Peavey Firenza

- Mahagony double-cutaway body
- Vintage creme colored finish - high gloss
- 2 Gotoh P-90s (very low noise, great tone)
- One volume, one tone, 3-position selector
- Bolt maple neck with 15 inch radius rosewood board and medium frets
- 43mm nut width
- The neck has a micro-tilt adjustment and a user-friendly truss adjustment wheel at the base (quite innovative)


I added the Schaller strap locks and replace volume and tone knobs with black chrome knobs

Outstanding P-90s on this thing! Blues, jump-blues and jazz for me. I play clean thru a Marshall G15RCD practice amp or a Peavey Envoy 110 25-watt amp. Rich full mellow to ice-pick in your eye... What's your pleasure? This can do it! Very versatile. And, very low noise too (not what you'd expect from a P-90

Mahagony body is very resonant... Great harmonics on this thing too. Sounds every bit as wonderful as my Fender 2000 American Fat Telecaster, for a lot less money. No kidding!

Not a single flaw anywhere. Set up was superb. Low action. Excellent player!

This thing is a tank. On par with my Fender American Fat Telecaster. I don't gig, but if I did, I not use a backup? No need.

Don't know. Picked up my Firenza today. What an outstanding guitar! Quality-wise, on par with my 2000 Fender American Fat Telecaster, for a lot less money. No kidding! The P90s are very low noise (well shielded, I'd guess), and sound wonderful. The mahagony body is very resonant. The thing plays like a dream... as good as my Tele! If their service is half as good as their products, we're in there!

Playing over 3-years; blues, jump blues and jazz. I cannot believe Peavey discontinued these! Best value I've seen in a guitar! I'd replace it, if I can find one.

Solid mahogany body with rock maple neck. 2 P-90 pickups and a recessed tune-o-matic bridge and stoptail. Unique body style. Peavey premium sealed chrome tuners. No accessories included. I hadn't planned on buying a Peavey, but this is a unique guitar that is very well thought out. It combines the best of the Gibson and Fender basics--bolt-on neck with tilt and tension adjustments, tune-o-matic bridge, P-90 pickups, 3 on a side tuners--and then adds new ideas like recessing the bridge, putting the tension rod adjustment at the base of the neck, and a new and well-balanced body shape.

Use it with a Mesa Boogie combo and with a Smokey Amp. The sound is great, with a lot of difference between the neck P-90, the bridge P-90, and the reverse polarity combination of the two. This guitar has a great growl at the neck and a bright, clear ring at the bridge. Perfect for rock, metal, pop, punk, and alternative, which are what I play. Not much strat/tele twang, though, if that's what you're looking for.

The guitar was set up well, and the hardware and pickups are fantastic. Cosmetics is the only area in which this guitar suffers. The paint job was a little sloppy. The back cavity and the neck pocket have small areas that didn't get painted. The neck pocket also doesn't align perfectly with the neck. Personally, when a guitar plays this well I don't mind a few imperfections, but some people might. It's still a mass-produced guitar, although a great one.

This is a solid guitar. I haven't had a bit of trouble. The thing is put together like a tank. Quality hardware, great pickups.

Peavey is a great company. The warranty was extended, but I haven't needed it. They try to make their customers happy, and they do a good job.

I've been playing guitar (acoustic and electric) and bass for 15 years. I have Washburn, Fender, and Samick guitars, Ampeg, Smokey, and Mesa Boogie Amps. This is my first Peavey. If it were stolen, I'd have to try to find another Firenza--but they've stopped making them. My favorite feature is the recessed tune-o-matic bridge combined with the P-90s. I compared it to Fender strats and teles, Gretsch, Dean, Hamer, Gibson, and other Peavey guitars. The Firenza is better than any of the others I tried, even at twice the price. Peavey hit gold with this one, and I can't understand why they don't make them anymore, unless people are just too uptight about brands to try a Peavey.

2 P90s, stop tail. Volume, tone knobs. Basic. Features have been well documented. It doesn't need much more than this.

I love the sound. It complements my other guitar. Pickups can be somewhat noisy but the are single coil. Sound is raw, bluesey, direct.

Guitar was set up pretty well but the shop adjusted the neck a little more to my liking. It was a tad too low. I cannot find a flaw on this guitar anywhere. Pride of craftsmanship shows and it just feels like quality. Very solid.

This guitar feels like it will outlast me easily. Stays in tune is very stable. Pots, switch and tuners all work flawlessly.

