I Bought My FIRST Amplifier, Again!
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
- 16 Years in the making, I can now finally do a ‘proper’ demo and review of my first electric guitar amplifier; the PEAVEY BLAZER 158 Red Stripe!
This was very likely also the first amplifier for many people, or possibly it's younger sibbling, the PEAVEY Rage 158.
Although I sold this amp a few years ago, I’ve managed to track one down in excellent condition.
Let’s check it out!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Hello
0:09 - Look what I found
0:56 - This is a fun video
1:06 - My History with the Peavey Blazer 158
2:03 - Did you have this amp?
3:10 - Why did I buy it again?
4:40 - Your first love
6:35 - Paul's Spec Overview
7:25 - Pauls looks inside the amp
10:15 - thanks Paul!
11:00 - Peavey Blazer 158 Amp Tones
12:10 - Clean Tones
14:00 - Dirt Tones
17:00 - How did that sound to you?
17:15 - Summary
19:35 - Goodbye
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What was your first amp?
Get Peavey Amps:
Amazon (US) amzn.to/369vqO5
Amazon (CA) amzn.to/3czcR74
Amazon (UK) amzn.to/3i5RNq0
Thomann bit.ly/2Gax9I3
Timestamps:
0:00 - Hello
0:09 - Look what I found
0:56 - This is a fun video
1:06 - My History with the Peavey Blazer 158
2:03 - Did you have this amp?
3:10 - Why did I buy it again?
4:40 - Your first love
6:35 - Paul's Spec Overview
7:25 - Pauls looks inside the amp
10:15 - thanks Paul!
11:00 - Peavey Blazer 158 Amp Tones
12:10 - Clean Tones
14:00 - Dirt Tones
17:00 - How did that sound to you?
17:15 - Summary
19:35 - Goodbye
My first amp was a Peavey, but it was for keyboards. It was really loud and very clean. This was the late 80s (I'm old).
Line 6 spider. 150 watts for playing every power chord.
A Peavy Audition 20. It had a great overdrive sound until I took it to Steve's for a checkup. It never sounded the same again.
Peavey rage 158
Yamaha GA-10. Still have it, but don't play with it since 2016, when I got a Boss Katana.
I have a red stripe Rage, bought it around 2001 for practicing....still works perfectly! Peavey makes great amps!
My first amp was a Gorilla TC-35 35W Tube Cruncher Amp. Bought it back in 1989. I still have it.
The CD player input is what really sells it. Take that boutique amps! Who needs hand wired components when you can hook up your brand new Sony Discman??
It's an aux in actually, a lot of amps still have it nowadays, you can plug your phone for example, but music through guitar speaker sounds shit
I live in Mississippi. Where Peavey is located and was born. My first amp was a 5150. Yep. I've played all other brands over the years and my goto amp is my Red Stripe 112 Peavey. I placed a Blue Marvel in it. It can get almost any tone I want. The best thing about Peavey is I can take ANY amp to their shop and they'll repair it for $50-$75. That's customer service. I collect Peavey. It's easy around here. Anyway, enough about me and Peavey. I just found your channel and I subscribed. I enjoy the rambling and jokes as much as the gear reviews.
Pump it up, when you don't really need it
Pump it up, until you can feel it
My first amp was a Peavey.. a Backstage Plus, in around 1983. It was loud enough to have me evicted :)
I played Peavey Bandits all through the 1980s into the 90s. I used them at all my gigs. I always brought 2. Depending on the night I'd start with one turned on and switch on the second amp if it got really crowded and I needed more sound. I've owned Fender amps and Marshalls but the peaveys never let me down. Your amp sounded great. My first amplifier was a Fender Deluxe Reverb, next was a marshall, next was Music Man, next was Vintage Fender Twin, and next were Peaveys.
They called the master volume “post gain” because part of the trans tube technology was that you could actually get a drive from the output amplifier as well as from preamp, like you can with a tube amp. Normally with solid state amps only the preamp can be overdriven.
Nice I didn't realize that!
