Mojave Ampworks PeaceMaker Head

It doesn't matter how you set it or what guitar you throw at it. It will sound amazing and unique.

I us a Duncan 59 pickup. Using the lower output pickup helps the amp shine. I use a Marshall 1960bx cab with greenbacks. This amp has so much life in it. I don't need any extra drive or gain. I use a thd hotplate down -4db or -8db, but no lower. It is the most amazing sound I've ever heard. Yes you can use the power damping to play at bedroom levels, but it's not the same. Once you crank it all the way up you'll be in ecstasy. I have found the right amp finally. It can get all the classic tones of the 70s. It has a magic vibe. It brings life to my recordings...I almost want to re record projects I've been working on for years (recorded with mesa boogies) and replace with the mojave...it's THAT amazing

It sounds amazing clean, semi distorted "jangley" or mid ac/dc gain or all the way up "vna halen " gain

built like a tank, I don't believe I'll ever have any problems with this amp

Vic is the best, he responds to any email or call right away. He really helped me get my peacemaker and it arrived fast and in perfect working order.

I have a BA in music plus a degree from LA music academy
I've been playing 15 yrs or so. In the last 5 years I changed. I used to rely on high gain amps like mesa rectifiers etc... I started to truly hear the magic in older recordings in the 70s. I wanted that sound. I can't afford to buy plexi after plexi trying to find the best sounding one....I got the peacemaker and I'm happy...it's like getting the greatest plexi you've ever imagined. Much cheaper than trying to find a good sounding vintage plexi.

You need a hotplate and a 4x12 with g12m-25 greenbacks or g12h-30
do not use modern speakers like vintage 30s!
Plug straight in, turn it up and enjoy.

I play through the Mojave 4x12 with their standard Celestion Speakers. I also use a Furman Power Factor power conditioner.

I have not turned it up past 0.5 because I live in a quiet neighborhood, but the natural harmonics at 5th, 7th and 12th frets sound amazing. I also plug straight in with a Mogami Platinum cable.

Also adjusting the Bass, Mids and Treble knobs shade your tone as expected.

I know it has a built-in power dampener, but I dream of buying a warehouse so I can turn it up all the way and hit a power chord or play a soft-fuzz lead.

I've had only one other tube-based amp and that was a 59 Fender Bassman reissue. I've also played through other amps at stores, but none sound as clean and with a raw, pure tone as this one. Maybe my Furman power conditioner with its extra amp reservoir and Mogami cable also help.

My overall rating is a 10. It is what it is.

This amp is awesome. I was worried at first until I learned how to use it. This amp is for experienced players. Tone is so versatile with pure rock tone. Great for Clean, Rock, Jazz, Metal, and anything else your fingers can push through it. I thought I was Angus Young there for a few minutes when I got a chance to play it really loud in an auditorium. This is a one channel amp with no effects loops. I was worried yet again how I would sound through this amp. Well was I in for a great surprise.

Sounds from any era of music can be dialed in on this head. Pure, Clean, Sparkling clean to blues, hard Rock and all in between. This head sounds like a Marshall, but has more beef and tone flavoring available. This 100 Watt head is louder than any other head I have. Can sound great at extremely low volumes with assistants from an Attenuator. In a large setting, I swear I feel the ground vibrate when it's cranked! This amp is super quite even when cranked to 10. I don???t understand how an amp can be that quite. If I had any other of my amps cranked like that, I would sound like a ruptured gas main hissing very loudly.

Reliability of this amp is Military Grade. This amp is built to last and is very well constructed inside and out. I have used this for hours at a time cranked to 10 in every volume controller on this amp, with know problems other than it gets very hot as expected. I always panic if I don???t bring a spare head to every gig, and I have been that way since day one, but the past 6 shows, I only brought the Mojave and never thought about a back up at all!

Customer support is great. Quick call backs and 100% support. Victor is very helpful and backs his products all the way to the bank!!!!!! The warranty is 5 years, which I think is great! I purchased this unit used and the warranty was transferable which is awesome and not heard of that often. That shows you they don???t have any support issues at all.

