Peavey T-60

Made around 1980-81, SN: 00000002 Good features; I'm naturally biased.

I don't think the sound can be bested by any guitar of that era. Again, biased. I don't know why other companies didn't realize the quality and sounds.

Mine had no flaws that mattered; nothing is perfect, although the Peavey employees tried their best consistently.

I don't play gigs, but would use it if I did. Mine withstood 5 years of being stolen, police lockers, etc. without a mark, and they didn't steal the case, either. Peavey was the first that I know of to use urethane finishes, and they are the most durable. The finish has no effect on a solid body, before someone touts lacquer.

Peavey service is the best of ANY American company that I have dealt with. This has been the way of Peavey even before the guitar program started in 1975.

I've played for 33 years and am still partial to T-60s. BTW, "T" stood for Todd before I left to become Dir. of R&D for Fender Guitars, Rogers Drums, and Squire Strings. Hartley and I are still good friends and he's one of the finest men I have ever met. It's reflected in how he treats employees and customers.
Chip Todd

US made, ash body, maple neck, maple fingerboard, 21 frets, you know the rest from the specs that others have mentioned.
Mine has the natural finish (looks very '70s)
Sting through body - hard tail
Came with sturdy plastic case

I bought the guitar new about 1980 - the serial number is 00642727. I have the Peavey Monitor magazine that has an extensive review of the T series guitars (Summer 1983). In the review, it states that the T-60 and T-40 bass were developed in 1976 (BTW the T stands for Technology Series)

I noticed that one reviewer suspected that the T-60 has a short scale neck, this is not the case. The T-60 has a 25 1/2 inch scale neck (most have a 24 3/4 inch scale).

Everything is covered with this guitar. I bought the guitar after hearing it being demonstrated. The guitarist produced a range of sounds from tele and strat sounds to ballsy Les Paul sound. I don't know why others have not duplicated the single to double coil circuitry in their pickups. Just by using the tone controls you can move from what you would swear is a strat to a raunchy humbucker sound. The phase switch is also very useful when getting into country sounds and very convincing Mark Knopfler sounds.
I only need one guitar to suit the range of music I play from Aussie pub rock and pop of the '70 & 80s to blues and modern rock. I must admit though that I have just bought an American Deluxe Strat but it is really only to spoil myself with a fancy new guitar.

I remember the guitar played well out of the box but I was able to improve the action considerably using the setup instructions that came with it. This guitar has individual string height adjustment at the bridge, the neck relief has maintained stablity and there is a neck tilt adjustment (not bad for a guitar that is over 22 years old). The guitar's electronics are shielded as standard. This guitar fits like a glove. I have no thumb on my left hand and my little finger is about half the length it should be - try chording up the neck with a hand like that! This guitar enabled me to do it. This is a very special guitar.

Just recently got it refretted. No other problems ever. Has been used on stage - I have not played professionally for about 18 years now. This guitar gets played almost daily so I suppose a refret could not be held against it. This guitar has never let me down.

I sent Peavey an email once requesting information on parts availability (just in case because the guitar is getting old now) and they got back to me very quickly. Other than that - I have not had any need for support or assistance. Peavey have all of their old manuals available online - I like that.

Been playing for 27 years. Owned lots of different guitars in the first 5 years then when I got the T-60 I didn't look at another guitar until this year (2002). If stolen or lost - I would cry. I think this guitar is approaching "collector's item" status and mine is in excellent condition. I would definitely replace it, but it would be hard to find a replacement in Australia. Even with my brand new American Deluxe Strat, I will not part with my T-60.

i saw it on an ads on paper it looks good and classy

sounds good and still clear for old stuff

i don't know about hte set up factory. the previous owner had changed it

this guitar had been played for 12 years and still don't need any change on the electrics gadget.

i've been playing for like 2 years but i play acoustic all the time. so i decided i want to play electric and i find this guitar and read the review in this page, so i made up my mind to buy this tank

At first sight the 1981 Gloss White T60 looks like a mesh between a Gibson and a Strat, it's body posseses characteristics of both and is suprisingly thin and well contoured. The neck is a thin hard rock maple and features Peaveys dual expanding torsion rods which help keep the neck in perfect alignment and pitch. Sealed die-cast peavey tuners, keep the near 20 year old guitar in perfect tune, string through body/hard tail bridge enhanced sustain and guitar harmonics, wide low frets made chording a breeze and harmonics just lift off the frets. 2 volume/ 2 tone configuration featuring a VCCS(voice contour control system) wiring, which allows the humbicking pickups to spilt into single coil mode(7-10) or go full humbucker(1-7). And an Aluminum/Metal, nut that helps make notes sing and chime.

