Peavey Firenza JX

All listed before me, everything you'd really need.

Lots of tones, decent pickups. Sounds very nice for what I paid for it.

These are like the ultimate pawn shop sleeper. Got this one locally for $100 tax included. Was a bit dirty but after 20 minutes and a restring it was as good as factory fresh. Very well built and thought out. Super light weight, and issue for me with two bad rotator cuffs. Listen to your parents, continue your education so you don't end up working crappy manual labor jobs and then can't play for more than an hour without excruciating pain. I have lots of high end guitars and this feels BETTER than most of them. Maybe not the best tone woods involved but it balances well, you don't fight it and it stays in tune!! Is there anything else?

Good US made guitar. Peavey builds most things to last. This is no exception.

Peavey is pretty good about helping you if you need it, have contacted them a few times and gotten expeditious replies. Nice fellas there at Peavey.

Well, if you find one buy it. You will most likely get it cheap and it is money well spent.

Black body, S/S/H, 22 Frets, Hard Rock Maple neck, Rosewood fretboard, Hardtail super Strat body.

I play classic, metal, blues. It handles all of em perfectly.

No frills plain Strat style body, no pickguard. 1 vol/ 1 tone, works for me.Nice deep black finish, chrome hardtail bridge.

It woulkd make a good club if you need it.............would gig with this live with no problem..........

I deal with Peavey just to pick their brains....they build good guitars and stand behind em....

Been playing 32 years, too many guitars to list and growing. American, Japanese makes. American Peaveys are damn good guitars, period.

i think that this guitar's features are almost perfect. it has s/s/h pickups so it gives a sound from metal to classic rock and the humbucker gives a great blues sound. it is made in america like most if not all peavey guitars. there are only 2 things 1 wrong is that it only has one tone knob which is limiting and 2 it has a fixed bridge i got this guitar because it is so different from any other guitar that i have ever played it has great action and i love the arrowhead top and it has the exagerated strat style with strings running through the body so it is easy to re-string.

this guitar produces a incredible sound unlike any that i have ever heard. it can be almost silent on settings 1 and 2 but it can get extreamly loud. i play everything from blues to heavy metal but i mostly play classic rock it produces a incredible blues sound and it is great for Hendrix i use it on a peavey transtube 112 and i have used it on a peavey supreame and a bandit. i think that it sounds best with Led Zeppelin though that is probably my favorite band

this guitar was put together perfect except it was not shined completly but i can do that myself but it was great for a 10 year old guitar.

i have only used it live twice but it worked like a charm it really seems like it will last and the finish is great the strap buttons are extreamlly solid and you can depend on it no matter what i dont think you need a backup but i always bring one to be safe

i cant tell you this because i have not talked to them but i heared they were great

i have been playing for 3 years and i also own a ibanez. if this guitar was stolen i would try to find a new one but it would be hard because it is not made anymore. i love the exagerated strat style but my favorite part is the s/s/h pickups. i wish it had a non fixed bridge. i almost got a fender strat but i decided to get a les paul but then i saw this and i loved it and it is a much better guitar. it sounds great with a crybaby waw peadle

Features: 10
I bought it as a new clearance item in July 02'. It's a Peavey Firenza JX, made in the US with 22 medium jumbo frets, a s/s/h pickup design, strings thru the body and a hardtail bridge. The body is solid basswood with a maple neck and rosewood fret board. It is gloss ivory in color, body is exaggerated strat style with Peavey tuners that don't lock but hold their tuning well. Right off the bat I was really impressed with this guitar, it fit and felt good, easy fingering and nice tone. It swtiches the s/s/h pick ups via a 5 way switch, which is nice and quiet! Has one volume and one tone control, wich is kinda limiting, the only reason it gets a 9. A great guitar for the price.

I tend to play everything from punk/hard rock to Eric Clapton and the Beatles and this does it all. The only thing I'm planning on changing is the bridge pickup. I hope to put in a high output EMG or Seymour pickup for a little heavier sound. I play it through a 15W Vox PathfinderR and sounds just fine but sounds even better through my friend's Tech 21 Trademark 60W. It is virtually noiseless in the 2nd and 4th poritions but can sounds quite fuzzy everywhere else. Overall a great sounding guuitar, especially for the price.

