Peavey Predator

This Guitar was made in 1993 in the U.S.A. Basically it is a strat. Red finish white pickguard three single coils (peavey Stocks), 5 way selector, 1 volume 2 tone, Cheap Peavey tuners that are actually quite nice, and a standard one way fulcrum tremolo. Not that biog on features, pretty Basic.

Sounds very nice, I like to play allot of things and so far it is nice for almost everything. It's very bright in the lead, and you can really change the sound of the pick ups by changing their height. I am using an HM-2 Heavy Metal distortion pedal it can be ,a little bit noisy at times. When you combine the end pickups with the middle one it cancels the hum though which makes the guitart very versitile. Any sound you want it can do more or less.

Everything is very well made, in fact I don't think you can destroy this guitar. When I got it it was stickered up retty bad but most of them came off without harming the finish. The intonation is tricky but it can be done, it took a generic brand new pick guard very well with almost not problems, I like to play kinda high but the action was very low when I got it and it sounded fine. The only thing I would do is maybe drop a set of grovers in it and maybe put a scremin demon in the lead but right now it's almost perfect, it's been beat to hell and back and returned unscaved. The previous owner actually threw it into the audience at a school talent show. No one caught it and it hit the tile floor onll to return and play the rest of the show with no problems.

You should not mistreat your instrument but you could take this gutar anywhere without a backup and you would be fine. As before the tuners could do with a changing but they are fine tuners as they are.

Got it used so there is no warranty besides it's never broken so why call?

Would buy another peavey guitar if the price was right

Poplar body, Maple Neck, standard strat style. Better neck design than Fender. Truss rod is pressed between two sides. No skunk like bore.

The guitar is a price/value monster. It is a standard strat. Sounded good for a while but pickups had to go. This is where Peavey went cheap.

The finish is nothing special. Basic colours only. I had mine refinished in a white gloss. Cheaper finish means more quality somewhere else.

Been using this guitar since 93' for all sorts of stage work. Also been used for recordings. Comes out nice. Bit better becasue it is slightly larger than a strat.

Peavey customer support stands behind its product regardless of how much you paid.

Been my main guitar since 93'. I've owned various kinds of guitars but htis one is great. The most important factor is that it has potential for expansion. I have since replaced the pickups with 2 Texas Specials and a SD Pearly Gates. I have also replaced the neck with a Warmoth Rosewood. For the total investment I have built a Lone Star Strat (1300.00) for about $800.

standard strat copy. 3 single coils 5 way selector one volume two tone. maple neck & fretboard

I play it through a fender blues deville 410 with a tube screamer.or clean . good sound on bridge & middle pickups but i battle a wall of mud on the neck pick up . i use 11s on it and it stays in tune always.usually in tune right out of the box . Run through my amp it is virtually indistingushable from a standard strat

took the stings off immidately after i got it . pu 11s on it & set the intonation and saddle height ..hardware seems fine. i take very good care of all my guitars so the finish is in great shape . had it four years and its the only guitar in the band that has required no repairs .

never needed a backup. cant seem to break it! it gigs almost weekly and withstands practice twice a week .mine is bullet proof

no breaky no cally!!

i have a tele,several acoustic electrics and a jap strat. this is the only one that has needed no work .might try some different pick ups to get some brightness but as is it it works for me . for the money its tuff to beat .if it got stolen i would prob bite the bullet & go gibson but ill use it till it breaks . overall i dg it

This is an American made Stratocaster similar to the Mexican made Fender Standard, but slightly better. I believe it was made in 1993. Three single coils with 5-way selector. Master volume with two tone controls. Body is poplar with maple neck and fretboard.

I play a lot of hard rock, like Nirvana or Metallica. I use a small Crate amp without any effects equipment. The pickups give off the hum that you would expect of a stock pickup, especially in the neck and bridge. They're pretty weak but still give off a decent tone. But their tonal range is limited to rock songs with light distortion and lots of mids. I replaced them with Seymour Duncan humbuckers, to get higher output and more of that Fender sound.

