Peavey Blazer 158

There is not enough power for the kind of music I play my volume is always at 6 but when I try to put it higher it makes a noisy ugly sound.It's not a good amp to play blues.But for the price I paid it's OK. for this kind of amp it have a lot of feature

I use a Fender Stratocaster with Lace Sensor Gold Pickup and my other is very cheap, it's a Renegade with a Humbucker pickup.The distortion is controlled by PRE and POST but it's not a big distortion I found that OK.

I played with it just 3 months after that I bought a BIG MARSHALL.125 watts. I wouldn't buy it again.I love anything about it. THIS IS MY LAST SENTENCE,I HATE THIS AMP.

The amplifier has a clean volume, a small channel switch (non-footswitchable) to kick in the "lead" channel. The lead channel consisits of a "superstat" control (pre-amp gain) and a master volume control following this. The amplifier also has a three-band passive E.Q. A spring reverb, a single guitar imput, heaphone output and recording output. This amp was the first amplifier I ever had, and has served me well. The spring reverb gives a sizeable twang for when I want to get all Dick-Dale and "surfey", and the recording output was great when I borrowed a friend's portastudio. My biggest gripe in this area is that there is no footswitch for the "lead" channel, and the lead channel has no footswitch. An effects loop would also be a bonus. Other than that this little amp has everything a beginner could need.

Unfortunately, this little amp does fall down quite severely here. It's sound is nothing to write home about (please note, this is the pre- "Trans-Tube" version), although I have once heard its "Trans-Tube" replacement and that sounded quite raunchy. I am fortunate enough to have a Gibson USA standard Les-Paul to use the amp with, and the high-output of the hum-buckers (particularly the bridge pickup) is enough to run the clean channel (and the speaker I think) into distortion at just a quarter volume. The distortion is pretty horrific. I play mainly vintage rock (Led-Zeppelin etc.) and some Seattle Grunge (Foo-Fighters, Nirvana), and sadly the amp fails to excite. The distortion is way too fuzzy, and yet bizarrley isn't fuzzy enough to get a decent fuzz sound! A major revelation came when I found that totally cutting the mid frequencies reduced the "quack" and "honk" of this amp considerably. The spring reverb is quite good actually, although a little more depth and severity to the sound would be nice. The amp hisses badly at all volumes though, and I feel this is a truly un-acceptable fault, as all the other problems can be put down to the amp being a starter amplifier.

This amp is totally dependable! If I ever did a gig (I'm a drummer by profession!) I would use a backup purely because I worry about my gear. But it's be bumped, banged (and even had a fender bass played through it!) without any problems. Totally dependable!!!

I've never had to deal with Peavey, although I suppose this is testament to how well modern gear is put together.

This amplifier was bought for me along with my guitar when I was 12 and to be perfectly honest was about the best around at the time. Nowadays I'd probably look one of the Marshall valvestates (although both the guitarists in my band have VS65R Marshalls and both have broken down). The amp doesn't really come close to the quality of sound my guitar is capable of (I tried it through a friends all-valve laney and it sounded stunning), although being something of a duffer on guitar, (like I said I'm a drummer!) I can't really justify forking out money on another amp. I'll probably buy a DOD Grunge pedal when I have the money, in fact that's propbaly the best thing I could do with this amp. Overall if this amp had channel switching, and a better distorted sound, I'd pretty much be happy with it. Only it's total dependability and reliabilty keep it's final score reasonably high.

The amp has two separate channels for clean and distortion, which is a rarity on smaller amps (I have a heck of a time messing around with the knobs on small Fenders). There is also a master EQ and reverb, as well as the ever-so-handy CD Line In jack. It's one of the best practice amps I've ever played, and it get's pretty loud for a 15 watt. The distortion is controlled by pre- and post-amp knobs, instead of a volume and gain.

Clean, the amp needs to have all the EQ settings on full to get a semblance of the natural sound of my guitars. The EQ knobs act like the tone knobs on a passive guitar, mainly because they only take out highs, mids, or lows, but can't make them more emphasized. After about 12 o'clock, the clean channel starts to break up and sounds really crappy. The distortion on this amp is non-existant. It colors the sound of the guitar a little, and may even be able to pass as overdriven--almost like a fuzz box--but there is no real distortion.

I have dropped my amp down stairs, slammed it into the occasional door, and carried it through the rain, and the thing never so much as crackled. Very tough little box.

Never had to contact Peavey.

For a practice amp, the Blazer 158 is a very good little amp. I would never play out with it because of its relatively low wattage and lack of distortion. I sounds good with and reacts well to effects, although the lack of a loop is kind of annoying. I probably wouldn't buy one again, but that's just because I don't really use smaller amps to often.

