Remember The 90's: The Peavey Rage

[@KRamone27]

I think I may speak for a lot of people when I say we wanna see a video of you actually running 6 of these now like you did as a kid 😂😂

[@budDG9298]

That would be awesome wouldn't it?

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

yes

[@freepadz6241]

Yes. Do it.

[@steveedmondson9651]

That would be epic for sure

[@mborel]

The Wall of Rage! Only shrunken down like the Stonehenge from Spinal Tap.

[@ZedChuva]

"I could always rely on my Rage." - aka, it's solid state, so I didn't worry about a tube breaking, or having to wait for it to warm up, or some other random unknown about tubes. I just plugged in, and knew it would going to sound the same every time. I had, and toured with a Peavey Bandit 112, and never once had an issue with it.

[@joshbeer414]

@@likemikehd3560 it's really not.

[@GabrielNacu]

Peavey Bandits are bloody good, i still use one for rehearsing and the occasional gig :)

[@Just-Michael]

I have the Modern Bandit and it's pretty sick. A few pedals and you can get a ton of tones out of it! I got it on clearance and it was a great buy! Use it mostly for bedroom recording and it hasn't disappointed yet!

[@alabamahebrew]

@Michael Miller - Damn dude that was cold...funny, but cold. Mike evidently likes to be surprised whenever he plugs in and starts to play lol. As for me, and most guitarists I know, When I kick on my amp and I bring up that perfect AC/DC setting I spent hours perfecting, well gosh darn it all I want it to sound the same every time.

[@dylanzrim1011]

Ron Just Ron exactly. Who wants to turn their amp on and do a full sound check before playing for their grandma at bingo?? 😂

[@bdwitt66]

You forgot the proper EQ: bass on 10, mids on 0, treble on 10.

[@bdwitt66]

@Cody Truesdale lol how could I have forgotten all the gain!?

[@lowlifeangler]

LoL, I would increase the mid, decrease the high

[@deathbydeviceable]

@@lowlifeangler no, you're suppose to scoop this mids, and add a distortion pedal to all that gain on the amp. I don't even think you play guitar with that dumb comment you just put

[@deathbydeviceable]

@@daniels1293 just wow

[@lhsailo]

@@daniels1293 I'm surprised the joke went way over your head to the point that you actually made a full detailed reply lol

[@JD-vj4go]

A Peavey Rage? Luxury! In the 80s we had Gorilla Amps.

[@whodamathadamus]

I still love my two 50 watter Gorilla's run in stereo ... those 35 watt ones sucked hard.

[@mistermojo1969]

I've owned Peavey SS, Line 6 and Gorilla. Love junky amps! Never owned a Rage, but a good friend did. I have my eye on a Blazer at a pawn shop right now...can probably score it for 40 or so. I just have to convince myself I need another small amp. A Rage with reverb, who wouldn't want that?

[@Dannyexplosion]

Yeah we did.

[@BobPapadopoulos]

I have an entire wall of random practice/oddity amps all wired together that, at last count, is up to 37 pieces. The first three were a Rage 158, a Gorilla, and a Fender Champ.

[@bluesriot2]

luxury lmfao monty python

[@crsantin]

Peavey’s transtube technolghy was pretty cool. The early amp modeler.

[@atocvideoproduction9894]

Love there technology it's actually pretty good for the price points

[@ZachComa]

I have an older US made Transtube Special 212 that I still dust off sometimes and use as a head every now and again. It's heavy AF to lug around, but it served me well for about 15 years. That line is still some of the best sounding solid states ever made IMHO. I'd highly recommend to anyone on a budget.

[@russianbot2397]

@@ZachComa I have the Transtube 258 EFX. It's such a good amp!

[@omarcusihuaman4261]

It has nothing to do with amp modelling concept. The transtube is "just" transistors stages specially desing to affect signal just like real tubes (it's like the same structure of a tube amp but with transistors) instead of regular Solid state amps that use opamps to module the signal

[@Cole-ek7fh]

i have the transtube supreme 100-watt head. it is a great amp.