Woa that's an awesome little amp there, go Peavey! First 'amp' was a homemade headphone amp a friend made. First 'big' amp was a Peavey Bandit 65W (12" speaker) bought in 1980s, used for years but it was finally stolen in the 90s along with my favourite guitars. Amazingly, I still have the Peavey Companion 15W (8" speaker) I also bought in the 80s. Can't use it in my old apartment so it's amp sims and computer headphones for me.
Haha that’s awesome! My first amp was the Peavey Special 212. Had it from like Jr High through the first couple years of college, so probably like 7 or 8 years. It was a pretty badass amp. I think about it every once in a while and sometimes think I should track one down again someday the same way you did, for nostalgia’s sake.
I just bought a Peavey Studio pro 40. It sounds just as good as anything I've ever played through. I used to think they were junk amplifiers, I was wrong. And it only cost me $80. Made in USA too. Peavey is a very underrated amplifier. My first amplifier was a modeling version of a Crate. I don't miss it at all.
Very nice!
My first amp was a Project\ Kit\ home built by my Uncle Reg. It was a transistor Amp approx 25 watt head and separate Cab. It looked quite professionally built and had a spring reverb tank as well!. My uncle gave me and my brother and cousins our first Guitars and taught us those first few chords bless him
I couldn't remember the model of my peavey amp (which was my 1st guitar amp) so I just dug through my guitar pics folder on my PC and sure enough, It was a Blazer 158 lol. It was a solid amp that did the job.
Same as The Rage, just with a reverb.
If you kick it you can get some strange sounds out of the springs.
“You could wake up dead tomorrow” that’s deep
stolen from the Simpsons
I have had the Peavey Bandit 112 currently I have the Peavey Studio Pro 65, I bought it because it weighs a little less and with 65 watts I have enough, they are both excellent amplifiers, they do not have built-in effects but they do. a pure sound close to valves, no digital amp satisfies me, these red stripe are a real marvel.
Great little amp. Great video.
My first amp was/is a Pignose. I still have it and it still works. I got it in the mid,late 70s
Cheers
Sounds great
My very 1st was part of a starter package in the Argos catalogue, but the actual 1st proper amp was a Peavey Bandit.
Ampeg and EV. Dad bought them for me when I was 12 for my Univox keyboard.
That actually sounds pretty darn good ! My first amp was a Laney Mighty Eight. It worked until it didn't .
My first amp was the Fender Mustang 1 V2 which I bought in January. Cheap amp, great tones and the cleans is awesome.
Finally upgraded to a Marshall Origin 20 combo two weeks ago! Still loving both amps
My first amp is a Crate V5 tube amp. I still have it. I have purchased other amps since then but I will not sell it. A keeper.
That Blazer sounds really good to me. I love my Peavey Bandit (Red Stripe).
Hey I have one of these!. My brother is a commercial electrician, and he found it and a Epiphone Special electric guitar in the dumpster. No joke, a dumpster. The guitar was covered in cooking oil but the amp was clean. Probably some girlfriend threw out her ex's stuff. Cleaned them up and still have them.
ha gross and cool ending!
Bought new in 85'...
Peavey Backstage Plus 35watts with tank reverb...
Had for Xmas HM2 Boss made in japan 86'...
Heaven for a 16 years old kid!
Cool that the screws of the handle go all the way through the electronicals....so if it shortcircuits, and you pick up the amp with the handle, it's hammertime!
That's some proper engineering that!
My first amp was a peavey encore 65, got it in 1997ish ive been a peavey tube amp guy ever since. Though I use a 6505+ now
My first amp was a Fender RAD from the early 90s. Still have it. My buddy had the Peavey RAGE 108. The thing was tiny but it did have reverb which my amp did not. We sounded terrible (both in musicality and tone) but we had fun. Also, in my neck of the woods the place to go for gear was Musicplex in those days.
My first amp (late 70s) was a Brentwood, bought from a Woolco department store. It was about the same size as that Peavey, solid state, with a little 6 or maybe 8 inch speaker, one volume control, and a tone control. No gain or preamp.
I love my acoustic but videos like this make me realise I need to buy an acoustic at some point, I’ve got some saving to do!
