From: webb@chopin.udel.edu (W Webb Pickersgill)
Subject: Re: PEAVEY!
Organization: University of Delaware - What state is that in?
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 19:51:34 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.170143.8667@head-cfa.harvard.edu> eskridge@head-cfa.harvard.edu (Paul Eskridge) writes:
>
>jphillip asks:
>
>>Can anyone recomend some good practice amps (bass) in the $200 range?
>
>Webb Pickersgill replies,
>
>>PEAVEY!!!
>
>To which I MUST rejoin,
>
>BLECK!!!
>
>PEAVEY -- a waste of money at ANY price
>
>(This should be FUN!)
>Paul

	ok, ok, ok, ok, ok, ok.....

I know that Peavey doesn't have that good of a track record as far as
High Quality.  But Ive used Peavey's amps several different times
and found them to be very reliable.  Here are my testimonies:

School:
	I used a Peavey TKO-65 in highschool(owned by the HS) and used
it for 4 years.  It was purchased several years before I even got there and
is still being used there today.  They used it(and still use it) for
the jazz band, play pits, orchestra, concert band, and even on the road
with the MARCHING BAND connected to a power generator.  It was used to
play in stadiums capacity from ~500 to ~1000 and still could be heard
through the power of the whole marching band.  It has gone through
a lot of wear and tear and still runs fine.  

College:
	The University of Delaware owns the TKO-80(???) or something like
that, and uses it for music-major use in the music building.  I have used
that amp to play to the U of D stadium crowd of 20,000+.  That went on the
road also, to all of the road-trips that the bands would take.

Band:
	Im currently in two bands.  One band has only been together for
about 3 months.  We don't have any PA equipment yet so our first several
gigs we used:  a Peavey KBD-300 for keyboards and 3 vocals, and a Peavey
guitar amp(clean channel of course) on top of it for more power.  The
gig sounded great, everything came out crystal clear.	Ive heard of 
many others that have done the same thing too.

Friends:
	I have a guitar friend that I usually do recording for and 
occasionally jam with.  In his small recording setup he uses a 
Peavey KBD300 to hear the mix.  He plays keys too and used to take that
on the road with him, now only used for monitoring.  Never had a problem
with it.

Car accident:
	Several years back I was in a car accident with my friend(mentioned
above) with all of our music gear in the car.  He owns a Peavey Bandit 65
and a Bandit 120.  The Bandit 65 was in the trunk when the drunk driver
hit us at a stop light from behind at 40mph.  Minus the injuries,
the Peavey survived.  It did need a minor repair as I remember.($50)
(Small unimportant note:  That amp kept the drunk from hitting the gas tank
which may have caused an explosion.)


	So, these are my experiences with peavey equipment.  I believe that
they make reliable amps that are very reasonably priced.  These are jsut
my experiences.  Im not trying to start any flame wars here.  Just offering
my humble opinion.

					Webb
	
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