[@landonbailey]

Nice! I had the slightly bigger brother, the Peavey Blazer (added reverb) and was Red Stripe. Flipping the bird at 2:35 was a cool easter egg. 😛👍

[@CMQ01]

I just went out and found a Peavey Rage 158 (second version. No red stripe) because it was my very first amp. I was shocked how good it sounded still. I just assumed my teenage ears didn't know any better but it does sound respectable and is really damn loud

[@chrissampsonmusic4806]

Dude..thanks for doing this series. I bought this amp in 1997 when I was a young Airman living in the dorms on base in NC. I ran the old Grunge pedal through it and had a blast. 🤘🏻

[@iamn8746]

Peavey rage series > any line 6 spider series.

[@yallevereatenbeans2723]

SixStringer Neight playing unplugged > any line 6 spider

[@iamn8746]

@@yallevereatenbeans2723 Trueeeee

[@freepadz6241]

Nope.

[@yallevereatenbeans2723]

FreePadz wow you really showed me, what a well constructed and informative comment

[@freepadz6241]

@@yallevereatenbeans2723 get back to watching the mall, Paul and dont worry about 90s amps.

[@Daverotherham]

Yes, that is what the Rage in my motley collection of amps does, too. However, it is worth mentioning its other brother, not the big Bandit stage amp, but the Companion busking/studio amp. Everything that is good about the Rage, except three stage gain control so you can get creamy overdrive to make tube snobs weep in envy.

[@KungFuCooter]

I still have my Peavy Rage. Love that amp. It was my 1st and favorite.

[@Basementn3k0]

i’ve got an og peavey backstage 110 made in meridian, ms. it still rocks out and a real spring reverb tank.

[@cliftongardner4367]

Peavey solid state combos are great amplifiers, and no one will ever be able to convince me otherwise. I really, really want a Bandit 65 from this era.

[@Chucksguitargeekery]

I have one. Just keep an eye on craigslist, they pop up. Got mine for $60.

[@misterknightowlandco]

I got a 65 they are fucking amazing.

[@Ronno4691]

I sold mine in 1992... Great amp. Hope you get one. I had an instruction sheet with mine that I used to get different tones like Blues, Rock, Metal, etc! Loads of knobs on it. Time for a reissue, Peavey!!

[@Dano6sic69]

sell them. buy a boss katana. youy peaveys are great. But katanas are awesome. Owned many peavey amps from rage to spyder. Absolute crap and I dont say that lightly either, compared to the new boss katana series.

[@misterknightowlandco]

@@Dano6sic69 played a katana. Hated it. The distortion sounded dull and hurt my ears. Just not good man. It aint got shit on the old american bandits.

[@ResidentRob]

The guitarist in my first serious band had a Peavey Stereo Chrous and we toured the UK, did plenty of professional recording and it sounded great.

[@clayjr67]

I have pevey back stage it is 30 years old and still rocks to this day matey older it even had reverb, it was my first amp

[@thorthunderlungs5171]

I had a Backstage, Envoy, and a couple of Bandits. Unused to run the Envoy into my roommates TKO bass amp and rattle our apartment. Peavey is my childhood basically.

[@floydlay9189]

Great review,,I bought one today for $80,,AU,,,,,,TO BE HONEST MY FIRST USA made amp,,gotta start somewhere,I'm not a young man 50,,,,did I do ok,,I know this is a old thread,,,but look forward to hearing from you!

[@permafrost2064]

Nice Everytime I Die riff! Very underrated band.

[@monkehitstring]

What song is it ? I can't recall aaaaa

[@permafrost2064]

The New Black

[@karimcash55]

Underrated? They sell out every tour pretty much dude ahaha

[@austindurham5736]

Dude every time I die fucking kills it. If you've never heard of them get on that shit cause they write some crazy badass shit for sure. One of my favorite bands.

[@dekion261]

I got mine today for 25 dollars in relatively wonderful condition, all it's knobs. I love the little bastard. I guess it was my ignorance, my guitar's pups or the amp, but my first one when i was a kid, was muddy as hell and no matter what i did it was just muddy, so I traded as fast as i could for a Randall. This one i got today sounds awesome, I can't wait to throw some gain in front of it and see how it sounds boosted.

[@ResinstanceMike]

Man. That brings back some memories of the mid 90s. Those were some good times.

[@sahlomonic]

My very first amp was a red stripe Rage 158 back in '96. Fell in love with that specific Peavey Transtube tone. Still use some of the red stripe transtube amps every now and then.

[@toxictophat711]

I have a tube duece and a trans tube bandit and man they both sound so amazing

[@sqlb3rn]

I'm trying to forget all the cheap shitty gear I played on in the 90s, but you keep reminding me! Remeber the DOD death metal pedal?

