Mojave Ampworks PeaceMaker Head

Just what you need - nothing you don't. I'm lucky enough to own serial number one. Two inputs - low input is dead on classic plexi -high is plexi taken to the next level. I've waited almost a year to submit a review so I could give an honest and accurate review.

If your looking for dead on classic late 60's and 70's marshall - this is your amp. Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Lizzy, Bad Company, Queen, etc. All those ellusive tones you always wanted to get but never could are all in this little box.

I'm not gonna bore you with my gear right down to what brand screwdriver I use to tighten screws on my guitar (like I've seen in other reviews). I have a few les pauls and a few other guitars, but I mainly play my L.P.s.

Like I said, you can get any classic tone you can practicly think of. I can even get the thing to sound like Brian May for God's sake and all that guy ever used was AC-30's and a custom made amp. Enough said about emulation. If emulation is your thing than you'll think your in heaven.

If you want an amp to help you find your own sound - here it is. Your sound begins with your hands. Too many morons expect to plug in and sound like EVH. Eddie will sound like Eddie even if he plays threw a $50 dollar POS amp. It's funny how some people think the gear makes the guitarist. If you suck this amp will let you know it. Every nuance in your style rings through with this amp. Don't expect to go to a store and plug in for 10 minutes and all of a sudden your transformed into the greatest guitarist that ever lived. This means you limey from jolly old england. Like I said, if you suck, you will not be happy playing this amp. There isn't a wall distortion or effects to hide behind. If you need pedals to sound good with this amp or any other than you need to practice. This amp will make you play better. It has helped me to grow and mature more in the past year as a guitarist than in 15 years combined before I got this amp.

The Peacemaker doesn't deliver bone crushing distortion. It's suited for any other style than whatever calls for tons of distortion. The cleans are great and not harsh at high volumes. I can get SRV type sounds no problem. There's more than enough head room at all levels. Like any great tube amp - the louder it gets the better it sounds. I've got mine running to a THD hotplate and then to a Mesa 4 x 12 recto cab with classic 30's. You need a hotplate - no master volume.

Oh, back to our friend from jolly old, God kill the Queen, England. In case you don't know it, US and England have different voltages comming out of our outlets. So feasibly this may cause some issues. Don't submit a bad review because you couldn't get your "tan" sound. Leave it up to a brit to gay something up - "tan' sound, how gay is that. If your able to assess the quality of an amp after ten minutes - then you need to re-think your world view. Hell, I barley start to form an opinion until after a couple of hours. Go practice and work on your "tan" sound. But don't waste our time with your stupidity. I get the "brown" just fine and haven't ever had a problem doing so. Maybe it's not the amp - maybe it's the loose screw plugged into it. Cheerio buffoon.

The peacemaker is for the mature guitarist. If all you do is play metal and beat riffs like a dead horse than you don't need this amp. If you want an amp that will help you find your own sound and put a smile one your face in the process - here you go.

Not one problem yet. I've talked with Victor Mason and I feel confident that he would help me with any poblems I might have.

Victor is a great person. He always takes time to explain things clearly and is very patient. Like I said - I have every confidence that he would help me out if I needed it.

I've been playing sixteen years and I never imagined an amp could be this good. Everything else I've played since owning it pails in comparison. If it were stolen - God help whoever is dumb enough to try to steel this from me. The only thing that is at the same level with this amp is a Bogner. Mesa, Marshall, Soldano, and all the others sound like three inch garbage next to this thing.

See below descriptions - marshall style - straight forward. Brand new (early 2004). Its a looker!

Well...I tried this amp here in the UK at Chandler Guitars in Richmond London. If the thing didn't blow up after 10 minutes of playing i would be able to give it a better review...perhaps. I played through it with a strat with a med output humbucker in the bridge position. I started with 2 minutes of trying to get some clean sounds. Hmm...not what i was expecting...(even after the sales guy guranteed me it blows away every marshall he's played through...uh-huh...) However, if you are after a very smooth, flat, one dimensional sound (almost hi-fi like)this IS your amp. Not bad!

I have to admit, i was expecting it to sound better with more sag mixed with some richness...but it was not having a good day that day (or maybe i just got a 'friday' build), or maybe it IS supposed to sound that way...go figure! Mind you it could have been the cheapo pre-amp and power tubes killing the sound of this one (more on this later).

