Peavey Delta Blues

First of all, note that I am going from a 25 watt solid state practice amp with an 8" speaker to a 30 watt tube amp with a 15" speaker ... more than a slight difference between the two.

I think this was made in 2003.

I play easy listening broken down country sort of stuff. I wail sometimes too ... but just for fun.

2 channels, very clean clean and dirty crunchy ... although this is definitely not a metal amp.

I don't think it lacks features ... I haven't found a headphone jack yet - which would be nice, and maybe better tube protection would be nice, that's about it.

I am not that crazy about the tremolo ... but I am not that crazy about tremolo. I guess I don't get it is all.

I use the amp at home, with the volume at about 2. It's got enough power to use in small gigs.

The amp has a footswitch that is kind of neat, if not unexpected.

I like the tweed look, for what it's worth, and it's not impossible to lug around at roughly 50 lbs.

I Groove Tube 12AX7s and Ruby Tube EL84s, and the stock Blue Marvel speaker. I understand that upgrades to tubes and the speaker can be made.

I usually play a Peavey T-60 or a Yamaha acoustic electric through this amp.

It is very suited to my style, and to my delight it makes quite a nice acoustic amp.

It's not a noisy amp. There is amp hum, just like any other amp - including solid state amps.

NOTE: COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTS CAUSE A WHACK OF HUM - check it out for yourself.

The amp makes lovely clean tones, and sounds very crunchy when dirty.

You can dial in whatever you like with the Pre and Post on dirty. I have not had the opportunity to crank it enough on clean to get it to break up, as marriage is like a clean channel ... if the amp is loud enough to break up, the marriage will break up. When I do crank it a bit, something rattles a little at high volume ... maybe a wire tube holder?

The distortion is not brutal. It's "lovely" ... metal will not really work all that well here, but anything and everything up to that is a dream.

It's a Peavey.

I have dealt with Peavey on routine stuff like when a guitar was made, etc. and they are very attentive.

I have not needed repairs of any of the Peavey products I own or have owned.

I have been playing for three years. I have had two other Peavey products before - both 1980's guitars: T-15 (a sweet little 3/4 scale) and a Patriot (same as the T-15, but full size).

I have a 1982 Peavey T-60, a couple of acoustic electrics, a 25 watt solid state practice amp and a multi-effects pedal.

It is so nice to have upgraded my guitar to a T-60 and my amp to a Delta Blues. I think I would buy this amp again, as it has a wonderful tone and a very broad range of tones available as a result of the 15" speaker.

In a way, the only drawback is that it is a big amp that I really can't crank without really upsetting everybody ... it's loud.

I kinda wish it had a headphone jack ... but I have a practice amp which has a jack, so it's kind of a non-issue.

It's a NICE amp to look at and listen to.

I've been a die-hard Fender user for my entire playing career, and honestly, always thought of Peavey amps as, well, crap. Wrong! More on that later. I bought this on Ebay. Not sure what year it is. Features are fine for me. In fact, too many! I only use the clean channel, which is perfect for the style I play, which is mostly straight up rockabilly. Reverb is not spectacular, but usable live. Love the vibrato. I use this amp for gigs, and it has plenty of volume to handle every situation I've faced.

I was totally blown away by the sound of this amp! Like I said, I've been a die-hard Fender amp user for over 20 years. I've been reading great review after great review on the Delta Blues, so I decided to head to my local Peavey dealer and try one! Honestly, I couldn't believe I was playing a Peavey. My amps at the time were a Fender 4x10 bassman and a Fender Blues Junior. I absolutely fell in love with the sound of this amp, ordered one on ebay, fell more in love, and sold my bassman! Like I said, I only use the clean channel, and it's killer! It's got a smooth breakup above 5 or 6 that is perfect for blues and rockabilly. Too clean is not for me, I like a little bit of pure tube overdrive in my tone. I thought the 15" speaker might not be my cup of tea, but I absolutely love it! Huge bass, clear mids, and nice highs. This is a fantastic sounding amp. I can't comment on the overdrive on this amp as I don't ever use it. Clean channel absolutely smokes!

Haven't had it long enough to know.

