NAD.... New Amp Day!

[Hardcoretroubadour]

Nice one. Those Peavy raptors are not bad guitars - obviously a cheapy entry level, but with a good setup they are pretty nice. They are identical to the Cort I restored earlier in the year, the only difference I can spot is the Cort has offset fret markers. There are a couple of factories in Korea pump out a number of different brands, sometimes the only difference is the headstock logo.

Cheers Phil, I don't have a 'strat' style guitar, so good to have something different to play with. Super happy with amp, perfect for what I need and a few effects to play with.

[wazkelly]

At that price you could almost be accused of stealing!

Top score.

[JimC]

I picked up a Peavey Raptor of some description, not I think quite the same as yours, a couple of years ago super cheap intending it as a components donor for a project. When I came to take it apart it transpired that the neck was very usable, and I reused it on my project, which was a from scratch semi acoustic body.

About the plywood body, on the other hand... I'm not sure the *cardboard* shim under *one* neck screw was even the worst thing about it! But if my experience is any guide it might be worth considering a new body for yours at some stage, and get an even nicer guitar.

[Hardcoretroubadour]

I picked up a Peavey Raptor of some description, not I think quite the same as yours, a couple of years ago super cheap intending it as a components donor for a project. When I came to take it apart it transpired that the neck was very usable, and I reused it on my project, which was a from scratch semi acoustic body.

About the plywood body, on the other hand... I'm not sure the *cardboard* shim under *one* neck screw was even the worst thing about it! But if my experience is any guide it might be worth considering a new body for yours at some stage, and get an even nicer guitar.

From my recent research, i think the early Raptors had ply bodies. I'm led to believe these are now basswood at least. I think all i will do is upgrade the wiring and pots for now and then see. You are correct though, the neck is pretty good and could always be used on a semi scratch build.

[Sonic Mountain]

Yeah yours will be basswood. You can see how similar it is to the cort here.

https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...?t=9536&page=3

[Hardcoretroubadour]

Yeah yours will be basswood. You can see how similar it is to the cort here.

https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...?t=9536&page=3

Yes, they do look like came our of the same factory, i loved that rebuild of your Cort, strange how my comment back in your first post came true. I am a Gumtree whore....

[Simon Barden]

I had one of the Peavey Tele copies (Peavey Reactor) - built in the USA using solid wood bodies. Probably 1995-96ish. It cost a little more than a Squier Tele but not much more. The Squires were using ply bodies at the time and the Peaveys forced Squier to up their game and move to solid wood bodies.

It was nice guitar, but not outstanding. Hardware was on the cheap side, but they had to keep production costs low somehow for the price. I fitted a SD Jerry Donahue bridge pickup which improved the sound somewhat. I was using my rack rig at the time, which really didn't bet the best out of it. I wish I'd kept it, but I sold it on after a few years. Nowadays, I could have made it a very nice guitar indeed.