JeffB
Let it B
[giddyschoolgirl mode]
So I'm all set to to take my strat into the local tech and get some new pups installed. I also went to SamAsh to pick up a small practice amp as I'm in a hotel for a few weeks cos of work (and can't lug my MESA).
Decided while I was there to play some different guitars too for fun. Grabbed a couple Ibanez's, a couple ESPs, and a Peavey Wolfgang.
NEVER should have tried the Peavey. Ugly guitar. Never even bothered to pick one up to play cos it's so ugly..which was a mistake. Incredible feeling neck, incredible playability, grover tuners, setup/intonation/neck adjustment was 'on", seems well made/tight, a Floyd that WILL stay in tune with serious abuse, incredible acoustic tone, and the pups rawk! ( they are VERY hot, but PAF like...very strange). It was the last one they had and on sale for $599, and was the color I'd be least likely to get in the 4 colors I've seen available for it.
But I bought it anyway
So much for the Strat (I cannot keep both). No it doesn't have the nice clean tones of a single coil, but it just played so much better for me than anything I've touched in a long time. Like my new MESA it's just one of those pieces of equipment that just makes you play over the top...Everything FEELS right. The neck is pehenomenally fast, and small but not "thin", the floyd is not recessed so there is no going sharp on palm mutes and such, and it just has a "springy/bouncey" quality that suits my playing I guess.Not sure I can explain it better than I felt like it was made for me. The balance, it's "compact" nature. I must have played it for 7 hours yesterday in the hotel when I got back (fingers are very sore today)
Ok so it's not perfect though. It's still ugly
Especially the sunburst I got. The quilted top looks like it's fake (but still pretty in its own right). It says "Peavey" on it 
The trem is a double edged sword as now I cannot pull up on it, but it's not a big deal really. The fretboard is getting black from the strings (actually kinda gives it some character..noticed the used american wolfgangs they had sported black boards too). It had a little ding by the neck pocket. Guy said it didn't come with a case (MF shows they do, did I get gipped?). Could use a coil tap and tone knob, but I'm not missing either. Neck pup is very good for high gain, and I can get some great clean sounds for a humbucker, especially in the middle position. It's kinda P-90-ish. Not quite single coil, not quite PAF.
I bought a Spider II 15 watter for a practice amp, and even through that POS it sounds incredible Cannot wait to get it home and run it through the MESA.
am I the only one who likes this guitar? I never see anyone discussing it here. I wanna buy another one now as a backup since they are no longer being made. Are the american made ones that much better?
[/giddyschoolgirlmode]
So I'm all set to to take my strat into the local tech and get some new pups installed. I also went to SamAsh to pick up a small practice amp as I'm in a hotel for a few weeks cos of work (and can't lug my MESA).
Decided while I was there to play some different guitars too for fun. Grabbed a couple Ibanez's, a couple ESPs, and a Peavey Wolfgang.
NEVER should have tried the Peavey. Ugly guitar. Never even bothered to pick one up to play cos it's so ugly..which was a mistake. Incredible feeling neck, incredible playability, grover tuners, setup/intonation/neck adjustment was 'on", seems well made/tight, a Floyd that WILL stay in tune with serious abuse, incredible acoustic tone, and the pups rawk! ( they are VERY hot, but PAF like...very strange). It was the last one they had and on sale for $599, and was the color I'd be least likely to get in the 4 colors I've seen available for it.
But I bought it anyway
So much for the Strat (I cannot keep both). No it doesn't have the nice clean tones of a single coil, but it just played so much better for me than anything I've touched in a long time. Like my new MESA it's just one of those pieces of equipment that just makes you play over the top...Everything FEELS right. The neck is pehenomenally fast, and small but not "thin", the floyd is not recessed so there is no going sharp on palm mutes and such, and it just has a "springy/bouncey" quality that suits my playing I guess.Not sure I can explain it better than I felt like it was made for me. The balance, it's "compact" nature. I must have played it for 7 hours yesterday in the hotel when I got back (fingers are very sore today)Ok so it's not perfect though. It's still ugly
Especially the sunburst I got. The quilted top looks like it's fake (but still pretty in its own right). It says "Peavey" on it The trem is a double edged sword as now I cannot pull up on it, but it's not a big deal really. The fretboard is getting black from the strings (actually kinda gives it some character..noticed the used american wolfgangs they had sported black boards too). It had a little ding by the neck pocket. Guy said it didn't come with a case (MF shows they do, did I get gipped?). Could use a coil tap and tone knob, but I'm not missing either. Neck pup is very good for high gain, and I can get some great clean sounds for a humbucker, especially in the middle position. It's kinda P-90-ish. Not quite single coil, not quite PAF.I bought a Spider II 15 watter for a practice amp, and even through that POS it sounds incredible
Cannot wait to get it home and run it through the MESA.am I the only one who likes this guitar? I never see anyone discussing it here. I wanna buy another one now as a backup since they are no longer being made. Are the american made ones that much better?
[/giddyschoolgirlmode]
