Peavey Envoy 110

Transtube Series

Its my practice amp, i would never gig with it.

Pretty vestile, I dont really use the inbuilt efx or whatnot since I run it through my Zoom g9 tt

I mainly play and write progressive metal and for that its alot better than the Fender/Ibanez/Roland rivals that my friends play.

This is a amp designed for distorion imo, I notice people that give this amp a bad review dont play metal, I think that this is def on par (not quite) with Marshalls 40 watt practice amp.

Transtube + 2x tube warmer in my pedal is amazing, im using an Ashton with ****sick stock pickups (shame!) while my ibanez is in the shop and I can get it to scream like a Banshee on fire that jsut got kicked in the nuts... I cant wait to see what I can do with Dimarzios.

This thing looks about 10 years old, covered in rust..still works fine...

Never delt with em, but I stand by Peavy having played alot of the amps i think they make the best vaule for money practice amps on the market.

Used to have this 60 watt fender before I gave it too my brother and man did it piss me off....you turn it up to 2 and the neighbours are ringing the police with noise complaints it was so damn loud...So annoying, stupid fender, while there efx are slightly better....practice amps are for practicing....why give it that much kick...
for 80 dollars you can get a quater of weed, go to concert or buy a second hand peavy envoy 110, I made my choice.....if you play metal (not a jazz amp you fools) and see one this cheep its foolish not to buy it, a reliable quality practice amp and you wont be disapointed

I bought the amp second-hand. It is the earlier version of this model.

It is simple and lightweight (about 20 lbs.).

I only use the amp for low-volume jazz and traditional country jams and house parties.

The clean channel produces quite a good sound for that purpose (I don't use the overdrive channel).

Thankfully, it is also devoid of those bizarre and frustrating tone controls (Shift, Pyramid, etc.) that Peavey is apparently so fond of.

No problems.

Many players in the above-mentioned styles have a high-end small amp (Evans, Jazzkat) or one of the smaller Fenders that they might hesitate to take out to a get-together.

This Peavey gives a good sound and only costs about $150-200 used. Even the new ones are not that much.

It is easy to carry.

Yours gets stolen or smashed up? Someone pours a beer into it? Who cares. Just buy another one off Ebay or craigslist. There are tons of them around.

I just leave mine in my van. I don't have a cover for it.

3 channel,10" speaker,40 watts, reverb,

Sounds okay for a cheap amp. I like the clean channel best.I mostly use it as a monitor on stage with my Pod pro XT.

So far so good.

Dont know,never had a problem.

Over all I would say it is good as a practice amp.It will surprise you how loud it is for it's size. Light and easy to carry around. I bought mine on ebay and it would pass for new. I had never tried one before and wasn't expecting much.I am happy with it and would buy it again.

New model. 2 channel vol, low, mid, hi, warm, classic, vintage voicing on clean channel . Pre, post, low, mid, hi classic modern, hi gain voicing on OD channel. Master reverb and boost. Low and high gain inputs 10 inch speaker

Stevie Ray Vaughan! Since every reviewer thinks their equipment sounds like SRV I just thought I would get it out of the way. Nothing is a 10 either! No this doesn't sound like SRV. The clean channel is very nice. I bought this as a bedroom/rehersal amp to replace my Blues Jr. and Pro Jr. as I hated the sound of both. I play mostly blues. Acoustic and early Chicago style. I like clean fat sound with some bite but not real distorted. The different voicings on the clean channel work well for me. The warm voicing really thickens up the sound of my tele and strat. The vintage voice sounds great with my archtops. The reverb sound very nice and non springy. Don't really use the lead channel. The boost feature is nice. Fairly loud for what I use it for, but don't think you can play out with a drummer. I Rated it as a practice amp.

So Far So Good, but have not had it long enough to give it a rating

Have not contacted them so I can't give it as rating. Don't know why some people give it a 5 or 6 and then say they have not contacted support. If you have no experience with them don't rate them!

I like this amp. It is light sounds, good at all volumes and unlike my 3 tube amps (deluxe, Deville and Carvin) you dont have to crank it to get a good sound. The different voicings make it versatile enough to get decent tone using my acoustic/electric, archtop, Strat, Tele and Les Paul and not have to drag around a lot of other equipment. I am rating this as a practice amp only as I think it is a great all around low volume practice amp. I would not consider this as an amp to gig with.

