Peavey Bandit 112 II

You know all this stuff. I'm pretty much just writing this review to plug the peavey revolution 112. It's transtube and it's pretty much the same as the bandit except it has a third. It's a sweet "ultra" channel and it sounds amazing (it's footswitch selectable). The revolution has the same speaker as the bandit and it sounds just as good on the first two channels plus the third channel is sweet. If you've tried the bandit and like it than try and get your hands on a Revolution. It's only a few bucks more and that extra versatility is great. If they don't have one at your store, just order one instead of a bandit. You won't be dissappointed.

bandit's great, but you won't believe the third channel on the revolution. I'm serious.

you know peavey

ditto

this is a great amp but the revolution get's a ten. I'm not even joking a little bit. I'm not dissing the bandit, but it just can't beat the third channel and the price difference is very small. START A REVOLUTION!

The amp was made recently (2000's) It is very versitile ( for the price at least ) I play everything from Jazz to Metal ( Scofield to Dimebag Darrel } The amp has two channels with a switch pedal, an effects loop , a headphone jack , and an external speaker jack becouse 110watts is enough power for more speakers. For a solid state amp, it's very powerful .

I am playing through a u.s. standard strat with a seymour duncan cool rails in the bridge position. like I stated before, this amp does the job quite well. the distortion is great, the clean is good considering that the amp is a solid state 112. the amp also has presence and resonance controls which make the amp even more versitile

I bet that I can launch this thing off my roof and it will hold out like a boss pedal. solid state amps never let you down

There not supporting me.......I'm supporting them.

I have been playing for 9 years, I own a fender twin, a peavey classic 30 ( another excellent amp ) and a bunch of boss pedals. If the amp were stolen I would go out and buy another one becouse peavey amps are not very expensive but they are excellent amps.

transtube, 80 watts, clean channel has two voices, lead channel has three, solid state

i used to have a strat copy epiphone and it sounded horrible on the lead channel when i was playing rhythm. now use a epi les paul with humbuckers and it sounds MUCH better with humbuckers. clean is really twangy at higher volumes, distortion looses gain at higher volumes. really nice sounding if the volume (post-gain) is below 4 which i never go past because i use it to practice with a loud punk band. it has LOTS of power. i can't even stand the volume when it is past 5.

had it for 5 months, dropped it down small stair set, still works perfectly, hell it doesn't even collect DUST!

never dealt with them

overall, i would give this a 7 out of 10. pretty good amp for band practice. if lost or stolen, probably wouldn't buy one again because i don't need this much power. i'd maybe go for a 50 watt tube or something like that.

Check the rest of the reviews, don't need to repeat other's desc.

Used with L.P., ES335 clone, Tele, Kramer Strat clone {ZX30}. I play mostly "Classic" R & R, voicing & tonality works well for my needs. I really appreciate the TDynamic control, lets me clip out @ a reasonable SPL at home unlike the POS Marshall VS102R that it replaced. I am happy enough with built-in OD circuits that I have stored my Rat distortion stompbox. The reverb rates about an "8", not like my long gone Super Reverb or Gemini II, but definitely acceptable. I think this amp can probably accomodate most styles of playing without problems. The amp is quiet in operation unless you really torque the pre-gain, effect loop helps cure random noise caused by stereo chorus pedals normally tied in thru input jack. The "clean" channel is more than adequate, although not to the level of the aformentioned Super Reverb or Ampeg Gemini II {Oops!! living in the past again!!}.

I cannot comment on this unit, since I have only had it about a month, but I have owned in the past the following Peavey stuff, none of which ever let me down:

Classic 50 Hybrid, Bandit 60, Special 130, Renown 400, TNT, TKO 112

The Peavey line may not sound quite as nice as the botique brands, but after that lousy, unreliable & overpriced "valvestate" piece of junk, I will never even casually consider a Marshall again.

Can't comment, their stuff works, have not needed service !!

For the gory details, refer to "Older than the Hills" review of the miscreant Marshall VS102R "amplifier".

Alot for the money.

cleans are ok and distortion sounds great esp high gain sounds a lot of harmonics can be pulled off. For hard rock or metal this amp is pretty cool. I have had no problems with effect loop. For playing the blues I wouldn't use this amp but for high gain stuff this is pretty cool. It does have a little buzziness trash sound to it thats is different but sounds cool.

