Peavey Manager Talks Openly about the future of the Brand

[@TheGuitarGeek]

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[@onbedoeldekut1515]

I used to own their Rockmaster rackmount preamp. More gain than a weightlifter's syringe and more fx loops than Elmo's tube, I just wished it was stereo, that'd have made it my go to even now, but then they brought out the (not remotely as good) 5150 and we all know what happened to amps after. The Rockmaster was a trailblazer of an amp, and if they made it into a floor unit, they'd be on more than just the right track!

[@WhyAlwaysMeMario]

F*CK PEAVEY RIGHT UP THE ASS!!! THEY ARE THE WORST WHEN IT COMES TO LABOR & WORK CONDITIONS...NOT TO MENTION THEIR REPORTED USE OF ACTUAL INCARCERATED PEOPLES TO BUILD THEIR PRODUCTS (GETTING PAID $.30 AN HOUR) AND CHARGING THOSE STUPID PRICES. PEAVEY YOU SAY "YOU'RE NOT HIDING FROM ANYBODY?!?!?" THEN ADDRESS THAT INSTEAD OF SHUTTING DOWN ARTIST THAT CALL OUT YOUR SH*TY PRACTICES. ...AND ANDY I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT SINCE YOU'RE ACROSS THE POND, HOWEVER LOOK UP AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

[@kellecetraro4807]

I thought the glib adopted stepson was supposed to take over and sell the company to China?

[@kellecetraro4807]

​​​@@onbedoeldekut1515I have a Peavey RockMaster 19-in preamp I've had it for decades, I don't use it. It sounds like you had a really good experience and fondness with the unit, what did you do to get it to sound good? Mine is and always has had that ridiculously buzzy type drive/distortion, I don't think people realize or believe It's not a 100% tube driven circuit. For example, activating the boost function routes the signal going from Valve-2A to Valve-2B through two 1n4148 diodes giving both *clipping* and noise suppression characteristics, I suspect that's the source of the fizzy / buzzie-ness

[@JimBischoff1184]

@@kellecetraro4807 I know , right? I’m not meaning to beat the dead horse , but after watching that”Undercover Boss “ tv episode , I was pretty well done with Peavey . The arrogance and indifference that Hartleys’ son-in-law (?) displayed towards employees was , in my opinion , what started Peaveys’ troubles . If he’s still there , I’m not buying .

[@raviolijunior]

the old US Peavey gear was amazing.

[@summersleepmusic]

Mine are still kicking. Absolute studio beasts.

[@JoshuaPatrickGarrett]

His candor and self-deprecating humor is definitely appreciated and he doesn't candy coat things like a salesman. I'm interested in checking out the Peavey catalog now.

[@derekhand7904]

Lol

[@billyfields7722]

I remember "The Undercover Boss" disaster a few years ago. Hopefully they can remake and rebrand the great guitars and amplifier.

[@markbteeps]

Yep, that's the first thing I think about when I hear Peavey too.

[@mycosys]

Nothing could make me buy their junk while he is the one profiting

[@davidmurray9193]

The tricks the boss played on his employees made me think, company with no integrity and fucked people who could of moved on to a better future he stopped and ruined their lives, knowing he was cutting back and sacking them anyway, that's stuff you cannot forgive and destroyed their own reputation. So never bothered with Peavy after that, prefere Laney, orange and h&k, blu amps, uncover boss was a P R disaster for the company and still sickening to watch

[@jjcollins]

for a lot of us, the undercover boss situation was the final nail in the coffin. I mentioned that in the comment I left as well.

[@murphyg400]

Amen, brother. To the any of you that haven’t seen the episode, I suggest you find it and watch it.

[@ronsheehan]

If Peavey wants to recapture the market, they need to fix the PR disaster that resulted from the closure of the facilities in Mississippi following the Undercover Boss episode. The feelings of betrayal need to be addressed.

[@ronmesic]

Completely agree. How? I'm trying to think about what it would take for me to get excited about anything Peavey. I can't come up with anything. They could pay off the people they screwed over, but I still look at them as maliciously inconsiderate at best and evil a$$holes at worst. An apology video would feel insincere. I truly can't think of what would recover from that.

[@Ottophil]

@@ronmesichartley won’t be alive forever. When hes gone, ill come back

[@mikelynchrockfordmusic4823]

I’m 74 years old and players my age all played Peavey at some point in time. We didn’t quit Peavey, Peavey quit us. Most of us are not metal players. Peavey had such a wide range of products that there was something for everyone. It seams over the last decade or so Peavey kept a few old cash cow products (good ones by the way) in their lineup and developed and expanded on only the metal genres. The last Bandit update was 2006, 18 years ago. Red stripe Bandits are selling for as much as when they were new 20 years ago. I hope Peavey can get back to what used to be its core competency, a solid choice for guitar players of all styles and levels of affordability. Walk into any club 25 years ago and there was a Peavey PA, and a Peavey back line rocking the house!

