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It's too bad Peavey gets ZERO respect.

#101
Wow! Six pages. I guess I was wrong about the "zero respect" phrase in the title of this thread. It's good to see all the folk who love their Peavey gear.
The prompter for this thread was that when Peavey gear is mentioned, inevitably someone will make a crack about it's quality. I just read quite a few posts like that and reacted. A case, i guess, of not seeing the good for the bad. There is indeed much Peavey love. I'd guess you'd say Peavey has kind of a cult following. Constantly dissed by many, but with a loyal and enthusiastic fan base. Count me among them.
This thread has done me a lot of good. It's nice to see that I'm not alone in liking many things Peavey.
 
#103
I had a T-40 back in the early 80's and traded it toward another bass. This was back in the days when I only had the $$ to own one bass at a time.

About 2 years ago I landed a T-40 again and I cant imagine not having one around.
And just yesterday I took delivery of a really nice T-20.

Also, in the rehearsal space for my last band, there was an old 1820 cab that I would use- man that thing would just ROAR. But we didnt know who actually owned it so its still sitting there AFAIK.

Then my drummer has a small Peavey combo for keys/electronic drums that I used to use for rehearsal-excellent bass response!
 
#104
I have owned almost one of everything over the years. Back when the T40 came out it was head and shoulders better than a new Fender P or J. I think I paid $225 (I got it for cost from the shop I worked at) for it brand spanking new with case. The bass is long gone but I liked it so much I bought this a while back
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Just as good as I remember! I like the Mk III-V amps also. Even the new stuff is worth a look. Am I all Peavey all the time? Nope I'm a Gibson guy
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but Peavey sure does make some good gear.
 
#105
I don't remember T-40's being better than a new P or J. I remember them being the budget alternative to a Fender. I had one of the first ones that came off the block and other than it being heavier than my P bass, the angles were all hard, like they couldn't afford to smooth them down.

I love the way they sound though. One of these days I'm going to take the guts out of a T-40 and put it in a more ergonomically friendly bass. :)
 
#107
EagleMoon said:
I don't remember T-40's being better than a new P or J. I remember them being the budget alternative to a Fender. I had one of the first ones that came off the block and other than it being heavier than my P bass, the angles were all hard, like they couldn't afford to smooth them down.

I love the way they sound though. One of these days I'm going to take the guts out of a T-40 and put it in a more ergonomically friendly bass. :)
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Cheaper to get a good belt sander and an inexpensive spray gun and make it ergonomically friendly.
 
#109
EagleMoon said:
I don't remember T-40's being better than a new P or J. I remember them being the budget alternative to a Fender. I had one of the first ones that came off the block and other than it being heavier than my P bass, the angles were all hard, like they couldn't afford to smooth them down.

I love the way they sound though. One of these days I'm going to take the guts out of a T-40 and put it in a more ergonomically friendly bass. :)
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You know, this matches up pretty well with my memory. I played a few new at the long defunct Apex Music in El Cajon back in... ur...1977/78... The sales guy was a bassist, and I recall the conservation was something like "Damn... heavy and ugly... but plays decent and sounds very nice...". The price? if memory servers, it was much cheaper than a new Fender... How much, I can't say. But they were sufficiently ugly that few folks were seriously looking at them back then. This is one of the many things Peavy started doing better over the years...
 
#111
BigOldHarry said:
You know, this matches up pretty well with my memory. I played a few new at the long defunct Apex Music in El Cajon back in... ur...1977/78... The sales guy was a bassist, and I recall the conservation was something like "Damn... heavy and ugly... but plays decent and sounds very nice...". The price? if memory servers, it was much cheaper than a new Fender... How much, I can't say. But they were sufficiently ugly that few folks were seriously looking at them back then. This is one of the many things Peavy started doing better over the years...
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I'm thinking that the new Fenders were around $400-$450 and the T-40's were like $225 or $250.
 
#112
I've never had any Peavey bass gear but when I was playing guitar in high school I picked up a Peavey Transtube 212EFX as my heavy hitter combo amp and it was and still is today extremely awesome for the price. Being in high-school and being able to afford an American-made amp that blew away Fenders, Marshalls, Line6's, pretty much everything in that price range as far as tone, versatility, and volume was pretty sweet. Today it's at my church for the guitarists in the youth band to use, and I doubt most of them will ever play another great American amp outside a music store.

On a side note, Peavey is almost definitive as "church gear." You know, gear you see in churches.(usually because they are humbly priced, good value, and an affordable American option)
 
#113
BigOldHarry said:
The better question: Did Fender ever make a decent bass amp - EVER?... And when Peavy made an amp, it was solid state caca...
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My Fender Bassman 250 is one of my favorite amps and I own it out of choice not necessity.

My >30 year old Peavey Basic 40 still rocks and sounds great, even if I did have to finally replace the driver with a 15" Eminence. In fact I played the T-40 through it at practice last night and it sounded like they were designed to be used together.
 
#116
Not only do they now have very competitive basses, guitars and amps now, I just have to say if it wasn't for Peavey, I wouldn't have been able to rehearse or do gigs in my early years. Peavey amps were back then the most readily available amps that were loud enough and cheap enough for the young musician.
 
#118
ster said:
Not only do they now have very competitive basses, guitars and amps now, I just have to say if it wasn't for Peavey, I wouldn't have been able to rehearse or do gigs in my early years. Peavey amps were back then the most readily available amps that were loud enough and cheap enough for the young musician.
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#120
I haven't really ever hated Peavey Gear (Guitars, basses, amps, etc), They just didn't ever make anything that I liked. I have have owned some Peavey stuff (because, I got some great deals on it when I didn't have the dough for the higher priced stuff) and it was really reliable, I just found other gear that I liked much better.
 

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