Peavey Bandit 112

my amp was created in the 90's (Made In USA) i dont know exactly when he was used by lot of ppl (3-4) and now its mine :D, 80W, 2 channels,
effects loop and no headphones! (too bad to your parents!).
in my room its dont across 3 at volume! when its maxed u should get out of the room cuze its so powerfull.

i use samick guitar (that sucks) strat style.
i play hard rock, Heavy Metal (old),Punk, Grunge, and lot kinds of rock (and Blues too I guess).
this amps suits PERFECTLY for those styles i just love it! from Nirvana TO Black Sabbath from Eric Clapton to Guns N' Roses pink floyd Steve Vai and Lots More! its have an awesome sound.
when i turn on the gain more than 7 and the master volume at the guitar is more than like 6 its starting to get feedback, but its got a really great sound i would buy a noise gate to fix the feed back probs.
at the clean channel.
AMAZING Clean More than I Expected! Very variety you can Get A Funky Clean And Bassy Clean This amp is Amazing!
this amp can go To High Gain But I Dont Like This.
he can Play Pantera Easly :P
i Would Give this Amp 15\10 but the max is 10\10 so...

i Got It Without A Gain knob but im still can control Just The Plastic Was Off..
but iGuess the last Owner Was Just Crazy~

Well.. this amp is a -+15 years old so i guess ill see if there something wrong with him O:
but hes is Very Good amp.
working Perfectly.

if the amp was stolen i Would Buy This amp Again (Just The USA Made)
and i love everything about it.
if you want to ask something about the amp or anything else Email Me ;]

I bought this amp in 2008 (3rd edition)
2 footswitchable channels and 6 equalizion presets for any style.
I play expecially rock and funk but the lead channel has so many drive to be used for metal.
The power is extreme for exercition but in live plays the bandit goes up and up with the volume and the sound remains clear.
Awesome.It's very useful the power switch (25% 50% 100%) to see how the power is needed for a great suond

I play a Fender Stratocaster 50th anniversary.
This amp seems to be built for this guitar.
With the equalizer is possible to emulate great vintage sound and ultra modern sounds.The clean is perfect even at the maximum volume but the treble are too enfatized.
The distortion is incredible.On ultra gain EQ it seems to never come to an end

Since i Bought it it has a strange noise when i power off it.
But it doesn't appen with a black out.
I used at full power for three hours and he didn't leave me (but the electric group was veeeeeeeery hot)

2 years of warranty but it is very limited

It's a great transistor amp.
I will never sell it because it isn't only a great backup amp but sometimes i prefer it to my Marshall dsl 400

I bought the amp in the mid 1990's. I play country gospel to hard rock. The amp suits my playing fine.
80 Watts (rms) into 8 Ohms
100 Watts (rms) into 4 Ohms (w/external speaker)
12??? Sheffield speaker
High and Low Gain inputs
TransTube tube emulation circuitry
Footswitchable Clean and Lead channels
3 band passive EQ on each channel
2 position EQ/Gain Voicing switch on each channel
Reverb with level control
Footswitchable Boost with level control
1/4" stereo Speaker Simulated Direct Out jack with level control
Footswitch

I play a Fender MIM strat with vintage noiseless pickups and a Ibanez RG-270 through this amp. Not noisey at all. Very versatile amp. You can select 2 different types of clean and distortion styles. The clean channel stays clean at high volume. The distortion channel is very versatile as well. I have a Crate 100 watt amp and a Fender FM 212. My two sons (who play) go for the Peavey everytime.

I had a Peavey Backstage for about 22 years and would still have it if lightning hadn't struck it. I've had this amp for about 13 years and never had any problem with it. I would use it on a gig without a backup.

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I've been playing about 30 years. If I had to choose between the Crate, Fender or Peavey amps I have, I'd take the Peavey. It has a richer, more mellow sound than the other two.

I don't what year this is from but I bought it second hand in a local shop, but I don't think its that old.

The amp is realy good for the kind of music that I play (Rock 'n Roll, Hard rock with some metal sounds)
I
think the features are very good I usualy use the HI-Gain input and als put it on HI-Gain in the lead channel. with a lot of low and mid.

I never use the reverb I just like the amp like it is.

I use this Amp in the practice room with my band and it has enough power for me, I play rythm and the sound is very good for that and I can play loud enough.

I'm using a Epihpone SG over this amp with two open coil humbuckers and it sounds Freaking! good.

I suits my music style perfect, because I can rock with it. But that isn't hard if you think about I played a Behringer first.

Sometimes it wil buzz at higher volumes and it gives feedback if you come to close but I can live with that.

I think its great you can make different sounds with it because you can make alot of different songs with it. Like I sad earlier I mostly use HI-Gain setting but the different settings sound great to.

The clean keeps clean but I don't use the clean channel that often.

