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Casey Larsen

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Apr 16, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/16/96
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Just a warning, I've had nothing but problems with Peavey
equipment. Always shorting out, blowing speakers, and all
other kinds of problems. I would not recommend any sort of
Peavey equipment to no one. I've been playing for over 10
years, and still have not seen any improvement on the quality
of their equipment. The only thing descent about their equipment
is their 5150 series stuff. The other stuff though is poorly
constructed and WILL eventually fall apart on you.

Take it how you want to,
but in my honest opinion, Peavey Equipment Sucks!.


garret_lane_at_hp-corvallis,omx

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Apr 17, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/17/96
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I'm sure that is your honest opinion, but I'm also just as sure
there are vast numbers of players who have experienced just the
opposite (such as myself)! Such as; never failing, no blown speakers,
excellent "Road Performance"!
Having worked in various Music stores in the north-west I've seen
alot of equipement come in for repairs, in perticular from people
in "Road Bands" that require reliable/robust equipement.
What I've witnessed is alot of "Big Name/Top Notch" equipement
with bottom of the barrel reliability being replaced by
Working Bands with supposedly "Shorting out/blowing speakers"
Peavey Equipement.

That's why I own it and stand by it myself!

Garret Lane at hp-corvallis,omx

Alex Basson

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Apr 18, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/18/96
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In article <4l17di$o...@hpcvsnz.cv.hp.com>, Casey Larsen <caseyl> wrote:
>Just a warning, I've had nothing but problems with Peavey
>equipment. Always shorting out, blowing speakers, and all
>other kinds of problems. I would not recommend any sort of
>Peavey equipment to no one. I've been playing for over 10
>years, and still have not seen any improvement on the quality
>of their equipment. The only thing descent about their equipment
>is their 5150 series stuff. The other stuff though is poorly
>constructed and WILL eventually fall apart on you.

I have to disagree here. I bought a used Peavey Combo 300 five years ago,
and it has been nothing if not the single most sturdy piece of equipment
I've ever owned. After being dropped, dragged, left overnight in a car
trunk in -30 degree weather, and generally being abused, it's *always*
worked as if it were brand new. For the last year, my band has used
it as our sole PA system -- in addition to my bass, we plug all of our
microphones into it via a small mixer. Even though the combination of the
vocals and the bass is enough to cause the speaker-protection limiter
to turn on continuously, the amp never overheats or breaks down, ever.

Sure, it doesn't sound all that great -- it's a solid-state Peavey,
after all. But it sounds decent enough, and it's far and away the most
dependable thing I've ever owned. Just enough volume, not too heavy,
it has casters so it's fairly portable, etc. etc. etc. For a bassist
who's just starting out -- as I was at the time I bought it -- I can't
imagine a better amplifier. Too bad Peavey doesn't make them anymore,
but their current line seems similar enough.

Don't get me wrong -- I wouldn't recommend this amp to any serious player
over something like a GK head and a decent cab. That's just as dependable
with much better sound. But for the money I paid ($350) and the level of
player I was at the time, I'm unbelievably happy I stumbled across this
amp.

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University of Chicago I just study here.

EL_Tigre

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Apr 18, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/18/96
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In <4l17di$o...@hpcvsnz.cv.hp.com> Casey Larsen <caseyl> writes:
>
>Just a warning, I've had nothing but problems with Peavey
>equipment. Always shorting out, blowing speakers, and all
>other kinds of problems. I would not recommend any sort of
>Peavey equipment to no one. I've been playing for over 10
>years, and still have not seen any improvement on the quality
>of their equipment. The only thing descent about their equipment
>is their 5150 series stuff. The other stuff though is poorly
>constructed and WILL eventually fall apart on you.
>
>Take it how you want to,
>but in my honest opinion, Peavey Equipment Sucks!.
>

I'm not going to say Peavy is the best, but I've owned and gigged with
several PV amps for years (a KB100 and a KB300 both used for bass) and
have had NOTHING GO WRONG! The KB300 I stored in the trunk of my car
for months between sessions with it getting bounced around and
condensation on. I admit I was treating it as a disposable amp but the
thing is still functioning PERFECTLY!

