Epiphone Blues Custom 30 opinions

somemothersson · Post by **somemothersson** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:22 am

Does anyone on here have any experience with this amp. It's got some fairly decent reviews on Harmony Central but I just want to know a little more as I am considering buying a used one. I did do a search and found no info here on it.

Here is a link for reference.
http://www.zzounds.com/item--EPIEPABKBC30

nondas · Post by **nondas** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:23 am

Solidly built but heavy as fuck. Speakers are pretty good (70W Eminance Lady Lucks). It doesn't have Fender cleans or a Marshall crunch (if you are after either of those). Saying that, it doesn't sound nasty, just different (except, it can get on the icepicky side of the highs if you are using something like the bridge pickup on a tele). The cleans are basic and the dirt channel is mild. The spring reverb is good (not as deep as Fender reverb, but not useless either).

After '07(i think) they came stock with Sovtek tubes (6L6GCs and 12AX7s). Before that they had some other brand that sucked (according to some reviews)

It's got a shared eq with an "interactive" mode doovalacky. I don't know the science, but you can get some nice sounds out of the thing if you mess around with it.

This is one of the cheapest all tube 30W combos I found at the time.

If there is anything specific you want to know I'm more than happy to share any good/bad experiences I've had with it.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:46 pm

1 down, only 29 to go

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:50 pm

dezb1 wrote:1 down, only 29 to go

ho ho hoh

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:54 pm

I can't say anything about the amp other than I like the way it looks.
I can however, say that the Lady Luck speakers are pretty darn good. I had them in a SoCal50 4x12 cab that I loved and only got rid of because it was too big for my needs. I found them to be very well balanced. It was pretty easy to squeeze some nice rolling feedback out of them. They did sound a bit extravagant on the bass end of things but that might not be an issue with the Custom 30, considering the amp is allegedly high voiced and that the cabinet is open back.

somemothersson · Post by **somemothersson** » Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:16 pm

Yeah, they are very aesthetically pleasing. They look really vintage, and I am in to that.

Nondas, if you use pedals how well does it respond to them?

I was planning on trying to find a local shop that carries one so I could play it. And now I am armed with your post that pretty much summed up to me that it's a very good value for the money, thank you.

nondas · Post by **nondas** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:23 am

I think pedals work great with this thing. There isn't an FX loop but it didn't make a difference to the way I used my crap. OD's, distortions, fuzz pedals, delays, modulations all work well.

In 15W (half power Class A) mode there is a little cooling fan that works in the background, so if you're using it for home recording at low volume levels you might hear that a bit. Also, get some casters for it.

kypdurron · Post by **kypdurron** » Sat Nov 21, 2009 10:20 am

From what I've heard they once were really good deals, lots of tone for the buck. But looking at the price tag of your link, that seems to have changed. They were about 330 â‚¬ last year (expect the same in $ usually). In the 500 + pricerange, there may be better amps, especially according build quality.