Peavey T-60

1978 T-60; serial # 8M244104 ("patents applied for"); ash body (3-piece laminated)- natural finish, maple neck (2-piece laminated), all metal hardware, remaining features as described elsewhere; extremely versatile pickup configuration: single coil, humbucker sounds - it's all there.

Great quality sound (no hum or buzz) and LOTS of variety of sounds. Having said that, I never could get the Strat sound I wanted out of the T-60, so I bought a Strat (two of them). I kept the T-60, though: this is a GOOD sounding guitar - definitely not a throw-away. I can get lots of sounds out of it that I can't get with my Strats.

It's been a while (I bought the guitar in 1978) since the T-60 left the factory, but I remember the guitar being very playable out of the box. It remains that way today and I live in a city (Winnipeg) with extreme temperature and humidity changes). The fit and finish far exceeds my MIJ Strat. It almost rivals the fit and finish of my American Deluxe Strat.

I've used the T-60 for teaching and gigs for years. It's 100% reliable. A MUCH better-built guitar than my MIJ Strat. I replaced 8 small pickup mounting screws in the late 70's (the originals stripped) and had to re-tighten the 1/4" patch cable jack around that time. Otherwise, the T-60 has needed NO work. Two years ago, I sent it for set-up to one of the local (Winnipeg) guitar gurus, and there wasn't much he needed to do: just some fine tuning for a heavier gauge of strings. This fit and finish on this guitar has aged extremely well: no cracking, chipping, oxidation, etc. The (included) hardshell case hasn't held up quite as well: the handle screws always come loose (they have since day 1) and the pocket covers have come unglued - no big deal.

I've never dealt with Peavey directly, but have had excellent rapport with Peavey dealers. I've owned several Peavey amps over the years - rock solid (like the guitars). A lot of Winnipeg musicians turn up their noses at Peavey products, but it's hard to beat Peavey on quality of sound and construction. Excellent product for a very reasonable price.
This guitar hasn't needed any repairs, so I can't comment on how easy/hard it is to get repairs done!

I've been playing guitar for 30 years. I also own a 84-87 MIJ Strat (very decent guitar), a 2004 American Deluxe (amazing guitar), an Ovation electric-acoustic, a Takamine 12-string (lawsuit headstock), amongst others. My latest amp is a Peavey Delta Blues (tube amp). I play a wide range of music, from classic rock to jazz to country. The T-60 (and the Strats) can handle them all. The T-60 was my first electric; it doesn't produce all the sounds I want, but the sounds it does produce are Grade A. Congratulations to Mr. Todd for a great design. I will NOT be selling this guitar.
This guitar has a lot of sentimental value; if it were stolen, I doubt another T-60 could replace it. However, it's worth replacing: I don't think there's anything else out there that gives you the same amount of guitar for as little money.

Purchased new, 1978 (serial #00362735 w/ "patent pending" headstock). Solid ash body, thin rock-maple two-piece neck (bolt-on). Adjustable torsion rod. Natural color with clear urethane finish. 21 nickel frets. String through the body. Substantial bridge with individually adjustable saddles. Metal top nut. Peavey humbucker pickups (described elsewhere). Large plastic pickgaurd (surrounds pickups, volume and tone controls/ switches). With original rectangular hardshell case. All original except for phase and p/u switches.

I'm not a professional, don't play gigs, and am not an expert on sound. But as others have commented, the T-60 seems exceptionally versatile in tone. Good sustain when required. Some noise is apparent in single coil mode. Stays in tune. I typically use the T-60 with a Boss GT-6 effects processor (using headphones or a so-so Peavey Studio Chorus amp).

Was a clean-looking, if somewhat plain guitar in '78. The body now looks dated (I still like the headstock). The T-60 allows for neck and individual string adjustments. No obvious manufacturing flaws on this T-60.

The T-60 isn't a piece of art, but it was made to last. This guitar was hyped as a good value back in 1978- and it's easily the best 200 bucks I ever spent. It was apparently cheaper to manufacture since the body was robot-machined. Nearly everything is solid wood or heavy metal on this baby -only the plastic pickgaurd is showing some cracking near the screw holes. The only design flaw on this 78 model was the choice of flat tapered pickup/ phase switches. These broke off very easily- I had them replaced with a different style selector.
The nickel frets began showing some wear after about 10 years of almost daily use. I still haven't replaced them -not experiencing any fret buzz.

Haven't had to deal with them.

I've been playing since high school (30 years). I finally purchased a second electric this year (a more upscale Ibanez semi-hollow). The Ibanez sounds great but I still prefer the faster neck of the T-60. Friends with Strats and Les Pauls always have good comments on the easy playability of the T-60.

1978 Peavey T-60, natural finish, black 3-layer pickguard.
Materials: northern ash body, hardrock eastern maple neck, Electronics: 2 humbucker pickups (toaster-style covers), each with dedicated numbered vol and tone knobs, and circuitry that enables each pickup to be dialed to single coil operation using the 7-10 setting on either tone knob. 3-way pickup switch, and in/out phase switch for single-coil operation with pickup switch in the middle position (both pickups on).
Hardware: Schaller-type sealed tuners, string tree for E and B strings, individual adjustible string saddles, metal nut, string-thru body hardtail bridge, single truss rod adjustible neck with fine adjustment screw under neck plate, 15" radius fretboard w/ med-jumbo frets on thin back (Gibson-type contour) neck, 2 piece quartersawn neck and body.
BONUS: ALL USA-MADE.

First impression: The T-60 has a very non-typical and extremely versatile tone spectrum. It does not operate like conventional guitar tone curcuits, and so it continuously captures my imagination. I have had the instrument 5 months, and still haven't exhausted it's tone capabilities on my amps (NORMALLY, I figure out tone capabilities in 2-3 days!). That is versatility!

