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[H1] Our Story
Driven by an unmatched legacy of innovation and a total dedication to quality and reliability, Peavey Electronics embodies the pursuit of perfection in music and audio. It's our unifying spirit. It's proven. And it continues today.For nearly six decades, Peavey has blazed its own path toward musical perfection. Founded by Hartley Peavey in 1965 as a one-man shop, today Peavey Electronics Corporation is one of the largest makers and suppliers of musical instruments, amplifiers and professional audio systems in the world—distributing more than 2,000 products to more than 130 countries.Hartley has famously said, "In order to be better, by definition you must be different." What makes Peavey different is a commitment to approaching business with a unique vision, from product design to distribution to being the largest independently owned manufacturer in the business. His quest has led to more than 180 patents and innovations in the way we hear and play music.Hartley Peavey is not only the visionary, lead engineer and chief executive, but also the lynchpin that connects a rich history to a bright future. And his founding principles of quality, reliability and innovation are still the focus of engineering and manufacturing operations that span continents and languages, customs and cultures.Distribution130+CountriesPatents180+WorldwideCatalog2,000+ProductsFounded1965HeadquartersMeridian, MS, USAFounder & CEOHartley D. PeaveyPresidentMary PeaveyCOOCourtland Gray
[H2] Peavey Timeline

1955
[H3] An Innovator Emerges
Hartley Peavey inherits his first set of hand tools from his grandfather, J.L. Peavey, and becomes the youngest person to enroll in Ross Collins Vocational School in Meridian. Hartley's skills advance quickly as he learns how to use lathes and millings machines.

1957
[H3] Hartley Builds His First Amplifier
Hartley works in his father's music store, Peavey's Melody Music in Meridian, which is frequented by rock & roll, country and R&B pioneers. Inspired by a Bo Diddley concert, Hartley Peavey decides to become a rock & roll guitar player. After converting his acoustic guitar to an electric, he builds the first Peavey amplifier.

1958
[H3] Hartley's Creativity Flows
Hartley Peavey sketches his first guitar design in high school—and it bears more than a passing resemblance to the future Peavey Mystic guitar, complete with the trademark headstock scoop that will later distinguish many Peavey guitars.

1959
[H3] Lightning—and Inspiration—Strike
During his senior year of high school, Hartley designs his future company's lightning-bolt logo. "I wanted to have a very distinctive logo," said Hartley. "So I came up with the concept where the 'P' and 'V,' and the 'A' and 'Y,' would more or less intersect." Today, this logo is instantly recognizable all over the world.

1961
[H3] The Brand is Born
Hartley builds the first Peavey-branded amplifier, complete with rudimentary "lightning bolt" logo, in the basement of the Peavey family home.

1964
[H3] The First Patent
The U.S. Patent Office issues Hartley's first patent (No. 3,151,699) for an early Peavey amplifier design. To date, Peavey has earned more than 180 patents in music and audio.

1965
[H3] Hartley Peavey Establishes Peavey Electronics Corporation
Hartley establishes Peavey Electronics Corporation in the loft above Peavey's Melody Music in Meridian, Mississippi. In a time of mass conglomeration, buyouts and price hikes, Hartley establishes a new niche in music and audio equipment, providing "quality gear at a fair price." Production begins on the Peavey Musician™ and Dyna-Bass™ amplifiers, hand-built at a rate of one unit per week.

1967
[H3] Hartley Hires His First Salesman
When an unsuspecting traveling amplifier salesman challenged Hartley to a shootout with his wares at Peavey's Melody Music, Hartley dutifully wheeled in one of his new amps and blew away his competition. The salesman left without saying a word, but his colleague soon returned and asked to be Hartley's salesman. "I can't afford to pay you," Hartley insisted. But that didn't phase Don Belfield. He convinced Hartley to give him the amp to sell, which he did—quickly. Belfield became an integral part of the company's early success.

1968
[H3] Peavey Enters Sound Reinforcement Market
Peavey diversifies into P.A. systems with the successful PA-3™, the first affordable sound system of its kind, allowing countless musicians to take their talents from the garage to the stage.

