Peavey HP Special USA Flat Top

Made on 6/5/06. 22 frets. Birds eye maple neck and fingerboard. H/H with coild taps on each. Floyd Rose (peavey liscenced) 25.5 in scale.
It has great features.

Never even plugged it in...read on...

This was the worst USA made guitar I have ever had. Period.
The paint was thin in areas and the primer showed or wood showed through. The frets where finished horribly. It hurt to play it due to the ends not dressed well. The routing for the trem was all bumppy. Like the router was plunged multiple time during the cut.
The neck had some grime smeared on it and then was sealed into the finish. There where sanding marks in the neck. And the trem block was did not allow a third spring to be added because the holes where not drilled deep enough. I though USA made guitars where quality? Not this time I guess.

Never got that far.

They are nice enough to deal with. They wanted to help. I just returned it to the dealer I ordered it from.

I have been playing for 20+ years. I own MusicMan guitars, Ibanez guitars and a Carvin Bass. I wish I never bought it. NEVER WILL I BUY SITE UNSEEN AGAIN. I had a Wolfgang and it was great. I sold it when I needed the money and wish I still had it. I read about this guitar being an improved Wolfgang and called around to find one. A dealer said they could get it and I went for it. I wound up eating the shipping on it and had a hard time getting a refund but in the end I did. I'm sure I got a real puker and others are better. At least if Peavey wants to sell these thing. I opted not to try a second one. I bought a G&L Invader instead. Sorry Peavey.

Brand spankin' new 2006, just arrived today. 1 Vol 1 Tone pot, coil taps on both p/u's. Birds Eye bear naked maple neck attached to a basswood body with a FLAT maple flame. This particular flame top is almost a quilt slash flame, unique and BEAUTIFUL! Licensed floyd rose w/ the old wolfie tuners, complete with a baby butt soft wipe cloth. Cannot figure out for the life of me why no manufacture that have seen has not wired their pickups like this. I have been playing guitars with this mods for 20-years and if you have 2 humbuckers, it is the only way to go for great versatility. Frankly the average guitar has few features to report that offer any difference. Add the wiring job to the locking mechanism on the bridge and this goes to the top of the heap. The finish on this guitar is fantastic by today's standards. As nice as you can buy for a production model anything. The balance point on this guitar is WAY better than the wolfie.

Not sure peavey did different, but yes they retained the jump out of your amp and beat you punch & bite of the wolfgang and yet they sound different. Take notice, the flat top DOES sound different than the arch top. Just a hair less full sounding and a smidge less punch. In exchange you get more bite and sizzle. How do I know, because I bought one of each. Variety of sound is fantastic due again to the wiring scheme on the p/u's. You will be surprised by how good this sounds clean and that's where it differentiates itself from the wolfgang. The notch position either full or tapped are the best and biggest surprise. Try it with a AC-30, matchless or Duncan. If you happen to own a good marshall with good speakers, put your helmet on, god help you and hang on to your shorts, this thing will draw blood at 100 yards! I did not try it with my Fender deluxe, why bother. These might be the best stock pickups I've had in any guitar.

Well here's where it gets interesting. Mine showed in a drop D tuning, was someone in the factory screwing around? This thing is very well built and solid. Having said that, it looks hand made, like it should. This particular guitar has tiny, little, well we'll call them character traits, that I am not surprised to see. American made vs. overseas mass produced, fine with me. We've gotten so accustomed to milled everything in the last 25-years, I can at least tell a human being worked on this guitar, again fine with me.

Who knows, find me in 20-years, we'll talk.

Hey Peavey, I know it just a guitar, so operation is self-evident, but where's the manual?

Is this the best finished guitar I have, no but damn close, that would be my PRS. Fastest neck, no, that would be my JS1000, Does it have the legacy/history, no, that would be my '77 LP deluxe goldtop, best sustain, no that would be my Jackson Soloist (hard to beat thru-necy design), are the p/u's dead as single coils when tapped, no, but have some VERY nice strats, is this the best bang for the buck and bordering on world class, YES. You will be very hard pressed to find a more versatile, sweet sounding, fantastic playing and incredibly beautiful guitar in a production model from any maker. If you get to have only one guitar, this should be it. Now for the gripes and there are few. Peavey I know you have lots of extra wolfie cases lying around, but wouldn't want to travel very far with this case. Too much wiggle room in there. Bridge, could you please give these people the trem arm that has the screw down cap fitting, hell if fender can put it on their strats?.....If you are committed to this model, make them available. I had to search wide and far to find a pair of these things.