I also toured with a PV 16 channel Mark III for 5 years and it
performed perfectly as well.

I can assure you MANY players have more than gotten their money's worth
out of PV equip.
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NORA B TOFTELY-LOKEN

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Apr 18, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/18/96
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On Thu, 18 Apr 1996, Alex Basson wrote:

> In article <4l17di$o...@hpcvsnz.cv.hp.com>, Casey Larsen <caseyl> wrote:

> >Just a warning, I've had nothing but problems with Peavey
> >equipment. Always shorting out, blowing speakers, and all
> >other kinds of problems. I would not recommend any sort of
> >Peavey equipment to no one. I've been playing for over 10
> >years, and still have not seen any improvement on the quality
> >of their equipment. The only thing descent about their equipment
> >is their 5150 series stuff. The other stuff though is poorly
> >constructed and WILL eventually fall apart on you.

I too disagree with this and as a matter of fact it is totally the
opposite of my experience with Peavey equipment.

I started out with a old Standard head and 215 bottom about 16 yrs ago and I
still have them both. After I bought a MkIV head and 1810 bottom, my
band used the Standard head for our PA amp. We ran it at 2 ohms nite
after nite and all we did was put a fan on it to keep it cool. It has
never failed.

The MkIV head has had only 2 minor repairs in the 12 yrs that I have owned
it. It still works fine.


> I have to disagree here. I bought a used Peavey Combo 300 five years ago,
> and it has been nothing if not the single most sturdy piece of equipment
> I've ever owned. After being dropped, dragged, left overnight in a car
> trunk in -30 degree weather, and generally being abused, it's *always*
> worked as if it were brand new. For the last year, my band has used

Oh yea, my standard got hit by a car and worked fine at the gig that
nite! This is true, but I don't want to get into details ;-).

> Sure, it doesn't sound all that great -- it's a solid-state Peavey,
> after all. But it sounds decent enough, and it's far and away the most
> dependable thing I've ever owned. Just enough volume, not too heavy,

The older stuff, 70' and 80's, sounded ok, but the newer equipment sounds
pretty good; especially the cabinets. It would be nice it they would
stop with the big, bulky heads though and go with a steel shell instead
of the plywood.

I'm running a PV Bass Fex, CS-800, 410TX and 1/2 of my 215 cabinet and
it's been very reliable. Before I bought the 410, I tested all the big
name cabinets and the 410TX sounded (IHMO) just as good. If ya don't
believe me, check out the BP 4-10 shootout. I do plan to replace the CS-800
because it's so heavy and the 115 cab with another 410TX. I've recorded
direct to ADAT from the Bass Fex and there is 0 noise on my tracks. The
Bass Fex sounds much better than the heads (IHMO) but takes more time to
set up since it is a processor.

Anyway, before I start sounding like a Peavey commercial, this is my
experience with Peavey equipment. Everything I've owned from Peavey
has been nothing if reliable. There are other options
out there and like everything you need to try them before buying.

Later,
Darrin

Kevin Gamble

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Apr 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/19/96
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Add me to the chorus. I've never had any trouble with Peavey gear, I
would recommend it as an excellent, reliable value. Interesting that the
original post mentioned the 5150 as reliable, though--that's the one
thing I've heard more gripes about.

Kevin, Peavey owner

Jeffrey L. Suits

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Apr 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/19/96
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To everyone, everywhere: Decent is spelled D-E-C-E-N-T.


Not: D-E-S-C-E-N-T. They mean different things.


Jeffrey

Mohammad Seyal

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Apr 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/19/96
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> Just a warning, I've had nothing but problems with Peavey
> equipment. Always shorting out, blowing speakers, and all
> other kinds of problems. I would not recommend any sort of
> Peavey equipment to no one. I've been playing for over 10
> years, and still have not seen any improvement on the quality
> of their equipment. The only thing descent about their equipment
> is their 5150 series stuff. The other stuff though is poorly
> constructed and WILL eventually fall apart on you.
>
> Take it how you want to,
> but in my honest opinion, Peavey Equipment Sucks!.

You used a double negative...


