I just bought a used Peavey Classic VT 2x12 combo tube amp, my first tube amp ever. Mostly bought for the power that Peavey is known for as I have a great dsp that I use and sounds great on any amp I use. But.. I have searched the net and asked around and can't seem to get a straight answer on these questions, any help is appreciated.


1.) This amp has 2 6L6 gc's in it and I have no idea if they are good or not. The amp sounds muddy on any overdrive setting but can I attribute this to the fact that this amp wasn't designed to have a crisp distortion or that the tubes are bad? Can I test them with my fluke multimeter?

2.)Is there a set of 6L6's that I can buy that will guarantee me a kick a$$ distortion? I mean something that I can play heavy stuff with like Metal and Punk.

3.) Are there any cheap (money wise) mods I can do or have someone do to this amp? I have checked all around the net and can't seem to find anything. What I would like to be able to do is drop the dsp I use and just go straight to the amp as it has some great built in fx (chorus like phaser and nice reverb) but like I said earlier the distortion sux for heavy stuff. The sustain of this amp is incredible btw!

Well that's all I have for now any help is much appreciated.