The rather heavy northern ash body yields a sound indicative of it's dense grain - very rich, full, and somewhat compressed. As others have said, it is very Les Paulish sounding in the neck pickup - AMAZING, considering it is also a maple neck guitar!
The bridge pickup is not like a Strat, Tele, Gibson, but perhaps a hybrid of all three; not the twang of a Fender or the depth of a Gibson humb, but still a strong, crisp singing voice.
The in/out phase switch is a real trip! Clean, in phase, it gives you a "honk" in your pick attack, kind of like having a built-in Wah pedal. Distorted, you hear all of that plus the upper mid harmonics are livlier; almost as if there is a slight detuning effect on. That can put "searing" into your lead and it cuts thru with an uncommonly different sound that draws attention.
The cavity is shielded, and is quiet except in high-gain single coil operation, as one could expect.
It is very strong in sound for metal lead especialy, but mellow and rich enough for great jazz chording, twangy enough for country hybrid picking (not as much as a Fender; a little fatter). Vintage rock, rockabilly, and overdriven amps come into full color with the T-60. I'll try to say it again: the versatility is incredible.

I will add this quote from exclusive T-60 artist Brian Henneman (Bottle Rockets), on how the T-60 differs in capability from all coil-tapped guitars: "The T-60 has the only acceptable humbucker AND single coil sound."

The body is slab-style (no arm or belly contouring), and heavy due to the denser northern ash and hardrock maple, and can be discomforting to some.
The wide lower bout of the body disallows you being able to fit the T-60 into a Strat-contoured fitted case (the dealer threw in an unused Rickenbacker case for me!). Not to worry, the T-60 is a good choice to fit in a gig bag, since the knobs and hardware are so durable - no plastic!
The neck shape is unusual (Gibsonish) for the style of guitar (Fenderish), but I have adjusted to in within a couple minutes of playing. I prefer more rounded freboard edges with flatter radiused fretboards, but the T-60 is workable.
I prefer med-jumbo frets on maple fretboards, too (can't stand thin frets), so that was a good move for Peavey.
I would have liked a tremolo option on the T-60, especially since it sings metal leads so well... but the designers chose not to dig trem cavities into the ash body for the sake of tone; something I am sure they researched.

I got the guitar after it was 25 years old, but it appeared like it only had a year or two of wear. The natural urethane finish hides scratches better than anything that is painted, and I have no plated metal on the guitar that is tarnished - not even a screw!
The whole guitar has a solid feel, no place where you feel that you've got to be careful not to break something.

USA-made, dense woods, excellently plated metals, and NO PLASTIC! Will last for centuries, wait and see.

Peavey's customer support is of hallmark quality. Dealers can be flacky, but the company is top notch. Hartley Peavey is the only remaining original founder/president of a major sound equipment company.
Peavey has excelled like no other USA company in making low-cost sound equipment. They've always been affordable, and DURABLE.
Check out your local pawn shop. I'll bet you dollars to donuts it has 3 pieces or more of Peavey equipment that is 25 years old or more that STILL works. Do you see any other brands in there that old, in those quantitys? NO! I guarantee it! Peavet durability speaks for itself - in any state of the union!
Case closed, your Honor.

Like I say, the tone capabilities and durability of the T-60 are in an altogether different category than any conventional guitar. They are dirt cheap versatile instruments that will outlast their contemporaries. Why collectors are not stocking them up is a complete mystery. T-60's are today a sleeping gold mine. If, in a 100 years, my family has 6 of them, they could buy a country.

I have the honor of being a Peavey Forum member, and have come to find out that Peavey owners are some of the most practical and polite folks to be found anywhere. They are dedicated to provide accurate help and support to anyone that posts a question - a true reflection of the company that has served them. It is truly a treasure to see people give back simply because they're thankful.
The original designer of the Peavey T-series guitars, Chip Todd (see his review posted here), is a regular contributor to the forum, and has enriched the knowledge of us all in the areas of guitar manufacturing, development, modification, setup - for free, on his own time, simply because of the gratitude he has had working with Peavey these many years.
I want to be associated with folks like that, and the instruments they play.

Lots of great knobs and stuff, ha....This one is a late 70's early 80's? Well worn at this point. USA made! Pick through the above posts for complete details.
This one is 3 piece Ash body, natural color, but has turned to a golden patina over the years and finish is well slight these days, but looks very cool to me. All original from the headstock to the end strap button.

This guitar does pretty much anything and does it very well. There seems to be almost endless tone possibilites. I like everything about it...Solid and built like a dreadnaught battleship.

This guitar was set up a long time ago by the infamous Randy Hughes of Westrn NC..it still plays like buuutteerrrrrrr.

Like I said it's an extremely reliable beast of a guitar....25 years old and still going strong...it has a soul you can feel!

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This is a GREAT guitar for anyone who likes a non-flashy rock solid versatile take anything. For everything from SRV to Herb Ellis. T-60's seem to be a bit of a rare breed these days. If you find one, try it....you will probably not want to let it go.

I honestly have no clue what year this thing was made... its black though and thats rare as the devil. i've looked everywhere for another black t 60 and have had absolutely no luck. i actually kind of inherited this guitar. my uncle owned it before me and he bought it at a pawn shop in florida somewhere. i borrowed it from him because i loved the way it looked and sounded...then one day my mom said, i bought that guitar off your uncle for you... i about flipped. great day.

this guitar has the most amazing sound setup i've ever encountered. you can get such a wide range: from like, a totally trebbed out brit rock sound to a deep deep humbuckery type sound...its really amazing. my uncle kinda gave me a course on how to handle all the sounds, showed me a ton of different sounds (all that he knew of...but i'm sure there's more). i can get this guitar to do anything i want it too...its beautiful.

this guitar is in great condition...it has a few little scratches just from age and none of them go through the paint. like i said earlier, this guitar has a black body with a black pic guard which is a wonderful color for the guitar (i mean, the wood finish is nice but black is clearly the best color...excuse my bias) never had a problem.

i don't know how old it is but i know its at most an 80's machine. its solid as a rock. its heavey as a rock too... but yeah, i like it. i recently switched out the strap buttons and put on some strap locks (but the old ones were still in perfect working order (in fact i gave them to some friends to replace their crappy ones). as far as playing with no backup...i've done that many times...this guitar doesn't let me down.

