Remember when Peavey made drums in the 90s?

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Inflames626

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I'm not a drummer, but the look with those huge shell rims is awful. Like soup kettles for drums.

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I always liked these drums. I bet there is some sonic reason why they looked like that, but I always thought they looked cool with their satin finishes.
 
Mincer said:
I always liked these drums. I bet there is some sonic reason why they looked like that, but I always thought they looked cool with their satin finishes.
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I'm actually a drummer. Those were an early attempt to isolate the shell from the mount, allowing the shell to resonate more freely. It's become more common in contemporary drums today:

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Larry
 
i know a guy who used a set and they sounded great! i remember them being heavy though
 
larryguitar said:
I'm actually a drummer. Those were an early attempt to isolate the shell from the mount, allowing the shell to resonate more freely. It's become more common in contemporary drums today:



Larry
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Oh, that's interesting. Not being a drummer, I can see why that would be a cool thing. Peavey got out of the drum business after only a few years...come to think of it, as a whole, they aren't as expansive as they were.
 
Mincer said:
Oh, that's interesting. Not being a drummer, I can see why that would be a cool thing. Peavey got out of the drum business after only a few years...come to think of it, as a whole, they aren't as expansive as they were.
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I'm from the South. Peavey dominated the market here in the 80s-90s because no one could afford Mesa/Marshall/Fender or you had to import it from California because retail shops didn't carry it (this was pre-Guitar Center/Musician's Friend).

Peavey are a shadow of their former selves. After losing the EVH endorsement, they wandered, carried really only by the 5150/6505, and maybe the Classic 30/50 for guys here who played blues and classic rock.

I love their basses stock. Great tone/value for the money. The problem is their pickups on many models are proprietary and can't be retrofitted.

Their guitars were hit or miss. Most were Strat copies. Only something like the Predator line was good for metal because they came with a licensed Floyd.

I have their Rotor EXP guitar from 2008. Rare. Floyded Explorer copy with great stock (2 conductor only) pickups.

Their Vandenburg relaunch was also sexy AF. I want one.

Mostly they were well known here for their rock solid PA and sound reinforcement stuff and, well, cheap practice amps.

For metal, they just never had great styles, mainly because they were trying to be everything to everyone--mainly Fender and Gibson--and so they made everything from pick to product (finished CD).

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Come to think of it, they did try metal again in the late 00s I think with Devin Townsend during his last days with SYL. The Voids were kind of awkward and an acquired taste. The Kahler scared me away even more than the Dean style headstock.

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I had a Bandit for the first few gigging years. I'd buy it again if I got a deal.
 
I forgot that the XXX and I think the Ultra were fairly good Dual Rec clones, if you could stand EQ knobs that said things like, "hair," "body," and "bottom." Oooh, edgy. I think this was during the Jackson Jenna Jameson phase. I seem to remember the Butcher making a small impression. Some of these heads also had bias probe points so you wouldn't die trying to retube your amp, but I have seen complaints about the accuracy of those.

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There were some other awkward Peavey attempts at metal guitars in the 80s, as well. 1985 Peavey Mantis.

I'd say the most metal thing about Peavey as a company was their classic, jagged/pointy logo.

I would have put that logo on their metal stuff, and then the later signature logo (Hartley's, I'm assuming) on mainstream stuff.

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Inflames626 said:
I forgot that the XXX and I think the Ultra were fairly good Dual Rec clones, if you could stand EQ knobs that said things like, "hair," "body," and "bottom." Oooh, edgy. I think this was during the Jackson Jenna Jameson phase. I seem to remember the Butcher making a small impression. Some of these heads also had bias probe points so you wouldn't die trying to retube your amp, but I have seen complaints about the accuracy of those.

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The XXX was suppose to be a George Lynch sig amp but George & Hartly could never seal the deal.
 
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