Peavey Bandit 112

i got this amp in 1993 and by that time there was already a newer model out but this is the sheffield version. this thing is a terminator, it won't die...ever. 2 channels 100 watts with an effects loop that i never use, power amp in / preamp out and a footswitch that crapped out too many times to bother with buying another one. it's got reverb and a gain boost. these days it's just a house amp but i have gigged with it and it was plenty loud enough and still sounded great for the little amp that it is.the only thing i wish it had is a headphone jack and maybe a better housing for the footswitch.

right now i run everything i have through it (esp lynch tiger, lp standard,ibanez rg 250dx,turser wolfgang copy, epiphone franken strat) but i use a danelectro cool cat chorus and a dunlop cry baby too. i play alot of old school ramones social d type punk stuff and it's perfect for just going nuts around the house. the distortion is nice if you balance it out with the bottom end and with no body control and the edge contol cranked up, nice and fat. if it super noisy at high volumes but this thing is a real powerhouse and i doubt you'd need to have it past 5 or 6.

this little thing is alot heavier than it looks and it's built like a tank. for ten years i've bumped and banged this thing around and no problems at all. i totally depend on this thing and have gigged with it during some pretty crazy ass shows where people run up and you never know what they're gonna knock over and smash but this thing ain't goin' out like that. you'd have to work pretty fookin' hard to kill it.

never dealt with 'em, never had to.

i've been playing for 11 years. i already told you what i have and use so i won't go into that again. if this were stolen or lost i'd be pissed because they just don't make these anymore. i don't really like the newer bandits as much so i'd probably buy a jcm800 or something. i wish it had a headphone jack and a better footswitch because i've sent 2 of 'em to the graveyard and they're just built shitty. don't be put off by these by their size because i've had the cops called on me numerous times with this amp and that's always a good thing when it comes to amplifiers.

Bought amp in June 02'. I was debating between the peavey bandit 112 and the Line 6 Spider 112. Both had their ups and downs, for example:
-Peavey didnt look as good as the Line6, the line6 was nicely painted red and matched the black very well. Peavey is more of a traditional style amp. nothing crazy on it that catches you eye.
-Peavey came with a footswitch, and this is awesome, cause the Line6 didnt and a footswitch for the line6 cost about $100. VERY nice feature for the peavey. footswitch is just a simple 2 channel system, metal switch knobs on a plastic case, pretty flimsy and prolly will break it if you slam down on it hard, but it would take an idiot to do something like that anyways. Nonetheless, the footswitch is awesome and does its job very nicely.
-Line6 came with a few built in effects like chorus, flanger, and a couple others i think, this is pretty stupid. if your going to spend 400 bucks on an amp then go out and buy a $40 pedal that you know is good. dont rely on built in crap that you cant adjust much.

Another good feature on the Peavey is that is 100watts. this is awesome. most ive ever turned it up before is to 2 maybe. so basically 1/10th of the total volume. and that was hurting my ears it was so loud.
plenty of power. if you want to add on in the future, then buy a cab for 300 bucks and power it with this thing, so then youve got a 4x12 and this 1x12.

i wish it had a headphone jack though. i doubt i would use it much, but its a nice feature to have.

i play an Ibanez JS100 and its got dual humbuckers, sounds nice on this thing.
i play mostly hard rock to metal. but also some mellow stuff. its got a beautiful clean channel.
distortion channel (3 settings of distortion (vintage, modern, and the last one i forget)) sounds really nice for a solid state.
i like it cause its not very muddy.
sounds good when volume is low. even better louder you go. ive heard a few amps that sound like crap on bottom end and you have to play crazy loud to get the sound. not this one.

i hate people that compare tube amps to solid state. fact is that there is no solid state that will ever sound like a tube amp, face it. this peavey has "Transtube Technology" to mimic effects of a tube amp. but anyone will know its solid state when you turn it on.
still sounds sweet.

pretty heavy amp. probably about 50lbs. so i try not to move it around to much. i think its got caster holes on the bottom so you can add wheels. but its not that heavy where you would need them anyways.

ive had this amp probably 6months and play a good deal and it has never had one thing go wrong with it.

only been playing for a few years, but i really like this amp.
if it was stolen i would go out and get another one, its an awesome PRACTICE amp. im saving up for a VHT, but this thing is nice for just jamming out in your room or playing with a few people.

