Peavey Mystic, 1984 s/n, Rare Gold Finish, Pro Serviced USA Monster

Professionally serviced and set up 1984 Peavey Mystic, a rare and excellent metal monster from the height of the pointy era, in the rare gold finish.

I'm selling off a bunch of guitars that I have several examples of, and rarely or ever had the chance to play after getting them serviced. They have sat untouched for months (at least) and the controls may be a bit noisy, but they are all 100% functional, essentially unplayed since coming off the technician's bench.

This example has been fitted with an aftermarket brass nut, but is otherwise completely original. The famous coil splitting controls are functioning as designed. Frets leveled and cleaned, action is low and even, every note on the board rings out. This guitar has the typical dings associated with pointy guitars (photos), but they are very light, and overall the guitar presents extremely well with no serious cosmetic issues. No case.

Ships worldwide, or local pickup can be arranged. Quoted international shipping rate is to Australia, the furthest destination from my location in the USA. Please inquire for shipping rate to your particular non-US address.

The package will be large, heavy, delicate, and will be insured for full value under Reverb Safe Shipping, so shipping may be a significant expense.

From the 1983 Peavey Horizon/Mystic/Razer (TM) operating guide: PEAVEY manufactured the MYSTIC between 1983 and 1986. The neck is made from hard rock maple using Peavey's patented bilamination construction to prevent twisting and warping. Inside the neck, between the two maple laminates is a fully adjustable steel truss rod - with rolled threads. This truss rod is adjustable at the nut end, using Peavey's adjustment tool. the guitar has a slant peg head design, with all six machine heads in a straight line.

The body is made from unspecified hardwood, and finished in weather and mark resistant polyester-urethane. It has a double cutaway and rib-cage contour for ease of upper fret access and playing comfort.
The pickups are very high output full-range humbuckers with blade pole pieces using a unique patented dual/single coil circuit. This allows humbucking or single coil operation of either or both pickups through rotation of the tone controls. The pickups are fully shielded and potted to reduce microphones and electrical interference.

The circuit used in the guitar allows a wide tonal range, without the use of active electronics. The three position pickup selector toggle switch allows each pickup to be used independently, or both together when in the middle position. When in this position their tonalities can be blended with the tone control. There is a single volume control which operates both pickups, and two tone controls: one for each pickup. There is a coil tap circuit incorporated into the tone controls.

The guitar uses medium-heavy fret wire: with 18% nickel silver construction. There are 23 frets in total, with a scale length of 24.75 inches.

The bridge is a die-cast unit, triple plated in chrome with adjustable saddles. The chrome plated machine heads have a 14:1 gearing ratio.

The guitar has a neck tilt adjustment feature, which is used in conjunction with the truss rod adjustment to set the perfect string angle.