Don't know

I still can't believe my main amp is a Peavey! Oh well, I guess I've jsut been misinformed all this time! I play in a fairly well known rockabilly trio, and this is now my #1 go to amp. This amp is loud enough for big gigs, but I can actually turn it down for small gigs and get a really nice tone. My bassman had to be cranked to get the tone I liked, and sound men hated me! My only complaint is that the reverb is a little bit "tinny" sounding, but it's okay for live work. it has all the features I need, and even a few I don't. As far as bang for the buck, I can't imagine how you can beat this amp. I've paid 4x as much money for amps that didn't sound half as good as this one! If this were lost or stolen I'd replace it as quickly as possible. This is a great amp if you're playing any type of American "roots" music.

Not many amps come with trem anymore, the trem is decent to good. Foot switchable to avoid filling my effect pedal board with any additional pedals.

I changed the tubes to JJ's and yes big tonal difference, I also changed the speaker to a Weber California (16ohm), massive tone difference, cuts better, lowers the low end and gives it a modified bassman tone. I prfer it this way and have had many local players look strangely at my DB and wonder what it is... Then they cringe because there 1500 dollar amp doest have as good of tone

Well, you know the saying about Peaveys "They sound like crap for a long time" Aside from the BS about sounding like crap, they last and I change the tubes, without affecting biased every 6 months as I play 2-3 shows per week with this amp.. NEVER FAILED ME!

Whats better than an English speaking customer service TECHNICIAN.
Peavey is USA MADE in MISSISSIPPI!

Not a racist or an ahole, but I do believe they do a great job.

I love this amp, sure there are very expensive amps that may have a particular better sound for the style you prefer, but for blues/country clean tones and running an effect board with 10+, this is my choice of an all around durable, good sounding road horse that performs as hard as I do every time we get on stage.

This is a follow up to an earlier post...changed the stock tubes for a set of matched JJ tubes and the difference is amazing. It has really brought this amp to life. It sounded great befor but the matching JJ tubes have just seetwend this amp up tremendously. This was a great American made amp but changing out the tubes to Matches JJ's has just bumped the sound quality up to a new notch. The best investment you can make on a great amp is even better tubes. I can't recomend the JJ's enough. The 15# blue Marvel now REALLY sings. Make the switch and you'll be amazed at the sound quality. I'll put this amp up against any American made amp and it can hold it's own with the best of them. A great amp deserves great tubes....you'll imediatley hear the difference...This baby is a soli 10 now!

Amazing with the JJ's!!!

American made and ver well made at that

One of the best amps you'll ever own..tons of headroom and swet clean sound that breaks up just when it should. This amp is a solid 10

Delta Blues 115, trem, o/d, reverb....excellent features! Bought it almost 10 years ago. Changed out tubes to JJ's, changed to a larger Accutronics 4 spring reverb tank.

Loves single coils, HB's, P-90's. I play zydeco/funk/jazz/country/classic rock. Suits me jest fine. Clean and clear, fairly detailed. Big tight bottom end and snarky mids, which I LOVE.

Never let me down. I've had it for going on 10 years.

If you haven't checked out the Delta Blues Yahoo Music Group, it's an EXCELLENT resource for all things Delta Blues related.

Great group of folks, and an employee of Peavey is an active member too. To me, that's good customer service. Cool, cool site. I'm not affiliated whatsoever with the company, by the way....just a huge fan of the product :)

Playing for 18 years, I own/have owned lots of gear. Last year, I mistakenly tried to sell this amp, but the sale fell through. Never again will I have such a lapse! I'm so glad it fell through, I would have been kicking myself right about now. Great amp, I would buy it again in a heartbeat. I gigged with a backline Deluxe Reverb Reissue a couple of weeks ago, the amp that I thought I would move to, if I ever sold my DB. In my opinion, the only thing the Deluxe does better is reverb. And I only use a touch of that anyway. I love the mid-heavy, growly, snarky tones I get outta my Peavey more than the glassiness of the Deluxe.

Enough for normal use.

I really like the sound of this amp! It is good for blues, funk, jazz and even metal. It is loud and clear. The tone is very clean. I use a extended eq, but the tone is well to control by the amp it self.
I don't like the drive of the amp. I miss a little more power. A external fuzz stompbox sounds great through the speaker. Good for any kind of guitarist

In the first month the amp fell down of a rack during a repetition. The sound was gone, but an amp mechanic made it work again. That was because i wasn't carefull enough. So far so good. The amp seems to be a strong beast.

