Just found your channel, it seems right up my alley. Rock on, my dad was a Peavey rep the first 20 years of my life. He presented the 5150 with James Brown and Hartley to Eddie at his house. You could say i was raised on Peavey.
I had a Bandit 75 back in the 80's. I was, and still am, more into the bluesy rock like Foghat, Savoy Brown, Johnny Winter and so on. I am 65 and retired and live in an apartment and right now I have a small Backstage. And for being so small, it packs a helluva punch. Have been a Peavey fan for 40 years.
Peavey amps put decent quality amps and PA systems into the price range of average players- and a few of them were soon to be classics. They should be commended for their 70s and 80s history.
Most of the kids in junior high and high school had Peavey amps because they were affordable when starting out. You could always get a good used amp and they tended to last a long time.
I've seen Peavey TNT 100 bass amps as early as 1974 and recently bought a '76 and it makes guitars sound huge! I also came across a 200W '76 PA-400 4-channel PA head that's a monstrous beast!
Good Day. After i got out of the Air Force, I hooked up with a band in Miami Florida in 1974. I'm a drummer. Our Lead & Rhythm Guitar Players had Peavey amps. Each amp had 4x12" speakers & a Horn. Loud and Incredible Amps. I've never seen them anywhere else and never mentioned on any Peavey History Videos. Thanks & Best Regards
@@desertrockunited better built in distortion,more bass,handles fuzz and dirt way better, built in phaser,great spring reverb,more versatile EQ, sounds better cranked up than a twin hell I got a fender frontman 100 212 and it's better than the twin in a lot of ways too.the only other amps I want are a Peavey 5150 2 and a sunn beta lead
@@desertrockunitedThe rivera-era solid state fenders are pretty nice, but the build quality started to take a nosedive with the red knob series...peavey stayed consistently solid for decades
Horseshit....I have a red stripe Peavey Bandit that is over 20 years old...and a current model Bandit made in China...if you didn't know which was which....you could never tell the difference in tone between the two.
Just found your channel, it seems right up my alley. Rock on, my dad was a Peavey rep the first 20 years of my life. He presented the 5150 with James Brown and Hartley to Eddie at his house. You could say i was raised on Peavey.
That must have been fun being around amps all the time as a kid. Cool story!
I had a Bandit 75 back in the 80's. I was, and still am, more into the bluesy rock like Foghat, Savoy Brown, Johnny Winter and so on. I am 65 and retired and live in an apartment and right now I have a small Backstage. And for being so small, it packs a helluva punch. Have been a Peavey fan for 40 years.
When I started playing guitar in junior high everyone had a Peavey. I might do a retro demo on a Bandit.
Peavey amps put decent quality amps and PA systems into the price range of average players- and a few of them were soon to be classics. They should be commended for their 70s and 80s history.
Most of the kids in junior high and high school had Peavey amps because they were affordable when starting out. You could always get a good used amp and they tended to last a long time.
I've seen Peavey TNT 100 bass amps as early as 1974 and recently bought a '76 and it makes guitars sound huge! I also came across a 200W '76 PA-400 4-channel PA head that's a monstrous beast!
Peavey's last forever. Does the TNT have a Black Widow in it?
@desertrockunited yes it does!
Good Day. After i got out of the Air Force, I hooked up with a band in Miami Florida in 1974. I'm a drummer. Our Lead & Rhythm Guitar Players had Peavey amps. Each amp had 4x12" speakers & a Horn. Loud and Incredible Amps. I've never seen them anywhere else and never mentioned on any Peavey History Videos. Thanks & Best Regards
In 1973 they made a 4x12 with CTS speakers, maybe it was that?
@@desertrockunited Somewhere I have a couple of old photos showing the amps at our studio. I'm lookin for them to see if I can verify. Great Amps.
Just picked up a rage 158 and a special 212. Im excited to spend time with them
Cool! The Rage with the teal or red stripe?
@desertrockunited mine just is silver instead of teal or red stripe lol
I used to play The Butcher in clubs late 80's early 90's. It lived up to it's name.
Cool! I don't remember anyone playing The Butcher when I started playing. How does it sound vs a Marshall?
There was a guitarist in the 70s that was using a Peavey standard PA head with some pedals on front....
Interesting. I wonder who that was.
@@desertrockunited Randy Rhoads was using a 260 standard PA head,MXR pedals, and Altec 417 speakers.
Still have my SS trans tube. Still sounds like awesomeness
Rock on!
my peavey audition 110 dont even got inputs that work correctly, its missing the hex nuts and when i put knew ones on it become like 90% distorted
Is it one of the newer amps?
@@desertrockunitednah its like 20yr old
My main amp is the 25 Watt Bravo 112 combo. I think it's one of the best Peavey designs.
Never played the Bravo, but it looks like a good amp.
That's the amp I learned on in the mid 90s. I miss it.
Peavey is a very underrated brand but that does mean you can get for less $$ than the "big boys".
I think almost every beginning guitar player had a Peavey at some point!
There is no 6534 without the plus. The 6534+ is a modified 6505+ ... also the XXX II is facelifted JSX, the 3120 is a facelifted Triple XXX
Good info!
Bur what about the Express 112? You know, the baby bandit.
Heck yeah! I should have put that in.
I love Peavey amps hell I got a fender twin reverb but I prefer my peavey vtx classic 212
Cool! What makes the VTX sound better?
I want that exact amp but with the vt squareback speakers...
@@desertrockunited it mainly the speaker but johan segeborn did a comparison on yt
Peavey vtx classic rocks. Never let go of it. I have one and would love to have another.
@@desertrockunited better built in distortion,more bass,handles fuzz and dirt way better, built in phaser,great spring reverb,more versatile EQ, sounds better cranked up than a twin hell I got a fender frontman 100 212 and it's better than the twin in a lot of ways too.the only other amps I want are a Peavey 5150 2 and a sunn beta lead
The only solid state amps ive ever jived with are peavey
I have a solid state Fender, but for features, tones and cost hard to beat Peavey.
@@desertrockunitedThe rivera-era solid state fenders are pretty nice, but the build quality started to take a nosedive with the red knob series...peavey stayed consistently solid for decades
why doesn't Peavey recreate their old heads?
They probably should. An updated version of The Butcher might be fun to play.
It'll be great for business, especially the musician
Not all of this history is correct. The old Black face classic had 6l6 power tubes not el84's. The first classic was a hybrid tube solid state amp.
Thanks for the correction!
@desertrockunited all is good my friend.
current Bandits suck a@@ compared to the older red and silver stripe versions their tone and response is nothing like whatsoever
Most likely this is the effect of overseas production vs.being made in the 🇺🇸.
Horseshit....I have a red stripe Peavey Bandit that is over 20 years old...and a current model Bandit made in China...if you didn't know which was which....you could never tell the difference in tone between the two.
@@deltawhiskey1398 The Bandit faceoff of the red stripe vs current might be a fun video.
My old Bandit was a good amp
@@deltawhiskey1398 most of the red stripe Bandits were made in China. The big difference between the red stripe and the current ones is the speaker
Peavey turned out a lot of junk , check out the festival series pa
I remember some of the PAs being cost effective but maybe not exactly high end systems