Peavey Bandit 112

my amp was created in the 90's (Made In USA) i dont know exactly when he was used by lot of ppl (3-4) and now its mine :D, 80W, 2 channels,
effects loop and no headphones! (too bad to your parents!).
in my room its dont across 3 at volume! when its maxed u should get out of the room cuze its so powerfull.

i use samick guitar (that sucks) strat style.
i play hard rock, Heavy Metal (old),Punk, Grunge, and lot kinds of rock (and Blues too I guess).
this amps suits PERFECTLY for those styles i just love it! from Nirvana TO Black Sabbath from Eric Clapton to Guns N' Roses pink floyd Steve Vai and Lots More! its have an awesome sound.
when i turn on the gain more than 7 and the master volume at the guitar is more than like 6 its starting to get feedback, but its got a really great sound i would buy a noise gate to fix the feed back probs.
at the clean channel.
AMAZING Clean More than I Expected! Very variety you can Get A Funky Clean And Bassy Clean This amp is Amazing!
this amp can go To High Gain But I Dont Like This.
he can Play Pantera Easly :P
i Would Give this Amp 15\10 but the max is 10\10 so...

i Got It Without A Gain knob but im still can control Just The Plastic Was Off..
but iGuess the last Owner Was Just Crazy~

Well.. this amp is a -+15 years old so i guess ill see if there something wrong with him O:
but hes is Very Good amp.
working Perfectly.

if the amp was stolen i Would Buy This amp Again (Just The USA Made)
and i love everything about it.
if you want to ask something about the amp or anything else Email Me ;]

I bought this amp in 2008 (3rd edition)
2 footswitchable channels and 6 equalizion presets for any style.
I play expecially rock and funk but the lead channel has so many drive to be used for metal.
The power is extreme for exercition but in live plays the bandit goes up and up with the volume and the sound remains clear.
Awesome.It's very useful the power switch (25% 50% 100%) to see how the power is needed for a great suond

I play a Fender Stratocaster 50th anniversary.
This amp seems to be built for this guitar.
With the equalizer is possible to emulate great vintage sound and ultra modern sounds.The clean is perfect even at the maximum volume but the treble are too enfatized.
The distortion is incredible.On ultra gain EQ it seems to never come to an end

Since i Bought it it has a strange noise when i power off it.
But it doesn't appen with a black out.
I used at full power for three hours and he didn't leave me (but the electric group was veeeeeeeery hot)

2 years of warranty but it is very limited

It's a great transistor amp.
I will never sell it because it isn't only a great backup amp but sometimes i prefer it to my Marshall dsl 400

I bought the amp in the mid 1990's. I play country gospel to hard rock. The amp suits my playing fine.
80 Watts (rms) into 8 Ohms
100 Watts (rms) into 4 Ohms (w/external speaker)
12??? Sheffield speaker
High and Low Gain inputs
TransTube tube emulation circuitry
Footswitchable Clean and Lead channels
3 band passive EQ on each channel
2 position EQ/Gain Voicing switch on each channel
Reverb with level control
Footswitchable Boost with level control
1/4" stereo Speaker Simulated Direct Out jack with level control
Footswitch

I play a Fender MIM strat with vintage noiseless pickups and a Ibanez RG-270 through this amp. Not noisey at all. Very versatile amp. You can select 2 different types of clean and distortion styles. The clean channel stays clean at high volume. The distortion channel is very versatile as well. I have a Crate 100 watt amp and a Fender FM 212. My two sons (who play) go for the Peavey everytime.

I had a Peavey Backstage for about 22 years and would still have it if lightning hadn't struck it. I've had this amp for about 13 years and never had any problem with it. I would use it on a gig without a backup.

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I've been playing about 30 years. If I had to choose between the Crate, Fender or Peavey amps I have, I'd take the Peavey. It has a richer, more mellow sound than the other two.

I don't what year this is from but I bought it second hand in a local shop, but I don't think its that old.

The amp is realy good for the kind of music that I play (Rock 'n Roll, Hard rock with some metal sounds)
I
think the features are very good I usualy use the HI-Gain input and als put it on HI-Gain in the lead channel. with a lot of low and mid.

I never use the reverb I just like the amp like it is.

I use this Amp in the practice room with my band and it has enough power for me, I play rythm and the sound is very good for that and I can play loud enough.

I'm using a Epihpone SG over this amp with two open coil humbuckers and it sounds Freaking! good.

I suits my music style perfect, because I can rock with it. But that isn't hard if you think about I played a Behringer first.

Sometimes it wil buzz at higher volumes and it gives feedback if you come to close but I can live with that.

I think its great you can make different sounds with it because you can make alot of different songs with it. Like I sad earlier I mostly use HI-Gain setting but the different settings sound great to.

The clean keeps clean but I don't use the clean channel that often.

The distortion is brutal enough for mee you can make with modern gain setting a very hard metal sound. But I like the HI-gain setting more it has a little more high and mid.

It is very reliable at least I think I don't have it that long.
But I will use it on gigs without backup because I think its very reliable.

It has never broken down not yet at least but I don't think its going to.

I never dealt with the company so I don't know

I've been playing with this not that very long but I'm very happy with this amp. Like I said earlier Before I used a Behringer and this is a very great improvement. So overall I think this amp is great and it realy Freaking rocks.

I don't what year this is from but I bought it second hand in a local shop, but I don't think its that old.

The amp is realy good for the kind of music that I play (Rock 'n Roll, Hard rock with some metal sounds)
I
think the features are very good I usualy use the HI-Gain input and als put it on HI-Gain in the lead channel. with a lot of low and mid.

I never use the reverb I just like the amp like it is.

I use this Amp in the practice room with my band and it has enough power for me, I play rythm and the sound is very good for that and I can play loud enough.

I'm using a Epihpone SG over this amp with two open coil humbuckers and it sounds Freaking! good.

I suits my music style perfect, because I can rock with it. But that isn't hard if you think about I played a Behringer first.

Sometimes it wil buzz at higher volumes and it gives feedback if you come to close but I can live with that.

I think its great you can make different sounds with it because you can make alot of different songs with it. Like I sad earlier I mostly use HI-Gain setting but the different settings sound great to.

The clean keeps clean but I don't use the clean channel that often.

The distortion is brutal enough for mee you can make with modern gain setting a very hard metal sound. But I like the HI-gain setting more it has a little more high and mid.

It is very reliable at least I think I don't have it that long.
But I will use it on gigs without backup because I think its very reliable.

It has never broken down not yet at least but I don't think its going to.

I never dealt with the company so I don't know

I've been playing with this not that very long but I'm very happy with this amp. Like I said earlier Before I used a Behringer and this is a very great improvement. So overall I think this amp is great and it realy Freaking rocks.

Bought new, the 2008 model has a lot more features than the one I bought in 1995 new when the transtube first came out (which I still have for a back-up now....still works great, never had a problem with it and it's been at 100's of gigs)

It has two channels. I only use the clean channel with a TS 808 reissue for overdrive. Has presets for "Vintage, Modern,Warm" settings for each channel. Has a Boost for footswitch to be used as a volume boost which I wont use but may come in handy someday. Back panel has a switch with a cabinet simulation "Tight,Normal,Loose", switch for power amp setting's "25,50,100%" which is nice for different venue's, and a volume for the extension cabinet jack which is a nice feature. This amp is very tweakable but not complicated, and it gets loud enough for the music I play, hardly ever going past "3" on the volume. I play Country, Blues, and Classic Rock mainly and it works for me.

I use a variety of guitar's through this. It stays pretty clean depending how you set it up, with the variety of control options you can make it break up the clean channel if that's what you want or it can be set for a very clean sound. If you're a shredder then this won't be enough amp but for most styles it has plenty of headroom. Most places I play do not want high volumes so this amp works great for my needs, it's enough power to play but not so overpowered that you can drive it enough to get a good sound. The power amp switch on back is nice if you are playing a very small gig and want the amp to sound a little over the edge at low volumes.

I used my old Bandit without a back-up for 13 years so am not too worried about having any problems..If I had to I could plug into the PA if it blew up in the middle of a gig, would suck but oh well.

Never had a problem with Peavey product so don't know about the service.

Been playing 35 years. I've had tube amps and personally want something I don't have to worry about. Plus the Bandit sounds better than a few of the tube amps I have owned. I own a ton of gear, too much to list, 25-to 30 guitars at the moment I guess, a couple 5 string banjo,s, couple of basses and amps, PA, ect. I could afford a much more expensive amp but I like this one and my older Bandit. I did consider other amps, my friend owns the music store I bought it at and tried a number of different amps but decided to get another Bandit.

mine is the very 1st of the transtube series
loaded withe the shefield speaker
2 channels
effects loop
footswitch
reverb
t dynamics knobs

im using this amp with a 1987 rg550 loaded with wsc pickups and an esp eclipse loaded with emg 60-81.i mainly play metal but u can get just about any sound out of this thing even with the active pickups.my only gripe is the cleans can be too compressed but yeh so are mesas.i also have a hughes and kettner switchblade stack sitting next to my peavey and honestly i wish i never bought it.i even sold my marshall dsl because the bandit just sounds better.

built like a tank i got this in the early 90's and and shes still going strong and ive never heard of a bandit breaking down.

havent had to deal with peavey

ive been playing on and off since 94 and have owned expensive valve amps but i keep going back to this thng.
if it was stolen i would look into the new bandit apparently the chinese ones are better.

Low Gain / High Gain inputs, 2 channnel clean and lead. Clean has seperate low, mid, high EQ with volume and vintage/modern switch, lead channel has low, mid, high EQ, pre-gain, post-gain, vintage/modern/high gain switch, master Reverb, Presence, T-Dynamics control, loose/tight speaker selection. effects loop, power amp in and out footswitch and 8 ohm ext. speaker jack. Loaded with Sheffield model 1230 8 ohm speaker. Rated at 80 watts RMS (100 watts with ext. speaker).

Has a very clear clean sound on either selection but esp. on vintage and the volume and EQ on this channel have a wide adjustment spectrum. Lead channel will acheive the old Marshall sounds along with some good more modern metal distortion. Very clear and really doesn't mudd except on a higher volume/gain speaker does not handle high volume as well as it should so I may install an Eminence V-12 or Man-O-War. T-Dynamics seems to have better control on the clean channel or high gain selection on lead. Other settings have little volume variance. Seems to be like 2-2-3-5-7-10 with no in-between. Use many guitars Firebird VII, V, SG, LP, many Strats Stock and modded. Sounds good with all, of course 60 cycle with singles but no worse than others. Blues, Classic Rock, 80's Metal, Jazz are a good. Death Metal would be attainable with the right pedal but I don't think the speaker would perform optimum.

Seems to be built like a tank and that is Peavey's rep.

Unused but I like their site

Transtube is nice but will still look for an older all tube peavey. Wish the T-Dynamics was more responsive. Like tthe fact it more portable than an old tube amp and with a speaker change I may even love it. If it were stolen I'd prob. replace ith with a transtube 2x12 or most likely an old Classic VT series and install and attenuator.

It has great sounds and lots of them. With the Thrash, Gain Boost, Bright and Resonance buttons along with a Presence control you can get any sound you want from the most bright clean sound all the way to an agressive heav metal sound. It also has 2 channels, effects loop, high and low inputs and a reverb control. And it also has a control called T.Dynamics which changes the power from 10% (Weak, soft tone) and everything all the way to 100% (Strong, Heavy tone). You can either use the Pre gain as the main gain control and the Post gain as the volume for a more metal sound or the other way round for a softer more bluesy sound.

The quality is very good the problem i have is buzz when on the distorted channel when just plugged in and not playing. This suits my style very well i play heavy metal of the highest degree and it can do it amazingly. I can also get all sorts of other sounds punk, blues, jazz etc. The distortion has no one sound it cn be insanely brutal then with some slight tweeking can be a soft distortion for blues or jazz. The only problem is the buzz.

This amp is second hand so i would not play it without a backup live. but it seems to be reliable enough. i have not had it break down so far.

Never Dealt With The Company

I have been playing for just over a year and i play Schecters and BC Richs and some others through the Bandit 112 as my main setup for now. I would buy it again or look at some higher range Peaveys. I love pretty much everything about it. I just hate the buzz that is driving me insane but it is not there while playing. I just got this as a spur of the moment style thing but i can compare it to some good ??500 amps and i cant tell the difference. I would say if you can get one of the older Bandits DO IT! i do not like the newer ones because of the softer and brighter tones compared to the older ones (like mine). I dont know what year mine is but i would guess late 90's.

This amp comes with a lot of great features for a decent price: effects loop, head phone jack, line out for a separate cabinet and voicing features for the clean and lead channels (these offer tonal versatility not usually found on amps for this price). I was looking for a pretty cheap amp that could address a wide variety of sounds, and it is successful to an extent. I use this amp for practice and jamming with a rhythym section. Its loud enough to be heard with drums, but if you turn the volume past noon the bottom end begins to sound flubby and if you have it at a level where you can get some decent sounding sustain/harmonic feedback it begins to smell like burning rubber.

I use a single coil strat with this amp and at low volume it sounds pretty decent: sounds like crap above noon. Don't let the transtube feature convince you to buy this amp. It does emulate a tube sound somewhat, but volume suffers, and it doesn't match the rich tones you can get from tubes. If you want variety in your sound (from sparkly clean to metal) I'd suggest getting a decent tube amp and putting a tube screamer or the Dist. pedal of your choice in front. However, if you play at low volume and are looking for cheap, flexible amp to practice on you might want to consider getting it.

I've had the amp for 2 years and it hasn't broken down. I would only use this for a gig for backup (just because I can't get a decent sound past noon) and I'm worried about something burning something up because of the smell eminating from the cabinet when I turn it up to live levels.

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I've been playing 17 years. I own a Crate 50 vintage club with 1 15. Love its sound but the effects loop sucks. (that's why i got this amp for recording/practice with something other than a straight guitar to amp sound). If the bandit were lost or stolen I'd get something else due to the disappointing sound at volume. I love its features, tonal flexibility, ease of use, and price.
I don't have to restate what I hate about it.

i got this amp 2nd hand so not sure of its age, probably the 2000 model not made in U.S.A. this has everything you need, effects loop, footswitch (channel and effects) external speaker out and some different amp modelling switches. this amp is great for band practice and gigging. solid state transtube

bad points first; its reverb isnt the best (i use my digitech gnx1 for that) and the distortion often is a little bit undefined so its kind of hard for soloing. other than that its awesome. its transtube (transistor) but moddeled to sound like a tube amp. NOTE it dosent sound like a tube amp but does sound good. wicked clean channel if your into that kind of stuff.

taken it to band practice heaps and knocked a wire but only effected it the once and its good now. it is one hard *** amp! dont knock it while your playing it goes mental for a second, sounds like you knock the reverb springs and goes amplified trampoline on you. then again i dont know if its spring reverb or not.

dont know never needed it.

great

Let me be brief! Nothing Fancy, but is you are looking for an amp that is an extension of your guitar this is it!

Simply put.... Sound quality is a much about the axe you plug into it (any amp for that matter) as it is about your ability to truly understand sound reproduction thresholds. You can tweak the Bandit 112 to sound like a sweet smooth blues/jazz sound to an all out raunch!

I use a Les Paul Studio, EPI Zack Wilde Les Paul Standard, Taylor T-5 C1, Gibson ES-335 and frankly even my high end acoustics sound great. Remember it's all about taking the time to finding your tone.

I play a lot of CCR, Eagles, Blue Rodeo, and some Queen, AC/DC and the likes as well.

Can you say "TANK" like! Mine was built in the USA in 2000. I understand that the new models are built in China hence I unable to speak to the modern version's overall qualities or lack thereof.

I also DJ with PEAVEY equipment and speakers and I have yet to have to call on them for service or otherwise. Call it a 9 given that they build such great products.

15 years and counting of playing. Owned Fender Deville 410, owned a Peavey Classic 30 and in comparison the Bandit 112 simply delivers on all aspects of what an amp should be. Reliable, tweakable and great sound.

I have no idea when this amp was made, I bought it used and it appears to be much different than today's Bandits. It has pretty much standard everything, no fancy, flashy features to list, except maybe reverb (which isn't that good, by the way).

When I first got it, I was expecting some kind of monstrous hi gain amp, which was my first mistake. What I ended up with was a more bluesy sounding amp that doesn't sound good unless you either overdrive it with a marshall guv'nor on the gain channel, or just put it on clean and use a Line 6 ??ber metal distortion pedal. But even with the need for a pedal, the amp is still pretty versatile for what I play (death metal inspired instrumental-stuff), as I still use it today. One thing I have found, however, is that using an EMG 81 pickup in the bridge of my First Act strat copy, then putting both the gain channel and the gain switch on, I can actually get some pretty nice sounding tremolo riffs out of it, especially downtuned. One thing to keep in mind is that playing it like this is going to be noisy as hell when you're just idle with your guitar (i.e. loads of feedback). The upshot to playing with the emg is that you don't need a pedal, except maybe a noise suppressor.

Seeing as how my amp was bought used, and how old it appears, I'm suprised it actually functions as well as it does. I'd give Peavey an 8 for making this amp reliable enough for what I do.

Never had to deal with them.

Only been playing about 3 years but I'm still getting better everyday. I play mainly death/black/thrashy-metal inspired instrumentals. I have about 6 guitars (which includes 1 bass and 2 acoustics). My main two are my BC Rich warlock (set neck) w/ Dimarzio X2n and Seymour Duncan Invader pickups, and an Ibanez RG370DX with a seymour duncan jazz and stock pickups. The First Act guitar I mentioned above is my first guitar, so i've pretty much mutilated it with all the experimentation. Kind of funny after three years I finally get a handle on soldering electronics.

Anyway, if this amp were stolen I'd have to get another amp, regardless of the praise I've given it here. I wouldn't want to take all the effort of finding this exact year/model only to end up disappointed, so I'd go with a brand new tube amp or something.

The only thing I'd add to this amp is some decent reverb. The built in version sounds like absolute crap. otherwise it's a great bargain amp.

If you have any desire to hear some sound samples of this amp, just email me.

I bought my amp in '96. Back then I was playing Catherine Wheel-esque rock, and relied heavily on effects pedals to give me the sound I wanted. I didn't know much about amps, but it had volume, and the clean tone was good. Now, I play rockabilly, country, and a little bit of those Catherine Wheel type songs, I've learned more about amps, and now I wouldn't trade it for anything. I play a gretsch Tennessee Rose, and a strat, and the clean tone from this guitar is perfect, even at high volumes. I wouldn't even bother with other switch, as it only sounds muddy. At 80 watts, its plenty of power for most of the venues I've played; I haven't been invited to play Shae stadium yet. ;)

I think I covered a lot of this above, but the clean channel sounds great at high volumes. I have no complaints whatsoever with how my guitars sound in the amp. I have tried a number of other amps in the stores, and have never felt as satisfied as I have with this amp. The transtube feature is nice, especially if you are heavy strummer like me. You can dial the power output down quite a ways and get just the barest hint of some overdrive, which is perfect for country tunes.

