Peavey Bravo 112

Two input tube amp made in late 80s. Awesome distortion, clean gets dirtier as you turn it up. I play 80s-90s metal for the most part. I run a boss gt-6 to a peavey eq-27 then to a peavey ngt2 noise gate then to the bravo. (Which I removed from the cabinet built my own rack and put power, the eq, the noise gate and then the bravo unit on top and run that through a 80s peavey 4x12 tuxedo cab, awesome setup) Has a clean and dirty channel. I switch to my Marshall 80/80 for anything clean. Its a tube so you can hang with any drummers

I play a Jackson with emgs and an epiphone sg-400 primarily both sound great. Ive only been playing about two years owned all solid state so far (fender, marshall, line 6) and this is the first amp Ive heard a significant change when hitting that pickup switch on the guitar esp. with distortion). Its definately great for any distortion but you cant turn it up past 3 on the clean channel without any distortion. It has a fan so you have to deal with that (not bad at all though)

Ive got a bunch of Peavey equip all 80s-90s Im not an amp tech but I fix what I have to. All their equip is USA made. Some of the stuff had scratchy pots but other then that not bad for all being over 15 years old. I have no experience with new Peavey stuff but Ill always grab up the older stuff

Havent dealt with them yet

The only tube amp Ive ever owned. For $100 this definately hangs with the kranks and stuff for $1000. If I ever get a chance to buy another Id jump on it. Im poor with a wife and two kids I cant afford a $1000 tube amp Please help Rock ON!!!!!

somewhat somehow HC refuse to let me write review. so here goes-----..
this is my second bravo. a 1990 grey tolexed bravo 112 with all original including tubes.

wasnt cheap like the previous black iv bought but was worth it.

as usually, i changed the tubes to JJs, did my footswitch mod and put in a standby switch.
ok, it wasnt me but it was there that the previous owner installed and that got the original tubes when he bought the amp 2 years ago.
so basically, he had the amp stock and changed the tubes and added the standby switch.

i also changed the original reverb tank as the tank was caput, gave too low signal, changed to a laney VC-30 tank. it was better effect. also shielded the tank with aluminuim foil underneath and pack it with a black bag and screwed it down.

comparing to the balck amp i got for like 2-3 years ago (cant remember) is that my black amp is somewhat brighter clearer more hifi sounding and not as dark and bassy as this grey one.

why? its coz iv changed all big/small electrolitic caps on the black amp along with the choke resistor. the choke is the wirewound 390 ohm 5 watt. in other words, its the huge resistor in the bravo if anyone cares.

this changed the overall tone of the amp WITHOUT changing the behavior and character of it. both the grey and black has some familiarities its just the black is somewhat clearer now.
the new caps needs burning up and so im burning the amp 24 hours now while writing the review. its out of its cabinet and idling with a load box. dont worry of this process. the amp wont fail. as long as the chassis is out of the box for full aircon. the PT is not even that hot.

i even have a workaround for having a bias adjusment mod on this amp but im not sharing it yet. basically, it ables you to use EH power tubes in the amp without redplate. i dont know why its always like this on EH tubes as i have no problems with sovteks or JJs. meaning, EH tubes takes more current bias that the other tubes and suggesting modding the amp for bias to cool down the circuit if using cheap EH tubes.

tip: if the amp has 365dcv or more on the b+ then you know that your amp is alright. if ever you see the amp has 360dcv in the b+ like you would on EH tubes then you`ll see red plate. more B+ less bias. less b+ more bias. making it hot biased.

this is my second bravo. a 1990 grey tolexed bravo 112 with all original including tubes.

wasnt cheap like the previous black iv bought but was worth it.

as usually, i changed the tubes to JJs, did my footswitch mod and put in a standby switch.
ok, it wasnt me but it was there that the previous owner installed and that got the original tubes when he bought the amp 2 years ago.
so basically, he had the amp stock and changed the tubes and added the standby switch.

i also changed the original reverb tank as the tank was caput, gave too low signal, changed to a laney VC-30 tank. it was better effect. also shielded the tank with aluminuim foil underneath and pack it with a black bag and screwed it down.

comparing to the balck amp i got for like 2-3 years ago (cant remember) is that my black amp is somewhat brighter clearer more hifi sounding and not as dark and bassy as this grey one.

why? its coz iv changed all big/small electrolitic caps on the black amp along with the choke resistor. the choke is the wirewound 390 ohm 5 watt. in other words, its the huge resistor in the bravo if anyone cares.

this changed the overall tone of the amp WITHOUT changing the behavior and character of it. both the grey and black has some familiarities its just the black is somewhat clearer now.
the new caps needs burning up and so im burning the amp 24 hours now while writing the review. its out of its cabinet and idling with a load box. dont worry of this process. the amp wont fail. as long as the chassis is out of the box for full aircon. the PT is not even that hot.

i even have a workaround for having a bias adjusment mod on this amp but im not sharing it yet. basically, it ables you to use EH power tubes in the amp without redplate. i dont know why its always like this on EH tubes as i have no problems with sovteks or JJs. meaning, EH tubes takes more current bias that the other tubes and suggesting modding the amp for bias to cool down the circuit if using cheap EH tubes.

tip: if the amp has 365dcv or more on the b+ then you know that your amp is alright. if ever you see the amp has 360dcv in the b+ like you would on EH tubes then you`ll see red plate. more B+ less bias. less b+ more bias. making it hot biased.

I purchased this amp new back in 1993 for around $450.00 CAD from Steve's Music in Ottawa.
Many prior reviews have listed it's features; two channels, clean and ultra gain, reverb, external speaker, line I/O, remote footswitch etc.

I used to own an American Deluxe Strat w/ Gold Lace Sensors that I used with this amp. Now I have Epiphone Elitists Les Pauls w/ USA humbuckers. The amp has more than enough distortion for anyone I think. The clean channel is noce but starts to sustain after about 5. The amp itself is quite quiet even when distorted.

the only probalem I had with it was the old non-selaed 450WVDC 40UDF EL caps. They actually broke down and leaked and had to be replaced (after over 12 years) which is to be expected.
All Tubes were replaced this year for approx. $85.00 CAD

Peavey was great supplying me with a schematic so I could troubleshoot the amp when I had the filter issue. I also got replacement caps from them for a reasonable price.

I've been playing on & off for over 30 years now. I think when this goes I'd consider another type on amplifier if only to try something different. I've owned open backed combos all my life but really like sealed back cabs for their tighter low end. It's just not easy to get something that isn't huge to lug around. This is a good amp, I've owned a Fender Twin, Fender Vibrolux, Traynor 100W 2x12, Music Man RD50, Traynor DG15r & Univox and this rate up there. I seriously can't believe how cheap some people are selling these! In my oopinion it's worth what I paid for it still and I'd rather keep it than give it away for 200 -300 dollars.