Bill Detschel

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Apr 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/19/96
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Let me add my opinion also about Peavey - I've never seen more dependable
stuff. I've got a MkIV bass head from about 1983 that just keeps on
chugging. And I bought it for 350 new, its worth around 200 still. I
use it as a backup because I am now using Eden stuff, which has great
tone. But I know I can still depend on it, and other folks I know say
the same thing.

bfd
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Murray McCurdy

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Apr 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/20/96
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Well I have a Peavey unity 2000 series mixer and started off with a
TNT 160 bass amp, then traded the amp for a combo 300 and have had no
problems with it. Not even as much as a blown fuse. I would suggest using
Peavey equipment. I play bass mostly to country, country rock music and
am looking to join or start a country band in the Carleton Place area.
Bye For Now

Ernie Smallis

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Apr 20, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/20/96
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>In <4l17di$o...@hpcvsnz.cv.hp.com> Casey Larsen <caseyl> writes:
>>

Casey,

It is unfortunate that you have posted your recommendation by making such sweeping
generalizations. I do believe you when you say "I've had nothing but problems ...".
Your comments suggest, to me, that you have purchased Peavey equipment on more than one
occasion. If my understanding is correct, then why would you?

Peavey is a successful company. You've only to look as far as the used Peavey equipment lists
in magazines and stores. If the size of the listings and the variety of equipment listed is
truly an indicator of how bad the products are and have been, Peavey would have been out of
business long ago!

I'd be interested to know what Peavey equipment you've used, and in what situations,
and how you've used it. Honestly.

Regards,

Ern..


Hans Man in 't Veld

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Apr 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/21/96
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apba...@woodlawn.uchicago.edu (Alex Basson) wrote:

I can fully agree with this. I own my Peavy TNT130 12 years now. No,
it doesn't sound exceptional, but it always works. Although I have two
Trace Elliot's, I use the TNT still for small gigs and practice. There
were times we used it for keyboard and voice amp (with a Boss
BX6-mixer, like the way Alex did).
In the years 1988 / '91 I had a stack of two TNT130's. Now and then I
regret to have sold the second one.
I must say, the TNT150 and 160 version have never fascinated me. But I
am sure there are enough content user of that ones.
Well, after all those twelve years I love my Peavy still.

Gr.,
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Hans Man in 't Veld
hansman...@pi.net
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Derek Tearne

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Apr 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/22/96
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In article <4l17di$o...@hpcvsnz.cv.hp.com>, Casey Larsen <caseyl> wrote:
>Just a warning, I've had nothing but problems with Peavey
>equipment. Always shorting out, blowing speakers, and all
>other kinds of problems. I would not recommend any sort of
>Peavey equipment to no one. I've been playing for over 10
>years, and still have not seen any improvement on the quality
>of their equipment.

I have to disagree with this. I've bee using *Peavey Equipment* for
over 10 years, a 1x15 cabinet followed by a TNT 130. Both have been
utterly reliable.

The sound they produce isn't 'great' but it is not a bad sound. I
recently replaced the Peavey not through lack of reliability but because
the SWR Workingman's 15 is much lighter and sounds a whole lot 'better'
to my 1996 ears. I fully expect the Peavey to be still going strong in
another 7 years.

>The other stuff though is poorly
>constructed and WILL eventually fall apart on you.

Come on. Peavey gear is built like _tanks_ and weighs like it.

>Take it how you want to, but in my honest opinion, Peavey Equipment Sucks!.

Most of the Peavey range is good, honest, middle of the road equipment
and it just keeps on going - some of the high end stuff is apparently
extremely good.

The main complaint about Peavey gear is not that it sounds/is bad, but
that it is uninspiring.


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Philip Rous

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Apr 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/22/96
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NORA B TOFTELY-LOKEN <ntof...@nmsu.edu> writes:
>
> The older stuff, 70' and 80's, sounded ok, but the newer equipment sounds
> pretty good; especially the cabinets.
>
I'de like to second this. The 410TX cabinet is exceptional value for money.
I compared this $350 cabinet to equivalent models from both Eden and
SWR which were in the $800 range. Whilst the 410TX does not have
the refinement or ultimate sweetness of the Eden 410XLT (especially
in the midrange), it produces a very well balanced sound.

