1972: After seven years of rapid growth and astonishing success with his 'quality gear at a fair price' business philosophy, Peavey's output exceeds 2,000 units per month.1965: In the loft above a music store called Peavey's Melody Music in the town of Meridian, Mississippi, Hartley Peavey establishes the Peavey Electronics Corporation.1961: Peavey builds his first Peavey-branded amplifier in the basement of his parents' home.1959: During his senior year in high school, Peavey pencil sketches a logo on a piece of paper that becomes the famous Peavey logo now seen worldwide.1955: A young high school student named Hartley Peavey inherits his first set of hand tools from his grandfather, and he begins studying electronics.Hiding unobtrusively in all of Peavey's storied success is the humble but well-loved Foundation bass. It is now one of the largest music companies in the world with over 180 patents.

The history of Peavey began when Hartley Peavey, who still owns and runs every detail of the company today, began taking electronics classes and tinkering with music gear in the '50s.