beautiful work of art. best guitar i've ever played...will keep if forever (unless someone offers me a darn good deal)

I got this guitar from a pawnshop. And... for the first time I got the best of them. Not sure what year (70's). Solid guitar looks like Oak. Natural wood finish very nice black pickguard, heavy duty knobs and string through back configuration. Two Humbucker pickups with four knobs like Gibson, plus it has two switches to split coils and phase out. This guitar is made in the U.S.A and is built solid! The bridge is heavy duty and doesn't look cheap. The tuners seem pretty stable. My #1 "E" keeps going out of tune, but I think that being from a pawnshop, that the e was replaced and it's just stretching. Usually all the guitars at pawnshops have no e at all. I hate pawnshops. but thanks to Peavey's under rated reputation... I did the fucking this time!!!!! I give this category a 10+!! This guitar has many disguises of other sounding guitars.

Very interesting. For some odd reason, it feels like I am playing a big body jazz guitar with a Fender strat neck with a Les Paul growl! At the pawnshop I played through a little Kustom and cranked the distortion and it was love at first crunch! When I brought it home I plugged it into my Peavy Renown with 4 tens and blasted off to space. I slipped into a time warp and ended up somewhere in the 60's! This baby sounded as great as my 59 Supro with the humbuckers cranked up. Than I split some coils, switched channels and was on a surfing safari with the Beach Boys. I'm not fully aware what other things this guitar can do yet, as I only have played through a few amps and effects but I will find out. It will get a jazzy sound though!

The set up is just fine. This guitar is well built. I mean well built! They still look new after all these years. I have seen these guitars around and could not figure out why? They were like the misfit toys. About three years ago you could pick em up for around 150.00 all day long. I brought mine to a party and people who didn't have a clue about guitars or how to play looked at this guitar with admiration. The topic was how heavy the son of a bitch was. We were watching a scary movie and I figured I could woop the ugly beast with my T-60 with ease! The looks of this baby is champagne!! It gets alot of attention. I love it in my collection. I still love my Alvarez Dana the best, but my new Peavey opens new doors for my writing.

Will this guitar withstand live playing? That's funny. If I were to get drafted I would bring this guitar as weapon and shield of my choice. Also would work great to wack them pesty "can you play metallica again" for the eighth time bugs. This beast is so much heavier than my Fernandes Ravelle, which I thought was a tank. Thank god these guitars are not priced by the pound. So that would be a YES, this guitar will withstand anything!!

Never dealt with them yet

I have been playing and recording for some time now. I am a player and collector and own alot of gear. I'm glad I finally found one of these. They are not as abundant as 3 years ago. I would love to get a white or black one, but that will be a fun mission. Even the pawn shops are getting privy to these baby's now. But if you cant find a T-60 try some other Peavey models before they get gotten up! I have the Predator Ax and it's nice too. If this guitar were stolen I would be pissed. I had a hard time finding it locally. I won't lose it for sure. It takes two roadies to pack it up!

My first ax, a used 1979 t-60, still like new in 2003! Everything was honey oak color in the early 1980's, even the food. This guitar still looks and plays like it's new because it was made to last, with solid oak body and ash and maple neck and fretboard, trimmed in black and chrome controls. It arived in it's double-walled injection molded ABS plastic and velour-lined case, complete with the key and original user's guide. A few scratches, but oak doesn't show! This is a favorite with pros because it is a true professional instrument, not some spray-painted pine and plastic kindling! Sorry, if that's what you play now, but this thing is the Hummer of guitars, complete with HUMbucker/single coils!

Plays anything, any style. No pot-noise, no rattle, nothing. I use it with a Zoom-15 modeling amp (awesome in itself) and a digitech RP200 pedal. I have small hands and this is the only guitar I have ever felt like it fits me, not me trying too become gumby to fit the guitar.

Arrived used and played perfect right out of the case. Stays tuned, sustain is unreal and the thing is made to be around until 3003. I'm not. Forget the rest, and if weight is a big deal, then screw it to a music stand...then everyone will want to play it. This guitar makes you want to play guitar! I am giving up my regular job as an imaging technologist, growing what hair I have left at 46 and will be wearing skin-tight pants to become a world-famous t-60 rocker...maybe next week.

It's Peavey. Here yesterday, today and probably tomorrow. Longer than me. Solid website, easy to get stuff.

I've been playing for 15 years, only well for 15 minutes.

The guitar is solid White Ash, the HEAVIEST wood used for guitars (only solid granite rock would be heavier). 21 fret, blade pickups, solid black, string through body. It has dual volume and tone controls for both pickups,3 way selector switch, and another toggle switch that comes out when both pickups are selected and volume maxed out. The neck is ULTRA- thin.

I play everything (metallica/nirvana/old country/noisey crap/classical) and it does pretty well. Select the neck PU and turn the tone down to around 4 or so, and you get some infinite sustain, also thanks in part to the dense White Ash. My favorite sound is from the neck pickup with the tone on 10. You can get anything from the most muffled bass to the thinnest of the thin minues the super briteness.

Well, the action is adjustable and stuff, but no matter what, when i fretted the 6th string on the 3rd fret (G) it was always a tad sharp, even after setting intonation. That bugged the heck outta me. The is practically no string-bend on the high E, or you risk breaking them. i had to play metallica solos and b/c 21 frets, i had to use a n.harmonic on the 5th high E to create a high E.....don't like like jive. once again, no string no string bend on that string.

This thing is heavey...really heavey....could use it to anchor a boat heavey. as mentioned before, this thing is indestructable. this thing would last, and last, and last..... in the fututre, when scientists are unearthing our remains, they will find these everywhere. a lot of people i know used these as their beginner guitar.

dunno..bought it used....

been playing since 1991. i don't know what came over me, when at the time my 13 year-old body went into a state of shock at the guitar shop, but i instantly walked up to this thing and bought it. if it were stolen, they wouldn't get far....too heavey. i loved the looks and the stoutness (yes, the weight....) but man those poor string bends....broken 10's....everywhere. i widh it had 21 frets and a stop tailpiece. i gotta give it an 8 overall...........eh

USA made with two blade type humbucker pickups. Individual volume and tone controls. 12 deg radius fingerboard.Ash body. Color black with a black rosewood fingerboard and Pearl dots. 3 ply, BWB pick guard. 25.5 scale.A mix of Strat and LesPaul styling.

