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Man in the Mirror: Tyler Bates
November 7, 2019
From scoring a long list of film and TV projects that includes 300, Californication, and the John Wick trilogy, to producing and touring with Marilyn Manson, this multitalented composer says he will always be a guitarist first.
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Peavey Invective.MH Review
November 6, 2019
Misha Mansoor’s own mini head is as savage as you want it to be, with a less rowdy side that surprises.
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First Look: Peavey Invective MH
September 16, 2019
Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor’s shrunken signature amp dishes 20 brutally loud watts—plus a boatload of flexible sound-shaping and recording options.
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Rig Rundown: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram
September 11, 2019
The 20-year-old blues phenom shares his straight-ahead approach to fiery blues-rock tones.
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Trash or Treasure: Peavey Blues Classic
April 28, 2019
This all-tube 15" combo from the mid-’90s was produced for just a couple years, but helped develop an amp series that lives on.
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Peavey Max 150 Review
February 22, 2019
A familiar combo gets a refresh as a stealthy-looking, feature-packed machine.
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Peavey Unveils the MAX Bass Amp Series
December 14, 2018
One of Peavey’s features in the MAX series is the angled baffle, which allows players to direct the sound at their ears and not at their feet.
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Behemoth’s Adam “Nergal” Darski: Shades of Black
December 6, 2018
The influential extreme-metal frontman on I Loved You at Your Darkest and why flouting the genre’s mores is essential to its survival.
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Rig Rundown: Lynyrd Skynyrd [2018]
October 31, 2018
The Southern rock guitar army of cofounder Gary Rossington and longtimers Rickey Medlocke and Mark Matejka tells the stories behind their vintage guitars, high-powered amps, and classic approach to tone.
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SNAMM '18 - Peavey Max 208 Demo
July 3, 2018
The popular bass combo series gets a facelift with sleeker preamps, recording-out options, and angled baffles for better onstage spread.
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Rig Rundown: Periphery [2017]
December 27, 2017
Behind-the-scenes details on the three-headed guitar monster's updated signature axes (and pickups), and their unusual reliance on a blend of 20th- and 21st-century amp technology.
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SNAMM '17 - Peavey HP2 Demo
July 18, 2017
We take a listen to a familiar-looking shred machine that's handmade in the U.S. of A.
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Peavey Announces the HP2 Guitar
July 14, 2017
The guitar features two custom-wound Peavey humbuckers, push-pull coil splitting, and dual graphite reinforcement bars.
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Rig Rundown: Robert Randolph [2017]
July 5, 2017
The king of jam-band steel gives us an exclusive tour of his high-powered signature amp, his 12-string setup, and a few of his favorite pedals.
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Rig Rundown: Deafheaven
March 22, 2017
Guitarists Kerry McCoy and Shiv Mehra might have similar tastes in gear, but their approach to combining modern metal riffs with soundscape samples sets them apart.
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Peavey Unveils the Invective.120 Head and Invective.212 Cab
January 21, 2017
Peavey's collaboration with Periphery's Misha Mansoor results in an amp/cab duo that's geared to give players access to a wide landscape of metal tones, from clean to extreme.
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The Year in Gear 2016
November 28, 2016
Come with us, time travelers, as we revisit a year’s worth of axes, amps, stomps, basses, baritones, and other tools of our music-making trade—all deemed worthy of the Premier Gear Award.
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Peavey MiniMEGA and Headliner 410 Review
July 14, 2016
Peavey packs 1,000 watts and tone-shaping galore into a 9-pound bass head.
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Rig Rundown: Duran Duran's John Taylor
July 13, 2016
While admitting to not being a gear junkie, the new-wave bass icon explains how he came to love Peavey basses, why they’re comparable to BMWs, and what makes up his signature tone.
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