Product: Peavey Pacer
Price Paid: US $110 used
Submitted
12/15/1997
at
05:42pm
by
Adam Dj
Features
:
2
This amp is pretty weak. it only has like 7 knobs on it and no tone. The distortion is incredibly weak too even on very low setting it buzzes and hums. It is a solid state amp with no character. I love Peavey but after hearing this amp i realize why people can hate Peavey. I have 2 other newer peavey amps that are 1 million times better. The Transtube Studio pro 112 and the Bandit 65.
Sound Quality
:
1
I first tried the amp with a Jackson custom at the bridge humbucker position. The amp was buzzing and fuzzy and the clean channel was very stale. I can seem to give the amp any good comments. The distortion is very weak. A $5 distortion pedal would sound better then the distortion on this amp The amp has no seperate channels. For metal this amp is a no no. Possibly a good amp for Jazz.
Reliability
:
7
I think the amp would be very reliable because it is Peavey but maybe thats because i wouldnt use it because of its stale sound
Customer Support
:
4
Never Dealt with peavey. Although i called once requesting a manual and they wanted 7 bucks for it
Overall Rating
:
1
I have been playing for 3 years and play mostly metal and some hard rock. I would never buy this amp again. I dont love anything about it accept it is a peavey and i hat everything about it my Fender mini twin sounds better than this thing. I wish it had seperate channels and better harder distortion.
Product: Peavey Pacer
Price Paid: US $150
Submitted
01/17/1996
at
10:39am
by
Art Cohen
Features
:
4
Solid state combo amp with 1-12" speaker. Single channel with switchable distortion boost. Volume, bass, treble, reverb, master volume and distortion controls. 45 watts, so it gets moderately loud.
Sound Quality
:
2
This amp can produce clean and moderately distorted sounds, but none of them are very good. It sounds sort of cold and lifeless. Cranking the preamp volume results in some fairly smooth distortion, while activating the distortion boost lets you dial in some additional buzz. Classic rock/blues, but not very good, is how I would describe the sound.
Reliability
:
9
The only problem I had is that the original speaker blew out. I replaced it with a Celestion and haven't had any problems since. I hardly ever use this amp anymore, and when I do it IS the backup.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Never dealt with them
Overall Rating
:
3
I bought this amp new in 1980 primarily as a knock-around backup. The bast thing about it is that when I lend it out to a friend I never worry about it. The thing I hate is that it just doesn't sound very good. I wouldn't buy another, as one of this sort of amp is plenty, but I would recommend it for a beginner.
