Peavey V-Type Guitars, what do you think?

RG_76 · #1 06-16-2006, 07:24 PM

hey all! I was surfing evilbay the other day and saw an auction for a limited edition, namm peavey guitar. I looked at peavey's website last night and saw these, which are the same. They look really nice, imo.

http://www.peavey.com/products/brows...TypeSeries.cfm

I was leaning towards the STB in white. Have any of you played these guitars by chance? I was hoping to get a few opinions before I decide to make it my goal to get one.

The local Peavey distributor here will sell it for $599 + tax, which sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

Have any of you played one? Thanks for your opinions!

**elcid** · #2 06-16-2006, 07:45 PM

I suppose if I bought every guitar ever made and had an extra $600+tax to spare, I may buy one.

Dee · #3 06-16-2006, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by RG_76

hey all! I was surfing evilbay the other day and saw an auction for a limited edition, namm peavey guitar. I looked at peavey's website last night and saw these, which are the same. They look really nice, imo.

http://www.peavey.com/products/brows...TypeSeries.cfm

I was leaning towards the STB in white. Have any of you played these guitars by chance? I was hoping to get a few opinions before I decide to make it my goal to get one.

The local Peavey distributor here will sell it for $599 + tax, which sounds like a pretty good deal to me.

Have any of you played one? Thanks for your opinions!

I'm about to buy the black one with Floyd bridge. They are awesome guitars, apparently. Read the user reviews at http://www.harmony-central.com/Guita...Edition-1.html

The guitars are amazing for the price. Even though they are made in Korea (or should I say hand-crafted) the attention to detail is almost like custom shop work. Can't wait to get mine. With some better pickups this will be a stunning guitar. Unfortunately I don't like any of the recent Ibanez guitars, so it's time to try something else. RG's are boring nowdays.

Demiurge · #4 06-17-2006, 10:51 AM

Silly me- I was expecting them to have "V"-shaped body.

Jimi D · #5 06-17-2006, 11:31 AM

I played one a couple of times at the dealer's when they were first released a few years ago - I was looking for a floyd equipped axe with a more traditional neck shape, and I really liked the look of the guitar, what with the binding, the gold hardware, and the small, light build. I thought the trem was pretty chintzy, and even on a brand new guitar it wouldn't stay in tune (probably needed the knife edges sharpened or something - the set up seemed good, I stretched the strings, and the nut looked to be okay). Anyway, I thought it was pretty cool but after weighing the pro's and con's I took a pass and went out picked up a Wolfgang Special (USA)... Still, the Peavey's a pretty good guitar for the money...

Dee · #6 06-17-2006, 04:53 PM

I'm hoping you picked up a one-off bad example of the V-Type, Jimi. I have read lots of reviews of the guitar and no one mentioned that the bridge is bad or won't stay in tune. I hope that isn't the case!

Mr.WizardNeck · #7 06-17-2006, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Demiurge

Silly me- I was expecting them to have "V"-shaped body.

I was thinking the same thing this morning when I checked this thread.

Dee · #8 06-17-2006, 08:48 PM

Some good quality pics of the V-Type here:

Black: http://namm.harmony-central.com/SNAM...-NTB-ST-lg.jpg

White: http://namm.harmony-central.com/SNAM...-NTB-TR-lg.jpg

mfergel · #9 06-17-2006, 09:26 PM

I dig them. I'd really like a white one.

Dee · #10 06-17-2006, 09:48 PM

The white one actually comes with gold hardware, I forgot to mention it in my previous post (the pic above shows black hardware). I would like the white one too, but I'm not fond of gold hardware, although it does look pretty classy on this guitar.

To be honest, when I first saw pics of the V-Type I was like "... OK, so what's the price on this guitar ... " totally expecting it to be a seriously high price. I did a double take when I saw them sellin for around £350, I couldn't believe it. I showed a pic to my girlfriend and asked how much she thought it was worth, and she guessed £1000 and upwards.

OK, I'll shut up now before I start to sound too much like a Peavey salesman!

OLIE_ROCKS_THE_80'S · #11 06-17-2006, 09:54 PM

They are nice guitars but they aren't new by any means they are a slight spin off of the Guitar built for Adrian Vandenberg in the 80's minus the kahler trem...

Kontalonis · #12 06-18-2006, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by OLIE_ROCKS_THE_80'S

They are nice guitars but they aren't new by any means they are a slight spin off of the Guitar built for Adrian Vandenberg in the 80's minus the kahler trem...

How did i know from your name that you were going to say something about an 80's axe?