Peavey Pacer

This amp is pretty decent i guess i got it for christmas from my parents, it requires a different type of footswitch and the distortion on it isnt great, the rage 158 has better distortion although its much smaller... i just stick to using distorion pedals, this amp has the reverb feature and can be pretty loud, so thats why i like it

i use my washburn nuno bettencourt and AXL fire axe on this amp and the amp itsslef has a nice quality it doesnt miss some random note when you play to fast or loud, in all places this can be pretty loud, as i have said before the distorion on this really is low quality, and when messing with the volume nobs at a high level, it makes some popping noise, so just keep the master volume up and the rgular down and you will be fine, just stick to a distortion pedal and keep the amp on clean distorion and you should get a nice distortion no matter what you like

Well like alot of peavey amps, they have the exposed back (which is great for carrying guitar cords, ditsortion pedals and foot switches)but it can cuase problems, the wires that connect to the speakers can rip off, and then you have to suaterize it, as long as you keep it in the same place for the most part you shouldnt have to worry about it

i never dealt with the peavey company i just had my step-dad fix it but you could take it to a guitar shop(except guitar center unless you have a warranty, they don't fix amps) the can fix it

I have only been playing for two years now but i am getting really big into guitar and i would buy this amp again if not better, their are many better amps out there but this is a good intermidiate level amp

Hey there my name is Phil Wallace and I am a 20 year old singer/songwriter. I bought an old Pacer when I was 14 from an old lady for $25.00 and it worked pretty good other than the dry rotted speeaker that was in it. I dropped an 8 ohm Black Widow in it and it did ok then it started shorting out and having issues so I put it in a buddies automotive shop collecting dust for a while. So about two days ago and 6 years later I found it in my buddies shop caked with dirt and webs. I took it home to reallize that when I bought it there was a spliced power chord on it with no GROUND!! so I changed the chord and dropped a new Scorpion Speaker in it straight out of the box. I opened up the amp and blew it out with a can of air and hooked it all back up and it worked perfect. Then yeasterday I took it back apart completly and painted the cabinet white and all the trim black (handles, corner caps, and screws) and took the traditional Peavey machined finished silver trim off the face and ripped the grill off and replaced it with black silk fabric. I have never been so happy to own a Peavey Pacer as I am today.

You will be able to see pics on my myspace page at www.myspace.com/philwallace
www.philwallacemusic.com

Thanks Phil Wallace
Texas Singer and Songwriter

Interior of chassis has a handwritten date of October 3rd,1977. Pretty much a 1-channel amp with(I think)foot-switchable overdrive, I'm not sure, I haven't tried using a foot switch with it. 45 watts into 8 ohms, or 25 watts into 4 ohms output. All solid state circuitry, with spring reverb. Pretty light, maybe 34 lbs.(nice). Kind of versatile, really a clean and low-gain(as in blues & roots-rock)amp. With the right dirt pedal, it could work for hard rock and maybe metal. My Pacer has preamp volume and overdrive knobs for dialing in dirty timbres(earlier Pacers have just a preamp volume I think).

For clean and low-gain tones, this amp sounds surprisingly good. Hartley Peavey really knew his way around solid-state circuits. It's my grab-n-go blues jam amp, and it makes my Telecaster sound fat and twangy, with an amazingly tube-like bit of hair on the notes. My Les Paul sounds good through it too. Again, this is mainly a clean/blues machine. For hard rock, you'd have to resort to dirt pedals. The overdrive knob adds a layer of fuzz to the clean signal as it's turned up, resulting in a total fuzz tone when maxed out. The Fender-y spring reverb sounds really good, better than the onboard reverb found in many of today's low- and mid-priced solid state guitar amps.

Well, I bought my Pacer for 30 bucks from a consignment shop, where it had sat for many years gathering dust. The amp was thought to be seriously trashed, but all it had was just a blown speaker and an extremely scratchy preamp volume pot. One pot-cleaning and a new speaker later, and it's back to life, kickin' butt. I've played out with it at a bunch of club jams for the last 2 months with no problems. Peavey amps are famously tough and reliable.