I mainly play 80's rock-Skid Row/Van Halen, Jazz, BLues, and Satriani. Although the majority of the bands I have named use Floyd Rose pitch bends, nose dive whammy etc..., don't let the guitars some what simple features-hardtail bridge, fool you. The guitar literally shreds and smokes, or can sweetly sing and soar. I use it with a visual sound H20, Ibanez ts9, Phase 90, and line it straight through to a Peavey Ultra 212. The guitar has probably one of the most versitle sounds, it doesn't sound like a Gibson, it doesn't sound like a Fender, instead it sounds like a T60.

Built like a Rock

Won't need it

the abosoulte best value, see it, buy it, won't regret it.

4 nob things, black scratch plate, er.. Big black moulded pevey case, maple neck and a natural wood finish..

use it for Metal (death) all the way through to Popy stuff, including Punk somwere..

i think the person before me has sanded it down to present finish.. theres no varnish whatsoever on the body.. is this normal?? But its in need of a re fret real bad....

like many have said. its a tank of a guitar.. i was gonna trade it for another a few weeks ago untill i came across this page and after reading how fond people were of it. i changed my mind.. its heavy, but i like it, only a wimps gonna complain about carrying it around on stage 4 more than an hour..

never needed it...

i have a Jackson pro (black metalic finish) very nice piece of stuff, Squire Tele (quite old) Pevey Bandit & Zoom effects and Hohonner Bass. all sound very nice through my Tascam 8 track.. But ultimatly the Pevey t60 could play in all there places (bass exclueded)

This is the one category I thought I could add something to that hasn't been covered by other reviewers. I use this guitar exclusively for slide work, and it really is one of the best electrics around for this. The single/hum blade pickups are perfect for slide work, and the out of phase switch can give you an unbelievable, raw, old AM radio sound. With the clever switching you can put a little muddy humbucker on the bridge and have a clear soaring lead tone on the neck. Incredible what you can do with the sounds here with just a turn of the knob. It's a huge slab of guitar and it gives you a huge sound. Put on the heaviest strings you can find and a slap on a heavy brass slide and you'll be able to peel the paint off walls.

This thing was built to be a slide guitar. The neck has a great feature with an easy to use tilt screw to adjust the tilt of the neck. It has a relatively flat fretboard and the bridge is a great fully adjustable big chunk of metal. Two allen wrenches and 10 minutes and you will have the perfect set up for slide. Give it a 10 for the tilt screw if nothing else.

You could use this guitar to drive fence posts, put a strap back on and you probably wouldn't even need to tune it. I defy anyone to find a guitar that was built more solidly than this. If a guitar was ever needed for some industrial use, this would be the one. The T-60 I have has a deep dent in the back, like it was hit with a hatchet, but it didn't even scratch the finish, just put a big dent in it. 50 years from now you'll still be able to find these monsters in almost perfect shape.

Peavey has one of the best guitar web sites out there. You can download manuals to just about all their products past and present. A class act all around and though never dealt with them one-to-one, they have an excellent reputation.

I'd give this an 8 for playing standard and a 10 for slide. Looks-wise, somehow, you'll feel like a Hee Haw cast-off playing standard, but with a chunk of brass on your finger is seems just perfect.

1979 model. Natural ash finish (this is the most common finish). Two humbuckers, which can be set to single coil mode. Phase switch. Three way pickup selector. Hardtail bridge, through body stringing. Non-locking tuners. Looks like a slightly distorted Strat. Looks like a five piece body. Maple neck. Two volume and two tone controls. Quite heavy. Chipboard case included.

Great variety of sound. With the tone knobs set at 10, you are in single coil mode. At 7, the second coil kicks in to give you a humbucker sound. Below 7, the tone control acts as a conventional tone control. There is also a phase switch which gives you a more hollow sound. This is a quiet guitar - very little noise even in single coil mode. Very full, rich sound with the humuckers. Not super high gain pickups, but that's not my style anyway.

Some problems here, but nothing unusual for a twenty year old guitar. The knobs and switches are a little noisy. The bridge pickup by itself is very low volume with the phase switch off, but normal volume with the phase switch on. This shouldn't happen - the phase switch should only make a difference with both pickups active. A little contact cleaner should fix this. Outside of that, there are only a few dings - this is in great shape for an old guitar. Very nice looking wood (natural is one of my favorite finishes), with lots of grain showing. No real attempt at bookmatching the pieces.

For this guitar to have lasted 20 years in this condition, it must be an absolute tank. I would always use a backup, but this is about as sturdy as it gets.

Excllent. Peavey answers questions by phone, has user forums at their Web site, and has downloadable copies of the manual for this guitar.

I started playing in 1965, but took a long time off (playing primarily keyboard). I've been playing guitar seriously the last few years. My other main guitars are Fenders (Strat plus Deluxe, Am. Std. Strat, Deluxe Nashville Tele, Tex Mex Tele Special, Deluxe Super Strat), Route 101 (Solimar, Rincon), Parker (NiteFly, P-38), and Gibson, Taylor, Fernandes, etc. I like the sound of this guitar a lot - my only issue is the weight.

