Peavey Bandit 112

Just bought it a few weeks ago. I presume it's a 2005 or 2006.
By seeing the number of reviews, I'll let you check all features on the previous reviews. This Bandit was bought for home studio use only...but it's so good I'm thinking carrying it at a next gig !!! My main amp is a Fender Stage 1600, and I'm not sure this Peavey is not more appropriate for my music style that is Classic Rock. I only wish it would have a headphone jack, and a 3rd button on the pedal to turn off/on the reverb.

I used to have a Bandit 65 in the 80's, and was very happy with it. That's what brings me to a Peavey dealer. They are now a lot better than that 65 I had. The Transtube makes you have the sound of the tube amp without all the mess of maintenance that goe's with it. Since I have it for omly a few weeks, I did'nt even try everything this amp can do. I'm using it with a American Fender Stratocaster and a LesPaul classic Epiphone, that have all Gibson components. ( 496R and 500T pickups and all the Gibson pots and switches ) It suit my style very well. Both guitars are responding differently, but both have there job to do and it's OK with me. I'm playing in a cover band about 20 gigs a year ( I'm getting older:-)and our style is mainly Classic Rock mixed with a few Ballads and Disco songs. But as I was saying, I never used that Peavey in a gig yet, so I can tell for now, but I will certainly try it pretty soon.

It's to soon to know, but Peavey have a "earthquake resistance" reputation. I presume it will last for a long time. Anyway, I never gig without a back up...My actual back up is a CRATE power block. It's so useful to carry a 4 pounds, 150 watts amp for backup in your pocket :-)

No experience with them never....not even in the 80's.
But thanks to the "Musik shoppe" in Mercier, Quebec, where I bought it. They are nice, helpful and honest.

I'm playing guitar for 40 years. I owned 3 amps, that are a Fender stage 1600, as a gig amp, a Crate power block as a back up and now that Bandit for home studio use. I will certainly bring that Peavey at a gig soon. Before buying this Peavey, I shopped a few Line6, Crate and smaller Marshall, but I definetely stop my choice on the Bandit for all the reasons you read above, but mainly the sound and power of it. In matter of what you have for your money, the Bandit is a great buy. If it get stolen, I would certainly buy another one.

Standard features for the 112. Bought it at a pawn shop in great condition, believe it to be about 3 years old. Love the tone and is a great practive and small gig amp.

Was very impressed with the highs, extremely clean played with several Fenders. I thought it was a little lackluster at high volume but designed more for the practicing player, or small venue. Sounds great for church praise music.

To early to tell, but whomever sold it didn't give it up for any damage reason.

to early to tell

Perfect for small Church, clean sound. Fits my needs.

I got mine new in February 2004, so I assume it was made in 2003 or 2004.

-2 Channels: Clean + Lead
The clean channel has modern and vintage voicing modes, the lead has modern, vintage and high gain.
-2 Inputs (high + low gain)
-Spring reverb
-Effects loop
-Footswitch to change channels and bypass effects loop
-Resonance switch
-Presence and T. Dynamics knob (I'm still not quite sure what the T. Dyamics is supposed to accomplish)

I play a lot of rock and metal and sometimes some jazzy jam type stuff and I can usually get whatever sound I want out of it, the only problem is the noise on some of the distortion.
Other than less noise, the only thing I really wish it had was a switch on the footswitch to turn off the reverb. I know the smaller models in the series had that, so I don't know why the left it out for the Bandit.

The two guitars I regularly run through it are a Dean 7 string Avalanche and some Harmony Strat-copy that I fixed up with Duncan Scorchers.

The sound quality on the clean channel is fantastic. I definately like it better than some similar sized solid-state Marshalls and Fenders my friends have. It handles the extra low end I throw at it with the 7-string perfectly. I even ran a bass through it once or twice and it didn't sound too bad for a guitar amp. At higher volume levels, it does start to crunch, but it's a very pleasant crisp crunch, not a bad speaker crapping out on you crunch.

The lead channel leaves some more to be desired. I usually only use it on the vintage voicing for 2 reasons: the modern voicing just isn't my thing, and both the modern and especially the high-gain are incredibly noisy. The vintage channel can pack a punch though. I was in a metal band for a little over a year and the vintage mode with the pre-gain up all the way worked fine for me.

For the first year it was fine, but then it started cutting out a lot. Some days it would be fine, but it would frequently cut out so that when you turned the volume to 10 it would sound like it wasn't even at 1. After a month or so of that it started to smell like it was burning so I took it back to the store to get it fixed. After two weeks I got it back and they said they opened it up and cleaned the dust out and couldn't find anything wrong with it. So I spent $45 on nothing there. It did work for a little over a year and a half after that and now its doing the same old shit, so I think it's time for a new amp.