Peavey has top-notch customer service, better than some other, more highly regarded musical equipment makers.

I've been playing guitar for 21 years. Overall, I give the Pacer an 8 rating. I like its tones, light weight, and funky only-from-the-'70s cosmetics. I own 2 other old Peavey amps; both of them are also sturdy, good sounding and reliable. Vintage Peaveys are killer bang-for-the-buck amps, especially if you're into clean/blues/rootsy rock tones. New speakers do wonders for these amps, by the way. Even today's budget replacement speakers, like the Celestion Rocket 50, sound better than the cruddy transducers Peavey shipped many of their amps with back in the day.

Well I got the Pacer from my friend who also submitted an review about this amp. I (try) to play mostly rock music and it works fine with my V-Amp2. With the V-amp it really rocks and you will not think that the amps is already "old"!

Wel as my buddy has already written earlier the overdrive sucks but through my V-amp it works fine. I use a Squier strat ( hey I'm just starting out!)with single coils. The bridge pick up is very noisy ( as it should be cause it's a single coil!) but it seems more than on any other amp I've tried.

Theamp will simply not brake down unless thrown of a cliff or something and after that it will probably still work. It really is a "rock". Everything on the amp is solid, even the logo is metal! wich is plastic on the newer amps. I do enter some trouble in the mastervolume and volume knobs, it seems ( according to my buddy who previously owned the amp)to be a broken podmeter.

Well about warranty we can be short, it will last longer than a lifetime!

I play for a few years and still haven't learned anything! No, I didn't take any lessons except the ones from my friend and I like to fool around and see where it takes me!
I simply love the amp no hates or butts

I picked up the pacer and was so surprized at the sound, $75.00 the guy says it yours. I play country (classic) not the crap its called today. This pacer sounds good w/ my Nashville 400 & or, LA 400. Depending on the job. As A multi-Intrusmentlist I really need to be able to get the sound right for the right song. It has a stock speaker which i really like.I play a 56 tele- , a fat boy, mim strat
Ibanze Studio, gibson Acoustic, mandolin-Fiddle w/ baggs p/ups.
Effects are optional, Boss ME-33, korg G3, the pacer w/ the 400 is so country great for fiddles and acoustic,mandolin. pacer/ LA 400
Rock City- Add Fender Hot Rod and you really blow the front three rows away.

Sometimes I wish I was as Durable LOL

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They don't makem like these anymore!!!!;(

Mid 70 made, volume, overdrive, bass, treble, mid, reverb(made by beautifull girls..) my apm is great and i bought it from a friend in 1995. I still use this amp whit my Fender guitars. i play different styles and i use a tube pre-amp with it

I still play whith this amp as a practice amp at home. I play it with my original Fender Stratocasters with the original pick ups (single coils) For an old solid amp sound it greats. Sounds warm and smooth, only the intern overdrive sucks. Anyway its a super practice amp! i love it!

Its very great, in dont dies! Its very strong and solid! I used it for years whitout problems!

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I,m playing 23 year guitar, and i playing bass guitar for 12 years. I always plays Fender Stratocaster guitars, uses boss pedal effects and a tube pre amp. For my bass i play with an Trace Elliot top ans ampeg cabinets, a Cort 5 sting aktive bass, Fender Jazzbass 4 string!

I bought it in 1982 when I was in the Navy. A buddy of mine was short on cash with a long way to payday. Happens all the time in the Military! :)

It was OK for a guitar amplifier but I REALLY loved playing my bass through it!

The overdrive feature was worthless IMO!

I held onto this amplifier for several years before donating it to a Church I was attending in San Diego. When I first got it, it was sounding really "Ratty." I thought it was due to a blown speaker so I replaced it with a Black Widow. When this did not fix the problem, I took it to "Strings and Things" in Memphis, TN and it sounded incredibly AWESOME by the time they were done with it. Unless you had some external effects, you couldn't get any real "Crunch" out of it but it had quite a bit of clarity when I played my bass through it. Heck, I thought it was really a "Bass Amp!" LOL!

Sounded really great when I played my acoustic guitar through it also!