Mine is im guessing one of the first versions. it looks very early 90's and says made in the usa on the front. I have a fender deville 410 hotrod that i havent been able to play as of late because ive retired for the time being from gigs and i have an apartment. my deville has to be turned up to a level that would ultimately get me evicted to be able to get the tubes going.

(this is for young kids otherwise dont read this part)
id like to say something that should be written in a brochure given to all kids getting into playing guitar wanting to buy an amp. YOU DO NOT NEED A TUBE AMP! im am sick and tired of the false press thats given out so old S@#ts that blew there retirement fund on a jcm800 or mesa can feel that they didnt waste there money. just about all or most tube amps have to reach a certain volume to get the tubes warm and going and usually its a pretty high one depending on the size. the kind of volume that a kid will get his rig taken away from him if he tries to practice at 12 at night. Tubes are good for the stage and professional recording enviroments. or a house with sound padded walls. or youll need an attenuator to get the tubes going at a lower volume, that could cost you 175 to 1000 dollars. also... yeah kids theres even an also, when you burn up the hours on your tubes from leaving your tubes on when you crashed out youll have to dish out anywhere from 40 and up to replace the tubes and that depends on the amp it can get very scary. so the next old turd that preachs how you need to own a tube amp or your not a pro, just tell him to F@#k off! tube amps are mainly for the stage, they have few other places. there great loud but are useless in a quiet enviroment wait to get one when you feel its time and with technology now you have other options. spider III, valvetronix,etc... that old timers trying to convince himself he needed that amp not you.

ok so now im at home playing and i needed an amp for home. which i hadnt before because we had a rehersal space and i didnt even play much at home. so i was selling my deville and while having it on craigslist i went to a local pawn shop to kill time and picked this amp up for 69 bucks. straight up this was a great deal. i wouldnt pay 200+ for these id get a line6 instead but for my price it was excellent. its great at average volume i havent cranked it and never will. if i start playing again ill get my deville out. i had a kustom 10watt that until recently i hadnt realized how horrible it is. having to use it regularly i now realized that it was absolutely worthless and will probably never get another kustom. i think there not in te same price bracket but this one is pretty solid.

it has modern(solid state)
vintage(tube)
vintage dist(tube overdrive)
modern dist(solid state distortion)
high gain(im guessing there emulation of marshall distortion)

modern(its good, sounds well, solid)
vintage( i use this mainly, i think it does a good job at emulating tube at a very decent volume, you get a good round sound. the highs and lows are all there quite well for its size. very impressive. it could have had just these two and i still would have felt good about my purchace.)

vintage dist( i like it. at 7 1/2 its pretty spot on to a tube overdrive. ant higher and you can it looses it. but you dont need any higher for that sound)
modern dist(it sounds like a typical 90's peavey solid state distortion channel. good for alot but hasnt ever been my taste)
high gain dist(well, i wasnt expecting much here. but its actually for the price pretty decent. i give them props for attempting to throw that in for all the young kids wanting to get a metal sound to play to there favorite bands songs with. considering when these came out that was a pretty cool move for peavey.)

reverb, well i was dissapointed here, but honestly i was expecting too much. its pretty small and pretty cheap the fact that it actually has a real reverb tank instead of a circuit board emulating one is actually pretty nice(however i dont know do the newer ones still have reverb tanks?) its pretty tame meaning you wont be getting any crazy fender twin verb. but it adds enough to fill out rock leads nicely. iwas expecting waaay to much by the way.


overall its about good. its worth the price not overly great not bad either. read the bottom on price though.

well the reverb tank on mine want even screwed in very solid. two screws in 4 of the wholes and they didnt look to be the right screws. to big and wernt screwed down properly. im going to pick up some shallow ones and fix that problem. ive already opened it up to clean it up. let me save to the suspense. no, no tubes. its say transtube though meaning im guessing an early version of tube emulation. seems as solid as any other peavey. when peavey amps suck at there worst one thing that always stays pretty stable is the fact that they rarely are built badly. i think my reverb tank was a fluk as i said mine looks to be one of the first ones they had made.

couldnt tell you.