Peavey has a great website and seem committed to their product.

Been playing for 25 years. Also have a Predator Plus (great also) and a Peavey Deltal Blues 210. I didn't set out to have so much Peavey equipment. It just happened. They make some really great stuff. Totally underrated and priced very realistically for people who want quality gear but can't justify the boutique stuff. I would buy one again if I had to. I can't overemphasize the value of Peavey gear.

Mahogany, maple neck, 25" scale, 2 P90's, clear finish, '99 or '00 I think (brand new, but third store that had passed it on).

The band I'm in (The Flexibles, and sometimes SDG) plays just about everything from this half of the 20th century, plus originals. This guitar replaces my 335 as axe # 1. I run wireless into a Peavey Ultra 112 with a Zoom 9000 through the loop. With this guitar I can do Chuck Berry, Hendrix, SRV, Santana, Knopfler, Byrds, country, jazz, you name it. I borrowed it from the store to check it out for one rehersal, and the rest of the band said I had to buy it, it sounded like me. They haven't fired me yet, so that must be good. It doesn't strat like a strat or paul like a paul, but it's versatile enough to use all night. I get confused enough setting the channels of my amp and picking effects, so keeping the same guitar on all night makes my life less stressful. Plus, I keep a strat and the 335 on a stand for emergencies. I'm giving it a 9 because I'm real fussy. In 30 years of playing, this is the closest to the "uber-guitar" I've ever owned.

The action was great. Haven't touched to pickups so far. Adjusted the intonation. I don't know what it came with for strings, but I use Super Bullet 10-46's. Stays in tune no matter how I beat on it. Tuners work nicely. Finish looks great. A shredder who plays an '80's sharkfin Schecter asked me who made it for me. Peavey, I said. No way, he said. Gotta be custom. If you're reading this, I swear it's how it came out of the box.

I thought the volume pot was going on me the other night, but I checked it out later and now think the battery in my wireless was going. It seems fine now. If I was going to do a gig without a backup, this is the only guitar I would consider using. El Kabong couldn't hurt this guitar.

Peavey has always been outstanding in their customer support. To be honest, years ago I hated Peavey. Their service was the first thing that started turning me around. Still, I'm horribly fussy. If that volume pot does go, we'll see.

Started playing in June, 1973. I own this guitar, an Epiphone 335 Dot, 2 Squier Strats, Peavey T15, Ovation Celebrity, Ibanez Roadstar, Guild D44, no-name mandolin, Regal lap steel, Peavey Ultra 112 amp, '64 Fender Champ, '50's Harmony 3.5 watt amp, and a cute little battery-powered amp called the Gas Can. For effects I use a Zoom 9000. I've played everything from big band jazz to bluegrass to metal to blues. I've had a lot of different electric guitars. A Tele, a 175, SG's, . . . guess I'm a gear head. Some of them sounded better for some applications, and some played better for some applications, but on the whole this is the most versatile instrument I've ever owned. If somebody called and said "Quit your job and grab a guitar, I've got a gig that'll pay for your house," I'd grab this one.

1998 NOS. Pretty simple design. Double cutaway (Strat like), mahoghany body, rock maple neck and rosewood fretboard. Bolt on (4) neck. Two Gotoh P90 pickups w/ one volume, one tone, and three way selection switch. Middle pick-up position puts pickups out of phase for hum cancelling. Tune-o-matic recessed bridge and recessed stop bar tailpeice (Gibson like). 25" scale w/ relatively flat fingerboard radius (14"?). Purchased as new old stock w/ hardshell case (SKB), owner's manual and assorted wrenches etc.......

A surprisingly nice sounding guitar. I play mainly blues and classic rock and mainly bought this guitar as a practice (or perhaps, slide) instrument. I've played it through a Fender Blues Jr, Hot Rod Deville, and Peavey Classic 50. The Gotoh pickups are surprisingly quiet and full sounding. Not as hot as Gibson or Rio Grande, but on par w/ Seymour Duncan's. Neck position is very full w/out being muddy and bridge position is sharp and bright. I do not care for the middle "out of phase" position. The sound is compressed and sounds like a bad modeling amp. Traditional wiring (hum or no hum) would have been preferred and made this guitar a little more versatile. This guitar sounds good w/ some crunch and overdrive. A nice sound for blues & classic rock. Not clean enough fo country and not hot enough for metal etc...

