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Sorry for a late response, but I had some family stuff I had to attend to. Regarding the things you can do to a Classic 30, is that something I should email you about? I've heard of a Blue Mod, but don't know anything about it. Just leave it alone. They are fine stock and not worth doing expensive upgrades as the return is negligible.

Sorry for a late response, but I had some family stuff I had to attend to. Regarding the things you can do to a Classic 30, is that something I should email you about? I've heard of a Blue Mod, but don't know anything about it.

A lot of folks make the claim I have blueprinted the amp. Ask where they are located. If not in So Cal it is probably not true as the amps can only be blueprinted with the owner/player present for the entire process. I have had folks drive amps out from Chicago, Nashville, Texas and Alaska but don't recall any of those non-local ones being a Classic 30. Find out the original owner's name. Amp serial number too. I keep files on every amp I ever touched. Get the date of blueprinting if possible or a copy (photo) of the paperwork that is supplied with every blueprinting job. The reasons for the paperwork are to have a record of how things were, how they changed and to show that the amp was indeed blueprinted. The seller should take a photo of the paperwork and post it in the listing. It's someone in Garden Grove, but I don't need another one. I was just wondering what you can do to a C30. It already sounds pretty good. I installed a set of JJ's and a Weber Blue Dog, but you know how we are, always looking for more. Thanks Scott

Good morning Myles, I'm always looking for what's for sale and I ran across this on ebay. They claim that you blueprinted this particular Classic 30 and if that's the case, what would that amount to? I have two of them and was just wondering. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peavey-Classic-30-1X12-Tweed-Tube-Amp-/181395118704?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a3bfdda70 Thanks Scott

Good point. Thanks. The size issue here and incompatibility with a large number of known and popular amps are indeed bad enough red flags... The Ruby EL84CZ and JJ EL84 (same tubes, different labels) are an excellent tube that can be had in matched duets and quartets for reasonable prices from the likes of Doug's Tubes and KCA NOS Tubes. I can't believe how long a of GT branded quartet of these has lasted for me, and they made my amp sound a LOT better, too! I found some Rubys yesterday at my local mom and pop, The Fret House, and road tested them last night and the Classic 30 never sounded better

Good point. Thanks.

Hi Myles, what do you know about these "New" Tung-Sol EL84s? I saw someone asking about them on another thread for their Classic 30. http://tubedepot.com/ts-el84.html Thanks Scott

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothings ever too loud for me, even after all these years, but some of the places I play are pretty small sometimes.

Good enough. Thanks.

Good afternoon Myles, In order to reduce power in a four EL84 amp , Peavey Classic 30, can you remove 1 or more of the tubes to obtain this without hurting anything? I've heard of being done, but have never tried it. Thanks Scott

Thank you Myles.

I purchased a early 90's Peavey Classic 30 not too long ago and not to long after I had it the Blue Marvel speaker gave out. I installed a Celestion 70 80 I had lying around. My question is, I have another speaker that I would like to try, but it's only 8 ohms and the amp calls for 16 ohms. I've heard conflicting stories and was wondering if it will damage the amp if install the 8 ohm speaker? Thanks Scott

Hello Myles. I have a Blackstar Club 40 that's about 2 years old and I've really been happy with it, however it seems as though the clean channel breaks a little sooner than it used to. If I replace the ECC83 preamp tubes with something else, will that help? I was looking at the 12AX7 Tungsol Reissues. Thanks Scott

Hi Myles, I was wondering if you know of any insurance companies that handle liability insurance for groups. One of the cities here in So.Cal. asked if we were covered. Thanks Scott

Scott, Call Norm's Rare Guitars in Tarzana and ask for Jeff Lund and talk to him. Talked to Jeff Lund, great guy, and he said that Pro re-finish would be the way to go. RS Guitarworks was his recommendation and being outside of Cal, they can use the right lacquer Thanks again Scott Thanks again

Thank you Sir

I've been thinking about having a guitar of mine refinished and was wondering if you could give me any references to choose from. I'm here in SoCal, but am open to shipping if need be. It's a '64 Strat, original owner, that was painted by some dumb ass kid, (me), because Eric Clapton had that psychedlic SG and I did the same to mine. It was refinished once, non-pro, but thought about doing it right. I've been told a refinished guitar will bring about half the market value, as I was thinking about selling it. It was originally sunburst. Thanks Scott http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/106/l_2f49d934c0e222e02908483756798bc3.jpg

There are a lot of really nice things in your price range. It really boils down to personal preference and taste in tone and feature set. I will say that the offerings from Vox are really great. Lots of bang for the $$$, versitile, and they have a proven track record of reliability which compares favorably to amps using their type of construction in the price range. Fender and Marshall also have great offerings in this range. All these amps are easier to move around as a solid state output section has no heavy output transformer and there are no output tubes to replace and bias. They are lighter in weight by quite a bit. Hit someplace like Guitar Center where they generally have lots of these types of amps from most of the main makers all in the same place at the same time and check them out and compare. In the end it is your call. Well I got lucky. I went to my local GC, like you said, and found a $499 amp on sale for $299. I got a discount on top of that so I got a Crate VTX Series VTX200S 2 x 100W 2x12, out the door for $292. Not bad and it sounds great.

I should have asked you the other if you had any suggestions on a combo amp in the $400-$500 price range. I known you talk about the Line 6 on your website as being versatile. I'm mainly just looking for something I can do an occasional gig with without having to lug around tons of equipment. I tried a Carvin SX300, but it wasn't for me. Do you have any opinions on the Vox Valvetronics series. I know this is mainly a tube amp site, but if anyone would know, you would. We do mainly classic rock type stuff. Thanks again

Higher levels with these amps? Mic them .... that is what is done every day in every large venue on the planet. Thank you Sir.

Hi Myles. I have been trying some of these combo amps that have a lead/high gain channel. What I would like and what I can afford are two different things, so I've been looking at a few SS combos. I've tried the Carvin SX300 100w, Crate Series FW120 120W, and a couple of others and can get a pretty decent Billy Gibbons, AC/DC, high gain tone out of them, but when I turn up the volume it just wants to howl if I go over 1/4 volume. I'm new to these kind of amplifiers, so my question is, how do I get that sound at higher or gig volumes? I tried a Carvin at rehersal in a pretty good size room so I could stand about 15' away and was still having feedback problems with the volume @ 4 and the gain @ 6-7. Help. Teach a old dog new tricks. Scott

Scott, Gain comes from the front end not the output section. If one of the tubes has a rattle you should replace the duet. I prefer the GT-6L6GEs in your amp with a #6 rating biased at 30mA as a side note. Thank you

I have a 65 Blackface Vibrolux that has GE 6L6 power tubes. One of them sounds like a baby rattle. Is it neccessary to replace them with GE's or can I replace them with something eles to get a different tone or more gain? Scott

I'll give that a try. Thanks

Scott, There is a spec on maximum bottle diameter that is not always met. I would have the tube that did not fit replaced by the vendor. Chances are an in-spec tube will fit fine and dandy as I do this all the time in the 60s blackface amps with no problem. I got the tube from GC so I guess I'll have to go somewhere else. Thanks Myles