Well, so far so good - brilliantly sterile clean sounds to begin with (amazing with EMG pickups me thinks) - I was hoping that perhaps if i turned everything up it would get me that elusive 'Tan' sound guitarists in the US have always saught after (like the 'Brown sound' but a smidgen lighter hence the 'Tan'...) Well if i am honest, this thing just became r a tad unmanageable past 9pm on all dials - was i not supposed to do this? I have had a fender squire 15 give a better 'Tan' sound than this amp. Regardless of which input i plugged my guitar into this thing became overly middley, muffled and confused sounding. Notes rang out like a elephant with a flu in an isolation booth. I was expecting to hear rich harmonic saturation/sustain with notes jumping off the fretboard...sadly this just did not happen...and just when i was about to give up i saw some pretty blue lights come from the power amp section and then the amp went quiet. Bad tubes...Not cool for a new amp selling for ####.

I cannot comment any further - because the amp stopped functioning as a result of tube/fuse frying - VERY VERY un-cool for a brand new amp

In all seriousness, i think it was a dodgy tube/fuse....but this is a BRAND NEW AMP...perhaps a bit of further component testing or bulletproofing could be done before sending it to foreign shores? Just a thought...

This is the only one in the UK that i am aware of...and the fact that a tube went after 10 minutes is totally inexcusable for a new amp costing upwards of #1500 - Nuff said.

My advice to whoever makes this amp - In the future, please make sure its good for shipping to the UK with QUALITY components before you allow them to be demoed!

Well, after all the hype, sound clips, discussion threads etc...I was truly expecting this thing to be a solid sounding, plexi eating, potentially firebreathing all valve monster! I was hoping for that elusive and rich 'Tan' sound as well as it stood there on that day in the basement of the demo room at chandler's, that amp could only be suitable for a bingo hall i know of, in burnley...

p.s. If only the builders spent as much time on the sound/hardware as they did on the cosmetics...this would be the amp for me 100%. I can only hope that this 'harsh' criticism will spur on those responsible for building this amp to better test their component hardware before releasing it to the general public.

p.p.s I also tried to play through a coyote combo and head at Chandlers. Both of these amps were unoperational due to fuses blowing the whole time.....quality control PLEASE? and if you dont believe me just call any of the staff there on 020 8940 5874. I believe Brinsley is the man fixing them...

Sort it out!

The Mojave Peacemaker is a 100-watt non-master volume tube amplifier. The front panel features low and high sensitivity inputs, 4 tone controls, and volume controls for both bass and treble. Users can adjust the mix of the volumes as well as choose from low or high sensitivity inputs. This makes for a very versatile amp. I think it is a very well thought out and functional design. It has the features I am looking for.

This is a nice sounding amplifier. I primarily use it with a Gibson Les Paul Standard with PAF+ pickups and a Fender single pickup strat with a Floyd Rose Tremelo. The four tone controls and two volume controls make it more flexible yet slightly more of a challenge to dial in. They have more effect than the tones on a Marshall or equivalent amp. It took a little time during the evaluation period to learn how each affects the sound. The low sensitivity input is pretty much like the Marshall Super Lead in both tone and output. It provides a real nice plexi/PTP kind of crunch. It also cleans up nicely which is a pleasant surprise. It has a nice ?chime? to it. The high sensitivity has more overdrive and goes beyond the normal gain you would get from the Marshall. This input pushes the tone into what I would term simply as ?more?. The Peacemaker PM gets into VH territory with ease. The Mojave has it all in one package, clean, plexi, and ?more?. I replaced the stock Ruby 12AX7?s with some NOS tubes. I would recommend this improvement to any new amp owner regardless of brand.

I have no issues with reliability of the Mojave Peacemaker. One of the major reasons for making the purchase was to get a rugged, well made, hand wired amp. The amp is new at this writing, and it appears to be very well built utilizing quality components. Quality of manufacture was a real selling point for me. I wanted an amp that was built with the care of a Hiwatt and a good Marshall tone.

I am pleased with the products and services provided by Mojave Amp Works. They produce a fine new product. I contacted Victor Mason and spoke with him in detail about the Mojave line on a couple of occasions. I was concerned that the Peacemaker would be too much amp for my applications so I was curious about the Scorpion, but decided to go with the 100 watt Peacemaker. I?m glad I did. Victor took the time to listen to my questions and provide answers about the product line. My amp was shipped and delivered promptly. The packaging is professionally designed and the foam inserts are custom made to fit the amp. The container will stand up to the rigors of shipping. The amp came with a 72-hour examination period. It provided the time I needed to evaluate the product. This item is guaranteed for 5 years

My overall rating is high for this amplifier. I had a good experience with the company, and the amp does what they say it will. I have a couple of nice Marshall Super Leads and the Mojave sounds very good in comparison. I have had several Hiwatts and Fenders as well and I much prefer the Mojave over both.

