Peavey Envoy 110

**note- my numerical ratings are based against all amps, not just the competition in its price range**

i bought mine for $220 back in 1996 or so. solid state, transtube technology, 40w, 10" speaker, two channels, the 6db thing and the thrash and gain switches, too. none of this modern/vintage stuff.

i guess a effects loop would be cool. the lack of a footswitch really bugged me, however. they go for about $20-$30 and they are just little plastic deals. i'm using a 5150 footswitch i got off ebay, so at least they are interchangeable.

if you insist on sounding like your guitar is coming out of your own ass, this won't have enough reverb for you. i love the reverb, however. i leave mine around for or five all the time. it's just another knob to shape the tone, and not an effect. if you're like me, you'll be happy with it.

i play it with a 96 epi les paul special ii, with 2 seymour duncan alnico ii pros. i used it primarily for thrash metal back then, but now i tend to use it for less violent stuff and a lot of cleaner stuff, too.

i think the "problem" with this amp is that a bunch of 12 year olds are expecting to get a super rad blink 182/slipknot/korn/cool guy radio band sound right out of the box with their fender squier or 7 string whatever, who set the gain, lows and highs to ten, mids and zero and rock!!!112!, or pehaps the brootal metal of death!@!@1! this really isn't the amp for that.

the transtube really isn't that bad. cleans are more than respectable, or useable. i would say they were more than good, but not great. stayed clean at higher volumes, can be dark or bright and sparkly if you know what you're doing. independent eq a huge plus here. maybe a 7-7.5, five being average and 10 being some old school fender.

the distortion is really pretty tubey to me, not that i am an expert in the field. it seems to be voiced more like a vintage 70's distortion, but with the option to add way more gain. this amp does plenty of metal tones, just not the ones you're thinking. you can nail a black sabbath tone (especially the first album), an ac/dc sound, a skynyrd sound, a mercyful fate tone or even get close to a kill em all tone (kinda) to a badmotorfinger era soundgarden (skynyrd and soundgarden used some peaveys, if memory serves). if that isn't rock or metal to you, then don't bother. seriously. you're a moron.

you just have to know how to use (can't stress this enough) the gain knob and the volume/tone knobs on your guitar. more gain does not equal more metal.

i guess the best way to describe the sound is skynyrd (thing saturday night special or gimme three steps) with the ability to add more gain.

the distortion is really, really harsh. really. it hurts when you play an unwound string if you aren't careful. it bites. a lot.

i can't really comment on the noise level. i mean, yeah, it's pretty fucking noisy at times, but my cables suck and i'm never further than 7 or 8 feet from the amp. i can pick up signals with the gain all the way up if i stand close enough.

will you play live with this? sure, you could. miked. you'd have to be stupid to expect that this could handle a huge ass venue. a lot of other reviewers seem to be upset they can't use just this one tiny amp, unmiked, to play a 50,000 seat venue with a slayer tone. endeavor to be less retarded. it's a solid state practice amp, fuck head.

can you play in your room? yes. can you jam with a band? yes, for the most part. i would actually call this a step up from a practice amp, compared to those little 10 watt fenders. sure, this amp crushes those, but seems kinda underpowered for 40 watts. because of the size of the rooms and garages i've jammed in over the years, i've never cranked this past 3 or 4, but i don't think it would get much louder.

personally, i don't mess with the buttons. the 6db thing is always off, and the thrash and gain are always on. i use the pre-gain and guitar's volume and tone knobs for everything else.

this amp isn't for everyone. but you shouldn't expect this amp to be the one to take you to the top and be the be all, end all holy grail of tone. it's a $200 solid state amp, dumb fuck.

mine sat in my homeboy's closet for about 4-5 years because he fucked up my input jack and i thought he threw it out and i forgot it existed. but he has broken the inputs to all his amps, so i don't know. be careful with it. it cost me about $75 to bring it back from the dead and get it cleaned up again (parts, labor and bench charge).

aside from that, which kinda seems to be a reoccuring theme with this and other peaveys, no problems or complaints. it hasn't been treated particularly well and it's still going. it fired right back up after a dusty 4-5 year hiatus without a problem. (except the input thing)

i'm the wrong dude to ask. i called a couple of times for the manual way back when and they sent me the wrong one, but that was 1996. who knows.

i just took it to a local dude for repairs. that was earlier this year. i didn't even bother to see if it was still under warranty. the store i got if from closed down years ago, anyway.