The wonderful feature of this guitar is the huge variety of sounds that can be acquired from it.It sounds great with a straight amp or loaded up with stomp box effects.The pickups are very balanced. None of the strings have any harsh or unpleasant sounds.On single coil settings, it does not quite have the bell like tone or the crisp twang that a Stratocaster has and it definitely is not as brite as a telecaster.In humbucker mode it comes real close to a LesPaul, but not quite.

This ranks with some of the finest guitars manufactured in its time.
This has the ability to set very low action. The trick is first to adjust the truss rod so the entire length of the neck is straight with just enough relief to fit a pick under the strings at the 8th fret.Next set the saddles at mid height. Then adjust the neck tilt to get action height. If the strings get too close to the pickups, the saddles may need raising and the tilt adjusted again. Fine adjustments and intonation can then be made at the saddles.
This adjustment system was ahead of its time.

This is one tough durable guitar. Mine is one of the later models, but it has been well used and is still in pristine contition. Everything is still original. The only thing I don't like about this, is the body styling tends to place your picking directly over the neck pickup.I have seen several T60's with scuffed up neck pickups. I guess I'm not the only one experiencing this.

Peavey is tops for support. Manuals can be down loaded from their web page and the Peavey staff will answer, next day, any questions you ask in the Peavey forum.

Over the past 30 years, I have accumulated several electric guitars. Mostly Stratocasters and Telecasters. This T60 ranks high with them and it would truely be difficult to pick a favorite. This T60 is the heaviest guitar I own. It could tip the scale on any two of my other guitars.It sure is pretty to look at.I always wondered why Peavey didn't continue a model of this. I can only guess that its weight, the larger body size, no tremolo and the popularity of Fender and Gibson, made Peavey abandon it for other designs.New Fender deluxe Stratocasters have adapted most of the T60's features in to them.Yes this is a fine Vintage instrument with technology and craftmanship ahead of its time. These are worth several thousand dollars. I can't believe they are selling for only a couple hundred dollars

Neck Like a Strat, Body Like the Bastard child of a Les Paul and an ES-335, I found my late-70s vintage t-60 just in time for it to be my own little Christmas present to myself one year. Neck is Maple and comfy, body is Ash, pickups are replaced (mediocre aftermarket stuff..who's Goto? not *Gotoh*, but *goto*)-oh, and did I mention it's heavy? DAMN! My shoulder aches just thinking about it...

Other than that, 4 controls for a standard 2 humbucker arrangement. The famed Phase-reverse switch is present on my guitar, but not hooked up to anything. All in all, pretty standard stuff.

It sounds good, but it doesn't seem to have a niche that it fills on its own. I suppose that this could be remedied by reconnecting the phase switch, but at present it sounds like the somewhat unremarkable middle child in a family full of Honors students.
It doesn't have the midrange-heavy sustain of the Les Paul, nor the snappy bite of a Strat, but falls somewhere in between. It's got a good raucous overdrive sound with a decent and usable clean tone. And the pickups blend well, better than my Les Paul, in fact.
For some reason, it doesn't like my Tweed Princeton, but on most other amps I have it seems to work fine. I wish I could have heard this guitar when it had the original p/u's in it, as this thing needs something somewhere...Maybe if I put some humbucker-sized p-90s in it...

Set up fine, action good, Neck is AWESOME! Intonation needed to be fixed, but that's standard for a used guitar.
Knobs on control pots are kinda torn up, but again, it's 20 years old and it looks like it's lived a hard life.

One little niggling concern: The neck plate has raised lettering instead of stamped lettering-it catches on my shirt when I'm playing standing up. I know it's small, but it makes a difference when deciding what to take to the gig.

When the big one drops, the roaches will all be playing T-60s under the mushroom cloud...Nuff said?

Peavey has Excellent support. I was able to find manuals and schematics online. And before that, Peavey sent me an Owner's manual for a Peavey amp I found used, and they did it free of charge! Peavey Rocks for support!

If it sounds like I've been hard on the t-60 in this review, I suppose it's because I'm still in thrall over the wonderfully mellifluous tones generated by my newly acquired Les Paul. It's Really not a bad guitar. In fact, I liked it so much that I bought this particular guitar twice (Sold it to a friend then bought it back), so that's gotta count for SOMETHING. And for the money, it's tip-top.
The only real concerns at present are the tremendous weight and the lack of a trademark sound. But honestly, I don't think I would have noticed if I hadn't gotten a Les Paul.

If you've read any reviews or seen the guitar, you already know the features (22 frets, 2 humbuckers with a volume and a tone control for each, plus a phase switch, called by my local guitar adjustor "the mystery switch"). Unlike most T-60s--including the one I bought in 1983--the one I have now is *not* heavy as a tank: the upper part of the body has been slimmed somewhat, making the guitar thinner and lighter than usual. Let me stress that this is how the guitar was manufactured, not a private job. I had heard that late-model T-60s were lighter than earlier, but I had never seen one until recently.

The neck feels good (rather thin, just right for smallish-handed guys like me), and the maple neck and fingerboard let you simply *fly.* The construction all the way around is solid, and the neck-tilt adjustment option (through the neck plate) is a godsend.

My only two complaints: 24 frets would be nice, and the torsion rod in the neck takes an actual socket-type wrench rather than the standard allen wrench, which makes adjusting the neck bend mildly inconvenient.

Sounds fantastic, whether you want a Les Paul-type sound or a Strat-like sound. After foolishly parting ways with my original T-60 fourteen years ago, I searched high and low for another guitar with such versatility of sound, and I never found one until recently, when I bought another T-60. When the tone is cranked all the way up, the pickups sound like single-coils; when you back the tone down to about 7, they become humbuckers. And the "mystery switch," when you use both pickups together, creates a singularly cool sound.