Jeff L. MacDonald

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Apr 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/22/96
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I was subbing in at a rehearsal, and the guitarist was using this REALLY
OLD Peavey cabinet. This beast was huge, but had 1 12" and 2 tweeters.
I'd say this cabinet was 15-20 years old, and sounded fine. It countered
my relatively new Peavey bass cabinet very well.

On the other hand, I'm selling my bass cabinet because it can't handle
quite enough power.

Jeff


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Casey Larsen

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Apr 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/22/96
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Well Fellow Bassists,

Obviously I'm outnumbered here on my post. I guess that all of you
just haven't been as unlucky as I have with my equipment. I'll tell
you what I have. I'm am currently using a Peavey Mark VI bass head,
with a Peavey 4-10TX cabinet, and a Peavey 1-15TX cabinet. I have
mostly had problems with the 1-15TX cabinet. I've had to replace
the speaker basket on it 3 times!. My head has shorts in the input
jacks, and I've only had it for about 2 years. I also had a Peavey
Basic 60 before, that was O.K., until it had problems too. I think
that most of my problem is that I play in a Heavy Metal band. I don't
think that Peavey equipment was made to take that kind of abuse.
I was a little bit too eager to get any kind of stack, and did not go shopping
very well. The guy at the music store told me that this is all I would
need for that kind of music. I look back now, and think he was just trying
to make a buck off me. So now I'm currently looking for something that can
better suit my needs. I didn't mean to start such flame war with everyone,
I guess I should of worded my subject a little different. Thanks for all of
your input on this subject.

Casey Larsen.
cas...@hpcvjf20.cv.hp.com


SWilli4254

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Apr 22, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/22/96
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I have a Peavey 1820 cab which kicks!! Lots of lows and mids. I think
alot of people hate Peavey because they are lower priced compared to
Hartke and others. Some of the reason for those high prices is
advertising. Peavey both advertises and sells their instruments at low
prices. I like that!! I love my "giant" 1820(122 lbs.) If Peavey is so
bad as some say, then why do most music stores carry their equipment? If
anyone in the Toledo, Ohio area doubts Peavey, go ask the people at Peeler
Music why they carry the products. Not everyone can afford Trace Elliot
and Hartke.

Scott

GM McMahon

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Apr 23, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/23/96
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In article <4l17di$o...@hpcvsnz.cv.hp.com> Casey Larsen <caseyl> writes:
>From: Casey Larsen <caseyl>
>Subject: **** DON'T BUY PEAVEY EQUIPMENT ****
>Date: 16 Apr 1996 22:36:34 GMT

>Just a warning, I've had nothing but problems with Peavey
>equipment. Always shorting out, blowing speakers, and all
>other kinds of problems. I would not recommend any sort of
>Peavey equipment to no one. I've been playing for over 10
>years, and still have not seen any improvement on the quality

>of their equipment. The only thing descent about their equipment

>is their 5150 series stuff. The other stuff though is poorly


>constructed and WILL eventually fall apart on you.

>Take it how you want to,

GM McMahon

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Apr 23, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/23/96
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Moondog says: My 9 year old TNT130 has been good to me( even when I vomited on
it during a gig.

From Cape Town "that which does not kill me better run like hell"

John Deal

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Apr 23, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/23/96
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el_t...@ix.netcom.com(EL_Tigre) wrote:

>In <4l17di$o...@hpcvsnz.cv.hp.com> Casey Larsen <caseyl> writes:
>>
>>Just a warning, I've had nothing but problems with Peavey
>>equipment. Always shorting out, blowing speakers, and all

<snip>

>>but in my honest opinion, Peavey Equipment Sucks!.
>>
>

<snip some more>

>I can assure you MANY players have more than gotten their money's worth
>out of PV equip.
>--

/

--

I am one of those players. I still have a mid 70's Festable Series 800 amp
that I used to power mains and it still works great (now it is a backup amp
because I need more power now but if I need it I know it will do the job).
I had a TKO 65 that was used just about everyday for 3 years and it never
failed. Gigged with it in places that it was much too small (the DDT
compression saved it many times I am sure). I did have a Bandit 112 that after
4 years of being used as a guitar amp and a monitor for our drummer (when I
turned to bass) failed with a bad solder joint ($40 repair with labor). A
bass playing friend had the same problem on a 2 year old TNT115. Both of
these amps have been moved around alot.