it's not a jcm 2000, or a 5150 or an uberschall or whatever. you shouldn't expect that out of anything in this price range. a lot of these reviewers seem to be upset that this amp isn't in that league. that's because they are cheap ass bastards. you aren't going to drag race an economy car.

i've been playing for 8-9 years now, off and on. this was/is my first amp ever, and i guess i'll defend it to the grave. during it's first life, i ran a boss metal zone through it and rocked many a face with it. i "knew" it sucked and didn't care.

now, in it's second life, i can actually appreciate the amp for what it is, or what it's trying to be. i ditched the metal zone. (too buzzy). i love the "vintage" vibe that the amp has and get a perverse joy out of playing thrash metal with a high gain skynyrd tone. it's fun sounding different. really. roll back the pre-gain, crank the post-gain, adjust your volume knob on the guitar and play like a man. don't try to hide behind gain-- you wouldn't dime the gain on a dsl or a 5150, anyway. that's mongoloid shit and you know it.

i gave a heartfelt and really honest (if biased) rating of this amp, and i hope it helps. i <3 this amp.

I thinke it's been buld in the Mid-Nineties.
Old Envoy 110, Two Channels, 35 watts RMS thru a 10" Speaker. Very compact.

I'm playing my 1988 Hohner ST Olympic Strat only through the clean channel, it kicks ass on higher levels, but sounds strange on the distortion channel. My '95 Epi LP Standard sings on the brute channel. Good enough for rehearsing Metal riffs. For leads, I prefer my V-Amp II through the clean channel with reverb from the Peavey. Can bite.

Absolutely reliable.

No repair/fix until now.

I would prefer this to a solid state Marshall, but it's still solid state.

I used this with epiphone LP's and I mostly tried playing metal through it. The Modern distortion consisted of good crunch and the high gain feature made up for the treble however, it seemed this amp lacked the pro style definition to trully nail an all around professional sound. the sound seemed to have have to much bass.

Been playing for 5 years and own various line 6 products. I actually prefer them over this to give me the sound I want.
The reason I got this amp was because my initial impression was that the distortion here was more crunchy making more suited for metal however, after comparing it to the POD, this amp didnt measure up in the overall sound. Various notes seemed to muddy.

I have a late 98 version of this amp,40 watts with 10" black marvel speaker. Great little amp I picked up as a backup to my aging 66 Bandmaster that was easy to transport. More than enough features for my taste-especially compared to my Fender, but 32 years change things. Actually had to use it for a few gigs when the Bandmaster blew. Had adequate power for the 2-12" Fender cab.

I play mostly classic/alt. rock & bluesy stuff. My Ric's (620,360,450-12) didn't sound bad & even the hollow 360 had minimal feedback in overdrive. Sometimes Peaveys can sound a little sterile but there are cool setting suggestions in the manual. My single coil guitars(Tele, Epi Wildcat, Strat) cut thru the mix nicely. Next to my 60's Voxes the best solid state tone for me. I reserve 9's & 10's for big buck tube amps soooo.

Peaveys last! They are among the sturdiest amps I have seen. I've gigged for 38 years & they never cease to amaze me! Whether you like their sound or not you can't kill em.

Top notch, great website.

Our current band utilizes (2)Peavey guitar amps, Peavey CS800 power amps, & Peavey 1200 programable lights. Most of the stuff is well over 10 years old & gigged regulary. What can I say? I love this amps portability. I record with other amps (mostly) but for live dependability-trust this good American gear!

2 canales con ecualizacion independiente. 40watt en 6ohm. Demasiado versatil para su tama?o y caracteristicas.

La distorcion no es muy buena por la tierra y debido a que es un amplificador peque?o. Pero usado con un buen multiefectos se pueden lograr excelentes sonidos, incluso superiores a lo que se puede lograr con un gabinete de ese tama?o.

Excelente. Ninguna falla!!!!! No tengo quejas... Lo he usado con microfonos en conciertos y ha dado la talla para monitoreo sin ser un cabezal. Estamos hablando de sus caracteristicas, no dejandolo a un lado por algo mucho mas grande y costoso.

Sin problemas

Es mi amplificador y me ha dado la talla acorde con sus caracteristicas. Para ensayos es perfecto y lo uso al lado de un Bandit al que no se le puede explotar toda su potencia.

Combinado con un buen multiefectos es muy versatil. Lo califico tan bien porque de verdad ha sido un caballo de batalla... En su momento lo dejare y comprare algo mas grande, pero en este tiempo ha sido un fiel compa?ero.

newer model , 2 channel , vintage /modern switches each channel, reverb, 10" speaker.

