I was thouroughly suprised with the sound quality of this supposedly "inexpensive" guitar. I'm pushing it through a mini-Marshall MG 15 and am astounded with the response! I'm going to try a bigger rig (amp) and I'll let you know.

I was out looking for a beginer guitar for my daughter and after checking out several used ones the Peavey Raptor Plus EXP nearly jumped into my arms. I had the option to buy the package but opted out and bought the guitar only. After throwing a few licks on it at the store I was sold. Mine didn't have a tremlo bar but I think that may be a dealer oversight.

As a professional acoustic player (30 + years)I found the versatility very accomadating. My daughter who is ten didn't have a problem with the playability. It's not an intimidating set-up and soon she was jammin her little heart out. I was amazed at the ease of use. I may buy her another one and keep this one for myself!

For the price it has to be one of the best "starter guitars" I have ever tried. It's been a long hard road finding a quality instrument that allows a ten year old not to be intimidated and also allows for creativity and curiosity to flourish. Kudos!

Absolutely!

I'm going to find out.

If "looks" are important then they've done a decent guitar. Good finish on the body and the flat finish on the neck allows for ease in playability.

Active musician

Folk, Jazz, Fusion, classical

48 years Guitars Acoustic & Electric

Classic Rock , some Blues, Country, nd Country Christian.

Time playing:50 years. I record on my home studio for fun and as a hobby. I also play drums and bass guitar.

Rock, blues rock, classic rock, hard rock, blues

OK considering the quality of the pickups. After getting it set up right, it was pretty darn good. Cahnged the strings to Earnie Ball 9's - made all the difference in the world - nice light feel.

I hadn't played for 30 years and decided to pick up a guitar again. I wasn't sure how dedicated I would be, the price was right and I bought the package. Can't beat it for the price, the amp alone blows away what comes in the Ibanez, Squire or any of the other "intro" packages. I enjoyed it so much, I went out and bought a used Fender Jag-Stang (I got a smoking deal on it - $200) and then a Behringer GMX210 amp - needless to syam the Peavey guitar and amp lit a fire under me.

The pickups aren't the best, the selector switch went out after a few months, a replacement fixed that, and the solder joint on the output jack came loose. No blemishes on the finish, overall, the quality can't be beat for the price. It has a good feel to it.

Just can't beat the features and quality for the price.

Never had to use it, registerted on their site and I get mailers and e-mail from them from time to time.

If you are just starting out, or just trying to get started again after a long break and don't want to lay out a lot of money, this is a package you may want to consider.

Hobbyist

Rock, surf , alternative - depends on my mood

Awesome, not very "thick" but still amazing trouhg a Peavey Rage 158

I got it with a gig bag, you should get a protective bag if your going to carry it around

Very nice for beginners, its good for shredding no manual needed

Very nice no problems with it at all nice black finish doesn't scratch easily, no chipping or any damage yet. Amazing craftsmanship for this price

Most bang for your buck If you got $500 bucks, go ahead buy an ibanez but until then this is the best shredder for the price

Didn't have to deal with them

Very nice curves

guitarist

Rock, Punk, Metal

It sounds real good for metalica songs and any chords your playin. gotta get it.

good whammy bar(tremolo)

its built good and i like the paint job i got the transparent blue and it looks sweet

best guitar for less for the price

havent dealed with them

i have it and it looks great

hobbyist

heavy metal

I'm used to play in acoustics, this is my first electric and I didn't want to spend much on it. The sound is okay, compared to other electrics I've played. The pickups are ok and the jumbo frets make your shredding faster but less accurate in higher notes. It only has 21 frets so you better learn how to bend. The sound is really above the average, but it falls out of tune too often. the tremolo is amazing but it's only one way, you can't get higher notes. This SSH guitar has 5 pick up settings. The guitar included a 15 watt backstage tube amp which you could replace latter on for a bigger & better one. Overall nice distortion.

It's a starter kit, included a learning DVD which only teaches the very basics of guitar. Included picks, straps, 1 cable, and a 15-watt backstage amp that may not have the best sound but again, for the price you are paying, it's worth it.

