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07-23-2015, 10:32 AM
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Peavey Duece amps
Back in the early 80's I had a Peavey Duece along with a 25/50 Les Paul Custom. I recently ran across a used Duece cheap and was wondering if I should pick it up. My nostalgic memories of it may not reflect reality, were these actually decent amps ?
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07-23-2015, 01:23 PM
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I think they were generally considered good amps especially since they were used by Skynard and developed a Southern rock reputation. Big, heavy, loud, what's not to like? If you want classic rock sound then there ya go. How much are they selling it for?
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07-23-2015, 04:50 PM
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The jury seems to be out on this one - some guys swear by them, some guys swear at them. FWIW these were Peavey's answer to the Music Man amps: solid-state pre/tube power (and I do mean power - as in well over 100W with a set of good tubes), and although the OD in the earliest versions (brushed aluminum knobs) is - politely phrased - adequate at best, these amps do big clean tone as well as their MM or silverface Fender contemporaries (your memory indeed serves you correctly
 ) and at a far lesser hit to the wallet both then and now. My thoughts: if your tastes run to cleaner styles (country, jazz, surf, oldies, etc.) and/or you have a good pedalboard (any Peavey in the 40W+ range makes a great pedal platform) - and you can get it for $250 or less - I say go for it...
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