Love/Hate relationship with the Peavey Classic 20

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Love/Hate relationship with the Peavey Classic 20

Ever since I got the Peavey Classic 20 mh last summer, I’ve had a love hate relationship with it. I got the head with the matching 1 x 12 matching cab loaded with a V30 speaker. The cleans are beautiful, but the gain isn’t how I remembered it. I remember my old Peavey Classic having a nice marshally gain that sounded great when cranked with a boost. This isn’t the case with this amp. I have had it set in the 1 watt setting since I got it.

I never liked the dirty channel on this so I’ve been using the mxr 5150 evh and tech 21 rk5.

Just recently, I tried messing around with the 5 watt and 20 watt settings. The amp has totally opened and up and I like it for most things and I thought I could really get on with it. BUT I find that even with a boost(RC Booster and Bad Monkey), the dirty channel is a bit loose and flubby for lead lines… tons of sag. Maybe I used to like that, but I really don’t like it much these days.

Anyway, anyone else have a love hate relationship with their amp?

I think I might go back to the EVH 5150 iii… but this time I’ll go with the lbx ii because of the dedicated clean and blue channels. I never really used the red much anyway.
 
I think you're comparing two really different amps with very different purposes. I'd expect the EVH to sound better for what you seem to want to do with it, the Classic is kind of being crutched with boost pedals into that purpose. Try using the Classic the way Nuno used the Vibroverb on Waiting For The Punchline, straight in cranked up. It's really a different flavor. I wouldn't expect a Blackface Fender amp to sound like a Marshall or vice versa...
 
I'm curious about the PV Classic, mostly because it's an inexpensive alternative to a Fender, but also because of the Dann Huff video of him tracking the second Giant record. With regards to your amp, have you run it through a larger cab, maybe it's your cab that's making it flubby?
 
I have never played the Peavey Classic 20, but the Classic 30 and 50 are awesome amps (the tweed ones). Totally underrated.
 
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