Very well put together. Typical Peavey overbuilding. I could find no serious flaws. Action was a little low, but easily fixed. Intonation was dead on. As well built, if not better, than most American made massed produced guitars.

Looks very tough, Finish should hold up well. Hardware appears tough (Schaller tuners, I think).

Have dealt with them on other issues. Always satisfied.

I've been playing for over 20 years (w/a 6 year hiatus). I have way too much gear including a Gibson Es 335, Es 135, Les Paul special, Les Paul Standard, Hamer Vanguard & Fender American Telecaster. This guitar is a nice blend of Gibson & Fender. Well built, nice tone and a great bargain!! They have been discontinued, but can be found easily. Only negative would be the hum cancelling pickup configuration. Upgraded pickups would also put this guitar in high cotton. If it wer lost or stolen, I would breathe a sigh of relief that they didin't steal any of my expensive guitars.

Mahogany body, soapbar pickups. Best part is the neck - feels really "big" to me. By big I mean wide - not much thicker from front to back than the ususal American Standard Strat, but just fills my hand nicely (I always hated those thin, wimpy speed necks - this one is MUCH bigger & just feels great - a bit wider and fatter than my PRS "Wide/Fat" McCarty neck).

Neck p/u is outstanding, middle position is even better (the only middle position I've ever liked on any of the guitars I've owned, which includes, Les Pauls and PRS's). The bridge is decent, but I'm a metalhead morphing into a blues player - for high gain playing, the single coil buzzes like a chainsaw. A stacked Duncan P-90 will be installed at the bridge soon.

No complaints - simply outstanding.

No probs

Can't go wrong - super little guitar.

MY FIRENZA WAS MADE 1998,AS FAR AS I KNOW IT WAS MADE IN THE USA. PEAVEY STUFF IS MOSTLY MADE IN MISSISSIPPI.22 FRETS I THINK,SOLID MAHOGANY BODY,P-90 PICKUPS 1TONE 1VOLUME. PICKUPS ARE MADE BY GOTOH TO PEAVEY SPECS ,IT HAS A MAPLE NECK. I DIDNT LIKE THE GRAIN OF THE WOOD SO I HAD A GUY IN MY CHURCH WHO IS A MASTER AT BUILDING GUITARS HE WORKS FOR WICHITA BAND INSTRAMENTS REPAIRING STRING INSTRAMENTS IS NAME IS JACK CHASE LIVES IN WICHITA KS',HES PAINTING MY GUITAR METALIC PEWETER THE COLOR OF THE NEW CHEVY PICKUPS USING CHEVY PAINT AND THREE COATS OF CHEVY CLEAR COAT IT ARE TO BE DURABLE. IT HAS A GOTOH STOP TAILPIECE,GOTOH TUNERS.FEATURES THIS GUITAR ROCKS WHAT ELSE YOU WAMT DUDES............

IT SUITS MY NEEDS VERY WELL,I PLAY WORSHIP AT CHURCH BUT WE PLAY VERY CONTEMPARY MUSIC.THEN ON THE SIDE I PLAY CHRISTAIN ROCK AND METAL. ALSO I PLAY A LOT OF BLUES THERES NOTHING THIS GUITAR CANT DO.I USE A PEAVEY CLASSIC 50 410,A CARVIN BEL-AIR 212,PRACTICE ON A PEAVEY DELTA 210,FOR METAL I HAVE A BOOGIE MKIII WITH A BOOGIE 412 LOADED WITH GREEN BACKS.I ONLY USE EFFECTS WHEN I PLAY CLEAN AND I USE A COMBO WHEN I PLAY CLEAN MOST THE TIME THE CARVIN BEL-AIR OR CLASSIC 50 410.THE EFFECTS I USE ARE A BOSS RV3 THE DELAY SETTING AND A T.C. CHORUS. THIS GUITAR CAN PLAY ANYTHING WELL LES PAULISH SOUND WITH BOTH PICKUPS FULL RICH SOUND THE NECK PICKUP IS WARM AND SMOOOOOTH WITH A HENT OF JANGLE.BRIDGE PICKUP IS RAW AND SNARLY IT ROCKS.I BELIEVE IF YOU WILL SIT DOWN AND LEARN YOUR AMP YOU CAN MAKE THIS GUITAR DO ANYTHING. ME I ONLY USE TUBE AMPS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ROCK UNTIL YOUR TUBES GET HOT.THERE IS NOTHING THIS GUITAR I DISLIKE I OWN A ZION S/S/81 EMGS A STRAT PLUS TEXAS SPECIALS,GIBSON ES 335 AND NOW THIS FIRENZA AND I FIND I TAKE IT WITH ME MOST THE TIME WITH NO BACK UP. I USE DEAN MARKLEY STRINGS I USE 10S ON THIS GUITAR.THIS GUITAR FAR MORE THEN WHAT IT COST PEAVEY I SALUTE YOU I BOUGHT THIS GUITAR FROM UHLIK MUSIC WICHITA KS. THESE PEOPLE WILL ROCK YOUR WORLD.