Like I said, I bought it in '96, used it a lot for 4 straight years, then put it in a closet for 6 years. Got it out a couple of years ago and have been beating on it solid for awhile, lugging it around places, and haven't had anything break. There's a loose wire somewhere which makes a really fun noise if I move it when it's turned on, but as long as it's sitting in place, there is no issue.

Haven't ever talked to them. The manual is ok.

I've been playing for 15 years. I use a lot of effects, SD-1, fabtone, chorus, reverb, phaser, etc, but on a fair amount of songs, I just run clean with a little bit of chorus dialed in. I have used the amp with acoustic guitars, and even vocals and find that it handles everything ok. If it were stolen, I would buy it again, or a comparable Peavey. My only complaint about it is that the built in reverb doesn't sound as nice as I would like, but that's ok. No complaints.

After having to sell my Marshall Artist half stack for financial reasons 10 years ago, I needed to replace it with something cheaper, but with a similiar sound. After trying out several tube combos at the music store, I wasn't happy with any of them soundwise or pricewise. Although I was set on a tube amp, the store manager said, "How 'bout this Peavet Bandit?" I said no way, because the other guitarplayer in my former band had an older one from the 80's, and I thought it sucked. Then he told me it had this "new" transtube circuitry(remember, this was 10 years aqgo) that really emulated that tube sound, so I tried it. I was amazed! I could'nt believe a solid state amp could sound this good. The last solid state amp I had owned before my Marshall was a Crate G40CXL and the distortion on it didn't even come close to real tube overdrive. The Bandit, however sounded(to me) just like a tube amp. It had 2 channels; the clean: crystal clear with plenty of eq and a bright switch, and the distortion sound on the lead channel is awesome. It has separate 3 band parametric eq on both channels, and just one reverb shared by both of them. It also has an effects loop, an effects level switch, an out jack and a preamp out as well as a ground switch. The included footswitch allowed you to switch channels as well as turn off the effects loop. some people complain about not being able to turn off the reverb, but I don't use alot of reverb anyway in a live setting. The lead channel also features a resonance switch, a "thrash" setting, and a gain switch, plus the "tube dynamics" knob. Oh and it also has pwr. amp in and out jacks in the back, but I've never used them. For the money, I really don't think it was missing any general features. I have used this amp for live performance extensively, home practice, and for home recording. At 80 watts its plenty loud for just about any situation. Currently my son is using it in the basement and its powering a Hughes and Kettner 4x12 cab w/Celestions, and it does it with juice to spare.

I pretty much play harder rock, punk, power pop, alternative, emo and metal as well as classic rock and pop, plus a little bit of blues. this amp can handle it all, but the overdrive is where this thing really shines. To get that "tube" sound you have to turn the presence and tube dynamics knobs kind of in conjunction with each other in the opposite direction. I would have the presence turned about 4'o'clock, and the Tube dyn. to about 7'o'clock, which on the knob is marked as "20%". Alot of guys I knew who had tried this amp figured the more you turn the tube dynamics knob up towards 100% the more it would sound like tube distortion, right? Not so. It more or less acts like a dmpening effect. The less percent of tube dynamics the more tubey it sounds, but the more tube dynamics the louder the power amp is. As far as the distortion, it was MUCH more diverse than my Marshall ever was. It broke up the same, but you could control the bottem end and the mids and highs on the eq more. The Thrash button basically added more gain and scooped the mids, which I never used because I like alot of mids in my tone. The gain switch however was interesting. I found that for recording, the break up of the overdrive sang thru more when the gain switch was off. The gain switch adds more gain, tons of bottom end and more noise, which does make it sound tubey, but with out it, you get great tube breakup with out the hum and noise, and you get much more control over your eq. It does sound a little "thinner" and more compressed this way, but for recording I thought it sounded much better. I ran my dod and boss pedals, plus a Crybaby wah/volume pedal thru the effect loop, and got pretty good sounds live. The only problem was that when I would switch from dirty to clean, sometimes the clean level would seem to "drop off" a bit. Maybe it was because I was using a noise suppressor, but I'm not sure, but overall it sounded great live. My guitar player in that band used Marshall tube amps and a Quadroverb and everyone used to tell me how much better my rig sounded than his. I ran a PRS ce 24 Thru it as well as a Les Paul, both with humbuckers and it did well with anything from the Stones to Godsmack to Blink 182 to Korn. I like the Transtube series so much i even bought a Peavey Supreme half stack and a Peavey blazer 158, because they all used basically the same preamp. But I usually ended up using the Bandit because it was easier to transport and seemed to have just as much power as the half stack.For the last four years I switched to a Line6 Flextone cause I got a good deal on it and it was just easier for convenience sake to haul an amp that had all the effects built in. Well That took a crap on me recentely and wouldn't ya know it, I bought another Marshall Artist, so I gave the peavey to my son who loves it. We both agreed we are going to keep it forever. I still use it to record from time to time and to jam with, but it has seen some use and it does seem noisier than it used to.

Overall this amp has never really let me down and its built like a tank. One time I did have to get the effect loop jack fixed, but that was because I was runnin a Peavey Prowler 45 watt tube amp thru it, just to see what it sounded like and wasn't sure how to hook them togeher, and my guitar player hooked it up that way if I remember and I think it messed it up, but my bassplayer fixed it for me, so it didn't cost me anything. I used this amp for recording for about 3 years and almost exclusively for live shows weekly for about 3 years and I always trusted it to deliver. I never had a backup when I used it either

I never had to deal w/the company, and the one problem I had was my own fault and the warrenty was way over and I got it fixed for free so that's that

I've been playing on and off for about 26 years, seriously for the past 17 years and I've owned several solid state amps and a couple of tube and hybrid amps. If this amp was lost or stolen I dunno if I'd get another one or not. I think this is probably the most versatile and reliable amp I've owned, but nowadays most of the tube emulating circuitry is really good on even the cheaper amps. But at the time I bought it(10 years ago) this was one of the best sounding solid state amps. I have no complaints about it and for harder rock or just about anything else, this amp delivers. When I bought it I couldn't even think about affording a Marshall, so I compared it to some Fender tube amps and an Ampeg tube am in the store and I thought they were more suited for blues or Jazz or country, not for harder rock. The one guitar player in my band is a tube conniuesour(?) and we compared it to a 5150 and some of his Marshalls and the sound was comprable to them. Overall I think Peavey got a bad rap in the 80's for some reason or another, but I think bang for the buck ya can't beat 'em. And they do have higher end stuff that is right up there with Mesas and Marshalls alike, both in quality and price, but their lower end stuff is suitable for anyone on just about any level. Eddie Van Halen...Joe Satriani, Hello! These aren't just your run of the mill endorsers here folks, so Peavey must have been doing something right. I've been looking at getting another tube head, and the tried out the Peavey windsor and the Valve King and was very impressed by both of them and these are much cheaper amps than the 6505(formally 5150) and the Joe Satrianni model. sometimes I think people just want to pay more for an amp or other product by an expensive name brand, just so can they say they did. I think that's why people didn't trust Peavey products, but to me they are excellant sounding amps and thats all that matters.

2006 model Transtube ( and yes the T Dynamics does work...subtly...but it DOES work) Same features as listed in other reviews...2 ch. seperate eq's reverb, presence, resonance, effects loop (footswitchable effects loop and channel select but not reverb...bummer) etc etc
I've recently picked up the guitar again seriously after almost 15 years of just "plinkin" around here and there and have spent the past year carefully searching for an amp that can cover all the types of music I like to play, that wont kill my already strained chequing account! I play classic rock, blues ( slow and sleazy, ) mellow jazz, country...all the way to 80's hair metal and Metallica-esque heavy metal. Needless to say trying to find a reasonably priced amp that can do all that even half assed has been a challenge! Then I stumbled accross this lil' gem.
Right now I'm just practicing at home and jamming with the guys for fun. but I wanted an amp powerfull enough to split an eardrum or two when called upon. Bandit more than fits the bill in the power department! Only one Gripe really...No footswitchable reverb! IMO this is a seriously basic need that is overlooked in way too many amps!

I've only had 'er for a week now so bear in mind this is an "initial impression" review. That being said...I have managed to get a surprising number of pleasing tones out of this lil' bugger! In particular...a fantastic sleazy, sultry tube heavy blues overdrive that put a silly ass grin on my face in a hurry :) I have also gotten a great clean, warm Jazz tone...very Les Paul-ish ( the man...not the axe ) And a really nice , creamy 80's metal saturation...at lower volumes anyway. The sound is kinda strained and thin at the higher volumes. Canned and harsh. HOWEVER...the stock speaker has a pretty "anorexic" magnet. I wonder if the speaker itself isn't rated at 16 ohms at a lower wattage than the Bandits 80-85 watts RMS output??? But...I will be replacing the stock speaker with a Celestion G12k 100 and have a feelling that may just open up a whole new can o' potental!
For the record, I'm not putting a high end guitar into this amp but it aint junk either. I recently purchased a Godin Freeway Classic (another real good "bang fer' yer buck" hunk of gear!)
She's a little noisy at higher vol's on the gain Ch. when pushed to insane levels of distortion...another reviewer noted quite correctly that pre and post volumes should not equal more than 10...keep it just below !@#$%^&*( blistering distortion and it aint too bad. lol

As one other person said so simply..."It's a Peavey" Legendary relliabillity. I've owned a few older ones...this one isn't the "Tank" that the older ones were but compared to other amps in it's price point ...it's built like a brick sh*t house!

Hve never had to deal with Peavey cos I've never had a problem.

Been playing on and off for 25 years..owned and sold tons of gear...won't do the drawn out list.... suffice it to say I know what sucks...and what doesn't...and this amp doesn't suck. For the money....I dare ya to find a better one. I paid 300.00 taxes included for this puppy...brand new...in the box! Great lil amp. It is what it is...it doesn't do anything incredibly well...but it does a good variety of things respectably well and for the money...it gets a solid 9

Not sure on the year, I bought it used for $350 CDN and it came with a 12' Line 6 extension cab (bonus) .

I play mostly Rock, and the overdrive channel works really well for that. The amp is loud, for the most part and I can cut through with my band, a heavey armed drummer , ampeg bass fridge and A Randall 412. It has the ability to carry your sound remarkably for a small amp.

I play a pawn shop special Gibson Les Paul classic and like I said the overdrive is good for rock. I like the sound I've been getting from it lately. You just really have to learn the amp to find a good usuable sound. I really don't like the clean channel. I'v plugged into the low gain (-20db..i think) and it seems to help. The clean just seems to belch and ring harsh (maybe thats my playing). It's more harsh than warm.

The effects loop works but I don't know why the efx button cuts the volume of the effects,I spent the day playing it with a borrowed POD 2.o and once all your volumes are correct it works, and you can footswitch it, but I'm not much of an effects user. I don't like running effects before the imput so I apreciate the loop. You have to have the efx button out and your individual effect volume turned up to compensate for the volume difference when footswitching. My efx button when pressed by hand makes an audible crackle like another user mentioned.

Lots of features, but once the desired overdrive is acheived I don't really touch it. Thick, loud and clear, with my humbuckers.

I don't look at the amp and say " Fuck Yeah, I wanna rip that thing" but for now the price works well for jamming.

On the clean channel, I don't like the bright switch it seems to make it more harsh, I also use the pressnce down around 3 and click in the resonance. I tend to use my guitar tone knobs more on this amp than on other ones to achieve a more desirable clean tone.

The Gain is what I use, with the pre gain at around 5 or 6 and the post to control volume. I also use the T-dynamics full. This gives a good loud "classic rock" sound, not metal. The scooped mid Thrash setting doesn't do anything for me. Some reviews were saying things about 3 distorted channels, but I think it's one and these little buttons add or subtract alittle color hear and there.

The amp hums very litle unless the pre gain is over 6. If this was loud quality the amp would get a 10.

It's a very dependable amp. Peavey amps seem to be designed to roll down stair cases. It's heavey and solid.

I use it 2 times a month on stage, never had any problem and is too loud for most bars. The last show, I had it too loud and the sound guy just cut the mic. When I'm jamming the post gain rarely goes over 4.

I've owned a few Peavey amps, all cheap old solid states (80's bandit 65,the one with the 15Black widow in the 80's and a TKO bass amp) and they don't wear out. They keep on blasting.

Another user stated his cut out, mine has done this twice in the year I've owned it but never at a show.

Never dealt with them, but head over to the website and get the manual. It proves how useless most of the buttons are.

I've been playing on and off as much as I can for 5 years.
Everything I've owned was solid state (price) and once I save up I want to Get a Traynor Custom Valve 80 or Twin Reverb or similar.

If it was stolen, I don't think I'd get another one. But it's a great amp for the buck. I checked one out in a pawn shop for $300 in resonable shape so if I only had $300 dollars and nothing else available on gig night I'd buy it.

I'm not sure when this bandit was made, probably 2005-06. You guys all know the features...80W, 2 channels, effects loop... All you need... Could have a headphone jack. I use it mostly Fender fat strats and I have a Danelectro U2 that sounds awesome throught it. I play rock and I'm really into stuff like Foo Fighters. This amp is perfect for that kind of music. About a week after I bought this I realised that mine didn't have a Sheffeild. Instead it has a plane speaker. No sticker, no make... So I emailed peavey and they told me that this speaker was a copy of the ones used in the XXX amps. So they call them SheffeildXXX.

I've been looking for a sound for a fiew years now. A clear, versatile sound. What I like about this amp is that you can get a nice clean sound with the overdrive channel(vintage seting) by turning the volume on your guitar down. I know that many amps can do that but the bandits overdrive channel takes off where the clean chanel stops. Most amps have different voicings for each channels but the bandit seams to sound the same with both channels. The modern setting on the overdrive channel sucks. I noticed that when you switch the effects loop on (with the footswitch) it makes a popping noise but other then that this amp sounds and works great.

The amp still works fine. I'm not sure that the footswitch will stand up to too many years of abuse...

When I emailed the guys at peavey for the speaker they responded the same day with all the information I needed. That's pretty quick.

I used to own a Randall RG100SC that really sucked compared to the bandit. I use the peavey for house playing and a little jamming when I get the chance and it does the job perfectly. The thing is lound has hell. After a couple of months of playing with it I can tell that this amp is really versatile. The clean channel can do Jazz, country... The overdrive channel is great for rock, metal, punk...If it got stolen or lost I'd get an other one right away. Nice bang for the buck too. Can't get any better under 500$ OK I've said enough...

The Bandit 112 is loaded with fetures: 80 watts RMS into 8 ohms,100 watts RMS into 4 ohms ,12 in. Sheffield 1230 speaker, 2 footswitchable channels, T-Dynamics and presence, 3-band EQ each channel, Reverb, Modern/vintage voicing switch on Clean channel, External speaker jack, Footswitchable effects loop, High gain/modern/vintage voicing switch on Lead channel, Resonance switch.

I have yet to own another amp that has that many features in one combo. Awesome.

This am is amazing. You can get just about any sound you want out of the Bandit 112. No matter what style you play. The transtube really does a good job with the tone and I have yet to find another solid-state amp that sounds this good. Not even the new Line 6 Spiders impresses me as much as this amp does. At 80 watts it's plenty loud to play in a band. Sounds great at all sound levels.

I have owned this amp for nearly five years and it's been thrown around a bit. It has yet to fail me.

I have yet to have to deal with them.

This was a second amp, I own a half-stack and other combos now and have played Mesas and Marshals. Whenever I come to this amp I always say to myself "man this is a nice sounding amp". This amp is PERFECT for those who are just starting playing guitar out and want a nice upgrade to play with a band. I don't work at any guitar store but when anybody asks me about a good amp, this first thing I say is a Bandit 112. If it were lost or stolen I don't know if I could get another one because they stopped making them.

Pretty standard features on this rig... "three" channels, one clean, one higher gain, and another even for even heavier distortion. It comes with a high gain and a low gain input (more on this later), reverb, and some presence controls. Has an effects loop, but I've never actually used it.

Okay, here's the thing. If you're looking for versatility, this is *not* the amp for you. It's really only good for two things; the clean channel actually sounds pretty decent (add a little reverb to give it a bit of warmth), and the distortion is great for thrashing around and shredding like a madman. There's no in-between on this amp. Oh sure, you can ramp the gain down a bit in an attempt to play some blues/blues-rock, but it ends up sounding horribly mushy, undefined, and incredibly solid-state. They have no business putting the word "tube" in "Transtube," as this amp gives *nothing* even close to the warmth and dynamics you can get out of a tube amp. Forget backing off on the volume knob to clean things up, if it's on the OD channel, it's always distorted, and it's always obvious you're playing a solid-state amp.

Also, I fail to understand why this amp has two inputs, high and low gain. They both sound exactly the same.

To sum up, if all you ever want to play is Metallica (which is all I played at the time I bought this amp), then fine. This amp will work perfectly. If you ever plan to play anything other than thrash, do yourself a favour and look at something else.

Haven't ever had a problem with it. Would I use it on a gig without a backup? No. I wouldn't use it on a gig at all at this point.

It's never failed on me in any way, so I've never had to contact Peavey for any reason.

I haven't been playing for 30 years, as it seems everyone else here has. I've been playing for about eight or so. This was my first "real" amp, and it served me well enough in high school when all I wanted to do was play metal. I've moved well past that stage of my life now, and this amp has nothing to offer me at this point. If it were stolen, well, I guess I'd be playing without an amp for awhile. There is *no* way I would buy this amp again.

So, to beat this horse to death, I must again reiterate:

**** IF ALL YOU EVER WANT TO DO IS PLAY METAL, THEN BUY THIS AMP. IF YOU EVER PLAN TO GROW AS A MUSICIAN AND EXPLORE OTHER GENRES, GET SOMETHING ELSE. ****

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.

I believe I have a 95 or 96 model, purchased brand new 9 or 10 years ago. It was the first year of the 100 watt sheffield speaker anyway. Versatility is acceptable. I won't bore you with the features, you've seen them by now. This amp is used for noodling around in the house, and it does everything I need it to do. Most of the time.

I have a Epi Zakk LP with EMG hz's, an Epi Goth Explorer with EMG 81/85, and a 92 American Strat with a Seymour Hotrail in the bridge.

On it's own the distortion is somewhat lacking and there isn't enough bottom end for my taste. I am driving an external 15" bass cab though, and an MXR overdrive peddle to fatten it up. It sounds quite decent. I will say that the Transtube circuit doesn't seem to make much difference in tone. The clean channel is also pretty fair. With the neck pickup on the strat, the blues tone is quite impressive. The overall sound quality of this amp is respectable. When it actually works...

Let me put it this way, I'd depend on finding love in a Turkish prison more than I depend on this amp.

Firstly, this amp has not been abused, it sits in my house is played at low to moderate volume. Over time this amp has developed a tendency to cut out, or fade out gradually. By operating the resonance switch repeatedly, one can make it produce sound again. This happens every 5-10 minutes. After several trips to the local "authorized Peavey service center" the problem persists. I've finally given up on it and purchased another amp. I don't see many people with this issue, so it may just be a quirk with MY Bandit, but it's enough to drive me into a rage.

I've not dealt directly with Peavey, but the people they authorize to fix their gear obviously don't require any training. At least it didn't cost me anything for them to not fix it.