Light weight and very smooth playing, jumbo frets are a plus, but on the higher notes it gets kind of tougher to achieve clear sounds. If you pop a string it is very easy to replace and tune in. The position volume knob can get in the way of fast switching to another pick up setting.

The pick guard scratches a lot, and I do mean A LOT and the picks that this kit comes with are plastic and if you don't pay close attention, you will have a pick guard with blue or red scratches. Overall, this is a great guitar for it's price. The strings this guitar comes with are not really good, specially the 1st one, if you are bending at 13th fret or higher, chances are your string will pop in your hand. Luckily, the kit included spare strings, which also popped. I don't know, probably just me though.

price is worth it, if you are learning, if you are looking for a training guitar, or just another guitar for your collection that looks good. You have to go this way.

1 year warranty, and besides the strings and de tuning, I've had no more concerns, very good starter, jamming and training guitar. Not for live performances though.

It's not a kick ass double neck Gibson custom SG or Flying V. But if you go to any shop, you would be captivated by this guitar's sunburst finish. It comes in red blue and black but sunburst is the best looking one, it looks so natural and classic. My girlfriend loves this finish.

Active Musician

Rock , Blues, Alternative, Metal.

I enjoy the HSS setup, though the bridge pickup gets a bit too much hum, and I play through Line 6 amps, so hum shouldn't be a problem, probably due to weak soldering...easily fixed when I find he time...overall...it's pretty good

I got a gig bag with it, which is fine and dandy, I didn't expect that for the 100 bucks I spent on the guitar

It needs a slight adjustment on the action, but it has a nice fast neck which is good for shredding, and if you are a beginner at soloing and shredding, this would be great to learn on, just have it setup by a professional to get optimum performance.

Overall this guitar is B-E-A-utiful a gorgeous sunburst finish, no blemishes, chips or cracks. I wouldn't call it road worthy, garage band worthy yes. To make this guitar truly gig and road ready you need 3 things right off the bat: A soldering iron, a coil of solder and a set of Grover Tuners, the factory ones slip out of tune pretty easy, especially if you use the tremolo at all.

This guitar is great, beginner, expert or intermediate. It's a pleasure to have this in my collection amongst fenders, gibsons, esp's and bc rich, now I can ad peavey to namesake. if proerly setup, a music store could easily sell this guitar for nearly double asking price...buy them while you can....because these are hot and worth every red cent.

never heard of them

the sunburst as I mentioned is gorgeous, my wife was actually laying naked with it for me...so there is definitely some sex appeal to this guitar considering I have much more extravagant guitars, but when I saw this I decided to buy it, one it's a peavey, and I've played on many and have never been disappointed, 2 it just has this look that begs to be played

Active musician, recording artist and composer

metal/black metal/death metal/alternitive/blues

Sounds like a good quality tone

The neck and body are the best selling point. Very comfortable.

Very easy to get various tones.

This product was thought of throughly

Yes, the price is perfect

Great service

It's shape and contour of both neck and body.

the sound with this product is great for the bigginer, but ovisly, gets better with the type of amp you own...the sound goes all over the place, you can customize it to fit your needs...its awesome that way. the lower strings arn't the highest tone qualitiy, but it is fine when played with a high tone on the amp and guitar....i would recommemed trying this guitar with a fender or squier amp for it, and maybe some type of boss pedal or something...thats what i use, and it sounds great...great for a beginnger, again.

the most useful features would proably be the powerbox...not mch else beyond that....

very good overall, no major complanints for me

cheap! awesome guitar for the price

no contact, dont plan to, ether

no the best, not like a gibson or anything, but overall pretty good

rock/alternitve, witha little acustic thrown in there

sounds verrrrry good

they had a deel on there peavey if you baut the peavy at the discount price you could get the peavy amp for half price

yes this guitar is made verrry well or at least i think it is made verrry well

it was more than i could afford and for the guitar is like the cheepestpeavy made.

no i have not it was a little music shop

oh this would be my first real guitar and my first electric guitar, my first guitar was a knock fender and it will never stay tuned i think its a piece of junk

learning musisian

hard rock and a little punk

better then a lespaul copy what costs$200

good

very good

had it 2 years and nothing wrong yet

cheap and excellent

neither had to use them

rock

I really like the sound. Infact I was surprised by it. I have played on and off for about 30 years and was looking for a starter guitar for my son. I played 10 different guitars some more expensive and I kept coming back to this one. Can't beat it for value.