This little, 15 watt amp does pack quite a punch. The transtube Technology helps tremendosly. I really like its CD in, because I take a spare guitar cord and put one end into the input, and the other end into the headphone out on my keyboard. This amp really needs an effects loop and an external speaker out.

Granted this is no Marshall stack, or even a nice Crate combo, it does blow away all of the other amps in its feild that I have seen. It even out preformed the little Marshall ValveState! Using a chorus pedal in line before the amp really helps the tone. (with the speed knob at about half, and the wave knob at about nine o'clock) The distrotion really is noisy, but that's what happens when you run a crappy strat through it! the reverb could stand to be better, i.e. less noisy, doesn't feed back on itself, and is more springy to the ear.

I think I would really give this amp an 11 1/2. I have dropped it, kicked it, ovrloaded it, closed a garage door on it, dropped it down a few steps (3 or 4), spilled coke on it, let it over-heat, played it in the snow, left it out in the snow (don't worry, it was covered up), taken it apart, and God knows what else. Need I say more?

It has never needed repair, sprisingly.

I have been playing for over a year, and it really has helped me with my playing (for not breaking down). Now that I am getting a Marshall jtm622 60 watt all tube combo, and can honestly say I have been through it all. I would buy this amp again for a practice amp, and would reccomend it to a friend. As long as I have this amp, it will always be used.

This amp does live up to expectations in this category. There is a phones jack along with another CD/ tape input. This is a good feature because I can play music while listening to it. It has dual channel switching (lead and clean) , uses transtube technology and others. The reverb is okay, depending on the songs you play. If it does sound weird, use the tone settings on your guitar to control the reverb. Furthermore, it is durable, strong enough to take knocks and versatile, light enough to carry anywhere.

For this category, the sounds sound impressive. I play different songs....from old Beatles classices to Metal to Rock. The problem I encountered was with the Metal songs... there was too much distortion and I felt that the song went wrong. But try playing songs from Michael Learns To Rock and Beatles.. the songs were beautiful. I went for my first audition for Teacher's Day and my friends, who were in the audience said it was beautiful. With the help of a drummer, bassist and lead singer+guitarist, the song I Want To Hold Your Hand was the best...I owe it all to my amp.

Now, this is one category that is this amp excels in. So far, I have not experienced any problems with it...Just wipe of the dust, play with it once in a while(once a week preferably) and this amp is bound to have a long life. It can take slight knocks...such as knocking it SLIGHTLY against a wall, but on full contact(I have not experienced this before), I think the transtube mechanism will go to the repair bay.

Nothing much to say about this but Peavey Electronics doed know how to treat its customers well. Here in Singapore, I do not know if they have any branches here. I have not encountered any problems with the amp so, there was no need to get it repaired. There is a warranty along with the amp and it lasts for a period of 90 Days. I have no opinion on this category but follow my style of taking care of the amp and there is no need for a warranty.

I would definitely buy this again because of its durability and versatility. I love the sounds that it produces when I play the songs mentioned earlier. I compared it to other products and the only challenge that I concluded was from Fender. I wished it had a distortion switch but everything else makes up for the loss. For all you guitarists veterans or novices, get this now if you don't have one. It is value for money.

Not bad. Channel switching,Headphone out.One good thing is the CD-in, which lets me play along to jam tracks.The transtube tecnology Peavy use lets the amp sound approx. tube like and it sounds a little like a tube amp,considering its solid state. P.S. could do with a footswitchable channel.

I play blues-rock,and the sound is not bad. The distortion is quite good, and when Cranked up,is real good for Punk sounds.Reverb is a little noisy,especially when turned up.I use it with Humbucking pickups and am quite happy with it.

Never had problems with it.

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It's my first amp and I would recommend it to any first time amp buyer The sound is okay,considering some others I have heard in the same price range.also,the transtube technology is a plus.

well, the features on this amp arnt to shabby or to great. its got dual channels with no stomp box imput(so you plug it in the regualar imput and plug you guitar into the box). its also got reaverb,and eq(what amp doesnt?) the distortion is totally terible. its more like a not very distorted fuzz. oh by the way it is only 15 watts so its not very loud. the reverb is crap too. basicly the only reason i got it was becaus it was one of the only amps i could afford.

this amp is a piece of crap that doesnt really suit my music style (hard-core alternative, metal, etc.) i personally like feedback and makin noise with it but this amp has way to much of it on distortion. it even has feedback at low volumes. another thing that sucks about it is the clean channel is very weak and empty sounding. and like i said above the distortion sucks. your defanatly going to need a stomp box or petal board with the amp to get a ok sound out of it.

well this is one catagory that this amp comes in pretty good. ive never had a problem with it

i cant really say

i defanatly WOULD NOT buy this amp again. i think i specifyed why earlier.i say if you want a cheep starter amp get a crate or something