[@Scott__C]

And they were all solid, reliable products!

[@jasondorsey7110]

​@@Scott__CMuch of the old peavey stuff is still reasonably priced, and worth every penny...if anything, the size/weight can be a bit offputting these days, but that's just because current players are a bunch of soyboys who have never seen the inside of a gym or decrepit boomers who would bust a hip trying to move a twin reverb

[@Scott__C]

@@jasondorsey7110 Absolutely. But, I got rid of my VTM after a back injury. Carrying around a 60lb. amp head wasn't worth my mobility. Everything's as light as possible now.

[@jasondorsey7110]

@@Scott__C I have a mark iii bass head from the late 70s, pretty heavy for an amp that's maybe 200 watts under max load, but that sound is killer and it's surprisingly versatile...sorry to hear about your physical limitations, hope you found a revised setup that works for you

[@Scott__C]

@@jasondorsey7110 Thanks, the 20 watt heads and 1x12s are manageable. I've also got a couple of Carvin heads - the V3M and the Vai Legacy 3 along with a Peavey ValveKing 20MH. The Peavey is good, but the VTM was of course, better. I'd love for them to have a 20 watt of the VTM with the switches.

[@justmehere6094]

Peavey Amps, were known to be pro quality and working man prices. It's when they moved all their manufacturing overseas, BUT kept the same prices or increased them, that they started declining imho. AND, the Undercover Boss episode, promises made to employees in that, when CEO KNEW they were closing that plant in 4 months has made me say no more Peavey for me.

[@papawx3]

A company that will shit all over their employees like that, will also shit all over their customers when $ is involved. And it always is.

[@XXjg_]

Peavey was the PA system used by everyone I knew, growing up in the ‘80s. Great mixers, speakers, and power amps. Everyone had their small practice amps, too. The stuff sounded great, was dependable, and tougher than anything else out there; built like a tank.

[@feldsparsongs2331]

Just bought a classic 30 after using amp modellers for 10 yrs.Having a real tube amp again is such a difference! Amazing sound !

[@Alfgunnarp]

Those amps are great! I have a Classic 50.

[@melverntaylor402]

The Classic 30 is an awesome amp!!!!

[@real_fjcalabrese]

Improve the quality and bring manufacturing back to the USA. My old gear is awesome. The newer products are not on the same level.

[@dancromwell5265]

Still jamming my T60 had it since 91'

[@SkeeterDigs]

Bring Peavey back to USA!!!

[@GreatPlanet-c7o]

Big goofy loud solid-state amps from Peavey literally dominate certain genres of Weird Metal.

[@frankhughes5702]

I agree 100% on they should come back to the USA!!

[@JimBischoff1184]

@@samizdat113Outsourcing is the eventual downfall of any business .

[@cmgazelle2950]

I would suggest that people who want American manufacturing back in America need look to Washington, D.C., and the lobbyists who sought MFN status for China before the turn of the century, and about a decade after the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The good Mississippi folks in Meridien are just reacting - years later and long after their competition - to what the Congress has done to hollow out American manufacturing.

[@Ottophil]

@@JimBischoff1184not in the short term. Tons of profit if you use slave labor.

[@TreyB.]

I hope Peavey makes a huge comeback and blows competition out of the water. They're the hungry, motivated, underdog. I started off at 14, (1989) with a Peavey Bandit state amp in Vicksburg, MS. Excited to see them taking off once again in the guitar industry! Of course many of their amps are legendary and still packing a wallop, tonally speaking. Go Peavey!!!!

[@Jay-bk7lu]

Lol, there's nothing left of the company. There just pushing Chinese made crap and using what's left of their brand name.

[@startover125]

Sad to hear , everyone is selling out to China for cheap labor

[@soundofwinter]

The best thing to do now if you want a Peavey is to keep an eye out for the older USA made stuff on the secondary market.

[@mikegutterman3427]

To be honest, Peavey lost their way when they left the USA for manufacturing. Now they are just another brand of imported products and there is a TON of competition in that space. USA made gear for the working musician? There isn't much competition there anymore and that is where Peavey used to dominate.

[@sams2960]

Peavey used to put on sound seminars at dealers (early 1980's) and I learned more in one night as a fledgling sound engineer than I had learned in years. THANK YOU!

[@MoreMeRecording]

Did you learn on that horrible AMR console?