If you are a "Metal Head," you would probably be disappointed in this amp but it is probably perfect for some clean "Country!" I can imagine a steel guitar sounding really nice through one of these!

After Strings and Things in Memphis got done with it, it was ABSOLUTELY BULLETPROOF! Never had a problem since. If I gigged with it, I wouldn't even worry about a backup!

They got a really great website and you can get whatever you need from them!

Been playing for over 30 years. I now own a Peavey Heritage VTX (Which is a FRIGGIN' MONSTER!!!) a Crate MXB50, and a Behringer BX 4500 with 2 Gallean Krueger 4X10 cabinets. I no longer own the Pacer and wouldn't have any need for it anyway (Unless I was looking for a good acoustic amp or something). I kind of miss having it at times but then again, I get sentimental about my gear also!! My Crate MXB50 reminds me of the Pacer in regards to sound but is much lighter and easier to carry around.

If you can find one for a great deal, it is definitely worth acquiring! :)

Made in the late 70 s, solid state combo,made of rock and for rock, reverb, overdrive, footswitch out of function. These two effects are not very bright point of this old stack but very good if you want to be old Neil Young.I use this amp at my home but for giggs too-it is too damn loud for room playing!

I use Fender Standard Stratocaster mede in 1983 with pickups unchanged and it suits for my playing very good- mainly I play rock, blues and jazz music. It is too noisy, put on volume 5 it creates home wrecking sounds.Very good on clean sound distorted od higher volumes, 7 or higher. If you need good distortion, this is not your piece of stack. Usually I use MT-2 distortion and good overdrive pedal is what everybody needs with this combo.
Very good and loud clean tone!

It is made of stone-completely undestructable and never lets you down!

I have this old Peavey amp for 10 years, I ve bought it from well known guitar player and i never needed customer support. I hope I will not need them in the future!

I have been playing for 18 years, and I own few good guitar effects wich suite me very good- Boss MT-2 distortion pedal, Jim Dunlop Wah pedal, Dallas Arbiter Fuzz face pedal, DD-5. With these babies you may be Hendrix ( if your first name is Jimi and....)

I bought this amp used in about 1977 just wanting a small combo after getting tired after selling a Peavy Roadmaster 200watt 6-12" stack and decided I didn't want to lug that heavy stuff around anymore. The features are pretty well covered on other entrys. This is just a 45 watt solid state amp with an overdrive stage that can be switched off/on with a footswitch and reverb. I still have this amp and is the only piece of original equipment left from the early days. I now use it mostly as a speaker extention cab to test tube amps that I am now building. I now have a 100 watt Carvin British series speaker. I so switch the Pacer amp on from time to time for old time sake. It still works!!

With vintage Fender tube amps setting the standard for my favorite clean tone, this amp don't come close to that standard in sound and response but can be adjusted to get a decent usable sound. You can
adjust the levels of pre-gain and master gain for the size room where by using your guitar volume get a clean at lower volumes and a break up full up and hit the overdrive for more boost. I've always been amazed at the overall volume of this amp. In my opinion, it is a loud 45 watts and would alway blow and go on total output. The sound drasticly improved when the original speaker blew and I installed a Black Widow is 1979. I loaned it out for about a year to a student player and he abused it drasticly and blew the black widow and I then intalled the Carvin which is an excellent speaker. The only way I would still use this amp for other than a speaker cabinet is if I was stranded on a desert Island and that was the only one I had to use. Har! I've been tempted to take the chassis and convert it to a Fender
5E3 deluxe tube amp but havn't yet.

I used this amp for my main amp for a couple of years in clubs back in
the late 70's and it never missed a lick. Over the years it has gone out several time and I had it repaired.

I called Peavey and they sent me a schematic free. I'm sure a authorized Peavey Dealer would repair it if you took it to them. Since
the warrenty has been long gone for years, and I now work on amps myself, I'll work on it from now own myself.

i'll give this amp a 5 middle of the road rating. It's features were
pretty modern for it's day and being a budget model amp. I'll always
keep it because it the only original piece of equipment I have left
from 40 year of playing. I've seen a lot of these amps around over the years and I guess they have done their duty and provided a good service. This was my first fully solid state amp and was what I would consider a good experiance. After building tube amps for the last five years I'm not sure if a solid state amp will ever be made to match the tone and response of a good tube amp. Maybe someday??