What do you want for the price. It has a few blemishes but nothing that detracts form the palyability. Great guitar

Played better tha more expensive starter guitars.

Very good paint job.

Hobby

Rock, Rockabily, Fiddle

It sounds okey when the pots are working

I love the tone switch but it could have used more tone knobs

It is very playable great value for the money

Some of the wiring came lose so I had to re solder the wires on the tone pot and the mono jack kept fallin off so i put some 1in chrome plated screws on the jack plate and some thred loker on the jack

Great gutair for the money

Never needed them

Fairly sexy but not like an sg or les paul by any means

Old rock-AC/DC,Zepplin,Black Sabbith, Nazereth

The Humbucker-Single Coil-Single Coil settup allows for a variety of sounds. Probably the most famous Peavey Guitar player is Eddie Van Halen. Don't be fooled into thinking this guitar will sound like his though. He has a tottally different rig. This guitar sounds more like Rolling Stones or Clapton in a Single Coil only setup and a bit like Metalica with the humbucker on. Overall good for the price and versatile.

Again, it's versatile. It's nice having the 3 pickups and the option of using the humbucker or straight single coil setups. Since this is a low end guitar for Peavey, they have cut the usual corners by not offering the high end tremelo and hardware. But it's still great for beginers.

Peavey can't be beat in quality. They had to cut some corners on this guitar to keep the price down but they have maintained their attention to detail. The unit I've seen is solid and has played well for over 5 years. My friend has had almost no problems with it.

Great price on any guitar, but I'm very surprised to see a Peavey at this low price. I am going to buy this as soon as possible. Perfect guitar for beginners with a small 20 watt amp.

Unsure since I've never dealt with them so I gave them a score of 5 or average.

Many beginner guitars are shoddy or sloppy looking and most are from no-name brands. Being able to say that you play a Peavey is already a boon to having this guitar. The sunburts and translucent finishes look great, my friend has the sunburst. I wouldn't recomend the all black simply because it's a shame to cover up the real wood body Peavey has used. In the guitar world brand and body material are both status symbols. This guitar wins in both.

Hobbyist

Blues, Rock, Classic Rock Covers, Heavy Metal

Im just not a fan of the sound, but what do i know, i am no jimi hendrix

Good for beginners since mine came with bag, amp, picks,and cable

The neck needs constant adjustment which takes time, this of course effects the sound.

its average for starter packs

I got the right adjustments made when i needed them but after a while it gets to be a pain.

Its nice looking thats what drives you to buy it.

Hobbyist

Rock

o.k sound not the best in the world good for first guitar though

like the humbucker thats the only real feature

neck not real fast

have not had a prob yet

good for price

dont know

my dad wanted me to get it

Has 5 pickup selectors, so there is plenty of tone to go around. It came with a Peavey Backstage 15-watt amp which has an overdrive channel, master volume, high and low knobs. Which, I believe, could be improved. For the price, I'll let it slide. The Pickups could be improved, I'm thinking about replacing them as soon as I can. A friend of mine that has played guitar for 13 years says they are not that bad, who knows, maybe I'm just picky.

Contained the Peavey 15-watt amp, a learn the basics DVD, some plastic picks that I used for a bout 15 minutes until I saw my pickguard all scratched, so off they go. Also a strap, an electric tuner, a gig bag and one really thin cable that I wouldn't trust my life on. The guitar has 21 frets, bridge humbucker, a middle single coil and neck single coil. Again for the price, this was the best thing I would get and I'm really satisfied. It includes all the necessary tools to modify your whammy, bend the neck and lower the strings.