Recently I lent my Peavey speaker'ed rig to a bassist who's less than one year
old Trace Elloit(sp?) rig failed him and I just got back my Laney VC30 guitar
amp (< 1 year old) after it failed to switch channels and had major preamp
rework. That has been my experience anyway.

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Georges Racinet

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Apr 23, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/23/96
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>I think that most of my problem is that I play in a Heavy Metal band. I don't
>think that Peavey equipment was made to take that kind of abuse.

What you're saying sounds quite strange to me, because I thought
that Peavey gear would be quite good for violent music : we own here a
Peavey TNT 160 combo on which several bands of heavy-metal, trash play
often, and it is unbreakable (thanks to the indluded limiter, I
suppose).
I myself don't like Peavey amps, but because of the sound they
produce, altough I think it's not so bad for big rock (not usually my
style of playing) . I own a Hartke combo, and I believe it is easier
to damage the speaker (a 15"). Of course, I prefer its sound, but
sometimes when I play loud, I check the speaker's excursion.

BTW, when you write you had to change your speaker's basket,
do you realy mean the metal-part ? Maybe did I not well understand ?
(I don't know all the technical vocabulary in english).

G.Racinet




Michael Waldron

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Apr 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/24/96
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In article <4lgm70$k...@hpcvsnz.cv.hp.com>, Casey Larsen <caseyl> wrote:
>Well Fellow Bassists,
>

>that most of my problem is that I play in a Heavy Metal band. I don't
>think that Peavey equipment was made to take that kind of abuse.

Hmmm. Could be you're just unlucky. I abuse my Combo 210TX at every
gig, and it works like a dream. I've heard reports of people spilling whole
beers into their Peavey equipment, and it works just fine after it dries out.
Peavey's supposed to be some of the more durable equipment out there.

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begging/Never have I seen one of them slip through Your hands." -Steve Taylor

Jdibenedet

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Apr 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/24/96
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I have 1978 Mk4 running a 15" JBL cabinet
its reliable as hell
Thank you


Sub Sonic

Casey Larsen

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Apr 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/24/96
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The speaker basket is the part of the speaker that bolts onto the magnet.
Generaly, the voice coil that is connected to the speaker basket burned out
on me on each occasion. Each speaker basket alone costed me $75.00. Also
I've had problems with the material that the cabinet is covered with. On both
of my cabinets, it is starting to peel off and I've only had it for about
a couple of years. I just can't recommend any of their equipment. I've had
way too many problems with it.

Casey Larsen


smorales

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Apr 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/24/96
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You're not alone....I'm not to wild about peavey stuff either. But
everyone is intitled to their opinion for whatever reason. I've never
owned a peavey......Just can,t get passed the sound.


Really like my Hartke,
Frank Morales
Bad Dog

smorales

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Apr 24, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/24/96
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Don Hinds

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Apr 26, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/26/96
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<<<<
everyone is intitled to their opinion for whatever reason. I've never
owned a peavey......Just can,t get passed the sound.
>>>>

The sound even stopped my from buying a couple Basses. The shop have a
fender hollow Precision and Gibson Victory. But all I could try them
through was Peavy amps, and they sounded so bad i didn't buy either.

Don

Don Hinds

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Apr 26, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/26/96
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<<<<<Really like my Hartke,
>>>>

Amen!

Don

smorales

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Apr 26, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/26/96
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Is this something to brag about???

Florian -FDj- Dejako

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Apr 30, 1996, 3:00:00 AM4/30/96
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Was the original poster hired by Peavy by any chance? Where's the
TE/H&K/wtf salesperson saying that the TE/H&K/wtf equpment sucked,
provocating all those replies of happy customers?

This reminds me of comp.sys.mac.programmers.codewarrior where some
Symantec/Metrowerks-representative starts asking "which compiler should I
use?" everytime the ever-lasting "my IDE (that's another word for Penis)
is bigger than yours" thread threatens to come to an end... oh mah gawd...