Two input channels (who CARES if an amp has two "real" input channels or not? If it walks like a duck...) for clean and distorted. All tube (except rectifier, and SS rect. amps pass for all tube all the time, so again, get over it.) Effects loop, ext. speaker jack, 2-button footswitch (using a simple switch circuit, instead of that demonic, propriatary crap Fender uses on re-issue amps, forcing you to buy a replacement from them only). Each channel has it's own EQ, presumably optimized for that channel. Even a cooling fan!

With HI and LO impedence inputs, both SC and HB pups sound good with this amp. EL84 power tubes give it a darn good Marshall tone, although the "clean" channel is not as clean as I would expect it to be (guess I have gotten spoiled by vintage Fender clean tone.) This particular amp has too much hum- almost certainly due to caps needing to be replaced. Distortion can go from just barely on the right side of what you would want for blues to almost enough to please the heavy metal kiddies, so I would say it spans the useful range. It is nice to have an EL-84-equipped amp in my arsenal.

This one is about 20 years old and has no issues other than the maintenance-related cap thing mentioned above. With reasonable care, it should last another 20 years. Or 40. Or 100.

Peavey is EXCELLENT at customer support. Want a schematic? Call or email, they email you it, free. I even got excellent support on Christmas eve morning, although I could tell the young woman in parts would have rather been home (I commiserated with her.) On a recent AMTRAK trip from New Orleans to Atlanta, I almost got off the train in Meridian, Mississippi and asked for a tour of their facilities- but as the next train wasn't coming thru for 24 hours, I decided I didn't really want to extend the visit overnight. I am usually conservative about my ratings, but here, a 10.

Except for the RhinoLiner-like covering and lost-in-the-80's grill, a well designed cab, with the speaker angled up slightly for improved sound and easy to use controls.

If lost or stolen, I would consider another Bravo112, but the best thing this amp has done for me is introduce me to EL84 tone, so it's replacement might be someone else's EL84-equipped amp.

The Bravo112's only failing is a clean channel that is not really clean- if it had that, it would be the near-perfect EL84 12-watt amp. These things sit, forlorn and ignored, on pawn shop shelves, passed over as "just another Peavey SS amp" when in fact they hide a near-ideal complement of 3 12AX7's and 2 EL-84's. Great values and very good amps.

Oh, this one's actually for sale- got my eye on a Matchless with (you guessed it, EL-84's) and need to raise some some money.

My unit is from early 90's. I payed 220 euros = 330 dollars for it. Only disadvantage in this amp for my use is lack of headphone-jack, but it is no big deal. Plus for the effects loop. Very versatile amp. As said in earlier reviews, this is real tube-thing and EL84:s bring it voice that pleases me. I changed the first pre-amp tube to Electro Harmonix 12AT7 to get rid of the sharpness I disliked.

I play it with Fender strat '62 re-issue (CIJ) with gold lace sensors. I use mainly the cleans and I think only change I would do to amp is to change the speaker for example to Celestion Blue speaker (this is why 8). As I said earlier the Bravo can provide variety of sounds from slight distortion to heavy stuff. Great. Works fine with my pedal & effects (Alesis Q2 & Emma Transmorgifier).

It had original tubes in it when I bought it except for one tube so pretty reliable it seems. Nice thing in this amp is the auto bias circuit so it is easy to for example test different tubes.

My amp's reverb broke down and it turned out that this operational amplifier 4558, that drives the spring reverb was broken. I didn't have spare of this kind and I tried LM833 which is footprint compatible. It worked well and now reverb works. This chip is very easy to replace, because it is connected to board with socket.

I asked for Peavey to send me schematics for the amp and they send it at same day. Great service for over decade old product.

Great amp for the price I paid for it. Usually in Finland you have to pay ~500 euros for any 1x12" tube combo. Nothing to complain about it. If you are not able to repair these things by yourself, maybe it isn't your choice.

This little 25 watt two channel monster is powered by two EL84 power tubes and three 12AX7 pre-amp tubes. A small fan inside the pre-amp keeps this beast nice and cool. On the back it offers a Remote Switch Input, Effects loop send and recieve, 4 ohm output, and 8 ohm output.

On the front it has two input jacks, High Gain and low gain. Channel one (Clean Gain) Has a Bright switch (I find this useful)and a three band EQ. Channel two (ULtra Gain) has a push pull gain knob and it's own 3 band EQ. Importantly each channel, Clean Gain and Ultra Gain have thier own volume control. This amp also has a master Spring Reverb control.

In my opion this amp has all the features that most high end amps have, Marshal, Mesa, Randall Etc, Etc. And in some cases more. The only feature I wish this amp had was either a contour and or a presence control. Not that its in desperate need of one, I'm just spoiled buy my past Mesa's. Though I'm sure I could have the Reverb pot modded if I wish. I don't use reverb anyway.

A friend of mine has a DSL Marshal and when played together these two sound vary similar. The only difference being that my friend has to use a TS808 Tube Screamer to warm his tone up a bit. I would never dream of adding a Tube Screamer in front of this amp to add Distortion or warmth. This amp just does not need any help. So when speaking of tone think Marshal tone with a Tube Screamer crushing the front end and you have a Peavey Bravo.

The only draw back to this amp is the speaker. It is horrible in my opion. To get true tone out of this amp you have to either replace the speaker or run it through a cab. I run mine through a 4x12 cab and it made a 100% improvement on the tone. You'll read this a lot in the following reviews. Truth be told I'm tossing the combo and building a head shell for the Pre amp.

The only problem I've had with this amp is the effects loop. The amp would lose all volume and go whisper quite. I had a brand new Mesa Express do the same thing at one time. Just like the Mesa I put a patch cord in the effects loop and it took care of the problem. Maybe some day I will get it fixed.

I can't believe owners of this amp are parting with it so cheap. They are crazy. Just the power section alone in these amps are worth double if not triple what people are asking for these amps. Randall makes a 20 watt head called the RM20 that is powered by two EL84 tubes. They are asking for $700 dollars for this head. It is just the power section, it comes with no pre-amp, you have to buy that for $200 dollars. And the RM20 is only one channel. The Orange Tiny terror uses the same power section as the bravo. $600 dollars. Krank just released a low watt head for $1000+. Even if your not fond of the Bravo's pre amp section you can slave another pre amp through the Bravo's power section and get great low wattage tube tone. 20 watt tube tone is growing rare and hard to get.

you all know the features from previous posts

for a small tube combo, hell for a small combo period, it has a huge sound. if it were 25 more watts id use this amp period. i love the sound, its a shame it wont keep up at practice. oh and mine is the most silent tube amp ive ever had, no hiss no hum no feedback(yes ive played through it turned on)

dont know yet only been a week. but its usa made so im hopeful.

if it died of what would seem to be due to its age, id buy another one. it sounds freekin sweet. if it died after a serious of nerve racking failures id throw it out the window and never think twice about it, but then id do that with anything that gives me problems like that. i just simply dont have the time to mess with crap like that.

ok heres an update that i made for this baby.

i recentley jumped from the old tubes (EH el84 and svetlana preamps.) with the high gain kit from BOB at eurotube.com. now im not trying to sell here but this is jus an EXPERIENCE:

MERCY. it does have that extra gain bob describe. i dont even have to engage the ultra channel to get taht crunch rather than the dull sound of the normal drive channel using the previous tubes:P:P


also... the elderly man just below me, i respect u fully with ur reviews but id like to correct u.