It started acting up while it was still under warranty so I called them to see what they could do. Apparently for them to fix it, I'd have to mail it to them and pay for shipping both ways, but the actual repairs would be free. I don't remember the exact amount, but shipping something of that size and weight across the country isn't cheap.

I've been playing guitar and bass for a little over 5 years and this was my first amp other than a small 10 watt beginner's amp. I got an Ampeg SVT806 cab a little while ago, but never got around to getting a head for it since the Bandit started working again. I think it's time to get a head though, cause I'm definately not fooling around with the Bandit anymore.

If it was lost or stolen, I wouldn't been too upset seeing as it's broken.

I would like to say that mine may be a defect, since most people have given it pretty good ratings for reliability.

When it works I love it. But thats WHEN it works.

Overall I give it a 6, because I am assuming mine's a defect. If it worked I'd give it an 8, because for the money it does sound pretty good.

I think the amp was made in 2005 or 2006. I bought it in march 2006. I play a lot of Metal, Heavy Metal and Hard Rock and this amp is perfect for it. 2 clean channels (Modern, Vintage) and 3 distortion channels (High Gain, Modern, Vintage). I can change from clean to distortion with the footswitch (included). I now use this amp all the time. I jam with music alone, with my bands and some friends. This amplifier is LOUD. If I jam with one drummer and one bassist I put the volume around at 5 or 6. When I play with another guitarist I put it around 4 or 5. It's a solid state but with the dynamic feature thingy on it it's still great.

The clean channels are nice. I found the vintage better than the modern sound.

The distortion is AWESOME;

High Gain--> Loud with a lot of midgain.

Modern--> Heavy Metal sound |m|.

Vintage--> Classic Rock sound, AC/DC etc...

I use the modern sound most of the time because at high volume if I put it to high gain it hurts the ears! I'm using an Epiphone Les Paul Standard with this amp.

YES, this amplifier HAS some feedback. But! I have a Noise Suppressor! :) So yeah I strongly recommend to buy a Noise Gate if you want this amplifier.

hell yeah I can depend on it.

Never dealt with Boss. Didn't need to.

I've been playing for about 2 1/2 years, since March 2004. Wow if it were stolen (I wonder how ?), I'd find and kill the bastard that would do a thing like that, then take back my amp. I'm not stupid enough to lose an amp this big. I love all its features but it's kind of heavy :P About 45-50 pounds. Overall, this amplifier is great. You can plug a cab in the external speaker input so it can be louder (from 80 to 100 watts). The normal price was 649.99 and the guy sold it to me for 575!

You've read all the ote reivews so you know. Feature wise it's average, nothing too fancy but doesn't lack in features. 80 watts rms isn't loud enough, maybe good for jam sessions in which you have a very light handed drummer but othrewise it's a practice amp.

Distortion is nice, but way too much hum when on overdrive, you NEED a noise gate to use amp. I play all sorts of stuff related to the rock genre and yeah it can do them all. Has a nice lead sound, terrible rhythm sound. Too use this amp within any band situation it must be run on overdrive channel with full post gain (and full pregain to get that 'bandit' sound!) It's nice at the treble end of tonality pretty rough at bass end. Not even to mention the various annoying buzzes this amp makes with different tonal settings....

It's pretty crap. I mean it's built heavy but really can't be relied on electronically wise.

I have no idea about the company

Okay for practice, really a beggingers amp. I've been playing electric for 4 years and I use a Michael Kelly Tribal Sun as my main guitar I also own an Epiphone Nighthawk. This amp is pretty crap overall. My best amp is a Line 6 HD half stack. That sounds much, much, much better and reachs the required volumes and beyond but cost a fair bit more. If this amp was stolen I wouldn't care too much, and I wouldn't replace it. Really I know a lot of people swear be peavey but I've played many Peavey guitar amps of various sizes and prices and they are all looks and no performance, it's up to you if you buy one but I recommend taking your money else where, I own a small Vox practice amp aswell sounds much nicer and way more reliably. DOn't get fooled by the tough looks of this amp the only thing tough about it is it's ability to take it being kicked becasue it sounds so bad you can't help but kick it!

Bought new in 2004. First off the bad - I use this amp in clubs and had a few gigs coming up in a larger hall so my bass player loaned me a Peavey 410 cab, well I did enjoy the extra 20w of power but 95% of the sound still comes from the 12" Sheffield, I have to lean down to even hear anything from the 410's. This has to be a switch/wiring flaw in the amp design.
I rarely use the raunch side of the amp, I run a DigiTech 300a pedal and stay on the clean channel.

