Peavey Rage 158

My Rage is a 2001 Model, I find that this amp meets the needs of the style of music I play. I mostly play rock, and it is a great little practice amp for this style. Notice I said Practice amp.n Some of you have suggusted it is not the same as bogger more expensive gig amps. Of course not, that is why it is meant to be used to practise on or for jamming with your mates.

There is no need to comment on what features it has because I think everyone else has nearly covered that topic.

I am using a Yamaha Pacifica 112. It is a great Practice guitar. It has 2 pickup and a Humbucker (great guitar guys for the money, I recommend you check one out. The sound suits my music I play. I find the best sounds on vintage lead, however the clean sound is great for a blues jam session. The clean sound can really crank in volume and does not get distorted at high volume with my Pacifica.

The distortion is great for the size of the amp. I have no complants with it. It can handle any thing from Limp Bizket to Bryan Adams.

The EQ on the amp only plays a small part in the sound, but it is a useful tool.

This is a stonger little competitor. I have only had it for a month, but it has a great solid feel to its constuction.

Have not had to use it.

15 watts...8 inch speaker...clean and overdrive...Pretty basic stuff

This is where the thing really let me down. Really poor tone and barely loud enough to practice. No character at all, no reverb, real scratchy and irritating.

It never did blow on me...OK I guess

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Really a poor choice for a practice amp. Check out the Crate 15 (lots of built in effects) or my choice for a 15 watt in this price range is the Fender Frontman Reverb. Totally kicks ass on this Peavey 158 turd...I got rid of it first chance I got.

2 channells: lead and clean. 15 watts, 8" 4 ohm speaker. "Transtube solid state circuit"- very versitile. The CD in thing is pretty cool, because it also allows you to use this amp as a cab for another amp (always be sure that your other amp is made for use with a 4 ohm speaker, duh)

This thing makes very good, bluesy sounds, that i like, and i could see it being used for some forms of punk music too. Don't be fooled by the 15 watts- this thing is extremely loud for its size. The clean channel is wonderful, and the lead is very good. Nothing really sounds like a tube, but Peavey did a really good job with this whole transtube deal. The lead is very punchy - that is, you can pick lightly and get a loud, clean sound, or you can really dive-bomb it and get a very very nice overdriven sound. When you turn the pre gain up to 10, you get a very nice, almost purple-haze like distortion sound. This is no Marshall, but for a 50 dollar solid state amp, it's awsome. Dont get scared when you first turn it on and start playing and you don't get the right sound. It is very finicky, especially the lead channel, but if you take your time, it will definately pay off. Don't leave this amp plugged in (keep reading, details on this later)

This thing is like a rock. Some moron that had it before I did screwed up the input jack, and didn't soldier it right, so I had to fix that the day after I got it, but that was due to the previous owner's stupidity. This amp is solid. If I were old enough, (hey i'm 14) and good enough, I would gig with this. It'd probably have to be miced, with a high-quality system, but this amp is very toneful, loud, and tough. If you buy a used one though, you may want to check all of the soldering joints, to make sure that some moron didn't try to fix something that they knew nothing about.

Never had to really deal with them. It's an older amp, so it has no warranty, not that i know of.

I've been playing for less than a year, but i do know a really good amp from a piece of crap. This is my second amp. The other amp (Karera B-10) was definately a piece of crap. A footswitch for channel switching would be nice. If it were stolen or something, i'd most likely shop around for a month or two, then buy another one just like it. You can't beat the price on these things.

WARNING: DO NOT LEAVE THIS AMPLIFIER PLUGGED IN. EVEN IF IT IS TURNED OFF, POWER FLOWS TO THE TRANSFOMER. YOU CAN ACTUALLY FEEL IT VIBRATE, AND AT TIMES HUM. YOU CAN ALSO FEEL HEAT GENERATE ON THE TRANSFORMER, EVEN WHEN THE AMP IS TURNED OFF.

15 watts into an 8 inch, 2 channels clean dist, headphone out, cd/tape input. and suposidly a 3 band eq, even though it is a practice amp they could atleast include an equalizer that actually alters the tone. the headphone out sounds horrible. I like the cd input, It is quite bassy compared to the guitar tone, So I used it to pound some bass with my cd player. Yes I know it's a cheap amp, but for little more money you get allot more features. (like the fender champion 30)

Im using and esp LTD m50 guitar, the humbuckers arent great or anything, but this amp makes them sound bad. I give points to the decent clean channel, it is pretty good, but then again a good clean isn't hard to come buy (I hardly use it anyway). The 3 band eq hardly alters the tone, wich really aggrivates me. The distortion channel is pretty horrible but I give it some points because it can do a few tones alright. any gentle overdrive no way, metallica no way, punk no way, black sabbath not too shabby. the lil bugger can get loud, but I don't like to push it, it doesn't sound good enough to be loud anyway.
I like the 8 ince blue marvel though it can handle quite a bit of bass fairly well, I used my bass quite loud in it aswell and my cd player and it didn't distort at all. it gained some points their. I would generally avoid this amp and spend more money on something like the fender champion 30, or something in that range. I think a 4 is generous.

oh it's a reliable lil amp, I have pounded allot of bass on it loud and the speaker has held up fine. I don't think it will malfunction, as their is nothing in the amp to break.

never dealt with them, I don't think it comes with a warranty, I didn't really look because i don't care.