I got a good deal on this amp; it's not easy to find similar features at the price I paid. Based on other reviews, I'm assuming this is a late 70's model. It has a 1x12 Peavey Scorpion speaker (stock, recently blew and replaced with a Celestion), 45 Watts/8 Ohms of transistor power. Has channel gain pot with master volume; a spring reverb unit (the OC Folded Line Reverb, "Made by beautiful girls under a controlled climate in Wisconsin") with level pot; overdrive channel gain; footswitch port (I have a 1-button hooked up to it and it engages the overdrive, haven't found a 2-button to try it it, but my guess is that if it had one plugged in it might switch reverb in and out, I don't know); three-band EQ; power supply switch that conditions for 50 or 60 cycle power, in case you ever practice in a very old house (are we Americans on an across-the-board 60 Hz standard, or are there still some places that run at 50 Hz?).

This is pretty much a middle-of-the-road amp that comes pretty cheap. I got mine from an old lady at a yard sale for a hundred bucks, and an old microphone and a Fishman acoustic preamp came with it; I don't see many reviewers paying much more. The clean channel stays clean, even at high volumes (this is dependent on having a good speaker in it), and using the input/output gain controls combined with the reverb, you can dial in a pretty wide variety of sounds. I have a late 90s Squier Strat with the standard-issue single coils and a brand-new Epiphone G-400 (SG clone) with a set neck and alnico humbuckers. This is my second amp, an upgrade from the 15/8 Squier Champ that came with my first guitar (which was not a bad amp, but pretty limited). The overdrive channel sounds overdriven, but flaccidly so. Like an old tube amp, it's built so that the overdrive circuit increases the gain above the electronics' dynamic range. Unlike an old tube amp, however, there are no tubes to add character to the overdrive sound; switching in the circuit doesn't affect the tone much at all, though it does make it fuzzy. I have a Boss OD2R, an overdrive pedal that has a tone control on it, which sounds much better through the amp. I've never had another reverb unit besides the one in the amp, which recently passed away; some reviewers say it's tinny, but it definitely sounded better than no reverb at all. The level mix control pot for the reverb was reasonably sensitive, so I could liven up the sound nicely by applying just a tiny bit, say around 1.5 on the dial. The amp is subject to electromagnetic interference; if my cellphone goes off in my pocket while playing, I can tell immediately, because the amp goes nuts! It is plenty loud for jamming with live drums and amplified bass, and can hold its own with one other guitar amp of similar wattage (playing rhythm on the Pacer behind lead on a 65-watter is ok). One time, though, I had it in with drums, a 65-watt Crate solid state, a giant, clunky old tube amp, and a 400-watt or better SWR bass head with a 15 and 4 10s, and I could barely hear it with my ear next to it.

This amp is not indestructable, but it has exceeded my expectations. When I got it a year ago, it came in original condition, probably not having been used regularly since the 80s. Structurally, it has remained perfect, nary a pull in the Tolex. The electronics are a different story. Since then, the speaker blew out during a "this one goes to 11" jam session, after which I replaced the stock Scorpion with a brand-new Celestion GW series 12, which does it fine; for $150, I got the speaker replaced and the chassis cleaned, which cleared up buzzing issues related to a cracked solder joint, something to be expected in long periods of nonuse. About two weeks ago, the amp made a horrible shreik when I turned it on, and then fell silent. I tried turning down all of the volume controls, and it continued its unsociable behavior, which it did not relent until I turned the reverb control all the way down. This says to me that the Folded Line has a short in it somewhere, and so has passed on to the great gig in the sky; rather than spend another hundred bucks on the amp trying to fix it, I'm going to buy a Holy Grail. But hey, it sat in an old lady's basement for between 10 and 20 years, so I still consider it a bargain.

Seeing as I have the original registration card, and it's been a little more than thirty days since 1977, I have not attempted to contact Peavey.

