Peavey Rage 158

Not sure when made.

Transtube with Red strip.

Made in China.

I was impressed with this amp. It is very powerful.

15 wats, 8 inch blue marvel speaker

Cleans are very good. Lead channel gets crazy quickly. Good starter amp and practice amp.

Lacks reverb only.

1 instrument input, Headphone jack, 1 output.

2 channels, 2 amp options (modern & vintage), 3 EQ, low,mid,high

Good rock amp and good clean amp.

Distortion can be as nasty as you want.

Plenty of power.

If shown reasonable care this amp will last forever.

Peavey is Numero Uno.

The best.

They don't make this model anymore.

I'd buy Peavey without hesitation.

This is a simple, low cost, reliable amp.

I have no idea how old this amp is...I found it on the side of the road. It was damaged when I got it. The channel switch was gone, and there was a wire hanging out of it, my guess is that someone was trying to make a footswitch or some sort of remote switch, but failed. I brought it home, ordered a new switch, and it is as good as new! I used it for a couple years as a practice amp, but now my son is playing guitar so it's his now.

It kinda has that Peavey sound to it....a little grainy. Probably a good garage metal sound.

I guess it's dependable, who knows. No, I would not gig with it.

I did deal with peavey to get a schematic and the parts to get it working, and they were VERY friendly and helpful! Very good customer service!

I have been playing for 26 years. My son who owns the amp now has been playing for a few months. He loves the amp. I would get something else if something happened to this amp, unless another one came along for the same price (free).

This is a Transtube Peavey Rage 158 which I bought about 2 years ago. I sold it to a buddy of mine when I got my GT-8 for home practice, but now he's given up electric guitar, so I've got it again...

2 Channels, Shared three-band EQ with 2 voicings, CD input jack, headphone jack, 15W into a 4 Ohm 8" speaker. Low weight, and pretty hard to kill.

I really wish it had a footswitch jack (In the process of adding one myself, but the schematics on the web seem to be for the old green version, and the switch on the chassis has like 16 pins instead of the usual 3... this could take a little while :D), and maybe an FX loop (hell, the CD-In is basically an FX-Return - how much would it have cost to add an FX-Send?).

With the stock speaker, this thing sounds like *****. The clean channel sounds like there's a thick piece of cardboard in front of the speaker, and the distortion has a few incredibly rough and unpleasant mid spikes.

But hey, I'm not one to give up that quickly - so I yanked out the speaker cables and put in a jack, so that I could try out a few different speakers... I've now got the amp hooked up to an open-backed 1x12" cab with an Eminence Legend GB128 speaker in it, and it sounds INCREDIBLE.

The clean is now absolutely clean, with no trace of plonkiness or mud - it just sparkles and jangles, very nice. I can't even get it to break up when I crank the amp to 10 now... awesome. And even though the amp's running into an 8 ohm speaker instead of 4 ohms (=> half power), it's incredibly loud - a lot louder than the old 8" speaker. Probably because of the extra surface area on the speaker.

And the distortion. My oh my, the DISTORTION! I play a Laney VH100R at practice, and the Peavey, with pre-gain at 7 and a mid-boost on the EQ and the voicing on vintage, sounds EXACTLY like the third channel of the Laney (which is absolutely kickass). Incredible.

Roll back the gain to 4 or 5, and you've got a great AC/DC type sound - and at about 3, with a bridge single coil the amp just begs you to play licks from Sweet Home Alabama. And when you flip to a neck humbucker, it compresses just a little more and really sings when you hammer out notes with strong vibrato...

The modern/vintage switch is pretty cool, offering up modern rock tones with a lot of bass on the modern setting (very cool for stuff like QUOTSA, for instance), and more hi-mid focused sounds with tighter bass on the vintage setting. Contrary to the name, hard rock and metal sounds FAR better on the vintage setting - dime the gain and it'll take you roughly up to early Metallica gain levels. It's not quite tight enough for "heavy" metal (nothing like a good Randall or Engl in that sense - it's more like a Recto in terms of bottom end... a bit loose).

The EQ is not very sensitive, but rather effective - just don't be afraid to dime the mid control, even on the vintage voicing.

Hooking the amp up to two GB128s wired in parallel (so the amp could run at full power... 4Ohms=>4Ohms) in a closed-back cab turned out to be complete overkill. With the amp running at full power, I couldn't run the clean channel at over 4 or the distortion channel at over 2 at home... I think I might actually take this to gigs as a backup, it's THAT loud. Not to mention the incredible amount of bass...

All in all - with the stock speaker, this gets a 3 - even for the 77 Euros I paid for it (new). But hooked up to a separate cab, it sounds great! 10 points there... so I'll award a 7.

It's been kicked around quite a bit. Because it's so easy to throw in the back of a car (or just to take it along on the bus or to walk to a jam session carrying it), it gets taken everywhere, and gets a lot of dings on the way. Can't see it crapping out any time soon, even though the pots and jacks are all directly on the PCB...

Can't find a manual, can't find an up-to-date schematic...

Warranty is probably a year or so, but Thomann.de extended that to 3 years, as usual... Rating goes to Peavey for their shite website and the missing manual and schematics...