I've been playing for bout a year I have owned an ada mp-2 wich I ran into this thing, either the preamp sucked or this thing butchered the tone, im thinking its the latter. I now own a Soldano/yamaha T50 head and im still searching for cabinets (maybe a fender 2x15 bass cab with peavey black widows)

of course I wouldn't expect this thing to sound as good as flatulant ass compared to the soldano, but some other low end ss amps i've tried have way better tone. I think peavey shitted out a bad product and is wasting both natural resources (wood for the casing) and peoples money on this product. It has a stupidly simple circut, and could not of costed much at all to build. I think they could have include a reverb for the price. considering the price of it I think a 3 is a fair rating. don't let some salesman push this pos on you, ask for the next amp up.

u all know already.... no reverb gives it a 7

VERY good for the price. so in proportion it gets a 9. show me an amp with better dist and clean channels for 80 bucks. new. not used.

havent had it long enough... seems solid... a friend o mine had one... lasted 5 yrs b4 he sold it... probably still ticking.. not bad for 80$... :)

havent dealt with em... yet...

its a friggin practice amp dammit!! the reviewers are either retarded teens trying to act cool or just dont know what amp to buy. u have enough cash for a gibson les paul or a PRS or whatever, then go buy a big bad marshall... on the other hand, if 80$ is ur budget, u would probably have a low end guitar like an epi or squire... that's what i have right now. epi les paul. and its is absolutely FINE... its too obvious that u cant use it to gig at large places (oh ok, no.. sorry.. i have not gigged at wembley stadium).. its a 15w amp for bedroom/garage/jam pad use... duh. u want pro stuff, get a boogie rack and play ur heart out to millions of fans on ur signature guitar...

i've been playing for almost 2 yrs... mainly prog rock and blues... some indian classical stuff.. this is a great amp for the money if u wanna jam with buddies or play in ur room.

i'm gonna upgrade in a year or less to a johnson marquis or used millenium with those big footswitches :) and maybe get duncan pups and gotoh tuners for my epi. for the time being, i'm happy.


btw, it sounds pretty good with a wah pedal and compressor. if u want to use a distortion pedal, the marshall guvnor should go well with this... and get a reverb. i really miss the reverb on my old fender...

I believe its a 1995 model, trans-tube series. It works for most rock music, but it doesn't have the volume to play a live gig, unless you mic it. It does have two channels, but they are not foot switchable, so you need effects pedals. but its just a basic practice amp, and it was cheap, for the money it was a great deal. I like this amp, because it is a great amp when you want to jam, it has decent power, sounds pretty good, and its eazey to carry.

I am playing a cheap guitar, so I was actually surprised, that this amp sounds pretty good. I will be getting an rp100, so I wasn't worried, that the amp distortion wasn't incredible. For what it is I think it sounds good enough for most older and newer rock, it sounds a little better clean to me, but it lacks reverb, wich is also why an rp100 should help the sound out

it will last forever :-)

they are very easy to deal with, no problems with any of my peavey gear.

overall, I give it a rating of an 8. It's a heck of a bargain, it's not killer, but its going to get the job done, and do it for a very long time. Not really enough power to gig with, but if your on a budget, you can mic it and it will work. For the average guitarist, that just likes to jam, it is perfect.

i really like this amp. its inexpensive and well worth it. i play jazz to metal. it is powerful for a 15 watt it has 2 channels. i wish the lead was better, but i use a boss metal zone anyway.

its an 85 dollar amp, its no marshall but i love the sound. i run a strat through my boss metal zone, it give it a real crisp unbroked disrtortion sound. the clean is godd enough, its just a practice amp anyway.

not a gig amp, just for practice, but i would use it anyway.

its well worth the money, once again its a practice amp, but well worth the money

15W solid state transtube emulation. 2 modes clean(with volume control) and dirty( with distortion and volume control) combined with a switch to select vintage or modern tube emulation adn tone controls of course.CD input to playalong if that's what you want as well. Headphones out as well but even with good ones you can't beat the feeling of the floor shaking,but No reverb but not really bothered, it gives me a lot of control of my distortion and that's what I want!