It's doesn't--and can't--have the lowest action I've ever seen, but it works pretty well. Combine the neck-tilt, the torsion rod, and the adjustable bridge, and you've got multiple ways to adjust the action to the Nth degree, but for some reason I've never been able to get super-low action without some fret buzz.

As reported by so many others, it's a tank. In the event of nuclear war, cockroaches and T-60s will inherit the earth. I got my current T-60 through a pawnshop, and the bridge pickup didn't work and the phase switch was broken. Took it to the local guitar shop, where they popped in a new DPDT-type switch for the phase ($3.99 at Radio Shack), and the whole machine works and sounds like a brand-new instrument.

I've been playing since '83, and it goes without saying that if this guitar were stolen, I'd buy another one. But I'd do it SOON--the price of these things is rising steadily, as more and more people free themselves from the grip of the "cool factor" and realize what a solid and versatile instrument the T-60 is.

This was my first electric guitar, purchased new in 1983. It's gloss black with a black pickguard. I've plastered it with geeky stickers because it was so, well, black. Other reviewers have described it below, but to summarize the most relevant features:

* Pregnant stratocaster body style
* Weighs more than you do
* 2 Peavey toaster-styled "blade" humbuckers
* Tone controls that gradually tap one pickup
coil when turned from 7 to 10, yielding a bright
single-coil sound at 10.
* Phase reversal switch for the bridge pickup
* 2 piece bolt-on maple neck
* 25.5 inch scale with 21 medium frets
* Big tele-styled, string-thru bridge
* Included a custom-molded hard plastic case

The T-60 has a very neutral sound. While this means the guitar lacks a distinctive individual tone, it also allows for superb versatility. It sounds good either clean or distorted. In full humbucking mode, it does a good Les Paul impression, albeit somewhat brighter. With the coils tapped (tone on 10), it provides acceptable tones for country (recall that before EVH gave the company rock credentials, Peavey mainly catered to the C & W crowd), and it can do the Fender thing minus the extreme twang. Putting the pickups out of phase produces mondo quack -- which can be tempered by rolling back the volume on either pickup. The pickups' output isn't that hot by modern standards. The noise floor is quite low, even with the coils tapped.

I have no recollection of the quality of the original factory set-up. I have tweaked the truss rod, saddles, pickups, and neck joint so many times in the last 20 years that any deficiencies in its playability are probably my fault. That being said, there is a bit of fret buzz when adjusted to a medium-low action (4/64th on the high-E). Bends are easy, and artificial harmonics ring out nicely. The neck profile is on the thinner side, but not extreme. The bridge feels good against my palm.

It was designed during the height of the Cold War to resist a Soviet ballistic missile attack. The T-60 is indestructible.

No personal experience.

This is solid, functional instrument that won't impress those who care about brandname or expensive finishes. For everyone else, the T-60 was and still remains a tremendous value. From the other reviews, it seems that used prices are not much lower than the new price I paid 20 years ago.

I'm not sure when it was made but it looks to be fairly old and most of the reviews say late 70's to late 80's so that is when i assume it was made. It is a 21 fret guitar with a black pickguard. has three way pickup select for the 2 humbuckers. One for each and one for the middle of it. There is also another switch but i haven't figured out what it does for certain yet. It has two volume adn two tone knobs for the humbuckers. I think it has all the same Peavey manufactured parts on it i don't know how many owners its been through. It came with a hardshell case that is extremely durable, but has a weird smell.

I play mainly more along the lines of heavy metal and this guitar isn't suited in my opinion for it but don't get me wrong this is a pretty nice guitar. I am a beginner i have only been playing about a year but I am playing on a Fender(dont know the specs right off) and a Crate GX-15R. On the Fender it produces A LOT of Feedback when you turn it up over halfway on the lead channel, but other than that that is the only problem i have with it as far as sound goes. One las problem with it is the weight. This guitar weighs like 15 pounds or something. The guitar produces a wide variety of tones and sound that i am satisfied with.

I didn't get the guitar from the factory so i couldn't tell you about the original specs or if the original stuff is still on it but i have no complaints about most of the stuff on it. The only thing i don't like is this nut on the inside where the input jack is it comes lose adn i have to tighten it up every month or so.

This guitar can withstand a lot. It has taken quite a bit of punishment from me. It has fell over( I don't have a guitar stand) a few times and the only damage is a chip above the third fret. I am playing my first jig saturday and i am not going with a backup. THe finish is still pretty good for it being so old and everything hardware wise is still in very good condition. This is a very dependable guitar if you can withstand the weight.

Never have had customer support always repair myself.

I have been playing about a year this is my first guitar and I own a Crate GX-15R. I am currently working on getting a new guitar, but i am not getting rid of it. I hate the weight of it and the feedback at louder volumes. This guitar is very versatile though and sound pretty good.

I'm not sure when it was made but it looks to be fairly old and most of the reviews say late 70's to late 80's so that is when i assume it was made. It is a 21 fret guitar with a black pickguard. has three way pickup select for the 2 humbuckers. One for each and one for the middle of it. There is also another switch but i haven't figured out what it does for certain yet. It has two volume adn two tone knobs for the humbuckers. I think it has all the same Peavey manufactured parts on it i don't know how many owners its been through. It came with a hardshell case that is extremely durable, but has a weird smell.

I play mainly more along the lines of heavy metal

Mine has 21 frets. Volume and tone for each humbucker pickup. And another tone switch or some kind of shit.

Ok the sound, if you have the money to buy a good amp and effects, is great. Of course if you have the money to buy good amp and effects, you wouldn't buy this guitar. Their is a buzzing on Neck and Bridge pickups but with the selector in the middle and the tone switched to up (deep) it is ok.

