24 frets, black in color, rosewood fret board, 4 bolt neck, original Peavey hard case, string thru body, 3 way switch, Peavey registered tuners, two three way switches, two tone knobs, one volume knob.
Horizon
Reviewed by:
scooterson, on december 14, 2010 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 150.00
Purchased from: yard sale
Features: I don't know the year it was made, serial # is 02192629, 24 frets, black in color, rosewood fret board, 4 bolt neck, original Peavey hard case, string thru body, 3 way switch, Peavey registered tuners, two three way switches, two tone knobs, one volume knob. Flat black colored pick ups, double pick up at bridge and neck, single coil in middle. Body style similar to strat. Color of body is black. // 10
Sound: Plays rock and blues great, playing thru a Fender stage 1600 amp, gives a rich sound when I want, but will get down and dirty when I chrunch it. Another thing I like about this guitar is that it will play some of the soft rock, and not be too treble, it gives the deep sound I want and will go straight to the overdrive if I want. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: Bought the guitar used, and it played great. No flaws except the guitar had set up in a closet and had to get the scratch out of the pots.the finish was flawless for a guitar that old. I expected there would be buckle rash on the back but there was none. There was no wear in the fret board that I would have expected. It is a real complement to Peavey for the well built products they put out there for us who play music. // 10
Reliability & Durability: I would play this guitar w/o a backup at a gig. The finish has lasted this long and looks new, so no issues here I have no worrys the strap buttons would fail me, this is a solid instrument. I have owned many guitars in my life, and this is one of the most solid that I have put in my hand. // 10
Impression: I like southeren rock and blues and this guitar is great at both. I've been playing for 40 years and I would put this guitar up against many high dollar axes. I would buy another one just like it if it were stolen. I do have a small problem keeping the strings in tune when new strings are installed. I have other guitars and this one ranks up there with the Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, Takamine, Yamaha guitars I've owened. // 10
Horizon
Reviewed by:
Invader Jim, on january 21, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Price paid: $ 150
Purchased from: Hays Music
Features: This is a Horizon 1, not a Horizon 2. They were made in the USA between '83 and '86. Mine was made in '83, according to the serial. Maple neck and fretboard (both are 2-piece lam), 23 frets with black Dot inlays and micro-tilt adjustment. Nobody knows what the body is made of; I'm thinking poplar. Black gloss finish, Strat-style body shape with longer upper wing for improved upper-fret access. "Dual-blade" rail humbuckers, 1 volume, 2 tones, 3-way Switch; I think it auto-splits in the middle position. Peavey PAF bridge (a Tune-O-Matic/hardtail hybrid), metal set-screw knobs with "P" logo on the top, and Peavey "Tru-Lok" tuners on the old "arrow" headstock shape. The jack bolts in from the inside, so no more loose jack nuts to worry about. // 10
Sound: The dual-blade humbuckers sound quite nice. They are really great with harmonics (attn: Dimebag fans). The cleans are also quite nice. They have a pretty high output. They are dead silent until you start cranking the gain really, really high. The way the thing is wired is odd as far as Strat-style wiring schemes go. The tone pots are more effective than your typical tone controls; it has a wider 'range' for lack of a better term. Pretty versatile. The pots are completely silent; no scratchiness or dead spots what'soever. The "treble-bleed mod" is factory Standard. All caps are ceramic disc instead of the typical poly film. The pots are vintagey 24mm instead of the typical 16mm mini pots. // 10
Action, Fit & Finish: The action is ok. I'm having trouble getting used to the micro-tilt/two-point bridge combo (I'm mainly a Strat man). The finish is good and quite tough, but Orange-peeled, but hey. It's old. // 8
Reliability & Durability: Very reliable and durable. This thing is 26 years old and looks mint. The screws hadn't even been removed, they were almost frozen. She's been very well taken care of. // 10
Impression: I bought it used (of course) for 150 bucks at the local guitar store. I think it's worth every penny. It sounds great, is well-made, is easy to play, looks killer... what more can you ask of a guitar? // 10
I've got the Horizon II, I absolutely adore the guitar itself, but I stripped it an rebuilt it with my uncle. I killed one of the pick-ups and installed a hand wound Pickup that my Dad's friend made. He calls'em "PK Rippers." Never got such a grindy, chunky tone.
I think that all-and-all, Peavey makes one hell of an instrument. Simply because of how well built each instrument is.
Ryan: Fender did it in the '70s, but for some reason it never caught on. Basically instead of shimming the neck (which involves de-stringing it, taking the neck off, putting the shim in, putting the neck back on, and restringing), you just loosen the bottom two screws and turn a hex screw to set the neck angle. I have pics on my profile.
HorizonII: Shigsy. I'd like to do some experimenting on mine, but it has never been touched. I wanna keep it that way.
Also, it doesn't auto-split. The split wires are hooked to their respective tone pots while the hot wires are on the switch. The pups are 3+shield. White is hot, red is split, green and bare are ground.
I've spent a good long time playing this guitar now Iand I can't get over how rididculous the treble content is. It has a short scale and 3 250k pots with humbuckers and it STILL has an unbearable ammount of treble. I usually dime the treble knob on my amp, but for this, I gotta roll it back to 3.
I need your help! I have the pieces of a peavey horizon II that some idiot smashed, but I having a hard time understanding the wiring because of the state of the pieces, also the complexity of the wiring. I am trying to wire one of the humbuckers into a simple 1 p'up 1 volume set up, and cannot figure out how to do this. all schematics seem to have 4 wires and a ground, where as this is three and a ground, and all attempts have resulted in weird phase issues and constant buzzing. any advice would be greatly appreciated.
turns out this thing is wired so that the tone pots cut out one of the coils of their respective pups (from 7-10 on the pot), giving a single coil-like sound. Going lower than 7 brings in the second coil and the tone cap. That's the reason for the high treble content. There's a wiring diagram on my profile if anyone wants to try out the wiring in this guitar. it's pretty cool.
I have the same guitar. 1983 Horizon 1 made in USA. Gloss black with maple neck. Are they rare? No one seems to have heard of 'em and I never see any on ebay.
I have the same guitar. 1983 Horizon 1 made in USA. Gloss black with maple neck. Are they rare? No one seems to have heard of 'em and I never see any on ebay.
Idk if they are rare, but they certainly don't seem to be that common.
I have a Peavey Horizon II, black in color and wanted to know if they made many like these? also the tuners are peaveys reg. tuners, is that normal? I also have the original Peavey hard case that it came in along with the tremolo bar.I payed $150.00 for it at a yard sale, was that a good price?
re: my black Horizon II, has anyone esle had or played one? I've looked on the net, ebay, etc. and have'nt seen one like mine, especially with the original case.
All the info I could find on the Horizon series was on the Horizon 2. They seem to be far more common than the Horizon 1, and both are far more common than the Horizon 2 Custom, which was only made between 1984 and 1985. The 1 and 2 were both made between 1983 and 1986.
I even went so far as to look up patents and such. I did find a nice PDF copy of a user guide that explains the features in detail.
My tuners are Kluson style, all atached to a single piece, and say Peavey Tru-Lok on the back. As far as your guitar's age, it was made in 1985. $150 is a great price. I had my H1 appraised and they are only worth about $250 in very good condition.