[@n7warlock22]

Hey I loved the death metal pedal lol

[@jmwicked]

I bought a Dod death metal 10 years ago, for really cheap. Sounds huge when plugged in a SansAmp GT, direct to mix

[@hbomb495]

I loved that pedal also, one of the gnarliest sounds I ever got was using it to boost the front end of my 5150 head into two crate 4x12’s. Tighter than a fishes arse.

[@fredriksvard2603]

and the ”grunge”

[@johngloom9235]

I absolutely loved the DOD death metal! Heavy as fuck! Though when I bought one two years ago I was rather disappointed with it...

[@chrisjarrett799]

Such a great sound brother great to see this I remember this was my first ever amp sure had some grunt to it...gotta love the 90s best days along with the 80s cheers

[@Real_Boye]

I love that you made this video!!!! It's good to know that cheaper doesn't always mean worse :D

[@lowlifeangler]

I have a Addition Chorus from 1988. Still a good self jam practice amp. Paired that with a DigiTech RP1. My big rig is a DigiTech 2112 pre amp, Alesis 3630 compressor/noise gate, Samson 500 servo power amp and Marshall cabs

[@scottpeters5260]

My guitar tech had a shop where under his guitar work bench he had a ten watt Peavey Decade. He used it to check how guitars sounded after he worked on them. One day I was his last customer and it was closing time. He shut off the lights and as we were walking out I noticed the little red power light on his Decade amp was still on. I told him " hey you left your amp on..To my amazement he said he always left it on and had NEVER turned it off once. That shop has been open 30+ years and that Decade is STILL on. !!! And works perfectly.

[@Ndlanding]

Hence global warming.

[@metmerc1]

Oh the memories. My buddy had a Peavey Rage to go with his HSS Yamaha Pacifica in the 90's. I had my Ibanez RG along with my Crate GX-30 - another classic 90's starter amp.

[@Metal_Scott]

That sounded way better than I thought it would. I dig it

[@Abaddon231]

I still have my Rage 158 from the 90s. As a kid I loved the over the top gain you could squeeze out of these, and how just how loud they could get.

[@sebsthexeno9460]

The character is surprisingly solid. Obviously it doesn’t have a lot of thump to it, and it’s not a particularly unique sound, but the fact that it sounds even semi competently made is actually really impressive.

[@lachlanmoir79]

I was using an original Bandit 112 recently. It’s an excellent amp with a pre-amp valve. Beautiful cleans too.

[@cncnmore4505]

Fluff....u bastard....almost cried!!!that was my first amp my old man bought it out of someones closet

[@troyking694]

Awesome video, I used one in the military in 91’ and took it over seas with me . Great amp

[@ritualsofthedarksun]

Oh wow, nice!

[@radosawwalkowski5824]

Overdrive on this little guy sounds pretty amazing

[@Metalbass1979]

Yeah. I don't remember them sounding that good, but then again, I was a teenager in the 90's and probably didn't know how to set an EQ.

[@DarkSim77]

@@Metalbass1979 Or..most importantly..how to play..

[@Metalbass1979]

@@DarkSim77 Actually, I was one of the few who could really play back then. I'm a Prog-Metal guy and learned all the hard stuff because popular music was super boring. I just didn't learn that scooping an EQ was a bad thing until around 1998.

[@SugarMapleForge]

I just picked one of these up and I'm actually impressed with the tones I'm getting out of it.

[@I_Really_Enjoy_Not_Seeing_You]

I have an earlier but slightly larger relative of the Rage, a Backstage Plus (The plus was for spring reverb.) It has lived a hard life, including being forlorn in a screen room by a family member through all of the elements and splash/wind rain for about 15 years. The MDF is shot, and I did respeaker it because the paper, while not ripped, was so soft it was flubbing. Despite that, it still doesn't skip a beat. The electronics in those things just don't die. It does seem to like the mids run high, but it may be due to new speakers' voicing.

[@radosawwalkowski5824]

Well, 1990 was thirty years ago, that's like ages ago for me

[@deanplayer69metalplayer89]

Radosław Walkowski I know right my first amp in the 90's was one of those Gorillas then had the Peavey Rage then moved on to the DOD Grind it and DOD Grunge amps those were badass!!