FDj

PS: Is that new Ibanez with the plexi-glass cover any worth? ;)

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Adam G. R. Ames

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May 6, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/6/96
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ba...@cs.montana.edu (Michael Waldron) writes:

> In article <4lgm70$k...@hpcvsnz.cv.hp.com>, Casey Larsen <caseyl> wrote:
> >Well Fellow Bassists,
> >
>
> >that most of my problem is that I play in a Heavy Metal band. I don't
> >think that Peavey equipment was made to take that kind of abuse.
>
> Hmmm. Could be you're just unlucky. I abuse my Combo 210TX at every
> gig, and it works like a dream. I've heard reports of people spilling whole
> beers into their Peavey equipment, and it works just fine after it dries out.
> Peavey's supposed to be some of the more durable equipment out there.
>
> ----
> Mike Waldron ba...@cs.montana.edu 49 20 6C 6F 76 65 20 4A 65 73 75 73 2

> Bride-Whiteheart-King's X-Extreme-Rush-and, of course. . .
> "Never have I seen the righteous forsaken/Never have I seen their children ou

> begging/Never have I seen one of them slip through Your hands." -Steve Taylo
>
>

welp, i have a peavy fury bass, and a peavy tko 65 amp (compared to
some of the stuff you guys talk about my amps kinda nothin') but
anyways i belive that peavys are pretty tough, because i droped my amp
down the stairs (whoops!!) and nothing even happened to it, and it
sounds sweet too!
my opinion
adam

LB76

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May 10, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/10/96
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I Have used a DPC 750 into a 410TX and 118 sub for over 3 years now and
this has been the most reliable set up I have had in years. This set up
has proven to hold its clarity under extreme volumes.

Raymond Bailey

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May 19, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/19/96
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Over the years I have used numerous Peavey basses as well as combos. My
combo 300 has lasted the most abusive conditions and still holds it's own.
As for the basses I don't leave home without em. The styles I have used
them for range from hard rock / heavy metal to contempory jazz. I think
the problem you described is with the player not the equipment.

Dan Perkins

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May 21, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/21/96
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I will have to concur here. I have been playing a Peavey T-40 bass for
the past 5 years. I practice with it, play gigs with it and record with it.
I also have been playing Peavey amps. I play through a Peavey Mark III head
a Peavey 1810 cab.I also use a Peavey 210TX Combo and a Peavey Basic60
practice amp. I just put money down on a Peavey Forum 5 string bass.

I have NEVER had any problems with any of my Peavey equipment. Well,
one problem. A couple of years ago I had to have the jack on my T-40
replaced because the connections were going bad... but this is a
15 or 20 year old bass.. and has a lot of miles on it. Personally
I find this pretty damned reasonable.

For the money I think Peavey makes really decent bass equipment. It's
inexpensive and reliable.

Just my opinoin.

Later,

Dan Perkins

Danny Eschete

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d.pe...@access.texas.gov (Dan Perkins) wrote:

>Just my opinoin.

>Later,

>Dan Perkins

i gotta agree too, i have a peavy 5-string, a peavy 4-string
fretless, and also a 4x10 cabinet, an 18 cabinet, and a 2x15 cabinet.
if anyone had told me 5 years ago that i would be running all this
peavy stuff, i would have laughed at them. now, i reccomend it. i
play the hell out of my stuff, and i get compliments on the sound
regularly. and the stuff never breaks (knock on wood)...

also, like mr. perkins, this is just my opinion....

later,
dan eschete

Rodney Turner

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May 23, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/23/96
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> dan escheteI must agree with all the above. I played a T-40 bass for a good while and really liked it. I no longer
have it, but not because I disliked it. I still use a Basic 60 practice amp, Bass-fex preamp, and 4X10
cabinet. I think they have a lot of bang for the buck!

Minkagirl

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My Peavey 1516 speaker cabinet is great but, I just got rid of my
Foundation bass.
Peavey's guitars that are reasonably priced (subjective, I know) are
usually geared toward beginners and are consequently of lower quality than
the higher priced models. (Duh!) If you really need a bass to start out
on, Peavey is not a bad way to go. Used axes, as with all used equipment,
must be carefully chosen. My Foundation had a good variety of tones when
mixing pick-ups. Not a bad instrument to start out with. If you like it,
play it. Still like it? Buy it.