The action on this guitar in great considering it's price. The fretboard is painted over in black, which I've never seen on any strat before, but it still has the same feel of any other maple fretboard. The finish is wearing off slightly on the fretboard, but it is barely noticeable, and that may be due to the fact that I don't wipe it off after I play a lot of the time. It stays in tune very well, despite the fact that it has pretty crappy tuners. The bridges are very loose and it seems as if they are beginning to rust. The nut could be cut a little better.

The finish is beginning to wear off. The hardwear is probably going to stard rusting any day now. But it still sounds just as good as the day I got it. I have never had any real problems with it. And I'm sure it could survive a gig without a backup, although I'd never risk it.

I've been playing for three years now. When compared with a Fender Standard Stratocaster, I think the Predator comes out on top with superior sound and action, and especially considering the fact that it usually sells for about $75 less. Its an great guitar to start out on or turn into a project. But as a quality instrument it just doesn't cut it. If it were lost of stolen I definitely wouldn't but it again, but only because I'm now looking for someting in a higher price range. I'm considering getting Floyd Rose bridges with a locking nut, and maybe Sperzel tuners. As far as overall value goes, the Peavey predator can beat any Fender or Yamaha in the same price range.

Strat type. 3 single coils. 22 frets. Poplar body, Maple neck & Fingerboard. Black. 5 way selector. Standard tremolo. Non locking tuners. Thin strat type neck.

I play the thing through my Line 6 Axsys 212 with upgrade, and so it really sounds good. This is due to the amp, which pretty much takes the guitar and pickups out of the equasion. You could play any peice of junk through this amp of mine and it would sound good. As far as the guitar goes, the single coil sound is not for me. I always use the bridge pickup to be as warm as possable. I plan to put some dimarzio humbuckers (Evolution bridge, Tone Zone neck) in it and the I know it will then really sing. If I were to play the guitar through another amp I believe I would not be happy with the sound of the single coils.
The wammy bar makes some noise if jiggled around because I stripped the insides by tightening it up to much the first day I got it. DONT DO THIS!
*9 rating for sound with Line 6 amp. Without Line 6 amp probably a *2, but only because I cannot stand thin sounds. The *9 rating will be a *10* soon because I am getting the dimarzios.

Really good factory action. Very low with no buzz. I even lowered it by slight adjustments to the bridge saddles, and now the action is extremely low, still with no buzz. When I bought it, the salesperson and I looked at 3 or 4 of the same guitar to find the straightest neck possible. This was most important to me. It plays excellent. I have played almost every guitar out their including top end guitars, and I can say my neck and fretboard are the very best save one: a Parker Fly Deluxe. In my opinion their is no better neck or fingerboard than the Fly. Finish good. Fit fine. Volume knob cuts out at 6, but not a big deal. The nut is a cheap plastic one, so I filed the grooves a little, and I put lubricating oil in the grooves everytime I play it, so it stays in tune quite good. I wammy a lot and like my Elixor super light strings streached out. 10 for neck, action, and playability.

Guitar holds up. I will upgrade the hardwear soon to the highest grade. Hardwear is ok. Black finish is good and lasts pretty good. Strap buttons are fine. For a $250 guitar it is pretty good.

I bought this guitar for its playability and because it was cheap. I am extremely happy with its neck, frets, fingerboard, and overall playability. I plan to turn it into a GREAT guitar by putting sperzel locking tuners on it, some sort of fishman peizo wammy bridge, some dimarzio humbuckers, a more flexable pickup swich (including a split signal), and by getting a new volume pot. Then it will meet all my flexability demands.A good value for the buck in my opinion.

This is a 93 I believe. Made in the USA, although I believe Peavey is a Japanese company. It has a poplar body, black with all the standard strat features. The pickups are Peavey single coils. Hardware is about what you'd expect on a guitar in this price range.

I play a lot of classic rock, jazz and funk type stuff. It seems to suit it well. This guitar is bright. I use it with a Peavey Audition and a Line6 AxSys 212. It was bought as my primary guitar when I started playing and now I've retired it and given it to my brother after using it as a backup for a while. The pickups are complete crap, I could probably wind better pickups. They're slightly noisier than the average single coil.