The only problem I have had was the tone switch having to be replaced at the ripe old age of about 15. Also, my brother fell on the neck and broke the head off. It was a very rough and splintered break. NO REPLACEMENT NECKS AT ALL! I paid about $65 (US) to have it repaired and you never would have known it was broken..... until a week later. Wouldn't you know it, the thing fell over after I had set it up against the couch and split where it was repaired. Still holds a tune like it was new. YOU CANNOT KILL THIS GUITAR.

Never used them

If you have a little money to put into it, and you can play worth a shit, it's a wonderful guitar. A classic.

i have no idea of age,,i'm guessing ..80..but, yeah...its got 22 frets,,, sloid peice a tone here. i love it... tone+volume controls for each pick up, three way selector, and a ohase swtich... tone controls pickups ..at around 7, is the border from hum to sing..a dn phase only works on middle selector, since, u can't have apickup out of phase or in phase with, itself... oh yeah, heavey as junk, thin neck, un shakeble tuners.. did i mention this thing could kill someone if it fell on you..(doesn't sound right some times, can't play really heavy open power chords with light strings)(its a 10, but i don't feel generous)

umm.. from a strat to punk chugging les paul,, two twists and a switch.. its amazing,, first real nice tone i've had in a guitar.. first guitar tring to sound like itself,, real old.. nice 'nd quiet too. insulated electronics,.,i use a peavey classic chorus 130(not 212, different, not as versitile, but more,,,hard to explain) and i have metal zone.. with this set up,. i can easily knock stuff down in my room... or, a couple adjustments, and i have the butteriest clean sound every, or tone it down for nice muddy solos at about the 12th fret.. over all. this is the guitar..
(this is the guitar, heavy, but, the best tone i've played)(i'm not gettin a tele cuz of this thing)

well, i'm third marriage her, so, its been busted up a little, some dings, but, its got the kinda finish(natural) that doesn't show dings.. and it plays so nice....the action is really really low, like, any lower and it'd buzz, but its real good for fast stuff,,

this thing with break b4 it goes out of tune... my room mates droped it from his towering pinhead highth and its great.. better even, i recomend u throw it down the stairs a bunch if u have one
it improves tone

peavey, great company... they gave us the van halen sound... great online support, i have an old amp and guitar, (same time really) and i don't need to talk to anyone, they got the manual for free

been playing for 2 years learned my first song on this guitar (dave's had it for about that long) and as i develop in my skill, this guitar takes it to the max.. thats all i have to say

I bought my Peavey T-60 from a friend about two years ago and it has been a great guitar. This baby has two humbuckers with a phase switch. (I guess that is to turn them into singles) As for features this guitar is no too fancy. It is very heavy and resonates very well. It has 22 frets which have worn well for me.

It has good tuners on it and it will stay in tune through a hurricane. It has a fixed bridge which I like very well. I replaced the string saddles a few months ago because the old ones were breaking strings like mad. I put graphite ones on there and that made it a new guitar.

As for the body and neck, the neck I thing is mapel and I'm pretty sure the body is wood. I do know it is very heavy.

This guitar was my first one and I still have not got another one even though I play in some pretty hot bands now. If your starting out like when I got it or am playing with a team now it is a very good banjo. I give it a ten because I like the guitar, even though it is pretty basic.

I can play everything from metal to smooth jazz on this babe. The pickups are set so I can get a hot single coil sound or a smooth rhythm sound. Very good setup.

This one, I don't know about others, blares a bit when you get up on the higher frets with your bottom strings. (E A and D) I don't know what this is from but don't mind it too much.

I use it in church and for all the different sounds I need it works very well. A ten for sure.

I have my action very high. I found that I like the sound better up there. When I got it is was very LOW.

The guitar is comfortable to use, althogh hard on the back and neck when using a strap for a long period of time.

This puppy was made back when they made things good. (Before my time.) It was lasted well, and will last. Just by looking you can tell that. It is built great.

No idea. It's such a great guitar it probably wont need support, but since the age it might not have it.

Over all I give it an 11. I don't rattle off on stuff like this but this guitar I love. The hum on the high frets is kind of annoying but all the other features make up for it. If lost I would get another one ASAP.

This guitar was made in 1978. It is the first guitar ever made by Peavey. I cant figure out what kind of body it has. The online manual just says hardwood. The neck in maple and so is the fretboard. It has 2 humbuckers, 2 volume and 2 tone, a 3-way toggle switch for the pickups, and an interesting switch that puts the guitar "in phase". I never figured out what that means, but it only works when both pickups are selected. The neck is very easily to play and it has a fixed bridge, no Floyd Rose crap!

If you like to play classic rock, this guitar is for you. It has sort of an AC/DC type of tone. I haven't noticed any noise from the pickups since i've had this guitar. My step-dad bought it in 1978 when it came out. I play hardcore metal, so I don't use it very much. The thing that makes this guitar great is the phase switch. When both pickups are selected, the switch gives the guitar sort of a hollow sound which I think sounds unique. The guitar has lots of low end, and is also very bright when you use the bridge pickup. I'm currently running it through a Line 6 POD Pro and into a Mesa 20/20 power amp and out to a Marshall 4x12 cab.

Like I said, this guitar was bought in 1978 when the model first came on the line, so I don't know how it was when it was first bought. When I started playing guitar about 6 years ago, I had to get the pickup switch repaired. But the finish is still great, and i've never had to adjust the trus rod.

This guitar can definitely withstand a live tour. The body is so solid that I don't think it would even crack. Since it is so old, it would problably need to have the hardware serviced about every ten years or so. The finish seems like it would never come off. I problably bring a backup with me just in case, but I doubt that it would give out during a perfromance.

never dealt with them

I've been playing for 6 years now. I also own a Carvin bolt guitar, and Ibanez 7 string, a Fender P-Bass, and an Ibanez 5-string bass. If it was stolen, I would be heartbroken because of how nice it is. It is practically a piece of guitar history. Again, it is really designed for classic rock, not modern hardcore metal. It also works well with punk rock. Overall, it is a great ax!