I have played for 17 years and own the following amps. Marshall JCM Slash, Carvin V3, Carvin Master Tube Series, Carvin Quad X, Carvin X100B, Carvin Legacy, B-52 Stealth, Peavey Rock Master, Diamond Phantom, Genz Benz El Diablo, and a few others. Out of all those amps, and I Love all of them, I find my self using the Mojave 95% of the time. This has become my new Number One. One thing I would change and wished was mentioned on the web site is the fact that the unit needs a THD Hotplate Attenuator in order to play in a condo or apartment setting. This amp works off the power amp section instead of the pre amp section, which is why it sounds so good. When I first used it I loved the clean sound but I could not get distortion in my room without blowing the windows out. Being an experienced player I figured out what was up, but if I were a beginner I probably would have returned the amp. Once you play with the amp, you will learn to use it more efficient. This amp is very expensive and worth every penny. If it went missing, I could not sleep till I had the replacement in hand!---Great Job Mojave Ampworks!!!!!!

It's a plexi. A simple great sounding amp that does what a plexi is supposed to do.

It's a bulletproof/better built plexi.

No problems for three years.

Vick is great.

This is where I have an issue. The resale value for this amp seems to be for ****. I saw a Scorpion go for about $1500 on Ebay and my Peacemaker just went for $1325, also on EBay. Seems like right now is NOT the time to buy a new one. Keep your eye out on Ebay and you'll find it for 50% off, in great condition.

This amp is the flagship of the Mojave line, made in Apple Valley,CA. The E.Q. layout is pretty basic high, low-mid, high-mid and high...the split mid setup is nice in that it suits a wider range of guitars, whereas in the past I've had certain guitars that sounded better with certain amps. I tend to find that is what I'm adjusting the most when I switch guitars. This amp has 2 8 ohm outputs, and a 16 & a 4 ohm output. It also has a variable lineout wich is always nice to have. Probably my favorite feature is the power dampener; I leave it at about 12 )' clock, which is probably a little less than half of the 121 watts this amp is actually bench tested at. All in all, I would say this amp has all the tone shaping tools you need and nothing you don't. The only thing that I can think of that you could add would be an effects loop, which I wouldn't want anyway, b/c they suck tone.

I've been playing high gain multi-channel amps for a while...i.e. a Voodoo modded 6505 and a River K Tre, which are nice amps to be sure; however, IMHO as good as they sound for what they do, there's just a tonal quality that a good single channel amp cranked up can get that the higher gain amps don't have. I'm still blown away everytime I listen to Eddie's tone on early van Halen Albums or Angus' tone on old AC/DC stuff. Sure, a lot of that was their technique, but that's the beauty of these type of amps, even at higher gain levels, you can emote so much more. If you play aggressively, you will sound aggressive, as opposed to a bunch of preamp tubes doing all the work and masking your playing. Basically, everything that you would want in a good plexi, the mojave has in spades. One thing about this amp is that speakers make a bigger difference in how it will sound than most amps. I first tried it with Germino 2x12 loaded with EVM12Ls and it sounded pretty good, but not quite what I was expecting. If you fork out the cash for one of these, I'd deffinitely invest in a cab w/ some G12H30s, scumbacks or greenbacks. I've got 2 Hellatone 30s in my Germino and they sound awesome. I love the EVMs, but this amp is designed with the vintage celestion sound in mind.

It's built like a tank; I don't know much about caps and such, but the transformers are Mercury Magnetics...which makes me a little skeptical of the previous review slamming the build quality, b/c MMs stuff is the heat. Only time will tell, but so far, so good.

I talked to Vic briefly about using an od/dist pedal and what he recommended. I went with the H&K Tube Factor, and it sound absolutely insane. I havn't had a chance to try it with any other amp, but if you get a Mojave, that pedal is the perfect compliment. I haven't had any issues with the amp, but they seem pretty cool on the phone.

This amp is only as good as you are; if you suck, you will sound like a crappy guitar playing through nice gear. That's the trade-off, and there's no way around it. For lack of a better way to put it, this amp is just "organic"; there's a connection b/w how you play and how this amp responds that most amps just do not have...this amp is alive in a way that a high-gain multi-channel amp cannot be by virtue of it's design. If you want an amp to express what you are feeling when you play, then here you go; this is it! If you want to hide what you are playing...and not playing... with lots of distortion, this amp will frustrate you to death, which I would be willing to guess, is the case with one of the previous reviews, b/c the only way this amp will sound like crap, is if you do.