WE DONT REVIEW HERE AT HC TO SELL STUFF ON EBAY. just simply exprience. also ur right about that hum. mine has it aswell on the ultra channel but if i place the amp head (yes head coz i chop the bravo in half) away like a metre or so using a long sturdy speaker cable, ull notice that hum or buzz is out. i think thats the trannies fault or could be the tubes ur working with. tubes i say coz that hum taht i have right now wast there with the previous tubes i hade b4 the JJ.

other tahn that, teh amp is completely stock except for one lil mod i did. was to amek teh ultra channel switchable on the footswitch over the reverb switch:P:P nice HUH!?!

Everyone has documented the features already. Roughly 20 watt, 1x12 tube combo (El-84's), reverb.

Up top in the directions it says to "be critical". I wish more people would be. Here is what I see. We all know that HC is used at times by people who are about to sell their item on Ebay. They write glowing reviews and then list. Happens all the time. I believe the recent spike in the price of these amps on Ebay might be the result of some of the reviews below and a sudden increase in these amps on Ebay.

I've owned two of these. I've tried everything to get the low-wattage tones I expected to find based on the reviews below: JJ's, Webers, Eminence, 2x12 cabs, 4x12 cabs. They've been gone over by a very experienced tech here in Houston. The amps are working properly. They just don't sound that great. One of them has an annoying buzz that seems to be coming from the chassis and is amplified by certain frequencies. Neither me or the tech can figure it out. (I had the same problem with a Peavey Special 130 back in the 80's). The clean/reverb channel can't compare to Fender, the drive channel can't compare to alot of better amps, the "ultra-gain" is harsh and grainy. Let's be honest: Peavey is a big company. It's made alot of gear. Their prices are fantastic. But if their stuff "really" sounded great wouldn't you read about the different models guitarists were using in Guitar Player interviews? You never do, except for the 5150's. And it's not just because the name Peavey doesn't have the elegance of Marshall. Tone would rule over any goofy name.
When these amps were sub-$200 they were a good deal for an average bedroom practice amp. Now, as they go above $250 plus shipping.....forget it. I'll give it a 7 for never breaking down.

Has held up without repair bills, but looking for the buzz cost me a bit extra.

Haven't dealt with them.

Been seriously playing 35 years. Owned lots of amps and guitars. If I could get the '54 Strat back I would. If I could get the Firebird back I would. The Bravos won't be staying around. Sorry to rain on everyones' parade, but I'm tired of this. Alot of Bravos have been turning up on Ebay over the last few months and I want people to know that there just might be some manipulating going on. If you can get one for $175----go for it. But $250-$300 plus $60-$70 shipping!! Please.

I'm not reviewing the whole amp & all features here. Just documenting a speaker upgrade. My Bravo original speaker was an Eminence as follows:

one set of #'s on the magnet: 70777104
Another set of #'s on the magnet: 12925 8 Ohms
Below that, also on magnet: 67-94320505 63

#'s printed on Cone: 1257-1

I replaced that with a vintage Celestion G12L-35 8 Ohm speaker, made in England.

This amp gets some really fantastic harmonic overtones in the drive channel, especially with the boost knob pulled out. With the Celestion G12L-35 installed, the clean channel now has much more bass, which totally surprised me because the magnet on the Celestion looks like less than half the size of the original Eminence magnet. I may try other speakers in the future but I had this just laying around and for now I'm quite pleased with it.

If you find one cheap - steal it!
I got mine for $100, which I believe was a really good deal. I brought my Ibanez S470 to test it out. When I pulled the gain boost knob out, the guy selling it was in the other room. When he heard it I saw him walk in with his jaw dropping. I quickly stopped playing and discretely pushed that knob back in while he complimented me on the awesome sound of "those ibanez guitars." I don't think the poor guy ever knew about the tone boost swtich and probably never engaged it during his ownership. He couldn't stop talking about how good that Ibanez guitar sounded through the amp and that he had to get one. I switched back to the clean channel and made some remark about how dull it sounded and asked if he'd take $75 for it. Too bad, price was firm at $100. I got out of there quick, Thanks - What a steal!!!

After reading reviews I bought this off ebay for $70 it must have been stored in someones shed or something because it was covered in dust & cobwebs, the grill was ripped but the electrics were fine - dont think it had been used for quite some time.

2 channel - clean & gain with a pull switch on gain for ULTRA Gain. Reverb, 20watts & purchase the footswitch from http://www.thomann.de

When I got the amp it had stock peavey tubes in it. After reading a few reviews I decided to replace these as the sound was pretty uncontrollable & thick fuzz. I opted for watford valves:

3x ECC83/12AX7A-C T.A.D CRYO
http://www.watfordvalves.com/product_detail.asp?id=1491

2x EL84 Vintage Harma Cryo http://www.watfordvalves.com/product_detail.asp?id=1389

I also replaced the speaker & grill
CELESTION 8-ohm Vintage 30

For a bedroom amp it's great. The clean is crystal plus the bright switch gives some extra versatility. The distortion is awsome - you can get a nice warm overdrive through to anything from a Metallica/Pantera rip. You'll need to play around with the settings but you really can get anything out of this thing with no added pedals - amazing! Noise is no issue

Never had an issue - been around for 15 years in a shed, as it's lasted this long I can see it lasting another 15!

Never had a need

I've been playing 10 years. This amp is highly recommended, it's fantastic for anyone who wants clean through to ripping metal with no additional footswitches. It's ugly as hell but it sounds great overall, and it's built like a tank.

Reverb isn't doing it, need digital

Excellent with right tubes and better speaker; currently a ported Eminence 2510 with a ribbon tweeter; truthful from 60Hz-15k its AMAZING!