No problems of yet the speaker can fart out a bit on very high volumes.

Very quick one of best in business for a big company.

dislikes
Wish it would do blues better. (Tech 21 solidstates really shine here)
Cleans can still be improved.
I don't think the shelfield is as great as peavey makes you want to believe.
Distortions could still be tweaked some more making a couple of good sounding choices
Likes
very dependable.
Big Cabinet this has a lot to do with sound.
Takes effects well.
Not that noisey at all.
Well if it did the blues well I would use this amp for everything.
Been playing for a while
Worth a check out if you are looking for a good hard rock amp that is fair priced.

I HAVE SOME TIPS TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING SMALL PROBLEMS WITH THIS AMP. I already made a review. Some things that alot of people including me over looked on this amp is the high/low gain input. when I got it and was using high gain input, it sounded like shit, but know that I switched, the distortion on the moder channel actual sound good and heavy and a lot more audible and defined. Big improvement. But by the way, Emg's help to. Another tip with the effects loop, if you are having problems with the loop, try moving peedals around, including infront of the amp. It fixed my problems and made my amp sound more clear and a lot better.

2002 model.
Very versatile. Clean jazz to Van Halen and Metallica.
Since I can't sound like EVH without his setup has everything I need.
Lots of power.

I use a Yamaha custome guitar with 2 HB's.
Sometimes it's noisy, but I just change a setting or two and it's good.
Clean sounds great. Lead sounds great with all different settings.

Too new to tell.

So far so good.

Much better than any Marshall I've had.
Get warm with ever note played.
Sounds so good.

got it new 2001 tom lee music vacouver b.c.this amp is plenty versatile for the music i play.country band,cash,waylon,willie, etc.i use this amp small gigs around town.plenty of power for me.

i use a martin d-28 .fishman a.g.124 thinline.also plug it into fishman pro e.q.and a 60 silvertone redone with demarzio 412 tele bridge pickup i put in to add to the great lipstick neck pickup.i use the clean channel and both guitars sound great with a little adjusting from one to the other.no unwanted noise or sounds yet.dont know if distorts at high volumes aint been there.

ive had a peavey pacer for years peaveys dont break.

never used them.

been playing 45 years. beside my martin and silvertone i have a yamaki acoustic and a fender strat. mex.yorkville p.a.,peavey pacer and a fender bullet.i would buy it again.it suits my needs to a tee.

this is my second review. I think it has very versitile for what it is, 80 watt amp with no built in effects. If you wanted more options they you buy one of the transtube amps with the built in effects.

I use a dean mach 5 with emg's and an ibanez ax 7 string stock. I'll start with the bad things that I have found with my amp. First off, the reverb add a shit load of extra noise at times, plus the reverb is weak and cane only really be noticable with lots of gain, but then it creates more fucking noise. This is not a big deal. The second is the fact that, I had to have a repair done on my amp after I bought it because something involving the effects loop had been wired wrong, and after I got it back, I now have an annoying buzzing sound, like something is loose inside the amp. Both of those are minor problems, my main problem is that on the modern distortion, if you turn it to 6-7 on the pre gain, it gets muddy, not extremly, but so that it is a bit annoying. It can depending on you settings, and pick-ups but it is still annoying. The emg's help clean it up alot but it is still there if you play very fast open drop tuned chords. But on the good side, you can hear picked notes cristal clear. The problem is that I like the more gain the better, i find on 7-8 i keep it from getting too muddy. My last problem is that both channels break up at around 7 or 8 on the volume/post gain, but with effects, it can be worse at times. But luckly you can solve this by adding an extention cab, I have not tried it with one yet but hope to soon. The positives: clean is amasing, and distortion or lead actually sounds modern, heavy and has a nice bass reponse.

footswitch for changing channels,2 channels (clean and distortion) it's a solid state amp and it has a very good sound

I use an epiphone sg-400 with my amp and a digitech xp-200 and it works pretty good.I play a little bit of Led zeppelin,acdc mettalica,etc.It is not noisy at all and this amp suits my style pretty well.

I would definitely use it on a gig without backup.I bought this amp new so it does not have any flaws,etc.

never dealt with them.

I have been playing for 2 years and it is the best amp i have ever played with it sounds better than mg-series in marshall and the fenders.if the amp would brake i would go and get another one.