Since I've spent less than $200 on this amp, repairs included (I figure the preamp that came with it is worth at least $50), I'd say it's not a bad bargain amp for the beginner. I've played guitar for about six years as a hobby, for four of which I've played electric. This is my first "real" amp, meaning that it is loud enough to jam with, and it has been a positive experience. Not many $200 amps can provide the flexibility of in/out gain control AND get as loud as this one does, without breaking up. With the OD2R for distortion, and a $100 reverb pedal, this amp will still look like a bargain in its class. I currently use a Morley PWV wah and volume pedal that I want to replace with a Dunlop 535Q or a Vox 847, and an Ibanez CF7 Chorus/Flanger combo that I hope to upgrade to a Polychorus or (big grin) a Univibe. Even with the cheap pickups/woods etc in the Squier, this setup yields a decent sound with it, and the G-400 sounds phenomenal through it, too. The nicest thing about this amp is that it allows me to tweak a lot of stuff to make the sound my own, without having a lot of extra crap to wade through. Worst case scenario, if nothing else on it worked, it provides a nice clean amp sound that functions as a blank tonal canvas to be used with other effects.

I bought this amp about 20 yeas ago when I started playing again after a number of years of not playing. To this day I have no idea why I bought this AMP. I recommend that new players begin with decent equipment. It may be possible to make a good amp sound bad, but you can never make a bad amp sound good (except under the conditions listed below). The most striking feature of this amp is its bad sound.

I have top of the line Fender and Guild electric guitars (and a Martin acoustic) as well as high end amps (Mesa and Peavey). The only condition where I think this amp might sound good is if one sets up a mic on a sidewalk and records the sound of this thing hitting the ground from at least a five story drop. I think, if an extension cord is utilized, the amp is powered, there might be an interesting (although short) reverb ring as it hits the ground.

It always seems to power up whenever I turn it on (perhaps maybe once a year). It has a 60 cycle hum, the pots sound like they have sand in them and it pops if I try to change the settings (I'm not certain why I ever turn this thing on). It is out the door at my next garage sale/or maybe I'll give it to my bass player for a white elephant gift/or perhaps drop it off a five story building.

Peavey makes some decent amps (this isn't one of them). I've gotten good customer support from them on some of my other amps.

If you want your music to sound good- never buy bad equipment.

the pacer was my first amp. i bought it new in 1980 for $200. i ggged with it for 10 years. at the time i didn't think much of the distortion (although i think i could work with it after 25 yrs of playing) so i got a ts 808 in front. berkely students used to come to me on breaks an feed me free beer to find out how i was gittin' that tube tone outta that amp. yeah, it was more pedal, but that pacer was a totally dependable, no back up needed, clean as a whistle workhorse.

used it for all styles, and with every kinda pickup configuration. it was a nice, loud, clean amp, with decent tone control, good reverb, and a nasty overdrive that was only useful to grind pedal savvy, "experienced" musicians. see, here's the prob w/ the peavey amp distortion........it was designed for experienced players, but marketed to amateurs..........remember, boys and gurlz......"jus' cuz it go to 10, don't mean you gotsta put it dere". i'm giving it a 10, because for what it is.....it cain't be no betta!

broke down once, when i let my freinds hook up a speaker array to it w/ an unknown load value...........just a burnt out wire.......fixed under warranty.

i've had several different peavey amps, and some needed work (matter o' fact....i've got an old classic vt in shop right now) the cicuits are simple enuf, and schematics are available, so, usually the work can get done locally. had a gig in meridian MISS. one week.(hometown of peavey). an amp broke down, we took it to the factory, and they gave us a loaner while they (quickly) fixed the broken one.

i wouldn't go out of my way to get another one. but if the price were right.......i would use one again. nice cheap, dependable backup it would be....just put your pedals up front.....

