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Peavey Reactor

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Features 7.9 (39 responses)
Sound 9.0 (40 responses)
Action, Fit, & Finish 8.3 (38 responses)
Reliability/Durability 9.0 (40 responses)
Customer Support 9.1 (11 responses)
Overall Rating 9.4 (39 responses)
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Product: Peavey Reactor
Price Paid: US $180
Submitted 11/05/1998 at 09:19pm by Chris Paluch

Features : 9
It is a popular body telecatser for all intentional purposes. Maple neck, etc...Nice feel better than most fenders and it is dirt cheap, as well as American made. Its a telecaster so it is kinda limited on features.

Sound : 9
Pretty damn good, I rally can't stand strats, but i like really mellow telly's. This worked, and i didn't have to pay a small portion for a fender.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 8
Finish on neck was great, much better than Fenders which tend to be over laquered were it gets tough to play then, this was pretty damn smooth. The body finish was so so, nothing spectacular.

Reliability/Durability : 10
YEs, it words, and like most tele's you can pound the shit out of it...

Customer Support : No Opinion
Donno

Overall Rating : 10
Lets put it this way, peavy, seagull, as well as a few other companies are putting out some damn fine guitars that do not cost alot of money, and are american made. I am really begining to question companies like fender, gibson, and martin and company who tend to charge far to much for their guitars. If i can get both a seagull and A peavy Telecaster, for about 300 dollars less than the low end fenders, martins and gibsons there is something wrong. These companies are using their names to sell guitars and one day people are going to realize that they can get quality american made instruments for the same price or less than their imports. I love the peavy and I love seagulls, they are provig good instruments do not have to cost a fortune.


Product: Peavey Reactor
Price Paid: US $140 delivered used
Submitted 05/23/1998 at 04:34pm by Jim
Email: charne at usa<dot>net

Features : 8
Tele-copy, two single coil pickups, maple neck and fingerboard, three way switch - nothing fancy, but well constructed, balanced - feels good to hold.

Sound : 9
Adjusted the pickups so they were quite close to the strings. This is an easy adjustment with a philips-head screwdriver. Has that ol' tele-tone. I'm not an expert on this but I was surprised how good the Peavey pick-ups sounded on such an inexpensive instrument! Also, good feed-back and sustain with little effort. I have been playing it though my Crate GX-40M amp (solid state - clean and overdrive channels, reverb, chorus) and it sounds mighty good.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 7
Bought the thing used so I can't comment on factory set-up. It seems very solidly put together- all parts work - feels solid.

Reliability/Durability : 8
Not much to break in a tele. And if something does, easy to fix.

Customer Support : No Opinion
Peavey has a great web site - lots of info at www.peavey.com. Never called them for help, though.

Overall Rating : 10
I'm an amateur player and really enjoy this instrument. My criticisms are minor - the worst is the color of the instrument (white with white pickguard) but that will be remedied soon as I am having a three ply black-white-black pickguard cut and installed. This is the bottom of the Peavey guitar line and I paid very little for it second-hand so I didn't expect much. There's no doubt in my mind that for the money its a great buy. Sounds good, feels good, has a nice neck and frets, and even good sounding pickups. I was all ready when I bought it to replace the pick guard, nut and install new pickups. After playing it for a week, the only work I am doing is the pick guard. That's pretty good! It's a good choice for someone looking for a US-made tele-style guitar for less than the cost of a Fender Mexi-tele. I also have a Mexi-Strat (amazing for the price - but I played close to 100 before I found the one I bought), an old Epi Melody Maker (modified to scream with 2 humbucking pick-ups), and a Gibby dot neck 335. This tele has quickly found its own nitch in my collection. I am really enjoying it!!


Product: Peavey Reactor
Price Paid: US $209
Submitted 04/13/1998 at 08:59am by Steve Plavick

Features : 8
US made Tele clone w/poplar body, maple 22-fret neck, two standard single coils

Sound : 9
Stock bridge pickup was a little too twangy for my tastes but very quiet; replaced it with a SD Broadcaster. Neck pickup is nice and clear, also quiet (and reverse wound). I couldn't improve on the neck pickup with a SD replacement. For the money the electronics are very impressive. I play through a 50-watt Carvin XT 112 tube amp.

Action, Fit, & Finish : 10
The fit and finish and electronics are amazingly good for such an affordable guitar.

Reliability/Durability : 10
Any Tele worth its salt should be like a hammer.

Customer Support : 10
I posted a question regarding the pickups on this guitar to the Peavey Message Board and got an answer from a Peavey rep in about 2 days.

Overall Rating : 10
Been playing on and off for about 10 years. I recommend anyone looking for a Tele equivelant give the Reactor a test drive first.

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