The factory action was excellent, especially for a guitar in this price range. The fretwork is not very good, as should be expected. Poplar is a decent wood considering how cheap it is.

Withstands live playing well, but I sure as hell wouldn't gig without a backup. The finish chips off easily through normal wear and tear. I'd say it is reliable, but I wouldn't even gig a PRS without a backup.

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing for 5 years, and own an Alvarez acoustic and a Univox 335 copy. I've been shopping for a new guitar for the past year and have played countless PRS's, Gibsons, Fenders and Hamers. Peavey is definitely the bottom of the barrel here. If I wanted another Strat style guitar in this price range I would get a Yamaha Pacifica 112. [I would NOT buy a Fender in any price range: Yamaha, G+L and Anderson are far superior.] But, if you can grab a used Predator very cheaply it might be worth picking up as a cheap backup.

Inexpensive American made Strat copy. Similar feature as a vintage Strat (not same quality).
Poplar or Alder body. No one at Peavey was quite sure (this is a '94 used model). Maple 21 fret neck. I worked the back of the neck with 0000 steel wool and wax to give it the feel that I like.

After reading some of the comments preceding mine I would say this guitar gives you 70-80% if not more of a Strat sound. As a 30+ year veteran, I can tell you more of the sound is dependant on the amp and not the guitar. Pickups matter but less than most people think! The wood matters even less.

For a used pawn shop special everything was pretty good. I've made no adjustments so far. The frets need to be dressed a little but the original fit and finish is pretty impressive for an inexpensive guitar. Certainly, on this guitar at least, very close to an average American Standard with regards to fit and finish.

I wouldn't use this ax for a gig but a guy could. Don't know how the new imported models compare to this American made one. This one is solid although the parts are basic and medium/low quality. Overall, the guitar feels solid.

Contacted them to date the guitar and get a few questions answered. Prompt and helpful answers although there is some confusion as to the body wood.

I bought this as a lark because I was able to buy it cheap. I wouldn't replace it with another but I feel it's a great guitar for the money I paid. Certainly a fine student instrument. Doesn't make lots of sense to me to replace tuners and pickups. Mine work fine and the guitar stays in tune reasonably well (I did block the tremelo because I don't use them). Remember, it ain't the guitar, it's the guy playing it.

Made in 96 I think. Strat style body, tremelo, 5 way selector, 3 single coil pickups (which you should replace), well you know what a strat style guitar is like.

I play thru a 30th anniversary Marshall Combo. This guitar is very noisy in the 1st, 3rd, and 5th position. The selector is very noisy too. I replaced the pickups with Texas Specials and that really helped. Now if I could get the thing to stay in tune.

The action is horrible on this. This guitar was poorly set up. But what do you expect for $129?

I would trust it once I changed the pickup selector and the tuning keys. Right now it needs an overall adjustment. It's not a bad guitar to throw into a crowd because I wouldn't miss it.

Never dealt with Peavy

Basically, if you want to buy a cheap guitar to give to your kid one day or spend some time and money on learning how to fix a guitar, this is the one to buy. I have been playing for 2 1/2 years now and I barley play this guitar. I play my Epi Les Paul all the time. Before I bought it, I wish I would of played it a little longer. It never stays in tune. A stick with strings would stay in tune better than this guitar. But hey, one day, my kid will love this, because I will let him smash it against the wall and get crazy with it. My opinion, don't buy this guitar, it stinks.

mine had a mapple neck/figerboard. The tuners were allright for now.. I need to try to get new ones cause they dont stay in tune for long. It came with some crappy bridge but I didnt use it much anyway. the pickups suck. Im thinking about putting in humbuckers.

I think this guitar sounds awesome. It sounds killer through my boos ds-1 and my marashall 8020. It sound very bright and the guitar is good for alternative and amazingly jazz. I love the thing!

My guitar was perfect. No dings no mistakes no scratches. Everything was perfect.

This guitar is sometimes my main guitar. but how can I play this over my les paul? but when I feel up to it this sometimes is played more than the les paul. It is more reliable than any other guitars I've ever had. Always working and always sounsd good.