[@russianbot2397]

@@deanplayer69metalplayer89 Oh, I'm so jealous. Do you still have the dod Grunge amp? Im seriously looking for one. I just recently dug up my dod Grunge pedal FX69b at my mom's house, and I'm crazy in love with it. One of my tube amps has effects loop, and it just sounds way better than in front of the amp. I then learned about the dod Grunge amp, i think fron this guy's channel, and i really want one.

[@deanplayer69metalplayer89]

Russian Bot No I wish I did still have them though!

[@russianbot2397]

@@deanplayer69metalplayer89 We're somewhat in luck because they still pop up once in a blue on eBay and reverb. You should get all your 90's nostalgia amps and pedals soon because they are not getting any cheaper. And i have a feeling that the tube amp bubble is going to burst soon, and hipsters are gonna go back to wanting solid states.

[@deanplayer69metalplayer89]

Russian Bot Right I found a DOD GRUNGE on eBay a few years ago it didnt have the speaker it looked like a tweaker got ahold of it he was trying to sell it for $300 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RocknBoondock]

My first amp! Still own it and love it! Got it hand-me-down from my brother, sometime 2006-2007. Amazing little practice amp! I always did wish it had a little reverb though, but not a huge deal. I remember the headphone jack being a life saver for an aspiring guitarist in a small quiet home. I stumbled upon this video while looking at Peavey Classic 30s. My current amp is a Studio Pro 112, but I may sell that one... ironically enough, to the same brother.

[@Moka8]

Loved hearing some ETID!

[@effinjerk]

This was my first amp, and I had a knock off guitar called a gladiator that my father got from a pawn shop back in the early 90s! I remember learning lots of nirvana, Metallica, and stone temple pilots riffs on that bad boy! Great memories and thanks for the fun video!

[@bakerXderek]

I think this is the same amp I learned on way back in the day lol

[@dudemandudebro938]

I used the bandit and studio in the early/mid 90s... I still use them as well as the envoy. just for the house, great cleans and pedals..

[@anewdimnsion]

As a kid i was lucky enough to cut my teeth on, in this order: Rage 158 Bandit 112 Transtube 212 The transtube still has a spot in my jam room. That old geezer still sounds fantastic.

[@diegoleiva7242]

Lucky indeed! The Bandit still kicks ass to this day IMO.

[@sl0wthy]

Still rock out with my Rage 158 ✊ jacked it from my brother ~15 years ago when I started playing and still love it today

[@jesseyasaitis9036]

Gotta wire a plug on the end of the speaker wires and run a 4x12 with it!

[@richardgordon-davis707]

I was thinking of doing that same thing... how does it work and what is the sound like mate?

[@pablobarra297]

yeah little rage with a 4x12!!!

[@springbloom5940]

@@richardgordon-davis707 Like next to nothing. Thats just way too much cone to drive with ~12w. It might sound good mic'd up at low volume. It does sound pretty good on a single 12, but a little weak. Almost zero power and volume loss, running a 10, with benefit of substantial sound quality improvement. Its a ~12-14w 4ohm amp, its just not intended to stack. I just got a used one, to start over with, after losing a bunch of fingers and selling all my stuff. But the Rage was my first 'good' amp and I tried just about everything, including driving my 4x10 KMD stack with it.

[@richardgordon-davis707]

@@springbloom5940 Thank you for the answer it makes very good sense.

[@williammontgomery6132]

Peavey Blazer 158 has real spring reverb.Upgraded speaker in 2016 to perfectly good sounds.Use it regularly in my tiny apartment.

[@Dave6SS]

Nice..I had one of these myself back in the day

[@jimaquilano9137]

I like Peavey, I have an old Peavey PA system that I just took out of storage in my basement , cleaned the pots and it still works great.

[@TheJMan1K]

Pepers pedals makes a pedal version of the preamp of the Rage... Might wanna review it!

[@TonyPepers]

There is one heading his way.......

[@TheJMan1K]

Tony Pepers nice. Gonna purchase one soon for this portable rig I’m building.

[@TonyPepers]

@@TheJMan1K AWESOME!!! Thanks man! I think right now I have 10 in stock

[@parkkingery9216]

I own one and it's an awesome sounding pedal

[@ChefBrianTsao]

SOOOOO MANY MEMORIES!!!!

[@jokerstrick9922]

that cheeky every time i die riff, nice

[@larschristerbillback8098]

Peavey Studio Chorus 210 from 1990 or thereabouts. Still got that bugger. Even played big-band jazz guitar (with a strat nonetheless) on it.