One of the worst sounding amps I have ever heard. Tinny and harsh in the vintage mode and just tinny and bland in the modern mode. Terrible reverb. Can only get a small room sound , turn it up , still get small room sound except with hum and hiss. No bottom end at all. The old ones didnt sound bad. i play r&b, blues and jazz.

Seemed pretty flimsy , lousy speaker , not too proud this is made in USA. I sent it back before it broke .

Dont know

I couldnt believ how bad and boring this amp sounded. Poor quality.

This is an update of an earlier review I did when I first got the amp. A little while after I wrote the review, it developed a wicked low end buzz/vibration. Didn't sound like a speaker problem, but more like a loose joint/hardware thing. I looked high and low with my wife plucking away on the low strings. Couldn't find it. Finally, with my nerves and hearing pretty well shot(my wife doesn't play), I gave up and took it to the dealer that I bought it from. My guy here is a little Mom and Pop type shop.

Here's where it gets interesting...
I really thought that my guy would either know what was causing this and help me locate/repair it, or maybe contact Peavey for service notices, etc. I figured I'd probably lose the amp for awhile when it invariably would have to be shipped to the factory. I mentally steeled myself for the frustration of not being able to generate loud, obnoxious, bombastic rock and roll at will. Depressing.
It didn't happen that way. My guy goes through pretty much the same hunt I did for about one minute and says, "Fuck it. I'll get you another one." He goes back stage and comes out with a brand new, IN THE BOX amp. He pulls it out and we hook it up to power and he says, "Try this one for awhile. Make sure it's OK." I played every Duane Eddy/Link Wray/Black Sabbath riff I could remember, trying to recreate a problem. Everything cool. My guys comes back and says, "You've got the RP 200, right?" I says, "Yeah." He says, "Well...they tend to change the shape of the sound with certain amp models and such. Wait a second." He pulls an RP OUT OF THE BOX and grabs another cable and hooks it up. "Blast away!", he says. I did. No problemo. "Okay. That ought to get it", he says. "Thanks VERY much", I says. I ask him about the turn in amp, since I've had it awhile. He said that with the 5-year warranty, he'll just send it to Peavey and get credited. He tells me to let him know if anything else turns up. I depart with my new Envoy II.

There's a point to this story, and it's not just about how good Peavey customer support is. Obviously, It's pretty darn good. I think the real story here is about how it's so much better to deal with a small independent instead of your usual ultra-mega-international-take over the Earth Super Store. God, I hate those greedy, Piss On The Customer 'Cause I Already Got His Money Scumbags. We've got an American Music Center (also owns Musician's Friend and Guitar Center) in town and I swear, I'd drive 100 miles for a set of strings before I'd walk in there. You can't develop a relationship with a cash register or a sales puke that can't even tune a guitar without a tuner. All you newbies to music, take heed...don't let the flash and glitter fool you. Take the time to get to know your local small guy. He has to take care of you, 'cause his livelyhood depends on repeat business. He's not big enough to have the local radio station broadcast from his shop and give away T-shirts. He just sells quality stuff at a fair price. And takes care of his customers.
Okay...enough ranting and raving. I just wanted to share this story. My 19 year old daughter may decide to take up the guitar one day. Doubtful, but I caught her listening to my Queensryche CDs the other day. And liking it! Then she went out and bought a Linkin Park CD. Oh, well...one out of two ain't bad. If she decides to learn to play, guess who I'll take her to for her first instument.

Just bought it this year as I climb back into playing after a long lay-off. It's an Envoy II, so it has the Vintage/Modern settings on the clean channel and Hi-gain/Modern/Vintage on the lead channel. Has foot switch jack, but the switch doesn't come with it for the price. Preamp out and headphone jack to preclude arrest or divorce. No effects loop. Reverb. TransTube technology. 10" speaker and 6(??!) ohms. Standard newer Peavey styling...square with red trim. Two inputs-Hi and Low gain. Bass/mid/treble on both channels and pre/post gain on the lead. Covers all the bases for a practice/small venue amp.

