Classic 30

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What gives with the layout of this thing? In the picture below, it's kind of hard to tell, but the controls all face the rear of the amp.

Why?
 

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ez_willis said:
What gives with the layout of this thing? In the picture below, it's kind of hard to tell, but the controls all face the rear of the amp.

Why?
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Beats me, but Fenders are the same way.
 
So are Vox's, it's dumb as hell. Gotta stand behind the amp to see what the fuck's going on.
 
There has to be some logic involved.

I guess there doesn't HAVE to be, but there should be. :confused:
 
ez_willis said:
There has to be some logic involved.

I guess there doesn't HAVE to be, but there should be. :confused:
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As a child,I was punished for refering to Peavey as a musical instrument
amplifier.
 
It's so your roady can twiddle the dials for you
OR
The assumption that musicians are backward thinking and illiterate
OR
There's a disproportionately high number of dyslexic musicians
OR
(more likely) amp manufacturers are perverse &/or sinister.
 
SHEPPARDB. said:
As a child,I was punished for refering to Peavey as a musical instrument
amplifier.
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More of a sign of bad parenting and sweeping generalizations than Peavey's reputation, but that's Alabama for ya.
 
What's that cool amp where the back-panel controls/inputs are upside down? So when you lean over to adjust something it appears the right way up? I thought that was a cool touch.
 
Recessed in the top so they can't get banged in the gear truck. Or else you need a solid case.
 
Ya know, I'm starting to get the idea that some of you guys don't like PeaWee's equipment... :cool:
 
I had a Classic 30, along with a Fender Strat (American!), which I sold in college as I was getting into acoustic stuff. I'm still more into acoustic, but I kind of regret selling my electric rig. But hey, I was in college and I needed beer money :)
 
ez_willis said:
What gives with the layout of this thing? In the picture below, it's kind of hard to tell, but the controls all face the rear of the amp.

Why?
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Fender started that shit. Go ask Leo.. :p
 
ez_willis said:
There has to be some logic involved.

I guess there doesn't HAVE to be, but there should be. :confused:
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I am told that it's a design conceit from the very early days of stage amplification, when it was typical for the amp (or amps, if your band was fortunate enough to be able to afford more than one) to be placed near the front of the stage, rather than behind the performers. So the controls were placed in the back.

My Vox has the same layout. It's nutty but you get used to it quickly.
 
I guess they figure you should be behind your amp...sort of like being behind a drumkit..... :confused:
 
Dogman said:
I guess they figure you should be behind your amp...sort of like being behind a drumkit..... :confused:
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Back then you might be using one amp for both guitar and vocals, the bass being a stand-up. So the amp was out in front.
 
Come to think of it, that might also explain open-backed combos.
 
I'm guessing the real answer is to keep assholes like Willis from messing with it too much..... :D
 
Dogman said:
I'm guessing the real answer is to keep assholes like Willis from messing with it too much..... :D
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That or when their amps kept melting down they realized tubes need air.
 
hehe

unless it was of course built under the assumption that only irish people played guitar

I saw an "irish clock" once in a shop that turned counter clockwise

anyway they go to 12.................1 more than 11 c'mon surely it's made alright by that small numeric thang

SHIT I hope your amp goes to 12 EZ??? the one I played through at a festival gig did
 
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