1968
[H3] Peavey Opens First Factory
Peavey leaves behind the loft space and moves into Plant 1, the first standalone Peavey factory. The building measured 100 feet by 32 feet, but eventually expanded to overtake the entire city block.

1969
[H3] The Silver Stripe
The Peavey "silver stripe" trademark design is born when Hartley puts the grille frame onto a speaker cabinet backwards, with the aluminum mounting extrusions on the outside. He likes the look so much it becomes the company's signature design aesthetic for the next 25 years.

1970
[H3] First Stop: Nashville
Country music embraces the Peavey philosophy of "quality gear at a fair price." The Peavey artist roster soon includes stars like Merle Haggard, Hank Williams Jr., Mel Tillis, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the Grand Ole Opry.

1972
[H3] Unprecedented Growth
Bolstered by the rapid success of its amps, mixers and P.A. enclosures, Peavey's production output surpasses 2,000 units per month—and increases by another 20% in the next 12 months—making Peavey the second largest U.S. manufacturer in the business. Peavey begins its Export Program, opening the brand to new markets around the world.

1973
[H3] Timeless Classics
The tweed-covered Vintage Series tube guitar amps, forerunner to the venerable Classic® Series, make their debut. While Guitar World magazine reports that even Kurt Cobain played through a Peavey Vintage 2x12 early in his musical life, later endorsers of the Classic Series include artists such as Soundgarden and Steve Earle. The Classic Series remains popular with rock, blues and country guitarists today.

1973
[H3] Takin' It to the Stage
Peavey launches the CSP (Commercial Sound Projector) enclosure, the first in a long line of high-power, long-throw concert sound systems—and a direct ancestor to the Peavey SP™ Series, a staple in the Peavey passive enclosure line since the late '70s.

1974
[H3] Doubling Down
Peavey opens Plant 3, doubling manufacturing capacity and allowing the company to keep up with its growing popularity. This facility remains the company's main manufacturing plant today, covering a quarter-mile strip and housing loudspeaker manufacturing, cabinetry, circuit boards, tooling, custom amp shop, carbon-fiber guitar lab and much more.

1975
[H3] The Industry's First Education Program Begins
Hartley encounters a poorly set-up sound system while on a weekend getaway to Gulf Shores, Ala., and jumps up to help the performer dial it in properly. He's surprised to discover it bears a Peavey logo. Hartley realizes the need for education and training for pro audio users, and after that night begins the music industry's first dealer education seminar, where he and his team train dealers and salespeople on how to properly use the equipment they sell.

1976
[H3] Field-Replaceable Perfection
Peavey debuts field-replaceable speaker technology on the Black Widow® and Model 22 driver, allowing users to easily replace blown speaker cones on the fly instead of costly re-coning or replacing speakers. With its four-inch, edge-wound voice coil, the Black Widow sets the new standard for efficiency, power handling and reliability in sound reinforcement.

1976
[H3] The Commercial Series
Peavey introduces the CS® 800 power amplifier, which offers 400W per channel and electronic-crossover modules that allow easy bi-amping. Due to its innovative design, high power and relentless reliability, the CS 800 becomes an industry standard.

1977
[H3] Pioneering Computers in Guitar Production
The Peavey T-60™, the first musical instrument made using computer numerical controlled (CNC) machinery, revolutionizes the guitar industry with consistent high quality and low cost. Today, virtually every mass-produced musical instrument is made using the methods pioneered by Peavey.

1978
[H3] The Guitar Program Takes Off
With the T-60™ guitar and T-40™ bass in full production, Peavey becomes the largest manufacturer of guitars in the U.S. Peavey receives the U.S. Presidential "E" Award for Excellence in Exporting from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

1979
[H3] DDT™ Speaker Protection—Engineering Ultimate Reliability
This legendary clipping-prevention circuitry becomes a pivotal invention that saves countless power amps, loudspeakers and ears. Originally issued as a CS® 800 upgrade, this major breakthrough becomes standard issue on powered mixers, steel-guitar amps, bass amps and more. And it's still standard on Peavey equipment today.

1980
[H3] Tube-Emulating Practice Amps
Durable, low-cost practice guitar amps such as the Decade®, Special, Renown®, Backstage®, Bandit® and Studio Pro® reinforce Peavey's dominance at the entry-level segment of the market and debut the patented Saturation™ circuitry, a tube emulation design that precedes TransTube®.