The amp is pretty loud with my DigiTech, alone on it's own it seem weak at mid to higher volumes. The highs you do have to be careful with using a Strat. I'm playing a Strat,SG,and a 335 thru the amp.
I'm in a cover band so my styles of music varies from SRV to Merle Haggard to The Allman Brothers to the Beatles. But again it's not the amp that allows me to do this its the pedal.

Never a hitch.

Never dealt with them

Been playing for 33 years. I've owned Marshalls, and other Peavey Amps. I do gig with this one, But if I could afford it I'd have a JCM200 with a 412 cab or a 70's model 410 Fender.

This amp was made in 1996. It is the OLD one with the cheap shiny vinyl on it. It is rated at 80 watts and is plenty loud. Typical peavey, it is VERY directional. It has two channels, one clean one overdrive. The overdrive is really good for solidstate. For all the tube amps I have, I don't mind the overdrive in this Bandit. Plenty of tone shaping as listed below in the other reviews. It is SOLID STATE, Transistors.
I use it with my pedalboard. I play Country Rock. If you want that Lynyrd Skynyrd sound, this will deliver.

I use a Fender Custom Shop FMT Telecaster with hums. A DiMarzio X2N in the front. The amp only gets noisy when the OD gets turned up high. As you would expect. This amp does well on a number of levels. The clean stays clean and bright until you really crank it, then the clean channel goes a little dirty. The OD is nice for a solid state amp. That is why I bought it. It sounds really good. The crap Sheffield speaker is only good at bedroom levels (as are so many of Peavey's a speakers). As the volume goes up, the sound goes muddy. I solved that with an Eminence Patriot Screamin' Eagle. It will handle the volume and stay clean and deliver the sound of the amp. The reverb is a little weak, but OK for guitar work.

It's a Peavey, for cripes sake. Epoxy glass boards, mil spec components and all the caps and heavy components are glued down.

Beats me, never dealt with them.

I have been playing 41 years. I have owned just about every type amp made. I currently have 5 amps and 6 guitars. If this one were lost I would probably get another. I always take it as a backup as I never play without a backup. This amp has NEVER given me one seconds of trouble. It is the perfect backup amp. I swapped the red LED out to blue, just because I like blue. I have no idea what other amps to compare it to as most solid state amps sound like crap.
It is kind of big and heavy for only a single 12" speaker. Looks like a 2-12.
Had to buy the cover from another manufacturer as Peavey did not have one for this amp. That was odd.
If you can only afford ONE amp, make it a Peavey Bandit. Not the crappy "S" model or the new cheap ones. Get the old, big, heavy Sheffield equipped one with the cheap, shiny vinyl. Swap the speaker out if you play above 30 watts and you will have an amp you will REALLY like and will last you until you croak. It should get a 10 in this rating, but the Sheffield speaker can't keep up with the amp.

Mine has to be atleast 8 years old or older. im not sure, i bought it used. the features have been discussed plenty so ill leave it at that.

The clean channel is ok. The distortions are heavy. I dont use the preamp anymore though. i use a vamp as a preamp and use the power amp and cab on the amp. It sounds great.. Very nice amp.

This is where peavey $%^& stands out to me. i bought this amp from a friend who had it in his house when it burned down.. the fire got most of the house and got to the next room from the amp.. it still worked fine. i have had about 6 years since then and have used it almost everyday and works like te day he ot it..

very good company. i live in ms so getting thing done from them is pretty fast.

i have a lot of stuff and have been playing for about 10 years. if i lost it i would prob get something else but that really doesnt have anything to do with the amp, i just like trying new stuff. it is a wonderful amp with very good sound (for ss). the distortion is very good for heavy music in my opinion but use clean and lightly overdriven sounds mostly. It is also very very loud. i dont see how these people rate all these amps as having low volume.. 80 watts is really loud... period.. if your thinking about buying it i woul recomend it.. built like a mother*&^%$#@ tank... feel free to email me w/ any questions

I bought this amp in 2001 and I feel that it is the most versitile amp I have ever tried... so I bought it. It has 2 channels, lead and clean and it comes with a foot switch. In the clean channel there are 2 settings, modern and vintage. In the lead channel there are 3 settings, high gain, modern, and vintage. It also features a master section which has Reverb, Presence (the tube simulator), a resonance switch (tight and loose), and T.Dynamics (I have no idea what that knob is for).

I uses a Fender Stratocaster with a trio of Seymour Duncan single coil pickups. these pickups are no ordinary single coil pickups, they sound sound soooo beefy that sometimes I think that there's blood comming out of them.

If you just bought this amp or you are looking for new sounds, then I know exactly what you want.