I've been playing 16 years. Would I buy this again? If I was 22 and living in abject poverty again, yes, I probably would. I wouldn't buy it again NOW though. I've always owned Peavey amps of some description, and have recently purchased a Triple XXX head and cab, so one bum amp hasn't soured me on the company. This amp does sound decent, and the price is fair for what you get. Just not in my case.

Transtube Bandit with Shefield speaker. This is a "large - small amp," meaning it is not exactly small, but not that big either. Perhaps it is just right? It definately sounds big, if desired. When I think of a small amp, I'm thinking Fender Champ or Princeton. This amp is bigger than either and much, much louder and more versitile. It has two channels (clean/distortion) with separate tone controls for each and an foot switchable effects loop. Other doodads are bright/normal, "thrash" (midrange boost) and "resonance" (output amp damping factor), reverb, "T dynamics (output power and compression) and "presence." No headphone jack.

I use this amp for backup and for certain types of music such as clean jazz and country.

I have a G&L S-500 Deluxe with magnetic field design single coils and a Peavey T-60 with stock seymour duncan humbuckers. The amp doesn't seem to have a preference for either. I usually play with conservative distortion or "tube clean." Like most Guitarists, I don't care for straight up solid state amps.

I think this amp sounds great for clean country tones. The clean channel is very nice indeed. You can get this amp to be loud AND clean. The amp is capable of great, piano-like bass. You have to look down on it sometimes to check if it's still just a single 12" speaker cabinet. The cabinet is fairly large for a single 12", however I think this is for accoustical reasons.

In clean mode, riffs are very detailed and precise. The resonance switch lets the speaker "ring" more in an attempt to sound tube-like; I like it. The tone controls have lots of range. In all, the clean is very versitile. However, it really doesn't sound like a tube amp in my opinion. That's not necessarily a bad thing. It has much stouter bass than your average 50 watt 6L6 combo. It doesn't have that creaminess and warmth. It's definately not completely cold, but not as warm as a tube amp. Again, that's not always a bad thing. Telecasters really twang and strats really quack with the bandit, hence my recomendation for Country work. For a solid state amp, it sounds fantastic.

The distortion channel is pretty extreme. At the lower settings it is crunchy but as more drive is added it goes into a very compressed and noisey tyrade which is not very useable in my opinion. Even at conservative settings, there's a lot of hiss. The distortion sounds alot like Danelectro Fab overdrive. In other words, like crap - like smashing glass or whatever. Not the rounded, singing, sustaining Snarling Dogs Blue Doo which is nice for blues solos. The Bandit distortion is to much compression and not enough sustain if you can image that contradiction. However you can compensate with the tone controls somewhat.

To sum up, very nice for country, clean jazz, fusion. Ok for blues, metal, etc, with a good pedal.

I've had Peavey's in the past and they have generally been reliable. I haven't had this long enough to make a determination.

Never used it.

Probably one of the best in the "all around" category. It's a jack of all trades, master of none.

I have owned a transtube bandit for almost five years. I originally bought it when they first came out. Prior to this amp, the transtube series was rather lackluster and confusing. What a difference. The bandit 112 has 2 channels and only the eq that is truly useable. Did I mention reverb? It rocks! What a versatile amp. Clean tones are always clean no matter the volume, and the OD channel has 3 seperate modes of gain personalities for any playing style. The OD is fantastic in that it is truly touch-sensitive. When set low, it only overdrives when you attack the strings, and you can sample different overdrive tones simply by altering your playing technique and attack. At 80 watts with external speaker, this thing is loud and clear enough for any gig that I ever did, which includes indoor arena, club, outdoor festival, party, etc. The ONLY weakness of this amp is the footswitch. Works well for a few years, but then the plastic construction begins to fail if you gig with it for every weekend like I did for four years. Not bad for $500.

I use a Jeff Beck 2000 Stratocaster, a 50th anniversary Stratocaster and a SRV signature stratocaster. I also use a Martin Jc16RGTE (oustanding acoustic) and the bandit even does a decent job of amplifying that. I also have a bunch of vintage effects that I run through the loop on the bandit. It ould'nt have done a better job. You can crank almost any sound out of this thing, and the OD can be brutally crushing (A sound I never use) or round, fat and vintage with everything imbetween. The bandit is in fact quite midrange-heavy when compared with other amps - not too heavy, but enough to give a great sonic "cut" in a live band situation. After a show, people would come up onstage a want to see the gear that I used because they said I had a killer tone. Immediately they would walk over to the 1974 Marshall stack that my rhythm guitarist used and start saying "Killer stack man!" "that's why your sound is so deep!". I would then have to point them across the stage to the bandit 112 that was miked and show them what an amplifier can do for $500.

Here's where this thing really pulls it weight. By the end of 5 years my bandit had been abused. It had beer spilled in the back of it, several large gashes in the tolex and had even fallen off a seven-foot high tractor-trailer stage. After my whole stack went crashing off the back, I picked it back up, plugged it in and kept on playing. This is the kind of amp you can throw in the back of your truck, drive to the gig, plug in and you know it will work and sound great every time. That kind of reliability you can't find in an expensive tube amp. This thing only sounds like its got tubes, but you never have to worry about having to change them, perhaps in the middle of a set. Most durable amp ever.

Never had to deal with customer support. My brother also has a bandit and his input jack went after four years of gigging. He hads it replaced for free at the local peavey dealer.

I have been playing for 10 years and six semi-professionally. I am currently in college as a jazz guitarist. I just sold my bandit and bought a mesa boogie nomad 55, and I could not be more dissappointed. The bandit sounds better than the mesa and has about 10 times the reliability and flexibility. I am now selling the mesa nomad 55 to but another bandit. If you think I'm crazy, then you havn't owned a bandit. If it where lost I would just go to the store and buy another one second hand because they are so cheap and easy to find. You can't say that about any mesa, marshall, fender, or any other big name hype. The only problem with this amp is the footswitch. It does not match the durability of the amp. So I am having a steel one made for it. In conclusion, this is the best sounding and performing amp you can buy for $500 bucks. Period. It may not have true tube tone, but it gets you 90% of the way there. Is that extra 10% worth dealing with broken tubes, a bigger price tag and 20 pounds more weight? That's up to you.

alright this amp has 2 channels one for clean, other for distortion. each channel has different settings of tone, in the clean theres a vintage tone then a mordern tone. the distortion channel there are another 2 of vintage and again modern. its pretty cool but there both weak tones. i use this amp for band practices and at high volumes i have to turn down my tone all the way on my guitar to get feedback on my strings and i still get this big buzz in the amp when not playing

i play a ibanez 320 SZ with a pod 2.0 effects pedal i used to play with a strat and it sounded horrible, but when i used my ibanez it sounded way better alot better, but at high volumes it starts to buzz alot when im not playing. I bought this amp for the volume not the tone, i was an idiot for doing that. This amp is good for light distortions, you can make some heavy sounds from it but not decent ones

this thing is awesome on reliablity, its built like a tank omg you can throw this thing around and it wouldnt fall apart, i bought it used and it was like 5 years old or something liek that and i have it for a year now and it owns!

didnt have to deal with the company

this amp is very good for the volume, bad for the distortion so i suggest you getting a nice pedal to get some better distortion sounds

This one is a solid state amp with tube simulation build in 2005. It was wired in the usa but fitted in China. It is very easy to get great sounds in a turn of the knob. 12 inch speaker. It features two channels lead and clean. the lead section has three settings that can be adjusted using the tone, pre and post gain controllers. Effect loop is switched on/of using the footswitch that came with the package. I wish I could switch between the three sections in the lead channel, now I have to go to my amp to choose the right lead sound for the next song. The vintage buttons are really helpfull and the tubedynamics switch allows you to obtain various sounds. it is extremely loud but stays clean when clean is used. Realy great to use with the grunge and brit pop we play

I use it with a Marina strat with single coils fender picups and a Squire Telecaster custom with p90's. It sounds great with both. Like I said it works great with brit pop and grunge. I wouldn't be surprised if you could get a nice bluessound. You are able to beat the best tube amps for distortion it is brutal.

It is a Peavey need I say more. Don't think that Chineese can't put in some screws to mount it. Us cars never match asian standards in build so you needed worry. It will last forever.

Never needed them teh website is very user friendly

Only for the switch wich is not available in a four way version it is a killer amp with great value for your money. Blow the tube amps away and never run hot during gigs. A Peavey won't let you down. I play over 30 years (10 years as a pro) owned several amps, Fender studiomaster, Davoli, London City, Marshall atv 50, Kitty Hawk 50 tube. This one blows them away.

2004, made in china
Basic power amp, sounds great (as desired).

Guitar choice:
Ibanez 2671 Randy Scruggs Professional 1979 (awesome)
Fender Strat 1989

Suits well various styles, powerfull enough for small bar gigs.
Haven't tested the output over 5 so far. Sounds great with the Ibanez, creamy and warm, great overdrive. Lacks gradual increase of distortion, the middle section. The clean preset sounds great on the low gain channel.

Dependable, well constructed and protected.
Definitely no backup for this amp.

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Experienced musician, 12 years in the business.
Came as winner against Vox Valvetronix AD50 and Line 6 Spider II at the local store.
The Vox basically sounded soulless, so digital, consequently same story with the modelling and effects built in. The Spider was somewhat better, still not reaching the Bandit level. I also tried 40W tube Marhsall. Seriously, did not notice that big of a difference, considering the 500$ differential.
I have also tried various tube fenders, decided that this is the best deal for the price.

I was not impressed by any of the features of this amp. I bought one for my SG and despised it from the beginning. I've had it for about 2 years and am currently selling it. There are no built in "effects," just a few EQ's and channel type switches.

It is a loud amp, at the sacrifice of quality. I could never get rid of the hissing in the background. The "modern" setting is blotchy, the "vintage" setting is dull, the Lead channel has horrible gain overdrive, the reverb is too distorted, and the transtube has virtually no effect on the quality/level of sound.

It is dependable for what it's worth. Rigid design. Electronics are stout. Speaker is durable. Knobs are persistant.

I have been playing guitar for about 3 years. I am fairly decent, but recently discovered I'm a bassist. If this amp were stolen, I'd want my money back... Overall, it has a cheap loud sound. You would need a very high end guitar to make up the difference

I bought the Bandit used out of a pawnshop in 1991 or thereabouts. I think I gave $150 for it. This is not the Transtube model.

I've been playing rock for about 15 years, from blues to metal and all points in between.

I have never used the effects loop, like most folks seem to do I put all my pedals between the guitar and amp. For the most part, I use the clean channel for everything. There have been times I've used both inputs at once (hi and low gain).

For the price I paid I certainly can't complain about the features. I do think it's an awfully heavy amp for what it is.

I use a Jackson and a Schecter dual humbucker currently, all stock. The amp gets plenty loud enough, I doubt I've ever been able to get it over 4 on the clean channel. I've used it for band rehearsals and it has no trouble keeping up with half stacks or 2x12 tube amps. I wouldn't have a problem gigging with it in a small bar, though I would add another speaker to get a bigger sound.

The sound is a bit sterile and dry, however, and it just isn't very warm at all compared to a tube amp.

I have never liked the lead channel. Seems I can never get the dirty breakup sound I like so much, it's either distortion or no distortion. It's OK in a pinch but it's definitely a one trick pony. Also there is some sort of clipping or something happening at higher volumes, but it isn't too noticeable using the clean channel. You will probably have to depend on pedals to get the most out of this amp unless you are the 10% of players who like the distortion.

The amp is very quiet, in fact I have left it turned on all night several times, forgetting it was on.

It's seen its share of bumps and knocks but nothing nasty. It has held up like a champ for 15 years, and it has never needed the first repair.

Never dealt with Peavey. The extent of my customer support experiences is when I downloaded the manual for it off their website.

The Bandit has excelled in the role I purchased it for, which is bedroom practice / jam / rehearsal. If you're looking for a no-hassle, dependable workhorse that will get as loud as you need it to within these circumstances, the Bandit is hard to beat -- as long as you realize you will need to bring your own tone.

Bought it in 2004 in Russia. Must have been made prior to that, right?
I bought it because I liked the power 80W, the two channels with vintage modes selectable, the spring reverb, the T-dynamics kind of output compressor.

having bought the amp I stopped using my Korg AX1 Guitar processor for gain - I like the amp preamp section a lot better. The processor is now in effects loop only doing the Wah and the Flanger.
I like the built in reverb - it's got life to it. It's spring reverb and it doesn't sound like a digital and it should not!

The amp is really loud - it rattles the windows at home and at reharsals it makes drummer beat the shit out of the drums just to be heard.

if I worked at Peavey on making a new model of this amp I would include a separate compressor knob for the clean channel. T-dynamics does work as a compressor for the clean but sometimes you want it at 10 for clean and at 100 for distorted...

I use Ibanez blazer series custom guitar - it's got two single coils and a humbucker. With this amp I can dial anything, and particularly:

I get Smoke on the water - dead on with neck single coil using modern setting in lead channel and mid gain.
If I turn up gain and the highs and the presence with single coil I get the dirt which I use for Smills Like Teen Spirit.
Whole lotta love - very crunchy with vintge on lead channel - i's close but it will get closer when I get a better guitar.
Metallica Sad but true - very close in in modern setting with humbucker
Blues tone like Since I've been Loving you - in vintage setting.

The clean is really nice for anything - it can twang, in can jazz and do dire straights.. or clean like Nirvana kind of clean. Just don't overdo the high freq EQ - it will be shrill especially at high volume.

I can't get Pantera kind of Sound - not enough gain. I probly could get that tone with a more powerfull humbucker but I'm not missing it that much...
I never use the High Gain mode out of the tree - it got too much mid.
All other features are very usable to create and fine tune your sound.

the T-dynamics thing is really weird. it's a kind of out put compressor but it's got something else to it. At mid power when you turn TD to 10 %it makes the sound tight and controllable, and at 100% it let's the dogs off the leash - the attack goes crazy, the sound jumps out. Setting of about 50% helps the clean not to bash you on your head with attack.
At full power T-dynamics is meant to be set to max or so. Just for the hell of it I sometimes turn T-dynamix to 10 and power to max - that's when it becomes real weird.. it sounds like the speaker is overpowered, it's suffocating and it's gasping for life.. really makes me nervous... But it's a cool sound... Closest to Pantera I can get...

Sometimes I feel like the bass isn't punchy enough. but hey, it's just one 12" speaker. I guess that's why we have the bass guitar in the band. 4x10 cab could make a difference probably in bass deparment.

Nothing ever happend to it in a year and it gives me confidence that it won't. It's solid.

I like to play STANDING ON IT. then I begin to rock on top of it and the springs of the reverb begin to bash against the reverb metal casing and that makes a real loud bang like I just blew the guts out of it! Scares everyone when they hear it for the first time :)

One thing to complain about is that when I just bought it it made some rattling sound at full power.. I didn't bother with warranty cause I'm in Russia. I just took the electronics section apart and found out that the circuit board was rattling against the shielding case. I stuck a rubber pad between them and haven't heard the problem since..
It's must have been just my amp cause nobody else seams to have complained about it... So I still give it a 9.

Again I'm in russia. I never even thougt about warranty here. In Russia you just fix your amp :)

I've been playing for 8 years and all this time that same Ibanez guitar was my first and only real guitar. I use the above mentioned Korg AX1. I used to plug my guitar into it and run it into some power amplifiers most of which were Russian made and even into one tube power amp.. But this Peavey really makes the best sound of all combinations I ever tried. I like it's sound better over my fiends set up, which is Jackson (explorer kind of guitar) - into marshal jackhammer dist pedal - into solid state 60 watt amp - into 2x12 cab. He might be doing better in bass punch department but I get nicer and more natural tone...

At the music store I chose this amp over Marshall AVT50. I A\B'ed the two and found the Bandit actually more natural sounding in gain department than Marshall which has a real tube in it. Peavey sounded smother and was more versatile, Marshal sounded like sand with lot's unpleasant high frequency harmonix and could only really do metal.

If it got stolen i'd buy another cause I don't know a better amp for the price... Or perhaps I would have saved on a more expensive amp..

I've got a 2003 Bandit so its got al the bells and whistles. Couldn't really ask for any more

I've got 10 different guitars. 2 1950's Hofners, 1984 Gibson "The Paul", 1979 Epiphone Firebird, 1982 jap strat, Aerodyne Tele, Wesley (see through, look on ebay), Tanglewood Oddysey, Brunswick 12 string and a Maverick F1 so they are quite varied. They all sound fantastic. Anyone that says that these amps don't deliver the goods is a fool. Anyway, if there that bad why the hell did you buy it you useless gits.

I have no worries gigging this without a backup. It's tough and well made and can with stand a good kicking and can survive serious beer spillage.

I've never had to phone them but they're Peavey for christ sake so I'm confident they would be good

?250 for a brand new amp is peanuts nowadays and when the amp is this good then it's just rude if you don't buy one. Don't take any notice of the these valve amp purists, this sounds the bollocks what ever style you play. I've been playing for 13 years and this has good tone PERIOD!

I have no idea, probably 2004. I play no bullshit blues and blues rock. I don't give a fuck about a lot of versatility, just want something in my living room that I can practice on and get a decent clean sound and decent crunch from. This amp is more than good enough for that and it is loud. I was a little disappointed in this amp. I've had several Peavey amps and while they are not BAD amps, they just seem to lack something and I can't figure out exactly what that something is. I'll give it an 8 because it does what's its suppose to do.

I have the following guitars:

1956 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop, yep - original, passed down from my Dad. Two P-90 pickups.

1962 Fender Stratocaster, also passed down from my Dad. It was upgraded to Fender Vintage Tonless pickups (absolutely suck) switched to Texas Specials. I can deal with the buzz.

1964 Fender Telecaster. The last of the electrics passed down from my Dad. I have the vintage noiseless pickups on these, which are actually stacked humbuckers. They kick ass.

1972, Fender Telecaster Custom. I bought it new. Has a Vintage Noiseless at the Bridge and a stock Fender chrome covered humbucker at the neck. A Keith Richards look alike.

1982 Fender Standard Stratocaster. I also bought it new. Has the stock pickups on it, made in USA. Sounds great as is.

1995 Gibson Les Paul Standard. Everything is stock. Two humbuckers.

I've had lots of other guitars, but these are the only electrics I have kept. This amp is good BUT NOT GREAT for all these guitars. Handles humbuckers quite well. I play pure no bullshit blues based rock. I do my own stuff, but I draw heavily from late 60's to mid 70's blues based stuff and Southern Rock (hey, I'm from fuckin Georgia) like Hendrix, Zeppelin, Sabbath (yes that is blues based hard rock), Stones, Skynyrd, Molly Hatchett, AC/DC, Blacksnake, etc.. Nothing else is music to me. I don't care for this heavy metal shit. This amp will play all the music I like and for a living room or a porch practice amp, it is good. It's noisy though, even with humbuckers and very high quality cables. Clean channel "breaks up nicely" at higher volumes AT IS SHOULD and that is the best thing about this amp. Go to volume level "5" and you can get a very nice crunch but it's a hundred watts so that volume level is pretty fuckin loud. Distortion can be brutal if that's what you want but the distortion doesn't have "soul". I bought this for Skynyrd, Molly Hatchett, 30 Special type stuff and it does it ok......does Ted Nugent type stuff ok. I keep the gain around 3 or 4 and that's more than sufficient for any of the music I play. Again an 8. Not a bad amp - just not a great amp. I wouldn't gig with it. Unlike the Marshalls or VOX amps, you can't compare the Peavey solid state amps (even the transtubes) with the Peavey Tube Amps. To me, Peavey Solid State Amps miss something the others seem to pickup. Peavey tube amps are awesome though - just don't forget your billfold if you go to buy one.

