What to do with old Peavey stack?

[GregT]

This is the rig as it sits in the corner of my living room today. It is in great shape, works well, clean, doesn't smell funny or have dust all over it. When I got busy and stopped gigging around 18-ish years ago, I put a cover on it and put it away in climate controlled storage.

Peavey battleship-like construction. If you dimed all the controls and slapped the bass as hard as you could, it wouldn't hurt it.


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Wow! Showroom condition! But what also impressed me was that you used Neutrik Silent Plugs on your cables. I wouldn't be without them!

 

[MegaSwing]

This is the rig as it sits in the corner of my living room today. It is in great shape, works well, clean, doesn't smell funny or have dust all over it. When I got busy and stopped gigging around 18-ish years ago, I put a cover on it and put it away in climate controlled storage.

Peavey battleship-like construction. If you dimed all the controls and slapped the bass as hard as you could, it wouldn't hurt it.


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Lovely and great-sounding rig right there, but that era of Peavey was the heaviest of the heavy. That's rental/rehearsal space-type gear these days. A church would LOVE to have it.

 

[Killing Floor]

Unfortunately that doesn't make any of it weigh less.

Nope.

But there's more to rock'n'roll than weighing your gear.

 

[mrjim123]

 

[jimmydean]

Take the gear to some music shop and trade it all in for some strings or something they won't turn down .

 

[JFlo]

Sac has an organization the likes of which I've never seen before: The Library of MusicLandria. I have no idea if they'd pick it up, but they might be interested.

+1 for Musiclandria in Sacramento if you want to donate it. Buddy is a wonderful human being. Last time I was in there they were lacking for bass amplification. Sounds like folks in your more affluent area don't value your gear.

 

[Topkat13]

Maybe find a good chiropractor.

 

[lug]

I attached some cable tie-downs to my older peavey gear and strapped my house to it to avoid being swept away in a large tornado.

 

[Bass4ThePublic]

Go to a local show with a lot of bands and find the band whose bassist has the crappiest amp and gear. Give it to that bassist.

 

[SaucyJackBass]

Music go Round. You will get 50% of what you think you should get but it is a good way to get something.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Peavey amps won't earn you points on the internet, but it will earn you a living.

Osteopaths too.

 

[Brain Fog]

That rig looks really good. I was imagining a lot of rat fur.

 

[vvvmmm]

I say find another one for the opposite corner of the room, use it for yer stereo.

I mean not just azza stereo bass rig, but for yer stereo - be great for Duran Duran or Skynyrd concert vids.

 

[IPA]

I'm not real keen on a "local pickup" sale given the unseemly state of society these days.

what? don't believe whatever it is they're selling you on TV news

 

[larrysb]

Yeah, it's a clean rig, and it sounds good. I been thinking for the last couple of years that I need to do something with it, but it works and sounds good.

To think I used to haul that stuff in and out 2-3 times a week...

I managed to get it all into the living room during 'rona and there she's sat since. It was a struggle, due the lumbar L3 and L4 disks not being what they used to be...

I've hit up the local shops and they're all kinda disinterested, and most of them are now chock full of stuff that everyone bought up during 'rona.

I'll call around some more churches and see if I can get a taker for a tax deduction. Might show up in classifieds here, who knows.

 

[Stealth57]

You've got at least a couple folks here offering to buy. I'd help pick it up if not too far and provide my personal info so you don't feel uncomfortable.

 

[Marko 1]

what? don't believe whatever it is they're selling you on TV news

Yeah, it's probably way worse.

 

[SoulReflection]

I do NOT want to discuss value, at all, in adherence to forum rules.

So, I stopped gigging some 20 years ago. The 'rona era got me playing again, but I'm not interested in gigging, just jamming at home and maybe hitting some open jam nights for fun.

I have this Peavey NitroBass head, and a 2x10 and a 1x15 (also Peavey). But it is eating up space in the living room and now that I'm 20 years older, with back problems, I can barely move it anymore. Peavey amps won't earn you points on the internet, but it will earn you a living. I have to say, it always served me well.

Like everyone else, I want a lightweight, small, class-D combo for around the house, and maybe a wander out to play with friends or something some day.

Local shops are not too interested in it, since they're all swamped with inventory since everyone had to go back to work.

I'm not real keen on a "local pickup" sale given the unseemly state of society these days. The weight of it would exceed its value for shipping purposes.

I haven't found a taker at a music ministry or an educational charitable donation yet.

Any creative ideas on how to move this stack on to its next home?

A few years back, I delivered an 80s Peavey Combo 300 and matching 15" Cab to a local shop. They sold them on consignment and I netted around $300. I had a hydraulic lift at my end and they carried them in at their end .

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Find a good practice space, accept that it might get mistreated (but not stolen) and use it there. Buy something more convenient fot gigs.

 

[RoadieP]

I ended up giving my ultra heavy old peavey gear to a friend's little brother and replacing it with some nice, much lighter new Hartke stuff and couldn't be happier