Peavey Bandit 112 II

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.

I couldn't ask for more when it comes to features. A high and low input, 2 voices on the clean channel and a 3 band equaliser, the lead channel has a pre-gain to control distortion and 3 voices (High gain, modern or vintage) and a 3 band eq. The master has built in reverb, a presence control, a resonance switch (very nice) and a t-dynamics knob (which as far as I can tell is just a compressor). The 2 channels are footswitch controlled and there is absolutely no drop out in switching.

I'm using a Gibson Epiphone SG (those red cherry ones) and the clean tone through it sounds fantastic. There is a bit of noise caused when the footswitch is plugged in, but it's nothing major and oddly enough it's silenced when the EFX level switch is pushed in and there's something in the effects send jack. The lead can get kind of noisy at high distortion but, hey, what doesn't? Most of the time I'll plug into the low gain channel because the High gain channel, while in certain circumstances gives better distortion, makes the clean channel a bit muddy. The amp isn't as heavy as I expected and can be transported to gigs. The distortion is killer; the reverb isn't very useful to me because I use the reverb on my pedal and the footswitch controls the effects loop rather than the reverv (unlike the previous models). It can take a bit of fiddling around with to get a nice tone out of it because the presets aren't perfect. The clean cahnnel doesn't break at high volumes either.

I have never had a problem with it

Simply a fantastic amp useful for small-medium gigs and waking up neighbours 3 blocks away. I've been playing for less than 2 years but I know what good distortion is when I hear it and I know when clean is clean, and this is it!

2 inputs, 2 Channels, Effect loop, Presence, Reverb, T-Dynamics and a loose/tight speaker setting. 3 band EQ. 80 watts (very loud!!). The channels are footswitchable. Purchased mine new in late 2002 and been using it ever since. I practice and gig with this. The presence and T-Dynamics can have a big effect on your sound, I have presence at about 50% and T-Dynamics low.

I play a Line 6 Variax and go through a Boss SD-1 into the Bandit. I use a Zoom multi effect box in the loop for delays, chorus and flange. Tip: Distortions/compressors and overdrives should always go in front of amps NOT in the loop. I play rock, pop, blues, motown and punk. That's a lot of variety but the combination I use means it's reasonably straightforward. The clean channel on the Bandit is lovely and with the SD-1 I can get all sorts of drive/distortion tones. You can get them using the lead channel instead if you prefer and they sound great but I like to save that channel for leads/solos and I don't like fiddling too much between numbers. There can be some hissing at high volumes but the Variax is cool because it doesn't have pickups so there's no hum! The distortions range from crunch to brutal.

5 year guarantee says it all.

You can download manuals off their website, other than that I have never dealt with them.

I am guessing the amp was made recently, early 2001 or so, but I really don't care because it is probably the best amp I have ever played on. It gives me the metal distortion I use for all my songs and it aslo has that great, quiet clean song for my ballads. Also it is SOOOOOO LOUD! I wish it had some chorus or delay, but I can worry about that later. I also love how I can switch the tube sound from loose to tight, very nice.

I use a Jackson DXMG with Emg-Hz pickups at both the bridge and neck positions. This amp fits my style of music perfectly with its wide range of distortion, reverb and presence. It is a little noisy, but that can be reduced by tweaking your volume knob on the guitar. The distortion is the best I've ever heard on a an amp such as this and I didn't have to buy any extra pedals for it either.

I believe it is a strong amp, I've heard Peavey amps are built for durability, but I've only had it a week, so we will see.

I have gotten a 5-year warranty which is very nice considering my other amp (a Behringer by the way, don't buy one) had a 6 month warranty.

I have been playing for about 3 or 4 years, can't really remember. I know that sounds a little too short of a time, but I play alot. This amp has everything you will ever need, I can almost promise you, (notice, I said almost). If it was stolen I would buy another in a heartbeat. I love the amp to death and I really don't hate anything about it. I will compare this to the Fender amps with Dyna-touch because Fender really doesn't have that tube sound I am looking for but the Bandit does, Fender just doesn't know what tube sounds like. Also I am 16, if I can afford this, you can too.

Everybody knows the deal, two channels, 2 variations of clean and three variations of lead. Has effect loops and presence control. use it mostly for home use. Power more than enough for that, play it at 1-2 at the most.

Using a les paul custom, jem 7 and wolfgang QT special.I lace a boss GT-6 before it and use the channel switching between clean and lead for a boost in solos. Little noisy but perfect for feedbacks ( a la Santana) adds to the tone of the GT-6. ( i turn off the amp modeling on the gt-6 and only use the overdrive pedals modeling. Great sustain!!!.

no problems so far, but it is only 1 week old.

Went to the web site for support, no problmes there.

this is a post for hobbyists like me. I've been playing for 20 years now and I've used just about every amp, guitar, effects that I can care to remember ( or my wife for that matter, as she's sick and tired of the constant buy/sell/trade for me to be happy). The combo of the GT-6 and the bandit is a match made in heaven. Every possible tone at your feet with a reliable wel built solid amp that matches perfectly with it. My only complaint would be that it would have been nicer if the footswitch controlled reverb and not the effects loop. If I lost it, I would buy it again in a second.

