Members cerebrix Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Went to order an hp special ct today, was told by 3 dealers and peavey that they dont make them anymore. I asked what they were going to do instead and I was told "we have no announcement at this time" I wonder if Peavey is in trouble..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Carroll Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 I hear Gibson is buying them as a lesser brand to epiphone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cerebrix Posted September 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 just the guitar line or the whole company?i cant imagine theyre in trouble as a whole, i mean theyre carried by everyone as stocked products including best buy. i was playing a 6505 combo today at best buy as a matter of fact.thats just crazy :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Carroll Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 It's a joke, a while back people were spreading a rumor that peavey was buying out Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cerebrix Posted September 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 ahh ok yeah i havent hung out here in forever so im kind of out of the loop. still i wonder whats going on over there. those usa's were pretty amazing for the street price you (now) used to be able to get them at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cerebrix Posted September 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 looks like their custom shop app thingy on the web is offline now too. www.peaveycustomshop.com goes to just amps. i wonder if theyre getting out of the guitar business and just making amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueJames Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Peavey has the market cornered on ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cerebrix Posted September 8, 2010 Author Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Peavey has the market cornered on ugly.really?i think this is a (was.... sigh... ) a fantastic looking, playing and sounding guitar.. i dont see eye to eye with you on that at all man. these things were really stunning instruments imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 So where does that leave their Jerry Donahue sig Tele-alike? Hope JD scored himself a bunch of 'em before the plug got pulled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 really? i think this is a (was.... sigh... ) a fantastic looking, playing and sounding guitar.. i dont see eye to eye with you on that at all man. these things were really stunning instruments imo. The new EVH Japanese edition looks nice, but not as nice as that Peavey.Still, for $1300... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HELSTRUME Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Might be cause of the bad economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 sometimes these things happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 The new EVH Japanese edition looks nice, but not as nice as that Peavey. Still, for $1300... This gets my vote for ugliest headstock in history, or at least this month.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Peavey is a strange enigma. Most of their products are very well made and work well. I remember their magazine (Monitor) where people would write in and tell stories about houses burning down and amps still working. They have made some nice guitars - The Fred Newall models, the Vandenberg, etc... and some nice amps - the Classic (which was like a Super Reverb), - and some nice basses and even some cool synths (the DP3, etc...) but for some reason I always think of it as good stuff that I would never buy. Aside from PA equipment I have never owned much of their stuff. I do have a few of the Valverbs and they're great but it's a PITA to hook up one rack unit. A lot of the stuff they have come out with is even ahead of its time - the StudioMix and they made a programable pedal switcher in the 1980s which people now buy, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Peavey is a strange enigma.Most of their products are very well made and work well. I remember their magazine (Monitor) where people would write in and tell stories about houses burning down and amps still working.They have made some nice guitars - The Fred Newall models, the Vandenberg, etc... and some nice amps - the Classic (which was like a Super Reverb), - and some nice basses and even some cool synths (the DP3, etc...) but for some reason I always think of it as good stuff that I would never buy.Aside from PA equipment I have never owned much of their stuff. I do have a few of the Valverbs and they're great but it's a PITA to hook up one rack unit.A lot of the stuff they have come out with is even ahead of its time - the StudioMix and they made a programable pedal switcher in the 1980s which people now buy, etc... They also pioneered the use of CNC for building guitar bodies and necks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jds22 Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 This gets my vote for ugliest headstock in history, or at least this month..Agreed. Love the guitar but the headstock is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poolshark Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Shame. Say what you will about the looks, but they're awesome guitars for the dollar. Then again, I already have mine, so I have no real reason to fret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Despite the revolutionary design philosophy of CNC guitars, Peavey just couldn't grab a hold of a strong market share. Even innovations like the variable coil split of the T60 or hybridized Generation didn't catch on in a big way. But Peavey's guitars have really never been the strong point of the company's sales. It's their amps and PA systems which brings in the profit. Their Media Matrix brand is used in the US Senate and Sydney Opera House and Crest Audio is also part of Peavey. And don't forget Buddha is being manufactured by Peavey now though the designs and trade dress remain a separate company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wartoxin Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Peavey was really hot in the 90s, to me it was the biggest name is Basses and Bass Amps, but, now I really wouldn't be buying anything from them. The tube amps are clearly still a hit, so those will be around for a long time to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cbh5150 Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Despite the revolutionary design philosophy of CNC guitars, Peavey just couldn't grab a hold of a strong market share. Even innovations like the variable coil split of the T60 or hybridized Generation didn't catch on in a big way. But Peavey's guitars have really never been the strong point of the company's sales. It's their amps and PA systems which brings in the profit. Their Media Matrix brand is used in the US Senate and Sydney Opera House and Crest Audio is also part of Peavey. And don't forget Buddha is being manufactured by Peavey now though the designs and trade dress remain a separate company. This. It also didn't help when EVH jumped ship; right now I can't think of a single well-known endorsement of their guitar line. Their bread-and-butter has always been sound-related anyway, so if HP is cutting his losses, probably a smart move. Who knows, he could start it back up down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BG76 Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 This gets my vote for ugliest headstock in history, or at least this month.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 Not surprising. I've played a few Peaveys, but never found one that I was crazy about. Had a buddy that owned a really nice Peavey bass with a carbon fiber body on it...man, that thing was amazing! LOVE their PA gear. That stuff lasts forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 I've got a couple of Peavey Wolfgangs and a USA Millennium bass that are all killer. I also have a Classic 50 and a Classic 30 that great sounding workhorse amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members craigny Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 The Wolfgang i had was second to none in build quality and tone...really nice..the HP's looked great also...Peavey's high end guitars are (were) really nice...heck even my lil POS Preadtor plus EXP sounds great with a JB in the bridge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robert Paul Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 As long as they still make their amps then I'll be happy. The day I find out they're killing the USA amp line is the day I go out and blow a few grand on amps just to have em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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