The distortion is brutal enough for mee you can make with modern gain setting a very hard metal sound. But I like the HI-gain setting more it has a little more high and mid.

It is very reliable at least I think I don't have it that long.
But I will use it on gigs without backup because I think its very reliable.

It has never broken down not yet at least but I don't think its going to.

I never dealt with the company so I don't know

I've been playing with this not that very long but I'm very happy with this amp. Like I said earlier Before I used a Behringer and this is a very great improvement. So overall I think this amp is great and it realy Freaking rocks.

I don't what year this is from but I bought it second hand in a local shop, but I don't think its that old.

The amp is realy good for the kind of music that I play (Rock 'n Roll, Hard rock with some metal sounds)
I
think the features are very good I usualy use the HI-Gain input and als put it on HI-Gain in the lead channel. with a lot of low and mid.

I never use the reverb I just like the amp like it is.

I use this Amp in the practice room with my band and it has enough power for me, I play rythm and the sound is very good for that and I can play loud enough.

I'm using a Epihpone SG over this amp with two open coil humbuckers and it sounds Freaking! good.

I suits my music style perfect, because I can rock with it. But that isn't hard if you think about I played a Behringer first.

Sometimes it wil buzz at higher volumes and it gives feedback if you come to close but I can live with that.

I think its great you can make different sounds with it because you can make alot of different songs with it. Like I sad earlier I mostly use HI-Gain setting but the different settings sound great to.

The clean keeps clean but I don't use the clean channel that often.

The distortion is brutal enough for mee you can make with modern gain setting a very hard metal sound. But I like the HI-gain setting more it has a little more high and mid.

It is very reliable at least I think I don't have it that long.
But I will use it on gigs without backup because I think its very reliable.

It has never broken down not yet at least but I don't think its going to.

I never dealt with the company so I don't know

I've been playing with this not that very long but I'm very happy with this amp. Like I said earlier Before I used a Behringer and this is a very great improvement. So overall I think this amp is great and it realy Freaking rocks.

Bought new, the 2008 model has a lot more features than the one I bought in 1995 new when the transtube first came out (which I still have for a back-up now....still works great, never had a problem with it and it's been at 100's of gigs)

It has two channels. I only use the clean channel with a TS 808 reissue for overdrive. Has presets for "Vintage, Modern,Warm" settings for each channel. Has a Boost for footswitch to be used as a volume boost which I wont use but may come in handy someday. Back panel has a switch with a cabinet simulation "Tight,Normal,Loose", switch for power amp setting's "25,50,100%" which is nice for different venue's, and a volume for the extension cabinet jack which is a nice feature. This amp is very tweakable but not complicated, and it gets loud enough for the music I play, hardly ever going past "3" on the volume. I play Country, Blues, and Classic Rock mainly and it works for me.

I use a variety of guitar's through this. It stays pretty clean depending how you set it up, with the variety of control options you can make it break up the clean channel if that's what you want or it can be set for a very clean sound. If you're a shredder then this won't be enough amp but for most styles it has plenty of headroom. Most places I play do not want high volumes so this amp works great for my needs, it's enough power to play but not so overpowered that you can drive it enough to get a good sound. The power amp switch on back is nice if you are playing a very small gig and want the amp to sound a little over the edge at low volumes.

I used my old Bandit without a back-up for 13 years so am not too worried about having any problems..If I had to I could plug into the PA if it blew up in the middle of a gig, would suck but oh well.

Never had a problem with Peavey product so don't know about the service.

Been playing 35 years. I've had tube amps and personally want something I don't have to worry about. Plus the Bandit sounds better than a few of the tube amps I have owned. I own a ton of gear, too much to list, 25-to 30 guitars at the moment I guess, a couple 5 string banjo,s, couple of basses and amps, PA, ect. I could afford a much more expensive amp but I like this one and my older Bandit. I did consider other amps, my friend owns the music store I bought it at and tried a number of different amps but decided to get another Bandit.

mine is the very 1st of the transtube series
loaded withe the shefield speaker
2 channels
effects loop
footswitch
reverb
t dynamics knobs

im using this amp with a 1987 rg550 loaded with wsc pickups and an esp eclipse loaded with emg 60-81.i mainly play metal but u can get just about any sound out of this thing even with the active pickups.my only gripe is the cleans can be too compressed but yeh so are mesas.i also have a hughes and kettner switchblade stack sitting next to my peavey and honestly i wish i never bought it.i even sold my marshall dsl because the bandit just sounds better.

built like a tank i got this in the early 90's and and shes still going strong and ive never heard of a bandit breaking down.

havent had to deal with peavey

ive been playing on and off since 94 and have owned expensive valve amps but i keep going back to this thng.
if it was stolen i would look into the new bandit apparently the chinese ones are better.