First, let me say that I hate vintage guitars. You are typically paying thousands of dollars for a guitar that cost a few hundred new and has accumulated years of problems. However, I made an exception in the case of the Peavey T-60. Even new, how do you find a US-built guitar with very flexible controls,innovative electronics, and great customer support for under $200? You would typically get a cheap plywood guitar of dubious construction. These guitars deserve the great reviews they've gotten. If you can find one at anywhere near this price, run out and grab it.

1982 T-60. Wonderful piece! Rock maple neck. Sunburst body. Stunning! What sound do you wanna hear? Low is regular- up to 7 is humbucker- all the way up is single coil!! No one should ever replace these! (1 quality built to last forever , 2 you can achieve so many sounds) 2 pickups. The case is plastic, but very sturdy!! Ash bodys on these babys (the sustain goes on and on and on...)2 volume-2 tone-a switch (up is neck pickup-middle is both-down is bridge pickup). Other switch is out of phase (haven't found a good use for it, but it's there if you like that).

I use a studio chorus 70 (Peavey amp....bought the amp first). Effects are built in. THIS IS THE BEST GUITAR IN VALUE THAT THERE IS. No big names promote it (It's not made anymore, so you pay $0.00 advertizing to anyone). My friend has a VERY valuable Strat, and he likes my Peavey. My other friend is an engineer, He just loves my T-60. Quality parts. Sounds any way you want! Just play with the variables built into it! Strat to a Les Paul to its own unique sound, you adjust it (ex. I like the bridge pickup by itself with the humbucker sound..........with just a tich of single coil thrown in.......they recommend the neck pickup for rhythm.......and the bridge pickup for lead............I like it just the opposite of that!! I play in a house band at a jam nite and get great compliments for the sound!)

Well, you have to buy these used, but they are much better than a new guitar. (buy the best condition you can afford.........I did and people actually thought mine was brand new!!) Intonation is EASY to set up , if you find the need to. (you probably won't unless you switch gauge of strings or someone messed with it). Quality.....

I play it live almost every day (come see me at paltalk live music rooms- on the net). No need for a backup, unless 3 semi's run it over. I gig at clubs with no backup! Alice Cooper "18". Allman Bros. "Stormy Monday". Etc.

Hey, you can still go to their web site and get manuals!! And even call them. How many other companies wanna talk to you about a piece thats 19 years old, and you bought used, and didn't buy it from them???

LOST OR STOLEN?.......First I'd shoot the guy..........But really ,you can, should, and would wanna replace it.......(lots available at places like ebay, and lots in excellent condition, and it is virtually a lifetime guitar that you will to your 1st born son.) I've owned good old Ovations......12 string Alvarez's........all quality pieces. And I will own other guitars. But I will NEVER , repeat NEVER be without at least one T-60!!!

just like the others...natural finish.

Got this guitar for christmas and it was my first guitar, and it may just be my last guitar. I can play anything from blues to metallica to eruption(just no dive bombs which sound silly anyway)Only problem is i got it from a pawnshop and it is old and abused and not set up well so it has some intonation problems, of course that shouldn't be held against it...10 it is.

I've played a few Pauls and strats and it seems wierd but this guitar is just so much nicer, it feels so real.

its a tank nuff said

never needed it

I play 4 hours a day and it stays in tune for 2 whole days.

I rate this T-60 with a 10.

I use seymour duncan pick ups (jb,59)it suonds great for the grungey metal tone i like . I tune to (C G C F# A D) AND THE NECK has never had to be adjusted .Its a very luod and agrresive axe. Its a little on the heavy side and is often strainous at gigs but its lighter then a las paul.

Well i re finished it with a walnut satin finish on a poplur body. It has the small flat wide frets (I LIKE) but cuold difficult on action for people with large hands. and its missing a tone nob .I lost it at a gig in San Diego.

this guitar is a F#@king tank MAN!!!! Its been thruogh rigorous trials and is still rocken.

I thouroly support peavey My whole rig is peavey exept my strings ernie ball hybrids.

10

I wish I knew how to find out what year it was made. Natural Ash, I know cause my dad does wood work.

I'm not a real guitar person. But it does the job. I've had pro guitarists look at it and bitch about how its too heavy for stage and to hard to play. But I like it. I got it for $40 in a pawn shop Uptown New Orleans around 1988/89. It's still missing a knob. But it all works pretty well. I use it straight prosessing only via onboard FX on a Roland VS-1680. Not muc sustain, though.

How would I know. I'm not a pro, and the only other guitar I've owed was a Gibson SG from the 60's. And I was stupid enough at the time to sell it so I could take a vacation. Stupid me...

Well, it'll stop a tank. That's for sure!

Fixing to find out. I need to contact Peavy about getting someone qualified to go over and pretty this thing up like it diserves. I need intonation set, pickups checked, etc. I haven't a clue. I'm not a guitar god. I'm just an ameture composer.