This setting will give you a very Eric Clapton type tone. The tone the early Marshalls made:

CLEAN LEAD MASTER
Vlo Switch Low Mid High Pre Switch Low Mid High Post Rev Pres Res T.D
N/A (Vint) 6 4.5 5.5 3 HiGain 3.5 5.5 6.5 N/A 6 + 8 L 80%

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This setting will give you a very Dream Theater raunchy distortion tone: (This is my favotite tone.) Amazing Distortion tone. The reverb is optional, (I put it on Zero. If you want to put it up go ahead, never pass 5 though, you loose tone quality in the distortion)

CLEAN LEAD MASTER
Vlo Switch Low Mid High Pre Switch Low Mid High Post Rev Pres Res T.D
N/A (Vint) 6 4.5 5.5 5 HiGain 3.5 5.5 6.5 N/A 0 10 T 80%

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This will give you a very Steve Vai/Eddie Van Halen tone, that kinda raw 80's rock tone. Good for tapping (though I don't tap)This setting will give you some sweet sounds.

CLEAN LEAD MASTER
Vlo Switch Low Mid High Pre Switch Low Mid High Post Rev Pres Res T.D
N/A (Vint) 6 4.5 5.5 5 Modern 6 5.5 6.5 N/A 0-8 10 L 80%

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That's about it. Enjoy your new settings. E-mail me and tell me if it helped. :)

This amp goes beyond expectations when it comes to reliability and durability. I dropped it down a flight of stairs and I started crying not because I thought that the amp was not going to work anymore, but because I thought my dad was going to hit me. I plugged it in and started playing. It sounded better than ever before. (I don't suggest that you drop this amp down a flight of stairs to see what happens) but accidents do happen, it will triumphantly stay in tact (I hope). This is the only amp I need.

I never had a problem with this amp and I probably never will.

I don't know how long the warranty is.

It's 2006 and I've been playing guitar for 6 years now. this amp has lased me for 5 and hopefully for 105 years more. I'm hoping to switch to Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier but it's really really really expensive, this is a great substitute, it's not as powerful or as famous, but it has the voice of an angel.

I used to like this girl that lived in Mississippi, and when I moved back to Canada we started calling each other a lot and one day I told her that I play a Peavey Bandit amp and she started laughing I asked he what she was laughing about and she said that her dad used to design amps for them and one of the models he worked was the Bandit. Ever since then I gave more love to that amp.

Please E-mail me if you have any suggestions for the amp settings.

Remember that 90% of your tone comes not from your guitar or your amp, but from the passion behind your fingertips.

Not sure of the year but it's an older one not the transtube.80 watts. Two chanels, high and low. Effects loop, preamp, etc., but no extension speaker! Rats! Very loud! Can't turn up to loud in fear of a police visit or just an angry neighbor! Find settings on the various knobs don't just crank them all up you can get good sounds. If there's a awful Humm it's just because of what I feed it! Giving an 8 for lack of extra speaker.

Using Fender Fat Strat with various effect pedals. I prefer individual pedals over those new effects boards. So what. More batteries and extention cords what's the problem?! Play Stoner rock, Sunno, Boris, yea yea low gain power cords endless sustain.Seattle OK!
This amp suits me just fine for in home use. The search for monster tube amps begins. I don't use the amps distorted controls at all. I leave that up to my pedal selection using the loop for echo and delays. Overdrive and distortion inserted just after guitar. It sounds pretty good on the clean channel. Bright and Punchy.
I punish when I can and it's still alive. Feedback is OK more would be better I like to body form sound waves. Scorpion speaker built tough. 10 cuz it sounds good via my choice of added effects.
By itself stock sound at least an 8.

For me not big enough to gig with. Just a small Loud practice amp.
Kept clean and warm. I neglect no instrument physically just circuitly. Haven't fried anything. A 9. I have a baby Peavey that's still breathing also. Built in USA. Boycot China!

Never had to call Peavey and wouldn't need to. Service is available but haven't needed.

I've been playing music for 30 years. Drums,Bass, and Guitar. Currently have all sorts of stuff. Fender Fat Strat <sweet sunburst> Les Paul copy <old black & creepy modified pu's> , A Westone Bass <it functions>. Synare S3X,
<noise,who's flying the spaceship?> Alesis HR-16,<little Grey drummer Boy, think Thrones>.Yamaha DX27S <keys> Wee small amp Dean Markley K-20 <yellow honey box> Trace Elliott Boxer 65 <good portable mini Bass=good bedroom amp> Peavey Blazer 158 < another old mini ok for home use> Peavey Bandit 112,< see above>
I've ran these amps in series through various effects and have a wonderful time.
I chose the Bandit because it was cheap. Wishing for old Sunn and Ampeg amps & Roland Space Echo. If it were stolen I would probably buy another one and stick with the older version. Trans-tube and British speaker is too rockdom superstar for my taste. What's that like New And Improved? I'm giving it's value for me a 10.