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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Feb 4, 2024 8:18:18 GMT -6
All -- Long-term visitors here know I like the annual NAMM Show. This year's show in Los Angeles looks like it was a big one. I did not get to go to the LA show this year and I do not believe there will be a Summer Show here in Nashville. Below are two guitar-centric reviews of the show. www.guitarworld.com/news/namm-2024-trendsguitar.com/news/gear-news/namm-2024-latest-announcements/One thing that kind of shocked me - Peavey is making guitars again in the $3k retail range..a redux of the EVH and the Vandenberg and they are being manufactured in the Czech Republic. I cannot understand how that can be cheaper than manufacturing them in Mississippi, but I am going to investigate. I am interested in this, in small part, because a guy who used to work for me grew up in Meridian in the 70s and 80s and his entire family worked for Peavey. More to follow, John |
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Feb 5, 2024 10:48:50 GMT -6
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Post by antares on Feb 5, 2024 13:56:07 GMT -6
I remember them well John. Hartley Peavey saw the future big style; the T60 and T40 guitars were the first to deploy CNC so far as I can recall. At the time (and as a young turk who couldn't see beyond the vivacious lines of The Strat) a T60 didn't figure in my ambitions at all. I now know that they were/are very well made instruments. The T60 had innovative wiring too.
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Feb 6, 2024 9:30:57 GMT -6
I remember them well John. Hartley Peavey saw the future big style; the T60 and T40 guitars were the first to deploy CNC so far as I can recall. At the time (and as a young turk who couldn't see beyond the vivacious lines of The Strat) a T60 didn't figure in my ambitions at all. I now know that they were/are very well made instruments. The T60 had innovative wiring too. Steve -- I believe you are correct on the CNC; Peavey really did something innovative, and even though most of the guitars weighed just shy of a metric ton (lol), they played really well, were easy to set up, and, like you mentioned, had a lot of tonal variations. There was also a T-15 (sort of a Junior) and some great bass guitars as well. I played in a band with a guy who had one of the T-series basses, and it did sound really good. I think what was most impressive about those Peaveys was that they were different than most mainstream guitars. UPDATE: Here is a link to good article on these guitars. stringjoy.com/peavey-t-series/ John |
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Post by antares on Feb 7, 2024 5:30:43 GMT -6
Many of the anecdotes I issue forth on here are founded in a book called "The History and Development of The American Guitar" that I have thumbed since the late 1970s and the "T" range comments are lifted from memory out of that book. Loads of the pages are detached these days. I think it was written by Ken Achard but it may have had a co-author- Craig Bradley? It is a treasure chest of information and certainly more reliable than all the armchair warriors like me who infest the interweb. For example, from that book I knew of David Gilmour's 0001 "Mary Kaye" and Seymour Duncan's involvement before D.G. owned it. The very same picture was in another of Ken Achard's books specifically about Fenders. It was the latter book and images therein that prompted me to build my Esquire way back then. That's where I got the CNC reference from and also knowledge of Hartley's given name. I have an SRV DVD here and he has a black guy on stage with him at one point for a few numbers who is playing a T60. I'm ashamed to admit that I cannot remember his name, but that is not an isolated example of my forgetfulness these days.
From that book I also knew that that the T40 was a bass guitar but heck they're all guitars at the end of the day. Also in that book was a small image of a prototype Epiphone double-cut which looked like a double-cut Lester with a carved top. It was beautiful to me and set me off with a life-long fascination for double-cuts which after thinking long and hard about an Ibanez Artist kicked off with my Gordon Smith Gypsy 1. Way back when, there is a thread on here about our guitar hoards and you can see my Gypsy 1 on there. It is not carved top, and back when I bought it I didn't know about the Gibson double-cuts, only that prototype Epi. Gordon Smith also did the Gemini and Graduate models which were carved top double -cuts and easily superior to anything Gibson was pushing out the door at the time. I kind of wish I'd bought a T60 now. Great link John.
