Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We’re going way back to where it all began — our very first guitar amps.
Both of us started our guitar journeys in the 1980s with little Peavey combo amps: the Rage 158 and the Companion 15. These were the amps that lived in our bedrooms, rattled the walls, and shaped how we first understood “tone.”
Do these tiny Peavey workhorses still sound as good (or bad) as we remember? Why do they still hit us right in the nostalgia? Grab your favorite 80s flannel and join us for a trip down memory lane — featuring noisy gain channels, questionable EQs, and a surprising amount of heart.
🎸 Amps Featured:
• Peavey Rage 158
• Peavey Companion 15
Fluff: instagram.com/riffsandbeards
Mike Squires: instagram.com/themikesquires
Join The Newsletter: eepurl.com/iUA6Es
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Start
0:13 - Our History With Peavey
3:47 - Sound Clip Companion 15
5:17 - Sound Clip Rage
7:04 - What Do We Think?
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➡️➡️Mixed By Spotify Playlist | spoti.fi/3Gofpoj
➡️➡️Website | riffsandbeards.net
➡️➡️Instagram | instagram.com/RiffsAndBeards
➡️➡️TikTok | tiktok.com/@riffsandbeards
➡️➡️Facebook | facebook.com/riffsandbeards
➡️➡️Discord | discord.gg/2XuqvPHvsG
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⚙️⚙️M2 Ultra Mac Studio: sweetwater.sjv.io/M2Ultra
⚙️⚙️Apple Studio Display: sweetwater.sjv.io/AppleDisplay
⚙️⚙️Apple Keyboard: sweetwater.sjv.io/AppleKeyboard
⚙️⚙️Ernie Ball Strings | sweetwater.sjv.io/ErnieBall_Strings
⚙️⚙️ExMachina Pulsar | sweetwater.sjv.io/EX_Machina_Pulsar
⚙️⚙️Genelec 8331 | sweetwater.sjv.io/Genelec_8331
⚙️⚙️RODE NTG-5 | sweetwater.sjv.io/RODE_NTG5
⚙️⚙️Sony FX3 | amzn.to/3RKBdBj
⚙️⚙️Sony FX30 | amzn.to/3TomRYk
⚙️⚙️Three Legged Thing Tripod | amzn.to/3RGjUBk
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*All Links Are Affiliate Links*
We’re going way back to where it all began — our very first guitar amps.
Both of us started our guitar journeys in the 1980s with little Peavey combo amps: the Rage 158 and the Companion 15. These were the amps that lived in our bedrooms, rattled the walls, and shaped how we first understood “tone.”
Do these tiny Peavey workhorses still sound as good (or bad) as we remember? Why do they still hit us right in the nostalgia? Grab your favorite 80s flannel and join us for a trip down memory lane — featuring noisy gain channels, questionable EQs, and a surprising amount of heart.
🎸 Amps Featured:
• Peavey Rage 158
• Peavey Companion 15
Fluff: instagram.com/riffsandbeards
Mike Squires: instagram.com/themikesquires
Join The Newsletter: eepurl.com/iUA6Es
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Start
0:13 - Our History With Peavey
3:47 - Sound Clip Companion 15
5:17 - Sound Clip Rage
7:04 - What Do We Think?
Find Me:
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
➡️➡️Mixed By Spotify Playlist | spoti.fi/3Gofpoj
➡️➡️Website | riffsandbeards.net
➡️➡️Instagram | instagram.com/RiffsAndBeards
➡️➡️TikTok | tiktok.com/@riffsandbeards
➡️➡️Facebook | facebook.com/riffsandbeards
➡️➡️Discord | discord.gg/2XuqvPHvsG
➡️➡️Merch | teespring.com/stores/riffs-and-beards-merch
📚📚Content Creation Course: bit.ly/ContentCreation2024
Gear I Use:
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⚙️⚙️M2 Ultra Mac Studio: sweetwater.sjv.io/M2Ultra
⚙️⚙️Apple Studio Display: sweetwater.sjv.io/AppleDisplay
⚙️⚙️Apple Keyboard: sweetwater.sjv.io/AppleKeyboard
⚙️⚙️Ernie Ball Strings | sweetwater.sjv.io/ErnieBall_Strings
⚙️⚙️ExMachina Pulsar | sweetwater.sjv.io/EX_Machina_Pulsar
⚙️⚙️Genelec 8331 | sweetwater.sjv.io/Genelec_8331
⚙️⚙️RODE NTG-5 | sweetwater.sjv.io/RODE_NTG5
⚙️⚙️Sony FX3 | amzn.to/3RKBdBj
⚙️⚙️Sony FX30 | amzn.to/3TomRYk
⚙️⚙️Three Legged Thing Tripod | amzn.to/3RGjUBk
Support This Channel
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My Sweetwater Store: sweetwater.sjv.io/Fluff
My Reverb Shop: tidd.ly/3Y0A3V7
*All Links Are Affiliate Links*