As an update from my previous post this amp is 16 WATTS! EL84s put out 8watts each MAX x 2 = 16 WATTS

4 EL84 don't even put out 40 watts!

Peavey...built like tank

NA

Mine's a 1990 vintage, purchased of Ebay for $US289. power is 22 or 25 watts, this seems to vary between reviews. Typical 2-channel setup, clean and drive channels. The addition of a pull switch for more drive on the drive channel is an extra feature- bur not one I would use often as it gives more gain than you could ever really need, except for that one Pantera cover song. I use this as a jamming amp, it holds its own against a second guitarist, bass and drums. It does the basics very well - decent sound shaping with some basic tone controls, post and pre-gain. It has an effects loop input and an output for an extension speaker.

One thing that got me on this amp is the fantastic clean channel - it's superb. Drive channel is very 'Amaerican Metal' ie in your face overdriven hard rock fuzz. This can be tamed a bit by tube selection, but if overdone can be pretty fuzzy. Reverb is decent but don't go over 5-6, after that it doesn't sound right. When cranked on clean channel with a good humbucker equipped guitar this baby really comes into its own. I find that minimal pedals are required with this amp - let the tubes do the talking.

When I got the amp it had been road freighted to me, and an existing dry solder joint had cracked during travel. Otherwise it seems to be a fairly robust little amp, well put together from the bottom up. Otherwise I've never had a problem with it.

I contacted Peavey customer service for a schematic and a build date from the serial number - they came back to me within 24 hours. Otherwise I would take the amp to a local service tech for repairs, there's nothing too exotic about this amp that a decent tech couldn't fix.

I've been playing all kinds of gear for the last 20 years - this wouold have to be one of my better amp choices. If it went missing I suppose I might search for another one, failing that I'd probably revert to my Laney LC30.

features listed in every other review,,

ok,IVE HAVE JUST ABOUT EVERY TUBE AMP UNDER THE SUN,IM NOT GOING THRU THE LIST,I JUST FELT THE NEED TO GIVE A HONEST REVIEW OF THIS AMP,PULLED OUT OF A PAWN SHOP WITH SPIDER WEBS ECT,,NO KIDDING,$80.I HAVE A BUNCH OF EQUIPMENT LYING AROUND I EXPERAMENT ALOT,HERES WHAT I FOUND,,REPLACE THE SPEAKER WITH A EMINENCE GOVERNOR OR V-30.NEXT,REPLACE ALL TUBES WITH JJs,YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPOINTED.I WOULD COMPARE THE BRAVO TO A DSL401,BUT BETTER,IKNOW ITS ONLY 25WATTS BUT ITS SO CLOSE IN SOUND LEVELS,AND IT HAS A TIGHTER BOTTOM BUT NOT QUITE AS MUCH MID GIRTH,,IF YOU WANT A GOOD DISCRIPTION OF THE DISTORTION AND TONE WATCH THE G3 LIVE IN DENVER,CHECK OUT SATCHES TONE ON SATCH BOOGIE,THATS FOR THE DISTORTION SIDE OF THINGS,THE CLEAN IS REALLY REALLY GOOD MUCH BETTER THAN THE MARSHALL,BOTTOM LINE IS IF YOUR GOING TO USE THIS AMP LIVE IN A HARD HITTING ROCK STYLE YOU WILL NEED A EXTENTION CAB OR YOU WILL HAVE TO MIKE AND YOUR FINE,SAME GOES FOR THE DSL401,IF YOUR NOT IN A LOUD ROCK BAND,THIS AMP IS PERFECT FOR ANYTHING,A SWAP OUT WITH OTHER TUBES AND OPTIONS ARE ENDLESS,YES IVE OWNED DSL-TSL,SOLDANO LA TE DA,THE REVERB IS AWSOME ITS NOT FENDER BUT ITS AWSOME,COMPARED TO ALL THE LOW WATTAGE AMPS ON THE MARKET TODAY,ORANGE TINY-ASTROVERB.AND SO ON,,BOTTOME LINE IS THIS AMP WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME,BRAVO PEAVEY

ITS A PEAVEY.ILL GIVE IT TO MY GRAND KIDS,,,,AND THEY WILL GIVE IT TO THIERS,,,,

FOR WHAT

9.I HAVENT FOUND A 10

Its an old amp, stored in a barn (?) and full of dust/hay and making no sound so I bought it for $50, since its a Peavey and the never die.. I just want gain without a pedal, not Nu Sh*t tone either..

Has clean channel I don't need and reverb screams if set above "5" but a digital is cheap and an echo sound nice. Not a true dual channel, simply drops another gain stage in for "lead" like most amps.
Haven't used loops, just got it alive. It was the 30c heater fuse for the EL84s and the driving 12AX7.. now it rocks! Plenty of power even with the limp speaker (a necessary upgrade if you plan to "gig" or tour with GNR) Its a killer tube amp with a few caveats (below

Sounds needed tweaking; the stock tubes had decent sound but the "ultra" setting with the pre gain pulled out killed the tone. With the limp speaker (and low volume levels...I have neighbors..) made the tone die. I pulled the Peavey branded 12AX7s and dropped in:
Sylvania V1-JAN 12AX7WA, V2-Amperex 12ax7A, V3-GE 12AX7WA that I bought from an old geezer at a HAM shop years ago. Nirvana..
Even the clean channel sounds great and I hate clean!
I haven't even pulled the "ultra" gain and its liquid, breathing rumbling in its tone.

I run a heavily modded 1982 Carvin DC150 which I bought new, it has Sperzel Tuners, Graphtech nut, SS frets, modded Kahler Hybrid 7300 with the SS rollers and only a bridge Carvin M22SD.
Its well sheilded and quiet until it isn't.

Reverb still screams, and the speaker need replacing.

It did break...fixed easy though and still lives. Historically Peavey is a solid "10"

NA

Cheap + great with right tubes = 8

1991 vintage. 2 channel, separate eq(passive on clean, active on ultra), reverb, 20watts of el84 godliness, $220 out the door in '91.

found the old fender 666 rule applies to the clean channel-volume @ 6,bass @ 6, mid @ 3, treb @ 2, bright switch on. Works every time, just turn your axe volume up or down for the crunch you want. Ultra channel's gain can be insane, but found the solution- removed the reverb side of the footswitch and rewired to serve the pull-gain switch. Basically it makes two channels out of the Ultra. Wanna realy liven 'er up? Get an old (mine's from the '70's) Samsonite suitcase, gut it and cut out the amp sized face. Stick a celestion G12-70in it, and go melt some faces.

It's 17 years old, and survived all my surgeries, including nuking the feedback line. Built in the Peavey trad of being a brick.

They are great. Emailed me schematics, ect. Amp never broke, soooo.

Had the Fenders, ect. they're cool, but I'm sorry they are no match for this oft overlooked little tone monster. I could rave but what's the use you either get it or you don't. With the mods I did, this amp will smoke most that cost 3X the price. $220+75 for the speaker and $5 for the suitcase=$300, now find me a sexier, better sounding 3 channel amp. Wanna sell one, contact me.