[@sams2960]

@@MoreMeRecording Those old seminars were not so much to promote their products as to teach newbies like me at the time how not to abuse ANY piece of sound engineering equipement. LOL "little things" like understanding unity gain, matching the correct size amps to speakers, speaker placement, room eq, all the basics a lot of people take for granted but hey you have to learn either the expensive hard way (blown equipment) or take the time to sit down and listen to someone who knows what they are talking about. Yeah, older Peavey consoles were pretty noisy back then, but for entry level stuff, affordable and still able to learn the basics without being in debt for life.

[@ginoames]

I like that he does not gloss over Peavey's failures and missteps. Peavey is so ingrained in so many of our guitar DNA. I would like to see them come back at the forefront.

[@DarylT64]

What a good interview. I really hope Peavey brings back affordable amps. It's really great to see a company that takes advice and criticism of their products from their customers and tries to improve them. I believe a company that listens to its customers will have life long repeat customers. I'm that type of customer. Peavey may have just gained a new customer.🎸🤘🏻

[@mycosys]

Maybe watch their undercover boss ep first - where they promise their employees ongoing jobs to their faces to prevent them getting decent jobs elsewhere, then fire them for christmas to send the jobs to china.

[@mycosys]

Peavey makes the original Scrooge look charitable and kind

[@TurdFergusonMatters]

People didn’t leave Peavey, Peavey left us by outsourcing. I was in a professional, working band in the 90’s with many sponsorships. Peavey included. Every year we spent 2 days in Meridian at artist relations, the repair facility and picking things up at one of the warehouses. The people working in all of those places were awesome and treated us so well. Start making quality instruments and good electronics in AMERICA again like the Wolfgang or the Cirrus.

[@peterhall4852]

For my 20th birthday (85) with my first decent paycheck ,I bought a Bandit Solo 65. Absolutely fabulous amp and perfect (hard as nails) for the Manchester pub circuit. Amazing clean tone and fuzzed up great.

[@peterhall4852]

Also, the New Generation guitars were great. Best tele copy I've owned.

[@Lowtech14]

The Bandit, 5150, and Classic 30- what a great legacy.

[@mattmcgrath3244]

I’m loving the personal and humanizing 2024 guitar content so far, across multiple Guitar KZbin accounts. Canada has really suffered from a lack of Peavey support since Long and McQuade no longer carries Peavey products. As a metal musician, I owe so much to Peavey’s innovations. Some of my favorite guitar tones have been 6505/5150, XXX, JSX, etc. All amazing products! Please, Peavey, get back in there!

[@mycosys]

It is a public relations campaign after the undercover boss disaster where they showed they are inhuman and pure evil - dont believe the marketing, Peavey himself - the owner - is an evil heartless lizard who makes Zuck look human

[@BBGuitars]

When the admission of faults come across as just a rehearsed sales pitch for the brand...

[@soapboxearth2]

After undercover boss, I would never support this company. Period. Ever again in my life. The owner is a total POS. You'd really.have to have zero principles to buy anything peavey after seeing that episode..

[@MyronRalph]

I had nothing but Peavey equipment for my band that I alone had founded. Guitar amps, and speakers; my PA system was also Peavey. Nooo regrets ! Top of the line gear in the 70’s and 80’s. NEVER LET ME DOWN !!!

[@craigharrison5406]

My first amp was a Peavey Bandit 112 in 1988 as a 12 year old. Back then Peavey was the only game in town for combo amps. Basically everyone I knew played a Peavey. I own a bunch of tube amps now EVH, Marshall, and Mesa but I recently bought a Peavey Vyper amp to keep at my dad's house to play when I'm visiting. It's a great sounding amp.

[@Mr.Batsu12]

Back in the mid 80s my first amp was a solid state Peavey Bandit. It didn't sound amazing but it was rock solid, loud and got the job done. It was an amazing amp for a kid who wasn't old enough to drive himself to the story so I had to talk my Mom into driving me. It was also affordable enough for a kid that young to save up money and be able to buy.

[@chriswallace9113]

I had one of those as well.

[@BCarpenter2314]

This is a great video. Its refreshing to see someone at a large company openly admit to product failures and shortcomings as a business. Lots of accountability and openness to welcoming customers back to trying their brand.

[@mycosys]

It is a terrible video throwing softball questions at a marketing guy representing a truly evil man who owns that company. Hartley Peavey is a truly bad person who makes Zuck look compassionate.

[@jlmoses16]

@@mycosys How so?

[@mycosys]

@@jlmoses16 Go watch the Undercover Boss episode featuring the Peavey family, they are just evil

[@cmgazelle2950]

@@mycosys Someone asked you for the justification of why Hartley Peavey is deserving of ire - 4 months ago. Besides the common failures of living breathing humans, is there something specific about Hartley Peavey that inspired your comment?