This thing was a pretty disappointing buy the first time I had it... but now that I've tried it out with a few decent speakers and cabs, I can't wait to try this out at an actual band practice, and see how it does. I usually play a Laney VH100R with a closed-back 2x12" (same speakers as above) or a Randall RG100SC, depending on the band, and we play pretty loud in both bands, but I don't think the Peavey will have any problems on a decent 2x12" or 4x12"...

I'll be adding a footswitch jack as soon as I find my multimeter (it's probably somewhere under the bed :D), and turning the amp into a head (I'll just saw off the top 15cm or so and then nail a plank to the bottom or something) so that it's even easier to transport. Other than that, this thing is pretty much perfect for playing at home and as a backup. I was surprised how good this thing sounds for my purposes, especially since I'd played it for about half a year before, and wasn't satisfied at all.

Overall, because it sounds so good when hooked up to decent speaker cabs, and because it packs an incredible amount of power for its size, it gets an 8. :)

2 channels (Clean/Dist) 2 styles (Vintage/Modern)

I use two of these amps for recording. I run my POD XT Live through them. I set one on "Modern" and the other on "Vintage" and then blend them in the mix. Obviously this amp is only meant to be used in recording or solo practice situations and for me it delivers the goods. It's not meant to be used at a gig or band practice.

It's a Peavey. It will probably outlive me.

This is by far probably one of the easiest little amps to use. Simple controls. Clean Vol, Channel Switch, Lead Dist, Lead Gain and a 3 band EQ (all very useable). What more can you want in a practice amp? Perhaps DFX though I hate most DFX systems. A pedal to switch channels would also be nice but I just do it by hand. I think the new 258 has this feature. Some reverb would be nice too but I use my reverb pedal which suits me fine.

Far out, I laugh out loud when I hear people say the Peavey Rage 158 Amp is a piece of crap (they don't know what they are talking about or they perhaps got a dud amongst the bunch which is believe me a one in a million chance! ). I've got one of these little beautys and I got it as my 1st amp at the age of 8 and I still play it regularly and I've just turned 19. it's still going. I got it second hand when I bought it. it's got a great range of tones you just gotta spend a bit of time tweaking the eq to find the sound you want. I mainly play my Squier california natural strat through it and it sounds just frigen awesome though I have also played acoustics, mics and humby electrics through it and all I love! The distortion is quite useable despite being quite high at a very low level but you can tweak the gain around a fair bit and still get a great range of tones. I'm not a pedal buff and am stilll yet to lash out and buy myself some decent pedals but essentially I primarily play as an acoustic guitarist and have never really needed them that much though I plan to get myself a Boss DS-1 soon. I've played Marshall MG15s, Fender Frontman 15s and a whole stack of other practice amps. None can face up to Peavey except maybe the Orange 15W practice amps but they're almost double the price and don't feel quite as sturdy.

I've mainly had this at home yet have brought it to pubs, parties and all kinds of venues and this has never once failed me. I've played a few of the newer versions of these amps and I don't believe they really sound quite as good and are definately not built as tanky however they are really the best practice amps in their price range the new 258 amp is a welcomed add-on to the great series.

Never Needed It, dont think I ever will!

I've been playing for about 12 years now and I've played though some fantastic upmarket amps i.e. Fender Twin Reverbs, Hiwatts, Marshall JCMs and certainly none seem to have that same ease of use, feel and great EQ. (Yet they all serve their uses. These amps are also plentifully loud for any venue up for bout 100 people. Mines a mid-late 80's model and what can I say but I still love it and would happily be buried with it. I'd be soooo peeved if somebody stole it. I would probably cry and then go out on a spree to find the bugger. If I couldnt get the amp back I'd probably go and purchase one of Peaveys 212 combos (Solid State) and a spare 258 cause of reliability and live with that happily also. Long review but hopefully my ranting hasn't been too long and has been useful to those Who have read it.

this amp doesn't have a lot of features but it is not suppose to.mine is the older version of the transtube model without the vintage/modern switch.this is a very versatile little amp.this amp has 2 channels.i play rockabilly music and it fits my needs very good.i needed a little practice amp that i could carry around with me this amp is perfect.

this amp sounds very good for what it is.i can't believe all the people who bitch about this amp not being loud enough.they whine that this amp isn't good for metal ,or speed metal but this amp wasn't made to play thar crap.if you play that garbage buy a bigger amp.this is a little amp.most rockabilly,blues and old country music was recorded using small amps.this amp sounds good on these styles.the clean channel sounds very good.the lead channel is not distortion it is overdrive.use it for what it was made for and it sounds very good.this amp uses peaveys transtube technology.i compared this amp to my fender bassman tube amp.this amp does not sound as good as the fender but it doe's have a very tube like sound.this amp can sound a little bassy at times but i think that is because of the speaker.i plugged a 10 inch celestion speaker from one of my other amps and it sounded a lot better.also if you use really cheap guitars with this amp it doesn't sound as good.this amp is a little noisy with my fender strat but my humbucker equipped guitar is very quiet.