Now in this department - built like a fuckin tank.

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing since I was 3 or 4 and I'm 51. I come from a musical family (obviously since most of my guitars were handed to me when my Dad passed away). I have the guitars that I mentioned above, a Gibson Acoustic that is older than me, an Epiphone Hummingbird, and a couple of Martin Acoustics. I have a VOX AC 30 and a Fender Super Reverb for tube amps (the VOX was also passed to me by my Dad), I bought the Fender Super Reverb at a pawn shop for $200.00 several years back. These are my gig amps when I do gig....which is not as often as in my younger days. I also have a Marshall MG30DFX and a Marshall MG10CD which are damn good. Finally I have a VOX Pathfinder 15R, which is the best damn practice amp I have ever played. I don't have all this shit because I'm materialistic or rich. I'm a musician......that should tell you I ain't rich. I've just accumulated this stuff over a period of years. Now that I have a steady job, I can't play as much as before, but I can afford to buy more stuff. I'd get another one if it were lost. It won't be.....and it won't be stolen either. I have a hald timber wolf, half german sheppard who loves to play with intruders. I live very far in the country in the mountains of North Georgia on 30 acres of land so I can play as loud as I want to. Somehow my wife has put up with all this shit for over 30 years.

Bought my Bandit 2 years ago new, so that would make it a 2003 model. This thing on the distortion side goes from Fender tweed/Supro to Marshall combo to drop tune "Cookie monster" crunch with a 3-way switch on the face of the amp, clean channel and effects loop. Comes with a clunky 2 button foot switch for clean/distorted and effects on/off. Solid state, sturdy and no maintenance to speak of.

I use a Warmoth body/'91 jap ('51 re-issue Broadcaster) maple neck "telly" with Texas Custom pick-ups, a Squier Telly for slide, a Resonator for other slide, a law-suit"Strat" from Vester(a great sounding axe!) and a law suit Les Paul from Tokai probably(it's had a decal put on it,but is too well made to be a Korean) a Cry Baby and Boss delay. I play everything from AC/DC to Zepp. The Bandit goes nicely with all those sound palettes. JUST ONE PROBLEM. It's still solid state, and if you're spoiled from using expensive tube amps(as I am) you're first impression will be "golly" it sounds fat at low volume(unlike tube amps which sound like a kazoo until you get up to about 7) and you'll give it a "close but no cigar" rating at higher levels. Well I got this amp to play small venues and it has enough power to be heard on larger stages too..about as loud as a Twin. I had an old B.K. Butler 2-tube driver with a clean/overdrive. I use the clean side of it as a pre-amp and go into the low input of the Bandit..that made all the difference.. now it sounds like my old Marshall combo which had a 100w Mark II head.

Average of four nights a week for two years and the circuit breaker shut down once! when the 9V power tranny for my delay shorted out. Came right back on when i took the offending plug out. No more $280 "tune-ups" to keep the sound every three freekin months. I haven't needed a back up with this thing and we're talking 400 gigs and i don't know how many practices.

Hasn't come up

I've been playing guitar for 40 years and this amp is the best small amp i've ever owned. I constantly get great comments on my tone from other guitarists and soundmen because this thing sounds amazing miked up, although i did put in an 80W Celestion speaker as well. With minor modifications such as a cleanish tube-pre and a Celestion speaker my Bandit sounds identical to a $2000 point-to-point Fender Vibra-King I just tried out and that's no bullshit........my druthers is a pair of Mark II Marshalls with four cabinets, but,again, I'm not trying to break the mirror behind the bar, and don't have roadies to schlepp it all around these days. Give it an 8 without the tube-pre and a 10 with. Hate the way it looks, i took off all the name plates but couldn't get rid of the nasty red stripe so i just hide it behind the sub-woofer and everyone aks me what kinda amp i use because it sounds so goood.

Feature-wise, it's difficult to complain about the Bandit. With an effects loop, footswitchable clean/overdrive channels, 80W of power (100W if you plug in an extension cab) and separate EQ knobs for both channels, if you're actually using both then this is quite accomodating and what you would expect from a quality product. No headphone jack, but save those for practice amps anyway.

The Bandit is my second amp. Before it, I owned a Fender Frontman practice amp (the reverbless version). In my opinion now, the difference between the Frontman and the Bandit is the speaker and cab and not much else. In fact, for what purpose my Bandit has served, I may have been better served keeping the Fender.

My main guitar is a custom-made Warmoth Jaguar with DiMarzio humbuckers (Super Distortion in the bridge and Air Norton in the neck position). I also own a cherry red Fender Toronado with stock pickups (humbuckers), although I rarely pull it out of the case anymore.

My style of playing is very much rooted in alternative and grunge music; my favorite band is Nirvana but I play stuff like My Vitriol, Mansun, Gatsby's American Dream, Catherine Wheel, and other bands that have very eccentric, effected sounds in addition to my own stuff.

As a result, I hardly ever have use of (this) amp distortion. I used to run a DS-1 straight into my amp. This works fine for blitzing, grungy, close-to-over-the-top metal distortion but provides little versatility. My current pedal lineup includes a Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde Ultimate Overdrive (GREAT two-in-one pedal, like a TS-808 Tube Screamer and a Marshall JCM800 in a box), an AnalogMan Clone Chorus, a DOD Graphic EQ, and a Digitech RP200 that I pull out sometimes for some of the effects.

Whether the Bandit is "noisy" is debatable. If "noise" means hiss, this amp is as quiet as your pedals and pickups allow. If noise means terrible icepick-to-the-ears overdrive, then the distortion channel is nothing but noise. Personally, I've never used it seriously for more than five minutes -- it sounds absolutely terrible. Unmusical, lifeless static.

The clean channel is better but lacks the warmth, roundness and overall personality associated with tube amps. My main purpose in writing this review, however, is to stress the lack of headroom offered by the Bandit.

As I mentioned previously, I traded in a Fender Frontman amp as part of the payment for this Bandit. Given that I was never bold enough to really turn the Frontman up very far out of fear that it would rattle apart, imagine my surprise when the store guy, in testing it, managed to get the best sound I'd ever heard coming out of the little thing in the 30 seconds he was mucking around with it at about 6-7 on the volume setting.

You WILL NOT get the same results out of a Bandit. Around 3 or 4, it starts distorting like nobody's business and the distortion, either from the horrible built-in channel or from running a pedal in, will sound like absolute fat ass. Blatty and boxy and terrible.

This is really not what I wanted to discover upon finding some guys to start jamming with at band volumes (which I need to crank the Bandit up past 3 or 4 to achieve).

The irony is, at bedroom levels (ie. 1 or 2 to almost 3) this amp can sound pretty decent and with my pedal setup I can get some pretty nice overdrive sounds for bluesy type licks and riffs. There's never been enough definition in the Bandit to allow for crazily-distorted metal stuff; it justs comes out sounding like loud mush.

It's a tank. As are, I suspect, most solid state amps of reasonable make.

Never needed to talk to them.

Been playing about 7-8 years now; I've had this amp for most of that time, and since I haven't been gigging or performing, it's served just fine in its extended residence in my basement.

Would definitely not buy it again if stolen. If you're serious about playing guitar-based music, you need a tube amp, there's no debate about it.

The thing is this: at $300-400 dollars, the Bandit is a pretty high-end solid state amp. Much more than $300-400 and you get into the range of good tube amps that can do ten times better anything this amp claims to be able to do.

Bottom line: not a gigging or band practice amp in any way, shape or form. It sounds like absolute ass at anything higher than basement practice volumes, inspiring me to cry myself to sleep for an afternoon nap instead of play guitar. My advice to anyone currently in my situation from a few years back (got a few hundred dollars to spend to move up from a cheap practice amp) would be, save it that extra bit much to cross over into tube and valve territory and get a good solid guitar amp that will last. I chose the Bandit because I was unexperienced and naive and thought it was a good deal. In the long run, it's going to end up having cost me money. I plan on getting a Hot Rod DeVille at the soonest opportunity and I expect it will last me for a very long time.

Early 90's model without the 'Tube' simulation.
Has power amp in and preamp out
Sheffield speaker
Quite heavy (16 - 17kg's)
Spring reverb

I play 50, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's rock - hard rock

I use various Yamaha pacificas with single and humbucker pickups. I drive the clean channel with a Roland GP8 and have done so for many years live with great success.

I haven't used the lead channel live because I don't like the sound and didn't want to have to adjust clean and lead channel volumes at the Amp. I generally setup the clean channel volume at the start of the gig and change (increase) it for louder sets.

The lead channel isn't bad but is good for distortion while practicing when I don't want to setup te GP8

I like the reverb and generally use it for clean/chorus lead breaks in those 50's and 60's songs. I like the flexibility of the footswitch

Top marks. The amp has failed me once (in 15 years) when it was too close to a backdrop curtain and overheated. The amp came to life when I moved it away from the curtain

Never need customer support

I give it an 8 because it is a workhorse, loud enough for all situations, and I have found the Power Amp input to be very usefull. The amp is great as a 'Monitor' amp now being driven from my recoding mixer.

I deduct points because it has a 'general purpose' overdrive although it is fine. It is also 5kg's too heavy that causes it to be a pain to lug around.

I have recently tried out the Roland cube amps and are very impressed with the sound, size etc and have considered selling the Peavey but may have changed my mind because it has been such a usefull amp and is now proving to be a great general purpose monitor. The power amp in is also great input for guitar amp modelled sounds.

I probably wouldn't get another if it were stolen because there are many great amps around at reasonable prices

I bought the amp a couple of years ago. I was lookin for a fender but they were a little expensive for me at the time. While lookin I never even considered buying a Peavey. I thought no self respecting guitarist would play through one, not so now. It has two channels selected by a footswitch, clean is nice and clean and dirty is not great but as I play the clean through an effect all I need is a little boost for leads and the dirty channel gives me enough boost to carry it off. I wish there was an LED to indicate which channel is selected I know the sound tells you but some times it would be handy. The volume is loud enough to compete with the other guitarist's 100W valve Marshall head connected to 4 10inch speakers(believe me) and has been gigged without being miked.

I play a fender tele and this amp suits it well. I believe in starting with a clean sounding amp and using effects to dirty it up. The crisp sound from the tele comes out well unlike a tube amp which I find is always fuzzy (Yes that's right I DO NOT LIKE TUBE AMPS). Having said the dirty ch is not great it can be alright if you mess with the pre gain and post gain. We play ~Clash Jam and Pistols stuff and I find that you can get that late 70's sound quite easy. I've played this amp at 8/9 vol and there has been no distortion. By the way this was a shop Demo amp so has taken a lot of abuse I would imagine and still it preforms great.

I always gig with no backup and I have no problem in doing so. Like all solid state amps there is no replacing of tubes and this in itself is worth it's weight in gold. So far in two years I have had no problems.

Never dealt with them. Never had to.

I 've playing for donkey's years but only started playing in a band in the last three years. Until I bought this amp I borrowed amps from the rehearsal studio (fenders, marshalls and a roland jazz) But I am happy to use my Peavey 112. It was lost stolen or broken I would probably go for a fender purely for the name but if the price was right I would definately consider the bigger peavey 212.

well it is not a tube amp but it sounds like one. i use it at home and in my band. i play bossa, swing, metal, blues, pop, rock...everything. it has 2 channels but the clean has two choices and the lead 3. it has enough power for me.

it fits to nearly all styles. clean channel has just a little crunch if it is loud. sometimes it is noisy i dont know why. the distortion is okay

ohhh yes the quality is **** when i lifted the amp the handle just broke. i was licky thath the amp did't fall on my feet. so pay attention people! i could use it without a backup.

the warranty is 6 years if you sent in a card. when the handle brome i went to a peavey dealer and he said that peavey didn't get that card i paied 60 ?

amp is great for beginners who wants to have more for less, but some parts are****

Bought the amp at Xmas 2004. It's really versatile for the heavy rock music that I like playing, but can also do nu-metal and bluesy type stuff. I wish the three modes available on the filth channel were able to be selected from the footswitch. Still not quite sure what the benefit of a footswitchable effects loop is!!! It has bags of power, is plenty loud enough

Right this is where I say my true feelings about this amp. I bought it as my second amp, one which I can use when I work away from home without fear of valves letting me down. I wanted something with a british type of rock sound, that would be robust enough to handle a bit of rough treatment and still deliver the goods. BTW, every week when I'm at home I gig in front of a full Marshall TSL100 stack, get the drift......??? I bought a Line 6 spider 2, arse! Then I bought a Marshall AVT 100, even arser! I sold them two and continued my quest for a decent sound out of a combo that wouldn't cost me a bleedin' fortune, trying amps at random until I stumbled on an article about the Peavey bandit. I did own one during the early 90's and seemed to remember that when I put a distortion box through the clean channel, it sounded great. So off I went to try one of these bad boys with a view to throwing my Marshall jackhammer through the clean channel, or maybe a guv'nor. NO NEED!!!! The highly versatile crunch channel sounded fantastic, three voices etc etc etc, all different in their own rights. The purchase was made and I haven't looked back. A truely great buy. Gets a ten for the sound from an SS combo, not compared with a full valve amp. This is the closest I have heard to a valve sound from a tranny amp. It hasn't even got a valve in the pre-amp like a lot have these days, any way, from experience this sounds and feels much better.

Peavey, nuff said.

Five year guarantee if you post off the warranty form which I can't see me needing to use. Never dealt with the company, my Peavey gear has never let me down.

I get fed up of reading reviews on this great musical resource written by people who quite frankly talk out of their backsides. This is a relatively low priced solid state amp and should be reviewed as such. Believe me when I say that I am ultra fussy about my tones and after quite a lot of experiences with equipment that simply doesn't cut the mustard for me even though they're blown up to be the nearest thing to a valve sound, my suggestion is 'use your ears'! Youngsters may go ahead and slate this amp before they proudly announce they've been playing guitar for 4 years or whatever. Do they have a clue? Not IMHO. This amp IS fantastic value for money, sounds great and I would definatly buy another the next day if it was lost or stolen (don't think it'd break down on me!!!).

i dont know what the year is but i think it might be 2004 seems very new
amp is good for clean the transtube does a great job
2 channels clean and lead
3 band eq for both channels and for the lead pre gain and post gain
i use this amp mostly at home doesnt have enough power to keep up with the band even though it says its 300 watts on the back, ive used it as a preamp and plugged it into a 412 cab and it sounded good
no headphone jack that was a let down

solid state amp sounds almost tube amp like

i am using a kramer special with 2 humbuckers
i play classic rock and metal the clean channel sounds flawless and the lead channel doesnt have that good of sound it can do blues like sounds good but i find it gives way too much noise in hum than from strumming the strings if i turn it up. doesnt have much of a variety but i use pedals with it and that seems to work really good. sheffeild speaker 2 thumbs up

i can depend on it to last of corse its a peavey and peaveys dont seem to die i would use it on a gig without a backup if i used it at a gig which i dont. i have not had any problems with this guitar i keep it mostly on the clean channel

havent dealt with them

i have been playing for 4 years i own a kramer special digitech death metal distortion , dod grunge thats about it i sold pretty much everything i had to get what i have
i wouldnt ever buy this guitar new the price is far too high and isnt worth it for the price i payed id buy it again

I got my amp about a year ago (2004) and I think it's part of the last wave of bandits to be made in the states and with good quality etc (or that's what I hear)
The features on this amp are great, very versatille clean and dirty channels. The footswitch is great for gigs if you dont use a distortion pedal. It's got useful stuff that I just havn't found the opportunity to use yet (effects loop which is also footswitch activated) Its got a bunch of other jacks for connecting cabs and stuff, but no headphone jack. (the amp speaker is always on) There is a noise reducing ground switch, that's always good. I don't think that there are too many effects that you would need directly on the amp, I use everything seperately.
The tube is great, love it.
And the 100watt 12inch sheffeild is awesome, more than gig-worthy.

I've tried the bandit with a variety of guitars. It suits just about any style, although it doesn't tend to go extremely crisp clean and the distortion could be heavier, but not for what I play (pop-rock to classic rock to metal) yes I find it is good enough for most metal. There is not alot of noise at all. The sound is great, just could be more crisp.

Hell, I havn't found problems. And I've abused it.

Havn't required any. This thing is a tank.

I love my bandit. I don't think I would buy any other combination (head-cab) amp under any circumstances. I would buy another if it was stolen or lost...yeah. There isn't anything that I have come to hate about it so far, she's great. I don't think it's lacking anything especially for the INSANE great price!
Buy it. Use it as your primary amp for home/band practices/most gigs/whatever. It's great.

This is a '93 model 80 watts, with saturation control. EQ and bright controls are pretty responsive. All the other Bandit stuff on it too.

I use it with a Strat and a LP copy with seymour duncans I installed.
I play music that is very clean to very overdriven. Only thing is, when it's overdriven I still want tonal quality.
This amp sat for about a year because it had a very scratchy, cutting out volume pot. It sucked bad. I finally figured out that you could order parts directlty from Peavey and replaced the pot.
The pot replacement is very easy and well worth the few bucks it costs.
Sounds: I wasn't really happy with the sound on either channel. The clean channel had sort of a muffled sound. The distorted channel just plain sucked. It didn't have any chime to it even with the bright button pushed.
BUT then I tried running my Boss GT3 through the effects loop (which is an excellent pedal if you know how to program it) And the sound was great. It had a much more clean tone. THEN I hooked up my 25 watt all tube Excelsior amp through the other side of the stereo out on the GT3 and it blended so beautifully. The Bandit enhanced the tube amp by giving it a really nice low end. It sounded pretty good when I miked it from the tube amp too.
I knew this amp had to have potential, based on all of the good ratings for it. I just had to take the time to figure out how I could get it too suit me.

I think I could prolly use this thing as a jack stand on my car.
Volume pot was fucked up when I got it and it was an easy fix.

What can I say...Peavey is the BEST company I've dealt with so far. So friendly and helpfull. Great American integrity that seems to be hard to find these days.

I think I'll keep this little beast.
Keep in mind there are many variations of Bandits and they don't all sound the same. One things for sure though, it's a loud SS amp.

UPDATE

Figured out what was causing the unwanted overdrive in my Bandit. Know what it was?

The T-Dynamics knob, dummy! (Dummy=me.)

That "subtle" effect this control I mentioned in my previous review is tube-like compression and distortion at stage volume settings. I didn't understand how this worked before, and took the much-espoused 10% T-Dynamics setting at face value. When I heard distortion I thought something was malfuctioning, that I couldn't get rid of it. Why didn't I make the mental leap to realize that this is the essence of what makes a tube amp sound like a tube amp, and if the T-Dynamics is supposed to make the amp sound more like a tube amp at low settings, perhaps--ya think?--turning up would clean it up?

