Another shout out for vintage Peaveys

Thunderface

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Before I fell hard for Guilds, I was a vintage Peavey man, having accumulated a dozen, including three T-60s. Then Guilds came along and I sold my Peaveys to buy more Guilds. But the thing that always amazed me was the quality of the Peaveys for the price. A T-60 in very good condition can regularly be had -- with case -- for under $400! American-made in Meridian, Miss., for under $400!

So I stopped over at Twin Town Guitars in Minneapolis at lunch to check out a sunburst T-60 with a rosewood fingerboard that I saw advertised online. Plugged it in to make sure all the electronics worked and was simply stunned by the condition. The guitar, a 1980 model, either hadn't been played much, or whomever played it took extreme care of it, for it was practically markless. I didn't see the original HSC, but it does have one.

Oh, and the price? $350!

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The T-60, introduced in the late 70s, was the first guitar whose bodies and necks were shaped using CNC routers. They also had innovative electronics where the tone knobs, turned from 7 to 10, provided single-coil tones, while turned down from 7 to 0 provided humbucking tones. And there was a phase switch for when both pickups were active.

Like I said, I've owned four T-60s, and this one was as fine as any of them. Maybe it's time to go back to Peavey again, just this once.

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The '79 honeyburst T-60, you might recall, is the one I traded for the '77 S-100 which I recently sold to caseygree, who is in the process of having it refinished in antique white. Do you have an update for us, Casey?
 

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I'm expecting my unplayed 94 Predator will offer me a comfy retirement.
 

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TF, as I told you before, Peavey guitars (and basses) of the 80's impressed me more than once. Very underrated indeed.
At this price, grab it! :evil:
 

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Cool, nice to see some peavey love on here. I have an HP Special USA that I really like as well. Pretty nice guitars, sadly not much heard about them.
 

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It's amazing. Ycan get a vintage USA-made guitar of outstanding quality with a hardshell case for $350. Even if you do it just to have a decent backup, it's well worth it.

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I have posted before on this subject and now will do so again. I got my Peavey T-60 after rigorous research into vintage electrics, looking for a solid guitar at a reasonable price that I could take to bars and not worry about damaging (unlike my '62 Gibson ES-330). It's versatile in terms of the sounds it can make (without any pedals or effects at all), and if I get into a jam, it's bulletproof and can be wielded like a club. If you play out in clubs, I highly recommend picking one up.
 

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What you said, G-Dawg! :wink:

Here's a question: What happens when your sunburst/rosewood T-60 gets wet? Answer: It shrinks.

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I guess I should start kicking myself now. I passed on a T-60 for $100 asking price with the original molded plastic case.
 

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For $100, yeah, that would have been a major score. But don't worry, they're always around, maybe not at that low of a price, but definitely for vastly undervalued prices.
 

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A little rough around the edges but I'd take it anytime if I wasn't so darn broke :(
 

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I had one that looked like the natural finish '82 in the pic above. It was a great sounding bass to my ear and I liked the neck too, but it was a little heavy for me. The friend I sold it to still uses it in the studio... fortunately he's a better bass player than I am. :lol:
 
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