Barry Bocaner

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Minkagirl (mink...@aol.com) wrote:
: My Peavey 1516 speaker cabinet is great but, I just got rid of my

Umm... just because a manufacturer makes a lot of student instruments
doesn't mean that everything they make is geared twords students. Have
you seen Peavey's Brian Bromberg model? Its gorgeous... graphite neck,
flamed maple top, piezoelectric pickup, a very flexible active
circuit... a very impressive and extremely good sounding and easy to
play instrument...


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Dan Perkins (d.pe...@access.texas.gov) wrote:
: I will have to concur here. I have been playing a Peavey T-40 bass for

: the past 5 years. I practice with it, play gigs with it and record with it.
: I also have been playing Peavey amps. I play through a Peavey Mark III head
: a Peavey 1810 cab.I also use a Peavey 210TX Combo and a Peavey Basic60
: practice amp. I just put money down on a Peavey Forum 5 string bass.

: I have NEVER had any problems with any of my Peavey equipment. Well,
: one problem. A couple of years ago I had to have the jack on my T-40
: replaced because the connections were going bad... but this is a
: 15 or 20 year old bass.. and has a lot of miles on it. Personally
: I find this pretty damned reasonable.

: For the money I think Peavey makes really decent bass equipment. It's
: inexpensive and reliable.

: Just my opinoin.

Just to be difficult...

Over the years I've walked into a number of music stores and on several
occasions I've been handed a variety of models of Peavey basses. It
usually takes about five minutes before I insist on a bass I can get a
good tone out of. I've yet to find one I liked the sound of or the feel
of. It would be tempting to say that they were all set up badly by
store personell who wanted to sell me a more expensive instrument, but
the thing is, it wasn't always the same store or the same people and in
a couple of cases they were pushing Peavey pretty hard.

As far as the rest of the Peavey equipment I've encountered, my
experiences have been pretty mixed. It tends to be adequate equipment,
but not excellent or outstanding. If it doesn't break right away, it
generally lasts forever. But it's mediocre for as long as it lasts.

Bang for buck, it's pretty good. But I find it's worth the extra bucks
to get more bang from higher quality equipment.

Also, just an opinion.


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Just my 2 Cents.

Never been a fan of the old Peavey bass amps like the Mark III Series. Always found them honky and hard to control low mids. Very confusing to operate too.

BUT

There is a lot of Peavey stuff that I've been very impressed with over 35 years of playing. Their power amps have always been ultra reliable in my experience and always honest with their output rating.

My Main big show rig is a bi-amped system as below.

Ampeg SVP-Pro Preamp

- EV Active crossover

-- Tops = PEAVEY DPC 750
|- TL 806 cab
-- EV 12" 300w 8 Ohms EVM-12L Black Label (Zakk Wylde)

-- Bottom = PEAVEY DPC 1000
|- TL 15 cab
-- EV 15" 1000w 8 Ohms EVX-115

The two PEAVEY DPC amps have done hundreds of shows and never missed a beat. They've been comparatively small and light, powerful and utterly reliable.

In another rig I run a PEAVEY 4 x 10" Headliner Cab, sometimes coupled with a Trace Elliot 4 x 10".
Driven by either a Hartke LH 500 or an SWR Interstellar Overdrive preamp into a PEAVEY DPC 1000.

In days gone by I've used 15" and 12" PEAVEY Black Widow speakers and liked them a lot. (but not as much as EV's)

Never blow a speaker.

To be honest, if any of the PEAVEY stuff that I run fell apart on me I'd be very surprised and replace it straight away.






On Tuesday, April 16, 1996 at 4:30:00 PM UTC+9:30, Casey Larsen wrote:
> Just a warning, I've had nothing but problems with Peavey
> equipment. Always shorting out, blowing speakers, and all
> other kinds of problems. I would not recommend any sort of
> Peavey equipment to no one. I've been playing for over 10
> years, and still have not seen any improvement on the quality
> of their equipment. The only thing descent about their equipment
> is their 5150 series stuff. The other stuff though is poorly
> constructed and WILL eventually fall apart on you.
>
> Take it how you want to,
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