Definition of Peavey 5150
The Peavey 5150 is a vacuum tube based guitar amplifier made by Peavey Electronics from 1992 on. The amplifier was initially created as a signature model for Eddie Van Halen.
Counterintuitively, its name does not derive from a consecutive Peavey model number; rather, it ultimately refers to Van Halen's own 5150 Studios, which in turn are humorously named after the Lanterman–Petris–Short Act §5150, a legal code which, under certain circumstances, allows Californian authorities to confine undesirables in a mental institution temporarily.
After Van Halen and Peavey parted ways in 2004, the name was changed to Peavey 6505 in celebration of Peavey's 40th anniversary (1965–2005). The 5150 name was used again by Van Halen in partnership with Fender under the EVH brand in 2007 and 2011.
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What is Peavey 5150?
The Peavey 5150 is a vacuum tube based guitar amplifier made by Peavey Electronics from 1992 on. The amplifier was initially created as a signature model for Eddie Van Halen.
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