Everyone's covered this well???2 channels, separate high and low gain guitar inputs, bright switch, controllable reverb level, separate volume and tone controls/EQ for each channel (reverb and channel selection can be switched with optional pedal), ultra drive pull switch on preamp volume for dirty channel, effects loop, external (aux) speaker jack. Bypass switch would have been handy, no big deal not to have one.

The Bravo was one of many "PAG" (paralell axis geometry) tube amps produced by Peavey with the tubes contained in the amp chassis housing lying prone rather than hanging down externally from the housing behind the speaker as in more conventional tube amps. This was supposed to diminish vibration directly affecting the tubes, and unwanted tube "howling" due to microphonic tube response to speaker vibration. Tubes in Peavey's PAG amps are firmly mounted between the base and foam padding at their tops. I suppose the confinement necessitated fan cooling for the tubes, and the muted fan noise is sometimes apparent to friends when the band takes a break.

The little box is pretty heavy, presumably because the cabinet is 3/4" particle board, but I'm reluctant to build a new wood or plywood cab, since I'm unsure whether the sound would be changed for the worse. It may be best to have a heavy rather dead (acoustically) box rather than a resonant lighter enclosure.

This is my second amp, the first was an 80's era two-channel SS Fender Montreaux which had a lovely clean channel and cost about $200.00 more. The Bravo was my introduction to tube groove, and I bought it new in late May of '93 after hearing the Coconut Grove music store instructor/club guitar guy playing one and raving about it. The overdriven sound was so much richer than the Montreux's puny grind that I couldn't believe the Bravo was out the door for $364.00. The clean channel was also gorgeous and loud.

The amp died when I dared to plug in my active Takamine acoustic. Don't remember which input I used, and don't know if the amp would have crapped out anyway or not. Spent $44.00 for a repair, and the amp's character seemed to be adversely affected. Later discovered mismatched tubes had been installed, and replaced them with "Groove tube's" myself. I suspect that the amp's tone still is a bit compromised by the tubes, and I'd love to get the original sound back. The clean channel seemed to lose some headroom as well, and I suspected the speaker was a bit frayed after some loud club gigs and rehearsals. Replaced it with a Weber Ceramic California 12, but didn't regain the clean headroom, and actually lost considerable high end response that the original Blue Marvel Peavey speaker delivered, so I put the Blue Marvel back in. Later discovered that turning the bass knob on the clean channel down produced a cleaner tone at high volumes and reduced the farting effect.

Had some irritating resonance and buzzing that seemed to be coming from the silly aluminum grill cloth retainers which I removed and discarded. Built a birch baffle to replace the particle board stock baffle and put a metal speaker grill over the speaker. Not fond of the Pignose aesthetic, but the buzzing resonance is gone.

I don't find the reverb lacking as some do, but like most, don't turn it up much past 4 as a rule. It does add moderate noise. Switching to the clean channel and turning the reverb level to zero reduces (but doesn't eliminate) the pop my Bravo makes on shutdown.

I've never tried it with an external cab.

I'm content with the current sound, but suspect some tweaking (tubes or speaker) could improve the sound. I'd give the new stock tone a 9.5, and even the current tone is pretty amazing for an amp under $400.00. Like many reviewers, I'm at a loss to understand why this amp went out of production. Is it possible it was overlooked by the public and didn't sell?

Tubes have died and fuses have burned out on me occasionally. Peavey didn't make the fuses very accessible???replacement requires removing the amp, which is a pain, but may explain part of the low price. Test fuses dismounted, some will show continuity if tested in place!

I was unable to find a source to buy the original tubes and Blue Marvel speaker despite searching the internet and Peavey site. Despite all the talk about aftermarket tubes and speakers, I'd love to "blueprint" the amp with all original parts.

I've been playing electrics since '81 or so, and I'd rate this amp as a steal at the price. I want more clean volume on the clean side (the way I remember it had when new), and I'm curious about the V2 pre-amp tube "gain-tame" mods other reviewers mention (email me at: seekir at aloha dot net if you know which is V2, and how to do this one). I'd certainly snap up a replacement Bravo if I lost this one and found another.

yes ... the amp is 15 years old. according to the guy i spoked with at PV CS says the amps made in 91.

yes the amp can do van halen (with the right set of tubes and speaks), can do all GNR songs (welcome, paradise, sweet child) everything .. again with the right tubes and speakers. blues, pop (just turn the gain low) can do pretty much anything.

its got 2 channels and a gain boost at the channel 2 section. yes channels switching is possible but didnt came with FS-2 when i bought it used. for like 3 months ago.

effect loop,no head phone and has 2 jacks for speakers.. one that supports 8-16 ohms minimum main spekaers and the other than can load an 8-16 ohms speakers 4ohms minimum load together with the main speakers.

feature i wish it had? i dunno.. a standby switch maybe? but not nesseccarily needed.. the tubes held for 15 f'''g years.. stock.. when i bought it, it had the original stock PV rugedized 12ax7`s supreme and the power tubes that what appeared to be USSR tubes.. i dont know that company but its says so on the power tubes. it still sounded good and worked good when i got it but of the fear of the amp i retubed it to new ones...

yes.. it does have enough power. 25 watts. dont let that fool you.. its not the watts that makes the amp load.. its the speakers that u have in it.. u just need to get a speaker that has more SPL or Decibel...i just dont know??how niave can ppl be just coz they see 25 wats meaning it wont keep up with a 50 watter or perhaps, a 100watter. a 105 Db SPL is much more louder than a 95 Db. but no.. it wount match a plexi.. thats over the line OK!!!

by the way.. it has 3 12ax7 on the preamp and 2 el84 on the power stage. it can take the NOS tubes aswell...no need mods as like some new commers noawadys.. destined to go with sovteks.

