Peavey Bandit 112 II

The only thing keeping this from a 10 is the lack of a headphone jack.
Other than that, you'll have a hard time finding more amp for the $$.
Two completely independent channels with separate EQ and volume controls. The clean channel has modern and vintage settings, while the lead has vintage(great for blues), modern(scooped midrange crunch), and hi gain(just what it says). Reverb is more than enough, resonance switch does more than I thought, T-Dynamics are the bomb. It also has a footswitchable effects loop(try to find THAT on any other solid state 112)and an 8ohm external speaker out(not that you'd ever need it with a 12" Sheffield on board).

I play many different styles. Funk to r&b to blues to rock to country.
I use an American Series Strat with a Duncan Distortion in the bridge position. My rig consists of Turbo Rat>Crybaby>MXR 90 Phaser>Yamaha Chorus>DanEcho>Amp. I mostly was in the market for a good flexible clean channel for my effects chain. This amp delivers BIG time. 80 watts may not sound like much to some, but this baby CRANKS. Can you say LOUD?(Sure, I knew you could). The only fly in the ointment is the lead channel. Sounds good enough at low volumes, but it is one NOISY sucker! Feedback is extremely difficult to control if turned much past 2 or 3. NOT saying the sound sucks cause it doesn't. Just VERY difficult to keep a handle on. Do yourself a favor and use your favorite war pedal thru the clean channel. You'll fare much better. Rating? The clean channel gets a STRONG 10, but the lead is a 6 due to the noise factor. Split the difference and make it an 8.

It's a Peavey. It's a truck.

Never dealt with them. Never had to.

Been playing 20+ years. Have used Crate, Fender, and Vox. Can't afford tubes. Keep coming back to Peavey. Can't beat them on the "bang for the buck" scale. No one else does solid state better.
I call it my "mini Marshall". Would a tube half stack sound better? Perhaps. Try explaining that to the wife & 3 kids I have to feed. Would like to see a headphone jack(though it would probly make my ears bleed) and the lead channel could use some work, but overall, good luck finding a better sound without spending sigNIFicantly more cheese. This hits my gut at an "8".

Made in 02 i think
Ive read in few places that this amp is the best selling in its price range and for good reason. The channel voicing is suburb and covers blues, jazz, metal, rock 'n' roll, punk and of anything in between. A 2 button (channel and effects bypass) footswitch comes with it which is good but i wish it had a reverb button on it but its not really important. 80w of solidstate power is enough for me, at about 5-6 it will go over a drumkit and at 9-10 it will blow your inner ear apart. I dont believe there is a better amp out there for this money, but that reverb switch would of made it perfect. But thats just me.

I use a cort X-9 and a digitech RP50, but i rarely use the pedal, because i simply dont need it, amp and guitar are simply too good.

I play punk-rock band but i also play anything from metallica, guns n' roses, the living end, RHCP and jazz, bluesy, general rock n roll stuff. Well the channel voicing ensures everything is catered for.

Ok it can hum a bit when you crank the distortion to full, have it loud, and turn up the presence control etc, but i havent played an amp that doesnt.

Distortion will do any sound you want and will distort to hell and back.

I havent experienced any real distortion on the clean channel at high volume, but its solid state so it shouldnt do it much anyway.

Great reverb too(turn it all the way up an play come as you are by nrvana)

Im gonna have to give it a 10, it simply is awesome!

Well i dont think it will break, and i think 'Bertha' is probably the best name for it. I've read some outrageous stuff about these amps, getting left in rain for 5 mins, having coke spilt in back of it, falling of a 1 metre high stage, and they all still work good. It wont give up on you and i reckon i would gig without a backup.

um well havent dealt with em.

Been playing for about 2 years, but i consider myself pretty good. (Also thatnks to anyone who has written a review about anything and posted on this site)

This amp is easily the best amp around for this money and beats any
crappy MG series from marshall, and even, in my opinion, the fabled fender princeton which is more expensive. But of course fenders are for blues and jazz players usually not for heavier and punk styles.

Anyway If it got stolen i'd track down the theif and drop the amp from a height on to his head. Then probably move to mexico before the impending court case for murder 1. Anyway i would defiently buy another one if need be.

