HI, thought I already entered this new thread, but it is not up on the forum and it has been awhile, so looks like it is lost in cyberspace.
I bought a 1977 Peavey Classic 212, the 50 watt tube one with the 2 12" speakers. The previous owner just put in new Fender 6L6GC tubes for the output stage and tidied up the speaker connections. Now, I turned it on and it is quite quiet. However, when I pick a note or strum a chord it holds on to the sound too long and distorts slightly. I am not a tubified one, but is it supposed to do this that long?
So, should I look into replacing the tubes, even though they look good and are new, or change the speakers? Last question, if the output transformer was bad, would it still work well enough to make the amp perform? The reason I am asking these things is I have heard that old Peaveys make some strange noises due to tube rattle and was wondering if that is all it is and I would be wasting my money upgrading. By the way, for recording, any amp like this is totally out of the question, but that is a different path for a different thread. Thanks for listening, hope you can assist me, Derrick
I bought a 1977 Peavey Classic 212, the 50 watt tube one with the 2 12" speakers. The previous owner just put in new Fender 6L6GC tubes for the output stage and tidied up the speaker connections. Now, I turned it on and it is quite quiet. However, when I pick a note or strum a chord it holds on to the sound too long and distorts slightly. I am not a tubified one, but is it supposed to do this that long?
So, should I look into replacing the tubes, even though they look good and are new, or change the speakers? Last question, if the output transformer was bad, would it still work well enough to make the amp perform? The reason I am asking these things is I have heard that old Peaveys make some strange noises due to tube rattle and was wondering if that is all it is and I would be wasting my money upgrading. By the way, for recording, any amp like this is totally out of the question, but that is a different path for a different thread. Thanks for listening, hope you can assist me, Derrick
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