[@sxrtaylor32]

Sounds better than my Bugera 333XL lmao, jk, but this amp with preamp valve would be a beast, awesome video man! Like to see this old things coming back

[@ViciousAudioTX]

I would take a blaze over a 333xl anytime. If you run it out if a better cab it will really rip

[@sxrtaylor32]

@Daniel Rodriguez I actually turn the master volume really low I think, it sounds pretty solid but when I play it on gigs it sounds soooo "treblely" it doesnt have so much low, but thats my take on it :(

[@sxrtaylor32]

@@ViciousAudioTX I have a really good cab on it, H&K V30 4x12, when its at a low volume it sounds amazing but in gigs with high volume this cab has sooo much treble on it, but I couldnt try to change every too much, 646 on bass/middle/treble but idk man

[@sxrtaylor32]

I meant head not cab

[@andrewellis2964]

I had a bandit 112 run to a cab for a LONG time for live shows. It never let me down and was a great sounding amp. I never had money for a tube amp back then and it really did great

[@joeyhayek]

Smashed like for the ETID riffage

[@Psyfonify]

Same

[@hunterpuhrmusic]

Big same.

[@DavidThull]

I still have my old Peavey Bandit 112 and Express 112. I bought them back in 1993. My son just started playing guitar and now he's using those old amps that I've kept for all these years. They still kick ass after all these years.

[@cabbycabby1770]

Peavey Bandit red stripe is the king of SS.

[@michaeljensen1625]

Agreed. I own one and I constantly end up surprising people with it. I put it up against Mesas and Fenders and Marshalls and it totally holds its own in a gigging situation. Not as much in a studio situation. But I love it as a live option.

[@lachlanmoir79]

I preferred my Transtube version with the Sheffield speaker. But, they’re both excellent amps. As for king of SS, that crown is worn by the Fender Eighty Five IMHO

[@therapist6328]

@@lachlanmoir79 I had red knobbed deluxe 85. It was a killer amp that I traded way to fast in my quest for a real tube amp. Great clean and dirty with a plus plus reverb. My red stripe peavey was traded to get the fender 85. My amp heads are going to the grave with me, but those 2 SS amps were very good and should have been kept. I would trade amps like hockey cards but would hold on to my pedals for dear life. I don't know why.

[@guitarocd9984]

Randall rg80 is the king of solid state.

[@therapist6328]

@@guitarocd9984 I also have a Randall RH 100 ss head that I could never get rid of and let my kids use. It sucks hard.

[@scedge]

Awesome. Had a Rage 158 as my first amp back in the early 90s. Only issue I ever had was a popping instrument jack outlet.

[@My0wnSavi0r]

Do a Crate GX-15 I remember those when i was a broke student. Lmfaoooooo they sucked.

[@ZachComa]

That was my first amp. I ended up selling it for more than I bought it for. I had to sweeten the deal with a cable, those were the days.

[@bryand.5240]

This was my first amp, funny enough my main gigging amp now is a crate stealth, reliable, cheap, and sounds good enough that the better amps can stay safe at home

[@stephendre2902]

Hahahahaha. Same. But fuck that bro, that’s real distortion.

[@My0wnSavi0r]

@Stacy Lynn Sutherland very possible lol ,

[@cowtowncustoms2110]

I still have a Peavey Rage 158 TransTube and is it works perfect. Also a Peavey ValveKing 100 watt half stack for getting crazy! I have had lots of Peavey amps and you are right, They are work horses that will not let you down!

[@johnathandk42134]

I had an old 80s or 90s peavey backstage, i feel like if someone never had one of those era peaveys then they shouldnt be trusted as a guitarist haha

[@thorthunderlungs5171]

Too true.

[@vamito3070]

Still got mine. Ran the out into a tube Yamaha 2x12. Loved it!

[@MrKichtopher]

+10 for ETID riffing

[@JimmyZillA69]

I had one of these , and I used to slap a bunch of those olds school Ibanez soundtank pedals in front of it. For what I was it was cool and dependable, sounded like angry bees, but it did capture the buzzsaw slayer type sound I was looking for.

[@safetytfh]

I had a rage 158. Sounded worse than a Frontman 15.

