate the controls in the back. Of course, I didn't like that design from day one. I bought the amp for $325 and a 1/2 decent Marshall transistor amp.

The amp does have a very wide range. It falls short of thrash metal, but then who cares. I play the blues. On clean high volumn, you can put basically any effect such a floor pod through it. That is where I get the distortion when wanted. I play a true 84' Smith Strat (two knob variety), a Gretsch Streamliner, and a Goldtop. The amp does have some hiss at volumn which is not a big deal. It's not a 60's vibrolux or a late model Vibro-King, but it gets a solid 9.

This amp has been going strong for 14 years. It is extremely reliable. We've moved 1/2 dozen times. I've gigged it maybe another dozen. I would take it out more, but the weight is just too much anymore. In this category... 10.

Never needed them, but the website seems fairly decent. I'll have to give them benefit of the doubt, because they built an amp that didn't need repeated calls for help.

I've been playing for 25 years, and anymore, I am a living room guitar god in my own mind. I truly do not like the back of amp controls. This amp was bought as a graduation present to myself from graduate school. The kids were small, limited budget. For the price that they can be bought on Ebay (300-400), I'd say buy one on if funds are tight. For the money they are great. I'm now looking at getting a Vibro-King. So, if it were lost, I would not buy another at this time. Still, the amp gets a 9 overall.

this is my second review. ive had the amp for over a year now so i figured id contribute again.

mine is a peavey classic 50 made in 2000.

its got an effects loop, footswitchable lead and normal channel, footswitchable reverb, presence, three band eq, and four ten inch peavey blue marvel speakers. TWEED. i love tweed.

ive had both the 2x12 and the 4x10 version, and the 4x10 pushes more air so it sounds louder to me. 50 watts is PLENTY for what i play.

this amp sounds amazing.

i play a MIM fender standard tele with a hot rails humbucker in the bridge, a squire silver sparkle jagmaster with a seymour duncan phat cat in the bridge, and a stock silver sparkle jagmaster.

the jag with the p90 gets a great spanking clean out fo the normal channel that gets real loud before it starts breaking a sweat. the telecaster with the hot rails pushes the amp a little louder, but it still stays really clean pretty far into the travel of the knob.

i play indie/ambient/progressive stuff in the vein of gatsby's american dream/the dear hunter/portugal. the man/mogwai/circa survive/etc...

im semi pro, so i need good sounding gear and reliable gear for touring and gigging. my other amp is a marshall jtm 60 2x12 combo. its a cool amp. i run it in stereo with my classic 50 and its sounds freakin nuts. i love it. i use my echo park to run a ping pong delay between the two of them and its unreal.

the lead channel is awesome. up untill about halfway its a really thick, punchy overdrive thats just awesome. its perfect. after that, it starts to get a little heavier, but never gets too heavy. it just ends up being more in your face. the mids are there. all the harmonics from this amp are awesome.

i gotta give peavey credit for their blue marvel speakers. they are really somthin else. i thought they might be cheap and crappy sounding, but on the contrary, they compliment the amp well and pump out some lush tones.

it gets really loud without much noise. the only noise i ever notice is the built in fan. but i dont mind that, it keeps temperatures in control. its an awesome feature. peavey really hit the nail on the head with this amp.

Ive used this amp for over 3 years now. it has come through time and time again, ive never had it fail on me.

i never technically gig without a backup nowadays since i run my rig in stereo, but i used to gig with just the peavey and it was never a problem.

this thing is heavy. the only thing peavey didnt do, and i dont hold it against them, is include casters. no biggie, went to the hardware store and bought four, attached them and there you go, now we are rollin.

ive replaced the tubes once with jj's and they sound great. the stock tubes where sovtek but didnt sound bad. the jj's really brought this amp to life.

emailed them about dating my old classic 50, got back to me the next morning with a date of manufacture, what batch it was in, who built it, a whole bunch of info. then he asked me how i liked it and if i needed anything else. great customer service.

ive been playing guitar for 7 years. ive played tons of amps and had a bunch too. ive had a vintage fender bassman ten, a line 6 flextone 2 head (haha) and some others, but this amp has stood up to all of those and shine through. i havent played one gig without my peavey and thats how its gonna be.

if it where lost or stolen, i would get another one very quickly. you just cant beat the quality and workmanship of these amps. they sound amazing, are affordable, look great, and are tough as hell. two nationwide tours prove it.

the only thing that bugs me is that they changed the cosmetics for the new ones and they do not look good. haha. they should change back. oh well. and add casters. thats all!!