I love the feel of this guitar. The neck is quite thin and fast and when I got it everything was set up wonderfully. All the controls are well placed and out of the way and the 3 on a side head is a nice addition.

I honestly couldn't tell you a lot about how durable it is aside from what other people have said. I've never gigged it but I would be extremely willing to.

Sorry, can't tell you about this. I've heard they are very easy to deal with.

This was my first guitar and I love it to death. If I lost it I would try to get another one if I could find it or would get a Washburn N2 like my friend w/ the Tech 21 Trademark 60 has. For the price paid and considering how little I knew about guitars when I bought it I was extremely fortunate that this guitar crossed my path.

same as others, solid basswood, lovely black finish, with chrome bridge & tuners. hard case included. hardtail, therefore no trem to judge.

Love it, sooo cool, I play from folk thru to classic rock. it does them all, I use a roland cube 30 modelling amp, and it does it all. I was given it, and was going to trade it in for a wolfgang, but after an afternoon of playing it I changed my mind, the sounds are nicer, and with the pickup selection (S/S/H) it is way more flexible.

I never knew that a guitar could be so perfectly setup, action is low and easy, finish is terrific, only a 9 because the control knobs are a bit cheap

built completely solidly, totally gigworthy, already used it twice, will work it hard (a couple of times a week) in public performance

never had any complaint dealing with them, only helpful in terms of advice and support

I've been playing in excess of 20 yrs, blues / folk / rock, I love the feel and the sound, looks great too. I previously had a strat and hated it (too thin sounding) and a yamaha superstrat, which I liked, had to choose to keep one of them, the peavey won hands down. if you can get one, don't hesitate.

They don't build them anymore, but you can see used ones (and an occasional new one) on eBay, so you need to know what a great budget guitar Peavey once made locally (in USA!). Mine has 22 medium jumbo frets, a single/single/double -coil pickup design with a string through body and hardtail bridge. One tone, one volume, which I suppose are limiting, and a 5-way pickup switch, located ideally below and aft of the strumming area. Solid basswood body with a fast hard maple neck and rosewood fretboard. Body is in the exaggerated-Strat(R) style but with 3-on-a-side Peavey tuners--I get confused by 6-in-a-row arrangements and really like the small Peavey arrowhead-shaped head. I haven't put it on a scale, but it's a nice light weight. That great price included the classic Peavey hardshell case, though I wish it had a door on the compartment for picks and stuff.

I've really grown to like the sound of this guitar after an initial disappointment with it. (Bought it in March 2001, it's end of August now.) If I had my druthers, I'd prefer two humbucks, but it's nice to have the variety that comes with the single coils. As has been said by other reviewers, it has a sound that stands apart from Fender Strats. What has won me over is the versatility of the s/s/h combinations--I've played a number of guitars where pickup switches and tone controls don't make a significant difference. I can get a great Blue Oyster Cult Reaper going with all three pickups for the opening, then switch to the humbucker for the sustains and solos later in the song. I play some Steve Earle, Springstein, Beatles, and folk rock. Sustain is wonderful. The Firenza really works for me.<BR>
<P>Used it with a Korg AG-something pedal with some great sounds through a Fender Princeton. What I hope to do is put a Roland GK-2A pickup on it--oughta look great, black techno-retro on cherry red--and use it with a GR-30 or -33 for synth effects.

Great low action on a really flat fretboard, smooth frets. No problem bending strings, though I sometimes pull my low E-string off the neck... I love the neck on this ax, the natural Maple color topped with darker rosewood fretboard.<BR>
<P> I can't seem to completely eradicate an occasional buzz on the G-string. (I've noticed this is a problem on other Firenzas I've tested in stores.) Bullet-proof smooth cherry red finish with no trace of wood grain (hmm). Neck to body is tight, pickups and tuners weren't loose. I wouldn't know if it was factory set-up, assuming Birdland re-set the action and pickups, which are very satisfactory.

