Peavey Bandit Mk 2

Not as many as the old 112S.
Cheap and nasty build quality.
I'd be surprised if this one was actually built in the US this time.
Looks like a mediaevel abortion.

Not as good as the old 112S.
Too much unusable gain.
Neither tight nor muddy enough with either resonance setting.

My five year old Bandit has been through hell and back.
Only the speaker ever blew up.
This thing looks like you CAN'T run over it with a Volvo.
Plus it sounds like a turd.

It seems that the new Bandit is a step down in terms of build quality, sound quality, options, versatility, headroom and looks. This thing is a piece of arsehole.

This amp was made in 2000 I believe. This amp fits all my needs right now. I play ska and punk mostly. For ska its really warm on modern and REALLY spanky on vintage. The distortion is amazing its actaully sounds remnisant on tube distortion on vintage its classic rock crunch, modern is anything from punk to metal, high gain is solo stuff. It came with a cheap looking but well preforming footswitch that has channel selction and and fx loop.... (hint if you plug in a patch chord the return part of the loop you can use the fx loop as a sound kill its a nice trick) I wish it allowed you to switch between the different distortions..itl'd be a real cool addition... the reverb can be kinda harsh at times. With 80 watts its loud as hell amd the speaker is alright. If it were a 2 x 12 itl'd be better.

I play B C Rich mocking bird and Epiphone Les Paul special 2 they both are pretty crappy guitars but they sound alright an stay in tune decent enough and both have twin humbuckers. This is really good for a soemoen in a garage punk/ska band I get some cool nofx syle sounds outta it even some greenday tone (which is pretty damned hard to reproduce) outta it. The clean channel is very broad.... nice jazzy sounds and great ska sounds. This amp is noisy but until i get a better guitar I'm toatlly blaming it on the cheap stock pickups of my current guitars. The distortion is as much as any should need.... if you need more you should be deported j/k just buy a dod death metal that is the sickest I've ever heard, kickes the shit outta a metal zone at least ohh yea bandit..... umm its a good amp... at really loud volumes the low end doesn't stand out too much

Il'd depend on this as long as no fucked with the settings cause they are touchy. I've yet to have any problems with it so thats cool and who the hell brings a back up amp to a gig????? just borrow some one elses

1 year warenty that I didn't fill out haha

I've been playing about 2 years soo im ok this amp is good for me it might now be for you got a to a store and try it out. If it were stolen I would just save my money and buy a mesa triple rectifier. I campared this to a Line 6 spyder and flextone 2 they were too metal for me and more expensive.

Basically a step up from the old bandit in every way... solid state, but it actually sounds like tubes this time... interesting channel switching whereby you can set it to modern, vintage, or ultra hi gain... very cool... very warm... very crunchy...

all the usual stuff, two channels, 100 or 80 watts (depending on if you've got a 4 or 8 ohm speaker cab... presence, effects loop, good eq... that's about it... it's got everything it needs and more...

beautifully warm.
not noisy.
gobloads of headroom...

every sort of distortion from sweet mellow drive, nasty crunch, to insane ultra mental distortion...

it looks invincible, plus it's solid state... beautiful...

haven't had to deal with them about this amp, but they're awesome anyway...

it's great... it's solid state... i don't understand it... i love it...

need i say more?

This is the new Bandit. All new pre- and poweramp, tone controls, voicing, a totally revamped Bandit. Same wattage, speaker, etc. Much more versatile than the old one. Look to Peavey.com for all the specs, too much too list.

Played a strat style with Screamin demon hummer, single coil strat, a "Brownsville" strat style (which was, by the way, very impressive for $250!) All these axes screamed through this thing. Bluesy, jazzy, classic rock, metal, just about any sound. And very well I might add.
Im a tube-amp guy, yet opened minded about new technology. I am looking at several different tube combos (5150, soldano, Rivera, NOT a boogie (messy booger as I call them)) and I may just end up saving time and effort (not to mention about $500) on gettin one of these. (I dont own it yet, played for about 2 hours at Sam Ash, yes, Sam Ash is now selling Peavey) It is definitely not a one-trick-dog! Its not a Johnson Millenium either. It sounds great and I am rating this amp on what it is and what it does. Its a $370 80 watt 112 combo that kicks ass. Any questions?

Theyre new. They say dont buy a car its debut year. This aint a car.

I have a Peavey transfex, had it for 4 years, no probs, no need for support thus far. I dont own this particular model.

I dont own this amp.....YET! Still kicking it around. Want a tube amp, want a Bandit, what to do? G.A.S. is gonna get me sooner or later, I just know it! (Thats Gear Aquisition Syndrome)
Again, Im rating this amp on what it is, it is a big improvement over the other Bandits, as difficult as that is. Ive played Marshall, (solid state sucks, tube are very good), Crate, (solid state-worst in the industry), Fender, good if Im Dwight Yokum "chewin' tabacky and chicken pickin'", For the money, features, sound, reliability, versatility, (I can go on and on...) You simply will NOT find a better amp. Period.