Peavey Electronics Corporation is an American company that makes musical instruments and audio equipment. It was founded in 1965 in  Meridian, Mississippi by Hartley Peavey, in the loft above his father's music store. He started out by making amplifiers by hand, at around 1 per week. By 1968 Peavey opened his first factory, and also diversified into PA equipment. The 1970s saw rapid growth and expansion of product lines for Peavey, in 1977 they introduced the first CNC made electric guitar: the Peavey T-60 model. By 1978 Peavey was the largest maker of electric guitars in the USA. In 1985 they opened a factory in the UK. In recent years Peavey has been moving more of its manufacturing overseas, closing the UK factory and the  A Street plant in Meridian, Mississippi in 2014 in favor of manufacturing in China.

Source: Peavey web page (15 June 2022)