I dont really hate anything about it. You might but i dont (-:

Yeah for this much cash you probably wont get better. Maybe a second hand Marshall AVT *drools*. Sorry. But for the money it is unbeatable in every department; Sound (channel voicing is the best thing out there), Features(channel voicing, great reverb, effects loop, presence control, footswitch), Reliability (well i use it as a bass amp as well and unlike similiar amps it doesnt eat a dick after it gets used for bass.) and yeah overall. Any questions/spam/deaththreats/other boring things you think i may be interested in etc just contact me and you'll recieve an automated photocopied response!

its a 80w, 112 combo. large enuf for practicing, wouldnt reccomend for gigging. 2 channel with 5 distinct modes, fx loop, footswitch, solid state. its a very versatile amp for the beginner/ semi intermediate guitarist

i was using a wolfgang copy with this amp when i was practicing for a music comp. i gotta say despite its flaws i got quite attached to this amp. im a metalhead/shredder and this amp was satisfactory for what i needed it for. the clean channel is quite good and if you set the resonance knob to loose with the clean mode on vintage, its got a pleasant sound, if a little cold. I love the vintage mode on the lead channel. this with the reverb up was a beautiful lead setting and the metallica style leads were great on it. the modern "scooped" setting was ok, but with no cut thru or attack, ud have to crank the bugger to hear it in a band

the high gain mode was absolute shite though and i stayed well away from it. too much buzz and not enough gain!

reverb is quite hot and the t dynamics knob is ok

be warned this amp is no good for live work, it turns to shit when u turn it past 4 because of its meagre wattage and speaker arrangement. im a 212 or half stack man and this amp for me is for bedroom only

its a nice alternative to a marshall mg combo which is really tinny and harsh, but for me a cheaper, louder, cleaner fender fm212 is good enuf for me to run all my effects thru, which is what i did with this n e way!

solid as a rock, but not as heavy
no tubes to mess weverything feels sturdy and knockable
its a school amp and its survived 3 years without servicing!
enuf said

well the music teacher at that school knew less than i did about it, and i was no authority on peavey amps at that point
never needed it!

ive been playing a year and a bit and i own bugger all. ive experimented with ibanez (grx 20 and ex270) and samick

soon to spend $6000 gettin all the pro gear!
its not mine so if it gets stolen I KNEW NOTHING!

i would save up for a xxx (im getting one of these! heheh)
or save up for the less expensive but great XXL head, and steal a cab!

for a first amp it would be great, better than my 10 watt laney!

The amp has 12 knobs(2 for Low,mids,Highs "Lead and Clean" ,another for Reverb,1 for Presence,1 for Post-Gain and Pre-Gain,1 for Volume,& 1 for T.dynamics).When I playedon my old Crate amp,i played through the RP 50,then I got the Peavey Bandit 112 for Christmas and then I found out about the distortion on the amp so I like through the Rp50 to the side and played through that amp.Its says "Transtube" on it but it acts as a solid state.The sound is clear in clean and it awsome in distortion.Perfect for Heavy Metal.Prefect for ANYTHING!

I love the sound on he amp.Crystal clear sound and brutal and right amount of distortion.I love it!Its prefect for anybody.Its portable(little heavy though),sounds good at any volume,and it is magnifcent

I would use it anywhere.Its my primary amp.Every place I paly guitar at,I carry that amp there.It is worth straining your arms through.This amp has never let me down.I wouldn't blame it for any faults except for not having a Headphone jack,but I don't care.

They're guitars are alright,but their amps are awsome.The Bandit 112 defently proved that to me.My friend Justin has a peavey amp it is amazing for its size,it looks like a 10 watt but its like powerful.I would choose Peavey amps over Marshall!

I can't think of a better amp.I love it ever since I first got it.I got attached to it.Buy that amp,its worth it!

I think i bought this amp back in 2001, not entirely sure though. This amp can handle any style of music you want. It's got plenty of features on it, vintage or modern cleans, modern or high gain or vintage leads, Reverb, presence, t dynamics, footswitchable effects loop. This is a VERY versatile amp! The reverb on this amp is AMAZING!!! I played in a band with this amp for about 2 years, giggin, and practicing, this amp had the power for anything i wanted to do with it, and it also sounded good enough that i could play it at low volumes in my house, so as not to disturb anyone else.

I mainly play a Gibson SG standard, and a Fender American Standard Stratocaster with a seymour duncan distortion humbucker in the bridge position. I also played a Fender MIM standard stratocaster, Fender Tom Delonge Strat, a Fender mustang,and my friend's Fender American Deluxe Telecaster through this amp. No matter what guitar i played through this amp, it sounded amazing! It can handle any style of music. The distortion can go from a very light bluesy distortion to full on death metal! I mainly played Ska/ punk through this amp. I used the vintage clean channel for my clean parts, and it had a really bright, sparkling sound to it. For my distortion i would use either the modern setting with the gain turned to about 4 or 5, or the vintage setting turned to 10. I could get any kind of distortion i wanted out of this thing, from that ACDC, classic rock, distorted tube amp sound, to a mesa boogie triple rectifier sound. It definitely covered all the styles of music that i used it for.