[@mycosys]

@@cmgazelle2950 is it beyond your capability to google? I CBA typing a reply again with no idea what bit YT doesnt like.

[@JustAGuitarPlayer]

I hope Fred will read this. One of the best products Peavey ever offered was the Tweed colored classic 50 and classic 30 guitar amps. Dann Huff, legendary 80’s LA session musician/studio guitar player (originally from Nashville) and in more recent years producer of people like Keith Urban, Faith Hill, Martina McBride and many others recorded an instructional video for how to become a session musician. He had his band at the time Giant record a few different songs in various styles demonstrating how to approach playing the songs. One part of this instructional video that you can find on KZbin shows him sharing what gear he uses on sessions. One of the main amps he used was one of those tweed/beige or crème colored Peavey Classic 50 watt head (or was it a combo?). Anyway I remember teaching guitar and a student had one of the combos and it was great and a fellow working guitar player had the classic 30 and again, it was a great sounding amp. You guys should re-release those and keep them in your product line always. My memory is they were all tube, unlike the Peavey classic from the late 1970’s that was a different amp altogether. The amps I’m thinking of were available I think in the 1990’s and maybe the early 2000’s but time is a blur as I’m coming up on my 62nd year. Anyway I’d love to see those amps come back both as a combo and as a head and cab (for us older full time working musicians who need to split up the weight into 2 parts head/cab). The amps were competitors to Fender Bassmans or any tweed amp fender put out because of the classic vintage look but they had their own sound. Sorry for the long rambling message but I hope Peavey folks will listen.

[@Frettedchaos]

I too grew up with Peavey. Back in the 80’s and 90’s, the products were bulletproof and if you needed to repair something, their parts department was absolutely incredible. I hate that they have fallen so far. I’d like to see a return to their roots. Forget the gimmicks and poorly executed products and start making awesome stuff again. There are a ton of people like me who know what Peavey was and now we’re middle aged and have money to spend. The guitars are horrible even for entry level players and the amp line is tired. A lot of the new products are geared toward metal players. Make affordable amps, guitars and PA gear that appeals to the market. Basically, stop what you’ve been doing and do the opposite.

[@fischook1238]

"The Undercover Boss" disaster a few years ago really did a lot of damage to their PR. How do you expect Americans to buy your products when you closed down your manufacturing after that episode and shipped the jobs overseas to China. You put Americans out of work and hurt a lot of families. How do you expect people to buy your products when you did this to your customer and people they know. And online retailers like Sweetwater and Thomann have changed the business as well. So Peavey has a lot of problems to deal with. Why don't they bring back The Peavey Bandit 112 Amplifier - The Red Stripe Edition and make it in the USA. An American made Amp, Made by Americans for Americans. It would be a great PR move to win back customers. They say the Red Stripe Version is the best one of the Bandits ever made. It's a solid state amp that's heavy. That's the one I would make in the USA. And see how that goes and maybe make another product in the USA. It would be great PR for Peavey to try and win their customers back.

[@Ramiiam]

Peavey used to be an American brand. I remember seeing their innovate (but) heavy guitars in the store window in the early 1980s and thinking, "wow."

[@Ottophil]

I used to play peavey. Strange how that works huh? Got nearly 20 years out of my 6505+ I got one as soon as they took eddies name off and added 1355 to the nunber

[@timothyflyte9443]

I've played Peavey , and owned their PA equipment. Monitors & Mains. I have their B3 organ module which is fantastic. I was using their Peavey amp as my main guitar amp that I bought used in 1985 , right up to 2017 !!! It's in storage now , but still worked as of last summer.

[@zz-.-]

Nice to hear humility and honesty for a change

[@channtastic]

Would love to see modern versions of coveted T-40s and T-60s. Back in the day everyone I knew used 6505s. They were cheap and sounded heavy. Peavey has made so many great amps over the years 5150, 6505, the Butcher, VTM, the classic.

[@MrSmiley1964]

I would love to get my hands on a Butcher, there's a VTM that's keeps showing up for sale locally. It's in rough shape and the way it keeps getting flipped it must have serious issues. I'll keep looking for the fabled Butcher, they are rarer than Unicorns.

[@purtis99]

Something that Wright about 50 lbs less

[@MyronRalph]

Good luck moving forward into the future. 😊

[@kennethfisher1004]

I remember Fred and his band. I am still good friends with his partner in crime, Doug, who is a fantastic drummer, BTW. Those dudes worked at the local music shop and were always super helpful. I own many Peavey products and they are still holding up after years of use and abuse. The Peavey Bandit 112 Sheffield paired with its twin cabinet holding a second 12 inch Sheffield is a great combo. 100 watts of delicious solid state TransTube technology that is an excellent example of Peavey innovation. Unfortunately, due to basement flooding, I had to replace the Sheffield speakers. Otherwise they would still be the originals to this day. The amp sounds awesome and works just as well as the day Fred sold it to me. I also have a Peavey MH20 Valveking that I run thru a 4×12 Valveking Cab. It absolutely cranks. Gone are the days of high wattage amps. This little 20 watt head is a monster. Thanks so much, Fred. I hope you can find a way to revitalize the Peavey brand and give us more of what once was. I trust that you are the guy that can pull Peavey back to its glory days.