I use a Peavey Raptor Plus with the Fat Strat configuration(S/S/H). I also have an old-as-dirt LP copy with Hummers that still sounds pretty strong. Of the two, the Raptor sounds the best. This amp seems to like single coils. When I use the Hummers on the Raptor or the LP, the sound deadens out. The clean channel is just that...CLEAN. Great for the "Tele" sparkle. Right at home with the single coil on the neck. The clean channel doesn't break up, even with high volume. The lead channel is the one for distortion sounds. I don't like it very much. Noisy. Farty. Bad. The solution...an RP 200 run through the clean channel with the EQ flat. Now we're getting somewhere! Reverb on the amp is a little noisy, too. It sounds OK, but not great. For a 40-watter, it's got a lot of volume. It should cut through the band for practices, but if you're gonna go live, you'll need to mike it. Lots of versatility as long as you're not going for the ultra mega disaster-movie metal sounds. Use a stomp for that stuff. Remember...it's a PRACTICE amp. If you're playing live, get an amp that'll hold up to it. Peavey makes a lot of those, too. This one sounds pretty good for what it's designed for.

Well...Peavey products are known for their build quality and toughness. I'm pretty sure the only way to kill this amp is to put a 9mm into it. Anything can be overpowered and abused, but with reasonable care and use, it should last.

I haven't had to use them, but again, their reputation is very high in this regard. An authorized dealer in your area will be able to get anything you need done.

As someone who's been playing off and on for 30 plus years, I've used a lot of different gear over time. My last experience with Peavey was an old 70s-era Musician that I thought was possibly possessed of mystical powers. What a great piece! This unit seems to be a nicely built amp, but it's NOT a 5150 or a Marshall. I feel that for the price paid, it's worth every penny. I almost went with the TransTube 25 Watt that had built-in effects, but the build quality control-wise just wasn't there. The effects were crappy, too. I liked the clean sound on the Envoy and it gives me a little more ass if I need it. The guitar and effects do the rest. I wish it had an effects loop, but that would've driven the price up. I DO think that the footswitch should come with it. Companies that do that piss me off. For beginners or people that have limitations on space or how much sonic abuse their wife/neighbors can take, this will do you pretty well.

I've got the '99 or so model - it has two chanales, with three voicings on the Drive chanel and a 6dB cut to both chanels to emulate a tubey sound. it has a foot switch to choose between chanels and to cut the reverb. each chanel has it own 3 band Eq. I only gave it a nine because things like an FX loop and presemce control wound be a nice addition as well as a headphone out.

I use it with a straty thingy and a semi-hollow Ibanaez AM100 wich is as old as I am (21 yrs). the clead tones are delightful, and my semi-hollow comes out especially great beacause there are less harmonics jumping all over like in a tube amp (what I miss a little in the dirty channel), the sound is roung and warm and very focoused. the 3 voicings on the dirty side have a few combination to them and some sound better than others but that, really a matter of taste. All in all it is a good sounding little amp and I've used it for both gigging and practicing - well worth the price.

I have it for about 4 yrs now and it had only a tiniest problem with the input jack once. It's been treated quite poorly on the road and it keept on doing what it does best.

Never used it.

Well, I've been playing for few yrs now and this little thing covers most of my favorite genres. from blues to hard rock - it's been great. I've come to appritiate it again in the past few weeks, I guess it's a new perspective that I have now. If in was stolen, I don't know If I'd buy a new one but I wound sure shed a teer.

This is a very simple amp with two channels, reverb, headphone out, preamp out, footswitch,and speaker out. ITs the earlier model without the vintage switch which i wish it would have, since ive heard peavey's with that switch and they sound pretty tubey. For the price i got it is a great amp (borrowed form my cousin and never returned it)

I own two Ibanez Guitars (a Stagestar Strat COpy with Seymour Duncan JB on Bridge and a Iceman with a Duncan Distortion on the bridge), i also own a very cheap but nice sounding Les Paul copy and a frankenstein squier strat. The clean channel on this amp can really take some abuse and then give some, turned all the way up this amp sucks, but thats normal considering its a 35 watt solid state, The distortion sound quite nice with the exception that mine has some sort of problem with the gain switch and it squeals in a not to good way. Distortion in this thing isnt so brutal, its rather lame, but hey its a cheapo amp. It is noisy as any peavey amp is, some thing very good about this amp is that the reverb never crashes loudly if you move it too much, and its light so you wont hurt your back with it.

Heres where ive got my problem with this Peavey amp, a moth or so after i "borrowed it" the speaker stopped working, so i replaced the speaker with a german speaker (kirsh) and the amp sound way more bassy that it was before, but still its not reliable enough to go to a small gig.

Never Dealt With Them

Ive been playing about 6 years, ive owned one other Peavey (Studio Pro 112) and a Ibanez TB50 (good sounding amp but very unreliable). If it were stolen id probably dont care since im getting another amp now, id pitty the fool who dare steal this cheap amp. I really wish it had the vintage switch of newer models, but whatever im getting some better amp in a couple of months. Keep Rocking the world, music shall set you free.