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Topic: Fender Twin ... Peavey Classic 50 ... |
B A Young
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Georgia, USA
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Posted 23 May 2010 12:45 pm |
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| I was wondering what you guys thought of the PEAVEY CLASSIC 50 ... I play tele, Strat and lil steel and I dont want to take two amps with me ... need 1 amp ... and If tubes are so important to guitars why do steel players use nashville 112s ? just wondering ... thanks yal |
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B A Young
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 23 May 2010 11:30 pm anybody ?
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Jeremy Steele
From:
Princeton, NJ USA
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Posted 24 May 2010 5:21 am
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| I have a Classic 50 and it's great for 6 string, but you might want a bit more beef in the wattage department for steel use. It sounds good at low volume but breaks up quickly when you crank it. I feel that the Fender Twin is still the best double duty amp. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 24 May 2010 5:38 am Re: Fender Twin ... Peavey Classic 50 ...
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| B A Young wrote: |
| I was wondering what you guys thought of the PEAVEY CLASSIC 50 ... I play tele, Strat and lil steel and I dont want to take two amps with me ... need 1 amp ... and If tubes are so important to guitars why do steel players use nashville 112s ? just wondering ... thanks yal |
Classic 30's and Classic 50's are EL84 based tube amps, they have a gentle break up ( by design ) at around 4 on the volume knob. These amps are reminiscent of Vox AC30's and are excellent choices for guitars. Clean headroom good for a short period. Great for guitars maybe not so good for Steel, it's all in the preamps.
Fender Twins are extremely good for preamp headroom , that's why Steel players and Guitar players like them but if a guitar player wants "edge" he will need a stomp pedal of some sort, a reverse scenario.
Steel players like the N112 because they have by design clean preamps with lots of headroom. Personally I would not use one of these for guitars, others may, but they are not for me.
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B A Young
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 26 May 2010 12:45 am
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| THANKS GUYS ... |
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Bob Knight
From:
Bowling Green KY
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Posted 26 May 2010 4:07 am
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PEAVEY Vegas 400!!  |
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James Morehead
From:
Prague, Oklahoma, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 26 May 2010 6:00 am
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Not EVERY body uses a solid state amp for steel. I sent my '71 twin to Ken Fox and he looped reverb over to the "normal" channel, and blackfaced it for 6 string. The vibrato channel of course is my steel channel. Might not be everyones "cup of tea", but it works for me.
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