Also from that book was a picture of David Gilmour's 0001 Strat. Back in the 1970s, a Tin Pan Alley guitar shop advertised a Fender Strat: "Flamingo Pink" and serial number 00001, claimed to be Leo Fender's own. I knew that was B.S. even then because I'd studied Fender serial numbers, and it really didn't require that much effort to realise that a 5 digit number starting with 00001 was fake for a 1954 Strat. Similarly, David Gilmours 0001 "Mary Kaye". I didn't even bother to jump a train into London to check out the 00001 Strat! Tin Pan Alley (Denmark Street), Tottenham Court Road and a few others in that locale were a mecca for musicians generally and guitarists in particular. There's still a fair few but it's not like it was in my opinion.
OK, I've gone off topic yet again!
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Post by dnic on Feb 7, 2024 9:46:50 GMT -6
great thread! I've got to read these articles. It wasn't too long ago that I read or saw something on T-40s. Might have been on here. Speaking of forgetfulness, Steve. I had a buddy in the early 80s that had a Peavey guitar. No idea what number or series it was but it a cool guitar. First time I ever saw an injected molded plastic case. The thing was huge.
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Feb 7, 2024 11:11:29 GMT -6
Dane -- I remember the plastic cases as well. This was about the same time as the first Gibson Protectors. I bought one of those for an old SG I was playing back in the old days. It was one of the second series version with three rather than two latches.
I think the story about the Peavey T-series is great because he just had a good idea and he ran with it.
John
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Post by antares on Feb 8, 2024 2:28:14 GMT -6
I remembered that guy's name this morning between sleeping and waking, it is Johnny Hiland. A good player without doubt, but I reckon I can be excused for only remembering Stevie Ray.
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Feb 8, 2024 6:59:48 GMT -6
I remembered that guy's name this morning between sleeping and waking, it is Johnny Hiland. A good player without doubt, but I reckon I can be excused for only remembering Stevie Ray. Steve -- Johnny Hiland is one of those "guitar player's guitar player" in Nashville. When he starts playing, everybody shuts up! I saw him play a number of times at Robert's Western World on Broadway back before Broadway became what it is now. I remember going down there and everybody crowding in to see him shred the Tele long before there were Bachelorette Parties and Pedal Taverns setting the mood. Here is a true blast from the past: 2008 NAMM in Nashville. Story features a photo of me and Mr. Hiland talking Peavey. www.guitarattack.com/shows/summer08/namm083.htmHe told me that Peavey was building a signature amp for him; however, I don't think it ever happened. It is my understanding that Peavey built him a number of prototypes but I am not sure what happened to them. It is a sad that he probably never got the commercial success that he deserved for his talent and dedication to the craft. John |
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Post by antares on Feb 8, 2024 11:30:03 GMT -6
Ouch, mea culpa- I got that 100% wrong! It was not Johnny Hiland, it was Johnny Copeland. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_CopelandAs I said, memory is getting flakier as I stumble along. Johnny Copeland was as I said, going by that SRV DVD (Montreux?) a great player indeed but SRV kind of owned pretty much every stage he got up on and played. It was Johnny Copeland who was playing a T60 in that video, guesting on two numbers I think. That was a great link John. I saw you with Will Ray (RIP) on the last page. I have an eMail from Will, he replied to a thank you message I had sent to him. The Hellecasters were indeed phenomenal. |
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Feb 9, 2024 12:02:25 GMT -6
Ouch, mea culpa- I got that 100% wrong! It was not Johnny Hiland, it was Johnny Copeland. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_CopelandAs I said, memory is getting flakier as I stumble along. Johnny Copeland was as I said, going by that SRV DVD (Montreux?) a great player indeed but SRV kind of owned pretty much every stage he got up on and played. It was Johnny Copeland who was playing a T60 in that video, guesting on two numbers I think. That was a great link John. I saw you with Will Ray (RIP) on the last page. I have an eMail from Will, he replied to a thank you message I had sent to him. The Hellecasters were indeed phenomenal. No problem! I remember seeing that Wikipedia photo of him with the Peavey. John |
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