My first amp was a Hughes&Kettner Attax 80. Solid state German amp. Very solid and versatile. With a great reverb too!
Love them amps
My first amp was a Samick LA10
Had it for a while and loved it then the input jack solder points broke from the circuit board so my dad took me to my local music shop and got me a Fender Champion110. Omg I loved that amp! After that moved up to a Peavey Bandit 112 (the silver stripe version) loved that amp even more. From there I've had all kinds; Marshall, Line6, Fender, Peavey.
Great little practice amp....the reverb tank makes it great....
Thanks for the video. I'm considering grabbing one of these one Reverb TBH. I am impressed with it! How does it take pedals??
it sounds alright
I had a Marshall Lead 20 in the early 80's as my first amp. I still have it along with many others today.
My first guitar and amp l bought at "Eds Guitar" Bird Rd here in Miami..an odd ball match but being 12 years old l didnt know any better.. a 78 Gibson SG Jr and a Acoustic 10 watt amp, looking back l cant believe they let me out of the store with that amp, no one explained it wasnot intended for overdrive tones and ld be better off with a Peavey or some other brand..
My first amp was a mid to late 60s Fender tube amp that I’m pretty sure was a Princeton Reverb. I bought it used along with a Fender Jaguar and the pots were pretty scratchy and they both needed work so I sold them at a garage sale for ~$200. Hindsight is 20/20.
I had a little Canadian built amplifier I acquired at a pawn shop. It was an ARC, and I still have it 40 years later!
My first amp was a vox VT40X. Great amp all around and perfect for when I was a beginner. Upgraded to a Fender EC Twinolux
I haven't bought my first amp yet. But I've had my eye on a Vox Mini3 G2 after watching some of your other videos ;)
My first amp was the Peavey Rage 158 silver stripe. It was 1998 or so. And last week I just ordered one off eBay! 😊 Nice video brotha
Champion 20 and 40 by FENDER! The best. Dot
My first was a Peavey Decade . It rocked . haha
My first amp was a Yamaha 15w that came in a bundle with my Yamaha RGX321 back in 1993 or 1994.
Landon is Mac in Always Sunny In Philadelphia.
I hope that's a good thing :)
A 1990 Peavey Rage 158 "Blue Line" Made in USA
My first amp was a 10 watt kustom bass amp, i got it for free when i bought my first guitar on a pawn shop. I still have it, good (of course bassy) sound
American made Rage 158 red stripe series, looked just like yours. I replaced the speaker with a Jensen Mod and it sounded great!
Among my collection of amps (most tube / valve) is my little solid state Peavy Rage 158. Just mic it up and run it through the PA for big venues. Light and portable with awesome tones both clean and distorted. Killer amp!
My first amp was Marshall MG50CFX, then I got the Fender Champion 100... both great amps, so far these are my only amps and I'm doing the best I can with both of them... I would definitely recommend them for any beginner
Thanks for sharing!
Hey buddy..just got power cable from Sweetwater to a 2003: blazer 158 I had given to me...I'm stoked..it has the USA made blue marvel speaker made in Mississippi in it..got JHS screamer as well..diving in shortly..lol..I'm stoked
hey cool!
I still remember my first amp, where I got it, the price.... because I got it today... a Marshall Code25.. Can't wait to start my journey.
ah nice! congrats
I still have my Peavy StudioPro 112 Red Stripe. It's a nice amp.
Those amps aren't bad. Just need to know how to run them. 🍻 I had a Kustom 15 from the 90s and black korean squier bullet strat.
First amp was a Traynor guitar mate (no idea what wattage, or anything else about it)
First guitar was a Rossetti or Rosaletti (chunk of wood covered in vinyl) strat shape.
What year was that model made? Early 90's I'm assuming!?
Bought my first guitar as a freshman in college which was a classic white SSS Squier Strat from a cook at the restaurant I worked at and needed an amp. Went to a local guitar shop with a small amount of cash and bought a used Peavey Bandit 112. It was soooo loud and I had no idea what anything did. Still wish I hadn’t sold it, it was a good amp. Now I have a bunch of amps and mainly use my Spark to model whatever I want.