My amp was made December 2005. This amp is amazingly versatile using guitar volume knob and the right pedals and effects. I play classic rock, some blues, hard rock and metal. I honestly don't wish this amp had any of the features that modern amps have!!!! If this amp didn't have enough power for me there would be something terribly wrong with my ears.

The Mojave Peacemaker is the sweetest, most pure form of electric guitar amplification I have ever owned. I am using the Ultimate attenuator with a 200 watt load...highly recommended! I use the line out of the Peacemaker into the H&K replex into the VHT 2/50/2 power amp. All this goes to a Mojave 4x12 and a Mojave 2x12 loaded with Celestion Heritage G12H30's. My guitar is a Suhr strat with a Mr. Browny humbucker.
The most important pedals on my board are a bb preamp and a Maxon GE601. The bb preamp kicks the amp into metal territory, while using the Maxon the way its set up I get an amazing clean sound...also a slight roll off with the volume pot gets an even cleaner clean.
With the nature of this kind of amp some Ghost noting will be present. You need to have high quality matched tubes for one, set the amp up the way it sounds the best to you...maybe everything on 10 won't be the ideal setup for your guitar and pickups.

The amp is built as well as an amp can be built. I would and will use without a backup, just spare tubes. No breakdowns.

Vic is very helpful and friendly. He and his guys have answered my questions and emails without fail.

I have been playing for 25 years. I have owned Marshall JCM 800's, Johnson amps, Marshall TSL, Custom Audio 100, Batcat hotcat, Splawn modified Marshall SL 1959x, Fender Supersonic, Budda twinmaster plus, and other stuff.

2003 Model This is a one trick failed attempt at a Marshall Plexi.
I don't use this amp because it sounds horrible.

This is a poor attempt at a Marshall Plexi. The builder uses Cheap Caps, Transformers, Resistors etc.No matter which guitar I used, The Ghost notes destroy the tone and the Amp is Sterile sounding. The distortion loses tone as the amp gets cranked. I do have an Eventide harmonizer but don't like to use it all the time.Don't allow the website to fool you there are loads of effects and compression used to record the sound clips. With the price in mind you would be better off investing in the real deal for the sake of value and performance

I had fuse issues It should be called the Fisher Price "My First Marshall" and painted yellow and orange.

Never Returned my Calls They got my money and that was plenty for them

I have been playing for 40 years and own various Vintage Marshalls and Fenders, I have a couple Mesa-Boogies too. I build amps as a hobby and own a recording studio. This thing is basically Junk from Hell (Apple Valley Area) If you have never owned a plexi, they don't sound anything like this.

Straight forward marshall style, and if you want to get right down to it a 2 ch amp.

I tested this amp at Mojave Ampwork in apple valley. i used my les paul standard w/humbuckers and actually tested it with a 2x12 mojave cab loaded with G12H30's. I have to be honest here. anyone who plugs into one of these amps and doesn't like the tone is absolutely deaf or at the very least an unconsious incompetent. i have a classic rock cover band and the variation in cuts in our set list goes from 3dog night to stp to crows to almond brothers. let me be the first to say i got every tone imaginable. i especially like the montrose stuff, spot on! it cleans up nicely too. the power damping feature is absolutely remarkable all the way down to a quarter of a watt not like a master at all. it still remains dynamic very impressive

all hand built hand wired mil spec nothing else needs to be said no PC boards here. as far as the yahoo who experienced a bad tube, dickwad, it happens and usually when it is new never after. but first impressions eh! just remember this, he didn't make the tube or the fuse the amp still fired up even without a bias.......

victor mason is truly one of the most knowledgable people in the business today i feel his service if exceptional.

ive been at this game for about 31 yrs now i have 2 marshall clones one 18 watt and a custom 36 watt of which sound nothing like a plexi but great tone none the less. an old alamo montclair w/is awesome sounding les paul strat tele 2 schecters an old aria pro II vintage pedals yada yada yada the list goes on and on. if it were lost or stolen i would replace it. everything about the amp is impressive tone, eq, gain,power damping, line out, dual volumes treble and bass you get very fat tone out of this one

s/n 12 w/power dampening.

my second mojave. started with a coyote.

not a versatile amp in the volume knob clean to dirty aspect like the others are. but none of the others chuck out the gooey lava like the 'Maker!

the scorpion may have more grind, at the expense of girth.

the tone controls are uncanny. they are focused right in the heart of guitar tone land.

