A year to the day after buying the Peavey that taught me they ain't what they used to be, I have reunited with the Peavey that first showed me what they used to be, the amplifier I never should have traded away. Cheap; loud; built like a tank in Meridian, Mississippi; pointy logo and blue knobs and everything. I dialed in a great tone in seconds, like picking up a conversation with an old, old friend. No, my Mesa Boogie Buster isn't going anywhere (other than the doctor), but I am thrilled to have this back in the fleet.
As I have written elsewhere around here before:
That pointy Peavey logo is one of the reasons I play music. I remember seeing that logo and those blue knobs when I was out one night with my dad as a kindergartener (hey, it was Wisconsin and it was the 1980s, haha). I remember stage lights, and doing somersaults on the dance floor, and the singer having people give it up for "Joe" (my dad must have known the guy and put in a word or something). I drew a picture and wrote the story and told the story in front of my kindergarten class; I felt so awesome. It remains one of the best nights of my life. (That logo and those blue knobs really stuck with me; I got a 400BH in high school and liked it just fine but had an itch to get something more "pro" and traded it away for who knows what; this acquisition finally corrects that historical error, haha.) Oddly enough, I don't remember the music so much from that night; I remember that night mostly in images, and that logo and those blue knobs really stood out for me.
As I have written elsewhere around here before:
That pointy Peavey logo is one of the reasons I play music. I remember seeing that logo and those blue knobs when I was out one night with my dad as a kindergartener (hey, it was Wisconsin and it was the 1980s, haha). I remember stage lights, and doing somersaults on the dance floor, and the singer having people give it up for "Joe" (my dad must have known the guy and put in a word or something). I drew a picture and wrote the story and told the story in front of my kindergarten class; I felt so awesome. It remains one of the best nights of my life. (That logo and those blue knobs really stuck with me; I got a 400BH in high school and liked it just fine but had an itch to get something more "pro" and traded it away for who knows what; this acquisition finally corrects that historical error, haha.) Oddly enough, I don't remember the music so much from that night; I remember that night mostly in images, and that logo and those blue knobs really stood out for me.
