I Bought My FIRST Amplifier, Again!

[@landonbailey]

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

[@JohnBrown-z2u]

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).

[@brandonanderson2066]

Line 6 spider. 150 watts for playing every power chord.

[@danmar007]

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.

[@smbmxdirt3427]

Peavey rage 158

[@rafaelgcpp]

Yamaha GA-10. Still have it, but don't play with it since 2016, when I got a Boss Katana.

[@rockandrollmd541]

I have a red stripe Rage, bought it around 2001 for practicing....still works perfectly! Peavey makes great amps!

[@tom-sn999]

I have the exact same one 👍 Good yes but my Boss Katana is better but I guess it’s normal because of the 25years difference.

[@kolchak357]

My first amp was a Gorilla TC-35 35W Tube Cruncher Amp. Bought it back in 1989. I still have it.

[@Thekarateadult]

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.

[@09-caokhanhduy89]

Just bought it as my first and saw this vid the recommendation

[@roboravitz5572]

I returned to my Peavey Renown 40 years later after using same amp back in early to mid 80s and love it.The Peavey Renown is a rocking amp!!

[@Supernautiloid]

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??

[@aaronmaiden3606]

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

[@jah8859]

Pump it up, when you don't really need it Pump it up, until you can feel it

[@darwinsaye]

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.

[@sanjograi4199]

Nice I didn't realize that!

[@JackDaniels10101]

My first amp was a Peavey.. a Backstage Plus, in around 1983. It was loud enough to have me evicted :)

[@DarylSawatzky]

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.

[@landonbailey]

ha gross and cool ending!

[@AntonStratocaster]

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.

[@waynewhiteside]

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.

[@edwardvara9993]

My first amp was/is a Pignose. I still have it and it still works. I got it in the mid,late 70s Cheers

[@russellsmith6881]

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

[@dinkeredwards3431]

When i got my first amp i was 13..that was 37 years ago..i cant remember. .the first one i remember was a small Crate combo amp..

[@Fryerbottom]

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.

[@REPVILE]

Same as The Rage, just with a reverb.

[@OlExtraRegularBass]

If you kick it you can get some strange sounds out of the springs.

[@waynebagley]

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.

[@Lowtech14]

Sounds great

[@Aydinsanchezz]

“You could wake up dead tomorrow” that’s deep

[@landonbailey]

stolen from the Simpsons

[@jimmyjames2022]

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.

[@craig7810]

My very 1st was part of a starter package in the Argos catalogue, but the actual 1st proper amp was a Peavey Bandit.

[@sunnys3325]

My first amp was a little white Gorilla amp. I think it was 15W...mid 80s...wish I still had that thing for sentimental reasons

[@prisonmike4971]

Same here! First amp. 2001 I think.

[@BrandonOutside]

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.

[@Darrelb07]

My first was a Peavey Decade . It rocked . haha

[@BardePhilippe.P76]

The rage 158 had distorsion button

[@tom-sn999]

A knob, more like 2 knobs. A clean channel and a distorted.

[@hotrodsgarage]

I had a Marshall Lead 20 in the early 80's as my first amp. I still have it along with many others today.

[@DennisJPolson]

That Blazer sounds really good to me. I love my Peavey Bandit (Red Stripe).

[@maciejzygmuntowski6748]

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

[@landonbailey]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Journey-of-1000-Miles]

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!

[@riverman6655]

Great little practice amp....the reverb tank makes it great....

[@martinlahaie6012]

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!

[@eljavi2959]

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

[@keesketsers5866]

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!

[@darwinsaye]

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.

[@Leemuzhko]

Yeah, blazer is awesome. I have two of them. But my first amp was Ibanez TBX15R

[@landonbailey]

nice!

[@Leemuzhko]

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

[@Leemuzhko]

@@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.

[@Shaun.Stephens]

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.

[@Shaun.Stephens]

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.

[@shawnfitzgerald9037]

American made Rage 158 red stripe series, looked just like yours. I replaced the speaker with a Jensen Mod and it sounded great!

[@BuckSatan13]

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.

[@interested_in_things]

Landon is Mac in Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

[@landonbailey]

I hope that's a good thing :)

[@Canadianwheelchairguitar]

I bought a used Peavy Bandit in 2001 I think it was a 50 Watt?

[@Ottophil]

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

[@davidbono9359]

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 ;)

[@shaunw9270]

That actually sounds pretty darn good ! My first amp was a Laney Mighty Eight. It worked until it didn't .

[@michaelharrisson1683]

What's the difference from the Rage and Blazer?

[@landonbailey]

Blazer has a reverb tank

[@michaelharrisson1683]

@@landonbailey cool... I just bought a blazer today for $35 Cad in excellent condition.. I was wondering what the difference was and I suppose the blazer is the better if the two ... Awesome video

[@landonbailey]

ya it would be the better of the two if you like reverb. cheers!

[@WrathPassion]

A 1990 Peavey Rage 158 "Blue Line" Made in USA

[@atlejohnnyrygg7124]

Peavey Rage from the mid-nineties. Still have it.

[@allisonholmesmusic97]

My first amp was a 10 watt Holmes amp that I bought because my last name is Holmes. My second was a Peavy Stereo Chorus 400. I currently own a Fender Champion 20 and am thinking of upgrading to something better

[@tom-sn999]

Stereo Chorus 😍 I would love to have one

[@espertempo]

My first amp was a Yamaha 15w that came in a bundle with my Yamaha RGX321 back in 1993 or 1994.

[@waltwilliams5195]

Ampeg and EV. Dad bought them for me when I was 12 for my Univox keyboard.

[@azbababooey]

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.

[@jameshill2015]

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..

