Peavey Reactor Telecasters.. Any good?

[Loomer]

Hi all. I've gotten a fairly good offer for one of these:


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.

[HTH AMPS]

HOW cheap I suppose would be the decider.

[Loomer]

About 60% of a new Mexi Tele.

[BigB]

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).

[Telerocker]

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.

[Philly Q]

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.

[Loomer]

From the screw pattern, it actually looks like it matches a Gotoh Tele Bridge assembly I have lying around. Should be interesting!

[gordiji]

Jerry Donahue often uses one, if it's good enough for him.....

[viking]

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.

[Loomer]

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!!

[HTH AMPS]

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:

[Philly Q]

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!

[gwEm]

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!

[HTH AMPS]

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.

[Loomer]

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.