So what I learned is this:

10%=lower overall / maximum volume, non-linear increase in volume=increasing compression and distortion as master volume control goes up. Reasonably authentic tube-crunch tone to boot.

100%=higher overall volume, linear volume increase, quite clean tone all the way up to maximum volume settings.

And of course everything in between.

Jumping over that hurdle has opened up the perceived capabilities of the Bandit 112 considerably. The unwanted distortion was probably the main factor in my giving it a 7 before. I now rate it as a mid-9. Not absolutely perfect, as most amps aren't perfect, but pretty close as cheap 1x12 combos go.

Excellent--I say again, EXCELLENT--value.

If you have money to blow on boutique amps and the Highly Desirable Old Standbys, by all means buy one. For the rest of us--actual working musicians who are often tight on cash--I think the Bandit 112 provides 85% of the sound for 25% of the price.

i have no idea what year this amp was made but i got it used from a local music shop as part trade in for a marshall 30mgdfx it cant be very old as the condition is emaculate and covers hardly faded from light etc. 80 watts into 8 ohms or 100 into 4 ive tryed the extension and even with 4 ohm option its clear and nice! i play mostly metal/hard rock and occasionly an odd bit of emo, has 2 channels clean and lead, footswitchable an effects loop but no headphone jack :( no playing after 11p.m anymore, alot of people call this a practise amp but i will gladly gig it! i never use 100 watts of power, and 50 aint enough so 80 is a nice medium!this is a transtube amp not sure what the means but i think its the equivalent of laney tube fusion? this mean machine comes equiped with a 12" sheffield speaker , never heard of the make before but its built tough took a wee peak at the cone and its tough beast i would say its similar to a celestion u get in most amps nowadays!

i use a modified squier, i ripped the stock pickups out and put in 2 johnson emg single coils for neck and middle and an entwistle red star humbucker at bridge with this fat stat setup there is alot of variety, whoever the person is that gave this amp 1 is deaf , i love this amp's sound its soo versatile! the presence knob helps alot aswell and the t dynamics which makes use of the whole amps power! as i said i play alot of hard rock and metal and this amp is amazing for that 80's thrash sound! with the modern switch on lead channel u can get alot of emo sounds and witht the vintage u can get all that 70's rock sound! i like the " in between setting " for that 80's thrash sound really good for slayer , overkill motorhead metallica etc! the clean channel is cleaner than clean although if u use modern switch setting it can have a slight distortion on it which is handy. as for lead channel it can be as brutal as u want i find that having all setting at 5 then high on 9/10 gives an amazing thrash sound not too brutal with a nice chunkyness!

i havnt had this amp long but it is a tank and has been bashed of a stone gatepost thanks to a clumsy friend and it held up fine i think this amp will be very reliable although havnt had it long enough to rate this section sorry :S

i havnt had to deal with any custome service so far but whatever would need to contact peavey about would be through my local music shop so i will give them a 10 for helpfulness

i have been playing 3 years coming and ive played alot of amps considering the space of time, and this has been the amp that does it for me its so versatile and can suit probably any style of plaing but mostly heavy metal. compared to my old marshall this thing blows the marshall mg's knobs of! if it got stolent i would cry and then buy another one! i compared it to some laneys a fender 65 priceton and a marshall avt 100 watt, the laney and fender had no balls! they are for blues man! the avt was dead nice but outta my budget and i fell in love with the peavet its got grit and not every tom dick and harry in town has a peavet they all got that same marshall sound! i dunno if this amp has one or not but i hope it has a multi footswitch with some effects on it maybe so i can get rid of single pedals,,,, ohhh a chromatic tuner in the footswitch would be damn handy then this would be an even nice amp!

Very versatile amp, it is possible to use it for all kinds of music. I (well, actually my house mates) miss a headphone jack. The effects loop and the foot switch are very handy. Loud enough for the practice room.

I use a strat copy from Richwood, and together with this amp I'm able to produce some nice sounds. My musical styles are funkmetal and grunge, and this amp suits these styles quite well. From the three distortion types I prefer the "modern distortion" for a more metal sound. With this distortion type and a wahwah pedal this amp sounds awsome. But for really heavy music the distortion might be a little bit too thin, and sometimes I miss some lower tones. The clean channel is really clean, also at higher volumes, and this amp is not noisy at all.

Never had any problems with it.

Don't know.

Really like this amp. Very good price/quality ratio.

I got this amp about 4 years ago at christmas when I was playing guitar for about a year at the time.I didn't know much about amps but I liked it that it was loud so I could annoy my parents at the time =).Although the new Bandit II has more features and sounds better overall this one still is a good little amp.Solid state open back 80watt amp with 2 channels,3 band EQ for both channels,bright switch on clean channel,pre and post gain on distortion channel,thrash and gain button(I think thrash is a mid boost and well sounds like the gain gives u more gain =P),reverb,effects send and return,resonance switch,efx level(still dont know what it does)presence knob and power amp T dynamics knob(I believe it makes it so breakup comes earlier at 10% and is louder at 100%),high and low gain inputs,external speaker jack for another 112 if needed and a footswitch jack.So plenty of features for a little amp except for newer amps being built with digital effects

Well I play mostly heavy metal and death metal although I do play softer stuff too.I play a variety of Yamaha and Ibanez guitars with a RP2000 currently,but for quite a while I had a Zoom 505 pedal.This amp for Solid state 80watts is quite loud although for a loud band situation u have to push it to its limit really,and it starts to lose definition as the low end seems to fart out.Although the overall sound is not too bad,I can't really comment on the distortion channel as I rarely use it since I use pedals but its not bad I guess for what it is.I've always used pedals so some people might think its great but for me I like lots and lots of gain and it couldn't do the over-the-top stuff but for hard rock it should be decent.Clean is pretty good for solid state nice and warm sounding lows with plenty of volume which works well with the pedals.I can't see using the bright switch,simply way too much treble for my taste as the peavey u need to set the treble low I find as most of their amps have a treble hiss thats ear piercing if put too high.Although the low end is full,it can get muffled real easy if your not careful and playing at loud volumes.Reverb is not too bad at all on this amp,not great as I find I need to set it low for it gets too 'springy' but a bit better then average really.I use my Rp2000 for reverbs now as I can have it on and off when I want which is not the case with the amp reverb since theres no reverb switch on the footswitch included.

One thing I can't deny is that this amp as seen some serious punishment and never fails very dependable.I've left it outside in overnight a few times(got it out the car and forgot about it when i got in the house),one night it even rained(yikes),dropped it down a flight of stairs,just generally rough on it and always worked with np so very dependable.My friends who has one also abuses is too and it keeps wanting more.As for playing without a backup I've always done so but thats because their was always other amps of other bands that I could use and same for them if they needed mine.I definetely don't condone playing without a backup as this is asking for something bad to happen,especially when it comes to guitars always have a backup.

Never needed it so can't comment on it although the site is in general pretty useful in finding what u need unlike the Ibanez and Yamaha sites which have limited information.

Overall I would probably rate it a 7.5,which isnt bad but not great.It does what it's suppose to do(it's loud,has a decent amount of features,sounds decent and is built like a tank)at a decent price although I believe there is better sounding amps at this price range nowadays especially.For a beginner this one would be plenty power and for what they need at first but you might find yourself needing to replace it sooner then you think once playing in shows and tone becomes an issue which you would of been rather off buying something cheaper to start off with then saving to get somethign really good.It has served me well in the 4 years I owned it and at the time was a pretty good amp,so I can't say I didn't like it so give it a try it might be perfect for anyone looking for a 112 combo with power and dependability.I'm buying a Traynor 212 YCV very soon(awesome sounding amp for the price,also the YCV40) so I will make a review on that also once I own that for a while to evaluate it fully

I'm not sure of the age of this sorry excuse for a tranny amp, it belongs to the singer in my band & he's not bothered about details like the age of his gear. It has two footswitchable channels (the usual clean & dirty), an effects loop & a dial that is supposed to make the amp sound like a valve amp. It also has variuos buttons that scoop this, fatten that, make it sound modern and make it sound vintage. All the other controls are as you'd expect. I suppose you could say peavey have tried & I for one like a trier.

I can't find a single good thing to say about this amp, it's absolutle bum juice, i hate it. Many people on this review page really rave about this insulting noise making machine, I have to ask myself, are they deaf, are they mad or are they on peavey's pay roll. I've been playing the electric guitar for over 15 years, I'm obsessed with the things, but this three legged asthmatic pit ponny would surely put me off playing for life if it was the only amp that was available to me. My main amp is a Peavey Delta Blues (a valve amp with a single 15 inch speaker) and this amp really shines for its #500ish price range, in fact I would recomend it, it does clean and overdriven beautifully. Back to the Bandit, our American cousins would say, the Bandit sucks. Awesome? Aweless, dull, lifeless, listless and absolute bollocks and that's just the clean channel. As for the dirty channel; what a load of rubbish. Let me elaborate. When I first began my quest for musical enlightenment at the tender age of 18 I set out with my trusty squire strat, a HH power baby and a few pedals to boot. Twas far from my perfect set up but it got me through numerous gigs and jamming sessions. I had a Arion Metal Master that tended to my distortion needs. I listened to a tape recording of a gig i did at that time. That set up sounded better than the Bandit's dirty channel sounds with my USA Fender Strat that I have today. My Gibson Les Paul standard (2004 model with 50s neck in honey burst, nice) doesn't make the amp sound any better either. I don't think even God almighty could make this waste of space sound any better. The only good use i have found for it is to rest my can of cherry coke on during break time at band practice, infact it excels at that task. Oh yeah, it makes a good foot rest too.
If I was going to be honest with the readers of these reveiw pages, save your money and buy a valve amp. I know that it is tempting to go out and buy something because it's feature apear good on paper but believe me, valve amps are the electric guitar sound. Shop around too, find what is best for you, and once you do you won't look back.
I do appreciate tha fact that Pat lent me his amp though, I'm not being ungreatful or anything but even he will tell you the Peavy Bandit is a bag of shit.

I actually have a good word to say about the Peavey Bandit here, it's never broken down. I've had absolutley no problems with its machanical reliability at all so far. Good show you chaps at Peavey (credit where credit is due). If you don't mind sacrificing tone for reliability then buy this amp today.

I have no coment here. The last section clears this one up.

I play in an alternative popy kind of new wave thing with a slight hint of early 90's cheesey dance thrown in for the ladies. I wouldn't play live or record with this amp if my balls were on fire and using this amp was the only way of extinguishing the conflagration. As for my own solo material (my influences are U2, Led Zeppelin, The Vevet Underground, Placibo, Jimi Hendrix, The White Stripes, stuff like that), I'd rather call Miss Furguson from Prisoner Cell Block H (a drama about an Australian womens prison from the 1980's, Miss Furguson was the bad guy, or woman as the case my be) a dried up old lesbian with the body odor of a highly decomposed dead tramp (a bum for all those American types out there) who in life had the worst case of body odor ever known in the history of man kind, to her face, than let my family down by making my guitars sound so veritably egregious.
I suppose this kind of amplifier is fine for kids to learn on but if one is serious about ones tone, for gods sake save your hard earned cash and buy an all valve amp. Sorry Peavey but my mother brought me up to be honest. The Peavey Delta Blues on the other hand is a great little peice of retro cool, save your cash & buy one of those instead if that kind of thing floats your boat.

Old style made in '92. Solo Series. Pre Transtube era. 12" Scorpion speaker. 2 channels (switchable). Perfect for the Garage Guitarist.

I use a Cort M200 with dual humbuckers. I really like the clean channel. The distortion channel is ok. You can always use a pedal to get your own sound. I like the saturation knob, you can do a lot of tweaking with it. This amp is very loud!

I have only had it for a short while. Peavey has an excellent reputation for reliability.

Very good CS. I found the manual easily on their website. I posted the Serial # on their bulletin board and got a response in 2 days.

I have only been playing a few years. The guitar is more of a hobby. I looked at a Marshall, a Crate, and a Fender. The Peavey smoked 'em hands down. I looked for a transistor amp. I don't really want the hassle of a tube amp. If I were a professional it would be different.

A good amount of features for a small amp. I use it as a practice amp, works great.

The best sound I have EVER heard out of an S.S. combo. I play Metal, Neo Classical, Prog rock, Blues, Jazz and Classical. Definatly suits my purposes. Distortion channle is a little noisy, but nothing an NS-2 or ISP Decimator cant handle.

Never broken down, and I dont expect it to.

Iv been playing for 12 years, i own an ESP Viper Standard, G&L Legacy Special, an assortment of effect pedals (mostly boss) and use a Crate Blue Voodoo (bv120h) for gigs. This is a wonderful practice amp, when I first played it (2 years ago) i said, Iv GOT to get this amp and bought it right there. If it were stolen id buy another with out hesitation.

I'd say this a late '90s model (black & silver) Transtube Bandit 112, meaning it doesn't have the modern/vintage voicing switches and all that. Basically: 80w 1x12 combo, high and low gain inputs; two channels (clean and dirty, not necessarily in those words); three band EQ on each, bright switch on the clean channel, mid scoop ("thrash") switch on the dirty, resonance switch to supposedly add bottom end/simulate a cabinet; knobs for reverb, presence, and the fabled T-Dynamics. There is a front-mounted effects loop which I haven't had the chance to fool with yet. Plenty of front panel controls to play with, nice.

I've only played live with this amp once so far (last night), so keep that in mind as you read, as well as that I've only had it for about a month.

I use two guitars mainly: a pretty stock Lotus str@t and an Epiphone Les Paul with a Duncan '59 humbucker at the bridge. My standard effects chain is: guitar>Arion stage tuner>DOD Supra Distortion>DOD Stereo Flanger>Dunlop Cry Baby>Danelectro Dan-Echo>amp.

I have always had a major problem getting enough low end out of my amps--my guitar tone has always been shrill and piercing where I want a deep, "hi fi" tone. In fact this is the major reason I sought out an amp to phase out my old Laney HC50. The Peavey comes closer, although it still isn't quite there. The best thing about the Bandit tone-wise is that it does give you more options for shaping the tone--the bright and mid scoop switches and the presence control go beyond the treble control in each channel. So the high end is covered--I usually set the treble to 11:00 or noon and the mids a bit lower. But for the life of me, I'm still not sure if the low end is sufficient. It really depends on the guitar. As before I have better luck with the str@t when it comes to a balanced clean tone--the Paul, is as always, honkingly mid-heavy. But with both the bottom is somewhat light. On to other issues: The clean channel sounds pretty good with the str@t, but breaks up very easily with the Paul--the Bandit may not be able to handle even moderately hot humbuckers, which depending on your style may be good or bad. I'm kind of on the fence that way, but last night it was very hard to play clean even when I wanted to. This may have actually been something else causing it, so this point is provisional. Dirty channel is nice...it offers plenty of overdrive thanks to the "gain" switch, but even the regular gain range will give you a lot. And it's a fairly nice distortion too. The Transtube circuitry is subtle and I don't have a tube amp to compare it to, but I will say that overall it's a more pleasing, more authentic overdrive sound than that on the Laney (which sounds more like a clipping-diode distortion or fuzz in my book). The T-Dynamics control is subtle to say the least...playing with it the closest thing you can solidly put a finger on is that it gets slightly louder overall, but there's something else too that does change the overall vibe. Neat. I've kept it at 10% for a while now, but I recall the 50% setting sounding pretty sweet too. One thing the Peavey wins at hands down: there is no shortage of reverb here...maxed out you'd think you were playing on a Joe Meek record or a Morricone soundtrack. Bottom line: until I discover what the true limits of the Bandit's sounds are, I'm gonna give it a mid-high 7 for sound quality.

Seems like a solidly built amp, as Peaveys have a rep for. Since I bought it used I don't know what kind of abuse it's had in its previous home, but on the other hand so far it seems to be just fine.

Haven't used them yet, other than to download a manual from their website. Based on that (manuals for obsolete gear available online) and what I've heard others say, Peavey's customer support is likely to be first class.

Been playing a long time, as those who have run across my reviews here probably know by now. I've owned craploads of gear, but only a few amps. The Bandit 112 is my latest in the search for an amp that I actually really really like. It's a step in the right direction, no question about it, but only a step. I feel like it has plenty of potential and I just haven't figured out the right combination of guitar and effect and control settings to match perfectly. With all those controls it will probably take a while to find that magic number, but I'd rather have the control than not. But god, not being able to dial in more bass is just maddening...and the way those humbuckers overdrive the clean channel... so yes, I admit the Bandit 112 is just a bit disappointing so far, and right now if some bastard ripped it off I'd *maybe* look for another possibly better-sounding one, but more likely I'd look for one of the newer Peaveys and/ora 2x12 combo of some kind. But remember, I've only begun playing with it, so stay tuned. Again, a high 7 overall.

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Have the amp for 2,5 years now. I play all kinds of music through it, but mostly stuff like Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, Rage Against the machine... Simple 2 channel, one set as clean, the other set as crunch with a Marshall Shredmaster for the heavy stuff. This gives me 3 basic tones on it.
Simple EQ for both channels. it's not versatile enough for me.
Simple plastic footswith which I never used. Too childish making.
The two "vintage/modern/gain" switches don't make that much difference. On very low volumes you can hear what the switch does, but at high volumes it just sounds the same.
The reverb control was always set to 0-3, because I have seperate reverb controls. The presence switch, resonance control and dynamics control are just stupid things. I again don't hear much difference at high volumes. If I connect my guitar via the "Preamp out" I can hear what it does. But then bypass the amplifier. You just use the speaker.
I now bought a VG-88 processor and I need a full range system which doesn't color the sound. So I trade this one with a peavey kb/a-100.
The bandit has just enough power to play in our repetition room. At gigs I played it mic'ed and through the PA it sounded much better.
My tip for this: never use it unmic'ed, and keep the volume below 5.

I use a Epiphone LP with humbuckers. This causes the low end to be a bit muddy. Alwys used bass control below 5. It is a very silent amp noise-wise. Not a single hiss. Clean means truly clean. Sometimes a bit too clean as I miss the warmth of the tubes. Tube dynamics really don't do it. I used power at 100% at all times, otherwise the speaker got dull at lower tones.
Nowadays I only use it bypassed (guitar to VG-88 and this output in preamp out). In this mode I get very responsive sound and nice harmonics and feedback. No volume control like this (only via the 88)

In the 2,5 years I played several gigs with it. Never used a backup. Our other guitarist only plays tubes, and in the 2,5 years he changed his amp 3 times and got frustrated. I have this cheapo amp and it never lets me down.
it also serves as a table to put my beer on and it keeps playing even soaked in beer.
It also gets bumped in the back of my car and fell off the seat, but it doesn't do anything to it.
If you play for long on low T.Dynamics power (10%) it does go crazy on the lows, so here it loses a point

Never had to call support

Nice for a beginner guitarist in a band who does a few gigs in a year.
NOT for guitarists with sound processors (VG-8; GT-6; GR-33;...) as it does color the sound too much, even on clean channel.