I've been pretty happy with it. But it seems hard to get the clean, accustic like and the hard rock extreams that I need. But, I may be using it wrong. But it does the job! Check it out at www.mp3.com/benbalser and at www.mp3.com/wahya. All the guitar is the T-60. "Carry On" I blended a Q6 keyboard guitar sound with the T-60 to enhnace the accoustic guitar into and ending.

Most specs covered elsewhere already

Tiny thin neck (maybe shortscale - feels like my old T-15 which was 23.75")

Mine seems to be the most common oak with maple neck combination - black scratchplate and gunmetal knobs

No trem (but what would you want one for............)

Just about any sound I want I can get

Mainly play in UK Garage punk rock band, but also write funk samples for dance / breakbeat artists and write Vini Reilly type guitar instrumentals.

I don't record with any other guitar.

Build quality is.........quality!

Ha-ha

Haven't bust it yet.

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The first great guitar I had was a Peavey T-15 fifteen years ago.

Always wanted another, but we don't get too many over here in the UK.

Was playing a Hofner Verifin in my garage band (great for permanent feedback!), but it just wasn't strong enough to gig regularly.

Wanted a guitar that looked equally as cool that I could gig with.

Bought guitar.
Band split up.
Still happy.

I'm the original owner of my T-60, bought it new in 1979 or 1980, I can't remember the exact year. It is a US made guitar and previous people have given the basic specs. Mine is natural finish with a maple neck, seemingly the most common edition, although they did come in other colors and with rosewood fingerboards. I still have the original case, it has held up well. My guitar still has the original electronics. I did have a middle strat pickup installed for a while, but I bought a replacement pickguard and had it returned to original recently. The strat pickup was an older Bill Lawrence L-250 hum cancelling model, and it did not have the output to blend with the Peavey humbuckers. They have a fair amount of output. Unlike an earlier reviewer, I know my guitar is made of ash. It is fairly heavy, but not as heavy as most Les Pauls I have owned/played.

Let's face it, most musicians are brand snobs. We think we have to have brand name stuff, and until the Van Halen Wolfgangs and Steve Cropper models, not many pros played Peavey guitars. That said, this is a fine instrument. Roy Nichols, Merle Haggards former lead guitarist used one on the road in the 80's, and I have emailed him and he said he liked the T-60. The guitar can get a wide variety of sounds, and it is very quiet, even in the single coil mode. The ability to roll the coils off gradually gives greater tonal potential than just an switch. One feature that one reviewer touched on is the phase switch. Yes, you can use it with both pickups as most people are accustomed to, although to maximize the dual pickup out of phase sound, you have to tweak the volume controls. Both controls set equally cuts out too much low end, and really doesn't even come close to approximating a Strat's out of phase sound. But, use the bridge pickup only, and throw the phase switch and you get a gentle, but very usable out of phase sound, that has slightly less high end, but does have tons of character. The maple fingerboard and low wide frets are a little harder to bend strings on than my rosewood fingerboard Strat with jumbo frets, so I use a 9-46 set of strings and that works out nicely. The capacitor that rolls off low end when you decrease volume is also very useable, and even with the pickups in humbucking mode, they stay very well defined when the volume is reduced. I play this guitar through a Peavey Heritage amp (see my review for that too), an original black face 65 Fender Twin and an original black face Fender Vibrolux and it sounds great. I use mainly Boss effects, with a TS-9 Tubescreamer. This guitar sounds fine. It rivals my main axe, a 1982 Fender Strat with EMGs and the David Gilmour electronics.

The guitar was set up well at the factory, and my repairman keeps it in great shape. I did install a smaller hardtail bridge some years ago to accomodate a Hipshot string bender, but the original bridge was fine. I've just kept the replacement bridge on there cause it's more compact and in case I ever want to put the Hipshot back on there. The pots have gotten scratchy, but they clean up nicely.

This guitar is an iron horse. It will be here when many others are gone. The finish is excellent. It does have a tacky, funky vibe, but it looks like a working man's guitar. I have Dunlop straplocks, they are the best and I have some on other guitars that have been in use for close to 20 years! I would and have play this guitar without a backup..sure it's always wise to have one, but I trust this guitar.

Peavey customer support is top-notch.

I've been playing for over 28 years, and I don't plan to get rid of this guitar. I'd like to pick up another one and use the pickups and electronics in a Strat kit type guitar, that's how much I like the sound of the guitar. It is unique.

Its ash, I have know idea where that one reviewer came up with oak. the grain has been accented and its not swamp ash (which is why its heavey). I have owned three of these. one was a tobacco sunburst with a rosewood fretboard and the blade style pickups with the contoured body and the oval case, beuatiful guitar, id eighties (still had the metal nut and the small switches, the later ones had bone nuts and heavey duty toggles). I also owned a 78-79 PAF in the rectangular case, I remember stripping it with electrical tape to look like Van Halen's Kramer (i was young okay) I bought that new in 79. Aftre I had sold both of these I figured out I was an idiot and started lookig for another . I fond a new in the case 79 PAF a guy had got for his birthdayand promptly stored in his closet for 10 years, it still had the the little manila envelope with the allen stocks in it. dead mint. but I fired from my job and sold it to one of my guitar students for $225, 7 years later he called my up and as a poor college student sold it to me for $100, he swithed to bass and never played it. so now i have a dead mint PAF natural finish t-60 in the rectangular case. I'm going to be buried with it.

