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Peavey USA Predator - $120 shipped ($155 shipped with SD Little 59)
This particular Strat is an early-mid 90's Made in the USA Peavey Predator Strat guitar. These are excellent quality guitars and are highly underrated. Too bad the Peavey name has such a strong stigma. Where else are you going to get a MIA guitar for so cheap? Anyway, in comparison to Fender Strats I'd honestly (being fair here) put it in between a MIM Fender and a MIA Fender--it's better than the MIMs that I've owned, but not quite as good as the MIAs.
The guitars got some mojo dings here and there and some light scratching in places; I tried to capture most of the dings. I personally like them, but that's me.
Functionally and playability wise, the guitar is fantastic. I've never had the action so low on a guitar without buzzing. I actually have the action even higher than it could be, because it goes too low without problems for me. Right now it's setup with 10's and the tremolo locked down (4 springs and screwed tightly for no trem movement). The tuners don't appear to be the greatest, but they hold tune well.
Right now the guitar has stock neck and middle pickups (which sound fantastic, I might add) and a Seymour Duncan Little 59 in the bridge position. However, for $140, I'll put the stock bridge pickup back in. For an extra $35 (I believe that it's an $80 pickup), I'll keep the SD in there. It's actually a wonderful sounding pickup that gives the fatness and warmth that I like, but also retains the 2nd position quack and sparkle pretty darn well. It also balances very well with the stock pickups volume wise.
Here are the specs:
-BODY: Poplar body with black finish
-NECK: Maple/maple neck with a profile similar to the Fender modern C (maybe slightly thicker); medium jumbo frets in great condition; not sure about the nut (but it is deemed to be good by a tech that checked it out)
-ELECTRONICS: Stock ceramic bar pickups in the high 6's for output (SD Lil 59 for $35 extra, stock included); full sized 500K pots; mechanical 5-way switch; Orange Drop .047 cap
The guitar is totally stock except for a new switch (the old one was static-y) and the Orange Drop cap. The SD pickup is obviously aftermarket; if you want the SD for the extra $35, the stock pickup is obviously also included.
The guitar comes with the nicest gig bag that I've ever come across. It's a nice (faux?) black leather gig bag that has quite good padding. However, if you'd like I could ship it in a Fender gig bag instead.
Peavey Impulse monitor - $35 shipped
I bought this used recently to monitor myself live at church, but no longer need it. Overall, for cosmetic condition, I'd give it a solid 9; it functions perfectly. I'll also include the cable that I made out of extension cord (standard DIY procedure) for the monitor as it has those little inputs where you stick bare wire in.
Anyway, this is what a Peavey Customer Service person told me:
"This is the original Impulse (I) ( replaced by the the Impulse III, V, & now the Impulse 6 ). Yours shipped from the factory 02/02/89. The Impulse is 8 ohms, rated at 80 watts continuous and 160 watts program. Frequency response is 100Hz to 10KHz (+/-)3dB. Sensitivity is 91dB SPL @ 1 watt / 1 meter. max SPL is 110dB."
Email for more information and/or pics (I have tons more). Paypal is preferred.
This particular Strat is an early-mid 90's Made in the USA Peavey Predator Strat guitar. These are excellent quality guitars and are highly underrated. Too bad the Peavey name has such a strong stigma. Where else are you going to get a MIA guitar for so cheap? Anyway, in comparison to Fender Strats I'd honestly (being fair here) put it in between a MIM Fender and a MIA Fender--it's better than the MIMs that I've owned, but not quite as good as the MIAs.
The guitars got some mojo dings here and there and some light scratching in places; I tried to capture most of the dings. I personally like them, but that's me.
Functionally and playability wise, the guitar is fantastic. I've never had the action so low on a guitar without buzzing. I actually have the action even higher than it could be, because it goes too low without problems for me. Right now it's setup with 10's and the tremolo locked down (4 springs and screwed tightly for no trem movement). The tuners don't appear to be the greatest, but they hold tune well.
Right now the guitar has stock neck and middle pickups (which sound fantastic, I might add) and a Seymour Duncan Little 59 in the bridge position. However, for $140, I'll put the stock bridge pickup back in. For an extra $35 (I believe that it's an $80 pickup), I'll keep the SD in there. It's actually a wonderful sounding pickup that gives the fatness and warmth that I like, but also retains the 2nd position quack and sparkle pretty darn well. It also balances very well with the stock pickups volume wise.
Here are the specs:
-BODY: Poplar body with black finish
-NECK: Maple/maple neck with a profile similar to the Fender modern C (maybe slightly thicker); medium jumbo frets in great condition; not sure about the nut (but it is deemed to be good by a tech that checked it out)
-ELECTRONICS: Stock ceramic bar pickups in the high 6's for output (SD Lil 59 for $35 extra, stock included); full sized 500K pots; mechanical 5-way switch; Orange Drop .047 cap
The guitar is totally stock except for a new switch (the old one was static-y) and the Orange Drop cap. The SD pickup is obviously aftermarket; if you want the SD for the extra $35, the stock pickup is obviously also included.
The guitar comes with the nicest gig bag that I've ever come across. It's a nice (faux?) black leather gig bag that has quite good padding. However, if you'd like I could ship it in a Fender gig bag instead.
Peavey Impulse monitor - $35 shipped
I bought this used recently to monitor myself live at church, but no longer need it. Overall, for cosmetic condition, I'd give it a solid 9; it functions perfectly. I'll also include the cable that I made out of extension cord (standard DIY procedure) for the monitor as it has those little inputs where you stick bare wire in.
Anyway, this is what a Peavey Customer Service person told me:
"This is the original Impulse (I) ( replaced by the the Impulse III, V, & now the Impulse 6 ). Yours shipped from the factory 02/02/89. The Impulse is 8 ohms, rated at 80 watts continuous and 160 watts program. Frequency response is 100Hz to 10KHz (+/-)3dB. Sensitivity is 91dB SPL @ 1 watt / 1 meter. max SPL is 110dB."
Email for more information and/or pics (I have tons more). Paypal is preferred.
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