Had this amp for 8 months, play it with a mexican tex-mex tele , the custom pickups were terrible so leaving aside the stock neck pickup(they always look so cool) I put a SD tele quarter pounder in the bridge and a SD Invader in the middle(I used to have a hotrail in the bridge instead but a hot pickup can't give the full fat sound of a humbucker no matter what-and this is the hottest heaviest SD humbucker put in a really light guitar.)
They always tell you to try out amps with your guitar in the showroom but how will they sound in your bedroom at minimum volume against your Cd of when people are trying to sleep? This one give you 2 types of distortion thay are both tremendously variable to play with plus a clean channel plus The distortion on 10 varies in it's sound depending on the volume.!In a sense you get 2 amps which if you fiddle with enough should let you get what sound you need. The guitar is also important but I can nail Limp Bizkit or linkin park or pearl jam on a Tele! For what it's worth my setting is modern distortion, 60% to the limit on a very low volume setting, the pickups, guitar volume and my attack control the toneand sound. I like my controls simple and at hand.

It's a brick but there's a little metal box that get's quite hot if plugged in. I'm not fluent with amp design, maybe it's normal but nonetheless I always leave it unplugged when not in use.

never dealt with them

Been playing for 7 years I love the look of tele's but hate the twang, the invader made it Brutal but sweet.But the amp gives a great variety of sounds- whatever you need you will find. No risk of it sounding different at home or at different volumes from when you tried it in the shop because if it does just fiddle with the distortion type, gain and volume and you'll find what you need. Eventually you'll find 'the' setting and 'the' sound from this amp that you use on anything. Now my one's set up fine I use the guitar's volume and pickup selection to let me play pitch perfect to whatever Cd I have on. If you want to play loud and distorted you'll find your sound if you need it but make sure your pickups are up to scratch if you want it all spot on.For the money it's great and let's you have all the variety without the cost and confusion of something like an amp modeller. Guitar to amp to ears is best for me and like the tele this amp is simple to use but wildly changeable in sound by setting a few parameters.Like a Tele it's simple to use but versatile as hell!

My experienced ears rate this a great little amp and for that other guy,where does that tube go?Like the clean and distortion,lightweight,another input and the headphone feature.Use it for my drum machine and pratice with a band.Hey people,the old days we had kent amps with tubes&hiss,hum nothing like this solid state

Jagmaster dual hummbuckers,fender strat,mostly r&b,beatles,fleetwood mac,ect,ect.Sounds like a great 15 watt amp for the buck.I have a drummer beside me and power to boot.If you want more you have to pay the bucks.

had it for 6years still going ,wouldn't use it to gig but it could be a backup miked.

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Been playing 32 years and still learning.Marshall stack,peavey deuce vt,getting a vox twin reverb 30watt.If I just started playing and someone stole it,yes i would get another.I have amps for different functions and this does the trick.Clean sound.Oh buy the way,that guy with the unexperienced ears,Words speak for themselves,you'll never get it.

GUYS, THIS AMP IS WONDERFUL... I WOULD RATE IT 11...
I don't know the years but this is a gem. Endless possibilities of sounds could be achieved through this beauty. Its complete and does not need everything else. I use this amp mostly for live and studio application requiring a very high level of sonic qualities only. It is solid state but better sounding than any tube amp I ever heard, and I had a lot, believe me...

THE SOUND!!!
Just absolutely awesome. I play a LesPaul Deluxe '78 with Duncan P-90s and whooaaa... awesome sparkling high and sweet lows. My sound quality is just outrageous, I sonically can nail the sound of about any players I heard, Pat Metheny, Scofield, Vai, Vinnie Moore, Frisell, you name it, plus its sooo versatile.

The clean sound is just too great and the distortion is just what you could dream for. In fact this amp had made my "dream sound" come true, every band members came up to me to comment on my sound quality. I even put the thing in my rackmount tower because it sounded so unique.

When I think about its distortion, an image comes to my head: Chainsaw massacre meets Friday the 13th meets Godzilla... I got the image of millions of dead people's blood and gore spilling around. Plus the amount of sound out of this beast can literally wake up the deads.

This is indestructible, once again, its worth a 11 in this category.

Two thumbs up to the Peavey crew for this wonder. After making such a brilliant product, a manufacturer almost makes you feel as if the client wouldn't be worth obtaining support. I just don't deserve this beauty, I feel guilty of having it.

I RATE IT OVER 11...!!
I use it in the practice rooms at the university and it makes me wants to buy a dozen of these gems. DAMN, It beats my Marshall JMC2000 TSL 60 head and my teacher's Fender Twin '60s silverface HANDS DOWN... With this in my live gig setup, I'm into tonal heaven. Plus it excels in studio work.

If God would have made an amp to its image, it would definitely have been a Peavey Rage 158. Buy a thousand of these... just raw power, this amp incarnate the religious notion of perfection to a point where it makes the human feels unworthy of his faith.