I'll get around to replacing the strap buttons with locking types, but this guitar exudes durability and has been very reliable, staying in tune and taking hard play. I don't play gigs yet, but I expect that the Firenza will serve me well. The case practically guarantees no harm will occur during travel.

Peavey has a great rep and I haven't had a reason to contact them, save to send in my warrranty card for the 5-year plan. Don't expect to need support, either. Birdland (a NY-based store; I live in Chicagoland area) was an excellent eBay vendor: offered a great deal (I included shipping cost in price), was prompt and courteous, and shipped the rig quickly. I'd buy another guitar from Birdland again, no problem.

I haven't played an electric guitar for twenty-odd years, but I'd been "shopping" for the better part of a year, noodling at a lot of different shops in my area. Really like my son's Strat(R), but wanted a humbucker and the 3-3 head. I'm not a Gibson person; like the looks, but don't like the playability. Liked Danelectro Hodads, but felt the pickups were weak. Godin Radiators were in my price range, but not as well-featured as the Firenza. At the time I bought the Firenza, I was looking for a used Cort MGM but couldn't find one for the same price--the Peavey was new ($700 retail or thereabouts), USA-made, and came with the hardshell case. They're not completely comparable guitars, either, but they were the measures for what I was looking for. It definitely beat out similarly priced Fender Strats IMHO.<BR>
<P>The Firenza's not a particularly flashy looking guitar, but I've really grown to love it. If I had unlimited funds, I'd probably give a good look at Peavey Wolfgangs and such. But in the $300-$400 range, it's a tremendous value for a USA-made guitar from a major albeit underrated guitar builder.

This is a 1999 Peavey Firenza JX. USA made, 22 frets, Basswood body and a hard rock maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard. S/S/H configuration with ceramic magnet passive p/u's. It's a black exaggerated strat, with an unfinished neck. (which I adore) It has a string-thru-body solid bridge, and non locking 3 on a side tuners. 1 volume and 1 tone control, and a 5 way switch. The neck is very small and thin. (picture a wolfgang neck, only nowhere near as fat) It came with a Peavey hardshell case.

The music style I play is primarily Punk/Ska/Pop-Rock. (in the style of Weezer, the Clash, Nerf Herder, ect.) I am playing it through a Peavey Bandit 112 and a ProCo Rat pedal. In the 2nd, 4th, and bridge positions, there is no hum. The hum is heinous in the other positions. The variety of tones you can get from this axe is amazing. It can give a good spanking clean tone for bouncy ska tones and big bright lead sounds. If you listen to Buck-O-Nine, then you'll know exactly what this guitar in the 4th pos. sounds like. It can also give a raw distorted humbucking sound, and some very thin single coil sounds. I was a little dissappointed with the output of the bridge humbucker, so I'm saving up for a nice high output duncan. Besides that, the other sounds are great.

I purchased this guitar used from a friend. The action was as low as it goes, with virtually no buzzing. This guitar is gonna spoil me. :) I'm sure that if I did buy this new that it would be set and ready to play. (peavey is good like that) The only flaw I noticed was a dark spot in the neck, but I'm not complaining.

This guitar is a USA-made Peavey. If you've had any experience with them before, then you should know that they are built like tanks. "Durable weatherproof finish"? I'd refer to it as "Bulletproof polymer". The strap buttons are a bit small, but I'm sticking some strap locks on very soon. I would gig w/o a backup if I didn't demand any other sound.

Peavey is a quite large and busy company (just like any other manufacturer), but they always seem to take the time to deal with any stupid question I've thrown their way. The warranty on a lot of Peavey stuff is 5 years, but I bought this used. (As if I'd need a warranty)

I've been playing for about 5 years, and I also own a Jackson Dinky Reverse, and a Peavey Bandit. The only thing this guitar is missing to be my dream axe is a high output p/u with a lot of crunch in the bridge. I love the action, the sheer brilliance and simplicity of the overall design, and the especially the neck. It is fast, smooth, and small. (it's even faster than the wide/flat neck on my Jackson) It's also one of the lightest guitars I have ever played. (just a little heavier than a Parker Fly) It is quite confortable. I just dislike how square the body is where my right arm rests. I compared this to a Wolfgang Special (a guitar I have been looking at for quite some time) and a Firenza AX. I disliked the trem on the AX (I just wanted a hard tail for tuning's sake) and this one was used, but in new condition.