don't know yet i just bought it today.the imput jack looks a little flimsy but the rest of the amp looks solid.mine is the older u.s.a. made one not the newer ones made in china.i bought mine used and it is in very good shape.the jacks are made of plastic so when i got mine it was very hard to push the guitar cable in and get it out of the imput jack.where i live is a very dusty enviorment so what i hade to do was clean them they where dusty and i used one end of my guitar cable and a clean rag with a little 3 in 1 oil.rub a little 3 in 1 oil from the rag onto the cable end and work it back and fourth in the imput a few times.now its as good as new.

i have been playing for 20+ years.i have a fender strat a silvertone ssL3 session master pro a fender bassman amp a modified peavey predator and a custom built strat using all fender parts.i was looking for a cheap good sounding small amp for practice and that is what i got.i like to take my guitar and play outside in the yard or to my friends house to just jam.the fender amp is just to big to move oround for practice or jamming.this amp fits the bill perfectly.

I bought this amp in 2001 when I first started playing, I play mostly metal but all kinds of styles as well. it has 2 channels.. 15 watts, its perfect for practicing or jamming

clean is decent, the distortion is good, you cant a variety of tones out of it. you can't get the best metal tones out of it but its fine for practicing, I use it with a epi les paul with a emg 85 and a mexi strat with hot rails. its not noisy. For the money the sound quality is kick ass

this was the first amp I bought, ive owned it since 2001 and it has never given me any problems whatsoever, and I have abused this amp reguarly (like letting a singer scream through it). I wouldnt gig with this because its just not designed for that, I would use my new marshall stack

never dealt

For the money this amp is great. If your just starting out to play I reccommend it highly. Its a quality amp that wont let you down.. if your expecting the tone of a fender, marshall or mesa out of thise you will be disappointed. If it got stolen i'd cry because it was my first amp, but then I'd realize I only paid $85 for it move on.

I bought mine new in 1999. It has 2 channels: clean, distortionn. 15 watts.

Clean channel: Its ok, it doesnt sound like an all tube marshall, but it sounds quite well for what it is.
Overdrive channel: It has kind of a warm distortion, but it needs more attack. Its like if it had a pillow in front of the speaker. But it is more than enough for anyone who is starting.
Again, this is an amp that its meant to be used at home. However, I??ve used this amp with my band when I was just beginnig, and it had enough power. I mean, even with the drums and everything else, it could be heard.

I??ve had mine for 5 years. When I sold it, it had no problems and it was working like if it was new.

I??ve never dealt with them. Never need to.

Of course, there is no way to compare this amp to an tube marshall, fender, mesa boogie... But this a good amp for any starting guitarist, who doesnt want to spend a lot of money, and will only use it at home, or maybe with a band.

This amp is pretty much a practice/jam amp. There are two channels, clean and lead and then there's also vintage and modern. Then theres a volume knob, pre gain, post gain, low, mid,and high. There's a CD input and a headphone jack. I wish it had reverb. I use it in my bed room and my rec room.

The amp can give you two sounds. Clean or Lead (which is the distortion channel). The clean channel is never distorted and the distortion is not too shabby. The distortion channel is the only get one and the clean channel isn't that good. I do though prefer my distortion pedal over the distortion in the amp. I'm using a Standard Squier Strat.

I wouldn't take it to a gig, it's just good for practicing and jamming with some buddies. I want to buy a stack to use for gigs and keep this one at home. The only problem I ever had with the amp was one time it just randomly turned off, but I've never had any problems with it besides that one time.

I've never dealt with customer support and I can't remember how long the warranty is.

I've had a guitar for 3 years but just started playing seriously in March and it's November now. The only other gear I own is my distortion pedal and my guitars. If it was lost or stolen I'd get a stack. I like how it's easy to carry and good to practice on but I don't like how it's not good for a gig. I compared it to my buddies Ion amp and my other buddies small little amp and it was better than both combined. I chose this basically because it's a practice amp and it was all I could afford.

This amp is pretty much a practice/jam amp. There are two channels, clean and lead and then there's also vintage and modern. Then theres a volume knob, pre gain, post gain, low, mid,and high. There's a CD input and a headphone jack. I wish it had reverb. I use it in my bed room and my rec room.

The amp can give you two sounds. Clean or Lead (which is the distortion channel). The clean channel is never distorted and the distortion is not too shabby. The distortion channel is the only get one and the clean channel isn't that good. I do though prefer my distortion pedal over the distortion in the amp. I'm using a Standard Squier Strat.

I wouldn't take it to a gig, it's just good for practicing and jamming with some buddies. I want to buy a stack to use for gigs and keep this one at home. The only problem I ever had with the amp was one time it just randomly turned off, but I've never had any problems with it besides that one time.

I've never dealt with customer support and I can't remember how long the warranty is.

I've had a guitar for 3 years but just started playing seriously in March and it's November now. The only other gear I own is my distortion pedal and my guitars. If it was lost or stolen I'd get a stack. I like how it's easy to carry and good to practice on but I don't like how it's not good for a gig. I compared it to my buddies Ion amp and my other buddies small little amp and it was better than both combined. I chose this basically because it's a practice amp and it was all I could afford.