Peavey
| Peavey Electronics Corporation | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1965 |
| Seat | Meridian, Mississippi |
| management | Hartley Peavey (CEO) |
| Branch | Audio electronics |
| Website | www.peavey.com |
The Peavey Electronics Corporation is one of the largest manufacturers of audio equipment with headquarters in Meridian (US state of Mississippi ).
history
Hartley Peavey founded Peavey Electronics in 1965 after building his first amplifier in 1957. Peavey Electronics has been privately owned since inception.
The company runs a museum where memorabilia related to Peavey are on public display.
Company information
Peavey currently has over 140,000 square feet of manufacturing and manufacturing space in over 33 factories in North America, Europe and Asia. 18 of them are in the home state of Mississippi.
Main production takes place in the United States , Great Britain and the Far East, from where it is distributed in 136 countries. Peavey has also registered over 130 patents and offers a product range of over 2000 products, which is expanded by 80 to 100 products every year.
Peavey Electronics owns four other large electronics companies: MediaMatrix , Architectural Acoustics , PVDJ and Crest Audio .
Products (extract)
Although Peavey offers a very wide range of products, some products stand out in particular.
5150/6505 amplifier
This series was the result of a collaboration between Peavey and Eddie van Halen . Originally only planned as a special amplifier for Eddie van Halen, the amplifier series achieved massive popularity, especially in the rock to metal sector. The 5150 became the main competitor of the Marshall JCM 800/900/2000 and the Mesa Boogie Rectifier. In 2004 Peavey and Eddie van Halen went their separate ways. The 6505 is the successor to the 5150.
→ Main article Peavey 5150
Wolfgang electric guitar
Signature model built by Peavey for Eddie Van Halen, which he named after his son. Van Halen joined Peavey in 1995 after a previously very successful collaboration with the guitar manufacturer Ernie Ball / Music Man, with the aim of producing his ideal guitar . The signature model Peavey Wolfgang was relatively successful, but lagged significantly behind Van Halen's previous signature guitars in terms of sales. At the end of 2004, Peavey and Van Halen ended their collaboration and the Wolfgang series was discontinued. Since then, this guitar model has been available in a slightly modified form as the Peavey HP Special series.
JSX amplifier
The Peavey JSX is a signature amplifier designed for Joe Satriani .
Peavey users (excerpt)
- Joe Satriani
- Steve Cropper ( Booker T. & the MG's , The Blues Brothers )
- Gary Rossington ( Lynyrd Skynyrd )
- David Ellefson ( Megadeth )
- Robb Flynn ( Machine Head )
- Björn Gelotte ( In Flames )
- Then Huff ( Giant )
- Ted Nugent
- Jordan Rudess ( Dream Theater / Liquid Tension Experiment / David Bowie )
- John Taylor ( Duran Duran )
- Devin Townsend ( Strapping Young Lad )
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra
- Eddie Van Halen ( Van Halen )
- Verdine White ( Earth, Wind and Fire )
- Thurston Moore ( Sonic Youth )
