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Peavey Electronics
Peavey Electronics Corporation is a privately owned American company which designs, develops, manufactures, and markets professional audio equipment. Headquartered in Meridian, Mississippi, Peavey is one of the largest audio equipment manufacturers in the world.
Hartley Peavey "dreamed of becoming a rock star," having built his first amplifier in 1957. He founded Peavey Electronics in 1965.
Peavey Electronics once owned approximately 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2; 34 acres) of warehouse space across North America, Europe and Asia. However, the vast majority of their products have been manufactured overseas since 2004.
In 2014, Peavey closed its U.K. distribution and manufacturing operations, citing the fact that the lower cost and advanced techniques of Chinese manufacturing had rendered it unsustainable. That same year, Peavey closed its A Street plant in Meridian, Mississippi, and laid off nearly 100 employees. In 2019, Peavey laid off another 30 employees at its U.S. office/warehouse. In 2023, Peavey announced a U.S. Distribution partnership with the Canadian guitar manufacturer Riversong Guitars during the 2023 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California
Peavey Electronics owns eight brands: MediaMatrix, Architectural Acoustics, PVDJ, Crest Audio, Composite Acoustic, Sanctuary Series, Budda Amplification, and Trace Elliot. The company still holds 180 patents, and at one time its product range boasted more than 2000 designs. Although Peavey Electronics produces a wide variety of equipment, a few designs stand out as a result of their popularity or use by prominent professionals.
The 5150 series of amplifier speaker cabinets were the result of a collaboration with Eddie Van Halen. The 5150 series was preceded by the VTM-60/VTM-120 amps, among the first "non-hot rodded" amps. The 5150 has gained popularity[citation needed] with modern hard rock, hardcore punk and metal bands and guitarists due to its large amount of distortion. Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains used this amplifier before he worked with Friedman Amplification on a signature amp. While touring with Van Halen, Cantrell asked Eddie Van Halen, "if I could buy [one] off him at the end of the tour with them, and when I got home there were three full stacks and two guitars waiting for me." In 2004, Peavey and Eddie Van Halen parted ways, with Eddie taking the 5150 brand name with him.[citation needed] This resulted in the renaming of the amplifier as the 'Peavey 6505', with slightly updated styling but original circuitry.[citation needed] The 5150 II, which contains an extra preamp tube for more headroom and gain on the Rhythm channel, is the old equivalent to the new 6505+.[citation needed] In 2010, Peavey released a new amplifier for the 6505 line, the 6534+. It is much like the 6505+, but the 6534 has EL34 power tubes instead of the 6L6 power tubes on the standard 6505 amplifiers.[citation needed]
The Bandit amp series are solid-state combo guitar amplifiers. The Bandit amplifiers were introduced in 1980. The earliest model Bandits had a power rating of 50 watts RMS into an 8 ohm speaker. The power rating has gradually increased over time, and current model Bandits are rated at 80 watts RMS into 8 ohms, and 100 watts RMS into 4 ohms. In the mid-1990s, the Bandit was used to introduce Peavey's proprietary TransTube circuitry, a solid-state technology aimed at emulating the sound of tube amplifiers. In 2023, Guitar Player listed it as their favorite solid state amplifier under $500, and praised its "heroic reliability".
This is Peavey's line of guitar amplifiers made specifically for blues, jazz, and classic rock players.
Peavey Electronics
Peavey Electronics Corporation is a privately owned American company which designs, develops, manufactures, and markets professional audio equipment. Headquartered in Meridian, Mississippi, Peavey is one of the largest audio equipment manufacturers in the world.
Hartley Peavey "dreamed of becoming a rock star," having built his first amplifier in 1957. He founded Peavey Electronics in 1965.
Peavey Electronics once owned approximately 1,500,000 square feet (140,000 m2; 34 acres) of warehouse space across North America, Europe and Asia. However, the vast majority of their products have been manufactured overseas since 2004.
In 2014, Peavey closed its U.K. distribution and manufacturing operations, citing the fact that the lower cost and advanced techniques of Chinese manufacturing had rendered it unsustainable. That same year, Peavey closed its A Street plant in Meridian, Mississippi, and laid off nearly 100 employees. In 2019, Peavey laid off another 30 employees at its U.S. office/warehouse. In 2023, Peavey announced a U.S. Distribution partnership with the Canadian guitar manufacturer Riversong Guitars during the 2023 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California
Peavey Electronics owns eight brands: MediaMatrix, Architectural Acoustics, PVDJ, Crest Audio, Composite Acoustic, Sanctuary Series, Budda Amplification, and Trace Elliot. The company still holds 180 patents, and at one time its product range boasted more than 2000 designs. Although Peavey Electronics produces a wide variety of equipment, a few designs stand out as a result of their popularity or use by prominent professionals.
The 5150 series of amplifier speaker cabinets were the result of a collaboration with Eddie Van Halen. The 5150 series was preceded by the VTM-60/VTM-120 amps, among the first "non-hot rodded" amps. The 5150 has gained popularity[citation needed] with modern hard rock, hardcore punk and metal bands and guitarists due to its large amount of distortion. Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains used this amplifier before he worked with Friedman Amplification on a signature amp. While touring with Van Halen, Cantrell asked Eddie Van Halen, "if I could buy [one] off him at the end of the tour with them, and when I got home there were three full stacks and two guitars waiting for me." In 2004, Peavey and Eddie Van Halen parted ways, with Eddie taking the 5150 brand name with him.[citation needed] This resulted in the renaming of the amplifier as the 'Peavey 6505', with slightly updated styling but original circuitry.[citation needed] The 5150 II, which contains an extra preamp tube for more headroom and gain on the Rhythm channel, is the old equivalent to the new 6505+.[citation needed] In 2010, Peavey released a new amplifier for the 6505 line, the 6534+. It is much like the 6505+, but the 6534 has EL34 power tubes instead of the 6L6 power tubes on the standard 6505 amplifiers.[citation needed]
The Bandit amp series are solid-state combo guitar amplifiers. The Bandit amplifiers were introduced in 1980. The earliest model Bandits had a power rating of 50 watts RMS into an 8 ohm speaker. The power rating has gradually increased over time, and current model Bandits are rated at 80 watts RMS into 8 ohms, and 100 watts RMS into 4 ohms. In the mid-1990s, the Bandit was used to introduce Peavey's proprietary TransTube circuitry, a solid-state technology aimed at emulating the sound of tube amplifiers. In 2023, Guitar Player listed it as their favorite solid state amplifier under $500, and praised its "heroic reliability".
This is Peavey's line of guitar amplifiers made specifically for blues, jazz, and classic rock players.