2 inputs(low and high sensitivity), bass, high and low mid, treble, bass volume and treble volume controls. You can use an A/B box if you want to switch between inputs or combine. An awesome beefy plexi-style 100watt head.

I use strats with it and get Hendrix, Blackmore, SRV by playing thru the low sensitivity input. Various fuzz boxes and overdrives kick it up to where ever I want to go with it. The way I use it it cleans up great for me. It's got plenty of gain on it's own, even on the low input for my style of playing. This amp does it all as far as I'm concerned.

Super quality in every part. I've had it on 10 with and without a Hot Plate and had no problems. Always nice to have back up, you never know what could happen.

Victor's a great guy. Always friendly, responds to phone calls and emails promptly. I went to Mojave Amp Works and he let me demo every amp he makes and explained everything he does.

I've been playing 28+ years and I've owned 69, 71 and 73 Marshall 100 Super Leads. This is the ultra version of them and way more reliable. I have a 64 Super Reverb for the Fender vibe. All in all it's great tone machine! Remember tone starts with you!

This is a bare bones, balls to the wall Plexi style amp. No frills and ALL tone! The front panel consists of 2 ? inputs, 1 ? low sensitivity and 1 ? high sensitivity, bass channel volume, treble channel volume ( this plexi is internally jumpered already! perfect for easy channel blending ), and the best EQ section ever found on any plexi style amp. The EQ consists of bass, low mid, high mid and treble. This is one of the only amps I have ever seen that actually goes beyond the three knob EQ further allowing you to truly tweak your tone. The rear panel has 4 outputs. 1 ? 4 ohm, 2 ? dedicated 8 ohm and 1 ? 16 ohm. The AC power cord receptacle includes a built in spare fuse holder. No FX loop or any other extra circuitry to take away from the purity of the tone. This amp was designed for the true tone connoisseur. One who is more concerned with pure tone than useless features.

This is what the Peacemaker is all about. For those who call this amp a one trick pony I guess they?re right if you consider every classic Marshall tone worth mentioning and then some one trick! This amp can do everything from Hendrix with your strat in the low sensitivity input to Led Zeppelin and AC/DC with your Les Paul or SG into the high sensitivity input. And oh yes it will do the coveted ?brown sound? without breaking a sweat. The Peacemaker has all the tone of the original late 60?s Plexis plus a pile of tones an original Plexi could never do plugged straight in. The dynamic range is incredible. You can go from clean to scream with nothing more than change in pick attack. It?s the kind of amp you can set up and play an entire set at a gig without ever touching the amp. Just do it all from your guitar?s volume knob and p/u selector. I have heard the comments regarding the ?ghost note? and so forth. These are characteristics of ANY real plexi amp and are more prevalent on any original than the Mojave. I have played and owned many original Marshall?s and the Mojave is far less finicky and noisy than any of them. I think the few complaints logged are from people who really didn?t know what they were looking for, were unfamiliar with Plexi character and / or didn?t take the time to learn to set the amp up correctly to get the most out of it. I also notice a few people complaining about not nailing the EVH tone with the amp. All I can say to this is it?s clearly not the amp that?s the problem. Finally, I listened to the mp3?s on the site and was impressed. The Peacemaker is the best EVH tone amp out there. But the ?brown sound? is really the last reason I bought it. I bought this amp because I wanted the ultimate Plexi experience magnified. And for that it can?t be beat. This is the baddest Marshall style amp on the planet.

The Peacemaker or all Mojave's for that matter are so overbuilt that they should last forever. I run mine hard without an attenuator for long sets and she never even seems to get hot. This is one of the best built amps there is. Worry free tone is what it's all about.

5 year warranty is one of the best in the business. 72hr trial period puts their money where their mouth is. Victor Mason is a great guy and a real pleasure to talk to on the phone. He is extremely supportive and answers emails so fast you'll think your the only customer.

I have been playing for longer than most of current popular musicians have been alive. I currently own a huge collection of boutique amps and have owned nearly every notable amp made. The Mojave?s are among the best if not thee best build quality I?ve ever seen. The Peacemaker has some of the best tone of any amp I have ever heard and that?s not limited to just Marshall style amps. The tone is pure, dynamic, responsive, thick and chunky. This is a non-master amp so it is very loud. But I wouldn?t want it any other way. If you are looking for the ultimate Marshall / Plexi style amp and you?re serious about tone this is it! If you?re looking for a living room / bedroom jam box to nail the EVH tone without waking up your neighbors keep looking. This amp will blow your neighbors windows out a ? mile down the road. I have said there is only one thing better than owning a Mojave Peacemaker?. That?s owning two. And I do!! I will never be without one.

