Guitar
Hi to all out there.
As of today, over 80500 visits have been made to my blog.
So, thanks for dropping in - the story continues.
I first saw a Peavey "T" in late '78 or early '79, a T-60 - I can't
remember exactly when but I do remember thinking at the time,
this is a bit different!
The pic above is not of one of mine - I have borrowed this shot, from
a recently sold, mid periodT-60, as it has a very fine example of
the control details.
This one has the Blade pick-ups and the small selector switches,
my first encounter with a Peavey T, was of course with the earlier
Toaster type, as the Blades didn't come in, until later.
As the controls were different to the usual set-up, they all came with
this printed film, which sort of explained what the controls did.
On the tone controls, it was marked Treble, to Bass but in reality, 10
is Single coil and then 9 and 8 takes the top edge off the single coil
until it reaches 7.
At 7, the Humbucker engages, beefing up the sound and the remaining
rotation, take the top off the Humbucker, as would a normal tone control.
I will cover more of the sounds and options, later on but as you can
imagine, in the late 70's, this was all very different to what we were
all used to.
Ever since then, I have been a fan of the Peavey T and over the years
have come across all the variations and learnt more about them.
I have started a list of questions to ask Chip - in order to fill in the gaps
and confirm some of the facts.
I will make a start on the story, next time.
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I asked Chip a couple of questions - How did the moulded case design come about, in order to conclude this piece about the cases and just get get an insight into the musical side of him, what his musical experiences were and did they influence...
- Peavey T-60 And T-40 Story And A Happy Christmas. . . . :)
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- Peavey T-40 And T-60, The Begining. . . .
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Guitar
Peavey T-60 and Eighty Thousand Visitors. . .
Hi to all out there.
As of today, over 80500 visits have been made to my blog.
So, thanks for dropping in - the story continues.
I first saw a Peavey "T" in late '78 or early '79, a T-60 - I can't
remember exactly when but I do remember thinking at the time,
this is a bit different!
The pic above is not of one of mine - I have borrowed this shot, from
a recently sold, mid periodT-60, as it has a very fine example of
the control details.
This one has the Blade pick-ups and the small selector switches,
my first encounter with a Peavey T, was of course with the earlier
Toaster type, as the Blades didn't come in, until later.
As the controls were different to the usual set-up, they all came with
this printed film, which sort of explained what the controls did.
On the tone controls, it was marked Treble, to Bass but in reality, 10
is Single coil and then 9 and 8 takes the top edge off the single coil
until it reaches 7.
At 7, the Humbucker engages, beefing up the sound and the remaining
rotation, take the top off the Humbucker, as would a normal tone control.
I will cover more of the sounds and options, later on but as you can
imagine, in the late 70's, this was all very different to what we were
all used to.
Ever since then, I have been a fan of the Peavey T and over the years
have come across all the variations and learnt more about them.
I have started a list of questions to ask Chip - in order to fill in the gaps
and confirm some of the facts.
I will make a start on the story, next time.
Cheers. :)
- Another Pointy Guitar For 1980s Hair-metal Throwbacks: The Peavey Mystic
guitarz.blogspot.com: I'm going to be really lazy here and copy information that the eBay seller of this Peavey Mantis already copied from Peavey themselves: PEAVEY manufactured the MYSTIC between 1983 and 1986. The neck is made from hard rock...
- Peavey T-40 And T-60 Users And Literature. .
Peavey were keen to let it be known that their guitars were being used by major artists, at the time - perhaps the most famous, was Ross Valory of the band, Journey. There was also Leon Medica of Le Roux and Banner Thomas from Molly...
- Peavey T-60 And T-40 Cases, Part Ii. . . . .
I asked Chip a couple of questions - How did the moulded case design come about, in order to conclude this piece about the cases and just get get an insight into the musical side of him, what his musical experiences were and did they influence...
- Peavey T-60 And T-40 Story And A Happy Christmas. . . . :)
Well, another year almost gone by again! Christmas is almost upon us, the shortest day of the year and tomorrow the days start to get longer. Yippeee! The next set of questions I asked Chip, were as usual, answered in great detail....
- Peavey T-40 And T-60, The Begining. . . .
Peavey T-40 and T-60 - Bass & Guitar. How far is it back to the beginning?? 1822!! "You're Kidding"!!! Well, sort of! Way back, Thomas Blanchard invented a machine to make gun stocks all the same shape. See picture of Thomas and...