As everybody says it is very versatile. It is not a metal guitar. the output of the pickups is not hot but then neiher is the output of a Les Paul with PAF pickups. the strongpoint of this guitar is its clean sound. Chorus was made for the sounds in this guitar. the single coil/ out of phase position is eeriely thin but that can be very cool clean , distorted no, but hey thats why the guitar has other pickup options. here's an little known trick, go to single coil bridge pickup and switch on he phase switch, it acts as a slight coil tap (it can only be heard in a clean setting)

this was a very ugly guitar when it came out kinda looks like what the Russians would have made out of a strat, kinda guitar by commitee, you know like a camel is a horse made by commitee. well the early natural finish block cut one's look like a camel version of a strat. other the years though it has taken on a retro kinda look and the natural finish is very rustic. the bass version the t-40 (which is a better bass than the t-60 is a guitar) looks exactly the same but some how in a bass format looks cool in a punk bass sorta way, they are killer basses.

you know the scene in the movies were the hero is trapped in a room with walls that are slowly closing in on him until he finds something to wedge between them and stop the walls to make his escape. well if there was a guitar available for the task he should pray its a t-60

its peavey

every one should own one, they are still cheap well under $300, made in USA excellent materials and sound good. I keep hearing that they are the next collectible american guitar, but tons of these were made over 12 years so it might take awhile for it to get ridiculous, plus only two or three pro's use them and that is what starts the frenzy but don't wait. for around $200 ( the price of a indonesion fender squire II) you can still find plenty.

I have two, one black with maple neck 82', the other an 80' brownburst with rosewood fretboard. I've read, can't confirm as I'm not a wood expert, that they are ash bodied in the early years, Maple in the later years. Dual humbuckers/Single Coils sound nice and love to feedback. Very versatile.

As in all of the above, its' sound is excellent for the price. Now that I have two they can continue to appreciate in collectable status!
These guitars have ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE Sustain! If you don't have one, but know of someone who does you have got to try one. Leave it unplugged and strum a cord. I swear it would last 10 minutes if your fingers didn't get tired! At LEAST three times the sustain of my Strat and Tele hands down. The neck to body joint must be fused!

Bought both used and can't comment on the factory setup. But, both have very low action with fairly thin necks when compared to a strat and tele which fits my small hands nicely.

What can I say that hasn't already been said. These things are build like tanks and given how they've worn for the last 20 years will wear nicely for the next 20.

Peavey has dated both units and I've downloaded the PDF manual from their website. One was missing a trussrod cover and Peavey is sending me a replacement for nothing!

I've been playing on and off for 10 years and these guitars are truly a bargain. I play through a Crate DX212 which sounds great when combined with this guiatar.

Year:???
Frets:21
Laminated Top..?
2 Volume, 2 Tone, 3-way pickup selector, Coil Splitter
H/H
Make of PU's:????
Body and Neck:???
Bridge Style:Stoptail
Tuners:non locking

Music Style:The Cure Radiohead, Depeche Mode....suits it VERY well.
Amps/Effects:TONS of effects, Fender late 50's bassman head w/old Peavy Cab
Very Clear
Full sound on neck pickup nice 'n' warm...extremely thin on bridge pickup..
Sounds Les Paulish...Fender VI on Neck pickup w/tone turned to 5 or 6
Bridge setting is barely audible.

Was built like a Tank. I'm not sure about the factory job, because this guitar was found VERY used in an old garage and given to me. It needs a fret job...BAD!! but it has it's own beat up unique sound.

I've played this guitar for about 6 years, and it's never failed me...yet. The tone is more addictive than cocaine! I find myself coming back to this guitar constantly.

Never needed to.

I love this guitar...I just hope it wont die on me. It might get put in my coffin when I die!!!!

Just wanted to say that the user review just below this one states that the guitar body is made of Oak. In the owner's manual it clearly says the body is made of "thick select ash with grain filled to accentuate grain characteristics". I'm not saying the user review is incorrect, just that it may be that the early T-60's are made of Ash where the later T-60's are Oak. Mine was made before 5-21-79. It is the natural wood grain body, not the painted version. Serial number 00345705.The case is like a Samsonite suit case, but is a little tougher. The neck is made of Hard Rock Maple with a shiny clear finish. The wood grains really stand out and look great!

Just like some of the other reviews mentioned, you can get just about any sound out of this axe that you want. You just need to know how to set the tone controls and which pickups to use, in combonation, to get the the sound your looking for. I've been playing it for 20 years and like it over most other electrics that I have tried.