THIS GUITAR WAS COOL RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX.BUT I HAD IT ADJUSTED UHLIK MUSIC KNOWS WHAT I WANT SO THEY DID SOME SET UP BUT NOT MUCH.PICKUPS ARE ADJUSTED WELL AND LINE UP VERY WELL.FINISH WAS REAL NICE JUST WANTED MY OWN COLOR TO MATCH THE REST OF MY GUITARS.. MY OTHER GUITARS SHOW NO WOOD GRAIN.THIS A AWESOME GUITAR I FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH ANYTHING ON THIS GUITAR.

ITS PEAVEY WHAT CAN I SAY WHEN JESUS COMES TO GET IS OWN AND THE WORLD COMES TO A END THE ONLY THINGS LEFT WILL BE COCKROACHES AND PEAVEY AND THE ROACHES WILL LOSE THEIR TEETH TRYING TO EAT THE PEAVEY STUFF THIS GUITAR IS ROCK SOLID AND CAN BE PAST DOWN GENERATION TO GENERATION PROPERLY TAKEN CARE OF.IAM NOT A RICH MAN I TAKE CARE OF MY EQUIPMENT.I LIKE BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF WHAT GOD HAS GIVIN ME.

IVE DEALT WITH PEAVEY A LOT THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY NICE AND VERY HELPFUL AND GONE OUT OF THIER WAY FOR ME IVE OWN ABOUT EVERY THING GUITAR WISE PEAVEYS MADE AND EVEN WITH ALL THE OTHER STUFF IVE OWN PEAVEYS STILL MY FIRST CHOICE IVE ALWAYS PLAYED PEAVEY SOMETHING FOR 30 YRS.THE ONLY THING THEY WON'T TELL ME THE SPECTS ON THIER P-90S WHICH BY THE WAY ROCK BUT ALL SO QUIET.

IVE BEEN PLAYING 30 YRS PRO MAYBE 20 .I OWN ZION,PEAVEY,BOOGIE,TC ELECTRONICS.CARVIN.MARSHALL,BOSS,GIBSON 30YRS OF ADDING TO MY ARSENAL.THIS GUITAR HAD EVERY THING I WANTED GOOD SOUND.IWOULD BUY ANOTHER IF SOMETHING HAPPEN TO IT.I HATE NOTHING ABOUT IT.MY FAVORITE FEATURE IS THE SOUND IT ROCKS.WHEN YOU GET OLDER AND MATURE A LITTLE, QUIT LOOKING AT BELLS AND WHISTLES,SOUND AND TONE IS WHAT YOUR LISTENERS HEAR. MOST PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT BELLS AND WHISTLES,ARE EVEN CARE.BUT THEY WILL NOTICE SOUND.THE FIRENZA PLAYS AS WELL AND SOUNDS AS WELL THOUGH MORE VINTAGE AND BUILT AS WELL AS MY $2,200 ZION AND MY $2,800 ES 335 AND ONLY SELLS A ROUND $5OO.OO.DON'T BE A FRAID OF WHAT YOUR FRIENDS SAY AND SIT DOWN IN YOUR LOCAL MUSIC HAUNT AND TRY STUFF OUT.BIG NAMES WILL IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS BUT SOUND WILL SELL RECORDS.GO PLAY ONE. DON'T ALWAYS LISTEN TO FRIENDS LISTEN WITH YOUR EARS AND CHECK THE COMPANY OUT.

1999 Peavey Firenza, 2 P-90 'style' pickups, solid mahogany body, maple neck w/ micro-tilt (25" scale, 15" radius), med-jumbo frets, 'Tusq' nut, Stop bar type bridge, wheel-type truss rod adjustment at base of neck. MADE IN USA! A good bare-bones blues/rock guitar. Very well made & some niceties (the trus rod adjustment is very nice!

