Peavey Classic 30

Peavey Classic 30 #08911668 with Classic 112E extension cabinet

Please answer our survey How much power do you want from your next tube amp? 5 Watts 12 Watts 30 Watts 45 Watts 60 Watts More than 60 Watts What would you expect to pay for a kit including the chassis, faceplate, circuit board and all electronic parts (build your own cabinet) to build that amplifier? What would you expect to pay for that amp as a completely assembled head in a tolex-covered, wooden cabinet? Your favorite speaker configuration for that amp would be 1 X 10 inch 1 X 12 inch 2 X 10 inch 2 X 12 inch 4 X 10 inch 4 X 12 inch The cabinet style that you prefer for those speakers is open back enclosed Here's a great combination for playing small blues clubs. It's a Peavey Classic 30 with a Classic 112E extension cabinet.

The Classic 30 is another small tube amp based loosely on the Vox AC30. Like an AC30, the Classic 30 has a power amp design that uses 4 EL84s, wired in a Class-A arrangement to produce 30 watts of output power. Also, like the later AC30s, the controls on the Classic 30 include a treble boost switch.

Unlike the AC30, the Classic 30 has several features that never appeared on any tube amp of the 1950s or 1960s. The Classic 30 is a two-channel amp with foot-switchable channel selection. Channel two is a high-gain distortion channel with great tone that could not be coaxed out of an AC30 under any circumstances.

The Classic 30 also features built-in reverb. The controls on the Classic 30 include:

• Volume (for the low-gain channel),
• Gain controls (Pre and Post) for the high-gain channel,
• three-band EQ (treble, mid, bass) shared by both channels,
• reverb,
• a channel selector switch (must be set to select the high-gain channel to enable channel selection via the foot switch), and
• a treble boost switch.

The Classic 30 has one 12 inch speaker in an open-back cabinet. The Classic 112E is an enclosed cabinet with a single 12 inch speaker and a removable back panel, for those who prefer an open-back sound.