[@KennethFinuf]

When they stopped making their products in USA I stopped buying their products!!

[@chiefjoseph8154]

Some of my Peavey gear is 50yrs old. Still working!

[@martinlaulunen7189]

Peavey is Great,..Period. Thx,.. from Minnesota. 😉

[@slartybartfast6526]

Thank you for making this video. I love Peavey. I don’t feel like they get a fair shake most of the time. They have provided so many people with affordable quality gear for so long. I think it’s wonderful that Mr. Peavey has kept ownership of his company. Thank you Fred for all you do. I look forward to the wonderful products to come. A new T-60 sure would be cool!

[@RDamps]

Love the classic 30 but please please redesign the construction. 4 PCB’s wrapped around each other makes it completely unserviceable. Can’t be easy to construct either. Surely it could be designed to be on one flat PCB like a blues Jr (I know, it has a break out tube board). Far simpler to build and makes it far easier to repair and service rather than ending up as E-waste in land fill.

[@christopherlewis1847]

What is peavey gonna do to rebuild their reputation and trust after what they did to their employees at the US factory? Those folks worked hard for Hartley, and he stabbed them in the back. They deserve some respect.

[@bennettmichaels4309]

How about Peavey starts answering e-mails about their shitty equipment...

[@MarbsMusic]

I grew up with Peavey, especially their amps. I bought an HP2 last year NOS finished in Eastern Europe that is one of the best guitars I've ever owned in 40 years of playing. My question, when can I place my order for my Vandenberg?!?!? I saw and shared pictures in Nov but haven't seen anything since. I didn't get one back in the 80s so I'm super excited (as are a couple of my friends) so you probably have 3 orders right there! Personally I don't care if stuff is made in MS or Czech, quality is what matters.

[@jamesjjb0075]

My first Guitar was a Peavey Bass hollow-Body Bass guitar....It sounded and Played Better than My friend fender bass guitar... He would get someone to bring him to my house to barrow it to Play for His Church! That was in 1980! Love PEAVEY Products. Peavey Bass Amp and DJ Mixer Amp. Those was the DAYS! GOD BLESS!

[@fredgibsonabe]

I have a 4 x 12 cab and Peavey Festival tube amp. It still rocks after 40 years. Many of my favorite bands used Peavey. The Peavey Mace is the amp of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Peavey amps were always well built, rugged and long lasting.

[@robertdaniels5535]

Build my new Vandenberg, take my money and lemme back away slowly........

[@jjcollins]

I worked in guitar retail for over ten years. I carried the flag for that gear and the company for years (mid 90's to early 2000s). I sold thousands of your products. As a gigging musician, and pro player for 15+ years I used the original 5150 exclusively. I've owned 2 original vandenbergs, as well as the original Sarzo bass, and several Wolfgangs, as well as a ton of their recording gear in the 1990's, mics, mixers etc,...and back then they were GREAT. Amazing products for the money and value. That being said I no longer play Peavey, and truthfully, when I think about it it saddens me. I loved the company and the gear for so long, it truly was the "poor mans" gigging and touring gear, made in the USA and was great. After your product move to china, your quality dropped by a thousand percent. Built like absolute garbage, and the icing on the cake for me was the undercover boss fiasco that all you old fans will never forget. I've been involved in the "guitar industry" for over 30 years, as a player, in retail, as a guitar tech, and a back line guy among other things. Unfortunately my love for the original brand and product will never return.

[@StillLivinginthewoods]

Agreed 100% I owned so many Peavey amps in the 80s 90s and well into the 2000s. The last one I had was a TrplX combo made in the USA. I don't own any of their stuff now, and am not running out to buy any anytime soon either.

[@loudguitar]

Peavey strayed away from their base. I believe the move to offshore manufacturing gutted the company. I always thought their motto should have been, "Not the best, but the most." Back in the late 80s through the mid 90s, my band ran tons of Peavey get...CS-800s, 118 subs, monitors, a 16 channel board, 8 channel board...all bulletproof. I have had a Meridian built Classic 30 and 112e cab since 1995. It has been everywhere from clubs to festival stages and still works perfectly. It felt like in the late 90s that the company just sort of drifted away.

