Peavey Audition 20

Bought it second hand in January 1993 and still have it.
Previously I had a Marshall Lead 12, but I think the Peavey had better sound, was smaller (I needed portability) and it can be connected to a battery (12-18V) so it would be great for playing on the street.

It's a 12W SS combo. 8" speaker. 3 band eq, gain and master volume. The master volume can be pulled to kick the distorsion in. The trebble knob can also be pulled to the "thick" position, cosiderably thickening the tone, as its name says. Preamp out, headphone out, 1 input.
I use it at home, great practice amp.

Played it through a strat (single coils and bridge humbucker) and a Gordon Smith GS1. Sounds good, but nothing extraordinary. You can get some nice warm clean sounds, moderate distorsion is nice, but I don't like to raise the gain higher than 7... too fuzzy for my taste.
The "thick" push/pull know gives it an extra boost in volume and "thickness" (can't find a better word for it) which is really nice, although it would be better if it could be foot-switchable.
On the whole, nice sounds considering the size.
Through headphones is terrible, though.

I don't know how old the amp is. I had it for 7 years now. It hasn't been treated very kindly (I have checked it in with the rest of the luggage on air travels with no more protection than a single layer of cardboard, several times)... but it is solidly built. The volume pot gave me a bit of trouble: if I left it in one position it'd be fine, but if I pull it to get higher distortion it'll cut out intermittently... raising and lowering the volume rapidly a few times usually cured it. I recently opened the thing, and cleaned the pot, and it's working fine now...

Nice little practice amp. If you are looking for a small versatile thing to practice at home, and occasionally play on the street, this could be it.
If you are not so worried about portability, I'd get a bigger combo with slightly more 'oomph' (bigger speaker)...

Well, just 1 channel, input, output, headphone, 3 Eq. and despite the other post I think it's only 12W.

I play in a hard-rock/alternative band, using a Fender Strat. The amp cannot compete in a rehearsal setting, which forced me to get a new amp (Fender Stage 112). The Audition 20 is way too weak and you can't get a clean sound after 5 or 6, which is ok if you want to practice by yourself at home.

I think it used to be my fathers, and he got it second hand to amplify an acoustic... it has never broken down in the 10 years I've know it. You can't really gig with though because it just doesn't have the power. Very well built in general.

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Been playing 4-5 years, and I'm in the process of getting new equip, etc. I originally wished that it had a overdrive channel so I could get good distortion out of it before I had a pedal. But in general, I can't complain. It's a sturdy little amp, and has served me well. It's a good amp to start with for a beginner.

this amp has 1 channel a gain mid low high headphone jack and an amp out i play metal and alternative it plays fine but not loud enough to play in a band but its only 15w

it has great dist for my music from rage against the machine to some nirvana it gets noisy on clean settings at about half the way turned up it has great feedback sounds

i could depend on this amp but i wouldn't use it at a gig because its not loud enough its never broke down on me and its pretty old

never had to deal with peavy because its never broke and if it did i will probably just toss it because its so old

i would buy a louder amp witch i am thinking about a crate gx80 it does find but need something louder so i can be in a band