[@kalebthornsberry870]

I did too. Super bad. That "TransTube" crap is... well, crap haha

[@dpb22]

@@kalebthornsberry870 - The Bandit is a MUCH better example of the TransTube. The cleans on the bandit are insanely good, even today. The short coming of the Rage is the speaker. Johan Segeborn plugged a rage into a 4x12 and it was shocking. Immense sound.

[@scottydogg278]

Lol - I still have my Rage 158 that I bought in 2001

[@kalebthornsberry870]

@@dpb22 Hmm, that's true. The Bandit definitely was pretty damn good.

[@minus9us677]

Douglas Bell the bandit with the transtube stuff,,, blast the clean channel and use the knob on the right as master volume... its INSANE awesome.... im serious

[@louaguado995]

I've used a bandit for rehearsals for years. Wasn't too fond of the drive sound so I used the clean channel with stomp boxes in the front or a line6 pod into the effects return.

[@andytatt100]

30 years fluff that amp came out 30 years ago....

[@jmalnar62]

I got a 158 rage but the connection port is messed up and it’s not grabbing the plug. I love the dirty sound on these.

[@ChristianIce]

I had that one Worst distortion on planet Earth.

[@youngsterjoey9038]

False

[@ChristianIce]

@@youngsterjoey9038 Why would I lie about having an ampli?

[@youngsterjoey9038]

@@ChristianIce liar

[@ChristianIce]

@@youngsterjoey9038 lol

[@billko4342]

I think it's pretty good for its being cheap (and much better than those "mini" amps of these days.

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

I still have the Peavey Bass amp I bought used in 1977 in Panama City Beach, FL. Still have the 215 cabinet that matches it, but the speakers need to be replaced. But that amp has seen tons of gigs, and never broke down. Yes, solid state, but solid reliability, too. I'll never sell it.

[@AlistairMaxwell77]

wall of rage is good name for a band....

[@niallooo]

N O T E D

[@Psyfonify]

Maybe if you're 10 years old it is. Sounds pretty fuckin gay to me

[@maximilianomendezlobo8072]

@@Psyfonify youtube stupids:

[@billherbert4961]

My free 1989 Peavey Rage is now clean and I've painted the tolex seafoam green over a thick filler primer that was brush painted then rolled the brush strokes flat and tickled with sandpaper . Played on it taken apart, no cab housing anything, and it still sounded great. Pots scratch sound is sorted with a single dose of contact cleaner and knob turning. I will save my pennies and eventually put a nice Mellotone grill cloth on it. Cheap black for now will have to do. Tempted to spray the Peavey logo plate but I decided to keep it original. The stamped metal hardware will get sprayed with a gold metallic I think. Re-assembly in 48 hours after the hardware paint cures. Looking forward to playing my wee hotrod amp.

[@subliminallabs]

I always liked to crank the overdrive and the bass, cut the mid and high all the way down, turn the volume up just enough before the bass breaks up, then slowly introduce mid then high just barely until they begin to sparkle and close mic it with an sm58, huge sound!

[@chrisc.1668]

Yup, my first amp from 20 years ago...Peavey Rage 158 and I still have it! Tried giving it away a couple times over the years and it always found its way back to me. True about its reliability, she's built like a bank vault!

[@Doggieman1111]

Thanks for a review of this classic beast

[@uziel5000]

Had a Rage 108. I believe it was 2nd gen.(with the teal green striping Peavy used in the 90's) I loved playing through that thing scooped (no mids).

[@madmod]

Peavey killed it. I had a VT Classic 212 50 watt combo. They were weird because although a hybrid amp, the solid state side to it was actually the preamp rather than the power amp which was powered by 2 6l6s. I threw a boss power driver in front of a multi fx and ran it into the pre-in on the back of the amp and it was killer. They also have built in reverb and depending on the year, a phaser or tremolo. Very good heavy cheap amps

[@aliquidcow]

Rage 158 was the first amp I got, I remember being so excited to finally have it. In fact I still have it and it works - useful for living room rehearsals etc.

[@obsessedfans]

Used a Peavey Envoy 110 recently for a gig playing 50s and 60s stuff. Very high gain for that stuff so it took a good day tweaking the dials to get a good clean sound. I put chrome guitar strings on just so I could get a softer sound. It worked out okay in the end. I bought the amp as a back up for £99 and a fine back up it is.

