One of a kind Peavey Pacer

Darvin Willhoite · Post by **Darvin Willhoite** » 4 Feb 2004 3:16 pm

I'll bet you never saw a Peavey Pacer this purty. LOL

I have always liked the looks of the Mesa Boogie finished wood cabinets with cane grilles, and I had this old Pacer chassis laying around, so I decided to try my hand at a dovetail jointed cabinet. It turned out pretty well for my first try. I used white pine for this one, and put a buffed lacquer finish on it. This will never leave my studio, so I'm not worried about it getting banged up. The cabinet will also work with my LTD-400, my LA-400, and my old Bandit. I made it for a 15" speaker and installed a cast frame Eminence I had laying around.

I had owned a Pacer years ago but had forgotten how good they sound. I guess this one was made around the same time as the great sounding old Session 400's and some of the technology must be the same. This setup with the 15" speaker has a really good Jazz guitar sound, I haven't tried it with a steel yet, but I'm sure it would make a great practice or small gig amp. These can sometimes be bought for $75 -$100. The original cabinet can be modified for a 15" speaker also. This is just another alternative for a fairly lightweight amp.

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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording

Jim Palenscar · Post by **Jim Palenscar** » 4 Feb 2004 3:20 pm

Beautiful!!!!!!! Very nice work, Darvin.

Ken Fox · Post by **Ken Fox** » 4 Feb 2004 4:11 pm

Sweet!! Looks like the Peavey Custom Shop needs to take a look at this!

Ron Whitworth · Post by **Ron Whitworth** » 4 Feb 2004 4:49 pm

YES Darvin;
Very nice work!!..You might just have a sideline business there..

....Ron

Bill Ford · Post by **Bill Ford** » 4 Feb 2004 6:49 pm

Carefull there Darvin,you may start a trend.
This is definately "not" your first woodworking prodject........Fantastic cab work........Wood rules!!!!!!

on your next one,,birdseye maple,stained to match your steel.

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Bill Ford

David Cobb · Post by **David Cobb** » 4 Feb 2004 6:55 pm

Ummmm creamy!

FWIW, my old Pacer 1-12" x 45 watts barely cut it in a living room situation.
I'd like to hear this 15" speaker configuration.

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 4 Feb 2004 9:50 pm

There's a reason I took up steel guitar...

I started out as a heavy metal guitar player with a Peavey Pacer and an Ibanez Supermetal pedal. A deadly combination. Made all my friends jealous.

After 15 years of lusty companionship, my guitar equipment was stolen, including the Pacer.

I was so heartbroken that I decided I needed a steel guitar to help me through the trauma.

I've now had five years of continuous learning on the steel, and I feel very fortunate that I got robbed !

KENNY KRUPNICK · Post by **KENNY KRUPNICK** » 4 Feb 2004 11:43 pm

Darvin, that is nice. Maybe Mike Brown needs to take a peak at this one.

Dyke Corson · Post by **Dyke Corson** » 5 Feb 2004 12:10 am

I put a 15" BW in my Pacer back in the late 70s! Played steel & guitar through it, ok for steel on low volume gigs, but it was a GREAT guitar amp...wish I still had it!

CrowBear Schmitt · Post by **CrowBear Schmitt** » 5 Feb 2004 5:36 am

Real Nice Darvin

yeah Peavey Custom Shop
that's a good idea...

Len Amaral · Post by **Len Amaral** » 5 Feb 2004 5:54 am

Great cabinet work! You made the amp look like a piece of living room furnature.

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 5 Feb 2004 9:18 am

Yea Darvin, the guts in those old Pacers is discrete like an old Session or LTD. Cool sounding amp. Check out this Pacer, it's the birth of the LTD. The link tells the story.
http://home.earthlink.net/~bradsarno/pacerpage.html

Brad Sarno

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » 5 Feb 2004 1:23 pm

Good work, Darvin!