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Great amp for many music styles. It's weight isn't that much and you can take it with you easy. The tubes are ok. Never played such a good amp for the price it cost.

This amp was made in 2006, I believe. Peavey has started putting metal tube guards on the back now, which is nice. Two channels, straight forward, clean and dirty. The 15" speaker is a nice addition, and adds something to the tone. The reverb is nice enough for me, and sounds good. The trem isn't amazing, but I only turn it on lightly, to add the slightest wobble to my sound, so it's enough for me.

I have yet to take this amp out for performance, but I have no worries. We rehearse pretty loudly, and when I use it in rehearsal, I don't think I've ever turned it past 3. It's louuuud.

Finally, it's definitely an electric blues amp. I can get a variety of tones, and I love 'em all. You can get a nice hard rock tone in a pinch (think AC/DC), but you're not getting into super-metal territory. If you're interested in an amp called the Delta Blues though, you probably expect that.

The boost button is cool, but inconvenient. You can't really run over and push it on, and I don't think it can be turned on with the foot pedal.

All in all, nothing fancy, but not missing anything important.

I play two G&L Asats through this mainly. One with their fancy magnetic field pick-ups that come in the Special, and the other with two classic Tele pick-ups, and an added middle strat.

Essentially, I play blues, and blues-influenced rock. I love this amp for it. It gets a nice crunch when I need it, and it's clean is beautiful. On my 3-pick-up, put through the clean channel, with all the pick-ups on, it creates a tone that you can easily use to substitute an acoustic, and I actually prefer in tone to acoustic.

As far as the overdrive channel, I love it. If you want a metal sound, it's not going to happen, but if that's what you want, you shouldn't be looking at this amp anyway.

The boost adds a nice touch too, and creates an over-bearing sound. I like it, but you need to be careful, because it can easily become too much.

Finally, I can't say I know how the sound gets when you crank it. I uhh, don't want to ruin the foundation of my housing. It holds up with an acoustic drum kit (very loud drummer on top of that), at 3, and goes to 12 (that's one more then 11!).

All in all, I love the sound, and I actually have a hard time making the amp sound bad. But the sound is definitely niche.

The amp, unfortunately, broke down within the first week. Which was unfortunate. But I'm not entirely convinced it was Peavey's fault. I was stupid, and bought it in the middle of January, and took it home in -30 weather. It was fixed in about a week, and since then it hasn't had a single problem. So it definitely loses points, but it could be worse.

The Peavey tech who fixed it was really weird, but really nice. He got to it as quickly as he could, and went out of his way. It was all under warranty, and he was very nice. To top it off, it came out of the factory with non-factory tubes. Under technicality, as he told me, it wasn't under warranty, and he was supposed to ship it back to Peavey. But since it was Peavey who dropped the ball, he did the repair anyway, didn't charge a thing, and took my word that it wasn't I who put in the tubes (it really wasn't). So despite the crappy part of it breaking down, the costumer service was great.

I've been playing for around 5 years, and this my first serious amp I've owned, but not used. I don't gig a lot, but intend on it in the future, and this amp will go through a trial by fire. If it were lost or stolen, I wouldn't think twice about buying a new one. I love the tone, the features do what I want, and to top it all off, it looks cool. This amp, suits me perfectly, and it has a classic tone, with a nice vibe that sets it apart too. I don't understand all the technicalities, but for what I want, it does the job and then some.

A great amp, that does what it's supposed to. I don't have to worry about dialing in a perfect setting, because even if it's not perfect, I have faith that it will sound good. Personally, I like simple, and this amp doesn't have any unnecessary frills, and I'm happy with that.

Once again, definitely geared towards the blues player, but if that's what you're looking for, it's beautiful.