I have never changed the set-up, it is still as set at the factory, and the action is still the best I have seen , even after 20 years of use. The only thing that is showing its age is the pick guard. It has some hair line cracks now.

No question about it this guitar is built like a horse. Never seen any problems in the 20 years that I have been playing it. I bought it new.

Never had the need to contact the company

I've been playing for 20 years and still can't play like Phil Keaggy. I wonder why ? If it were lost or stolen I would be heart broke, I don't think I could find one in mint condition , like mine. I would however, buy another one. There is nothing about this guitar that I don't like. Anyone would fall in love with it from the first time you played one. It stays in tune. I've heard that many other more expensive guitars do not. I seldom need to tune it and I play it at least three times a week. I feel this guitar is way under priced. I can't believe people are finding them for $275 and less on the web.

I bought three in excellent condition. First at $147, second at $168, third at $235. They are identical, except the first one had its original HSC included. Reviewers say the guitar is made of ash, which is not correct. Everyone I've bought is made of very cheap oak. The differences are simple. Oak breaks your back, ash doesn't; oak dissipates sound and turns it muddy, ash doesn't; oak is cheap and plentiful (I burn 3 cord of it per year), ash is not. So if you want a VERY HEAVY guitar, with a big body and a somewhat muddy Les Paul sound, here ya go! My rating is based on value for the price, but tempered a bit because the setup is too complex to change quickly from one sound to the next.

Great variety of sound, but again, don't expect the clear ringing sound of a $3,000 LP for under three hundred bucks. This guitar certainly is the one to own over any Fender Standard strat or tele. And the little devil is going rapidly up in price, while those things are heading south.

Finish is poor on the body, but great on the neck. Fit at the neck to body joint is pretty bad, but fretting and overall alignment of all else doesn't suffer at all. And, unlike many off-the-shelf models, this guitar can be set up for action from very high to extremely low (set it high to beat the hell out of it, no buzz at all).

This thing is an absolute solid rock. It should last another 20 - 30 years needing nothing, unless some dope strings it with heavy guage strings and kills the tele-style neck.

Unknown to me, as I buy most everything used and hunt and peck for my own parts and stuff.

I bought three because I know a deal when I see one. Deals don't last forever. If you can find one for under $250, pick it up. Otherwise, wait for a kid to sell one to buy a "real strat".

Somewhat unique construction; kind of like an SG, but with a nice
thin neck that has medium frets. Every other neck I touch feels like
a bowling pin. Quite heavy solid ash, you can really feel it resonate
when you play it. Strings through body hardtail bridge (who needs
a tremelo anyways?). Wiring is very cool; turning the tone knobs past
7 engages a coil split in the corresponding pickup. I never got to play it with the stock pickups. Mine has a Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck in the bridge and some sort of Gibson in the neck. It came with a nice tough plastic (think rubbermade) hard shell case.

This guitar can makes some sounds which I've never heard any other make. I use it with a Real Tube overdrive pedal and a Small Clone chorus sometimes into a Crate G60 solid state amp. It can go from screeching highs (probably more to do with my bridge pickup) to really punchy bright (its good at this) to really forceful stomping distortion. For me, it barks more than it growls, which I suspect has a lot to do with my pickups. It can do very pretty clean acoustic sounding stuff too. It really has a wonderful range of sounds.

The action is very nice. I've only felt better on well set up Les Pauls. The hardware is all very high quality. The finish is a fairly good sunburst. It seems much more durable than your average finish.

When I got mine it was somewhat (ab)used. Finish was beginning to crack a little around the neck, which was surprising to me since it looked like you would have to leave it out in the rain and sun for days to get it to do that. Also, the pots are a bit sticky if I leave it sitting around for too long (which is a crime anyways) and the pickguard is kind of warped. But, for a fairly aged guitar (has to be at least 20 years old I guess) which looks to have been somewhat abused, it is still good looking and a joy to play. I plan on refurbishing it a bit...it deserves it after 20 years.

I haven't dealt with Peavey directly, but they have a very nice website where I was able to get a manual for the guitar. Its an excellent manual, complete with wiring schematic and instructions for all sorts of maintenance / adjustment.

I've been playing seriously for about a year now. This is my first real guitar. I am a very fortunate man to have bought it. I got an excellent guitar for a very low price. It competes with just about any guitar I pick up, and has some unique sounds which are really its own. I don't forsee myself parting with it, ever. If it were lost or stolen, I would find another one in nicer condition.

1979 USA made, H/H Pickups. 3-way P/U switch. Phase switch. Tone knobs control coil split. Hard-tail. Multi-ply body. Enough data here from other posts . . .

The sound of this guitar is more than adequate for virtually any style of music. It's not a "whammy bar" set up, so metal "virtuosos" might not be fully fulfilled, but other than that it smokes! Great for Jazz, Blues (the late Johnny Copeland used one,) Rock & of course Country.