Ok overall this amp was excellent for when it came out. im pretty impressed at it for its sound when mine was made. so with that said id say in todays market of much more advanced emulation circuitry its a little dated. they go new for 200 to 300? no i wouldnt say its worth that. but if you get one used id say its a good deal. i wouldnt pay more then 150 for one. if it dies i will most likely get a valvetronix, but that is honestly depending on wheather the new ones have a reverb tank. if so then yeah i might still be down for an envoy. so far im loving it. the clean channel is the best ive heard on any amp in its price range and size. it really depends on what your wanting. if you want simple and good. get an envoy. you want to sacrifice a lil bit to have the ability to use fx without having to go buy pedals. get a valvetronix or spider. i have a rediculous amount of pedals so i went with envoy. test it out for yourself. you might find the envoy is what your needing.

2007 model.

Two channels with separate eq's (Clean and Lead), reverb, foot switchable boost (every amp should have one of these), 10" speaker, headphone jack, and line out. The clean channel has a switch that changes the tone between Vintage, Classic, & Warm. The lead channel has a switch that changes the distortion between Classic, Modern, & High Gain. Channel switching can be done by a foot switch or a switch on the front panel. I would have given this section a 10 if this amp had an effect loop. Made in China? When did Peavey start doing this?

I'm basing my opinion of this amps tone using a vintage strat and a 52 Ri Tele. I play Country, Southern Rock, and Classic Rock mostly.

Clean Channel/Vintage Voicing: A nice clean vintage Fender Deluxe tone. Tight lows, clean mids, and sparkling highs. Sounds especially great with a good strat in the bridge/middle pickup selection (nice bright jangle tone). Great strat & tele neck pickup tones also.

Clean Channel/Classic Voicing: This one shines using the bridge pickup of both teles and strats. For clean leads I push it with a compressor pedal. But it also sounds great using the rest of the pickup selections. Good full punchy tone.

Clean Channel/Warm Voicing: Useless. Flubby lows, annoying dirty mids, and middy highs. I don???t know what they were thinking with this one.

Lead Channel/Classic Voicing: I use this one the most. Punchy, crunchy, and modded Tube Screamery wonderful over drive tones. Plenty of low end head room, the mids are nice and warm, and the highs are nice and crisp. This Channel covers country, classic rock, and southern rock superbly.

Lead Channel/Modern Voicing: I don???t care for this one much but it does do a good job if you like the scooped-mid heavy distortion tones. This voicing reminds me of the old mid 80's DOD American Metal distortion pedal.

Lead Channel/High Gain Voicing: Good high gain tube Marshall influenced tones. This channel made me break out my old early 80s Charvel strat and play along with my old Iron Maiden Live After Death album (the song Revelations to be exact). This channel works great with single coil pickups and loud humbuckers like the Dimarzio Super Distortion I have in my old Charvel. I'm sure this channel works great with any good quality pickup.

Reverb: Peavey has a great reverb on every one of their amps I've used over the years.

Speaker: This amp sounds great with the stock speaker but my experience with Peavey amps is they really come to life with a good speaker upgrade. I know it will sound even better once I replace the speaker with a Celestion G10 Vintage.

This amp has had no reliability issues so far. The only break down problems I've ever had with any Peavey were broken solder joints and tubes. It???s a good idea to have a good amp tech re-solder any Peavey amp every couple of years if it's used and moved around allot. I do gig with this amp in venues with smaller stages. If your budget allows, I always recommend having a back up no mater what amp you use at the gig. It???s just a good idea if you are playing professionally.

I haven???t had to call them about this amp yet but they have been great when I???ve called them in the past. They???ve always had the parts and schematics I???ve ever needed. I???ve been using Peaveys for over 20 years now.

This amp sounded great in the store at low volumes but when I got it home and cranked it a bit I was a bit disappointed. It sounded wonderful but I was getting allot of vibration and cabinet rattle noise. Well I grabbed a screwdriver and tightened all the screws I could find on the amp (chassis screws, sound board screws, speaker screws, metal corner guard screws, and the metal bracket/trim/logo plate screws). That took care of the rattling/vibration noises. The amp jams along at high volumes just fine now but in over 20 years of using Peavey this is the first time I've had to do this to a new Peavey amp. Maybe because these are built in China now has something to do with it. One thing I loved about Peavey in the past is that all their stuff used to be made in the USA.

For me this was the best and most usable solid state 1/10 combo I could find (I also tested Marshall, Kustom, Tech 21, Fender, Vox, Orange, and a couple of others).

I use this amp in venues with smaller stages, for rehearsal (both with my band and for just practicing on my own), and this little amp is a gem in the studio.

