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Guitar World Honors Peavey HP Special With Platinum Award
Guitar World magazine awarded the new Peavey HP Special guitar with the Platinum Award for Quality & Design, its highest honor for musical products, in its August 2006 issue.Reviewer Eric Kirkland hailed the HP Special CT as a "true high-end guitar [with] one of the world's most advanced and playable asymmetrical guitar necks, custom-wound direct-mounted...

Peavey Congratulates Academy of Country Music Award Winners
LAS VEGAS—Peavey congratulates Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban on their honors in the 41st Academy of Country Music Awards ceremony, held May 23 at the MGM Grand Las Vegas.Brooks & Dunn won the Top Vocal Duo and Song of the Year awards, bringing their total ACM awards to a record 22 trophies....

Music Retailers Tour Peavey Custom Shop During Dealerwise Seminar
PEAVEY INT'L. HEADQUARTERS—Peavey surprised its recent Dealerwise Seminar attendees with a behind-the-scenes tour of the Peavey Custom Shop, home to the USA-crafted HP Signature, HP Special and Omniac guitars, and Cirrus basses."Building guitars is a science, but one with art," founder and CEO Hartley Peavey told the group. "When I set out to build guitars...

Kid Rock's 'Live Trucker' Showcases Jimmie Bones & His Peavey Amps
PEAVEY INT'L. HEADQUARTERS—Kid Rock's multi-instrumentalist Jimmie Bones has cranked his trusty Peavey amplifiers on stages worldwide for years, but the new Live Trucker disc is the first recorded appearance of his Peavey KB and Delta Blues amps.Bones—whose main job is keyboardist, with co-writing and harmonica duties on the side—relies on Peavey amplifiers to keep Kid...
April 27, 2006

Custom Guitars, Rock Stars: Peavey a Must-See at Dallas Guitar Festival
International convention showcases Peavey artists, instruments & debut of Versarray line array DALLAS—Peavey has more in common with the International Dallas Guitar Festival than an intense passion for music and guitars. Both happened to make music history in 1978.While the inaugural Dallas guitar show got underway in a hotel basement in 1978, Peavey founder, visionary...
April 17, 2006

Marina V Builds Music Career One House at a Time
Peavey Briarwood acoustic guitar backs singer on spring tourPEAVEY INT'L. HEADQUARTERS—On usual nights, Russian-born, L.A.-based singer/songwriter Marina V sounds her sophisticated pop balladry at customary music venues like the Viper Room. Others find her rocking the living-room couch at one of her "house" concerts."House concerts are performances where someone either rents a venue or invites...

Camp Jam Sets Off Spring Tour with Peavey
Camp Jam, America's most comprehensive rock 'n' roll summer day camp for ages 11 to 17, is getting a head start in 2006. The Peavey-powered experience has launched the Camp Jam Rock 'n' Roll Spring Tour to give young musicians a backstage look at the one-of-a-kind camp coming to their city this summer. In each...
March 30, 2006

Mark Capps Makes Peavey Studio Pro M2 His 'Go-to Mic'
Producer and recording engineer Mark Capps has given the Peavey Studio Pro M2 microphone a prominent spot in his gear mix at Soundshop in Nashville."The Studio Pro M2 has quickly become my go-to microphone of choice," said Capps. "It excels on everything from acoustic piano and dobro guitar to vocals, B-3, string quartets and even...
March 27, 2006

Lynyrd Skynyrd in RNRHOF! Watch the Peavey-Powered Performance
It took seven nominations, but street-survivin' Lynyrd Skynyrd made it to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Watch the ceremony and see the band perform "Sweet Home Alabama" with former members Bob Burns on drums, Artimus Pyle on percussion and Ed King on guitar. Original Honkettes JoJo and Leslie even sing backup...
March 21, 2006

Peavey Lands Headlining Gig at Nashville Music Landmark Tootsie's
New Peavey & Crest Audio sound system backs country music's new talentMore than the allure of Platinum records, gated estates or induction in the Country Music Hall of Fame two blocks away, the true barometer of success in country music is getting your snapshot on Tootsie's Wall of Fame.Despite its down-home honky tonk vibe, the...
March 20, 2006

Scary Kids Scaring Kids Fuel Live Shows with Peavey
Scary Kids Scaring Kids may have stolen their name from an obscure hardcore punk song, but they earned it honestly along the way."Our shows just got insane," says drummer Peter Costa, recalling the emo-metal band's reckless early performances, which usually ended in chaos as they smashed their instruments and lit them ablaze. "I remember one...
March 13, 2006

Peavey Seeks Unsigned Talent for 2006 Zippo Hot Tour
Musicians across the U.S. are vying for national exposure, a record label showcase and a cache of Peavey music gear in the 2006 Zippo Hot Tour competition. Peavey is partnering with the Zippo Hot Tour, the only nationwide music competition where the fans choose the bands, for the second consecutive year."Partnering with the Zippo Hot...

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