This baby has got all that it takes: separate EQ sections for the clean and lead channel, 3-way voiceswithing on the lead, 2-way on the clean one, a master section with power-output-control, reverb and an active 6dB presensce booster, and footswitch controllable FX-loop - it's all there!

I mostly play an epiphone les-paul custom with the gibson stock mics put in, and the amp really gives me the les-paul sound that i want. And it's very versatile, it can go all the way from clean jazz-like sound to the most brutal zakk wylde metal sound (without getting very noisy). I play all kinds of music from jazz/blues, ska, reggae, pop, and hard rock, and it always sounds amazingly good. A funny thing about this solid-state amp is that if you turn the power on the master section down to 10% the clean channel will clip the poweramp. It isn't a problem, I actually find it pretty cool, but if you want some loud clean sounds, just turn the power control to 100% again and here we go!
I have used it for rehearsing with both hardrock bands and a big-band and i have managed to make myself heard. The poweramp can though seem to "give up" after giving it more than half of the lead post-gain (volume) control. I haven't tried to put it into a 4x12 cab, which i think could help, though it gives an external speaker 100w instead of the 80 that goes to the internal sheffield 1230 speaker.
It sounds great for a solid-state amp, the best one i've ever tried. But of course some tubeamps sounds better... However, it's very versatile and it's very easy to alter the sound with the EQ-controlls

This amp is made for using. I have never ever had any troubles with it so far (had it for 3? years) and i keep depending on it. I have used it live w/o backup, my friends tube amps broke down, mine didn't.

Never had any problems :)

I've been playing for over 5 years and i listen to and play a lot of different kinds of music. I often use it with just a delay in the FX'loop and it sounds lovely. it also sounds lovely with a nice distortion pedal. since they are so cheap these days i would probably buy a new one if i would drop it from a 10-storey building (i guess that's what it takes to break it down). This sounds better than any other solid-state amp that i've ever heard.

Actually, it has pretty much everything I need/want. The amp is new ('04), and the other reviews pretty well cover the basis. I would like a plug for a set of headphones, though.

I bought this amp to play my Ibanez AF75 through for a jazzy sound. The AF75, with flat-wound, is a great, affordable jazzbox, and this amp compliments it well. I was looking at Roland JC120, but that was more amp than I needed. I also have a Fernandez Retrorocket and a Taylor CE314, so finding an amp that worked with all three was a challenge. This amp does, although I have to be careful with the Taylor or I get feedback that would crack drywall. It is versatile, and that's what I wanted. My son's guitar teacher, who does play professionally (and plays a variety of styles) played his Strat though it, and produced a nice bluesy/classic rock sound.

I also have a Peavey Blazer and a Micro Bass. While I'm a hobbyist and don't subject any of my equipment to the rigors of clubs, I've never had a problem with them. I feel that this Bandit should be just as reliable as the other two. In fact, Peaveys are the only amps I own.

I haven't had a problem, but when I was shopping I contacted Peavey via email asking for a recommendation for a jazz amp. I received a reply within a few days recommending Pro 112 (?). The store I went to had sold the one they had in stock a few hours before I got there! The salesman suggested I try the Bandit. For the next hour or so I played a half-dozen different guitars through this amp, and they all sounded good. Ithink Peavey (all manufacturers) should realize there are players out here who don't play any hyphenated rock or country/folk mutation.

I've played for 35 years, but only amplified for the last four or five. Besides the guitars mentioned earlier, I play a Peavey bass, and my son has a low-end Washburn strat-copy and an electric/acoustic Robelli. He REALLY loves using this amp, although I discourage his full-volume Hendrix and AC/DC solos. I would definitely consider replacing this amp with another one. It is a reasonably priced, versatile amp. The worst thing I would say about it is, like a lot of things that are versatile, is doesn't excel at anything. But I think even a gigging musician who finds himself or herself playing a range of venues would appreciate this amp.

Yeah same as the rest of em. twin chanel, independant eq on each, transtube. (no valves baby...)and it comes with free tupperware, i mean footswitch

i mostly use a les paul and it USED to sound great...
clean is very jazzy, but very clean, not an ounce of gain...
overdrive USED to rock like a mofo'

this amp used to be great. it IS built like a tank. its survived allsorts. but then the pre gain control broke... and then the entire overdrive chanel, forcing me to use my Vtwin through the clean chanel all the time... the clean chanel then promptly started spazzin out and making the sound "rattle" allmost, it started wavering in volume... and it still does, but i still use it because i cant break the fookin thing beyond repair. its impossible.

pah... customer support... that would mean i would have to spend money phonin em... nahhh leave it till it dies

This is a a nice 80 watt transistor peavy You can play alot with the tones on this amp, having different equalizers for clean and dirty are really helpful, the Tube Dynamics and Resonance can really help play with the sound to adjust it perfectly to your guitar. The 3 different switches for distortion really make for a lot of variation. The floor pedal is a great accesory too. I haven't used the pre amping yet, but I'm sure its great. The only thing this amp is really missing is a contour knob. A bit on the pricey side though for what you're getting.

I play this on an Ibanez RG548 (stock V7, S1 and V8 pickups). It took me a while to find the right tone, but once I did it blew my mind. This amp can really suit to any guitar, I even managed to make it suit to a Squier Strat and that's saying something! I can get some good crunch out of the "Modern Distortion" and the vintage style distortion is great for all you virtuosos. The clean sound on this amp is great, you can play with it to range from modern to blues to jazz.

This is an american-made monster, it'll survive an earthquake (actually it has). It still plays like the day I got it despite a few bumpy rides in the car, and one or two middle of the nite earthquakes

No idea, its had no problems yet.

Not bad for the price, like I said before, with a contour knob this amp would be absolutely perfect. Maybe not as great quality sound as a nice Marshall, but good enough none the less and you can really trust something made in America.

I play blues, classic rock, and I do a lot of major-league fooling around with the various sounds. It does pretty well for what I need. I don't really have the ear to pick out little sound details, but it sounds pretty good to me. It's got two channels, and it has two separate inputs for high and low gain.
I hardly ever use the "modern" and "high gain" settings on the dirty channel. I would like it if I could plug headphones in with a speaker defeat, so that I could play late at night, but it's not that big of a deal for me.
Since I play in my bedroom, it is DEFINITELY big enough. It screams very loudly if I turn it up halfway.

I use a Yamaha Pacifica, which is sort of a Fat Strat type setup for pickups. It gets a pretty decent sound for my styles which are Blues and Classic Rock.
One annoying problem, and I don't know if this has to do with the guitar or the amp, is that when I touch the strings there is a pop as if there was a transient or a short or that my body is grounding something. I'm going to try changing the grounding switch settings to see if I can eliminate this.
As far as feedback goes, it only feeds back if I turn the gain way up and hold the guitar right in front of it.
There is a lot of variation in the distortion, I can make it sound really crunchy or buzzy or anything really.
I haven't driven the clean channel enough to see if it'll distort.

I haven't really put it through much in the way of abuse, it's just sat in my room for the past six months. It's never broken down.

I haven't dealt with Peavey.

I've been playing for about seven months. I own an acoustic (washburn), and my beloved Yamaha Pacifica.
If it were stolen, besides being really pissed off, I think I would buy a different amp, but not because this is a bad amp, but rather that it's not really what I need.
It's an amp that I'm really comfortable with. I don't hate anything about it.
It's the only amp that I've ever played through, so I can't really compare it to anything.

this amp is my first (real) amp, however it has two channels one clean and a lead with modern, high gain and vintage modes, it has a master spring reverb, presence, effects loop, and resonance switch
it has a transtube circuit, it emulates tube amp sound, mine came with a footswitch, the sounds i can get from it are very good,i think is a great amp for playing modern rock, or blues

I use a squier strat, the lead channel is great grat sounds with the high gain swith, the vintage its pretty weak, but the distortion its ok, i also use a Ibanez Talman but the amp sounds are very crappy with my acoustic

its very very reliable, never crashes, its solid state, no blowing tubes, i use mine on very little gigs but it handles some abuse and never says no

never dealt with peavey

great amp, works fine for me, enough power for small shows, im not professional, i've got like 2 years playing but it works very fine, i wish i could get more distortion in the clean channel

Black tolex with old-style ?Peavey? logo. Very SOLID construction. Nice black-metal corner covers. Silver trim. 80 watts. Sheffield
12? speaker. 2 channels, clean and lead. Bright button, channel select button. Separate High, Mid and Low knobs for both channels (Nice feature), Thrash button (mid notch?) and Gain button for overdrive. Resonance knob (speaker damping) and T-knob for 10% to 100% tube compression simulation. FX in/out, power in, pre out, ext speaker. About 45 lbs.

It is not a modeling amp, but it seems to have quite a variance of sounds. I have not tried any of the modeling amps so I don't know how to rate this. I would say there is enough here for the working musician to gig out.

I play in an oldies band and free lance some for some country-style bands. I play SC guitars ? Tele and Strat. Currently, the only effect I use is a Boss Delay pedal. I have used this amp three times now. A small club; a recreation center dance; and one outdoor gig. I think I have a pretty good handle on what this amp can do now.

At first, if you are used to tubes, this amp can really turn you off. The sound is not as ?deep? (ballsey?), and sounds somewhat thin. However, after playing around with the lead channel, you can tune in some decent light overdrive. It really is quite good. On some blues-sytle leads I was impressed with the tone. I am not into metal so I have not tried the 'Gain' button for heavy distortion. I am still trying to work with it, but I believe I will be able to use this amp. I may buy the extension cabinet for outdoor gigs which raises the power to 100 watts. Also, if I have a closed back speaker cabinet, the bottom end might be more pronounced. I may also change out the Sheffield speaker as I am not overly impressed with it. If anyone out there has switched out the Sheffield, let me know the results.

Haven't had the amp long enough to know. It is used and seems to be working fine.

Never contacted, but heard it was decent.

Playing off and on since mid-60s, pro bass player until early 80s. Semi-pro guitar player since. I am essentially a tube amp guy and currently have a Fender HRD tweed LE and Traynor YCV20. The reason why I bought the Bandit 112 was to use as a ?work horse? amp. I now gig out anywhere from 2 to 5 nights a week and it really takes a toll on my rigs. Some of the gigs are low-paying and I just can?t see myself wearing out my favorite amps. Also, some of the gigs I will be doing this summer do not have great PA systems and I need substantial power. As far as the Bandit goes, let it rain! This thing will probably survice anything.

If you are really into tubes, this one is not for you. The Bandit is SS and can only partially emulate the tube amp sound. I would say for recording, I would rather place a mike in front of my YCV20 and crank. But for a solid dependable ?gig-rig? this appears to be the ticket.

Don't know what year this amp was made...but it is the older model with the black and silver cosmetics. Solid-state 1x12 combo, high and low gain inputs...Two channels: clean with volume, 3 band EQ and bright switch. Distortion with pre and post gain, 3 band eq, a switch for extra gain and a "thrash" switch which i THINK notches the mids. Master Reverb, Presence, and T. Dynamics controls. FX loop, external speaker jack, preamp in/out, remote footswitch. I use this amp mostly in the bedroom for which it has more than enough power...also suitable for rehearsal or gigs. I wish it had a headphone jack.

I use a Stratocaster style guitar with this...the body was made by warmoth and the neck by WD so it's a very high quality instrument. I only use the neck pickup on this guitar which is a Dimarzio Virtual Vintage Blues and i plug straight into the amp, no effects. I play art/post-rock and it suits my style very well but i believe it would suit any style quite well. Goes from wonderfully clean (stays clean at high volumes) to as much distortion as i'll ever need, and i don't even use the extra gain switch. I want to say that it has enough gain and that the distortion is brutal enough for any style...but some people are gain crazy so you never know. IMPORTANT NOTE: I read in a few reviews here that the real "trick" about getting great sound out of this amp is to keep the T. Dynamics knob at 10%...i couldn't agree more, the cleans are much richer and warmer and the clarity on the distortion channel is incredible...even at high gain settings all the notes of a chord ring through and arrpeggiated notes sound clearly as well. I've owned a couple of tube amps in the past (a fender hot rod deluxe and a blue voodoo head) and this amp gets a very tube like sound...but it has it's own characteristics which is a plus.

I've owned it for at least a couple years now and i've yet to have a problem with it...At one point it fell off a chair that i propped it up on (completely my fault) and the high gain input, which my instruments cable was in at the time, got kind of bent up and no longer works...but i simple picked the amp up and used the low gain input, no problems at all. No tubes to worry about!

I've never dealt with Peavey.

I've been playing for about 6 years now and i've gone through a lot of gear but the guitar and amp are all i use now. It's really a wonderful piece of equipment that can be bought at a great price (i got mine for nothing but the street price is very reasonable). If it were lost/stolen i would probably try out a few other amps but i doubt i'd have an regrets replacing it with anoter bandit...perhaps i'd upgrade to the special 212. I wish it had a headphone jack but i'm not going to hold that agains it. REMEMBER, KEEP THE T. DYNAMICS KNOB AT 10%

Peavey transtube model (the one with the red trim) bought in the first year that they were available. Two channel solid state combo amp, 1 12" speaker, footswitchable channels and effects loop (footswitch provided). Each channel has its own EQ and voicing switch (vintage/modern for clean, vintage/modern/high gain for lead). Master reverb, presence, and T-dynamics. High and Low Gain Inputs. Output for extension cabinet, preamp out, power amp in, 80 watts to internal speaker, 100 with extension cab. The only feature I ever wanted that this amp doesn't have is a parallel rather than a serial effects loop, but this is a very hard feature to find. For the price, this amp is feature packed.

My rig looks like this-Mexican Tele with Dimarzio Virtual Vintage stacked humbuckers in both positions, T.C. Electronic M300 in the effects loop (mostly for reverbs and delay, but has some useful modulation sounds as well), Dano mini Graphic EQ in the effects loop after the M300, some combination of Boogie Bottle rocket, Boss Compressor, Super Overdrive, DS-1,Boss CE-5 Chorus, Boss Phaser(an old one, the first pedal I ever bought), Ibanez digital delay in front. I think that the key word for this amp is VERSATILE! The sound may not be the same as a boutique tube amp, but for less than $600 Canadian, its damn close. Peavey's transtube technology does an excellent job of responding to playing dynamics in a very tube like way. The clean channel is excellent, and stays clean up to ear splitting volume. Even this channel is versatile because using different combinations of vintage/modern and High/Low gain inputs reveal different types of tone and response. I think the secret weapon of the Bandit is the lead channel. Using the low gain input and the vintage setting with the pre-gain Low (2-3) and the post gain High (whatever you need for volume) yields an excellent, warm and punchy with just a bit of hair on it clean sound which is perfect for blues, or even jazz. A distortion pedal in front of this gives and excellent classic rock tone. Using the high gain input and the vintage setting with the pre gain up to 6/7 yields an excellent heavy rock crunch that can be kicked up to solo with the DS-1 or Super OD perfectly. The modern setting is Heavy Metal heaven and the high gain is also very usable, particularly with lower (5/6) pre- gain settings. The higher gain settings can be a bit noisy (big surprise)but not offensively so. Overall, I wouldn't rate it as noisy. I don't know what type of sound you could be looking for that you couldn't dial up with this amp with a bit of patience. I've had this amp for 4 years and I haven't explored all of the possibilities yet. Sure a big buck tube amp might do one or two sounds better than this amp, but not this versatile at this price.

This was one of the reasons why I bought this amp, I've never even heard of a Peavey amp not getting through a gig, and no tubes to fuss with.

No experience, No opinion

I've been playing guitar for 25 years and have owned a lot of gear in that time (including other Peavey amps). For overall sound quality and versatility, I've never found anything that I liked better. Short of going with an Eric Johnson type multi-amp rig, I don't know how you could create a more solid and versatile backline. You certainly couldn't do it for this price.

this amp is new 2003, you know all the features by now, so I'll spare myself some typing.

I'm currently playing a les Paul studio, and a jap fender strat with this amp. I play metal, and hard rock 98 per cent of the time. This is the last amp I tried in this price range (my heart was always with marshall). But i was surprised, and a little shocked! Peavey I guess isn't just for country anymore! This thing rocks, loud, and with as much distortion as I'll ever need,(didn't think I'd ever find that without a pedal). There is a bit of hum....could be my cables though. Clean channel is just that...clean, don't use it much...cept stairway to heaven, and wixh you were here. But the three choices of distortion provide all the options I need. Very satisfied.

What can i say...bullet proof. I think Peavey has always been, from what I've seen.

never needed them

I give it a 9 outa 10. Keeping in mind the price. Your getting an American made verses china made Marshalls,Fenders etc....There is no comparison as far as i'm concerned. your getting decent power, good sound, in a solid package.

Let's see, this is an older model Bandit. (The green trim kind) 80 watts RMS, effects loop, preamp out, power amp in, footswitch for channel switching, bright channel, gain switch, and then some other button for the distortion to make it sound kind of darker. I don't really like that one. 4 band eq for clean channel, and 3 band for the distortion. I believe that these work together as I can hear a difference when I mess with the clean eq on the distortion channel. High and low gain inputs. Reverb.

The eq work great. The presence control is perfect. It adds a little bit of extra shean to the clean sound, but it is mainly useable as a control of the "sheet" aspect of your distortion sound. Turn it up and you get more of the hi gain shhh... sound over the top of your distortion. This adds to both heaviness and smoothness of the distortion (I like it a little bit pretty), but takes away some of the definition.

Having the second input is nice, but since it is at a different gain, you have to do a volume adjust. Nice for when your other guitarist blows out their crappy amp though. The gain switch is nice. Turn it off, you have more of a pure overdrive sound on the distortion channel. When it's on, it gives you a bit more gain. It's solid state and it sounds and acts like it.

This thing is supposed to come Scorpion equipped, however, I bought it used and the thing came modded with I believe a Black Widow speaker instead. This makes a HUGE difference.

The clean channel is great and definitely the high point. This channel deserves a 10. It doesn't give you that horribly bright Fender sound that a lot of people prefer, but it stays very clean at very high volumes. This may be due to the speaker upgrade. This is the channel I use all the time. For distortion I add a Danelectro pedal. Because of that, I have to keep the treble on the low side (the Danelectro tends to get a bit screechy sounding with the treble cranked). Let's compare this to other amps I've heard and played with. One guitarist had a Crate 120 watt with 6x12 speaker set up. This thing matched it with volume set at 3 against the Crate set at about 6. (Higher than that and the Crate started to sound horrible). The Behringer Blue Devil 1x12 (at 65 watts i think?) won't go anywhere near that volume wise. I think I outpowered the amp completely with volume set below 2.5. And as the volume goes up, this thing just seems to sound better. The distortion starts to break up and you seem to get more definition. In other words, I'm pretty impressed.

The distortion channel is less impressive. Maybe it's just not my cup of tea, but I'd only give it a 6 or 7. It's noticeably quieter than the clean channel. It isn't voiced right for a hard rock style. I'd say that it would probably fit perfectly with a heavy emo style. My band opened for a group that was signed on Tooth and Nail and they had to use it because the Marshall they had planned on playing kept crapping out. They actually enjoyed the sound quite a bit, and maybe there opinion is worth more than mine.

