Members dcooper830 Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 Nothing wrong with these Peaveys. This is all good stuff right here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members foose4string Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 Perhaps, but you couldn't find a higher-end Peavey amp at music stores around me during the 80's. Places simply didn't carry them. They were widely viewed as entry-level by the music stores themselves, both the guitars and the amps. Amps? You saw a ton of Marshall, Fender, some Randall. The best you could find from Peavey was a solid-state 2x12", and it was always cheaper than anything by those first three. The only other entry level amp brand that I saw regularly were the old wood-stripe Crates, which were just as bad as the Peaveys, but slightly less expensive.Electric Guitars? You saw a ton of Gibson, Jackson, Kramer, Hamer, Charvel, and B.C. Riches. {censored}, it was hard to find a place that actually carried Fender Strats during the 80's. Thems were the times...Metal was king, and the product lines were represented as such. I agree, Metal was king... to us perhaps. But the radio told another story....at least until the late 80's. Plenty of Pop, R&B, Blues, and Country to be had back then....Fender was still in demand, don't kid yourself. Ever heard of Pink Floyd, Iron Maiden, Yngwie? I may have been lucky as far as music stores went, because I remember drooling over some of the high end Fender Strats back then. Could be regional as to what was being marketed. There was no shortage of pointy guitars that's for sure, but none I ever lusted after. And yes, I was a metal-head too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MojoFilter Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 Say what you want but for me the price/value equation is crazy in my favor with these two rigs. Nice. I'd gig with that setup without a qualm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members foose4string Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 I think their only saving grace was that they were cheap...affordable to a 14 year-old, without too much trouble. Boils down to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MojoFilter Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 Fender was still in demand, OLDER Fenders were in some degree of demand, but Kramer outsold both Gibson and Fender combined a few years in the 80's, IIRC. It was the Eddie Van Halen/Floyd Rose effect, and the age of the SuperStrat. Even Jeff Beck was playing a pink Jackson Soloist by that point... By the mid-eighties, Fender was nearly defunct as a company. Before they were re-born as FMIC, it wasn't easy to find any new Fenders at all...they had outsourced all of their production to Japan until they could get the new factory up and running, and no one really wanted to touch the late 70's/early 80's stuff that was still left from the CBS days. It was largely junk. I remember seeing plenty of Les Pauls and SG's on the walls of most guitar stores, but I can't remember seeing much Fender at all. It was all SuperStrats with Floyd Roses and Kahlers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 ^ For me when it comes to Peavey PA equipment, they're so affordable I'm almost suspicious of them. Do you know what I mean? I mean they're really priced one step above Behringer and that makes you assume they are only as good as that.Oh no...you did NOT throw Peavey and Behringer in the same category... Peavey may be on the cheaper side when it comes to price, but they build some quality gear. Sure, there are some cheap bits...but in general, Peavey makes tough stuff...and it sounds good, too! I'm a big fan of their PA gear, as well. Wish it was all still made in the USA, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve_man Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 Nothing wrong with these Peaveys. This is all good stuff right here Those PR series speakers are awesome! Love that blue amp, as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members foose4string Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 OLDER Fenders were in some degree of demand, but Kramer outsold both Gibson and Fender combined a few years in the 80's, IIRC. It was the Eddie Van Halen/Floyd Rose effect, and the age of the SuperStrat. Even Jeff Beck was playing a pink Jackson Soloist by that point... By the mid-eighties, Fender was nearly defunct as a company. Before they were re-born as FMIC, it wasn't easy to find any new Fenders at all...they had outsourced all of their production to Japan until they could get the new factory up and running, and no one really wanted to touch the late 70's/early 80's stuff that was still left from the CBS days. It was largely junk.I remember seeing plenty of Les Pauls and SG's on the walls of most guitar store, but I can't remember seeing much Fender at all. It was all SuperStrats with Floyd Roses and Kahlers. All true. Except I remember seeing Fender, but I'm referring more to late 80's, while you are referring more to the first half of the decade. I remember the Japan Fenders too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted April 26, 2011 Author Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 Because they are just okay. The classic series doesn't "blow fenders out of the water" they are different amps. They blow similarly priced Fenders out of the water in my opinion. Key phrase is similarly priced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Carroll Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 They blow similarly priced Fenders out of the water in my opinion. Key phrase is similarly priced. Maybe if you plan on keeping it forever. Classic 30's go for $650 new, and you'd be good to get $300 for a used one. Hot rod deluxe's go for $700, used average would be 'bout $400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aenemated Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 Compared to what? Not too many earth shattering logos that I'm aware of... i work in marketing in los angeles for some of the biggest brands in the world. i can name a million fantastic logos in pretty much any market you want to talk about. the peavey logo is not