Peavey Or Fender??

[mtm105]

With all things equal.

One made in CA. Other in Mississippi.

 

[SonVolt]

I'll take Mesa Boogie for $500 Alex. Where "handmade in Petaluma California" actually means what it says.

 

[Dogs of Doom]

which one is made in CA & which one is made in MI?

I thought they were all outsourced...

 

[SonVolt]

"Assembled in" would be a better description for both Fender and Peavey.

 

[jtees4]

Well, if they are CA and Miss. then they are both used. I'd go with the Peavey if it is pre 1990.

 

[SonVolt]

Holy shit.

"All good things must come to an end, eventually. After 31 years of service, we’re proud to retire our American Standard series of guitars, with full honors."

https://www.fender.com/products/electric-guitars/stratocaster/american-standard

 

[Dogs of Doom]

whatever that means...

 

[SonVolt]

I'm assuming they're all MIM now?

 

[Angus Rhoads]

I think they just retired the name "American Standard" - they now have "American Professional", "Elite", "Original", and "Performer" series.

 

[Angus Rhoads]

Back to thread topic - I had a number of Peavey amps, both solid state and tube, that were made in Meridian before they started outsourcing and they were all very solid amps. I had an all-tube Ranger 212 that blew away every Fender Twin I compared it to, for much less $$$.

 

[paul-e-mann]

With all things equal.

One made in CA. Other in Mississippi.

Which models are you talking about?

 

[ampmadscientist]

With all things equal.

One made in CA. Other in Mississippi.

I saw this 1954 Fender Champ and the filter caps were still good.
The speaker had a bad pigtail on the voice coil. After fixing that it worked again.

 

[ricksconnected]

depends on the use for the amp and which decade?
Tube or SS? pro stuff or bedroom gear?

probably Fender under most situations. people forget
the tones of the older Fenders. they still smoke a lot of
tones out there today.

 

[mtm105]

probably Fender under most situations. people forget
the tones of the older Fenders. they still smoke a lot of
tones out there today.

Not really forget. Guitar mags rate Fender top 2 or 3 in rankings.

Joe Bon has a sig rig.

 

[ricksconnected]

im not to impressed with todays fender amps for the most part.
they really need to get their shit together.

 

[ampeq]

As far as I'm concerned neither one makes amp's. Mesa is one of the few real amps left, almost everything else is one amp one sound for the most part. Hughes & Kettner is something worth looking into, and the new Carvin X-1 preamp foot pedal will turn a good one sound amp into a very usable unit.

 

[wakjob]

For a while there, like the past 15-20 years, Peavey was smoking Fender in the amp department. Fender is on the comeback now thankfully.

That "Undercover Boss" incident was unfortunate, and hopefully they've corrected themselves.

But Peavey amps in general are just good workhorse amps.
Like every major amp co. modern production and cost cutting techniques have sullied Peavey's "rocksolid" heritage.

But think about it. The Bandit. The 5150, The Butcher, ect...
Legendary.

If anyone is into Skynard, they owe it to themselves to check out the Peavey Penta amp. It didn't really catch on, but it sounded great and was built very well. I have the Penta 4x12 cab which is slightly vented.

 

[ampmadscientist]

Not really forget. Guitar mags rate Fender top 2 or 3 in rankings.

Joe Bon has a sig rig.

Fender is the ever-lasting...American Hardware. Peavey is post-everlasting. Made in the era after the great Fender amps.
Fender will cost more, and initial maintenance will probably be more money.

 

[stringtree]

I'm guessing Peavey is in some kind of thing with EVH about guitars.

Sweetwater pulled the new line of Peavey HP 2 guitars, no.......

Maybe this is why Peavey is laying really low. Nothing really new or exciting amp wise.

Fender cut way back there offerings in head dept.. Combos still have a good pulse..

 

[anitoli]

I'm guessing Peavey is in some kind of thing with EVH about guitars.

Sweetwater pulled the new line of Peavey HP 2 guitars, no.......

Maybe this is why Peavey is laying really low. Nothing really new or exciting amp wise.

Fender cut way back there offerings in head dept.. Combos still have a good pulse..

They are prolly just playing it safe and seeing where it all goes. I mean if the biggest buzz about buying amps is the under $400 low watt won't strain my gonads to carry around crap, not alot of margin there to be interested in. Lets spend 500k developing a 2 watt amp that retails for $150....................