Peavey Amps: The UNKILLABLE Guitar Amp

[@gooseabuse]

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.

[@desertrockunited]

That must have been fun being around amps all the time as a kid. Cool story!

[@kevincrozier8625]

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.

[@desertrockunited]

When I started playing guitar in junior high everyone had a Peavey. I might do a retro demo on a Bandit.

[@scottclark7592]

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.

[@desertrockunited]

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.

[@timmotel5804]

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]

In 1973 they made a 4x12 with CTS speakers, maybe it was that?

[@timmotel5804]

@@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.

[@andys6592]

Just picked up a rage 158 and a special 212. Im excited to spend time with them

[@desertrockunited]

Cool! The Rage with the teal or red stripe?

[@andys6592]

@desertrockunited mine just is silver instead of teal or red stripe lol

[@b.rodclark334]

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!

[@desertrockunited]

Peavey's last forever. Does the TNT have a Black Widow in it?

[@b.rodclark334]

@desertrockunited yes it does!

[@IamMedicine]

I used to play The Butcher in clubs late 80's early 90's. It lived up to it's name.

[@desertrockunited]

Cool! I don't remember anyone playing The Butcher when I started playing. How does it sound vs a Marshall?

[@Rickyboricky]

There was a guitarist in the 70s that was using a Peavey standard PA head with some pedals on front....

[@desertrockunited]

Interesting. I wonder who that was.

[@Rickyboricky]

​@@desertrockunited Randy Rhoads was using a 260 standard PA head,MXR pedals, and Altec 417 speakers.

[@kenkalesnik3484]

Still have my SS trans tube. Still sounds like awesomeness

[@desertrockunited]

Rock on!

[@CapstoneTider]

My main amp is the 25 Watt Bravo 112 combo. I think it's one of the best Peavey designs.

[@desertrockunited]

Never played the Bravo, but it looks like a good amp.

[@embiggens1]

That's the amp I learned on in the mid 90s. I miss it.

[@frankfrank7921]

Peavey is a very underrated brand but that does mean you can get for less $$ than the "big boys".

[@desertrockunited]

I think almost every beginning guitar player had a Peavey at some point!

[@flowcream]

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

[@desertrockunited]

Is it one of the newer amps?

[@flowcream]

​@@desertrockunitednah its like 20yr old

[@XlouietheflyX]

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

[@desertrockunited]

Good info!

[@johnrogers2826]

Bur what about the Express 112? You know, the baby bandit.

[@desertrockunited]

Heck yeah! I should have put that in.

[@wesmitchem825]

I love Peavey amps hell I got a fender twin reverb but I prefer my peavey vtx classic 212

[@desertrockunited]

Cool! What makes the VTX sound better?

[@hartlee1160]

I want that exact amp but with the vt squareback speakers...

[@hartlee1160]

​@@desertrockunited it mainly the speaker but johan segeborn did a comparison on yt

[@wadedavis4437]

Peavey vtx classic rocks. Never let go of it. I have one and would love to have another.

[@wesmitchem825]

@@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

[@jeremiahhogans1755]

why doesn't Peavey recreate their old heads?

[@desertrockunited]

They probably should. An updated version of The Butcher might be fun to play.

[@jeremiahhogans1755]

It'll be great for business, especially the musician

[@hartlee1160]

The only solid state amps ive ever jived with are peavey

[@desertrockunited]

I have a solid state Fender, but for features, tones and cost hard to beat Peavey.

[@jasondorsey7110]

​@@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

[@wadedavis4437]

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.

[@desertrockunited]

Thanks for the correction!

[@wadedavis4437]

@desertrockunited all is good my friend.

[@pihuey]

current Bandits suck a@@ compared to the older red and silver stripe versions their tone and response is nothing like whatsoever

[@desertrockunited]

Most likely this is the effect of overseas production vs.being made in the 🇺🇸.

[@deltawhiskey1398]

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.

[@desertrockunited]

@@deltawhiskey1398 The Bandit faceoff of the red stripe vs current might be a fun video.

[@Thomas-h8j]

My old Bandit was a good amp

[@XlouietheflyX]

@@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

[@edwinwise6751]

Peavey turned out a lot of junk , check out the festival series pa

[@desertrockunited]

I remember some of the PAs being cost effective but maybe not exactly high end systems