Bought new in late December 1999, it's a Peavey Firenza JX with Peavey hardshell case. It's made here in our good old USA with 22 medium jumbo frets, a s/s/h pickup design with a string thru body and hardtail bridge. The body is solid basswood with a maple neck and rosewood fret board. Color is gloss ivory, body is strat style with Peavey tuners that don't lock but hold their tune good so far. Right off the bat I was really impressed with this guitar, it fit and felt good, easy fingering and nice tone. For the price, I've got a USA made guitar from a company that I have much respect for. I've used Peavey guitars and amps since the 70's and have yet had to have any problems. The only problem that I had with their gear ever was I stripped the threads on a humbucker pick-up on a T-25 guitar once. That was my fault because the threads were made of plastic and I did'nt know it and I put too much pressure on them. It swtiches the s/s/h pick ups via a 5 way switch, which is nice and quiet!

I play mostly country, rock-a-billy and rock and roll so this Peavey sound fits these catagories to a T. It's sound is strat like but still Peavey, as they have their own sound. I don't know about the EVH's as I've never played one. When I play it thru a Peavey Ranger 212, my main amp, it sounds rich and full. Typical Peavey sound that I really like. I especially like it's sound when in the 2nd and 4th clicks. The 2nd click plays both the neck and mid P.U. and that gives a very strat liked sound that is sorta thin. The 4th click brings the mid and bridge humbucker together for a fuller sound that is pleasant and typical country. All clicks are quiet with no feedback at all. So far, there is nothing that I don't like about this guitar. When I play this thru my Carvin Nomad 112 tube amp, I get a pleasant fuller sound with good bottom. I use only reverb and tremolo f/xs on most songs altho certain songs call for echo or phase or Memory Man slapback.

The action was good right off the bat except I had to loosen the truss rod a tad. The neck was too straight and it fingered harder than it should have. Peavey specs call for a minimum of .005" clearance between the 8th fret and bottom of the 6th string(1st and last fret capoed) and this guitar was at .004". Their new truss rod wheel is great for easy neck adjustment. Pick-ups are balanced and needed no further adjusting. Their fret work is great, well fretted and filed with no sharp frets anywhere. There are no flaws anywhere to be found, no rust or mis-colored hardware, no loose tuners and all controls are firm and quiet.

I've played the daylights out of this guitar and it holds it's tune using Peavey nickle 9-42 strings. The hardware appears solid and it's finish(gloss ivory) seems adequate. The first thing I done was to put strap locks on when I got it home. I'd consider this guitar very dependable and it should get you thru a gig without any backup.

I've never had to deal with Peavey direct as all of my Peavey stuff has held up. I take a certain amount of good care of my stuff and that has paid off plenty. The dealer said that when I send the warranty card in to the Peavey factory, I'll automatically get a 5 year warranty. I'll hafta check that out further thru E mail but I'm not one bit worried about any Peavey equipment. I did E mail the factory to verify that this guitar was American made and their reply came right back pronto-"It is produced here in the USA!" My Peavey Ranger 212 amp has a 5 year warranty, so hopefully this guitar will have the same.

I've been playing 45 years plus and have either owned or played most brands. I also own two Carvins and a Heritage H 535 (ES335) style. This thing seemed to fit me from the word go. I looked at a Korean made Peavey Predator first, which didn't look all that bad, but then I opted to pay a few $'s more for an American made. This Firenza plays every bit a good as my other instruments also USA made. I was and still am impressed by the feel of it and by the way it plays and sounds. Why buy a more expensive guitar? This has everything that I want and need plus I get that good old Peavey sound. If you can ever hear Jimmy Capp in Nashville or Ronnie Prophet in Branson play their Peaveys, do it and you'll see what I mean when I say that Peavey has their own sound. They are affordable and reliable to boot. Yeah, I'm like a kid with a new toy. How sweet it is, huh?