Don't know when it was made. Purchased in 2001. As written above, two channels....2 voices in clean and 3 in lead. 3 Band EQ. Master reverb. You can produce allot of sound out of this amplifier. I'm an ameteur jammer, but I get around. Old, new, rock, blues. Clean is good. Very good. It holds up well at volume. Have to be careful with the bottom end. It's pretty thick and I would imagine could self destruct if you weren't cautious. Pedal provided for switching channels and shutting on/off outboard effects. Effects loop is cool. You can plug directly into it from pedals and bypass the EQ. I have used it live and had no problem keeping up with the other band members higher priced equipment. It's way loud. Feedback is an issue if your in a tight squeeze. I can't say I wish this amp had anything really. I suppose it would be cool if it had a headphone jack. Sometimes it's a pain switching the voicings between numbers.

I use an old Epiphone Shereton hollow body and A Korg processor (mainly for delay). I stick with the basics and let the amp and my playing mock the styles. It works just fine, thank you. There is an occasional noise when in lead that baffles me. It is a random static that comes and goes. I'm not sure if it is the amp or some power fluctuations in the house. In any case, it doesn't cause any problems live, but recording would be an issue. Excellent low end when you want growl; excellent tone transitions for blues bites; great when it's clean. The vintage voicing works well with some tweaking. The T-Dynamics and resonance actually work, all-be-it subtly. I really like it's tone. It transitions well between clean and distortion. At around 6 or 7 on the gain you can get some great dymnamics. Better than any other solid state amp I have ever checked out. The other lead voicings go straight into heavy distortion with a swap of midranges. They are decent enough to use for whatever you might be trying to accomplish. This amp sounds better than my Fender HRD. Way better. I know that isn't saying allot since the stock HRD was a great dissapointment to me, but over-all, this amplifier is pretty badass. Thew clean channel holds up good. Distorts pretty much like any amp at the top. The distortion will get as brutal as you want, I suspect. It really growls.

This amplifier is extremely well built. I am very careful with my stuff, but things happen. I have also read a great deal about it's durability. I have a back-up amplifier, but I would use this without one. It's solid state, man....and a good one. It's never broken down. I'm not on tour, heh heh, so I haven't exactly tested it all that much.

Never had to deal with them for anything.

I've been a legend in my living room since I was 12. I have three other amplifiers....the aforementioned Fender, an old Crate, and a very old Alamo tube amp. If this amp were stolen or lost (how do you lose a 50 lb. amplifier?) I would definately buy another. It is a great bargain for what you get and easily as good as any other solid state amplifier and quite a few tube amplifiers as well.

Here's a real versatile amp. Its's a 2002 model, with 2 channels but no effects except for reverb. Solid State 80 watts by itself but can be 100 when hooked up to cab. Effeccts loop, headphone jack, all the usual. This thing can get very very loud. But it can go quiet enough to practice with. I usually play grunge/metal/hard rock and it suits me fine.

You can get a lot of different sounds out of it. The distortion can go from a little dirty to this super-gain sick fuzz. Distortion id best thing about this amp, and its got that "transtube" technology that adds a bunch to it. It has 3 distortion settings, "vintage" for bluesy sorta like overdrive, "modern" which gives this great rectifier sound, and "high gain" which is more loud than good in my opinion. The clean sound is pretty nice. You get to switch between "vintage" and "modern" sounds. they sound very similar but vintage is a little brighter. The clean sound isn't amazing. If you want that get a fender twin or something. But if you want sick amazing distortion this'll work.

Solid state amps and peavey in particular are tanks. I don't think I'll ever have any problems. this is a gigging amp for sure.

Never dealt with em but you can get a five year warranty which is good.

Great amp, real great price too. This is all you'll ever need unless your looking to play arenas or something.

1X12 solid state combo
80 watts/100 watts w/ cab
clean channel (modern/vintage)
lead channel (high/modern/vintage)
footswitch (clean to gain/effects)
line out, preamp in, effects loop, ext speaker jack (8 Ohms)

-I use an ESP LTD explorer w/ EMGs (81 and 85), DeArmond (S-73 w/ Gibson humbuckers), and a Schecter C-7 7 string.
-I play heavy music (Metallica, Down, Black Label Society, Tool) and some Gov't Mule- I can get all these sounds with this amp
-I have it pluged into a Marshall 1930 2X12 cab (it really helps the low end)- I highly recommend using a cab w/ it (but does sound great w/out it)
-I think the distortion on the amp is better than my Boss Metal Zone pedal
-The amp is very loud with the volume at 1 (I usually only need it at 1/2)
-The amp is a little noisy (it may be due to the cabinet or guitar)
-I traded a brand new Peavey Special 212 in for this set up- Special 212 had many different distortion types except for the one I was looking for

I think that Peavy makes a good strong product. I have had it for 2 weeks so I will have to wait and see.

The company is helpful.
The store that I bought it from gave me a warranty.

I've been playing for 13 years.
I would buy it again if stolen.
I wish it had a chorus effect built in (I bought a marshall Supervibe)
I don't use effects much

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.