Although Peavey Electronics produces a wide variety of equipment, a few notable designs stand out through their popularity and/or use by major professional musicians.[edit] 5150/6505 guitar amplifier series The 5150 II. Poster features Eddie Van Halen. The 5150 II. Poster features Eddie Van Halen.These amplifiers and speaker cabinets were the result of a collaboration with Eddie Van Halen. Originally designed as specialist amplifier for Eddie, the 5150 has gained massive popularity with modern hard rock, hardcore punk and metal bands and guitarists due to its large amount of distortion - notably Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains who, after touring with Van Halen asked "if I could maybe buy one off him. When I came back home after the tour, there were three stacks waiting for me in the garage... he gave me a couple of his guitars, too"). [1], Ted Nugent, Bal-Sagoth, Devin Townsend, Machine Head, Atreyu, Arch Enemy, In Flames, and Drowning Pool[citation needed]. The 5150 is considered by some to be one of the best amps available for heavier styles of music, rivaling other top brands.[citation needed]. In 2004 Peavey and Eddie Van Halen parted ways, with Eddie taking the 5150 brand name with him. This resulted in the renaming of the amplifier as the 'Peavey 6505', with slightly updated styling but original circuitry. The 5150 II, which contains an extra preamp tube for more headroom and gain on the Rhythm channel, is the old equivalent to the new 6505+.[edit] Wolfgang series electric guitarsAgain, these were a result of a cooperation with Eddie Van Halen to produce his 'ideal' guitar. The design has been relatively successful, but has not gained the reputation or popularity of similarly priced guitars such as the Fender Stratocaster or the Gibson Les Paul. The Peavey Wolfgang is now discontinued. (See also: Peavey Guitars)[edit] CS series power amplifiersThe CS series amplifiers (mainly the CS800) are some of the most used amplifiers in the world, and among Peavey's best selling products.[edit] JSX guitar amplifier seriesLike the 5150/6505 series, the JSX series was designed for a major recording artist: Joe Satriani. Satriani was looking for an amplifier that was custom to him, that had every feature he could possibly want, and would work in both live and studio applications. The JSX is also beginning to gain popularity with the general guitar playing public as well.[edit] Classic amplifier seriesTheir line of amps for blues, jazz, and some rock players. These often use EL84 power tubes which is described to have a "Warmer" or "Fuller" tone to them that many guitarists seek to replicate through solid state amps.