I've been playing this amp for about 3 years, gigging and practicing with a band on it. I have never had a single problem with it. I have always gigged without a backup, and never felt like i needed one.

Never dealt with them because every peavey amp i have ever owned has been built like a beast! they never break!!! but if their customer support people are as good as their amps are then they're a 10 too!

I have been playing for about 6 years now, all the gear that i own is listed above... except the fender mustang cause i sold that... hated that guitar... but that's a different story. I love everything about this amp, there is not a single thing that i would change about it... except maybe make it a tube amp with all these awesome features on it! I now own a Peavey Triple XXX 112, so if this amp were lost or stolen, i probably wouldn't buy another one, but i would chase the guy down and beat the living daylights out of him! I compared this amp to the peavey classic 30, which is also an awesome amp... but it wasn't versatile enough for me, so i went with the bandit! I bought this amp to replace the Fender Princeton 112 plus that i was using before it because that amp SUCKED... also a completely different story! I would definitely recommend this amp to anyone! 80 watts, definitely enough power to gig with, yet still able to sound good at low volumes to practice with it. And for only $300 new, you can't go wrong!!!

this amp is pretty versatile: clean, crunch, lead. Actually, it's 2 channels, with a boost on the lead section.
solid state amp. 2 inputs, 2 EQ, a bunch of post preamp knobs like presence and "t-dynamics" to shape your sound, a effects loop, power amp in and out, and, very cool feature, you can hook up this amp to an external cabinet: great for getting louder. I almost forgot the reverb.
I use this amp for practice and jamming. I would say this say is good for Rock.

I play distorted guitar most of the time, using Duncan JB pickups. Yep, I like it heavy baby! Well this amp works fine for metal and rock. Not noisy, unless you like to turn up the dist all the way up, so nothing abnormal here. The clean channel? Well, I don't use it very much. I used to own the previous version of the bandit, and I think I liked the clean sounds on it better than on this newer version, but maybe it's just me.
The lead channel sounds pretty good. I think it has more color than the older bandit lead channel. You can get a high level of distortion, and there is also a switch that allows you to get more thrash like sounds, taking off some mids. It gives you a pretty brutal sound there. I used to like that a lot, but I'm getting tired of these sounds without mids, so I tend not to use it so much now.
At loud volumes, the distortion is not as clear so I lower it a little bit. But it's not bad at all. Besides, I never turn the distortion all the way up. There is more than you need, even for metal. My basic distortion setting is when the gain knob is on 7, with the boost on.

oh, very reliable, no worries about that. I had a peavey before, it's all sturdy shit.

never had to deal with them.

I've been playing for..hmmm...12 years. Shit, I'm old. I used to have a little 25 watt fender amp, I liked it. My guitar is a cheap Washburn Bettencourt model (the cheapest model), I changed the pickups. I've had this guitar for quite a while now, and I love it. I own at boss gt3 (got it for cheap otherwise I wouldn't have bought it), a zoom gfx4, a boss super fuzz fzII, and a digitech xp100.
I like that this amp is reliable and versatile. I'm not saying it's the most wonderful amp on this planet, far from it, but it does its job, and it's cheap. It doesn't sound like a tube amp for sure, but it doesn't sound like a crappy tansistor/solid state amp with an extremely cold sound. Very good for the price.

its very versatile. the modern channel has a sound like the black album (by metallica) the high gain has more of like a seek and destroy sound. the vintage is like jimi hendrix or ac/dc. maybe even like old ozzy or black sabbath.

i have a bc rich warlock with the stock pickups (not that great, but they get the job done). and if the stock pickups on a bc rich warlock can do it, any pickup can, believe me. i play mostly metallica, slayer, pantera, ozzy, iced earth, etc. it suits it perfectly. i cant explain how great the distortion is.

this is very reliable. you could definetly do a show with it, its very very loud. i play with mine about on 1 or 1/2 volume in my room. this wont break down at all, its very well made

never dealt with them, but people at customer services are always nice, so i give them a 10

ive been playing for about a year and a half and all i have is this and my warlock.its awesome, i dont think i'll need another amp unless i go on huge tours. if it was stolen, i would cry, then go find the guy and beat the crap out of him and rip his fingers off and feed them to his mother.

Versatile? Oh yea. With this amp you can get vintage AC/DC sounds to Metallica like metal to Nirvava Gain sounds. It is the most versatile SS amp in its class. 2 channels with a footswitch. changing channels is easy and quick. Its got effects loop, preamp in/out. No headphone jack, but with a 80watt amp, eh... who needs it? best part...its not filled with a bunch of BS effects and settings youll never use. Only effect is Reverb and it sounds VERY GOOD. This is an extremely powerful amp.