made in the mid 70's or so, it doesnt have alot of options just your basic tone, plus reverb no channel switching,

currently using a Kramer stagemaster deluxe II with SD pup's. sound is somewhat ok, clean channel is somewhat muddy, distortion , forget about it, BUY A PEDAL! the distortion on this thing is useless, not bad for loudness,

owned this beast for oh,, prolly 6 or 7 years so far, its moved 3 times with me, and this thing just WONT DIE!!!! NEVER had a bit of problem with it, and I dont treat it like gold either, it's sat in the garage for days, in a closet, and when time to play all Ive ever done is flick it on and bingo your good to go. If this is how peavey makes there amps, just the reliability factor would make it worth purchasing

Never had to deal with them, never had a problem yet with the amp

If this thing came up stolen I prolly wouldnt buy it again, I want bigger and louder, with better effects (more) but for what I payed for it I dont think I'll ever get a better dependable amp just wish it sounded better

Has basic tone controls, reverb and overdrive

Clean sound is ok but definately lacks character. Distortion sounds grainy and not too powerful

I have just picked up the amp again after a few years off and have noticed a very annoying problem. It seems to intermitantly cut out. Also not just cut out but after playing a note it just kills itself off immdeiately. Apert from that it has been sitting doing nothing for about 5 years but as soon as I turned it on, it sparked up straight away, with no problem

I bought this from a friend in 1977. So it was out before 1980, as someone else here guessed. I was 16, had just learned barre chords, and had just discovered The Ramones, so I wanted a "realer" amp than the Sanger Harris .03-watt amp I had. I also had this weird distortion device which wasn't a pedal; it plugged into your guitar's input, then you plugged your cord in! Bizarre. What WERE those things?? Gamme a pretty heavy Black Sabbath, end-of-the-world, leaden grunge that just lent itself to adolescent depression. DEFINITELY better than the distortion on this amp! I didn't realize how lousy this amp was until I heard other people's amps--see, back then, and especially in suburban Dallas, tx, everybody and their dad didn't play guitar and gear wasn't as butt-common as it is now. I mean I'm talking about, when I told people at school that I had "an electric guitar", I mean, people were IMPRESSED. And some people didn't even believe me; they thought I was just bragging. It was just too far-fetched that anyone YOU KNEW would actually have "an electric guitar". So wot I'm sayin is there was no gear around back then.

I used it w/ a Fender Mustang, for which I paid $100. This is 15 years before Kurt Cobain made them cool. This amp sounded much better with this guitar than it did with the Kroger guitar(or whatever it was) I had previously. After I heard this friend of mine's Fender Twin Reverb, I ended up trading this one on a 1977 Twin Reverb. I thot the distortion on the Twin was better! Whadduzat say about the distortion on the Pacer :[ ! The clean sound was the deadest, most sterile gtr sound anyone could ever suffer. Then when you turned up the gain, you got a MUDDY, DISTORTED dead, sterile sound. In fact, before Peavey got to where they knew how to voice transistor amps, I always noticed their amps were the sterilest. Totally, like, flat and dead.

Now this is what even prompted me to write this review. Perhaps I just had a dud, but I wanted to take issue with you all about the reliability issue, how this amp was supposed to be so reliable. Yeah, it was about as reliable as a relationship between a Texas woman and a 5'7", 140-pound guy who can't benchpress 400 pounds and has an I.Q. higher than that of a toilet handle. I did NOT gig with this, all I did was keep it in the bedroom of my parent's house. I turned it on one day, and instead of the satisfying "pop" followed by that edifying 60-cycle hum I was used to, all I got was this turnipy-sounding zipper-like sound and nothing else. And I had never turned it up past about 3!!
I'm still undergoing therapy today because of this amp.

Today I've got several amps. A 5150 halfstack, A Marshall combo, and a new Vox Cambridge 2x10. Plus I've got a Boss Gt-5, gx-700, and a SansAmp psa-1 rack effect, so now I can get any tone I want. Gear has come a LONG, LONG, way since the 70's. Hey kids, you think the 70's were so great? They weren't. They sucked. Gear was lousy, unreliable, and expensive as an hour with Britney Spears. The one or two music stores within a two-day's drive from me had lousy selections and were staffed by rude, brain-dead marijuana hippies with winged-back hair and Sonny Bono moustaches. I'd run outta there screaming from the torture of being exposed to so much Al Dimeola.