The only reasons I'm taking off points is the fiasco I had when I bought it.

features? the only special feature is the tremolo. this is quite a nice touch which has actually proved useful in one or two songs so far.

however, this amp isn't really about features. leave that to line 6... what you have here is a simple, great sounding amp. it has an amazing clean sound. I tried several amps in the shop, fender, hughes and kettner, marshall and other peaveys - and the delta blues was much warmer and more rounded than the others. it sounds somehow "real" and has a lot of depth.

the crunch channel is good, too; it gels well with my band sound (bass, drums, vocals and sequencers) and provides a kind of "edge". it doesn't do black sabbath or slipknot sounds, tho - it's more crunch than distortion. I use pedals for fuzz and more "rock" overdrive.

it's got an eq - one knob each for bass, mid and treble.

it also has a "boost" setting which I've never used, 'cos it's just too loud.

the reverb is OK, sounds like guitar amp reverb, doesn't sound like you're really playing in a church, which is fine by me. think of the reverb on chris isaak's wicked game and you're close.

it has an effects loop, a jack socket for an external speaker and you can give peavey another 30 EURs for a footswitch, which plugs into the back and allows you to switch channels and turn on/off the tremelo. this has proved to be a good investment, I just wish it came with the amp in the first place.

oh yeah, i use a cheap no name semi acoustic and an 80s hohner 12 string electric (goth guitar). I play guitar as a backing instrument for indie/electropop songs (www.litmus.de)

and! it's missing something! there should be a standby switch.

giving this 8 (sour grapes for the footswitch and the lack of standby!)

I'm getting my boxes mixed up...

see above. great clean sound. wonderful. warm and gutsy for solo singer songwriter stuff, twangy for clear for thinner "cut through the mud" sounds, depending on what you do with the eq.

no hiss, sometimes pops when I switch off, but I think that's got something to do with my pedal setup (7 different pedals) and battery levels... not a big problem.

it's REALLY loud. I play with a live drummer and a bassist who uses an enormous fender bassman thing - i totally pwn both of them, or at least i could if I cranked the amp up. I don't - i play on 2 at the most! I've never turned it up to 10 because I want to by able to hear birds singing and other pleasant sounds for the years to come. I actually have a small problem at gigs that the amp is too loud, even on 2; like I just want to hear the monitors and all I'm hearing is my guitar coming from 3 meters behind me... again, not a problem with the amp, we just need more practice! no, we're not a rock band.

top marks, here - the best clean sound. in this price category, at any rate...

only had it 6 months, been wonderful so far.

let's hope I never need to find out about this...

I've played other people's amps for years and figured it was finally time to get my own. I'd previously been impressed by a mesa in a rented practice room, a DIY custom job that looked like a sewing machine but sounded like a harrier jump jet (i.e. very loud and direct) and a borrowed vox ac30. mesa is too dirty and too expensive. the ac30 is also a bit pricey (with teh good speakers), the one I knew was unreliable and sounded tinny on occasions. the delta blues is about half teh price of the ac30 and to my ears at least sounded just as good if not better. I lose indie cred for choosing the peavey but i certainly saved a bunch of money! ha!

I wish it had a standby switch, otherwise I'm very very happy with it.
great, great sound, looks pretty good (no intrusive cheesy peavey logo!) and very easy to dial in.

Is pretty well designed, but I would like the speakers to be disconectable and two inputs.

The clean channel is good (which is why I got it) and it stays clean and focused when turned up, the distortion is nothing special, but you have to spend an arm and a leg to usually get an amp with good distortion so I use distortion pedals, and the reverb is nice.

Only had it for less then two weeks, but the person I bought it from added a piece of wood over the back to protect the tubes so that probably helps.

Never needed it

It is a pretty good amp and its previous owner (my guitar teacher) says that it's loud enough for indoor gigging. I also got a geat deal beacuse he modified it for tube protection (see reliability) and stole an idea from his old black face Fender Super Reverb and silver face Fender Twin Reverb and installed electrical outlets in it.

Nice reverb, but gonna use something else for that.
Tremelo is nice, but not the best, gonne use something else for that also. I need to switch.

Well....this part is most important for me. The sound is incredible, accept for het driven channel. It??s perfect for blues ofcourse but for some heavier stuff you need an external pedal. A RAT will do just fine to make it dirty! The all tube sound is ok, but i??m considering replacing the tubes this summer. Also the speaker will be replaced after summer. A little mod, but i??m sure it will turn this amp into a beast. 30watts is enough for gigs. Even for arena gigs it will be fine. These day don??t require a 100 watt tube. PA will do fine.
The soundings are great...just love this amp. The drive sure is little choppy, but for bluesy/funk stuff it??s good.

Build as a rock.

Never had to call them.

I give this amp a 9 because if we put it against the price this is a hell of an amp.