I got is used so I dont have anything like this. but who needs it it cam perfect.

I think it is made out maple. It is one of the orignal predators which looks like and strat. It is also made in America. So if your on the market for an predator try to buy and U.S made predator over A new one!

I'm not sure when It was made bacause I bought it for $140 dollars used. Decent Pickups with 5-way selector switch. Maple Body and Neck. Strat Style but with a little larger body. Tremlo Bridge that stinks so bad I took the Bar off.

Great Sound. It sounds wonderful on all settings and Kicks on Distortion. This is the best thing about the guiar

Peavey did a good job making this they put on the Pickups properly and and it was some nice wood they used

Definitly good. I can depend on this guitar and it can take a major beating.

Wouldn't now never needed it

I bought this guitar because I wanted to learn how to play and it was cheap. I was surprised to find that the Pawn shop was stupid to sell this for such a low price. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn how to play. I use a peavey amp with Overdrive Distorion(I have an obsession with Nirvana). SO for all you beginners try this guitar it rocks.
PEACE OUT

alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard. H-S-S pickup configuration. I beleive this guitar was made in Japan. Not shure. Strat shape.

This guitar sounded O.K.. Replaced the pickups with a Dimarzio PAF-PRO in bridge and a pair of Dimarzio HS-2's for Mid and Neck. Now it sounds like a real guitar. I play through a Peavey Audition 110 and a Zoom 505 Multi Effects unit.

Guitar was set-up well and the pickups were adjusted good too. evrything else was fine. This is not a top of the line guitar but you can make it one.

I wuld not gig with this guitar now. I plan on replacing the nut with a graphite one and changing the tuners with Sperzel locking. I also may change the bridge to any Wilkinson that will fit. I have played on and off for roughly 12 years. I have owned an original Fender Mustang, and a G&L Legacy. This guitar does not compare to either.

Never had to deal with them. However, I did have questions about what wood was used and they were very helpful. If your serial number starts with a 0 than it is alder.

As I said earlier I have been playing for 12 years on and off. I bought this guitar for the time being until I fing the G&L I want. I do however plan on keeping it. With the modifications I plan for it , it will be a good back-up and practice guitar. My favorite feature is the neck, beleive it or not. For a $200 guitar the neck feels great. This guitar is better than any foreign fender I have ever played. Great guitar for the money.

Features: I believe it was built in 1996-7, in Korea, for PEAVEY. I originally was planning on buying a Fender Squier Strat w/ s s h pickup configuration. But as I cruised music stores on that fateful day, I was persuaded to test play a PEAVEY PREDATOR. On first examination, it had what I was seeking: a basic Strat (or clone), 5 way selector, and V, T, T controls.
Though it cost $39 more than the Fender, I feel I received good value in that the hardware was robust, the tuners were better, and the bridge was sturdier.
The neck had a rosewood fingerboard, and the action was adequate.

But what sold me was the sound. I planned to play it through a Digitech GSP-2101 so I wasn't too demanding on the guitar's native tone. But I was pleased with the tonalities, from the humbucker's power, to the "between" pickup sounds.

For a instrument that was no doubt built with robots and automation, the quality of manufacture was good. The real test will be time and the vagaries of wood, which can fool the best machinery.
Overall, the quality was consistently good. No glitches or problems were observed.

After owning many instruments, from the cheap to the cream, I have been burned on both ranges. But I am happy with the price / performance of this guitar. Many new players are led to believe that the "special axe" will cut the forest down, but old-timers know that it's practically impossible to be EXACTLY like a recorded sound. The best we can achieve is a copy that is a tribute to the original. I think this Strat clone is a dependable axe, and those who find it unwieldy should not fuss - just find the tool that makes your muisic play.