[@teslaedison6236]

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

[@Levy3o8]

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.

[@OlExtraRegularBass]

Same. It was also my second amp. Third was a 5150 II full stack. Fourth was the Blazer again.

[@landonbailey]

ha nice!

[@OlExtraRegularBass]

@@landonbailey The fourth one I just ordered Monday.

[@michaelmillican5592]

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.

[@landonbailey]

Very nice!

[@REPVILE]

Peavey Rage was my first. 1989. Edit, just picked up a NOS Red stripe Rage to tool around the house with.

[@danmar007]

I still have my Peavy StudioPro 112 Red Stripe. It's a nice amp.

[@jeremywooldridge5537]

My first was a Crate GX15. I feel old now.

[@dalepal]

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.

[@benlogan430]

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.

[@landonbailey]

thanks for sharing!

[@RobertNolan]

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.

[@nubfishin9152]

Sony boombox..plugged into the mic input. Its what I used for about a year.

[@ericwarrington6650]

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

[@landonbailey]

hey cool!

[@philsequeira3180]

First amp, Squire Champ 25GR, still in my possession, still cranking!!

[@marscounty]

Great little amp. Great video.

[@Sean_Plays_Guitar]

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

[@BrandonKJohnson]

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.

[@Steven_SK]

My first amp was something from Montgomery Ward...... I do have a Bandit now.

[@thein-tele-gent5654]

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)

[@davidfrazerwray7525]

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.

[@landonmontgomery2693]

A little late to this video, but my first amp was a Peavey Rage 158 in about 1993. I bought it brand new from a Mr. Entertainment music store in Alberta. I picked up that amp and a Vantek strat copy. I still have the guitar, but I sold the amp ages ago after I upgraded to a Bandit 112, which I also sold. I've been thinking about buying another Rage, but it seems hard to find one from the early 90's.

[@landonbailey]

nice! do you recall the price in 93?

[@landonmontgomery2693]

@@landonbailey Sorry, but that's too long ago for me to remember. Lol

[@KozmykJ]

The Bill Murray of Guitar and Amp Reviews ... 😜

[@landonbailey]

I’ll take that! :)

[@astewart9410]

Nailed it! And Bill Murray is the King, so... that means Landon is the King! \m/ \m/

[@lucyfuir6386]

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.

[@nineislandshuffle6599]

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.

[@upside-down6211]

peavey 158 and bandit 112 are same tone became they are same transtube series?

[@landonbailey]

probably

[@upside-down6211]

@@landonbailey i want update from peavey 158 to 12 inch speaker amp . Vypyr vip 3 or bandit or valveking ?Which one is more suitable for heavy music? Which has the best distortion?thanks

[@landonbailey]

I haven't tried them all. also best is personal preference of what you like the most

[@richardbates2367]

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..

[@woltri68]

I bought this amp back in 2002 together with my first electric guitar - the guitar I gave away (was a J&D LP-style (housebrand of MusikStore-Cologne)) but the Amp is still here and in top condition :)

[@misterknightowlandco]

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.

[@johnwelch557]

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!

[@Ash-gi2hz]

that amp is literally sitting two feet away from me rn

[@rockerbob949]

25 watt Fender Sidekick Reverb from the 80’s.....and I still have it.

[@lordapophis93]

Thanks for the video. I'm considering grabbing one of these one Reverb TBH. I am impressed with it! How does it take pedals??

[@landonbailey]

it sounds alright

[@joshd9873]

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!

[@Briansgate]

I had a Peavey Backstage 50. 10" combo amp I think. Been a while, lol. Can't find it anywhere anymore.

[@patrickgaspardo622]

My first amp was a Hughes&Kettner Attax 80. Solid state German amp. Very solid and versatile. With a great reverb too!

[@mauriziocampese8577]

This was my first amp and I still have it somewhere :)

[@landonbailey]

find it! :)

[@bittrain1658]

My first amp was some vintage Marlboro 30A that came with a ts9.

[@kid-hudi]

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.

[@landonbailey]

ah nice! congrats

[@1951kbz]

Mine was a Guild thunder bass with a pair of 15” speakers. Bought it in 1967.

[@williamfreeze3924]

Hi there my first amp is because i still have it a PEAVEY RAGE 158 then i got a marshall mg dfx 30 amp

[@TheCaseUK]

Sounds pretty decent man! I had a tiny Marshall MG10 with Yamaha super strat.

[@blainvance409]

I bought the rage new around 2006 I think for $ 99.00 Canadian, just played with it two days ago, for the first time in years.. Still worked great. Played around with an old zoom 505 I had stored away.. Fun..

[@jeromemurphy2572]

My first one was a Peavey Backstage 30 around 1980

[@jimmydafoot75]

I still have one, but the older version of that one. And it still sounds good. .

[@landonbailey]

nice! were they all Made in China or were some Made in America, if you know?

[@swagmcnugget8575]

@@landonbailey i have one and it says it was made in the us

[@martincloutier666]

My first amp was a Peavy Bandit 112 Teal Stripe with a Scorpion speaker. I bought it new in 1989 with my summer job money and sold it 2 years ago. It was still like new. I lost track of the guy who bought it from me but if I can find him I would like to buy it again to get it back.

[@Hammonds77]

My first amp was a Fender frontman 15 watt back in 95, not a bad first amp and kept up with a drum kit

[@Hrithik23]

Who added hindi captions to this lmao. And also, congratulations on 25k subscribers! Love your content.

[@landonbailey]

The captions are generated from the English subtitles. I have no clue how they turn out :)

[@martinlahaie6012]

Dude your so damn funny... The Jerry Seinfeld of guitar You Tubers!! Greetings from Québec !

[@AllThingmac]

Perfect! 😆