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i hate to stereotype. but i have noticed that christian musicians are obsessed with peavey. why is that. i havent ever heard a peavey amp or guitar that was particularly sweet. even the 5150's that so many people in hardcore music are using now, didnt really start showing up until everyone figured out norma jean used them. even still the tone coming out of them is not anything i would use for just a nice overdriven sound. oh well all the same.just wondering.
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it goes over good with the jazz kids like my self. I used to own a peavy envoy 110. it was a transtube series. It had a really nice clean sound with my fender strat, but the only problem was was that peavy kept poppin out newer amps like how dell keeps poppin out thier computers. So the $300.00 dollar amp I bought would only sell for $80 at the same place I bought it
But hey if you're into good clean sounds, the peavy's aren't bad for cheap money
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Originally Posted by eyhd i hate to stereotype. but i have noticed that christian musicians are obsessed with peavey. why is that. i havent ever heard a peavey amp or guitar that was particularly sweet. even the 5150's that so many people in hardcore music are using now, didnt really start showing up until everyone figured out norma jean used them. even still the tone coming out of them is not anything i would use for just a nice overdriven sound. oh well all the same.just wondering.
5150's were popularized by Eddie Van Halen, not Norma Jean.
I play a Peavey Rockmaster. I use a hendrix like distortion, all the way to harsh gain.
However, mine does not have a mellow overdrive, I use a different preamp for that tone. An H & K tubeman.
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Originally Posted by eyhd i hate to stereotype. but i have noticed that christian musicians are obsessed with peavey. why is that. i havent ever heard a peavey amp or guitar that was particularly sweet. even the 5150's that so many people in hardcore music are using now, didnt really start showing up until everyone figured out norma jean used them. even still the tone coming out of them is not anything i would use for just a nice overdriven sound. oh well all the same.just wondering.
Alot of my favorite bands use 1 of 2 types of amps. The mesa rectifier series (usually the triple, and double), and the peavy 5150. So, i would say their sound is perfect for the music their being used for. But to each his own I guess. There is no *heavy metal amp*. But some amps just seem better for certain styles i think.
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Originally Posted by eyhd i hate to stereotype. but i have noticed that christian musicians are obsessed with peavey. why is that. i havent ever heard a peavey amp or guitar that was particularly sweet. even the 5150's that so many people in hardcore music are using now, didnt really start showing up until everyone figured out norma jean used them. even still the tone coming out of them is not anything i would use for just a nice overdriven sound. oh well all the same.just wondering. hate to stereotype, but this could be said about any brand of amp or guitar that is popular...and honestly, I don't know too many Christian musicians that are obessessed with Peavey...I'm sure there's way more secular musicians using them...
the reason that you tend to see alot of Peavey equipment in churches is because most churches build their PA setups with a budget in mind, and Peavey tends to be the best quality in that budget.
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I'd find it kinda funny if a Christian artist endorsed the Peavey XXX...
On that note, Mesa is rediculously overrated. I don't think they are that great of amps.
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Originally Posted by Mattlock I'd find it kinda funny if a Christian artist endorsed the Peavey XXX... i'd endorse it...except i think i'd need more wattage for bass.
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Thesteve, correct me if I am wrong here, but most high gain amps I have heard don't have the best bluesy drive.
I bought a Peavey because it had the raw tube sound I wanted. Budget wasn't the biggest concern. I would have used a 5150 if I could have found one in the right price range, (A rockmaster like I have is very similar) and hadn't had a power amp I liked.
5150's are famous for their sound. Have been long before Norma Jean changed their name from the luti-kris. I could trash on fender tube amps as having a lousy high gain sound, but thats not what their strong suit is.
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Originally Posted by BillSPrestonEsq Thesteve, correct me if I am wrong here, but most high gain amps I have heard don't have the best bluesy drive. this is indeed true...though i have to say that a Peavey Triple XXX will probably do blues better than a Fender Bassman would do metal.
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Someone already stated along the same lines . . . it's not that Peavey are great amps, it's that they are great amps for what you pay. I dont care for their sound much, but you do get a lot of amp for your money. And not only that, Peavey stuff is durable. It has been said you can throw it off a 2 story building and go right on using it. It's the same reason SM58 mics are industry standard. Sure there are better sounding mics, but a better $100 mic you can count on?
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Originally Posted by mt_spiffy it's not that Peavey are great amps, it's that they are great amps for what you pay. this isn't necessarily true, and it's a mentality that Hartley Peavey has been quoted in interviews as being the thing he hates most about musicians. The reason that Peavey products are cheap isn't because they're lower quality than their higher priced counterparts, it's because Peavey makes most of it's own stuff...speakers, cabs, etc...it's all made by Peavey in Peavey factories...this reduces the price because they don't have to pay a middle man.
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Originally Posted by thesteve this isn't necessarily true, and it's a mentality that Hartley Peavey has been quoted in interviews as being the thing he hates most about musicians. The reason that Peavey products are cheap isn't because they're lower quality than their higher priced counterparts, it's because Peavey makes most of it's own stuff...speakers, cabs, etc...it's all made by Peavey in Peavey factories...this reduces the price because they don't have to pay a middle man.
I got a peavey cause I liked the sound. I could have gone fender or most other brands...
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If I'd say anything is obsessed over by CHristian musicians, I'd say Taylor guitars. Yeah, I love them, too.
With Peavey, I know a lot of people here love them because a lot of people here are more budget-minded. And the fact that Peavey makes or has made some of the best high-gain tube amps to be alternatives to Marshall, Mesa, etc. helps. Peavey hasn't been too affected by a "legend" status that tends to drive prices up. Note that EVH made Marshall JCMs famous much more then he ever made the 5150 famous.
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Originally Posted by Mattlock On that note, Mesa is rediculously overrated. I don't think they are that great of amps.
i'd say rather that too many ppl use them just because of the name. my favorite guitar tones come through a mesa, most of the time. (only found out they were mesa's after i really digged the tones.) but i would much rather pay less for a non-hand built version. good greif, not everyone really cares if the amp is hand made or not.
anyway, i love that mesa crunch, and no, i'm not getting one...till i'm a much better player, have a better guitar and have a place/funds for one. the next amp i buy will be bought based off it's tone, rather than price/value/versatility (well okay, maybe versatility needs to be looked at.
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I like Peavey. I just ordered a Peavey Valveking tube amp. It was a very friendly price so i got it. I gear it has great distortion. A lot of people use peavey cause there stuff is has friendly prices and there great quality.