I've been playing stringed instruments since 1970, starting with Bass and Ukelele, then Banjo, Lap Steel (Hawaiian), and later Guitars. Like many musicians, my vice is wanting to buy new toys. Unfortunately, I was forced to part with many that today would be worthy of a collection. Having once owned a Gibson 335, Carvin SC, Ovation, Guild Starfire Bass, Fender 6 string Bass (old one), Carvin LB-60 Bass, and a Fender Jazz Bass, I know how frustrating the search for THAT SOUND can be. I decided that it would be impossible to recreate the past so I am moving into the 21st century with compromises and adaptations that will have to make it. And with that in mind, the versatility of the PEAVEY PREDATOR fills a major niche in my guitar dreams.
Now if only PEAVEY would make a decent 30" scale (short) bass with noise cancelling single coil pickups.

The guitar is an American made Strat clone. It has 22 frets. It has a master volume switch and a tone control for each of the single coil pickups(neck, and body). The pickups are all passive and there is a humbucker(which is really two singles wired together))S/S/H). It has a nice alder body with a good paint job. Though ifyou drop it on tile itll chip off(not too badly). It has a maple neck and a very nice rosewood fretboard. It has a floating bridge that you'll have to reset yourself if you change string guages(its set for 9's). The intonation was set properly when i got the guitar. The tuners are non-locking but they stay in tune well. The only problem I have with it is that becuase of the floating brifge when you tighten one string it pulls the bridge up making all the otehrs go flat.

I play everything. But my mainstay is Metallica, not the new stuff(that too) but the classic stuffm off of Ride The Lightning, etc. With my Peavey Envoy 110 I get a kick-ass palm-muted sound and pretty nice highs. I can get great sound out of it but the pickups arnt sensitive enough and thier almost touching the strings too(so i cant get any better than it is), Im planning on upgrading to the KH EMG set though. The humbucker(bridge position) is quiet. The singles are ok. There is a very bad hum that you get on high-gain amps becuase the bridge is somehow connected to the electronics or the ground so that the tuners,strings, and bridge make the giutar one big antenae, but as long as your touching the strings it goes away. The bridge has also shocked me a few times(static electricity). Overall i get a great clean tone and a versatile distrted one. One last thing though, without a bluse driver pedal or something else to that effect you can get harmonics on clean.

The guitar came set up great from the factory, beatiful. The only thing is some glue by the 18th to 20th frets, everything else was perfect. The nut was cut fine. The 5-way selector does lcik when you use it though. I had to reset the intonation, hieght, and spring tension on the bridge because i use Dean Markley 10's. The guitar comes set for 9's.

I beat on this thing everyday, have dropped it on hard(cement, tile, wood) floors about 50 times, accidentally rammed it into a jagged cieling, used it as a shield and weapon, spilled food and drink on it, and fell upon it(tripped at rehearsal), and only thing is the out jack came unscrewed.

Never had a problem with the guitar.

I've only played 8 months but im schooling 3 year players(they said, not me I have a Peavey Amp and a Boss DS-1. If it was stolen or lost id cry about(first guitar thing), but im saving up for an ESP guitar and dont plan to buy anything except pro level guitars from now on. I hate the tuning with a floating bridge and that the bridge screws strip every allen wrench i have, and the damn 1/4 jack comes loose. I wish it had beter pickups(mine will soon . . .) For $150 its a great beginners guitar, but if i could go back i woulda gotten a mexican strat for the same price.

The Predator is a Strat copy with three single coil pickups, tremolo, single volume and two tone controls. I'm not sure what the body is made of, but it's got a maple neck and fretboard. The scale length is the standard 25.5". The neck is fairly meaty and feels great. The frets would probably be classified as mediums. It looks pretty sharp in black with a white pickguard and electronics and the maple neck. The headstock shape is kinda ugly with the new style Peavy logo.

I mostly use this guitar to play rock with moderate overdrive and blues. It's fairly noisy(esp. at high gain), but that's just the nature of the beast with the single coil pickups. This is a very bright sounding guitar in the bridge pickup combinations and the neck pickup sounds full.

It was setup fairly well from the factory, but being the beginner I was at the time, I lined up the bridge saddles so they were in line. Whatever intonation it had needed a re-adjustment. All in all, the construction wasn't perfect, but was very solid.