I purchased this amp in 1993 new, in Fox Music, Cordoba, Argentina. I play very Heavy rock music. The bandit haves nice features in both channels, clean and dist., and includes footswitch for the channels and the reverb. The efect loop works good. Wolud love to have a headphone jack and an output for an extra cabinet. The amp sounds great with its Sheffield speaker, but I can't use it more than half its power, because it starts to sound bad(that's why I think about a cabinet).The Sheffield speaker broke when I used the eq. I love to(lots of low end!).

I used it with a Kramer Neptune with DiMarzio, a Fender Floyd Rose Japan, an now with a Washburn KC-44V, and sound pretty good. I used the dist. channel a lot of time because it sounds great for Metal and Hard Rock. Now I use a Digitech RP12 in the clean channel only, and the eq. is very versatile. Good for little pubs and rehearsals(if you don't have a drumer like mine!). Great for Metal, don't now for other styles, I don't care!!

It's a great amp for use and abuse. Except for the Sheffield speaker, it broke up a couple of times. Don't worry if you don't wanna sound like Pantera(I do!).Never had to repair it.

I don't now. Never used it.

I recomend it. Great sound and features for less money. Don't think it would sound like a valvular amp. It sounds great, but like solid state.
DON'T LAUGH ABOUT MY POUR ENGLISH....I DO WHAT I CAN!!! JAJAJA!!!

2002 model. Very versatile. Clean jazz to Van Halen and Metallica. 2 channels, bla bla. Great for at home and on stage clubbing. Lot's of power. Even lower watts can be mmde loud with a mic.

I use a custome Yamaha w/dual HB's. Sound suits my styles anyway. Is noisy at times, but a bit of adjustment, and it's gone. Great clean sound. Great dirty sound.

Too new to tell.

Greta warranty!!!!

So far, so good. Very versatile in sound. Be realistic though. It's not a high priced amp, so don't expect it to be like a 5150 or Marshall Tube job.

This amp was given to me by a friend... Don't know when it was made. Has reverb, and the standard 2 channels. With a gain boost and a clean boost. Other than that, nothing fancy.

This amp is very versatile, I think of peavey's as somewhere in the middle of the Marshall Fender divide. No one really shouts about their sound but I can get pretty much anything out of this without my effects board. I play a Les Paul and really like the humbuckers with this baby.

Also, its LOUD!

It had a problem that it took 10 mins or so to warm up but then worked fine. I cleaned it with contact spray and that made it better but if I sit on top of it and lean back, it still cuts out. When I lean forward, it comes back in!!!

Other than that, its dependable.

No idea...

Great amp for the right money but please... Don't spend $200 on something like this used when you could get a Marshall / Fender for the same money... It really has no character of its own.

Standard, Clear channel with pregain and the Lead channel with postgain. Has reverb, presence, and t dynamics. Solid state is good. No hassles with tubes. Effects loop. Versatile for rock, metal, and blues. Made late 1990's. No headphone jack.

I use a Ibanez guitar with two single coils and a humbucker setup. The amp has loud hissing and humming sound when the lead channel postgain is above one with all buttons in. The higher the postgain the higher the hissing and humming. The WORST agonizing sound for one to hear. It's REALLY BAD!!! The clear channel is good. Both channels dont distort at high volumes. Neither does the reverb. IT'S THE GODDAMM HISSING AND HUMMING IN THE LEAD CHANNEL!!! STAY AWAY FROM THIS AMP!!!

The only thing you can rely on is the clear channel. No tubes is good. Never broken down. Had it a very short time.

Never used them.