[@iankinakin5572]

You have inspired me to seek out another Peavey Audition 30. I learned on it and I still remember how much I loved it's sound with the saturation/thick buttons on. Had it stolen when I lived in a punk house and I still think about it all the time, especially since my late grandfather gave it to me.

[@WaveArsenal]

Hopefully its still out there making music

[@Tommy.McLean]

Man that's what I learned in back in 92. The memories are flooding back! I remember I started getting bored with learning then I learned how to palm mute. Game over. Shit, remember learning by guitar one and other magazines? Now youtube can teach you to shred in 5 freaking minutes

[@rickfeith6372]

I member that...I had a Rage 158 I got for Christmas at 14, it smelled good. Good times, thanks for the memories.

[@jordanlucasthemusician]

i had the peavey audition plus! the thing was a little beast, it had a push pull knob for distortion. only one 12" speaker, and cranked could jam over a kit

[@TurpTesta]

I still have a Rage 158 kicking around. Back in the day I ran a Line 6 POD (cab sims turned on) into the aux input on the amp.

[@russianbot2397]

I have the Peavey transtube 258 efx Red Stripe from the early 2000's with all the effects but for the last two weeks, ive been dailying my 1996 Crate GX-15.

[@BenjiH23]

Got a Bandit. I use it as a spare/ extra amp. Pretty pleased with it for the money.

[@seantalkingthroughthemedia4838]

Im 43 now and this was My first amp. I got it with a white Peavey Predator. Really wish I still had that stuff

[@alucarddamed]

Oh the nostalgia, the Rage 158 i use to have was the Silver line one, later on i use it as a head to move a Mesa recto cab 1x12, and the sound was really nice.

[@REPVILE]

My first amp right there. Ran a Kaman GTX with an x2n power plus in the bridge. Upgraded to the bandit a couple years later.

[@justfine77777]

My first amp, and my first electric guitar was a blue Series 10 Strat copy. It had black hardware. I can’t even find a picture of that guitar anywhere these days.

[@FrankNStein-cp6qm]

Found an 89' Rage tonight that is an absolute museum piece.. picking it up tomorrow for $50.. I collect old peavey amps & this one will be my best one..

[@Zeroaddone]

Call me nuts, but it doesn't sound terrible at all. I had a Peavey Ultra Plus tube combo and I loved it. I eventually sold it and got the Ultra Plus head and I still own it. They haven't been in production for many years so I've been itching to get it tone matched and use it digitally.

[@wfrancis25]

I had the peavey blazer (15W), that I took back due to some kind off channel mixing, Then got the Audition 110, and I still have it 15 years later

[@chrisinkansas1362]

Still have my Rage 158! It was my very first amp and it came with a peavey raptor plus, which I also still have. Fun little inexpensive combo to play around on 🤘

[@brpadington]

My old starter Peavey from 1995 still works like new. It wasn't loud enough to play with a drummer but it took pedals well. I have an old Peavey Deuce from 1978 that has a 120 watt tube output section. Peaveys are built like tanks!

[@akeeperofoddknowledge4956]

I bought one in the late 90s along with a Samick strat copy. They sounded terrible together but that was probably due to the cheap pickups. My nephew still had the amp but the guitar got away. No loss! Thanks for the memories!

[@nicks4802]

And until a few months ago, I was using 3 amps through a Y box (and one stereo output on a pedal). the rage was one of them. It provided all of the mids. Literally all the mids came from that, the lows came out of the roland cube, and a little traynor amp provided the mid/hi range.

[@DeSRecordings]

My dad gave me his Peavy Rage he bought in the late 80s when I was just starting on guitar, and I loved it. I remember that when I would switch to the lead channel, sometimes I would pick up radio through the amp! haha

[@Am71919]

That used to happen to our lead guitarist in church in the early 90s

[@fuckgoogle9236]

We must be around the same age, cause I bought one of these from a pawnshop, as a kid, and loved it. It had enough gain to make my South Of Heaven sound respectable.

[@projectno5]

i've had a few peavey amps/guitars/basses over the years and i'm always reminded of something steve albini said about peavey stuff. "it always works, it always sounds like a peavey but it always works"

[@BOUZOUKI_PETE]

my first amp... the distortion sounded better with a mid scoop on that eq- clean channel was perfect!

[@jollyradtv9941]

I just got mine. Rage 158 (1994 built), in mint condish. very heavy I must say for the size and built like a tank. I will collect more of these. Next target Blaze!