I bought this amp in 1980, for $200. I've been told that this model of amp was sold from the mid 1970's thru early 1980's. Has basic tone knobs and reverb.

I play a variety of styles. I've used this amp in clubs since the early 1980's. It is a reasonable sounding amp, but it lacks in the high end. I used a signal generator and an ocilloscope to determine it's -3dB points (the generally accepted measurement for bandwith, a.k.a. frequency response), it clocked in at a top end of 4 kHz, not too impressive. The high end is lacking. But for traditional bebop jazz sound, it will do.

Peavy had a problem with this models output transformer (transformer hooked to the final transistors output) The leads on these had funky solder joints and wound cause the sound to go on and off (not too cool in the middle of a recording session or a gig) I had this happen. It would only go intermitten occationally. Drove me nuts finding the problem. I finally replaced all electrolitic caps, semiconductors, and resistors (the inexpesive stuff) before replacing the transformer. Since I rebuilt this amp, it has performed flawlessly. It's a tank. If I know that I am playing in 106 degree weather, and I want reliablilty, I take my Pacer. It's is extremely reliable now!....and it has reasonable sound. (in addition to reabuilding this amp, I mounted two fans: one on the final transistors and one on the AC transformer. I also drilled a hole in the back of the chassis and remounted the fuse. It now has a fuse holder where I can get to it immediately.) I replaced the original speaker in 1982. I put a JBL k120 in it's place!

I don't know how Peavy is now, but they used to be great. BECAUSE OF THIS SUPPORT and the fact that their amps are built in the U.S.A. (giving local people jobs), I plan to buy more Peavy products.

Good, basic, inexpensive amp. Needs a better high end.

1X12 speaker, 45 watts rms(yeah right), tone controls(treble,mid,bass), has overdrive, reverb & master volume. My first amp(didn't know any better), not too bad just amplified my guitar. Actually used it gigging out for about 5 years. Wish it were louder then! Very basic, is outdated now.

Played a 79 strat at that time nothing fancy, only a wah pedal for affects. The amp did not give nor take away from my sound, only amplified it. Wish the distortion was better but I could have bought a distortion pedal if I was that concerned. It served it's purpose!

For what I put this amp thru it performed very well. Replaced the tone pots but other than that-nothing went wrong. I used to like to drop it with the reverb & master volume on 10 and listen to the echo!

Never delt with Peavey.

I been playing now for about 32 years and will admit that for a starter/beginer amp it was great. It's been knocked over, pucked on, had many a beer spilled on it, cigarette burns on the top and even had a Pittsburg Steelers emblem on it for 5 years(and I live in Cleveland) Now a tube man-Fender. I probably will keep it forever-Just for the memories!!

My first amp. Transistor. One 12" speaker. Master volume and reverb, along with volume, treble, mid and bass.
I bought it in 1977, as I remember. On the bottom of the reverb tank is printed something like "Hand made by beautiful women in Meridien, Mississippi," or something close to that. Crazy stuff, but this was an early Peavey. Two inputs, one channel. Actually had enough features for me for a long time.

I used it with a single coil Melody Maker for years and the occasional humbucker-equipped Gibson.
It wasn't amazing, but for a first amp when I was young, I was thrilled. It made enough noise to piss off the neighbors and, with a few old stompboxes, it was fine for the punk I used to play then.
Amps and guitars are important, but the sound is much more in how you play. I've never had audiences notice the differences in pickups or amps NEARLY as much as in whether I'd been practicing or not.

This amp continues to soldier on. I spent over ten years doing nothing, when I'd gotten out of music. Then it was recalled to duty, like an old warrior, and it took me long enough to the point where my hands came back. Now, of course, I'm a tube man, but that's just the way it goes. For years, I used to brag about how I liked transistor amps and, if I had to in a pinch, there's no reason I couldn't use this for an emergency.
It just so happens to make a great monitor amp for my band's keyboardist, though. It's still working perfectly and still delivers accurate, clean sound. I need to replace the plug cause it's been abused, but that's about it. I don't know if Peavey is still that reliable, but that company used to be known for it's solid construction. I'm now a Fender man.