Low Gain / High Gain inputs, 2 channnel clean and lead. Clean has seperate low, mid, high EQ with volume and vintage/modern switch, lead channel has low, mid, high EQ, pre-gain, post-gain, vintage/modern/high gain switch, master Reverb, Presence, T-Dynamics control, loose/tight speaker selection. effects loop, power amp in and out footswitch and 8 ohm ext. speaker jack. Loaded with Sheffield model 1230 8 ohm speaker. Rated at 80 watts RMS (100 watts with ext. speaker).

Has a very clear clean sound on either selection but esp. on vintage and the volume and EQ on this channel have a wide adjustment spectrum. Lead channel will acheive the old Marshall sounds along with some good more modern metal distortion. Very clear and really doesn't mudd except on a higher volume/gain speaker does not handle high volume as well as it should so I may install an Eminence V-12 or Man-O-War. T-Dynamics seems to have better control on the clean channel or high gain selection on lead. Other settings have little volume variance. Seems to be like 2-2-3-5-7-10 with no in-between. Use many guitars Firebird VII, V, SG, LP, many Strats Stock and modded. Sounds good with all, of course 60 cycle with singles but no worse than others. Blues, Classic Rock, 80's Metal, Jazz are a good. Death Metal would be attainable with the right pedal but I don't think the speaker would perform optimum.

Seems to be built like a tank and that is Peavey's rep.

Unused but I like their site

Transtube is nice but will still look for an older all tube peavey. Wish the T-Dynamics was more responsive. Like tthe fact it more portable than an old tube amp and with a speaker change I may even love it. If it were stolen I'd prob. replace ith with a transtube 2x12 or most likely an old Classic VT series and install and attenuator.

It has great sounds and lots of them. With the Thrash, Gain Boost, Bright and Resonance buttons along with a Presence control you can get any sound you want from the most bright clean sound all the way to an agressive heav metal sound. It also has 2 channels, effects loop, high and low inputs and a reverb control. And it also has a control called T.Dynamics which changes the power from 10% (Weak, soft tone) and everything all the way to 100% (Strong, Heavy tone). You can either use the Pre gain as the main gain control and the Post gain as the volume for a more metal sound or the other way round for a softer more bluesy sound.

The quality is very good the problem i have is buzz when on the distorted channel when just plugged in and not playing. This suits my style very well i play heavy metal of the highest degree and it can do it amazingly. I can also get all sorts of other sounds punk, blues, jazz etc. The distortion has no one sound it cn be insanely brutal then with some slight tweeking can be a soft distortion for blues or jazz. The only problem is the buzz.

This amp is second hand so i would not play it without a backup live. but it seems to be reliable enough. i have not had it break down so far.

Never Dealt With The Company

I have been playing for just over a year and i play Schecters and BC Richs and some others through the Bandit 112 as my main setup for now. I would buy it again or look at some higher range Peaveys. I love pretty much everything about it. I just hate the buzz that is driving me insane but it is not there while playing. I just got this as a spur of the moment style thing but i can compare it to some good ??500 amps and i cant tell the difference. I would say if you can get one of the older Bandits DO IT! i do not like the newer ones because of the softer and brighter tones compared to the older ones (like mine). I dont know what year mine is but i would guess late 90's.

This amp comes with a lot of great features for a decent price: effects loop, head phone jack, line out for a separate cabinet and voicing features for the clean and lead channels (these offer tonal versatility not usually found on amps for this price). I was looking for a pretty cheap amp that could address a wide variety of sounds, and it is successful to an extent. I use this amp for practice and jamming with a rhythym section. Its loud enough to be heard with drums, but if you turn the volume past noon the bottom end begins to sound flubby and if you have it at a level where you can get some decent sounding sustain/harmonic feedback it begins to smell like burning rubber.

I use a single coil strat with this amp and at low volume it sounds pretty decent: sounds like crap above noon. Don't let the transtube feature convince you to buy this amp. It does emulate a tube sound somewhat, but volume suffers, and it doesn't match the rich tones you can get from tubes. If you want variety in your sound (from sparkly clean to metal) I'd suggest getting a decent tube amp and putting a tube screamer or the Dist. pedal of your choice in front. However, if you play at low volume and are looking for cheap, flexible amp to practice on you might want to consider getting it.

I've had the amp for 2 years and it hasn't broken down. I would only use this for a gig for backup (just because I can't get a decent sound past noon) and I'm worried about something burning something up because of the smell eminating from the cabinet when I turn it up to live levels.

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I've been playing 17 years. I own a Crate 50 vintage club with 1 15. Love its sound but the effects loop sucks. (that's why i got this amp for recording/practice with something other than a straight guitar to amp sound). If the bandit were lost or stolen I'd get something else due to the disappointing sound at volume. I love its features, tonal flexibility, ease of use, and price.
I don't have to restate what I hate about it.