NAD Peavey Classic 60/60

[Kim]

First, I wanna say   :whoohoo!: 

because I scored a Peavey Classic 60/60 for cheap, and I've been wanting to get a real tube poweramp back in my rig for some time now.
Did I mention that  :whoohoo!: ?

And   :whoohoo!: ?

[rnolan]

 :whoohoo!: , one input buffer, 2 x phase splitters, nice big tannys, certainly looks the goods  :thumb-up: , now where did I park the fork lift LoL.....

[Kim]

Yeah it's a little on the burly side at about 30 lbs in a 3U space, but not an absolute bear to handle like the 4U poweramp Me$a 2:95 or Mar$hall Monoblocs.  I used to have the mono Classic 120 at one time that was nearly identical inside and out.  Obvious difference was mono vs. stereo (one output tran vs. two)

Pretty stoked to be getting back to that 6L6 power I always liked.  And quite literally for "pennies on the dollar" when compared to the Marshall/Mesa poweramps.    :thumb-up:

Don't know why the pics attached themselves upside-down though...they are in fact right side up before attaching them.  :dunno:

[Samuraipanda]

Nice score! Let us know how it sounds with the MP.

There's one for sale here locally that I might snag up. 25% of the cost of my 295. I might snag it and see if it's got what I need. Save a space/weight and sell my 295 for to pay it off and get some cash as well.  Gotta feed that G.A.S.  O0

[Harley Hexxe]

I remember those, nice score Kim :thumb-up:

   Those and the Classic 50/50 seem to be the most popular of the Peavy poweramps.

     Ahhh, the good old days of rack mania :lol:

[MarshallJMP]

Didn't the 50/50 have EL84 tubes? I thought Jur had one of those back in the day.

[Kim]

Didn't the 50/50 have EL84 tubes? I thought Jur had one of those back in the day.

Yes, the 50/50 was a 2U and had a quad of el84 tubes and I do remember Jur had one back then.   I thought about getting a 50/50 but I didn't want to chance that I might not like it so much...

[Kim]

Those and the Classic 50/50 seem to be the most popular of the Peavey poweramps.

I've never looked for myself inside a Classic 50/50, but the Classic 120 I had before and now this Classic 60/60 really are Peavey hallmarks of simplicity, build quality, and straight up bang-for-the-buck. These "almost-vintage" poweramps are reminders that the Peavey stuff were once the real workhorses of that era.   You never had to worry about "opening them up and letting all the Magic Smoke out" ....unless of course you didn't get the impedance stuff right or some other blatant abuse that no tube amp would stand for.

Also just picked up a gently used Anvil 4U case locally for $75 to house this Classic 60/60 in.  So that's a total of $325 that I'd consider very well spent...or could've been put towards less than half of a used Mesa purchase and still no damn rack case.   :lol:  Not knocking Mesa, they are awesome but I can't afford the brand of awesome they offer.

[Dante]

AWesome score!

Makes you want to play when you get new gear

[Harley Hexxe]

Way to go Kim :thumb-up:

[rnolan]

Way to go Kim :thumb-up:

+1  :thumb-up:

[Kim]

Finally got this into my rig for a band rehearsal.  You guessed it...a night and day difference! 

:headbanger:TUBES BABY!! :headbanger:

[Harley Hexxe]

Rock on Kim :metal:

    One question though, does that amp have a bias adjustment on it or will you have to take it to someone when it's time to change the tubes?

[Kim]

Rock on Kim :metal:

    One question though, does that amp have a bias adjustment on it or will you have to take it to someone when it's time to change the tubes?

It's "fixed bias" but can be easily modded to make that adjustment.  I'll get that done inside there when it's time to change the tubes. :)

[Harley Hexxe]

I thought so, it's built like an old power amp. Just in a rack case.