[@900dr34u]

Had a Decade in High school (1983). Fast Forward to 1999 or 2000, finally had a Marshall head. Six months later, played the first Triple XXX at American Music in Seattle, ran home grabbed the Marshall and traded it straight across and never looked back. Now running all kinds of stuff but that Triple XXX is something else!

[@pastorofmuppets1968]

My first Amp was a Decade back in 84.

[@louderthangod]

A decade in high school, wow?!? Not to brag but, it only took me 4 years to graduate :)

[@pastorofmuppets1968]

@louderthangod a Peavey Decade 10w. Come on man!

[@levkamenev3904]

The XXX is a highly underrated amp! I also really like it’s relative the JSX!

[@louderthangod]

@@pastorofmuppets1968 I was joking. I’m well aware what the Peavey Decade is.

[@elducko1951]

in the '80s, I owned a Peavey Combo 150 bass amp with a 15" Black Widow speaker. The amp was absolutely BULLETPROOF! then about 13 years later, I bought a Data Bass amp - again with a Black Widow 15" Speaker. The Data Bass would cut out at the most inopportune moments - one episode was at a touring gig I had with a heavy hitter in the Blues scene in Chicago. I almost lost that gig because of that Data Bass amp. After visiting five techs, the problem was never resolved so I switched to Yorkville and never looked back. Then after I saw the Undercover Boss episode where people in the factory were made promises only to have the company go back on those promises, I made a commitment to NEVER buy another Peavey product. I don't care what Mr. Poole promises, his brand will always have the stink of Hartley Peavey and the lies told by his management, and the lives negatively impacted by his bullshit. I'll quit playing music before I will ever touch another Peavey product.

[@olavisaksjoflot2932]

I love Peavey and have several Peavey guitar amps. Great if You can make the brand Shine again! :)

[@toekneepea_]

Back in the day I played a PV made in USA bass through a Peavey tnt 130 combo (heavy in weight and v loud). Then I also joined the failed Rock stars🤩. Loved the gear though!

[@jotun725]

Bassist here. My brother plays an Invective, and also has a XXX, and a Vypyr. Our other guitarist also used to play a 6505+. I love the sound of the Peavey high gain amps, but am hoping the overall build quality gets back to what it used to be.

[@grahamstuart9164]

This is a perfect example of why PV is not successful. You're not gonna sell the product if you refuse to show the product. I didn't click on this video to listen to these 2 talk. I clicked on the video because I was surto see a wall full of PV guitars. Did I get to see them? No. There's a pink Adrian Vandenberg on the wall. My first thought was did they reintroduce this guitar? Did I get the answer ... no I did not. They don't reference whether or not they're even building guitars right now. This might be the most ridiculous Product display I've ever seen in my life. they didn't even show you the product.

[@divebomb99]

No communist China Peavey products for this former customer.

[@harrisonrg777]

I love my Peavey JSX i know it later became the XXX2. would love to see it come back or at least do a XXX2 Module for the Synergy system just like you did the 6505 Module.

[@edgarmezavids]

My current rig is made up of a solid state Peavey bass head I got for 80 bucks at guitar center and a slant 2x12 Peavey cab I found on Craigslist. Both are covered in that super thick and rough tolex and covered in filth but man do they sing together.

[@mycosys]

We didnt make bad products, we didnt treat our staff like crap. It was all just a marketing failure - people are too dumb to buy our great stuff. While the Peavey family owns the company i will never use or recommend their junk, they are everything wrong with the world, as is this ad guy.

[@chriskoch2465]

The whole undercover boss thing still pisses me off. How are you gonna tell emplyees their jobs are safe and then move things overseas. Noone I know gets excited about peavy products👎

[@roberthastings708]

Ok Fred. Easy access is not my experience with Peavey. Good luck with your new attitude. I hope it works out for you.

[@CORYSart]

Everything i have is peavey but it all has made in usa on the back. I know today its almost impossible to find this unless its 1000+ $ and thats conservative. Its nice to still be able to pick up a used peavey guitar thats built to last and get it for around 500$.

[@DD-lc9jv]

I know that in todays market with material and labor cost its impossible to make gear like Peavey did back in the 80's and 90's but if they could somehow find a middle ground because if its one thing that I have noticed about the older gear its that it still works. That old stuff was made like a tank!