This amp is a one-trick pony and I bought it used with that in mind. It's a bare-bones non-master volume amp that is supposed to "nail" the early VH sound. Well, for one thing, you need to get an attenuator to have any chance of doing that since this is a non master volume amp. Luckily, I had a THD Hot Plate, but what if one didn't?

This is a decent sounding amp, but far below what I had expected. As some others have noted here, the very audible ghost notes make it well less than stellar. And the amp is fairly noisy as well. Using it with the Hot Plate allowed me to dial in some decent early-VH sounds, but I was disappointed in its overall sounds. The weird ghost notes and the graininess on the top end was not something I was willing to deal with. I'm into 80's hard rock and metal and was really hoping that this amp could fit the bill, but the sounds were decent at best and far from the hype surrounding this amp. The Peacemaker also did not clean up as well as I would have liked when turning down the guitar's volume pot. With the amp's volume turned up there always seemed to be some fizz happening on the top that I could not dial out.

I kept this amp for 3 weeks and sold it off, so I don't know what the reliability is like.

Bought it used, so I didn't bother talking with Mojave directly. I talked with some other Peacemaker users and ex-users to get the information I needed.

Considering that I spent $2000 on an used amp, this amp has to be one of the most disappointing purchases of my life. I was so excited about getting this amp based on all the things I read about on the net. I learned that I should never base my purchasing decisions on hype on the internet again. The amp just didn't sound that good and sounded muddy for the most part. It sounds decent playing alone with the Hot Plate, but in a band setting, the sound just gets lost. It seems the amp worked out fine for others, but it just didn't with me. I recently picked up a used Blockhead Custom 100 and it did everything that I couldn't get the Peacemaker to do. The Peacemaker isn't a bad amp, but for $2000 or more, there are far better choices.

The amp I had was manufactured Dec 2002. Mainly marketed towards people looking for that elusive "brown sound". Two input channels with a unique EQ system (Treble, High Mid, Low Mid and Bass) with no master volume or effects loop. Very stylish and well constructed head. Comes equiped with ruby marked Svetlana tubes.

I tested the amp with a 1984 Kramer reissue loaded with SD E.V.H pickups, and a nicely worn first production run Peavey Wolfgang into a g12H-30 loaded 4x12 Marshall cab. Sonically I'm alway striving for the Fair Warning EVH tone. This was supposed to be my "dream amp". I have all the key components Vic recommends for this sound - Marshall stereo cab/second cab with g12H-30's, seperate power amp, Hotplate, H&K Replex, guitar of the right body composition and pickup rating etc - so needless to say I was expecting to get a great sound out of the amp after listening to the clips of people with this exact same rig.

Upon setting it up, I plugged it dry into the lo input, into a 4x12 g12H-30 loaded cab, playing gradually towards full attenuation. It had nice upper harmonic high range and a decent low end range with a crisp chord definition. But after The one thing I noticed right off the bat is that the amp was much more 2d and lacking in rich warm mids than my hoffman plexi modded '73 Superlead 100w, and most old marshalls I have heard/played - the "classic" ballsy marshall sound that this amp was supposedly modeled after. Running the amp on ten in full attenuation into the Hotplate (which had a very noticeable hum), with a speaker out to one side of my stereo cab, and line out to effects - power amp - side B of stereo cab sounded good, but I wanted the amp by itself to sound great, which no amount of NOS pretube swapping, EQ fiddling could accomplish. Also of note, is that plugging my guitar with the 9k ohm pickup into the hi input did result in "ghost notes" like the first reviewer noted. The Wolfgang with its 16k Ohm pickup...I had to unplug very quickly when I tried that.

Honestly, the Marshall JCM2000 head I sold to get this head (that was used as a preamp only box with output muted, and the effects send to power a slave amp) sounded better than the peacemaker. And so did something else very surprisingly, which I'll reveal in my closing comments.

I can't comment here, because I only played it for three days.