Never had to call them.

Been playing about 25 years. Own electrics (mainly teles), acoustics (mainly Gibson), and amps (mainly Fender).
I don't need it like I used to, so I wouldn't buy another, even if they still made them.
A nice old amp, though, for certain things. Certainly great for beginners.

Single-channel, 1 12-inch speaker, pre-gain, bass, mid, high, master gain, reverb and overdrive. 45 watts. Very simple striaght-forward amp. I got this amp about 1980 and I believe that's when they were first produced.

When I played this amp I used a Hagstrom Swede with humbuckers. It was noisy at first until I figured out to use the low-gain input. It was quiet as a church-mouse after that. The only effect I used was a phase-shifter with just enough input to stretch out the sustain and mellow the tone a bit. Not a huge distortion in overdrive, but I wasn't looking for that. Depressing the overdrive footswitch gave me just enough extra volume and smooth distortion to let the leads break through the drums and bass. This was with a 3-piece band, so having a fuller sound during the breaks was important.

This is where my experience differs from the other responders. I gigged this amp seriously for over three years without a single failure. I always miked it through the PA no matter what size venue. Stone cold reliable. My oldest son still has it and it's still going strong. Granted I wasn't trying to play metal or anything, and I probably only pushed it to 3/4 max but it never let me down.

As reliable as this amp was, I never had to talk with Peavey. My local dealer was great, but I never had to have it repaired or worked on once.

I've been playing 35 years. Haven't been gigging in about 15, but hope to start again. I play a combination of classic rock, country, country rock, usually always with 3 pieces. Since my oldest son has my Hag and Pacer I just purchased a Rick 620 and a Peavey Studio Pro 112. The reason I bought the Studio Pro was because I called Peavey and asked which amp currently being produced was the closest to the Pacer. That's how much respect I had for it's reliability. It did everything I wanted it to do and I could carry it without grunting and groaning. That's the main reason I got rid of the Deuce. It wasn't perfect (no amp is) but it gave me 95 per cent of what I was looking for. During the winter months it sat in the trailer in a cold garage all week, got taken out on the weekends, set up, turned on,used hard and put back in the cold trailer in the cold garage for over three years and never once did it let me down. Yes, I liked this amp. I hope I like the Studio Pro half as much.

This is a single channel 1x12 transistor amp w/ a full set of tone controls, master volume (on a transistor amp-so you can get that fully cranked transistor sound at low volume...???), and overdrive (footswitchable) and a short-tank reverb. It's a weak 45 watts compared to a tube amp, but can be heard above a loud drum kit. It's best feature is that it weighs little and has a handle.

This amp is prety lifeless and dull. If you crank the reverb, master, and overdrive you can begin to sound like Neil Young, but other than that, it's pretty unexciting. It does excel, however, in being a good cheap, reliable "knock-around" amp for practice, jamming, etc. It doesn't take up alot of space, and makes a useable noise. It makes a fabulous beginner amp. If you've never owned a guitar amp it's a good choice, cuz of it's price/reliability, a few nifty features, and the fact that you wouldn't know what yer missing by having a real amp like a (place favorite amp name here).

There is no limiting circuitry on this amp, plus it's stock speaker was pretty cheesy. Once I got into a band that was gigging, but had no money for a bigger/better one, I cooked the speaker a few times before moving up to a Peavey Scorpion (which theoretically could handle more wattage than the amp could provide). It took me another year to cook that one-but in all fairness i was trying to be Johnny Ramone in a live situation with this little booger. The amp itself never gave me any problems, and it can be hooked up to an external speaker cab.

Never tried.

I can't recommend this as a pro-level amp, but i don't really think it was meant to be one. It doesn't sound especially great, but it can make useable noise. For a "utility" amp where sound doesn't matter, just fun, I'd definitely recommend it. These sold for less than $200. when new-consider that when paying for it.

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.

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.

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

Never Dealt with peavey. Although i called once requesting a manual and they wanted 7 bucks for it

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.

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.

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.

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.

Never dealt with them

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.