Well... do I neglect this amp? Yes. Can I afford to? ...Pretty much. Besides a bolt of lightning or a fall off of a building, I can't think of what could hurt it. It was heavily used already when I bought it. I've now had it for... I don't know, six years maybe. I've used it as a table, a chair, sometimes even a guitar amp. It's been at 7 or 8 for hours with impressively low heat build up. It's heavy as crap (that's because of the custom speaker again, it's magnet is huge, normally the amp is a lot lighter). I attempted to jump off this thing at a very small show that wasn't very serious. That's a bad idea cuz the amp is pretty small, and it's hard to keep your balance. I tipped it over and it hit while I was playing. Couldn't even hear it hit.

I know you can find the website easily. Never had to talk to them.

Besides this, I've only had a Marshall combo and some no name amp that ended in "vox". I'm awaiting a Randall half stack. This thing is plenty for smaller gigs and I may continue to use for those types of occasions, but my band has gotten to the point to where I need more meat and a half stack is the only option. With the Danelectro distortion pedal and the custom speaker, this sounds better than most any comparitively priced combo and puts out more sound than anything that I've heard at this size. It puts most lower end Marshalls (at a similar price) to shame, and it's just embarrassing that it can completely out power a low end crate half stack. Enough of my ranting and raving...

This is a Transtube Peavey Bandit 112, with the sheffield speaker (aren't all transtube bandits equipped with the 12" sheffield? I think so.) I'l dispense with the features, since they have already been described below. The amp was made in 1997, so it is the 1st transtube Bandit 112 model. 80 watts is more than enought power for this solid-state amp.

I am using a Tele or a Strat with this amp. The Fat Tele I play has a pretty dark sounding Humbucking Pick-up, but it sounds good with this amp. This is the 3rd Transtube amp I have owned , and my opinion is that it is the best sounding, as it has a 12" speaker. The envoy 110 I had ( 10" speaker ) was o.k., but the Rage 158 ( 8" speaker ) was too bright. Combined with the T-dynamics control and the resonance switch, you can get an acceptable bass response from this amp. I had a Fender Champ 12 (tube) amp, and this amp easily exceeds the warmth from that particular amp. However, I still find that while transtube technology really nails the feel of tube distortion, It still lacks the warmth of a good tube amp. The other amp I own is a Fender Super 210, and the Bandit can't match the warm full sound of that amp...not by a long shot. Still, it is a good sounding amp compared to a lot of other amps. I had a Marshall VS65 ( Valvestate)amp, and for light to medium distortion sounds, the Bandit blows it away! While the Bandit is not really a MetalHead's dream amp, it has enough distortion to play classic rock music. The clean channel isn't bad, and bstarts breaking up around 9 or 10, which gives you a lot of clean headroom at lower volumes. I play some jazz, so this is really what I was looking for.

Well,I bought this amp used. It was shipped in a box with no packing material inside, and I got it in great shape. Peavey's are reliable. I have owned quite a few Peavey's since the early 1970's, and they have never let me down...not once! That should tell you something. I took a peak inside the chassis, and liked what I saw. Very heavy circuit boards, compared to a lot of other amp manufacturers. This amp is 6 years old, yet sounds brand new...no unusual sounds. Peavey makes a great product, no question. I have owned it for about 3 weeks.

I have been playing for over 30 years. My other amp, is a Fender Super 210 (tube amp), and I bought this because I wanted something a little smaller and lighter, with the reliability of solid-state. Well, It is just about as large as my Super 210 , but about 10 pounds or so lighter. I'd still like something smaller, but I definitely plan to keep this for a while. I'd definitely get another transtube Bandit if it were stolen. For the price, you just aren't going to get a better made, better sounding amp than this one.

Peavey Bandit 112, made in 1986? effects loop,Reverb ,Scorpion 12" speaker.2 channels and distortion, gain with compressor,2 button footswitch for channels and reverb.Solid state not tube,bright switch and low gain. Lots of nobs ,post, gain, presence,edge,reverb.80 watts of power.no headphone jack,but it can still sound ok at low volume. Made in the good ole USA.

I play a Gibson Les Paul Studio and an Aria ProII fat strat Fullerton
Which I think is a fine guitar with a nice rose wood finger board.
This amp is quiet except if the bells and whistles are on to high,
no big whoop.It is a very versital amp ,the Scorpion loud speaker
gives a bit more bottom than the Sheffields do.It is pretty warm sounding for transistor amp .Better than a lot of tube amps,not all
of course.To get good tube amp sounds the volume has to be up there.
This sounds pretty dang good at most volumes.I tried new Peaveys
recently ,the basic amp was no better ,the distortion and gain was improved over this old one.Not enough difference to get me to trade and hand over the Franklins for a new one.In some ways the clean channel with that speaker may a better than the new ones ,a little more body to the sound .

Never broke, it is a solid well built amp.A very reliable amp

If it it aint broke don't need no customer support.

Been playin for 15 years,mostly psychedelic bluesy fingerslide swamprock and R+B.Sometimes I play a Tone Works Korg Pandora 3 through it. I have a Fender Studio 85 ,65 watt amp I use linked to the Bandit. ( run both amps off the same power strip if you do this so you don't have a polarity problem) Guitar into the Fender first.That gives me 2 /12s and 145 watts of asskickin power.The additional sound pressure you get with 2 12s is great.They are easier to lug than a twin reverb or a big Marshall.The Bandit is great ,but the Fender 85 is the superior amp.I had a Marshall lead 20 ,a good amp ,these are better.I had a Silvertone Twin Reverb w/tubes, these are far superior.No maintanance. The distortion and gain system on the old bandit are a difficult to get the hang of .The new ones are better as far as that goes.It almost doesn't matter with running foot pedals and sound processors through a good basic amp.I don't think I would trade the
Bandit for a Fender Blues Jr. If it were stolen I would track down the theif and hook him up on a date with Lorrena Bobbit and let nature take it's course.If you have the money there of course are much better amps.I have played Crate way to cold and harsh.
For no tubes the Bandit is pretty dang good.

Two channels, clean & distorted. Separate EQ for each, which is nice. Vintage/Modern setting. Also has a Presence knob which boosts the high frequencies even more. T-dynamics knob, when set low, allows you to crank the Post Gain without blowing the roof off your house!

Basicly it sounds OK. Not bad, but it IS solid state after all. The clean sound is almost too clean. The distortion channel has 3 settings: Vintage, Modern, High gain. The vintage setting is the only useable one in my opinion, because the Modern is way too harsh sounding and it cuts the mids which sounds horrible at high volumes. The High gain setting is just not needed..If you can't get enough gain from the Vintage setting, then your guitar sucks. On the vintage setting with the Pre gain cranked, you can easily get squealing harmonics, crystal clear tapping, decent sustain, and crunching rhythms. Oh I almost forgot, the T-dynamics knob. ALWAYS keep this at the lowest setting (10%) The reason is that is when the tube emulation kicks in, and tubes sound better than solid state of course, and also, you will never ever need that much power. I mean if your playing in a place big enough to need all the power of this amp, you would have gotten something better in the first place.

I dare you to try and break this thing. Jesus, it fell out of my van on accident going 65MPH and we just went back and got it, and it has worked fine ever since. Last week I droped it down the stairs, and it left one hell of a dent in my kitchen floor, but the amp is, of course, unharmed.

I dont know, I've never called them.

You cannot compare this to a tube amp, but I guarentee you it will be the best solid state amp you'll ever own (at this time, anyway) If it were lost or stolen I'd probably get a Marshall JCM 800

loud, great features such as 2 channels, resonance selections, modern or vintage option and an effects loop. and fucking loud as hell.

ok, im not going to blast this amp for the simple reason that at the time i bought it, 3+yrs ago, i was really into heavy music, deftones, i mother earth, taproot,panthera, chevelle, tool etc,.. but since then i've grown out of it and turned to my more indie sounding brit rock and jazz influences, which is were im sure im going to stay. for metal, old school or new school, this amp is a killer, and i highly reccomend it, but for my taste right now i would go for a fender 85 or a vox. lots of mean distort, perfect for shredding and low tuned riffes but for those with my tastes invest in something else. it just doesn't give me the sound im looking for. for metal ill give it a 9 and for my style ill give it 6, so for overall ill be nice and hand it a 8. its not the amps fault i dont like its sound.

one thing i like about this amp is that its built like a tank, it wont break ...ever

never needed it.

ive been playing for 7+yrs and i have a good deal of talent when it comes to playing the guitar(yes, im being self-engrandizing.) if my amp was stolen i wouldn't buy another and get something that suits my taste. right know im saving up for a new amp maybe a fender twin and a fender tele plus, if i can find it, to accompany my banged up fender strat, gibson sg and pedals but definately a new amp. overall, its a good amp and any metal player just begining to play gigs should get it but if i get a chance to sell it i would, if not im more than happy to keep it for the occasional jam session with my metalhead buddies who have outcasted me. ill give it an 8!!!!

This is the Bandit made one or more years ago with the silver and black trim and the older Peavey logo on the grill - before the red and black refit. Pretty much same features as the newest one, minus the "vintage" and "modern" settings on the two channels. Other reviews have covered the features. It has everything I need. I find the "TransTube" knob to be very versatile and realistic-sounding. Excellent value for the money.

The clean is very good. I'd rate it 7.5, so I'll give it an 8. The distortion is fairly versatile...you'd only get more versatile with built-in effects. For me it does what I need. You can switch from thrash to regular to high gain. For each channel, Low, Middle, and High work really well to dial in the sound you want. There have been a few reviews ? mainly non-HC ? that have argued that this amp and others by Peavey suck the tone out of your guitar and make it sound flat. I don't agree. Get a good guitar and try out this amp. Even used, you won't be disappointed. I play a Gibson Les Paul Classic with this, and I can dial in authentic electric blues (John Lee Hooker), Clapton-era Bluesbreakers, Slash, Santana, and everything from that up to Creed. It's a very versatile amp sound-wise. One of the best things about the Sheffield speaker is that you can crank your volume and you won't get a lot more background noise OR feedback/hum, which happens with a lot of other amps in this features/price bracket.

Can't comment on this one, as I bought it used and have played out only a couple times with it, but I know Peavey's track record (have owned a few of their amps before) and judging by my Bandit's performance so far, I have no worries. All-USA construction and SS, so parts are not a problem if something does crap out down the road.

Have no direct experience with this, but I know others who've been pleasantly surprised at how committed the people at Peavey are. You can access a very active forum on their Web site, www.peavey.com.

I know 10s get plastered on HC reviews like lowest-price stickers at Wal-Mart, but in this case it's really warranted. Basically 90% or more of Peavey Bandit owners will tell you they are great deals, quite versatile sound-wise, and can work great for everything from dormroom playing to gigging in small- to medium-sized clubs. For $250 used or $350 and up new, how can you go wrong?

This amp is great for most of what I play. I usually play blues rock and sometimes punk rock music, although nowadays I'm really getting into blues. This amp has two channels, clean and dirty. On the clean channel there is volume, bass, middle, treble, and a bright switch. I usually have my clean channel set with a lot of bass, not very much mid, treble at about 12 O'clock and the bright switch turned on. I can get great "Bold as Love" and "Little Wing" settings (I mostly play Jimi Hendrix). The clean channel can distort at about 12 O'clock when you're plugged into the high gain input, but when you switch to the low gain input it is much easier to get high, clean volumes.
The dirty channel is one of the best I can find for a solid state amp. The distortion probably won't suit all of you people out there that love tube amps. Even though this amp is "transtube" it just can't get that warm, fuzzy tube tone. There are a lot of good features on the dirty channel, including: Gain boost, thrash, pre and post gain (distortion and volume), and 3-channel equilization (seperate from the equilizer on the clean channel). The gain boost is self explanitory and the thrash button basically cuts out the mids. This is great for metal players. I can get some good rock sounds from this amp with enough tweaking.
In the "master" section of the front panel you will find the resonance switch, an effects loop, reverb, and power level. These features work for both channels of the amp. The resonance switch doesn't seem to do as much as it should so I just leave in all the time. The effects loop is fine, no complaints here. The reverb is surprisingly good for a SS amp. It's not Fender quality, but hey, what is? The T. Dynamics power knob is basically how much power your amp is putting out. The instruction manual says to put it on "10% Power" for the tube emulation circuits to kick in and on 100% Power for a more modern sound. This knob is fairly useful, but I usually end up leaving it in the 10% position.
On the back of the amp you've got your pre amp out, footswitch jack, external speaker jack (very useful) and the power amp in (for those of you that use a Line 6 POD). I wish this amp had a headphone jack because it is all to often that I get yelled at for turning it up too loud. And by the way, this amp is LOUD. I think it is about 80 watts or so. I rarely ever turn it past 2 on the distortion channel and 3 on the clean channel. This amp can easily overpower a drummer and bass.

I'm using this amp with a standard (mexican) Stratocaster with standard pups. I also run this through a Dunlop Fuzz Face and a Vox Wah before the amp. This amp is great for rock and some classic rock tones. It is great for metal players although most people would prefer a metal pedal anyway. For those of you that want a great blues tone, stay away from this amp! I'm going to buy a tube amp soon because this amp cannot get a good blues sound, no matter how much tweaking I do!
The Bandit can get fairly noisy. Mine has a lot of hiss when it is at high volumes. I think there is a problem with the inputs, but more about that in the reliability section. My single coils don't help the matter either. However, it depends on where you are. I take guitar lessons at the local music store and my teacher has this amp in his room and there is almost no noticeable noise there. When I get home and play, the noise is back. The grounding switch on the back does NOTHING to help the noise. I think all of the feedback is due to faulty wiring in my house, although I can't be sure.
There is a good amount of variety in the sounds this amp can produce, but I wouldn't brag about it to anyone with a decent tube amp.
The clean channel of the amp really shines. My strat sounds much to brittle on the bridge and middle pickup but the neck pup really shines on the clean channel. The equilizer is excellent and can really get a wide range of tones.

For the most part, this amp is very sturdy and can take a beating. However, there seems to be a defect with the inputs on the front. If you turn the nut on the input, it adjusts the noise on the amp! Just by turning the knob you can get this awful high-pitched squealing noise. Sometimes I have to stop in the middle of a song so I can adjust the inputs. This problem might be due to the fact that this amp has seen several owners in its life and I have no idea as to how good or bad they treated it. Otherwise, I have never had a problem with the amp. The knobs are all very sturdy and look like they would never break off.

I've never had to take my amp in and I've never contacted Peavey before so I have no way of knowing how good their customer support/service center is.

I have only been playing 2 years now, but I'm good enough to play Jimi Hendrix and SRV tunes. I know a lot about amps now, which is why I decided to review this one. If this amp was stolen I probably wouldn't buy another one just because I would rather have a tube amp. If you're looking for a good cheap tube amp, the Peavey Prowler has almost the same features as this amp except it is all tube. It has much better quality.
I love the clean channel on the amp. I have mixed feelings about the distortion channel because it doesn't suit my style (blues rock, blues). I compared this to several other solid states, including my friend's Fender Princeton 65 and this amp definately rules over them. This amp is right in between the tube amps and solid state amps; it's better than most SS amps but worse than most Tube amps.
The only things I wish this amp has is tubes and a headphones output. Otherwise it is a great overall SS amp.

2 channels, 80W RMS. Made in 1995, the original Transtube. It's powerful enough to play with a band and it's built like a tank (it weights the same too). With the T.Dynamic knob you can reduce the power output of the amp (from 10 to 100%). The less power you dial, the better is the tubes emulation.

Nice clean sounds. Good distortion to play a lot of style. Not adequate to play thrash or death metal. There's enough distortion but it's too muddy and very noisy. Good for AC/DC, not worth a sh*t to play Metallica and Megadeth. Now I use a Boss Metal Zone in the clean channel with the power reduced at 60%.

Seems very reliable (I have it for 8 years) but I don't move it a lot.

It's obviously better than a lot of solid-state amps. Cool features (thrash button, tubes emulation, resonnance button). A good buy in its price range.

Not too many efects or anything, exept the onboard reverb. Very fukin versitile, u kan play like blues, jazz, or harcore metal, with screaming high distortion, or fucking deep dark distortion. Though it does not have a headset jak, u can rig it up for one(see overall rating). I wishit had more channels, the two are kind of limiting, but you can always use pedals. It does have chanel switchin between the clean and dirty, but to use, it must be set onthe lead (dirty) chanel. The dual inputs are good, but if u put in two guitars, they both switch to low gain, where as singly, one would be high, and the other low. Also the trans tube featyures are good. It really does get that thick tube sound.

I only really use at lower volumes, but i tried it out at fucking loud ass volumes, and it makes some slight hissing noises on he lead channel with dst up high... but if your playing the thing, it wont make much a difference. I use a epi les paul standard, and a jay turser (pice of shit) strat, and i get some fucking wikkked sounds out of it. I play a lot of tool, coal chamber, dark metal, and i find that i can get some fucking roaring, thick rumbling tones with tones on 0, and set to rythmic, with the lead dials all set to arround 7. Sometimes however the amp can get a little muddy, but you just gotta play arround withit to get a sound u like.

its pretty new, and ive had no problems yet, but it seems to be built solid.

Never had a problem to deal with.

definately a good amp, for the money, its a fucking sweet ass deal. SHould i ever bust it up, have it stolen or anything, i would definately buy one again. I just love everything about it. exept what i fucking went thro to get the headset to work. ive used some ohter amps, like a dean markely k-20, a berhinger vintager, and a line 6. Of all of them, i would chose the peavy bandit. Also a note about getting to use ahead set on it. just get a mono-stereo wire, and headphone amp, along with a 1/4 to 1/8 inch jack converter. Plug the converter into the preamp in, and plug the mono-stereo into the headphone amp, in the preamp in slot. plug the headset into that, and your all set. all that should cost about 80$, but even through the hed set, it gets killer tone.

This amp has everthing you need. The preamp out on the back is very handy for getting a clean recording. The poweramp in is perfect for daisychaining a bunch of amps together. Also the 100 watt speaker extention is a nice bonus. I can't hear much of a difference when the FX levle swich is used. The resonance button is mostly useful at low volumes. The stock speaker tends to bottom out if the bass is high and the volume is past 5( overdive channel). I practice in a barn with out heat or airconditoning and this amp has never given me and trouble at all. My friends Line 6 is crapping out left and right but the Bandit plows through at 20 degrees or 90.

I have an Ibanez RX as well as a homemade ax. Both have EMG Selects in them. I play metal and the sounds I can get make me wet my pants.
The clean channel is VERY clean. The brightness switch can take your head off if your not carful. The overdrive channle is noisy. When you stomp the footswich a loud hissing can be heard. The louder the volume the louder the hiss. This may be anoying if you are trying to record but isn't noticable at a gig. The distortion could strip the paint off a battle ship.

You could drop this amp off a truck and it would still work. Solid state baby! Who needs a backup? That costs money.

I've been playing along time and have used many other amps. The Bandit is a work horse. It won't give you any problems and won't shit the bed. DAMN! It's one fine motha! Solidstate is the best. None of that digital crap and no tubes to burnout. If I buy another I may get the head verson of this amp and the 412ms cab. Anyone would be happy with that no matter what you play.