I don't gig, but this guitar looks very dependable. It's a very simple guitar(esp. with the bolt on neck) so I can't imagine very much going wrong. Besides, it's a made in the usa Peavey(unlike the new Predator with a bridge humbucker that's made overseas).

Anytime I've written Peavey or requested information, they have always responded and tried to help out as much as possible.

I bought this guitar when I first started playing and it never let me down. While it's a pretty cheap Strat copy, it totally gets the job done. I would recommend this guitar to people just starting out and to guys that might need a backup guitar. Sure it's not as nice as a more expensive Fender(Amer Std), but it offers incredible value and can get you basic Strat tones for little money.

The peavey predator is a Stratocaster copy with two single coil pickups and a humbucker in the bridge. It has a 21 fret rosewood fretboard and maple neck and mine (a '96 model) has a solid alder body. The new ones are supposed to have poplar according to the web site. Its got a powerbend III tremelo.

I play rock and a little country. It gets a decent rock tone i guess. I play it through a fender ultimate chorus. It seems to lack highs though and seems to be overly twangy if playing clean with the bridge. Playing distorted yields pretty good results with the bridge pickup but not enought umph with the single coils. Its pretty versatile though.

The factory set up on this guitar sucked. The strings were too low for my tasts. Also looking in the control cavity yielded a lot of saw dust. I still havent gotten it all out. The pickup selector switch is also very crackly.

Ive used this guitar in my two live outings (im just in high school), since it is my only guitar. It stays on the strap so long as you dont sling it behind your back. The jack becomes loose sometimes and has to be tightened. It stays in tune fairly well but i can never intonate the 6th string(im currently using dean markley 10-46). As long as you dont dive bomb the tremelo it will stay in tune. Im gonna have to detract a few points though because ive only had the guitar since december of 96 and this week the humbucker quit working.

Ive emailed the company about the bridge pickup and always got a response by the next day. The person I emailed from the website seemed very helpful and friendly. Im not sure about how long the warranty is. I do think mine is expired though.

This guitar is a good guitar to learn on but not great for a gig. It is very difficult to do slack tunings on because of the tremelo uprouting. It has a good neck by my standards. (Ive been playing about 2 years). I wouldnt buy this guitar againg though. It was my first guitar and only guitar and I probably would have gotten a different model if I'd known more at the time. I wish the humbucker had a coil tap on it. Having the humbucker in the bridge does make it versatile though.

Made 1996. 22 frets, Solidbody Strat configuration (S/S/H w/5way Switch. Basically a Strat copy. Maple neck, Ash body. Blue metallic finish (Gorgeous!!). Factory everything for hardware. 25 1/2" scale. Bridge is a factory whammy setup.

Has that rich Strat tone in second and fourth switch positions. I can get a really wide range of sounds out of it. Grounding/noise control questionable in some switch positions, though. First switch position gives a really rich Telecaster single-pickup sound, real good for Country tunes, and the 'Bucker position is genuine rock and roll. My favorite positions/tones are second for clean progressive chording and fifth for rock lead riffs. I've played this through my Crate CR-1, Peavey Bandit, Spectra 220, and an old Fender Tremolux with incredibly good tones throughout, even with my DOD TR3-M or Boss Chorus.

The only complaint I have on the action is the whammy. If I use it, the G and B strings go sharp, regardless of tuning or brands of strings. Not much can be done about this, other than going to graphite bridge parts. I don't recommend changing the bridge. Factory action setup was good, but I fine-tune my actions to my own feel on the guitar. This was easy to accomplish. I have a set of Elixirs on it now, feels like silk. Feels great with D'Addario EXL-130's on it too.

When setup properly, this one will go beyond the distance. It's well- built and very playable (and I'm not crazy about Strats either) for a low-buck guitar. I wouldn't be afraid at all to use this one for every song at every gig.

Warranty is excellent (one year parts/labor), I can always get a straight answer from these people.

I've been playing for about 25 years, and have had a variety of gui- tars ranging from dog logs to Vargas beauties. This one rates in the Vargas class. Graphite parts would be nice on the bridge, possibly a locking system. If I were to lose this one, I'd replace it with the same.