Hello! I have scoured the internet, called guitar shops, pawn shops, and peavey product dept to find the answer to my mystery.
I have a Peavey Vortex Special in Metallic Red. It's nowhere to be found and any info on Google is scarce and contradictory. I have found a pic of one other that I know isn't mine due to stickers on back are in different order. No serial number and didn't find in auction listings. Is this a Sales sample, custom, or employee guitar at one time? just want the story and hopefully year made. It does not match up to the 86 or 06 releases- has a bit of different features plus neither sold in this color. It's in beautiful condition which leads me to believe it sat in a display case or hung for most of its life. Bottom of V's have minimal wear which is unusual. Does the word special have meaning to an employee? I appreciate any help. Thank you- husband purchased a year ago for our son from pawn shop.
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Re: Vortex Mystery Guitar-Any Employees here?
I am not expert on the Vortex, but if you post some photos of yours, we may be able to assist I placing it in a time frame.
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ITOC: 08-00190
Peavey stuff I have: Masterpiece 50, Custom Shop 212, Stereo Chorus 212, T-60, T-40, Signature Select, Odyssey II Prototype, Generation Custom EXP, Firenza P90-ACM, VB-2, Stomp Boxes, Radial Pro 1000, lots of mics, etc...
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Re: Vortex Mystery Guitar-Any Employees here?
Vortex-1 was a modified voyager shape. Vortex-2 was a concorde V (I’ve owned both). They were only made in 85 and 86. They were also the only Vortex models made in the US - everything after those two original years was produced overseas in limited quantities due to poor sales, so you’re not likely going to find much about them.
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Re: Vortex Mystery Guitar-Any Employees here?
I think I know which Vortex you have. The Vortex Special was a hardtail model offered in the mid-90’s. They were made in China.
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Re: Vortex Mystery Guitar-Any Employees here?
Thanks for getting back to me- heres a few pics. Im not 100% sure what you meant by hardtail. i cant find any midel info on peavey. Is there a seperate place for china made? This is my sons guitar that my husband got at a pawn shop- so forgive me if im dumb on guitar language. Thank u!
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Re: Vortex Mystery Guitar-Any Employees here?
The hardtail reference means a guitar with a fixed bridge. Contrast that with a guitar we say has a tremolo bridge which moves.sprucehead74 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 4:20 pm..Im not 100% sure what you meant by hardtail. ... so forgive me ... on guitar language. ...
Which also demonstrates that we guitarists are not always good on guitar language. Because when it moves a tremolo bridge technically produces a vibrato effect - not a tremolo effect.
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