I use an Agile LP2500. its got 2 humbuckers. I play from Led Zeppelin to Metallica and it is perfect for everything. as i mentioned before it is extremely versatile. Now, the amp is quite noisy ... it got a lot of "blow" on the distortion channel but that is because of its awesome power and distortion. the clean channel is not bad. It sounds very dark and really clean. DISTORTION IS DEADLY =)

Peavey ... need I say more?

never dealt. 2 yr warr. sevice centers everywhere.

Overall the amp is the best solidstate amp for this money. I compared it to a MARSHALL MG100DFX and there is no comparison. the distortion on the marshall is weak, it has NO BOTTOM END. with the peavey the distortion is sayin "I wanna kill you" =). So overall, i am extremely happy. Only bad thing is the fact that it is very hissy, but a noisegate can take care of that.

amplificador muito versatil com 2 canais lead/clean com 3 variacoes no canal sujo e 2 no limpo,contruc?o robusta , auto falante shefield de 12

Uso uma gibson lespaul standart e acho este ampli muito versatil pois se consegue uma grande variedade de timbres com ele.O canal limpo e muito bom tanto na selec?o vintage quanto modern e ja o canal sujo eu considero um dos melhores levando -se em conta os ampli solid state tenho um marshall vs 100 e afirmo que e outra historia, nao desmerecendo o marshall mais no bandit voce sente que o som e mais quente devido a tecnologia transtube que emula as valvulas,ale'n disso e como disse se consegue tocar tudo de blues a trash metal sem problemas pois te 3 variacoes no canal.

tenho ele ha 1 ano e nunca me apresentou nenhum problema

como nao tive problemas nuca precisei de suporte no entanto aqui no brasil peavey mantem site em portugues e amigos meus queprecisaram sempre se rteferiram a empresa muito bem

se a procura for por um ampli versatil ,robusto e resistente este e o ampli.Um solid state que vale cada centavo que custa

- Made in 2003

- Very versatile: i can play from blues to trash metal on it

- it has 5 channels (CLEAN: Modern/Vintage - LEAD: Vintage/Modern/High Gain. And when you switch the Clean channel you can achieve other three models of leads)

- It has effects loop (send/return)

- Sadly it misses headphones jack

- I use this amp in my room, with my band in a garage and on gigs (medium)

- It has a lot of power: I turn the volume knob around 4 or 5 for screaming sound that can dominate a metal drummer. Never pass that level (I'm not so crazy!)

- Obviously is a solid state amp but... it has the best tube simulation ever heard. Sounds ALMOST like a real tube amp.. very interesting. It also has a lot of knobs such as T-Dynamics with a proper switch for achieve still other kind of sounds and it works like a compressor. There's also a very good reverb and a Presence control. Very complete object.

- I use a Epiphone SG 61 (wonderfull piece of wood) and a little old Ibanez RG-R 270 DX BK. They have Alnico V pickups (wonderful) and DiMarzio Steve's Special, Air Norton and a stock single coil.

- This amp suite perfectly my music styles (hard rock, rock and metal with a bit of blues).

- This amp can get a lot of sounds... very impressive.

- Clean channel is ALWAYS crystal clear and never become distorted.

- The three (five?) leads are very evrsatile and the MODERN can be very brutal.

Note: I give it "only" a 9 'cause it's a wonderful amp but it's not a tube one. I love tubes... sorry guys.

I can give only a 6 for reliability because I need customer support twice for a strange problem: the sound become crappy and unstable for an electric question. Still now i have the same problem (though it's a casual problem). Anyway I've always stress it too much. Infact I often need to move it here and there, in my car for long journeys, in very different climatic conditions (too cold, too hot etc...) and in humid places. So I think this little gem has suffer too much in his life. Anyway actually it works well without too much troubles.

I've dealt with the Italian company and they were very friendly and helpful. They located my nearest Peavey Point for help me with my probs. This one repaired the amp very quickly (2 days) and, obviously, for free (it was under warranty). The warranty, unfortunately, here is of only 1 year.

I play since I was 10 years old (now I'm 25) and I've tried a lot of gears (guitars, effects, amps, etc...). All I can say is that this is a very good amp that can satisfy a lot people and if it were stolen maybe I'd go to buy another one (if I'm on budget). I love its price, its features and upperall.. ITS SOUND. I hate nothing of it. The only thingh i wish it had.. is tubes ;^) But this amp simulates them very very very well. Definitely a "fantastic value".