[@joshweigel1131]

first real amp was a delta blues 2x10; got a '79 t40 bass and a '93 predator strat shame about the prison slave labor

[@ledsled1001]

Peavey should get back to the Made in USA amps

[@imwiththeband8290]

The Classic 30 was one of the greatest amps ever. One of my biggest music regrets was selling the one I owned. I got more compliments on my tone from (of all people) sound guys back when that was my main amp. ALSO back in the day EVERYONE used your PA power amps. I owned two. I believe there is room in the market for player friendly affordable "bombproof" gear that worked well and sounded good. That WAS what Peavey was known for. It could be again. How about an American made affordable answe to the Boss Katana, or an easy to use modeling rig that worked on the level of other expensive products. Just tossin ideas out. Thanks

[@RobNY5150]

I have a 2000 USA Peavey Wolfgang and it’s still amazing. I would love to see a line of affordable Peavey HPs like the old Korean made Wolfgangs.

[@ffbai]

Step1-Update the Peavey logo. It’s dated and needs to be refreshed.

[@jagpanzer16]

I miss Peavey from the early 80's, I owned a Mark IV bass head and a Combo 300, AWESOME STUFF!!!!

[@sergeyv4908]

guys you need to return US odyssey not that modern crap.

[@elliottstrong686]

I had no idea that Peavey was still in business

[@wolfgangsaller5843]

I had a Peavey Mark III as my first „big“ bass amp! It was really good with a lot of cool features! All those bass amps Peavey developed over the years were really good but other brands became more fashionable like SWR, Markbass Boogie, Darkglass and so on … especially here in Europe Peavey lost their good image! Hopefully they will be successful with Trace Elliot!

[@auntjenifer7774]

I like my Peavey 6535+ head unit but I don't like the Business practices from undercover Boss and other bloopers in the media. That's probably why they have no social media presence. 🙄

[@donaldfaulk2968]

I watched the episode of under cover boss and was deeply troubled by what I saw. harley was a slave driver and a cheap skate when it came to worker wages and pressure on employees. talk about an eye opener.

[@BlueCollarLogic]

In the early nineties, I started doing a weekly music series in Los Angeles. A couple of years in, a friend gave me some Peavey PA speakers that he'd used for a decade. I used them constantly for maybe 15 years, before I sold them. I'll bet that they're still in use. Bullet-proof gear. I have a 100W Peavey twin tube amp out in the garage that has also been owned and used by several people over the last 30 years. Still sounds great, but I'm too old to lug heavy amps, so I play a Katana. I'd love to see Peavey come back strong.

[@stiffmata]

Always loved peavey and i can say I have an emotional attachment to the brand and products. First amp I ever bought? Peavey 112 studio, best sounding tube amp i've ever owned? peavey classic 30, yes, really!!. now I still have a peavey transtube 110 somewhere that i still use sometimes (great comments from surprised bandmates!) when my "Pro" gear is being used elsewhere or is just too cumbersome to carry around. Would love to see them back in the forefront of available gear everywhere.

[@stiffmata]

oh man!! forgot my bandit! looooved that thing too! great sound!!!

[@ruby2thursday]

Peavey still exists? Wonder if Hartley would roll over in his grave about how its fallen so far. In the 80's they were well respected. My fave product is still probably the SP2's and the original Scorpion and BW speaker components. Good stuff. I think they had a couple of really great guitar amps as well. Never liked the guitars up until the 90's and never tried them after that.

[@ruby2thursday]

plus one for the SP2's.... Also, I had a 4x12 road case cabinet for bass. Amazing cab. Rock solid. tight. I think it had scorpions in it.

[@Partybob1]

#comehometopeavey My simple contribution to a peavey comeback. Like a lot of the other comments, I grew up (in the southeast US) playing Peavey gear. Amps and PA. I was a rock star (for a minute) and always loved peavey gear. Bring it back. Come home to Peavey. Thanks, Robert Sledge

[@markstrasser2578]

I’ve been an avid Peavey user since 1990… I use a “Rockmaster” 3 ch. tube preamp / with an ART SGX 2000 tube efx rack …. That’s my sound … call me old school … but it works every gig ! I have a 2nd backup if each … and still haven’t had to use them. I sold and still sell and Install Peavey Sound products every month .. with my company. I’ve even attended Peavey Audio School with “ Marty Mccan”. And Kent Morris from Atlanta. We’ve made suggestions to your R&D guys and they’ve listened. Your products meet the price points with my customers. P.S. ( I also own a Peavey XXX combo 40 FX) Thanks for being there and being in tune !! Mark S. Florida

[@JasonMcNamara]

Funny enough I’m more of a Laney guy😂, but nice to see you out there talking g to the brands Andy.

[@DoctorMcFarlandStudios]

I had a Peavey Classic 50 Head and should have never sold it. Great products.

[@bluglass7819]

Is Courtland Gray still a part of the Peavey Corporation? If he is they will continue to struggle.

