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Mace VT Series

Tube Amplifier
Discontinued

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Peavey made a Peavey Mace VT 2×12 (with stock Eminence alnico speakers), and they made a head version too. Many people say that these late 70’s amps were cheaply made and not worth any money, and that everything sucked from the tolex to the built in effects. One thing is undeniable – that these were LOUD. Like disturbing the peace loud.

The facts are that Hartley Peavey started making these amps to compete with the big boys. 70’s Peavey gear was well made (unlike the decades to follow). Many Southern rock bands of the 70’s were having problems with troublesome Fender and Marshall amps of the time, to Peavey made these to try and break into the market. Peavey wanted these amps to be reliable, and they were made like tanks and VERY reliable.

The power section was six 6L6 tubes (based on a Fender design). Since there is so much power in this amp, it has a lot of clean headroom (which makes it extremely pedal friendly). However, on the distorted side you really can’t get away from the fact that this “is” the Lynyrd Skynyrd sound. Maybe you could even get away with saying (after that) it was the Southern rock sound, because Molly Hatchet and .38 Special started using them too.

If you troll the guitar forums long enough you’ll find people fighting about whether or not Skynyrd used them to record with or not. Many say they recorded with Marshall’s in the studio but Mace’s on tour.