Made in the USA, by all accounts. 21 Frets, 2 volumes, 2 tone, single/double coil switch, 3-way pickup selector. All original equipment (with the Peavey logos everywhere, no less). The adjustable bridge is nice, and the pick-guard covering the electricals makes working on it easy. The body is one solid mutha - a big hunk of wood that resonates well, except the neck is total crap. Stays in tune well. I pulled it out of the case after two years of sitting in the closet and it was barely a half-step out of tune. I have a T-40 hardshell bass case that I keep it in and it fits just fine.

Not exactly Seymour Duncan, but the blade pickups do have a classic sort of tone. I had to adjust them close to the strings to get a decent output. With .13 gauge strings it has better sustain than with the .11s or whatever I had left on it when it was in storage. In single-coil mode the tone is pretty crunchy with the axe tuned to open-G and the 6th string tuned another whole step down.

The action reeks because the neck reeks. I had to adjust the bridge and truss rod quite a bit to get rid of string buzz - and that's AFTER putting .13's on it. Some may like the glossed maple neck, but to me it feels like playing on snakeskin. I keep waiting for it to coil around my neck and trying to choke me. Still, if I can replace the neck, I may not be embarassed to play it in front of people.
The finish is trashed because 10 years ago a friend of mine sanded it down and put a horrifically graphic paint job on it, painting it white and splashing red paint over it, so when you're playing it you look like you've been disemboweled. The laquer has yellowed over they years, making it look positively gruesome. I may sand the entire thing down and put a clear coat on the bare wood if I ever get to it.

The frets are pretty worn, but other than being a bit on the dirty side (which polish fixed), the axe has survived mostly being locked up in a the closet over the years and innumerable temp/humidity changes. If you need a sturdy axe for your kid who is learning, want something unsual to tinker with when you don't feel like retuning your main axe, or if you just need a spare manhole cover, this axe will stand up to twenty-plus years of off-and-on use.

No idea.

I have a Peavey VTM 120 head and 5150 412 cabinet that I am very hapy with. That being said, Peavey tube amps are is a different class from Peavey guitars. I bought this off a friend who picked it up in a pawn shop, which is where it belonged at the time (back around 1988 or so). It's a cool, oddball old guitar that I keep because it was my first axe. Now, I have some nice axes, and this isn't one of them. But it's decent enough to hang on to, like an old AMC Gremlin you just can't let go of. If I ever get bored, I may rip it apart, put a decent neck on it, put some PAFs or something else unusual in it, and pretend it's not a Peavey. But like that old Gremlin, no amount of tinkering or nostalgia will free it of that dubious pedigree.

1979 USA Peavey T-60. 3 piece swamp ash body. 21 frets on a 25.5" maple neck with a maple fretboard. 2 volume, 2 tone(With concentric coil tap) and a phase switch. 2 Peavey "Toaster" blade-style humbucking pickups. Natural finish. Hard tail. Non locking tuners. The body shape is what I like to think is what would happen if a strat and a Les Paul has a baby. Lots of great features.

I play in a punk rock band, and the tones I get are perfectly suited for the style I play. You can get any type of sound you want to out of this beast. The pickups were a bit noisy, but after taking them out and cleaning them the hum decreased drastically. They still hum, but not too much. Very warm, buttery tone with the humbuckers on and a good tele-style snap with the coil tapped.

This guitar was made in 1979, so wear is expected. The three piece body is in great condition considering that it's probably been dragged around on stage for years. The first 3 frets are very worn, and I need to get them recrowned. The saddle height adjusting screws are rusted, but other than that it's great.

It's been said before: This thing is a tank. It's heavier than a les paul, and has twice the tuning stability of a Tele. I've had straps break on this thing, and after picking it up I discovered that the guitar was still in tune! I never like to gig without a backup, but if given no other choice I will.

Never had to deal with them.

I've been playing for 4 years. I also own a self-made Telecaster, and a Marshall JMP 50 MKII. If it were stolen, I would make it my life's mission to find the person who stole it and take it back, along with the fret hand of the theif. Definately my favorite axe.

1982 USA made dual humbuckers, with 2 volume and 2 tone controls that act as a single/humbucking coil split. Turn the tone knobs to 10 and and you have a single coil pickup, the dual coil kicks in at 7. Dual cutaway, tobacco sunburst. Hardtail bridge, standard tuners, maple neck, and 21 frets. Hardshell case that would withstand a nuclear blast. Very heavey guitar, made out of Ash.

For blues and classic rock this thing is great! I use a Peavey Classic Chorus 212, and no other effects. You can get a single coil tele sound, or a real crunchy Les Paul sound. Pickups are warm. I love this guitar!

Action, and intonation was good for a guitar sitting in the case since 1985. Finish was good, with few scratches. Bridge had some oxidation on it, but was fine.

Guitar is a tank. Everything was solid! Peavey makes great stuff, and they should bring this guitar back!!

Peavey is the best! Very friendly people.

I've been playing for 18 years, and I always hated the T-60; until I played one. This guitar has the weight of a Les Paul, with the vintage feel of a 60's strat. Stays in tune very well, and is the most versatile instrument I've ever own. This one will be buried with me!!

Made in 1980, natural Finish (of course). The most features are already described by the others. Came with original plastic case in very well condition.

Very versatile, tons of very good sounds !
Using it with Fender Silverface Vibro Champ, Dynacord Eminent II, Echolette M70 and Zoom Fire 7010.
The T-60 sounds great on all of them !
Playin 70th Rock and Celtic Folk Rock (Breton). It fits all my needs.

Very easy tuning, stays in perfect tune, even after a long gig.
Don't know anything about factory setup, bought it used, and the setup was excellent.
This is a "fast finger guitar" and can be used for slides as well.
The guitar is very handy, everything is in the right place.
The only lack may be the weight, but i like the feeling of a strong axe.

Bought this guitar when it was more than 20 Years old.
It looks nearly like new.

This guitar is very very reliable.

I never needed it, only got the manual from Peavey's homepage.

