PVCLASSIC20H
This Peavey is certainly a Classic on its own. Featuring 2 x EL84 power tubes, 3 x 12AX7/ECC83 preamp tubes, 2 channels, 3 band EQ, FX loop and a fab reverb. Perfect for studio or live, it even features a microphone simulated interface via XLR or USB!
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CLASSIC20H Classic 20 Mini Amp Head
This Peavey is certainly a Classic on its own. Featuring 2 x EL84 power tubes, 3 x 12AX7/ECC83 preamp tubes, 2 channels, 3 band EQ, FX loop and a fab reverb. Perfect for studio or live, it even features a microphone simulated interface via XLR or USB!
Revered by blues, country and rock players alike, Peavey Classic amps span the tonal landscape from vintage to contemporary with ease, and the Classic 20 MH provides that tone in a highly portable package.
The all-tube, 20-Watt Classic 20 MH is powered by two EL84 power tubes and 3 12AX7/ECC83 preamp tubes. It has two channels that follow the same gain structure and voicing of the Peavey Classic series amps for pure and versatile tone. The channels share a three-band EQ, lush reverb and an effects loop. The channels, effects loop and reverb are all footswitchable.
Peavey's TSI tube monitoring alerts players of power tube status, and in the event of a necessary tube replacement, identifies which tube needs to be replaced. Rear panel features such as a Microphone Simulated Direct Interface (MSDI™) with XLR output and USB out, speaker defeat switch and 3 position power attenuator switch make the Classic 20 MH mini head perfect for studio environments.
Features:
- Attenuator switch for 20 watts, 5 watts or 1 watt output power
- Two EL84 power tubes and three 12AX7/ECC83 preamp tubes
- Two footswitchable channels with 3-band EQ
- Footswitchable global volume boost, reverb, and effects loop
- Footswitch included
- T.S.I. (Tube Status Indication) circuit
- MSDI Output with XLR and ground lift switch
- USB Output
- Speaker defeat switch
- Headphone output.
- Footswitch included
- Impedance switch for 16 or 8 ohm cabinets
- Weight: 7.6kg
- Dimensions: 18.5cm (H) x 35.56cm (W) x 19.68cm (D)
Wish I knew about this amp years ago
By: Andy on 10 March 2026In recent years our play space is less welcoming to heavy loud amps that need microphones with no DI. I've had Fender / Mashall / Roland, tube, solid state, even the ToneMaster Digital Fenders a couple of times. Completely by accident, I stumbled across a review of the Peavey 20watt all tube mini head. I've never had a Peavey anything, but mates have had amps and guitars and loved them. The selling point for me was that it has internal attenuation, 1 / 5 / 20 watt, WITH XLR out using a cab sim output and functional USB, usually attenuation would cost more than the amp but this seemed like a solid build. I bought the head, and the 1x12 cab, the total cost adds up to less than a Fender Tonemaster Twin Reverb, but so so much better - for me at least. This amp does sparkly clean tones right up to heavy hard distortion with the channel / boost switching, I didn't feel the need to mod this tone with pedals either, it's just a pleasure to use straight up, switching from clean to distortion ( with the INCLUDED foot switch ) is also magic, the volume of clean ACTUALLY matches the distortion channel so that was another thing I didn't need to modify. On top of all that it has an FX loop, and all very nicely output through the XLR with cab sim straight to our mixer, and I can report that the recorded tone sounds just the same as the in-the-room tone, to me at least. The final bonus ( there's many ) is that I can just unplug the head and take it home to plug in to PC and Headphones to mess with tone and pedals between live use. Can't speak highly enough of this super loud and versatile little lunch box, I was tempted by the 6505 ( EVH 5150 ) but that doesn't do the crispy/fendery cleans the Classic can do, yet keep high gain good enough for heavy rock - and probably metal with some pedal enhancement. After having a stupid number of different amps in an attempt to solve these issues and keep the warmth of tubes, I think it's finally happened.
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