[@JimBischoff1184]

Yup . His mindset and policies are what ruined Peavey . I’m surprised that Hartley allowed him to wreck his company and reputation like that .😢

[@truce11]

That was refreshingly honest. I'm intrigued

[@johnkosh6495]

My first Great experience was with a Pevey Renown 2x12 and I connected a Pevey 2x15 bass cab with it, Oh boy when I pulled the “Thick” knob on the amp it literally blew me and those around me away. Oh My I’ll never forget that day.

[@dylanlansingreed]

Transtube amps were the best!

[@johnsimoes2172]

Manufacture in USA again

[@pangoroo]

Hey Fred, hoping Peavey can have great success in the future. I would like to say not everyone is a shredder so maybe some guitar options that are a little less shreddy. I had a T-25 that was innovative and great USA made quality, something like that but not crazy heavy would be nice. Some nice simple tube amps would be nice too, like the Classic 30 he mentioned.

[@melchiando]

Peavey still exist? Wtf

[@macalex57]

My first amp was a Peavey Musician with 4 x 12 cab. My current amp is a Peavey Classic 30. I have owned the Studio Pro as well. Peavey has always been a bullet proof amp. The pros use Peavey because of their durability. It's hard to make a living playing clubs if you spend all of your measly earnings on amp repairs.

[@czzham]

I worked at "The Auburn Musician" in central upstate NY, from Jan '86 to July 1991 (dedicated Peavey dealer). Taught a pile of guitar students, did guitar setup work, and yes, sold a lot of Peavey Products. To me, one of the most undersung and forgotten amps, was the "Bravo." Lil ol' tube combo, 2-3 pre tubes, and el84's in the power section. Single 12 spkr. Man, that lil dog delivered tone in spades! Wish y'all still had something like that. Tones all the way from Carlton to Lukather, and lots of stops in between. Thanks for the memory...!

[@vstatealum]

My first amp was a peavey transtube 212. I love the amp it is still one of my favorite amps. I also have a peavey classic 50 that I play and love. The first PA system I had was a peavey. I gigged with them for years the transtube fell over in the truck bed more than once and it always worked. I have no problem with them but I was a little put off after the whole undercover boss episode but hey I still think products are good. I am 41 yrs old if that matters.

[@elijuicyjones]

Love Peavey, and I love this guy and his great attitude.

[@oggorat]

Stoked to see that Cirrus headstock in the background, my first bass was an import Cirrus 4 string, and for an affordable instrument, the electronics and build quality were fantastic.

[@Turbo-D]

epic company 🎸🖤

[@ThatCaymanGuy]

I bought a 6505+ a few years ago, what a fantastic amp. i passed it down to my nephew who is in a band and he loves that amp too.

[@angusorvid8840]

I love Peavey. Great company, and great gear at a great price that can hold its own against much more expensive gear. My first amp was a Peavey and I'm about to get another. This is a brand that deserves to make a comeback.

[@mikedaguitarguy]

I have had a couple Peavey Rage practice amps way back, but I presently have a first run Vandenberg, and two different Tracers. I love the contours on the Tracers, even more comfortable than other strat-esque guitars I own. I am stoked about the release of new Vandenberg, I hope to get a neck-thru!

[@xldsyt]

Give us simple great products. The Backstage, the Bandit, the Studio Chorus, the Butcher, the Transtube Supreme, the Falcon, the Reactor and the later Generation. (The "Bi-Laminated Neck" was an engineering masterpiece that not many people understood!) What a lineup of FANTASTIC products! With modern CNC we should be able to produce a serious guitar Made In America for a working mans budget. Probably more difficult with the amplifiers, but maybe worth a try. I have always and do still love the "old" Peavey catalog! Best wishes Hartley and Crew!

[@rtroiani]

My first amp was a Bandit back in the 80’s and loved it. My most recent was a bass amp Max 208 that I had to disassemble and put a brace behind the cheapest baffle board I could imagine being used in a bass amp. I’ve seen many comments on that amp’s “rattle” and people thinking it was the grill, but it was an easy fix. Very disappointed in that engineering. I am “Classic 20 MH” curious, but leery about it now since the Max 208 is still selling with the same existing issue.

[@rogerarts1]

Love my Delta Blues, more than 20 Years old but still rocking!

[@cmgazelle2950]

My 20+ year old Delta Blues 210 with Blue Marvels sound wonderful, and just was playing it tonight!!!

[@CityBlades]

Tbh I think the biggest misstep in the amp line was losing the “Mississippi Marshall” reputation… I can’t think of an amp in the line that’s worthy of that tag. Also also their stock speakers tend to be awful, which is kinda backwards-a good speaker can make a bad amp sound good but any amp through a bad speaker sounds bad

[@andybrown141]

I played a peavey special 112 in the 90s with a digitech gsp-2101 effects processor . Nowadays I use a fender GTX100 and love having all in one solution in an amp with no pedals .