among any of them. it's atrociously executed likely hand drawn type (drawn poorly at that, from a typography standpoint) that's terribly, terribly dated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sammyreynolds01 Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 So catman let me get this straight. You think if Peavey would increase their price points to major manufacture prices you and more people would consider them? That's total bull{censored}. If you look at their PA's and say well they're one step above Behringer in price so you have they must be bad then that's your ignorance. In today's world on the internet there's no excuse for people not looking up user reviews on gear. By in large people will be honest. You just have to take the time and research. Peavey has never been and never will be flashy, they're working man instruments and amps and they price their gear accordingly. If you want flashy name driven stuff then buy them. I have 2 Peavey guitars and they are excellent. I agree I though that I think their marketing strategies are stuck in the 70's and that log is hidious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zetor Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 How reliable are the Classic 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reverse Entropy Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 I like it. The thing is, that's a Junior High School logo. That's something you doodle in your damned notebook when you're supposed to be doing algebra, and you're thinking about how cool your band could be, and that girl who sits in front of you. I think I probably invented that logo myself somewhere, I just don't remember it too clearly. I certainly wouldn't build a major multimillion dollar company around it. But to Hartley's credit, it proves he's sort of a regular Joe Musician like the rest of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MojoFilter Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 How reliable are the Classic 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zetor Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 I ended up buying a DRRI (I got it at a pretty sizable discount), but for a while I was seriously considering buying a Classic 30, and read tons of user reviews, as well as asking my friends that owned them.I don't remember reliability being mentioned as a recurring issue with them. If I had the funds I would go for a DRRI in a heartbeat, but the used ones are barely cheaper than the new ones, almost 1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MojoFilter Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 If I had the funds I would go for a DRRI in a heartbeat, but the used ones are barely cheaper than the new ones, almost 1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willyguitar Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 I really quite like Peaveys and for years had a Peavey Deuce which was very good indeed (back in the late 1980s). I have been on the verge of getting a classic 30 or a delta blues a number of times. I completely agree about the logo. If you look at that, you might assume that the amp was designed for '80s disco/pop. But they also have a bit of a problem with marketing. They don't seem to have latched onto a good narrative for many of their amps - should they be making more of artists using their products for example? Should they be talking about what is distinctive? Maybe that's the problem - they make some good all-rounder amps, which would be actually very good indeed for most of us on here, since we can never make our minds up, and they cover plenty of bases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrPFloyd Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 I love my peavey classic 50. Not once have i had a problem with it. it may be time for new tubes for it though, just because I don't know why people don't like peavey. I love their stuff, and i don't think you can go wrong with it. My buddy bought a peavey les paul custom equivalent (can't remember the name), has a full body binding and neck iirc, and aside from the pots being totally useless, it is a an amazing guitar for 400 bucks. And the classic 50, again is freaking amazing. it takes everything well, pedals, different speakers.... abuse Next amp i am looking for is a classic 8 (or 5) so i can just have the classic 50 sound in my bedroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 Everybody raves about their products. I've had a Peavey Delta Blues 210 myself and I loved that thing. Anyway, everybody knows the deal. Very excellent products, great prices, made in America. So what's wrong with them? I ask that because if something wasn't wrong with them, they'd sell more and be more expensive. Instead, they seem to always top the charts for "underrated" and "best value," which isn't exactly the race you want to be running. Other than the 5150, it just doesn't seem like any Peavey products have reached legendary status. Why? Is it the logo? Because the logo does suck. so why'd you get rid of the Delta Blues?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members craigny Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 They should switch to the Peavey logo that my Wolfie had...much better, as far as their guits go, my USA Wolfie was as good as any guitar ive has as far as quality and performance, and my cheap ass Predator EXP with the JB i threw in the bridge kicks ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smorgdonkey Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 The 6505 is the choice for high gain...has excellent reliability too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members craigny Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 I've also played a Classic 30, loved it...yeah but the pointy logo has got to go.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 How reliable are the Classic 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caveman Posted April 26, 2011 Members Share Posted April 26, 2011 I had Bandit that sucked, a PA head that was worse and never bought another Peavey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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