PEAVEY INTRODUCES HP SIGNATURE GUITAR: A FULLY MODERN, DISTINCTIVE INSTRUMENT
(Peavey | Posted 2004-01-17)

Jan. 15, 2004, ANAHEIM, Calif.—Peavey Electronics Corporation, Winter 2003 NAMM Expo booth #5740, proudly introduces HP Signature Series guitars. Named for Peavey's founder, Hartley Peavey, the HP Signature Series is the ultimate refinement of the playability, tone, style and technology Peavey has developed over the past 39 years.
"I wanted to bring to the market a guitar that encompassed everything I've learned during my many years of designing and making guitars," said Hartley. "We pioneered a lot of technologies that are now industry standards, including shaping guitars with CNC router technology. We build each HP Signature guitar on that solid foundation, using the finest selected woods, hardware and pickups for brilliant tone as well as a distinctive, unmistakable appearance."
The double-cutaway HP Signature guitar is constructed using warm, resonant mahogany for the body and neck, Peavey's patented Dual-Compression Bridge* for longer sustain and a solid quilt maple archtop to sweeten the tone. The Dual-Compression Bridge system is a unique, string-through design creating a metal-to-metal connection for singing sustain and stronger string presence.
The HP Signature guitar also features an ebony fretboard for a velvet feel with smooth attack; two of Peavey's patented, dual-wound, hum-canceling pickups providing high output and unmatched tone; Schaller* tuners; two volume knobs; one tone knob; and a three-way, toggle-style pickup selector.
HP Signature Series guitars will be available in March 2004 from Authorized Peavey Dealers.
HP Signature USA Custom
* Solid, one-piece mahogany back
* Quilt maple archtop
* Ebony fretboard
* Dual-Compression Bridge system with string-through
design
* Patented, dual-wound, hum-canceling pickups
* Three-way, toggle-style pickup selector
* Schaller tuners
* Two volume knobs, one tone knob
* Available in tiger eye, sunburst and transparent gloss black
* Includes plush, lined hardshell case
HP Signature EXP
* Three-piece mahogany back
* Ebony fretboard
* Quilt maple cap
* Dual-Compression Bridge system with string-through
design
* Patented, dual-wound, hum-canceling pickups
* Three-way, toggle-style pickup selector
* Grover tuners
* Two volume knobs, one tone knob
* Available in tiger eye, transparent black and cherry sunburst
HP Signature EX
* Basswood body
* Veneer maple top
* Rosewood fretboard
* Stop tailpiece bridge
* Patented, dual-wound, hum-canceling pickups
* Three-way, toggle-style pickup selector
* Grover tuners
* Two volume knobs, one tone knob
* Available in gold, transparent black and sunburst
Peavey Electronics Corporation is one of the largest manufacturers of musical instruments and professional sound equipment in the world. Peavey holds more than 130 patents and produces more than 2,000 products, which are distributed throughout the United States and to 136 other countries. To find out more about Peavey Electronics and its artists, visit www.peavey.com.