Action is superb and easy to set up yourself with Peavey's documentation available from their web site www.peavey.com; they also include instructions to set the intonation.

What can I say, it's a rock. Mine is 21 years old and even though it took a major beating from the previous owner, it bounced back really well when I restored it. Still a fantastic buy. Every guitarist should own at least one.

The best. Peavey excells in this area, much better than any other company I have dealt with. They even have a message board that is monitored and updated by their support staff (Way to go A.J.!!) It can be found at http://support.peavey.com/~guitars/

I would rate this an 11, but the ratings only go up to 10.

I found this guitar in a pawn shop and it had been BADLY mistreated by it's previous owner. He/she?? had covered it with white oil based house paint, and then attached the parts before the paint had time to cure (yuck!) the pickup did not work and the phase switch was broken.

I have so far, refinished it . . . It's unique because it was originally a painted model and I refinished it clear. so you can see the "cutting board" pattern if you look closely. I fixed the electronics and replaced the phase switch. I was able to get a schematic from one of the posters at the Peavey support message board (thanks, Chevy!) The previous owner had even "shielded" the control cavity with TIN FOIL!! Unreal!

Anyway, suffice it to say that the guitar resurrected wonderfully. It is a jammin axe with butter smooth action. I purchased a GK 250ML recently and the T-60 sounds phenomonal through it.

I would definitely replace it if stolen and I plan to buy at least 2 or 3 more. I'm even going to get my 5 year old a T-15 to learn on.

I have been playing for 25 years, all styles of music and currently play Christian Rock/Jazz. This guitar is more than you would need for just about any gig.

This is IMHO the best value in a guitar available on the market today. they go for between $100-$300 on eBay all of the time.

T-60s Rock!!

I bought my Peavey T-60 about 10 yrs ago in a pawn shop. I was'nt really looking for a guitar at the time...but i saw it and thought I'd take a chance. Its one of the best investments I've ever made. I have a Les Paul Studio which is very nice, and and old Guild Starfire IV in great condition...but when I get together with the guys to jam...probably 8 out of 10 times, I pick up the T-60. It plays and sounds great!! It takes awhile to get the sound you want (so many knobs and switches) but once you get a handle on it...WOW.

You can get almost any sound you want out of this guitar. I play through a Peavey Heritage 130w amp at home (too big to carry around) and a Fender Sidekick 25 when I go out. Sounds great. Neck is maple, with 21 frets...perfect for getting around on fast. The only thing Im not too hot on, is the weight...hurts the shoulder after awhile...but its nothing compared to the weight of the Les Paul.

The T-60's action is very good. It stays in tune better than any guitar I've ever owned. If you buy one....you won't be sorry.

Ive heard alot of people talk about the "natural" finish or "sunburst finish on their T-60's Mine is all white...I havent seen another like it. Its very solid.

I called Peavey and gave them the serial # of my T-60 to find out when it was made. They said their records back then werent too great, and the best they could tell me was it was made in the early 80s.

20 year player....best guitar Ive ever owned.

Solid tuners, (original, and they hold a tune for something like 10ish hrs. of play) Sweet looking finish. (Natural Ash) Great flexibility. Between the 3-way switch and the tone pot feature that switches between single coils and humbuckers you can get just about any sound - esp. when you throw in a phase switch.
Some will complain about the lack of a whammy/vibrato. STOP BEING LAZY AND USE YOUR LEFT HAND TO GET VIBRATO!! If you're trying to do a "metal dive" then you don't deserve to play guitar anyway. Has two humbuckers, but can independently be switched to single coils. (as already noted) The neck on this sucker is my biggest gripe. I have big hands, and the neck is really stinking thin. My wrist is taking it HARD! If I was motivated enough to do something crazy like install a different neck, (although I'll miss the sweet WIDE frets and tuners, as well as sweet early peavey-logo headstock) I would never shop for another guitar - except another T-60.
I almost forgot. The guy that said this thing looks like a strat's "fat hillbilly cousin" nailed it on the head. Except imagine this fat hillbilly still dresses like it's 1982.

Play punk through a Fender Frontman 25r currently, but have used other amps - universally sounds way better than a $225 guitar made around the same time as me. I can make it sound like a tele and I can make it sound like a les, and everything in between. Just takes some work. And READ THE DOWNLOADABLE INSTRUCTION MANUAL AT PEAVEY'S WEBSITE!! You will miss TONS by not reading it, eg. the way the p/u's are wired. This guitar can sound rich, and can sound bright (tinker w/ the knobs and the amp - the axe has it, you just gotta find it...believe me)

Everything seems pretty solid on my guitar. A few rust spots here and there, but this is virtually a mueseum piece. Over my dead body it'll go to a mueseum though... The Ash finish is slick, at least I think so. Reminds me of an old woodgrain long surfboard. Convenient b/c it's a great surf guitar, too. I really can't find much wrong that is the company's fault. The action seems great, but that prolly has little to do w/ the factory by now. This thing doesn't even have a trace of belt-buckling for chrissake.