1980
[H3] Making Concert Sound Accessible
The Project One™ sound system, Peavey's most ambitious entry into the live sound market to date, is a three-way, long-throw system designed for tri-amping that delivers 109 dB at 1 watt, 1 meter, far surpassing the competition at the price point.

1981
[H3] Explosive Growth in Guitars
The guitar program continues to expand with models like the T-27™, which Carl Perkins uses on TV specials with George Harrison and Eric Clapton, and custom offerings like a double-neck that combines a full-scale 6-string and a short-scale 12-string, built for Neal Schon of Journey.

1981
[H3] More Advancements in Loudspeakers
Peavey engineers employ new Focused Field Geometry™ (FFG) magnet technology to enhance the effective use of magnetic energy in their loudspeakers, creating more efficient, high-performance loudspeakers.

1982
[H3] Hartley Peavey Day
April 21, 1982, is declared "Hartley Peavey Day" in his hometown of Meridian, Mississippi.

1984
[H3] Pioneering Class D Technology
Peavey is a pioneer in class D power amplifier technology, releasing the Digital Energy Conversion Amplifier series and paving the way for scores of manufacturers who eventually catch up to the class D movement.

1985
[H3] Peavey's Global Reach Expands Again
Peavey continues to expand the export program it began in 1972, establishing a manufacturing facility in Corby, U.K., increasing distribution to Latin and South American countries, and earning the U.S. Presidential "E Star" Award for Excellence in Exporting from the U.S. Department of Commerce.

1986
[H3] The 10-Channel Guitar Amp
MIDI technology allows the Programmax-10™ amp to offer essentially 10 channels of amplification through its user-programmable amp settings.

1987
[H3] Space Age Sound
Peavey introduces PVM™ Series microphones with exclusive diamond-coated diaphragm technology developed by NASA that add strength and produce a smooth audio response, combining the durability of a dynamic mic and the response of a condenser mic.

1988
[H3] The First Upgradeable Keyboard
Peavey partners with Motorola® to incorporate a new DSP chip into the DPM® keyboard line—the first affordable synthesizers to feature upgradeable software—allowing keyboardists to simply update their software rather than buy a new keyboard every time new presets are available.

1988
[H3] Hartley Makes the Hall of Fame
Hartley Peavey is inducted into the NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Hall of Fame. NAMM is the trade organization of the music products industry.

1989
[H3] Soundcheck on Aisle 9
Peavey establishes the Architectural Acoustics® division to provide sound solutions for the demanding commercial sound installation industry. Architectural Acoustics products are now found everywhere from supermarkets to theme parks to major transportation facilities.

1990
[H3] Hartley Cements His Legacy
Hartley Peavey is inducted into the Rock Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California.

1990
[H3] Peavey Opens its New Home
Peavey International Headquarters, the company's corporate home, opens in Meridian, Miss., during its 25th Anniversary. The complex is a state-of-the-art facility that houses a fully operational recording studio, 227-seat auditorium, photo and video studio and multimedia classrooms designed for training and education.

1991
[H3] The President Comes to Town
U.S. President George H.W. Bush tours Peavey Electronics on December 3 and delivers a speech praising the company's commitment to education and its achievements in the international marketplace.

1992
[H3] Creating the Sound of Modern Metal
The Peavey 6505® guitar amplifier is originally developed and released as the 5150® Series to instant acclaim and success. Today, the 6505® Series is more popular than ever, especially with hard rock and metal guitar players.5150® is a registered trademark of E.L.V.H. Inc. All rights reserved.

1992
[H3] National Literacy Honors Award
Peavey is awarded the National Literacy Honors Award for distinguished achievement and personal initiative in the cause for a literate America.

1993
[H3] Pioneering the Digital Networking Age
Peavey MediaMatrix®, the world's first computer-based audio processing and control interface, revolutionizes the audio industry—and is still the world standard today, with more than 10,000 installations from the U.S. Capitol to Beijing Capital International Airport, as well as many major theme parks, transportation hubs, stadiums, arenas, convention halls and more.

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