Peavey Bandit 112 II

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".

I bought this combo a year ago for #175 used I think it about 2 years old. I feel the reverb is not as good as on a Fender Twin which I once had but otherwise is a good all rounder. Stage power is fine as I play mainly bigband jazz.

I use a Ibanez AF75 archtop and a Yamaha Pacifica which works well.
It can get a bit hissy and I don't like the T-Dynamics .

Very reliable.

Never needed them.

I would consider getting another one but be pusuaded to go back to Fender amps.
I have put heavy duty casters on the base to make it easier to move and use it with a tiltback ampstand and get a much better sound.

bought this a few weeks ago... AMAZING!
I play mostly Punk, and hopefully starting some rockabilly stuff soon (stray cats covers mostly...). Very nice, pulls it all off nice, only I may need some delay for rockabilly... Nevertheless, does everything I need it to, and probably everything I'll ever want. Clean and Lead chanells, both verry nice, only I find the distortion gets muddy easy, but if you are used to the controlls, its simply lurvley. Distortion otherwise is VERY nice, clean is lemony fresh. I play with a punk band, mostly in my friends garage, definitely loud enough to gig. If not, just hook it up to a cabinet, then it goes from 80w to 100w. The only amp most guitar players will ever need.

I play an Aria STG series (strat copy). Not the best guitar, but it works, and don't break. Single coil pickups. I love the sound of humbuckers on here, but the amp does a nice job of giving the SC's some body. Great for almost every genre! If you're not sure if it will work for you, go and try one out! It can get hissy, and lots of feedback when up very loud. But thats much louder than you'd need it. The bottom end muddies up the distortion very easy, I find. The lead can get VERY muddy if the tones arn't set right. Play around though, its really not hard to get great sounds out of this.

4 words: Its a bloody Peavey. I have owned this and a Rage 158 practice. Neither have (or ever will, hehe) broken down. My Rage has been tossed down stairs, dropped 5 feet onto solid concrete, kicked and shoved over and over (I'm sorry, hehe) and it works just as well as the day I bought it. Now this: gives you the tones and fun of a tube amp, but isn't wussy when it comes to bumps and bruises.

With this amp, I'll never need support.

Playing for about a year. I own a Peavey 158 rage (best practice amp out there) and an aria STG series. If stolen, I'd go out and buy another in a heartbeat. There are millions of these guys, and every one is worth every penny you pay. If price is taken into account, best amp out there. Period. Lots of volume, tone, distortion, and plain old peavey fun. enough good things cant be said about this amp.

2 channels, 3 great lead presets, clean sounds better on modern. Haven't used the effex loop any. Reverb is kind of weak.

As I said the lead channels are all great, esspecially modern with pre gain at about 5 or 6. One bad thing is the low end. The bass tones are a little too low and you can't get a good solo sound out of it unless its turned up loud. Still a great gig amp.

5 year warrenty, what else is there to say

Great amp, just play around with it and you'll find a sound you like.