Bought it used. Sounds like a piece of crap. Wouldnt keep it now or would I ever keep one unless it doesnt have the hissing and humming. If it were stolen or lost, I'd let the dude have it. I'd help him destroy it after he finds out it's a piece of crap. Compared it to a line6, fender stage 160, marshall avt50. So far the line6 is clean sounding.

An amp from circa 1984 made in Missisippi
This amp has a use for everything but what amazes me is its endurance.
Has high and low gain channels. The amps own distortion and saturation channels are pretty soft and hard to get a good tone out of. The effcts loop is brilliantly clean and LOUD!!!! It has pull bright and pull thicknesser on the volume and tone buttons that can instantly change ranges of tones from high to low. This amp is a total power house for its size. I have punished it for years on and offstage and the original speaker is only just starting to go now, but thats all right I because it has well enough grunt to run a quadbox through it and that's what I do. It's an old valve amp that will never die. It has a headphone jack but that would fry your ears.
Good all round amp that can handle effects through the front and back.
Effects are really a must with this amp as the reverb isn't the best the gain channels aren't smooth either.
But all up the best amp I ever have used. Best for rocking hard!!!!

Heavy rock and weird effects.Hummbuckers sound the best through it.
Noisy around powerlines. Never starts vibrate the speaker out.
Clean channel stays clean at high volumes. The distortion sucks so you'll need something to boost it up bit.

Toughest ever. Would never ever let me down, it has had a hard life and never shows it. Never broken down before. Never made a weird noise. Never serviced.

Amp was bought third hand in Australia for $80U.S. What a bargain!!!
I rang Peavey to find out about the amp and they could tell me everything I wanted to know, so that was cool.

I've been playing for eight years and for six on this amp.
If it was stolen I'd find another one tommorow.
Love everything about it. I chose it because it was cheap. I evolved in my playing through the amp. If you can find one buy it.

don't know when build, has high and low gain input, T-Dyn, Pres, 3 switch channels, (clean, trash, gain) etc...
but no headphone jack, shit, I like play the night in my room when I can't sleep.
Bougth in a North-East shop in France.

I'm using a Samick Blues Saraceno with s/s/h seymour duncan pickups, wich need to be totally rechecked up and reset (fret, mics, electronics, neck) the poor is suffering. I use now instead an Ibanez DTX120 with original humbuckers (this one is hell !!). I will say : you can love the power, but not the sound. There is hiss !
But when you use a effect processor it's different. One day I returned home with an Korg AX300G, I plug it and hiss has disappeard, and now I can use the proc sounds (but it's hard to set this effect as you want) and I have got the power of the amp !
With the original sound, music is Lifeless (but better than an Hugh & Kettner or Marshall transistors-same-price-amp), but it can fit for -not extra- but good playing (and not for those "Rock Stars" who post messages about a cheap amp and who wants real professional quality stuff)Reverb is good.
really powerfull - get off my room's wallpapers with it =p

Hard as a rock. Mithril Inside ? =p.
No need to spend money every year for changing the "trans"tubes =p
(I hear some Tubes-Addicted-Guy saying "what ? every year ?")

Ouch, I buy it priceless, with the footswitch (Marshall give Free Footswitches ?).
But I don't receive the manual and informations about guarantee (no need at last).
I give also 5 because, I find the manual online in PDF format on the Peavey Website (and in French) - don't find it's difficult to read me ? lol -

I've playing for 5 years just for fun, cause i'm working i cannot do my life as a real guitar player (need lot of training) (but I'm not so bad, I play Hendrix, Metallica, Deftones, some Satriani's song,... and lots of very differents things I like).
If you are like me, this amp is for you (with an effects processor), no need the ultimate Mesa/Boogie (will buy one when i've got enough money and professional musician situation, - but i'll think it will never happend).

by the way,
Try it with an effects proc and made your own opinion. Don't forget that's quality/price amp

Nb : I find Marshalls for the same price, with transistors (not tubes, lots of marshalls are tubesless and expensives) and (damn marshall) HALFLESS power! I thinks transtubes will sound greater than that kind of stuff

Sometimes I think marshall sux
(pay-the-brand-baby)

Thanks for reading me !