if you don't spend any time with the amp, you lose.
but if you know what you are looking for, and listen to vic about the other pieces of the puzzle, you will win.
never bites my ears tonally. volume, yes, but tone no.

the power dampening is great. keeps the tone intact. i use it with a hotplate to get VERY quiet without having to run the plate as drastically.

if it could clean up on the run like the plexi 45, this catagory would be a 10.

fender alder strat w/holmes 450 in bridge.
currently have a bogner 4x12 uberkab (v30s & 75s)
have played it with a mojave 4x12 too.

this is a rock amp. i have played most every boutique amp out there that claims to do VH.
none do it like this, except for old marshalls, and then you are dealing with old marshall prices and problems.

gain is a very tricky thing. mojaves provide just enough to keep the very best of the amp's tone intact. they leave it up to you to add more via pickups, pedals, tubes, speakers, etc...

....basically mucking up the tone and making a fool of yourself gorging on gain like 95 percent of the population, me included.

but they kindly provide an amp that can actually handle a great deal of front end pedal gain thrown at it and keep the tone fat and expressive.

you can take two routes with this amp---keep the amp at a moderate setting and create a lead sound around pedals--and this is what i typically do based on my time with the coyote. this method gives you greater flexibility when trying to achieve both clean and dirty tones.

or-

crank the amp, and boost it with a clean pedal ala time machine boost, which gives you a fatter clearer tone, at the expense of legato touch for faster runs, and extra volume control.
vic uses this method and i am trying to get there slowly.

i do use the vic method of running the line out to a replex into my coyote/gh301x12 cab for the wet. hubba hubba! if you only try the peacemaker mono/dry, you are missing a MAGIC event.

this thing looks so clean and solid and easy to service...a MAJOR consideration when looking for this tone.

Vic and Craig are awesome. I have been to the palace many times now, annd get the best customer service i can hope for. they have serviced LOTS of things for me and always do great work.

I have wanted this amp from the first time i heard it on the net in 2001.

it is a very weird feeling to be able to aquire the tone you've been hearing in your mind for decades. i hit chords and dig into solo notes and think "that didn't just happen did it?? is that really MY tone?"

this is one piece of my holy grail dream rig---a BIG piece

the other amps would be a fuchs or two rock for cleans and dumble/texas/fusion tones

and something big and liquid sounding ala egnater/bogner/diezel/vht for faster rock leads

My Peacemaker was purchased new 10/04. It's a single Channel No-frills 100 Watt all-tube tone machine. Features on front panel: ON/OFF, Standby, Indicator light, Bass, Low-Mid, High-Mid, Treble, Bass Volume, Treble Volume. Rear Panel: Power Receptor, Fuse Holder, Line-Out jack, Power dampening control, Line Level Control, Output Jacks: 4-8-8-16 Ohms.

It sings using my Wayne Charvel Mahogany strat style guitar with Tom Holmes PAF humbucker. I play classic rock like Van Halen, AC/DC, Zeppelin, The Who, and Jimi Hendrix, which is what the Peacemaker was made for. It has the richest, harmonically complex tone that I have ever heard! It sounds similar to, but has better tone and more gain available than any "plexi" Marshall I have ever played. It has a very warm, clean distortion because it's created by the power section of the amp, not the preamp. It never sounds thin or brittle like other boutique amps I have tried. No wasp-in-a-jar distortion. It responds to the dynamics of the player and is very touch sensitive. It cleans up real by rolling off your guitar's volume. Has a nice jangle, more akin to a class a amp. Other amps talk the talk, but the PM walks the walk!

It's built like a tank using the finest components. I would use it on a gig without any hesitation. There's nothing flimsy about it at all.

I am really into early Van halen and bought this amp to emulate Eddie's early tone. Victor, the owner of Mojave, was extremely helpful in giving me tips on settings for the EQ and gear tips on what pickup would be the best to use, etc. He and I have talked on the phone for hours about gear. He really knows tone!!!!

I have been playing guitar for years and have tried various amps including: Blockhead, Mesa, Marshall, Splawn, and Roccaforte none of which can deliver the tone of the Peacemaker. If it were lost or stolen, I'd buy another one in a heartbeat and then trackdown the thieves and pummel them. It's expensive to buy any decent tube amp today and mine was $225.00 more than the standard model because it has Mojave's new "power dampening" and "line-out" features. Which I recommend if you record or play at home.