Keep in mind this is a small 1/10 combo and it wont sound as full as a bigger amp (1/12 combo, 2/12 combo, half stack, etc...). But it has good power and great tone for it's size.

I wish this amp had an effect loop. If it had an effect loop, a better speaker, and was made in the USA I would have given it a 10 overall.

Two channels, one clean and the other one for more distorted tones. Headphones jack, a footswitch jack, a reverb. Pretty basic. The headphones jack should have been on the front panel instead of in the back. There could ahve been an aux input and output jack. 40 watts, solid state, three band separate eq on both channels.

I bought it for the clean tones and the fact that it's small enough to carry in one hand on the subway to a gig. The reverb was a factor also, and even if I've definitely heard better it's not bad at all as long as you don't turn it up too much.

The clean tone is pretty good and pretty loud and that's what I wanted. The eq is effective and with the modern/vintage switch you can easily change your tone.

The distorted channel is noisy but I don't care cause I probably won't use it much. Perhaps to get a different clean, but for that the above mentioned switch makes things easy enough.

Too early to tell. We'll just have to wait and see but I don't expect anything bad to happen. I take pretty good care of my stuff.

Haven't had to deal with them.

Perhaps too early to tell, I just got the amp but I think it's gonna work well. It sounds pretty much the same as the amp it is replacing, which was too big for me to carry to gigs, so I think it'll fullfill its "mission".

I'd replace it if it was lost or stolen.

Just a standard amp, with no effects other than reverb. Has clean and lead channels, both which have either modern or vintage settings. 40 watts, definetly loud enough for small gigs and practices.

I'm using this with a Jackson DKMGT with EMG Hz pickups. I play stuff hard rock to thrash metal.

The clean channel is nice, but nothing special. HOWEVER, it sounds *very* good with distortion pedals, especially my Boss MT-2 Metalzone. It makes it sounds very nice and thick, like top quality distortion. This makes me very happy.

Which brings me on to the lead channel. This is pretty heavy distortion when set to the modern setting. Very thick crunch with *nice* lows and highs, however, mids are somewhat lacking. As stated before, the distortion is very thick and it has a nice amount of gain. However, by setting it to the vintage setting, you can get a very nice classic rock tone.

And for the reverb, well, it's reverb. Not very customizable, but hey, it's there and does its job.

Wouldn't know, but it's lasted me very nicely for the few days I've had it. :P

Never dealt with them.

Overall a solid amp. VERY VERY VERY compatible with distortion pedals, so if you're not satisfied with the well-above-average distortion channel you should be off pretty good. Clean channel is also above average, no complaints with that.

As stated before, it's overall a solid amp.

I bought an Envoy brand new in 1989 for about NZ$800 (about US$1,100) which was a lot of money then. Gave up playing a year or two later and sold the amp. Came back to the music a couple of years ago, and bought a second-hand Bandit, but this was just too big, and it didn't have a headphone socket, making it suitable only for live performances. I wanted an amp small enough to use for practice but big enough for band jamming and small gigs. The Envoy fits the bill nicely. Got one identical to my brand new one for NZ$165 (about US$230) at a pawnbrokers. Very pleased.

This is a 35W amplifier. For the bracket it is in, it has lots of features. Most notably, unlike most other amps of this size, it has separate channel equalization, so you can have different settings for the lead and rhythm channels. It has a headphone socket, and is small, lightweight and portable, but sturdy enough that you can use it as a stool.

It also usually comes with a footswitch for channel-changing, although mine didn't and I bought a generic footswitch. I had to reverse the polarity of the footswitch to get it to work with Peavey gear (remember this if you're wondering why other footswitches don't work with your Peavey amp).

A 35W amp is not everybody's cup of tea, but for an amateur or semi-professional musician who doesn't earn a living from playing, this is an ideal unit. It's transportable enough to carry to a band rehearsal, yet big enough for a small gig. It can handle a marquee for a wedding reception, a school dance in the local hall, or even a gig in a small bar, and if this is your scene (it's mine) you'll never need anything else. Obviously, to play a noisy nightclub you'll need to go 50-100W. Don't buy a 35W amp and then complain because it isn't up to playing Wembley Stadium.

This amp has a good quality sound. I must admit though that the much-vaunted "Supersat" distortion is a bit of a waste of time for anything other than crunch. If you're a lead guitarist (I'm not) buy a distortion unit. Or do what I did, and buy a multi-effects unit (I use Zoom 505) through the clean channel. This gives you more control and much better distortion for solos etc.