Vic is a decent guy and was always responsive, if not always in the way I would hope for considering the amount of money one invests in buying a $2500 amp. After I laid down the cash for the amp and received it, I emailed him back and forth with questions and my findings, basically asking for advice and if possibly something was wrong with the amp - I was desperate to love this amp. My last email was if I and someone Vic knows could change out the Svetlana tubes/check the bias. He responded that if I was definitley not going to keep it, he was against it and if I didn't like the amp, to just return it because he had other orders to fill anyway. I'll let you make a determination of whether that consitiutes good support.

I think the amp has a lot of potential. The highs/harmonics, and attenuated capabilities of the amp were good, but the sterile 2d midrange sound of the amp, hum, lack of useablility of the hi input and absense of classic ballsy marshall magic made me send it back after my three days were up. The clips of the amp being touted around the web, and on the Mojave site are all great samples of what "studio magic" can accomplish - what there needs to be is sound clips of the amp *dry* so people can make an informed decision and can hear the sonic qualities of the *amp*. No one is more unhappy than I that it didn't live up to the hype, and that this review tends to be negative side. But I feel compelled to state my *honest* opinions, while trying to be objective as possible.

In abject sorrow after sending back the Peacemaker, I ended up buying a $80 Marshall Jackhammer to run in front of my '73 Marshall and effects. To my amazement, the distortion it produced sounded better than the $2500 Peacemaker! I should have spent the $80 shipping to/from on this ;\

I'm not sure how I can be so at odds with the other reviewers here - and unlike the first reviewer, I even had all the "extras" for the "brown sound". I am a VH freak - and I know that tone when I hear it. The peacemaker I had didn't have it in it. Perhaps I had a "off" build of the peacemaker. But Vic hasn't answered me back on that question after having been asked three times. I had other ears listen to the amp/test it as well - people with much more experience and they had the same opinions as I. Various members of the PlexiPalace boards have been over to play my Marshall - everyone who has heard it agrees it's an amazing amp, representing the classic marshall tone in grand fashion - so I do have a fairly good ear for tone, because I agreed with all of them! ;)

This puppy has everything I could ever want out of a great amp. No effects loops, no channel switching, just pure tone. One great feature is the inclusion of a High Mid knob that lets you dial in exactly the sound you're after. All of the tone controls (Treble, High Mid, Low Mid and Bass) are much more responsive than on your typical Marshal type amp and playing around them lets you alter the sound in dramatic ways.

The sound of this amp is absolutely amazing, no description I could give it would really do it justice but I'm going to give it a shot anyway.

First, this amp has both a low input and a high input. I have to admit that I didn't give the low input much thought at first, just assuming it was a weaker, thinner version of the hi input. Boy was I wrong! The low input channel is where you'll get all of your classic 'Plexi on 11' style tones, including the famous Brownsound that this amp is quickly becoming famous for recreating. In a way it's a shame that the many people think of the Peracemaker as just a Brownsound clone because it's really a whole lot more, the lo input channel alone can get you just about any great Marshall style tone without too much trouble. George Lynch, Angus Young, and Cream era Clapton are just a few of the tones I got with just a few turns of a knob.

Anyway, where the lo input channel gives you all the great tones of the marshal realm the hi input gives you the Peacemaker's own voice. I don't think there are any sound samples on the Mojave site of this channel and it's a real shame, because the hi input smokes! Imagine an amp with the basic tone of a great old plexi and heaps of clear, tonefull distortion, enough to make you toss your overdrive pedals in the closet for good. That's exactly what the hi input channel delivers.

Regardless of what channel you're using or how much distortion you happen to have the amp cranked into, the Peacemaker has an amazing amount of clarity, more than I've ever heard in an amplifier. Chords remain clear and, even with the hi channel cranked to ten you never get that 'flubbery wall of noise' a lot of high gain amps seem to produce. The clarity was the first thing I noticed about the Peacemaker and is still my absolute favorite part of the amp.

As a side note, the Peacemaker seems to get along with pedals really well. Plugging a buffered pedal in front of it doesn't give it that cardboardy type of sound non-true-bypass pedals often have. I have no idea why this is but it sure made my day!

Well, I haven't beaten it with a stick or anything, but the Peacemaker sure seems to be built tough and uses very high grade materials. For now I think I'll leave this section blank simply because it isn't possible to judge the reliability of anything untill you've really abused it for a few years. I'm confident the Peacemaker can take what I dish out, however.

This is where Mojave really shines. Vic is one of the nicest people I've ever done buisiness with (And how cool is it that you can pick up the phone and actually talk to the guy who designed and built the amp!)
He took the time to answer all of my questions and actually talked to me for an hour or two when I called to tell him the amp had arrived, just telling some of his cool amp stories and letting me in on a few of his tone secrets. All in all a real class act.