"What kind of sounds can the amp make? How much variety?" mentioned above.

yes the clean channel breaks up nice sometimes roughly., depending on the tubes used..somewhere at the mid vol..

how brutal the dist?... its like got hit by a train thats how brutal it can get.. and even at hi gain, the notes are still ringing out clearly even striking them quickly instead of raking them.. it never ever ever ever sounds like a boss metal zone...

im using it with humbuckers.. JB??s, costum costum SH-11, and stock epi...

it suits my music well as mentioned above..

nope... no noise at all..its got a built in noise reduction.. very smart eh?? YEAH.. just use ur head tho... dont stand near it when playing other wise ull get lots of feedback when u engage the boost dist..so if u know that u can avoid that, why not do it then than just go bashing that "uummmmm my amp is so noisy blabablablabala" .... dude.. stay abit far from the amp ok.. and also ground that amp on te out let.. its quieter with the earth prong.

also...

the tubes im using right now are svetlana preamps... and EH el84. yeah ill be changing those EH to JJ from bob eurotube(nice guy btw.) soon ... but still sounds good with the tubes i have right now.. ill be keeping the svets tho..

i know the svets dont normaly last than sovteks and jj but on this amp... man ... if the stock tubes still going strong for 15 years then this svets would do... also the svetlanas are under the sovtek supervision....NO NO NO.. sovteks and the svets are NOT thesame.. look at the tube construction...

if u want the original svetlanas then get the winged C logo... coz they have change that name on the year 2000 when the copyrights went to another comp. thats making tubes in russia somewhere...

so if u find the winged c tubes or svets made before 2000 then theyre the originals from ST. petersburg russia.. they still make it today...

also... tubes wount sound great right of the box.. they need to get worn in just like speakers need to... just like ur fingers when u do warm ups... so think about it to burn those tubes and wait for some months instead of going techy and make bias adjustments coz it sounded too cold.

ok lets move on.

the amps made 15 years ago.. now thats something... the tubes were still stock when i got the amp for 3 months ago.... the amps never been open.. ( i know coz theres no marks on the top of the screws, theyre all dark black).
the amps never been service.. it neednt had to...

i opened the amp.,. smells, looks sounds new.. no problems with loose joints..
opening the amp is easier than most amps out there that tend to ram stuff too much in a little amount of space as possible.. this ones easy to remove..

u need to take the speaker buffles out w??ch is easier to do so and take the chassis out...

and a word of advice... dont be too lazy to open the amp just to change tubes ok... please ppl... take the amp out.. hold the PCB on the tubes section and very slowly gentley and so tenderley rock the the tubes side to side while gently pulling or pushhing in...

i do this so that u wount break anything .. so the sockets wount jam.. so take care of her and shell let u enjoy her for a long more years...

also. get an electric fan. when playing, open the little tube cover at the back so to let vetilation work well. the amp has a very little PC fan at the side and its not even pointing to the tube coz theres no vents that directly blow the tube from the airflow.. and YES the amp gets hot....seriously the amp gets hot... even tho with an electric fan at the back of the amp... i can feel the top wood of the amp gets a tad hot but not much as oppose to not putting a fan at the back....
do this.. take care of her.. i know its bitc'hy but .. this amps not in production anymore.. also the power tranformer get kinda warm. thats normal. it should be. if its cold then u have a problem. so make sure to inlcude that with the fan aswell..

u dont need to put the fan at level 3 u know. just put it at 1,, just so theres something blowing the tubes. dont put the fan too close... otherwise itd be too cold for the hot tubes and might break the tubes.. so watch out.
the output trannys ( the little ones) should stay steal cold throghout... otherwise theres something wrong.. only the mains tranny should be a tad warm.

oh...

mine came with a working reverb. and i agree with all. the rev. sound overacting over level 3.. so i mostly just put it at 3 or below.

like i said iv. dealt with the guy at PV.. i forgot his name.. i asked him. he anskers quicly.. got the manaul and schematics from him.. anyone needs it, contact me at kahelle_hife13@hotmail.com


the guy was so nice..friendly like it should be..

no need for repair.. no problems.. not looking or hoping for that anyways... no warranty from the company but got a 6 months guarantee from the shop i bought it from.

service personel? me in my place have plenty of ppl that call themselves amp guru.. sure they know how to fix this amp..

ok ... over all,,

*2 channels, boost on the dist channel. indipendent EQ (nice feat), brght switch for clean

*no master volume.

*3x 12ax7 pre and 2x el84 power.

*no headphone jacks... its meant to be pushed.

*2x speaker jacks. one main one external.

*footswitch that supports any FS-2 switch for channel switching and reverb on/off ... so unnessecary with the reverb.. might be better with the boost on/off instead... that would be my wish..

*no stanby... was not desined to have one. some amps sometimes doesnt need one... common, if it needed,..why would it still kept the stock tubes for 15 years.

*autobias. meaning, takes any rating of tubes, so long theyre matched and stick them in, remeber the procedures i explained above.

been playing 4 years.. not much but i know what tone is... im not naive, i know and determine knows what i want....
if it got stolen ill be heart broken.. coz im so caring for the amp. but i wouldnt replace it. but will buy it soon as i find one..

im not even using it much.. as im so frightend of it.. such a nice sounding, no noise very reliable amp..

anything id share? yes... its a diamond in the rough.. new tubes, speakers. it beats the, PV (sorry, but the newer products connot match to this bravo); laneys (i do have the VC-30 class A, diff. sound. diff. story, nice 2nd amp above the bravo), mesa (this bravo can sound mesa with 4x12 V30 just like that dude below stated), orange, hiwatts, marshalls (sorry marshall but ur newer ones has so much reliab. probs. comapare to the bravo.. mine sounds better than urs period) currently new production..

use this with a 4x12 with weber mini mass 50 watts and its done, ull shit sideways.. hahaha

also.. one more thing... dont be such a bi'ctch that think "oh the jacks get jacked off all the time coz its PCB" dude u need to take tare of the gear and stop acting as if u dont even care just coz the amps cheap. u need to be gentle with the pulling and pushing of the connectors. support it with fingers of ur both hands.. make sure u only get a small light click or better yet, no click at all when u pull or push in that cable.

so do all u ppl out there a favor. hunt this baby down. this will go up in value. im not selling mine ever... ill be a rockstar someday and i swear i take this amp with me to the death. even tho marshall would offer me 2 used 1968 marshall plexi heads. id still be keeping my bravo.

no im not a sales person nor trying to endorse. im not over hype either.. simply my humble opinions on the bravo.

hope these helped

yes ... the amp is 15 years old. according to the guy i spoked with at PV CS says the amps made in 91.

yes the amp can do van halen (with the right set of tubes and speaks), can do all GNR songs (welcome, paradise, sweet child) everything .. again with the right tubes and speakers. blues, pop (just turn the gain low) can do pretty much anything.

its got 2 channels and a gain boost at the channel 2 section. yes channels switching is possible but didnt came with FS-2 when i bought it used. for like 3 months ago.

effect loop,no head phone and has 2 jacks for speakers.. one that supports 8-16 ohms minimum main spekaers and the other than can load an 8-16 ohms speakers 4ohms minimum load together with the main speakers.

feature i wish it had? i dunno.. a standby switch maybe? but not nesseccarily needed.. the tubes held for 15 f'''g years.. stock.. when i bought it, it had the original stock PV rugedized 12ax7`s supreme and the power tubes that what appeared to be USSR tubes.. i dont know that company but its says so on the power tubes. it still sounded good and worked good when i got it but of the fear of the amp i retubed it to new ones...

yes.. it does have enough power. 25 watts. dont let that fool you.. its not the watts that makes the amp load.. its the speakers that u have in it.. u just need to get a speaker that has more SPL or Decibel...i just dont know??how niave can ppl be just coz they see 25 wats meaning it wont keep up with a 50 watter or perhaps, a 100watter. a 105 Db SPL is much more louder than a 95 Db. but no.. it wount match a plexi.. thats over the line OK!!!

by the way.. it has 3 12ax7 on the preamp and 2 el84 on the power stage. it can take the NOS tubes aswell...no need mods as like some new commers noawadys.. destined to go with sovteks.

