Peavey Blazer 158 Silver Stripe

[Roly]

"Five new handles and two new heads - best axe I've ever had."   :lmao:

[Enzo]

I almost have one of those.   I have an old Weller solder gun, the 100/140 watt one.  (image from TEquipment site)


I've have had it for decades.  The plastic housing has broken, and I replaced it.  The power cord died, and I replaced it.  The tips wear out, and I started making my own with pieces of 12ga copper wire.  The trigger switch failed, and I replaced it.   About the only thing left original is the transformer in the middle.  The thing has been a great soldering gun though.

[bobhill]

Ahem, Gorilla here...

When we were playing the clubs back about 1970-1973, we carried a full B3 and Leslie.  We had an 18 foot truck.  I could get the Leslie out of it by myself.  No ramp or lift gate, just technique.  The organ itself, yeah, it needed a guy on the other end.   Leslies are not near as heavy as they look, and I am not especially strong.


Then our keyboardist decided he wanted a piano.  He wanted a REAL one, so we started hauling this full size upright to gigs.  900 pounds if I recall.  That took the entire band to move.   I have always hated the sound of a Fender Rhodes, that distorted "bonk" sound does nothing for me, but I sure would have loved to see one back then.


Here in town, we have a local guitar hero named Frog, and he has been known to put an amp out in the van, and run a mic out to pick up the sound, so he can get the sound of a screaming loud overdriven amp without blowing the whole bar away.  So there is a precedent for the story Roly just posted.

Back in the 70's, my keyboard player had the obligatory B3 + Leslie and an upright piano. I would volunteer to help him carry in his Mini-Moog. Of course, this was after I had to move my full stack Marshall Superlead, and help with the PA (4 Peavey CSP's at 100+ lbs each.) We had a soundman, but no roadies. It was either borrow an 18' truck, or move several loads in my VW bus.

[mexicanyella]

It's cool to encounter some love for small Peavey SS amps, and the Spongebob Squarepants-grilled Rage sounds like a really cool project. My first amp as a kid was a Audition 20, and I still have it and use it all the time. Interestingly, I find I usually have the pre gain around 6 and the post gain at 4 or above...same settings shown in your photo!

On mine, I kept the silver stiffening strips on the sides of the grille, but removed the spiky stoner Peavey logo and added a red and white International-Harvester "IH" logo. I like amps to look like tractors.

I look forward to reading about the OP's progress with the Blazer.

[aoresteen]

Parts are in from Peavey.  First mods in progress.  Need some dry weather!