Peavey Classic 50 New Upgraded Caps

I bought this Peavey Classic 50 myself. The seller reported it had new tubes but needed a complete recap. To be honest, I dislike Peavey as an organisation, despite owning some of their products in the past. The Classic 50 is no exception.

However, what is hinted in this video is not only how much of a pain it was to work on, but what's missing is a lot of the swearing, and other troubleshooting I failed to record. In fact, this amp was a can of worms. There were so many things wrong with this thing.

Nearly every solder joint was reflowed. Every tube was shot. Every capacitor was just about under valued and almost dead while showing no physical signs of being that way.

What I also failed to show was that the bias resistors were shot. Again, undervalued. I have replaced them with 10 W units.

Most of the tubes were Redplating, some were sparking. The amp had a significant volume drop when you struck a note or a chord. What else didn't I explain in the video?

This amp is a lemon. Either that, or the owner treated it like garbage. Either way, it's fixed now and for sale.

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