"What kind of sounds can the amp make? How much variety?" mentioned above.

yes the clean channel breaks up nice sometimes roughly., depending on the tubes used..somewhere at the mid vol..

how brutal the dist?... its like got hit by a train thats how brutal it can get.. and even at hi gain, the notes are still ringing out clearly even striking them quickly instead of raking them.. it never ever ever ever sounds like a boss metal zone...

im using it with humbuckers.. JB??s, costum costum SH-11, and stock epi...

it suits my music well as mentioned above..

nope... no noise at all..its got a built in noise reduction.. very smart eh?? YEAH.. just use ur head tho... dont stand near it when playing other wise ull get lots of feedback when u engage the boost dist..so if u know that u can avoid that, why not do it then than just go bashing that "uummmmm my amp is so noisy blabablablabala" .... dude.. stay abit far from the amp ok.. and also ground that amp on te out let.. its quieter with the earth prong.

also...

the tubes im using right now are svetlana preamps... and EH el84. yeah ill be changing those EH to JJ from bob eurotube(nice guy btw.) soon ... but still sounds good with the tubes i have right now.. ill be keeping the svets tho..

i know the svets dont normaly last than sovteks and jj but on this amp... man ... if the stock tubes still going strong for 15 years then this svets would do... also the svetlanas are under the sovtek supervision....NO NO NO.. sovteks and the svets are NOT thesame.. look at the tube construction...

if u want the original svetlanas then get the winged C logo... coz they have change that name on the year 2000 when the copyrights went to another comp. thats making tubes in russia somewhere...

so if u find the winged c tubes or svets made before 2000 then theyre the originals from ST. petersburg russia.. they still make it today...

also... tubes wount sound great right of the box.. they need to get worn in just like speakers need to... just like ur fingers when u do warm ups... so think about it to burn those tubes and wait for some months instead of going techy and make bias adjustments coz it sounded too cold.

ok lets move on.

the amps made 15 years ago.. now thats something... the tubes were still stock when i got the amp for 3 months ago.... the amps never been open.. ( i know coz theres no marks on the top of the screws, theyre all dark black).
the amps never been service.. it neednt had to...

i opened the amp.,. smells, looks sounds new.. no problems with loose joints..
opening the amp is easier than most amps out there that tend to ram stuff too much in a little amount of space as possible.. this ones easy to remove..

u need to take the speaker buffles out w??ch is easier to do so and take the chassis out...

and a word of advice... dont be too lazy to open the amp just to change tubes ok... please ppl... take the amp out.. hold the PCB on the tubes section and very slowly gentley and so tenderley rock the the tubes side to side while gently pulling or pushhing in...

i do this so that u wount break anything .. so the sockets wount jam.. so take care of her and shell let u enjoy her for a long more years...

also. get an electric fan. when playing, open the little tube cover at the back so to let vetilation work well. the amp has a very little PC fan at the side and its not even pointing to the tube coz theres no vents that directly blow the tube from the airflow.. and YES the amp gets hot....seriously the amp gets hot... even tho with an electric fan at the back of the amp... i can feel the top wood of the amp gets a tad hot but not much as oppose to not putting a fan at the back....
do this.. take care of her.. i know its bitc'hy but .. this amps not in production anymore.. also the power tranformer get kinda warm. thats normal. it should be. if its cold then u have a problem. so make sure to inlcude that with the fan aswell..

u dont need to put the fan at level 3 u know. just put it at 1,, just so theres something blowing the tubes. dont put the fan too close... otherwise itd be too cold for the hot tubes and might break the tubes.. so watch out.
the output trannys ( the little ones) should stay steal cold throghout... otherwise theres something wrong.. only the mains tranny should be a tad warm.

oh...

mine came with a working reverb. and i agree with all. the rev. sound overacting over level 3.. so i mostly just put it at 3 or below.

like i said iv. dealt with the guy at PV.. i forgot his name.. i asked him. he anskers quicly.. got the manaul and schematics from him.. anyone needs it, contact me at kahelle_hife13@hotmail.com


the guy was so nice..friendly like it should be..

no need for repair.. no problems.. not looking or hoping for that anyways... no warranty from the company but got a 6 months guarantee from the shop i bought it from.

service personel? me in my place have plenty of ppl that call themselves amp guru.. sure they know how to fix this amp..

ok ... over all,,

*2 channels, boost on the dist channel. indipendent EQ (nice feat), brght switch for clean

*no master volume.

*3x 12ax7 pre and 2x el84 power.

*no headphone jacks... its meant to be pushed.

*2x speaker jacks. one main one external.

*footswitch that supports any FS-2 switch for channel switching and reverb on/off ... so unnessecary with the reverb.. might be better with the boost on/off instead... that would be my wish..

*no stanby... was not desined to have one. some amps sometimes doesnt need one... common, if it needed,..why would it still kept the stock tubes for 15 years.

*autobias. meaning, takes any rating of tubes, so long theyre matched and stick them in, remeber the procedures i explained above.

been playing 4 years.. not much but i know what tone is... im not naive, i know and determine knows what i want....
if it got stolen ill be heart broken.. coz im so caring for the amp. but i wouldnt replace it. but will buy it soon as i find one..

im not even using it much.. as im so frightend of it.. such a nice sounding, no noise very reliable amp..

anything id share? yes... its a diamond in the rough.. new tubes, speakers. it beats the, PV (sorry, but the newer products connot match to this bravo); laneys (i do have the VC-30 class A, diff. sound. diff. story, nice 2nd amp above the bravo), mesa (this bravo can sound mesa with 4x12 V30 just like that dude below stated), orange, hiwatts, marshalls (sorry marshall but ur newer ones has so much reliab. probs. comapare to the bravo.. mine sounds better than urs period) currently new production..

use this with a 4x12 with weber mini mass 50 watts and its done, ull shit sideways.. hahaha

also.. one more thing... dont be such a bi'ctch that think "oh the jacks get jacked off all the time coz its PCB" dude u need to take tare of the gear and stop acting as if u dont even care just coz the amps cheap. u need to be gentle with the pulling and pushing of the connectors. support it with fingers of ur both hands.. make sure u only get a small light click or better yet, no click at all when u pull or push in that cable.

so do all u ppl out there a favor. hunt this baby down. this will go up in value. im not selling mine ever... ill be a rockstar someday and i swear i take this amp with me to the death. even tho marshall would offer me 2 used 1968 marshall plexi heads. id still be keeping my bravo.

no im not a sales person nor trying to endorse. im not over hype either.. simply my humble opinions on the bravo.

hope these helped

Two channels: Clean & Ultra
- Clean has volume/bass/middle/treble/bright-switch
- Ultra has pre(gain)/boost/post(volume)/bottom/body/edge
Global Reverb, series effects loop, 8 ohm & 4 ohm speaker output

I wish it had separate reverb controls per channel, and a standby switch for the tube's high voltage.