I bought this amp about 8 month ago; it's the latest generation of Bandit 112 amps.

I find it's a very versatile amp with 2 different clean channels (vintage and modern) and 3 different lead channels (vintage, modern and high gain). I'm playing mainly Rock and blues and this amp does it all: from clean sound to high-gain lead. I don't need anythig else for band repetitions and small performances (for big ones, I use my 100W Laney head with Marshall 2x12cab) or for playing at home.

Lead is footswitchable as well as the effect loop (which I don't use since I prefer to have the effects directly plugged in the main in. It also features power amp in and preamp out but i never use these.

My only regret is I find the footswitch too limited (you can switch from clean to lead but you can only switch the 2 clean channels and teh 3 lead channels manually); this feature could be improved

I use many different guitars and they all sound great in this amp:
- PRS CE 24
- Gordon Smith with 2 Di Marzio Pick ups(B: Air Norton; N: PAF)
- Blade Texas Standard
- Customized Telecaster (SD Hot Rail in Bridge & DM PAF Pro in neck).
This amp can really take out the best of any of these guitars. And when I combine it with my Boss GT5Multi-effect, I can really have every sound I want (ranging from blues to rock; i've never tried Shred or trash songs since I'm not interested in that kinda music.

There is a little hum when turn it on but you quick get used to it; So it's not disturbing at all. In addition, there's a ground switch on the rear panel ot reduce that hum (Perhaps I should try to do some settings with it ot reduce the noise .... Anyway, as it's not a problem for me, there's no urgence.

The souds are really beautiful. Let's begin with clean sounds.
- vintage clean: it's amore glassy sound, very clear; notes are very distinctive. I would compare this to a Fender-like sound: Pure
- modern sound: more comparable to a warmer Marshall sound
settings: volume and 3-band EQ

Lead sounds:
- vintage: a very nice soud for blues and 70's rock
- Modern: I don't use it a lot: it cuts Mid-frequencies and I like playing wit a lot of mids.It's perfect for Hard Rock and Metal (but settings have to be changed otherwise it sounds - in my opinion- to ... Well let's say the bass are too present
- High Gain I particularly appreciate this one for soloing: playing with pregain and postgain, you can get a wide variety of lead distortions.
settings: pregain, 3-band EQ; post gain

In addiiton to these 2 channels, you have a master with reverb, presence and something caled T-Dynamics which influences the power of tha amplificator (works like a kind of build-in compression but I think it barely affects the signal).

As you can see, a wide variety of sounds are possible. only negative point (as mentionned earlier): you mustswitch between these channels manually, except for going from clean to lead.

Never had any problem and it's a reliable amp. when using it for a performance, I never havea back-up It's really thrusty.

Never used

I've been playing for 10 years, mainly rock and blues and tis amp really is hat I need for the while Of course, I also have my Laney that really kick hard (It sounds georgous but ... Have you already tried a 100W tube head in a 20 m? room ??!). For my guitars, see above. I also have a electro-accoustic Takamine and i've currently have a guitar bought for myself.

What I really like is the sound. When I first saw it, I said the salesman I wouldn't buy it (I formerly triedPeavey aps and was not convinced at all) The guys said:"Try it and tel me what". 2 hours later it was in my home. I compard it to both Marshall and Fender and it's more versatile even without effects, it can take you where you want.

I hate .... Nothing (but these chanels that are footswitchable ....).

If I lost or if it were stolen, I think I would buy anoter one (or, If I have money enough at this moment: A line 6; a friend of mine does have one and it's realy impressive .... but you have to pay the price). Bandit 112 is really teh best amp for the price paid !!!

I wish this amp had headphone outs because my parents are always yelling at me for playing too loud. hmm ... features i never use are the effects loop because all i need is distortion and the distortion on the amp is great by the way. Also, I never use the effects level or resonance switch because those don't seem to do too much for my overall sound. I mainly use this amp during band practice (check out my bands site at nystagmus.fostec.net). This thing gets pretty loud with 80 watts solid state into a 12" sheffield speaker, but thats not enough for me.

I just got an Ibanez Rg220B and it was loaded with an EMG 85 at the neck and an EMG 81 at the bridge. Also, i have a crappy squier affinity series strat that i loaded with two B.C. rich NJ series humbuckers. I play hardcore, and when everthing is cranked up it makes a lot of noise. I thought it might be the pickups when i was using my squier, but i have come to conclude it was the amp because these new EMG's just rock. Also i got this amp used in not so perfect condition, it had been gigged hard .. so maybe that was one reason it made a lot of noise. if your buying any amp used, it's probably gonna make some noise so suck it up and play. although the noise doesn't really matter to me(and it shouldn't matter to you) because you bought it to play through it, not to listen to it hum. Plus i'm playin really loud and so is everyone else so you can't really hear anything. the amp by itself, has 2 major sounds ..... clean, and lead or distortion, not too much variety but hey, the quality of the sound and the amount of sound makes up for it, plus i have an effects processor so it all works out. The clean channel gets distorted when i play loud and low on it. I have reason to believe that the speaker is torn, and that is the source of the distorted sound.

I would use this beast without a back up, it has never broken down on me what-so-ever. Although it was used, and used hard, it is still reliable and therefore i give it a 10.

never had a problem with the amp to go to customer support with.

i've only been playing for about a year. if it were lost or stolen .... i would buy something louder, but if i only had enough money for an amp in this range, i would buy it. visit my bands website .... nystagmus.fostec.net

Bought it new recently -2002. I had to give my friend's vintage Vox AC30 back which I had on a long term loan -dammit! I wanted a compact amp with a good clean channel and a overdrive rather than mega distorion channel -and no tubes...I cant be stuffed maintaining tube amps any more.

I use a very modified Tele and a Gretsch Falcon. I play rockabilly with a regualar gigging band and a little bit of old blues rock with a fun band. This amp is a suprise.. I had the luxury of A/B against the Vox and it got so close that it wasn't funny. The vintage clean is great ! the vintage overdrive is pretty good too. This is not an amp for shredders!! I gig with it and it sounds as tubey as any Fender,Vox ,Marhall I have had in over 30 years of playing for my style of gigs. (remember, I use clean and overdrive..not thrash distortion)

Pretty new - built very solid,very heavy for a transistor amp no problems so far

Never been let down with Peavey in the past - good stuff for working musicians

It is a surprise packet - better than my Tech21 amp which was very good too. I might throw away my old tubes. I have had a lot of vintage amps over the years - I did like my old '68 Fender bassman head from years ago, but I'm sick of the tube hassles ...as a tech, I can see no reason for Trannies not to sound like tubes with clever design.

Lots of useful features. I wish the power level adjustment had more effect, so I could play even softer and still get a great tone. I'd also like 2 gain channels in addition to the clean channel.

I play a Carvin Strat and a Fender Strat. The Carvin has a coil-splittable humbucker for a powerful lead tone. I wanted to sumit a review of this amp because I think it's hard, maybe impossible, to find a better sounding amp for the money. I can't imagine a better distortion sound coming from a solid state amp. And I think with the right guitar and eq, you can get a very wide variety of great sounds from this amp. People will not respect this amp because it is so inexpensive, which is a shame. There is way too much respect for names in the music equipment business. Use your ears, and check out this amp. For people who attack this amp and say it sounds bad, I have to ask, "Why did you buy it if you don't like the way it sounds?"

100% reliable.

Can't say. 100% reliable amp means I don't need help.

I've been playing for 27 years. I love this amp. If I were to fantasize about improving it, I'd focus on getting more tones at the lowest volume levels. This is an issue with all amps I know of.

2002 model,transtube...great versatillity can be used by a metal to blues players.Has a footswich that can switch the effects loop too,comes with it(a plus),has 2 channels clean,gain.Effects loop,extention speaker jack,headphone jack,T-dynamics control,presence control,reverb,resonance switch,pre gain,post gain,High Mid Low controls,Shefield 12inch speaker,100 watts,power amp input,pre amp output,effects level switch.Solid State,wish it was tube.I use this at home right now,and it`s definately loud enough.

I use a peavey Nitro active pickup guitar.Sound was alot better than expected,as soon as I played it I purchased.I play metal/rock,it suits it fine.No noise,it has a pollarity switch on the back(awsome).You`ll be impressed with the gain channel`s distortion,the clean channel is clear...noise free.

No problems yet....I wouldn`t of bought it if I didn`t think it could be reliable.

I haven`t had to deal with Peavey,5 year warranty.

Been playing for 16 years,and this is one of the best amps I played by far.I would definately buy it again,or if I couldn`t I would get the Bandit 112 solo series.Love the distortion sound,and the cleaness of the clean channel.Wish it had the Scorpion speaker in it.I compared it to a Line 6,marshall MGDFX100,Roland(model?),tech 21(model?2,10 speaker combo),Mega(but this was a 8 inch speaker)

1997 Model Transtube w Sheffield.
The combination of this amp and my guitar (Customised triple pickup Jackson Dinky) gives me all the sounds I need, just by flicking the pickup selector switch.
Perfect practice amp, by yourself, or playing with a loud drummer.
The power sag switch is one of the best ideas I have ever seen for an amp. 1 = Death metal saturation at 4:00 am levels.
10 = Loud as all fuck when you crank it.
The effects loop is good, and the external line out boosts the power from 80w to 100w. Great for gigging if you've got a cabinet! Don't use the reverb much though.

My style is everything from dirty mang jazz to clean sweep picking to brutal grind savagery. My guitar has an EMG 81 humbucker in the bridge, a DiMarzio Air Zone humbuckerin the middle, and a stock Duncan designed single coil in the neck, with a five way selector and three volume knobs. With the Bandit's pre-gain cranked, the thrash button on, bass cranked, mids killed, and highs about half, I get every sound I ever need. Using the low gain input and never hitting the gain button is a good idea if noise offends you, as this is a very high gain beast.
This distortion is one of the best I have ever heard. Two high output humbuckers + Bandit + Drop D = Grindcore valhalla!!!

The speaker can (unfortunately) not handle VERY low tunings at high volumes for long periods. I know this because mine has carked it after five years of brutal savagement. How do I fix this? Either replace the speaker with something tougher (EV, JBL, Eminence etc) or do like me, and cut the little bugger into a head unit!!! As this is an amp, and not a speaker review, I'm still gonna rate it high, cos everything else is tougher than Chopper Read.

No idea about this. I know it was way out of warranty when it blew up, though.

I love this amp. The only thing I would like to see is all the buttons on the panel being footswitchable. The new Bandits suck arsehole compared to this bad boy. Built like a brick shithouse, heavier than Mortician, louder than a Deftones pub gig, and more value than an Abbotsford hoor. I love this amp.

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).

I have no idea what year this amp is, it has a teal faceplate, no "T-" anything button and is scorpion equipped. The gain channel has "Post" and "Superstat" knobs and the eq is "bottom" "body" and "edge." All the old guitar gurus I know are mystified by what the hell's inside it, so if anyone knows, I'd really like to know what the hell I've got here. It's got a clean and gain channel, the gain has a "gain" button which makes ups the output and a "shift" button which kind of smooths out the sound (like an 80's hairband). Very versatile. I never use the efects loop though. I've played it in my room, practice rooms, and auditoriums. I bought this amp from a pawn shop for $120 so I can't really complain about it.

I play an Gibson ES-335 classic 57' humbuckers, Epiphone S-210 SD Screamin' Demon (bridge), Charvel Predator w/reverse headstock/Floyd Rose/Jackson HB & Hotrails, Epiphone PR5E Acoustic/Electric. I play everything from rock/punk/alternative/jazz/classical/Radiohead. Clean is very crisp but a bit punchy at times also very loud (not necessarily a bad thing). I think the presence control should do a little more. The gain channel takes a bit of getting used to. If you don't know what your doing it's easy to make this amp sound like crap, but with the right combination it is very versatile. I've got good sounds out of all my guitars with a little patience at the controls. One thing I haven't seen anyone mention is that this amp (if it's a solid state) has a spring reverb which I don't see very often in solids anymore and sounds a thousand times better. You can get that cool surf rock crash sound (beginning of wipeout). Would like a little less glass on the high end though. People who think the sound sucks have obviously gone deaf from having it too loud all the time in a small space.

I once dropped the thing out of a 2 story window and it just bounced back in.

Never needed it.

Been playing for 3 years quite religiously. I also play through a 100w Marshall, sometimes I loop them together (whoa!) to get that earth shattering rumble needed for working off post work aggression. (If your going to do that invest in a 30' cord and earplugs). I also have a 50W Kramer, and a Trace Elliot TVt9000? (6 tubes whohoo) It's some rediculous number, but I've never gotten the thing above 2 on the volume knob without my ears bleeding since its built for gigging on the moon. If my peavy were stolen I wouldn't replace it with a new one (like I need 4 amps), plus I don't really like all the digitized crap on new amps. But if I saw another used one of the same for a $100.... I don't think I would pay 400 for it, just save up for a decent stack. I love the power and flexibility it has, but sound quality isn't as good as it should be in my opinion. You get what you pay for though.

it was made in 2000, 2 channels *clean and lead*, shitty effects loop, good reverb though, the Modern sound..sux ass, but it can make a 100 watts of noise pollution if you want...so thats always a plus.

i play a esp ltd m-251 with emg pickups never sounds that great on this amp though...i mostly play hardcore and even some metal. sometimes it makes a buzzying sound..kinda annoying..but i'm sure you could fix it. you can get a lot of shitty sounds out of it..though...the lead channel sounds horrible..but the clean with reverb i like.

i wouldn't use it for a gig..it sounds pretty horrible...and sometimes it turns off by itself...and the handle on top shitted out..came right off. i've even heard some really low end bass muffled sounds after playing a chord..coming from the sheffield.

i've never spoken to them. warranty is good i hear though.

overall i think its a good buy if you can find it used for about 200 bucks, mostly because of how loud it can get. and if you set it up w/ a boss metal zone pedal the lead can sound alright...but basically i don't think its worth the money...unless you find it for a damn good price...but compared to other amps such as the line 6, and crate...it is better..so thats a plus...but whatever if you want that much power, get a good sounding peavey or marshall half stack.

Consider the cost, i paid 600cdn dollars, same as the marshall mg series (terrible) and got a tube emulating (not that bad) amp with good reverb, a workable, though annoying effects loop, ground control incase of a bad ground in the socket you're using, 2 channels, 5 modes. It's pretty well loaded if you comepare it with a good tube amp at the same price.

I'm using a stock Ibanez S series and a Godin Radiator modded to hell. I play Punk, Metal, Some classic rock, and a lot of classical stuff put to 80's shredding, and i have to say, this thing covers pretty much all of them.

I have a friend with a jcm 900 2x12 100 watter that can't get louder than this SOB. It's a freaking powerhouse.

In my opinion the high-gain channel is the only tolerable one, with the mids scooped on modern, yes, you can make yourself sound like a Nu-Metal star, but play it at a show and all you'll hear is a muddy freaking mess. I use High-Gain, Gain 10 (always 10 on this amp, no matter what mode, otherwise it sounds thin) Bass 7 Mid 5 High 10 Post 4

Try as you will, this thing is not going to break, i've kicked it, thrown it out of a bus, and bumped it on too many walls, and you know what, it left chips and dents in the walls, the street curb, and my goddamn foot without a mark on it.

Solid State, no tube changes, no blown tubes, no fire hazards really, pretty safe to gig without a backup, I do, but then again, I'm an idiot...

Never had to
Hope i never will
Hear they're bad

Been playing 4 years, longest 4 of my life... Though i've progressed much in these four years... i practice about 4-5 hours nightly and have to tolerate the sounds of this bandit often. If it were stolen, I'd buy one of the old 90's Marshall valvestates, sound isn't better, but there's 3 channels. I love the Gain, it rules, beats the crap out of most amps in it's class, hate the hiss, though you can get rid of it.

This amp was built in 2000, right after peavey gave the old banditts the boot up the ass that they deserved. Its a typical amp, 2 channels usual controls etc, you dont need anything more and I dig simpleness, so I'm not complaining.

My guitars are - ibanez universe, ibanez RG520 and gibson les paul standard (i blow all my money on guitars and have to settle for a cheap amps). I play many music styles, mainly rock from nirvana to silverchair and have tendancies to belt out some slipknot, but i dont mind having a stab at angus young smart ass solos. The clean isnt to brilliant, it breaks up at low volumes and its not a nice breaking up, kinda sounds like a machine gun being fired beside your head. But, if you control your picking, its alright. There is a Modern/vintage option on the clean channel that arent really very different, it is a personal choice thing rather than musical style.
The dirty channel has 3 options - high gain/modern/vintage. High gain is too noisy to use, but it has a good AC/DC type tone if you can ignore the shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh noise. The modern channel is my personal favourite, you can find your self a nice, fat, mesa style distortion after a bit of tweaking. It is muddy, i wont deny it, and can be noisy, but for a cheap amp like this, it isnt bad at all. The vintage is warm, and very quiet. Blues tones are piss easy to dial in and a lighty overdriven clean is easy done.
To get a descent sound from any of the channels, the 'tube dynamics' must be on 10. This knob is bascically a "do you want your amp to sound shit or not??" kind of option...i dont understand the point of it.

Well I've had it for 2 years now, and I havnt encountered any problems with it. It fell 2m off the edge of a stage onto concrete in the middle of a song due to newly installed wheels, and was still kicking strong. I use the peavey as a back up now, simply because i found better tone in a soldano, but the peavey still makes a good bedroom amp, or footrest.

before this amp, i had one of the old models. The old models were absolute shit mind you, but that didnt stop me from buying one. It died in the second week i owned it, committed suicide and made my room smell of burning plastic. i went to my local music store and within a week the peavey factory sent me a brand spanking new 2000 model. I've heard that in america peavey is a bit of a pain in the ass when it comes to customer support, but here in good ol' australia they are just peachy.

I've been playing since I was 5 and turn 15 in a few months, i cant work out the exact time i have been playing for, but you get the idea. If it were stolen, i would tell the insurance company that is was a mesa triple rectifier or a hughes and kettner duotone, then i would go to jail.
Considering the price this amp isn't half bad, it is quite versitile as it can be used for jamming, gigs, or just chillin in ya bedroom, or loungeroom, kitchen or bathroom, perhaps even toilet.
So, if you're looking for a cheap amp that will do the job, or if you're a beginner with a bidget, this amp is worth looking at.
thank you for reading this, goodbye

Its a peavey amp was made in 1995-96, it has good reverb etc, good sound. Its an express 112 or 221 or something

fender pickups on a jackson guitar
Its reliable
Not very noisy, you can crank it and it sounds good
Cleen channel is not distorted
distorion channel has nice clean distortion

Its not really a gig amp, it could work for a small gig in a garage
never broken down

The guitar I bought at Rubinos in Merrillville was a piece of shit brand new, a couple months after i bought this peavy predator, the crappy volume know came apart.
Repaired it myself
Dont Buy from rubinos in merrillville if you have respect for yourself
He overcharges, and does not let you effectively test equipment, he tries to sell cheap items for a large markup.
Beware of rubinos

Trust me stay awayy from rubinos, at least guitar center lets you return an item you bought