Meet Hartley Peavey - Founder, Peavey Electronics
Interesting interview article. Click on "read more" on this site page for the entire interview
http://www.guitar.com/content/meet-hart ... lectronics
Meet Hartley Peavey - Founder, Peavey Electronics
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f.sciarrillo
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bassist_25
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Peavey's come a long way, at least in my experience with their bass equipment. The 2x10 BAM combos are sweet little amps. Their older bass amps, though, had this high-mid nasally honk that was impossible to dial out.
"He's the electric horseman, you better back off!" - old sKool making a reference to the culturally relevant 1979 film.
+1bassist_25 wrote:Peavey's come a long way, at least in my experience with their bass equipment. The 2x10 BAM combos are sweet little amps.
i never owned one but every bass amp i heard from the last five years have sounded great. they have a nice smooth tone. Aside from 5150 im not crazy about their guitar amps.
The script was written, and the villian was cast. The provocation needed, they will provide. They did it before, they'll do it again.
I own the BAM bass amp, and I really like it. I haven't used it in a while, as I'm not on bass anymore, but I've let other bassists use it and all of them have been happy with it.bassist_25 wrote:Peavey's come a long way, at least in my experience with their bass equipment. The 2x10 BAM combos are sweet little amps. Their older bass amps, though, had this high-mid nasally honk that was impossible to dial out.
Pour me another one, cause I'll never find the silver lining in this cloud.
Peavey helped literally millions of local musicians over the years, by providing reasonably-priced gear that had features we needed, and the majority was American-made. They also pioneered interconnectivity for different systems in buildings, etc.
BTW, I love my old '78 or '79 Peavey T-15 electric guitar, as I've repeated several times. It was a cheapie when new, and came in a molded plastic case; but it's a shorter scale for my small hands, it's resonant and full-sounding, and it sounds like neither a Strat, nor a Les Paul. I have a number of other electrics, and almost never play them. I picked the T-15 up for $80 at Crazy Hazy's, beating Felix to it, who came in for it an hour later. That alone is enough to make me want it!
Seriously, think of all the Peavey gear we've NEEDED over the years. The CS-800 PA amp was the first cheap, powerful, dependable amp for rock bands. The Mark III consoles sat on many mix sites, lots of the SP-series PA cabs made in the 70's are still in use, and most of us have used a Peavey mix-amp and giant bass rig. It was derided as cheap junk, but LOTS of band used that stuff.--->JMS
BTW, I love my old '78 or '79 Peavey T-15 electric guitar, as I've repeated several times. It was a cheapie when new, and came in a molded plastic case; but it's a shorter scale for my small hands, it's resonant and full-sounding, and it sounds like neither a Strat, nor a Les Paul. I have a number of other electrics, and almost never play them. I picked the T-15 up for $80 at Crazy Hazy's, beating Felix to it, who came in for it an hour later. That alone is enough to make me want it!
Seriously, think of all the Peavey gear we've NEEDED over the years. The CS-800 PA amp was the first cheap, powerful, dependable amp for rock bands. The Mark III consoles sat on many mix sites, lots of the SP-series PA cabs made in the 70's are still in use, and most of us have used a Peavey mix-amp and giant bass rig. It was derided as cheap junk, but LOTS of band used that stuff.--->JMS
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