HA! This is the stuff legends are made of. Finish looks showroom after AT LEAST three owners. I've heard of the switches snapping off, but that's from other punks, and we tend to abuse our instruments, intentionally or otherwise. But I think it'd be worthwhile to overlook that - come on, you know someone who can rewire a new 3 or 2 way switch - assuming you can't figure it out.
I would gig w/o a backup since I don't break strings. Makes it through a ROUGH set without even tuning.
I did put schaller straplocks on it immediately after I got it. But that's just my preference. the stock ones were fine.

Haven't really dealt with them. Everything that I see possibly going wrong wouldn't really need too much expertise though. Maybe adjusting the saddle a little, replacing the switches(?). Reputation for solid service, though. It was very nice to get ahold of an adobe acrobat copy of the original owner's manual via their website, which is awesome.

I've been playing for about 2 years, 1 1/2 intensively. I own a Fender DG8 acoustic starter kit, otherwise, that's about it. (go ahead and laugh, it's nice not having to worry about breaking it)
If this was lost, I'd buy one again, unless I won the lottery. Then I would go find one in mint condition with the tobacco burst, then I'd buy the ash one again. The one feature that I'd modify (personal issue) is that I have huge hands. This neck is NARROW!! We're talking Kate Moss 1997... The overall feel (despite the shape) is playing a strat neck on a les paul or SG scale.
I was looking for a "starter guitar" that didn't suck. Danos sounded too wimpy, and everything else was a strat copy and/or sounded REALLY REALLY BAD, with the possible exception of a couple Jacksons. But Cletus (my t-60's name) is 30x more versatile than anything in it's price range, and sounds better to boot. Plus it's just cool looking. This is the best $200 I've ever spent.

Features same as all the others

Suits my music style wonderfully.

I did my own setup following the Manual that came with the Guitar.

This guitar is built like a tank it will definitely hold up mine is now 23 1/2 years old and still putting other guitars to shame.

Have not had any problems.

I've been playing for 34 years,I play thru a Zoom GFX-7 Guitar Effects pedal and a Crate and a Peavey Amp hooked up in Stereo from the Zoom GFX-7 Pedal and this guitar puts out some awesome sounds.I also play an Ovation solid body electric and a Applause Acoustic Electric and I occasionally play the Peavey T-60 thru a Zoom Acoustic Pedal running thru the Peavey Mixing console at church and it performs beautifully.

It's got and ash body. Natural finish, Maple neck, maple frteboard. 2 humbuckers. Natural finish. 2 volume nobs, 2 tone nobs. 3 way pickup selector, a phase switch and a fixed bridge. Coil tapping technology. That means if u put the tone knobs past 7 it becomes single coil. Made in U.S.A. I give it 9 because a tremlo would be nice.

Sounds great. Really good for classic rock, which is what I like to play most. Very bright, lively tone. No complaints here.

This guitar is about 20 years old and its still perfect. A few dings and scratches but they are hard to see with a natural ash finish. The action is great. No buzz.

Like I said. It is 20 years old and still looks and plays great. There is nothing wrong with this guitar. Im sure it will last another 20. I would definetly use this for a gig without a backup.

Never dealt with them.

Sounds great. Plays great. It's a cool looking guitar too. If a strat and a lespaul had a baby. This would be it. The neck and the front of the body is like a strat. And the back of it comes out wider and rounder like a les paul. The electronics are also very similar to a lespaul. I love this guitar.And i only paid $115 for it. Best deal I ever made. If you see one. Go get it! Now!

SAME AS THE PREVIOUS DISCRIPTIONS BY THE OTHER REVIEWS.

I CAN FIND WHAT I WANT. JUST KEEP TURNING THE KNOBS.

THE GUY I BOUGHT IT FROM HAD THE NECK ADJUSTED TO LOW AND IT MADE IT BUSS. I DOWN LOADED THE INFO ON SETUP FROM PEAVEY.COM AND ADJUSTED THE THE NECK IT'S BITCHEN.

HEY THIS THING IS 22 YEARS OLD AND SILL HAS ALL IT'S STUFF WORKING.

EBAY IS GREAT!

I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR 7 YEARS. I HAVE 7 OTHER GUITARS I AM A HARMONICA PLAYER AND LIKE TO PLAY MY GUITAR ALONG WITH IT. I USE MY STRAT FOR THE BLUES AND MY B.C. RITCH BITCH WHEN MY SON COMES OVER TO JAM SOME PUNK. I WAS LOOKING FOR A GUITAR THAT COUKD COVER THIS RANGE AND READ ABOUT THIS GUITAR ON G. CENTRAL. IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GET ONE GO FOR IT. IT IS AS THE POSITVE COMMENTS ON HERE DISCRIBED. I DONT THINK IF I HAD BOUGHT THIS ONE FIRST I WOULD HAVE 7 GUITARS.