Remember The 90's: The Peavey Rage

Lets take a look into my childhood with the Peavey Rage combo amp!
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[@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?

[@DennisTrovato]

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?? 😂

[@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

[@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

[@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. 😛👍

[@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. 🤘🏻

[@Real_Boye]

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

[@blackaccordlx]

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

[@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.

[@KungFuCooter]

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

[@Metal_Scott]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@BenCoombs]

LOL I had both the first and second versions of the Rage back in the day!! This video takes me back, thanks for sharing Fluff!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@PrimusSucks626]

There's a small-time pedal builder called Peper's Pedals who builds a pedal version of the Rage preamp. I was shocked to hear how good the pedal sounded, but hearing the actual amp makes it much less surprising.

[@martinulstein9087]

I still have one in my collection. Thank you so much. Great video.

[@lachlanmoir79]

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

[@Dave6SS]

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

[@Moka8]

Loved hearing some ETID!

[@ryanliao2131]

i really like this series！keep it up man！

[@seanfletcher5053]

I had a Peavey Bandit of this vintage, it was a great amp that never let me down. And like you said...so tough! Could not kill it!

[@cncnmore4505]

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

[@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.

[@fossware]

I'm using the redstripe as my first amp and I LOOOVE IT!!! Paired with a decent multi effects pedal it gives you all the creative fun for years to come!

[@Mandilore89]

I'm glad you mentioned the Peavey Bandit! One of my first amps back when I first started was the Peavey Bandit 112! That sucker was HEAVY but sounded GREAT!

[@jokerstrick9922]

that cheeky every time i die riff, nice

[@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 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@troyking694]

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

[@ritualsofthedarksun]

Oh wow, nice!

[@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!

[@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...

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@bakerXderek]

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

[@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.

[@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"

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

I loved mine. I loved my Crate GX-15, too. That thing lasted me almost 20 years before it died and that one was solid state. I need to get one of these.

[@joeyhayek]

Smashed like for the ETID riffage

[@Psyfonify]

Same

[@hunterpuhrmusic]

Big same.

[@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

[@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.

[@toxictophat4194]

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

[@wer2young2die]

My favorite series of yours

[@MrKichtopher]

+10 for ETID riffing

[@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.

[@LesVegasMusic]

Oh. Soot man. Thanks so much for doing this!

[@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.

[@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

[@andytatt100]

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

[@isaiascastro8821]

Oh boy, this brings so many memories.

[@joelsmith4816]

My first amp in 1990. Thanks for the audiable memory!!!!!

[@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 ,

[@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.

[@DerekHunt]

Oh man, this takes me back. My first amp in '90 with my first electric guitar - a Fender Squire II Stratocaster.

[@jacksonlewis4365]

Sweet video Fluff! had one of these in my house for a bit, mom was using it for a church organ at one point, i got is and used it for a couple years gave it and an old ibanez guitar to an 8 year old kid who wanted to learn to play, hopefully he can have the fun we did with these......... they were and are pretty good little amps and they certainly last!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@Chucksguitargeekery]

I now feel privileged because my early 90's learning years were spent on my dad's teal stripe Bandit. He played in bar cover bands most of his life and he gigged with that amp for a few years. I missed on out on the days of rage.

[@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

[@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:

[@TayTayVideoGaming]

This is the exact amp I inherited from god knows who in my family around 5 years ago and I still keep it next to my fender amp and jam with it once in a while. It’s the best small combo amp I’ve ever played on and is still dependable even tho that thing is like a 1987 model. I even used to play it on the carpet in my living room middle of the winter when it was so dry the humidifier didn’t even work and this thing never got any buzz from static buildup. I’d recommend this amp to any beginner

[@mattnobrega6621]

My first ever amp i got in my early 20's was the peavey rage 158 and i still have it now im my 40's. It has served me well so far.

[@leyline5410]

Those old Peavey amps bring back so many memories. My firsts "real" amps was a Studio Pro 112 and a Bandit 112... Don't really remember what they sounded like, but if I had 2 Peavey, it must mean that they were not so bad. Thanks Fluff !

[@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.

[@josephvalo]

I still have that amp. Wow, a walk down memory lane.. Thanks, Fluff!!

[@HipsterEatinShark]

What do you mean, a walk from like, breakfast?

[@thestuffmikedoes2309]

This was my first amp, along with the first amp of so many of my friends.

[@gaugeheidrick6607]

I've only been playing for a year 1/2 now and the Peavey Backstage always kicks ass and sounds great

[@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.

[@rickfeith6372]

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

[@Michael-ft3vg]

I love my red stripe Peavey Bandit 112. Peavey really knows how to make awesome 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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@zakkwyldesliver]

This was my first "real" amp. My dad bought it for me for Christmas in 1989--I still have it and still use it on occasion. 30+ years, 20 of which were spent moving around the country and I've had nary a problem with it. Peavey's old solid state amps were as close to bombproof as you can get.

[@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

[@dickdanson]

I used to have a Peavey express 112, it was surprisingly super good. Came with a foot switch as well. Both myself and my friends used it at shows several times and it even got compliments from the sound guy a few times

[@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 🤘

[@reverendworldwide5967]

I liked your story about having a wall of six of them. When I was 14, I got a Crate CR1 it it came with an illustrated manual that showed the potential for linking up 4-6 Crates like that. I always wanted to do that.

[@NicholasGreenwood]

My grandparents bought me my first guitar and amp for my 15th birthday back in 2000. Squier Affinity Strat with the Peavey Rage 158. My first effects were the DOD Death Metal distortion and the Digitech RP100. It was the best a teenager could do who lived in a rural town, didn't play sports, and didn't know anyone else who played guitar.

[@sski]

Bulletproof, built in the USA, and sound great. I love 'em. Played on a pro concert stage with one (Crystal Grand Theater - Wisconsin Dells, WI) and after miking and processing through the PA it sounded like a wall of Marshalls.

[@vamito3070]

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

[@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!

[@tighteighties3165]

My first electric guitar & amp was a Yamaha RGX strat & a Peavy Rage amp....loved them!

[@undergroundradio87.9]

that amp is a beast for its size! 🤩 an artist that comes into the studio, has used one to play the sound stage at a county fair, and that little amp was enough to do the job. actually sounds great with keyboards, or even a full-mix from tape played thru it. peavey did good. its a real workhorse amp.

[@ColossusCo]

Loved that you threw in that ETID riff!

[@pcbullets8726]

Great little amp. I owned an 80's Bandit. Peavey made tough amps that could take a pounding and were reliable.

[@a420man2]

I bought a Peavey Audition Chorus back in the late 80s or early 90s and still have it. Still working great. Very similar to the Rage.

[@dingalsbe88]

These "90s" videos always bring me back...

[@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!

[@rod0325]

These were good amps. I bought my first starter amp in '95, and it was the bigger brother, the Studio Pro 110. I still use that same amp to this day, and luckily it has all the original parts. I just have a dirty volume knob, that I have yet to repair.

[@BL-cc1vm]

This takes me back to high school days in the school band we had these. I thought they were great for a beginner.

[@mahadazzle676]

My one and only! Still working!