schenkadere
Poster Extraordinaire
Does anyone else experience a delay before the trem kicks in?
Peavey Delta Blues Tremolo question
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That is not unusual because of the way they chose to start and stop the trem oscillator. If the tube is old, the gain may have dropped off some, and that tends to stabilize the circuit (you want the circuit unstable or it does not oscillate). A new tube of as high gain as you can get can help. Other then that, the real fix is to move where they ground the oscillator so it gets brought back up with a "kick".
schenkadere
Poster Extraordinaire
What tube? didn't notice that there's one for trem in there.
metropolis74
Tele-Holic
The Delta Blues' tremolo is not tube driven. Same with its reverb. Both are solid state. When I had a Delta Blues (I think it was from 2000) I did not experience a delay when engaging the tremolo, but I had a problem with it reducing the overall volume of the amp considerably to the point of not being drowned out when playing with a band. The trem on that amp is worthless IMO.
That's what bugs me about them ! They are great amps but if the trem and reverb on an amp are only "meh...":neutral: at best - how is that a "blues" amp ?
It just needs a new name...
PEAVEY TUBE AMP !
Short and to the point.
schenkadere
Poster Extraordinaire
Yeah...I didn't think so...I saw no evidence of the trem being tube driven...I didn't know what that poster was talking about.
I have a volume loss as well. Maybe that's what I'm perceiving as the initial delay. I don't use the trem much...but after having the amp a while now I agree that it isn't very good. Actually, the reverb isn't as good as what I've had on other older Peavey amps either.
I seldom use the trem on mine.
I find it pretty good, but it definitely requires a trip to the volume knob.
I find it pretty good, but it definitely requires a trip to the volume knob.