I've owned more than a few old and knew Marshalls and clocked a fairly good amount of playing time on Boogies, Soldanos and other high end amps. This is by far my favorite.
I was slightly worried about buying this amp sight unseen (er... unheard) but I'm extremely glad I did, this thing has tone for days and days.

If it were lost or stolen I would be very pissed because It'll be awhile before I could afford to buy another one. The second I had the money I'd definatly get a replacement though.

As I said earlier, my favorite thing about this amp is the amazing clarity it gives you even with tons of gain. There really isn't anything I'd change about it but I would advise anyone looking at one to get a hotplate, this sucker is LOUD!

2002 Mojave Ampworks 100 watt head. The amp is a single channel, non-master volume affair with no "excess baggage" to fool with. It is VERY easy to use and is quite complete for the old-school rocker looking for SERIOUS "muscle" in an amp that sports a golden "woody" tone with jaw-dropping depth.

The Mojave Peacemaker was designed to give todays player craving vintage Marshall "Plexi" nirvana everything they have come to know, love and EXPECT from that platform of amplifier design and MORE. The amp is VERY quiet and sticks to the job at hand of spitting out tooth rattling tone WITHOUT moonlighting as a radio station! The amp plays YOUR music that YOU put into it and adds NOTHING foreign to the matter. The amp is a stripped down, no frills "Plexi+" I would call it and finally the tone of your favorite classic van Halen record uh...CAN be purchased! Cheaply? No? But then....GOLD never is and this amp IS simply golden in terms of the finesse involved in what it does and how well it does it. Just incredible.

This amp is built of military grade parts....only the very finest available. No shortcuts were made for the sake of "bargain manufacturing." The high cost of parts is, naturally, passed right on to the buyer....but fair is fair. After all, once you play it, you will quietly admit to yourself that you would, in fact, pay any price for this! Is it not great that we don't have to pay "ANY" wild price for a tone this good?

Customer support in flawless. Period. Victor, the builder of the Mojave Ampworks Peacemaker is a consummate professional in his handling of clients. I was treated as if I were the president himself arriving for dinner!

If you're a rocker with a 30+ year old "amp jones" and you've been looking for your dream "Plexi" 100 watt Marshall...good luck. They are VERY tough to find these days...and what if...what if you find one and it needs "work" to sound it's best, or it already sounds as good as it can because it is "tired" after running for 30+ years and does not relish the idea of "coughing up" the goods for you? I have always felt one should buy on a PERFORMANCE BASIS as a guitar player. In that vein, my much "prized" and so named "magic Marshall" "Plexi" heads have been sold and it is the Mojave Ampworks Peacemaker that has easily inherited their once tightly guarded throne!

Earlier reviews covered the features pretty well. Everything you need for a plexi type amp. Not a swiss army knife kind of amp, but if your main feature is tone, look no further. I'll give it a 9 because it didn't come with Bucket Seats.

The tone of this amp is incredible. The gain is very thick and warm, not ice picky. When you crank it up it just breathes! This is not a master volume amp and I highly recommend using a hotplate with it so you can turn it up. Without it, this amp is loud! The Peacemaker can cover a spectrum of plexi type tones - from Hendrix to Cream to Van Halen - by simply turning a knob. I get a great blues tone with my strat plugged into the low sensitivity input. With a Les Paul I can get a great Allman Bros. tone with the neck pickup and a great AC/DC tone with the bridge. Crank it up and you have a great VH2 tone right out of the box, no vintage effects needed. Indeed, Vic used my amp to record clips 3 through 6 on the Mojave website.

The amp had an issue with the transformer which Mojave contacted me about and replaced. Since then, I've put some serious hours on it often at full volume and have never had a problem. The Peacemaker appears to have been meticulously laid out and the quality of workmanship is evident.

Victor Mason has been great to work with. He's a guitar player and a tonefreak. I'm sure he built this amp as much for himself as for other players and it shows. He has spent an incredible amount of time with me on the phone talking about and demoing the amp for me. He assured me that I would be satisfied or I'd get my money back. I've been totally satisfied and he can keep the money.

Of the plexi type amps I've played, The Peacemaker rules, especially for the higher gain stuff. Some of the other amps I currently own include a 67 plexi superlead, 69 superlead, Blockhead Custom 50, Roccaforte Hi Gain 100 and a THD Plexi. The Peacemaker shines among them all. I would highly recommend it.