Peavy Studio Pro 110 with an after market celestion 12” speaker, maybe from the person who owned it previously. Or the person before that. It still rocks! (mostly)
Holy Crap Landon, I’m not going to walk, I’m going to run full speed to buy one of these near me for $40.00 that thing sounds incredible!
worth a shot! good deal
That's a nice little amp. My first amp was Marshall solid-state combo. I don't remember the model number but it had 2 x 12" speakers and "Valvestate" on the front. Maybe 100w? It had a 2 switch pedal for switching the overdrive and something else (reverb? It had lots of knobs). I didn't have a guitar at the time (1998-ish) but always planned on getting one so when I was offered the amp in trade (a good deal for me) I took it. Fast-forward almost a year and still no guitar, a friend who played in a band asked if he could try it out and ended up making me an offer for it that was a tidy profit for me. I wish I still had it as he made it sound really damn good and it was better than what I have now.
A bit of Googling tells me that the amp I owned actually had a tube preamp with solid state power amp section. It was a Marshall Valvestate VS265. It had 3 channels and a 3 switch pedal with a spring reverb and 130w (2 x 65w into 2 x 12" Celestion Goldbacks).
Like this one reverb.com/p/marshall-valvestate-vs265-3-channel-2-x-65-watt-2x12-stereo-guitar-combo I wish I still had it now.
Just bought it as my first and saw this vid the recommendation
So I did some further digging, trying to remember which pevey I was given by my old man as my first amplifier. After looking around, I believe it was the Pevey Back Stage. It had one blue knob I think for gain. It was given to me alongside a teal burst Bentley Acoustic electric which I soon traded him for a squire bullet offset style something or other.....good times
My first amp was a little 15watt VOX amp with a 10” speaker. Can’t remember the exact model. Then I was given a mid 90s peavey bandit 112 used that for a couple years, then I bought a 2014 Fender Mustang IV. That thing was sweet. Then I sold that and now I’m rockin a 2018 Peavey Classic 30. Now I want to get a marshal. Lol
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First amp I lucked out with a Solid-state Princeton 65 for maybe $150 and it was used. I loved it so much that I own two now.
Now I'm wondering how my first amp sounds to my modern ears. It was an old Kona KA10(I think) amp. Only a bass, trebel, and volume knob. I was in hog heaven when I finally got a Zoom G1XN multi effects pedal. Both of those model names are just a best guess cause I can remember what they look like, the brand, but not the model.
The Bill Murray of Guitar and Amp Reviews ... 😜
I’ll take that! :)
Nailed it! And Bill Murray is the King, so... that means Landon is the King! \m/ \m/
Sounds pretty decent man! I had a tiny Marshall MG10 with Yamaha super strat.
My first was a Crate GX15. I feel old now.
My first amp was a 1980 Marshall JMP 2204 and a 4×12 cab... was 350 for the head and 150 for the cab in 1990. Was a ton of money for a kid. A lot of lawns were mowed for that. Still have it. Never had a practice amp before that as I had already played for 5 or 6 years by that time on a classical guitar
My first amp was a 10watt something I got used along with a guitar . The first I bought new was a Peavey Envoy 110 in the mid 90's . I just gave it away with the guitar. Now I use a Vox VT40x and it's awesome 😁
Dude KILLER sound. F the single coils., from mtw in LA. Peavey rules, baby.
Yeah, blazer is awesome. I have two of them. But my first amp was Ibanez TBX15R
nice!
My first Blazer was a bit faulty. Some caps was bad, and it sounded amazing and very tube-like, but sometimes it began to overdrive too much. I have recapped it, and it lost it's vibe and mojo with it's malfunction
@@landonbailey In fact I've felt in love with red stripes, so I've bought envoy 110, Studio Pro 112, XXL head, and I wish to find Bandit for reasonable price.
Sir, nice video 😂👏💖
May I know what guitar is that!! Looks new to me with those pick up!
this one: ruclips.net/video/oOr4pdQbTNE/видео.html
First amp, Squire Champ 25GR, still in my possession, still cranking!!
Peavey Rage from the mid-nineties. Still have it.
