Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Loomer on November 03, 2011, 09:32:14 AM
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Hi all. I've gotten a fairly good offer for one of these:
(http://www.peterfrostrup.dk/Billeder/Pix2011/Peavey_Reactor_USA.jpg)
It's cheap, and it's US made. According to Harmony Central it's very good. So yeah, it seems legit.
Do any of you lot have any experience with these things? Truth be told, I trust you guys a whole bunch more than most people, so let me know if have any experience.
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HOW cheap I suppose would be the decider.
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About 60% of a new Mexi Tele.
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Never heard of this Peavey model before, but I have a "cheapo" Peavey Zodiac bass (very JB-inspired), and while not pretending to be compete with a good true JB it's still amazing for the money - decent wood, half-decent hardware (which is already more than what you'd expect here), clean finish, very playable and well, on the right amp it really delivers the good rock tones. Pickups/pots set apart, it's not far behind my son's MiM PB (and that one had it's pup swapped for some SD).
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What I remember from guitarmagazines (like the Teleshoot-out from Guitarplayer somewhere in the nineties) is that they are good for the price. Only the hardware got some critizism, but easy to upgrade with some good used parts.
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Only the hardware got some critizism, but easy to upgrade with some good used parts.
Might be tricky to replace the bridge though - it doesn't look like the mounting screws match the Fender pattern.
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From the screw pattern, it actually looks like it matches a Gotoh Tele Bridge assembly I have lying around. Should be interesting!
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Jerry Donahue often uses one, if it's good enough for him.....
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Jerry Donahue often uses one, if it's good enough for him.....
The one Donahue uses is a Peavey Omniac JD and it's very good but it's not the same guitar (hardware,wiring etc)..I don't know anything about the Reactor,though...Sorry.
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Well, in any case I'm gonna have to give it a spin :)
It's just that Andrew W has all of a sudden put his absurdly sexy Telemaster up for sale on the forums here, so now I'm more than a bit torn!!
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Only the hardware got some critizism, but easy to upgrade with some good used parts.
Might be tricky to replace the bridge though - it doesn't look like the mounting screws match the Fender pattern.
pah!!! - thats what dremels are for :lol:
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Only the hardware got some critizism, but easy to upgrade with some good used parts.
Might be tricky to replace the bridge though - it doesn't look like the mounting screws match the Fender pattern.
pah!!! - thats what dremels are for :lol:
Well, the baseplate would hide most of the damage..... but I still favour a direct replacement if possible. Keep it simple!
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Well, in any case I'm gonna have to give it a spin :)
It's just that Andrew W has all of a sudden put his absurdly sexy Telemaster up for sale on the forums here, so now I'm more than a bit torn!!
absurdly sexy Telemaster FTW - been eyeing that up too!
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Well, in any case I'm gonna have to give it a spin :)
It's just that Andrew W has all of a sudden put his absurdly sexy Telemaster up for sale on the forums here, so now I'm more than a bit torn!!
absurdly sexy Telemaster FTW - been eyeing that up too!
it would almost be a sin to pass it up at £150 - someone buy it.
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I PM'd the minute I saw it :lol:
But understandably he'd rather sell to someone who can pick up the guitar in person, since getting stuff like that shipped is always a $%&#ing hassle, especially to somewhere like Denmark.
As for the tele here, I figured I'd put the humbucker tailpiece I have on it (now that we're dremeling happily away anyway :lol:) or maybe try out a set of Piledrivers on it.