I play through both a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe & a small Peavey Blazer practice amp. The pickups on this guitar are actually made by Gotoh to Peavey's specifications. The sound like typical P-90's - warm & easily overdriven. However, these have less buzz than some of the older Gibson's that I've tried. Overall, they sound great for blues / rock (everything from Chicago blues to AC/DC).

Neck is EXCELLENT! My only complaint is that the string height at the NUT could be a little higher for my taste. I had to raise the bridge pick-up a little too. The finish is also very nice. Every Peavy I've ever looked at has a nice finish.

I replaced the strap buttons with Schaller locks. Other than that, this thing seems built like a tank. The finish seems exceptionally durable.

Very good! I called them to ask about the pick-up specs & they were very helpful - even sent me some free springs to ease the adjustment of the bridge pick-up.

I've been playing about 10 years & this guitar really fits my style. It's simple, has a nice warm tone, is easy to set-up, stays in tune very well, & looks great. If you're a metal head, don't buy this guitar. You won't like it. We play a lot of old rock & blues standards & this thing sounds great! It's just enough different sounding than a Strat or Les Paul to stand out when you hear it. Solid guitar & a great value for a U.S. made axe!

This new 1998 Peavey model is a no-nonsense solid-body electric guitar featuring two passive soapbar (P90) style pickups with alnico magnets. The body is solid mahogony and the bolt-on hard-rock maple neck has 22 medium-jumbo frets. It uses a three-way pickup selector switch with single tone and volume controls (speed knobs). The rosewood fingerboard has a 15" radius. The scale is 25". It has a Gibson style stop bridge. The neck has an allen wrench activated tilt adjustment and employs a convenient wheel style truss rod adjustment system. The guitar came with a molded plastic hardshell case. There was no visible country of origin labeled on the guitar - the dealer said it was made in Mississippi, USA. The Firenza is not "loaded" with fancy features, but what it does have is of excellent quality.

The Firenza suits my particular style of blues/jazz/rock (everything from Grant Green to Melvin Taylor to David Fiuczynski) It provides raw power and seems to accent the bass and midrange parts of the tonal spectrum. I play through the clean channel of a 50 watt Ampeg Reverberocket (reissue). I normally use a DOD Mystic Blues Overdrive and a touch of a DOD Echo FX in front of the clean channel set at volume 7. I use my volume control on my guitar to clean and dirty up my sound. I also own a Strat with DiMarzio Virtual Blues pickups and a Peavey Cropper with humbuckers (coil-tap). The sound of Soapbars is in between these guitars and I would judge in between the typical sound of a Gibson humbucker and a Fender single coil. It overdrives at a fairly low volume - raw tonal power. It has a full sound and these Peavey P90's are quiet. Jazzy at lower volumes - Chicago blues at higher volumes.

This particular guitar was set-up at the dealer prior to my use. The neck and action were great and required just a few minor adjustments to personalize it to my playing style. I've owned five Peavey guitars and all of them have shown a very high level of construction. The finish was a beautiful subtle black metalflake. The electronics were quiet and functioned smoothly and properly.

I would always bring two guitars to a gig. This guitar seems dependable and solid. I've never had problems with other Peavey guitars I've owned. It's no-nonsense with little to go wrong.

I've never had to deal with Peavey concerning repairs. A friend of mine was not satisfied with one of their necks and Peavey shipped him a new one in a timely manner. I had to wait ten months for a Peavey Ecoustic guitar that I ordered two years ago. I hear orders on fretted instrumensts can be slow. Warranty for the Firenza is for one year. When I talked to Peavey on the phone, they were friendly (southern accent helped!)

I've been playing 34 years, mostly Fenders. My last P90 style guitar was was an old Gibson semi-hollowbody. I was looking for something a little on the raw side and found it. Stock Fenders can be a bit transparent, which is great at times. I really like the Virtual Blues pickups from DiMarzio, which I have in my Strat. These Soapbars are a "little more" than that and an alternative to the "typical" Strat and Paul sounds that seem omnipresent at times. The one feature I miss on this guitar is individual height adjustment for each string. The neck tilt adjustment does make up for it for the most part. Also, the 25" inch scale takes a few minutes to adjust to when switching guitars. There is no Trem Bar for those who care. This guitar is worth the money. It is a solid, basic blues/rock powerhouse.