The clean channel is surprisingly good. It is similar to blackface/silverface fender amps, like the deluxe reverb. However, the EL84 power tubes give it a creamier sound when you crank the volume.

The reverb sounds okay on low settings, but gets harsh and unnatural sounding as you go beyond 9 o'clock on the knob.

The ultra channel sounds good at very low bedroom volumes, but it gets harsh and buzzy as you turn up the post (volume). I tried changing the speaker: first I installed a Jensen MOD12-70, and I didn't like it at all. Then I tried an old Celestion Vintage 30, which sounds nice on the clean channel - warm & glassy, but it gets muddy & buzzy on the ultra channel at moderate volumes.

As I said above, the clean channel is pretty nice. However, the ultra channel doesn't work well in an open back combo. It is voiced for high-gain death metal, and would probably work best with sealed 4x12 cabs. I suspect a tighter, cleaner speaker, like the Celestion G12T75, would work best with the ultra channel.

Not sure what year this amp was made - 92-93 at a guess. This has two channels and with the addition of the bright switch on the clean channel and the pull pot for gain on the distortion, it has plenty of features. The eq on both channels are the standard Low, Mid, Hi and reverb switches in for both channels. I am not a gigging player but do record, and this amp has enough power to suit my needs. Its clean channel suits my style very well (jangly 60's style music)

For my needs this amp has a big range of sounds. The clean is crystal - the bright switch gives you a huge range of clean sounds. The distortion is also very versatile - you can get a nice warm overdrive through to a full-on metal sound. I mix between a custom guitar fitted with Dimarzio humbuckers and a generic Strat copy fitted with USA Fender Strat pickups - works well with both guitars. Noise is not a problem, although the cooling fan can initially make you think that the amp is a bit noisy.

This is the second Bravo I have had and, like the first, is very reliable. As mentioned above I do not really gig, but the amp is built like a brick with the valves completely enclosed so they cannot be knocked or broken. I don't think I would doubt its reliability if I went out to gig.

I have not dealt with Peavey's reps in Australia with this amp specifically, but I did need to contact Peavey in regard to a previous amp I owned and they responded promptly. I also find the website to be extremely helpful.

I originally purchased a Bravo when I was visiting the US in 1993. After a voltage input conversion this amp suited me fine. I got caught up in having to buy a traditional "classic" amp, so sold my first Bravo a few years later and bought a Musicman. I was never impressed by that amp and sold it, buying a Classic 30 - again I thought back to my Bravo. Finally, after getting a Pod, I craved the sound of the Bravo and tracked a secondhand one down in Australia. I will not make the mistake again of letting this go.

Mine was probably made from 90-92, as it is grey. The amp is pretty versatile for me, I typically play metal, blues, and Ventures style rock. Has 2 channels, clean and "Ultra Gain".

Plenty of sound variety in this amp, you can go from ZZ-Top bluesy to Pantera thrashy. The clean channel, as many have already said, has a wonderful buttery tone at low volume and a slight breakup at high volumes. The distortion can be as brutal as you can stand, or as soft and mellow as a hummingbird. I'm playing (at the moment) a Silvertone Paul Stanley Apocalypse Special w/ a Dimebucker in the bridge and a Les Paul humbucker at the neck. It suits my playing perfectly. It tends to be noisy if it's near a PC monitor, but when I noticed this I was using a Telecaster which are notoriously noisy near phospherescent lights.

Had it for a LONG time, like around 5-6 years. Comes on every time I flip the switch, never makes any weird noises unless it's in a bad mood. (It needs new output tubes pretty badly)

Never dealed with Peavey customer support at all.

I've been playing around 10 years, the only other amps I own at the moment are 2 Fender Twin Reverbs and a Peavey XR400 PA system. I actually found the amp in an apartment my sister was moving into. If it was stolen I'd DEFINATELY hunt another one of these Peavey Bravos.

I have 2, different years/grill cloths, both early 90's. I play Classic rock, Blues, Rockabilly & Country at different times. Amp does em all well. Has every feature I think an amp needs, and I gig with mine all the time. Plenty of power for most situations.

The clean channel is just what it should be. Very adjustable, separate tone controls for each channle is where it's at and this thing sounds aweesome, after the speaker swap. Stocker is OK, but I put an Eminence Governor in it and now it snarls & growls. Tubed down to a 12AT7 in V2 for gain tame and this amp is AWESOME. More gain than any small tube amp I've ever played, and I've owned nearly everything over the years. I play a LP and Ibanez 335 type, '63 strat, '61 Gretsch and a few others with P-90's. Built a custom cab for it and that helped the tone too.

OD channel is VERY Hi gain, and was a bit too much for me stock. Tubes and speaker made this amp a MONSTER.

I've used it on many gigs without back-up. Risky, but so far, so good. Both amps still had the stock tubes in them after 12-15 yrs, and both still sounded great. It's a Peavey! I've never had one of their amps crap out on stage.

I have never had to repair a Peavey but I have dealt with them for info & parts and they are the best. Call em & see yourself.

I have owned one of everything over the last 40 years, and I gig a few times a month regularly. Fender, Marshall, Crate, Mesa, etc, all of them. The Bravo & Peavey Classic 30 are my main amps because they sound like I want to hear them and cost next to nothing. I have boutique amp owners ask about my amp and compliment my tone all the time. They are always shocked to find out it's a Peavey Bravo. Once I tamed the gain, this amp is a BEAST! Like someone else said, I'll buy every one I can find for these prices. Just a few tweaks and this amp is AWESOME!

2 independent channels,25 watts (LOUD amp)reverb,tons of gain and EL84 power section.

it gives a great metal sound. It's preamp is like a built-in Peavey Rockmaster. It is a very dynamic sound,very bold and aggressive,very rich in harmonics. Impressive!Also the 12 inches speaker and somewhat big cabinet,make it sounds more like a 4 x12 than a combo. The EQ response is powerful and musical

having been used Peavey amps for ages....never had a reliability problem with peavey gear!

I give it a 10 out of 10 without any doubts. It is the only little amp that sounds so big ,that I have heard