Beeing playing for 23 Years. I've been playing very different Guitars.
They are all sold now.
I only kept the T-60 and my 1964th Framus Hollywood, which was my
first real electric guitar.
Theese are very different guitars, I'm very happy with them and don't need and don't want any other.
If one of them were lost or stolen, i would choose the same guitar
for replacement it as fast as possible.

Made in 1979. My black beauty has been in my hands since new. The maple neck feels like butter in my hands. Everything on this guitar is stock as purchased, except for the Schecter strap locks, which I highly recommend. I set this one up my self using a jazz guage of strings. This thing came with a custom fit case that might withstand a nuclear blast. I've played it through a least 10 different amps and am still amazed at the versatility of sounds I can get from it.

Right now, I am musical director for my church. We play just about any style of music. To be honest, I haven't use it much because I play bass or synth guitar most of the time and I miss playing it. I been playing for over 35 years. I have played country, country rock, southern rock, motown, oldies, jazz, R&B and metal. If I can't find a good sound on my strat (which has the roland setup, I usually go back to this guitar. I'm seriously considering outfitting it with a midi pickup.

Well the factory setup was over 23 years ago. Through the years, I've changed the string guages and only had to tweak it. I've never touched the neck rod adjustment. Never needed to. The paint has held up to spending 12 years on stage at least twice a week. One of the reasons Les Pauls have been so popular is because they don't seem to age. If it wasn't for the body style of this guitar, you'd probably think it was less than 5 years old. I'd compare the action to vintage Fender guitars (my first real electric was a Mustang)

Like I previously said this, has got to be one of the most endurable axes ever made! I've seen these guitars look bad, but only when abused. Even the abused ones still play and sound great.

I've been dealing with Peavey for over 22 years. I do sound system consulting on the side. Their factory repair shop is second to none. The parts department is very responsive and I've never been charged excessively high prices for parts. You can call the service department in Mississippi and get solid advice on all their products. I even repaired a bass amp one time. I called for new Pots (volume/tone controls). The service manager told me they were no longer made. He sent substitute parts with a wiring diagram. It worked fine. Most companies would tell you the amp is obsolete and do nothing else.

I own 5 guitars. My Roland ready Strat, a 1983 Ovation Deluxe Ballader, a Yamaha 12 string, and my T-60..... oh and number five I just purchased.... another T-60 (this one is white). I also have a Peavey fretless Foundation 4 string bass, an Ibanez SD885 5 string bass and a newly purchased Ken Smith BSRB custom 5 string bass. I'm not sure why you can still get the T-60 for such a low price, but I have a feeling that's going to change. If any of these guitars were stolen or lost. I'd just find a way to replace them. Things happen for a reason. I have a friend who has a 1965 Gibson 355, a strat and two ovations. Each of my guitars have their own special sounds and features and so does his. We all are unique and so are these guitars. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

JT

Beautiful Natrual Finish, Everything is origional on this beast except for the tuners...Unfortunately I had to replace them due to lack of care (from the previous owner), however what origional tuners that did work were exceptional. I replaced them with sperzel locking tuners...they're ok, for an aftermarket. I truely enjoy the looks the double cutaway.

Sceptical friends of mine owning Strats and Gibson guitars are like myself, amazed by the tone. This was my first 'real' guitar and i've gone through many guitars, even a strat!..Even through all that I've stayed true to the T-60. I Play everything from Classical to Rock, this guitar is very versitile.

Since I bought this guitar used (i wasn't born when the first of the guitars were produced), i don't believe that any adjustments have been made, or have been needed.

as far as live playing, i would not trade anything for the chance to play the T-60 live. Show people what that guitar is made of! As far as the guitar i believe it is one of the earlier models (6 digit S/N), All knobs (i.e. volume, tone) and switches are very solid.

I've never had to repair this guitar, however i was recently on the Peavey website and they have the origional T-60 manual on the website.

I've been playing guitar for 5 years. Amps: I currently own a custom rebuilt 50's tube amp (don't know brand), and a Crate Tube amp (my preferred amp), it sounds great on both!. Guitars: Currently I own a Jackson/Kramer American customised to the hilt for blues, an Epiphone Special....need to get rid of that!,a vintage Pan acoustic (still looking up more info on that brand), and of course my baby the T-60

I bought this guitar in the early 80's, because I liked the look of it, in many of the country vidios that I seen it in. Then when I got hold of one,I then knew why they where all playing them! Everything about my playing improved,way faster action then the 2x8 I had been playing. Fell in love with the range of different sounds that I could get out of it. My t-60 was the all natural wood finish and has held up very well, one nick in the neck where it fell over on stage on a break, that person now knows not to go near a stage!!!!!

If there is a sound that this guitar can't get I haven't found it,or haven't needed it. I was useing the Peavey Musian amp for a while (till my back gave out) Then switched to a Traynor Block amp with a boss super chrouse pedal.

action on the t-60 was as I said great! this was my second guitar that I ever played and there was just no trunning back. The pickups were still set from factory and so was the intonation, the store that I bought it from chould not find anything wrong. Finish...there was only one VERY SMALL thing here, there is one chunk of miss matched ash on the body when they laminated it together, but after a while it just gave it charater.

I played this TANK on stage for 15 years EVERY WEEKEND with NO BACKUP and not once did ever let me down. I also recorded and album with it and had NO trouble with it in the studio with noise I replaced the strap buttons with a product called strap locks just for the conveiance.The hardware is showing a little ware where my right hand rested but other than that no problemo. Even the flight case that came with it survived all those years. With the durability comes a bit of a price, it is a little heavy on the sholders after a few hours, but the pleasure is well worth that discomfort and a wider strap solved the lion share of that problem.

With this beast she'll never need any!!!!!!!!!But I hear it is good.

I have been playing for over 25 years and have played, in my time many of the more well known electric and flat tops. I even own a Gretsch country gentelmen and a Washburn acustic eletric but I will still prefer my Peavey over those two and any other ones that I have played. God have mercy on the poor fool that ever tryed to steel "BABY"( yes I named it!) from me, we have been trough HELL AND BACK together ( plus TWO nasty devorces)and won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.

N/A

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.