Not sure exactly when made but i bought it in late 2000.
One thing is for sure and that is that is its definetely not versatile enough for me or my music style, which is clean blues leads/ Heavy Rock (Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, R.a.t.m. etc.)
2 Channels/Solid State/Foot Switching/Effects Loop/NO headphone jack.
Features i dont use are the 'resonance' button coz it does hardly anything to the sound whatsoever, and the 'effects boost' button coz it doesnt change the sound at all!

I use a cheap ass Yamaha EG-303 i got for 200 aus in a beginers package with a 10 watt amp, altho its crap cheap as pickups are not the problem with my sound coz ive tried it out on my freinds Ashton anp and it does ok.
This amp suits my music style in the way that the clean channel goes pretty sweet on my guitar's neck pickup, nice and smooth. but u cant get the good smooth lead tone out of it that ive gotten with other amps. and if u turn the clean channel up past around 4, it gets distorted and sounds crap as.
The Dirty channel is well, pathetic to be honest, i honestly think it useless exept for that u can get some good vintage lead tones out of it , but it doesnt have very much distortion so thats about all u can do with it. You cant play heavy rock on it, no way its just too weak and nasal u can play vintage rock on it, but u cant get a descent thick distortion out of it. its pathetic.
I play a Boss Mt-2 Metalzone through its clean channel and at moderately loud levels (as in garage jam level) it makes an awfull loud bassy vibration of the cabinet/speaker and annoys the hell out of me, if u wanna try and eliminate it, u gotta turn the bass on the eq. all the way down to stop it resulting in crap 'plastic' tone

Well i wouldnt really depend on it, coz i used it at a gig and when i turned the volume up to the required gig level, it wouldnt stop vibrating and making the awfull bass noise.
Other than that ive never had any problems with it.

Haven't Dealt With them

To be quite honest, i regret buying this amp i wish id saved my $$$ and got a 50 watt marshall tube amp or something, i can't stand the distortion on it and it hasnt got a good enough tone for leads, i bought it coz it was the only amp in my price range and thinking that Peavey are a well known brand they're amps would be quality...NEGATIVE
As soon as i save up the money.. im getting a new one, ive had enough with this one.

I bought this amp new in 1997.
Original transtube version (with old Peavey logo)
I play all sorts of styles but mainly blues, country, gospel, etc.
2 inputs (high and normal gain), 2 channels, bright switch, eq for both channels (bass, mids, highs), gain and "trash" buttons on the lead channel, effects loop, reverb, presence, t-dynamics, resonance switch and effects level switch. 80 watts RMS (solid state).

I use lots of guitars (Gibson Les Paul, Fender Tele and Strat, (vintage) Fender Mustang, Fender (electric) mandolin and others.
This amp sounds good using most of the guitars but some guitars I have to play with the eq to get them to sound good.
I set the amps eq like this: (CLEAN) bass 10, mids 1, highs 6.5, bright swith off. (LEAD) bass 10, mids 2.5, highs 7, gain swith off, "trash" switch off. Reverb 7. Presence 0, t-dynamics 0. Resonance switch in.
I really like the reverb in this amp.
The t-dynamics sounds better to me on 10% (at low volumes) and when you crank the amp I turn the t-dynamics to around 50%.
I've used the effects loop a few times and it works but I mainly use all pedals through the inputs instead of through the effects loop.

I've had this amp turned all the way up (on the clean channel) and the cabinet did not rattle at all. This amp (like all Peavey amps) is built like a tank. Very road worthy.

They have a good website with all the books on all their amps in their database for people to download.
Plus I've called them a few times about different things like ohms, etc. and they were very helpful.
I've never had anything wrong with this amp.

This amp is good but it's still not a tube amp.
The clean channel is good but doesn't sound anything like a tube amp to me (after hearing it compared to an actual Fender hot rod deluxe amp) but the lead (distortion) does sound alot like a tube amp (at least the way I set the eq for that channel).