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Topic: Peavey Classic 50 212 - for steel? |
Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 1 Sep 2009 2:19 pm |
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There's a Peavey Classic 50 212 available locally for a super low price. Thought it might make a suitable backup for my Twin and I have extra 15" JBL or Weber speakers I can install if the stock speakers are questionable.
I'm a little uncertain about a 4 x EL84 amp. I always think EL84 = Marshall = CRUNCH, but I know EL 84's are also used in some high end stereo hi-fi amps.
Anybody have a first hand opinion about the sound of this amp for steel? I fear 50 watts may leave me twisting in the wind. Does it have enough headroom for your typical bar gig? |
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John Gould
From:
Houston, TX Now in Cleveland TX
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Posted 1 Sep 2009 2:45 pm
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I've used a Classic 50 4X10 several times on gigs and had plenty of headroom.
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 1 Sep 2009 4:26 pm
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| Assuming it sounds similar to the Classic 30 1x12, be prepared for a guitar amp that sounds very bright for pedal steel, and breaks up somewhere in the top half of its volume range - not at all like a clean-to-the-top silver-face Twin. You can dial the treble down and bass up, but that just makes it break up even sooner. It'll be a far cry from your Twin, but only you can say if it has enough clean volume for some purposes. |
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Leslie Ehrlich
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 1 Sep 2009 7:13 pm Re: Peavey Classic 50 212 - for steel?
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| Tim Whitlock wrote: |
| There's a Peavey Classic 50 212 ...I'm a little uncertain about a 4 x EL84 amp. I always think EL84 = Marshall = CRUNCH, |
If this is the all-tube 'tweed' Peavey Classic 212 it does not sound like a Marshall at all. I tried one of these amps out and it sounds more like a Vox AC30 to me. The distortion is smooth and fine-grained just like the Chinese made Vox master volume AC30s.
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2009 4:49 am
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| I think you'd love it, albeit with different speakers. I've never compared a Twin to a Classic 50 directly for cleaniness at volume, but the Classic is every bit as loud into the same speakers. Unless you're running your Twin at "10", it should be fine. |
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Bobby Burns
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 2 Sep 2009 4:59 am
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I had a classic 50 212 for a while. I played steel through it some. It was a great amp, but it was bright with a steel. Different speakers would have maybe helped, but I never tried any. I was playing as much Tele as I was push-pull in the band I used it in, and I just wanted to carry one amp. I liked it way better on the tele.
I actually like my old Bandit 65 better as a dual purpose amp. |
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Bob Kagy
From:
Lafayette, CO USA
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Posted 4 Sep 2009 1:24 pm
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| I found that it broke up very quickly on the C6th neck even at low volumes. |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Sep 2009 7:09 pm
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I owned a Classic 50 212 for a while. To me it had a satisfactory sound for PSG, but; I couldn't put up with being at home and in the same room with that Amp and it's audible internal cooling-fan. So, I traded it away on a ’65 RI Fender Twin~Reverb Custom™ 15. Much better results!
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Jerry Hayes
From:
Virginia Beach, Va.
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Posted 5 Sep 2009 4:58 am
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Tim, I don't know whether you play out or not but if you do play in a band situation you'd have to be miked at most gigs to get a good steel sound out front with one of these. Fifty watts is great for lead guitar but just won't cut it for all 'round gigging on steel as they break up too soon.....JH in Va.
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