If you just play it out of the bag, you'll find that it's obviously out of tune and you will spend around 10 minutes trying to tune it up, even with the tuner it comes with. Then your high E string might pop in your hands. After you put in some decent strings (because the spare strings might have popped as well) you tune and you can start jamming. Remember, the key is to mess up with your guitar up to the point where YOU feel comfortable with. The neck is really fast once you lower the strings. I played it factory settings for about 4 months. Today I lowered the strings and DAMN! This neck is FAST, you can get really fast shredding just by placing the finger on the fret, no pressure needed. The only thing is that left hand muting is hard now haha. After this workaround with the strings, pinch harmonics are ridiculously easy now. I'm telling you, get this while the price is this low.

The guitar falls out of tune really easy, but since its a starter guitar, I find that, in a way, good to train your ears and tuning capabilities. The glossy finish is just fantastic and sexy. If you take care of your guitar, I think it will last you for quite some time. Sometimes you might get a buzzing sound coming from he bridge which I haven{t been able to identify and fix. Hence the 7. Once I fix it it'll be a 9 again.

This is my first electric, I've been only playing for about 7 months but I definitely think this was a smart but, at around $200.00 at a local store, which is as low as I could find, I think I got away with a really nice set. This guitar definitely looks like at least a $400.00 one, and if you look at the head, the Peavey logo resembles a signature, so you could get away with saying it's an autographed guitar by someone famous (WARNING: If the crowd gets too close, you'll be screwed)

Never have to deal with them.

The glossy sunburst finish is DAMN SEXY. I've never been a real fan of burst finishes until I owned one of this babies. All the girls love it and it makes you look like you know what you are doing on stage.

This guitars sound is just sounding like any other guitar, but I have had it for 2 freakin years and have not have a problem with it. To get the best sound try to play more down towards the bottom.

Mine came with the tremolo arm and everything. I fell that it is one of the best guitars that I have and I own a couple gibsons! This guitar just kicks butt.

The finger-board is the perfect size and it is so darn easy to play that I sometimes play it at talent shows rather than any of my gibsons.

The product is made really well. The quality is really good. The lood is great and I would not and have not done any thing to it and it was my firs guitar ever for over 3 years. The only things I have done to it is change broken strings and tune it.

the value is really good and it probably still will be for years to come.

I have had no problems with it at all.

Really sexy and it has a head turning look. It has the origanal look to it.

Metal, hard core, techno, and iron maiden age rock

The sound is good. I like the tones.

Its a pretty basic setup. All it really came with was a whammy bar.

This is a deffinatly a great guitar for beginners. Its easy to use, not to complicated. Really basic.

I didn't like the fact it drops out of tune extremly easily. One guitar lick while using the whammy bar and its dropped comepltely out of tune. The neck isn't tightly in place, so the neck tends to play the part of them whammy bar, so to speak. I have had problems with the lock-nut in the input section, it'd always come loose.

You get what you pay for, in this case its very cheap. Its a good guitar for the price, its deffinatly a good practice/beginers guitar. But if you are interested in metal guitar playing, its deffinatly not something you are going to be impressed with within a few month radious.

Never dealt with them.

People keep mistaking mine for a Fender Strat, its a beautiful guitar and all.

This style lets out a great ring that flows. it fits my style and I can somewhat get the sound I'm looking for.

The tremalow bar is great when doing a solo

the sound is really good. the sound quality is great it responds very well when im playing it.i think the soun is kind of expressive when using the bottom pickup im currently using it with a digi tech rp-50 i think it sounds good in diferent settings.

Sounds great

Mine came with pretty good accesories like the whammy bar and the humbuckers

The wood is fantastic and looks very cool

Its it definally worth its price for the sound of the guitar

Never dealt with them

caught my attention

Sounds really good. My friend is a professional Ibanez player and plays for a band, he though the sound was really good. Played it with a Cry Baby Wah wah, sounded so damn amazing!!!

Came with the wrenches and other little nooks and crannies.

Good quality overall. Nice clean finish, well made guitar

For $200 Canadian, this guitar is true value for money.

No Doubt, Peavey has excellent customer service

I have it

it sounds good with my 40 watt peavey amp

it included thw whammy bar, i don't use it though

it looks nice

i like my transparent purple one, i haven't seen any other brand of electric guitar with this color