My first amp was a Dansette. Yes, you read that right, an old school record player. Bought it in a pawn shop for a couple of quid and wired my guitar to the pickup. It's a wonder I didn't electrocute myself. But, it was valve (tube) driven and had volume and tone knobs. It probably sounded horrible, but I didn't notice.
My first one was a Peavey Backstage 30 around 1980
My first amp was something from Montgomery Ward...... I do have a Bandit now.
Peavey Rage was my first. 1989. Edit, just picked up a NOS Red stripe Rage to tool around the house with.
Peavey sounds the best of all the small amps I have heard. Though the particular model you have isn't quite as good as the newer ones I have heard.
My first amp was a Peavey that took two D batteries and was portable or plug-in. I forget the model but it was the smallest amp they made at the time, circa 1985. It was good enough to start with and I played my Squier strat through it for months before becoming dissatisfied with the tone. Then I got a Ross which was about 20- or 30-watts and very loud with a Fane speaker. But the tone was still lacking. But I had accumulated a number of pedals, from a DOD distortion to a bunch of Boss pedals with their own floorboard/carrying case. What I did was I used the Peavey and the Boss Turbo Overdrive to push the Ross and got some very hairy distortion, but it wasn't the best distortion. About a year later I got my first solid amp, which was a Marshall JMP 100 stack. I drove that thing with a 70s era MXR Distortion + and it was awesome. I also experimented with a Rat, Tube Screamer and other pedals. I played a lot of amps but decided one of my favorites was a friend's Princeton Reverb and I loved gigging with that and a few pedals. It did the job beautifully.
Awesome amp man
I love it
I'm the guy thats gonna say I have this amp. I got with my first electric guitar, Always been a great amp had it for almost 20 years.
I had an early (late 50's) Gibson tiny combo. My dad picked it up from a friend that no longer played. It made noise but that was all. I thought it was terrific at the time (8 years old). You could say it matched my play.... Ha!
I bought a used Peavy Bandit in 2001 I think it was a 50 Watt?
My first amp was some vintage Marlboro 30A that came with a ts9.
I had a first release epiphone studio les paul gothic xll, and first one was a kay ka100 practice amp and then it was replaced by a first act gc10 practice amp..
25 watt Fender Sidekick Reverb from the 80’s.....and I still have it.
In 90 I got my first amp it was a dean markley 10watt practice amp it came with the guitar I bought from a guy. I traded it like a month later towards a Peavy pacer 150 from the 80s that once belonged to the Bentmen from Boston. Bought it from their sound guy.
I had a Peavey Backstage 50. 10" combo amp I think. Been a while, lol.
Can't find it anywhere anymore.
My first amp was a Fender frontman 15 watt back in 95, not a bad first amp and kept up with a drum kit
First amp was a Peavey Backstage 50 from the pre-TransTube days of Peavey solid state amps. That was one of the worst amps I've ever used. Thankfully new guitar players have tons of great sounding affordable gear, as well as well built, solid sounding guitars and basses to choose from at the entry level.
My first amp was a 1967 Alamo challenger with a Kramer pacer oddly enough. I recently gave it back to the friend who gave it to me when his died. I’ve gotta an S-ton of Peavey amps from tube to tube and SS to solid state. Audition 110 is my favorite lately.
thanks for sharing!
Mine was a Guild thunder bass with a pair of 15” speakers. Bought it in 1967.
"You could wake up Dead tomorrow..." Reminds me of a certain quiet night of drinking way too many Gin and Tonics... or was it Jack and Cokes? Speaking of "Dead", if you really do Love your Amp and want it to last then use Surge Protection folks, for reals.
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Same. It was also my second amp. Third was a 5150 II full stack. Fourth was the Blazer again.
ha nice!
@@landonbailey The fourth one I just ordered Monday.
that sounded pretty damn good and I'm searching for it in my local classified, lol - like I need another amp! My first amp was called West Amplifier. All transistor with four controls volume bass treble master. No overdrive and really really bad clean. Used a mxr distortion+ and used my church hallway as a reverb.
Oh btw, you don't need to play no riff's.