Likewise, the reverb is a bit dubious.

Made in America. Virtually indestructible. The serial number of mine isn't far off the one I bought new in 1989, so must be a similar age, and it's like brand new. Peavey equipment is solid - these things just go and go and go.

I have never needed any service on this amp. But having dealt with the Peavey company before, I like their customer-friendly approach, and the family nature of the business.

I believe they're still making these, but they are now 40W. Can't comment on the recent ones, but if you find a secondhand Envoy, go for it!

I bought my Envoy 110 used, but it's the latest version with the modern/vintage switches and equalizer on the clean channel etc.

I played 30 years ago and have gotten back in to it within the past year. I play primarily jazz and a little pop/rock etc. I can get the sound I want out of this amp but only when it's cranked up quite a bit. For this reason, I would say that it's a little more than just a practice amp which usually sounds ok at low volumes.

There are so many controls and switches that you can get almost any sound you want out of this amp.

I'm happy with it. When the time comes for another amp, it will probably be another Peavey or maybe a Marshall.

I have a Squire Strat and an Ibanez archtop. The archtop has dual humbuckers. I can get the sound I need if the amp is cranked up pretty loud. At low volumes, the sound is a little too clear and shallow for me. I like the equalizer and reverb on the clean channel, and the post-gain control is a very nice feature.

I bought it used and have had it for about a month. It plays like a brand new amp. No issues to report. I was told that it's 2 years old.

Never had a need to deal with the company

I am very happy with this amp. I'll probably upgrade at some point, but not because of any issues with the Envoy. I have always liked Peavey products and will probably buy another ...

**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.

I'm not sure what year it was built in, but I bought it fairly recently. It has a clean and a drive channel, each with a "Vintage/Modern" voice toggle switch. Other than that and reverb, it doesn't have that much to offer. Headphone jack, yeah, but I never use that.

Through my plain, MIM Strat, the amp sounds fine. Clean is great, although I probably haven't been playing long enough to tell a good clean sound from a bad one. But it suffices for my style (Clean rock, blues- not loud stuff)- and praticly no hum on the clean channel- even cranked up. Nothing wrong with the reverb.

The drive/distortion channel, however, hums like mad. I suspect it was thrown on to make the amp more desireable, but little time was put into it. If you reguarly play heavy, you will like to have a seperate pedal of some sort.

I can depend on this almost with my life. Due to my clumsy nature, this amp if often beaten and handled carelessly, and yet it sounds the same as the day I bought it.

This amp powers over a light drummer, but I haven't gigged with this amp.

Yet....

Never had it serviced, but I've experienced Peavey's client service, and it's great.

Plus I have five authorized dealers around so I'm fine.

I've been playing for a mediocre two years, and the only other gear I own, besides my Strat and Peavey, is a broken Pignose and a few acoustics.

If I lost this amp, I would lock myself in the bathroom and cry, but then start saving my money for a better amp.

Love: Clean. Lightweight, and yet powerful.

Hate: Dirty. Too much feedback and hum (on the drive channel).

Same features as described by others. Don't know the history of my model, it was given to me by a man from whom I purchased a 12-string acoustic guitar ...

I play jazz and like a clean sound but this little amp is too dry sounding for my taste, even with big hollow-bodied jazz instruments. I wanted a small amp, I was tired of lugging around my larger tube amplifiers to small supper club venues. My Fender Champ, upgraded to a ten inch speaker and modified for slightly higher power and less distortion just didn't quite have the volume but had an acceptable sound. FINALLY, I hit on the right solution: I added a line output from the cathode of the second stage of the Champ. Now I run the Peavey from the Champ line out and all is well. Two tiny amps, easy to carry, the Champ stays close, to easily monitor my sound and the higher power Peavey is placed depending upon the club layout. Best of both worlds - higher power and a warmer sound - and easy on the back :)

Seems fairly sturdy.

No previous experience with this company.

40 + years of experience. I have lots of guitars and lots of amplifiers, most of them large, unhappily. If this little combo was lost, I wouldn't replace it, I'd probably get an Epiphone Galaxie 25 and leave the Champ at home.

Two channel solid state amp with horrible reverb. This was my first guitar amp, which was ok for practicing at home, but pretty much useless when playing in a full band setting. No FX loop, but for a practice amp it shouldn't matter anyway.

I play a cheap Ibanez GAX-75 with stock pickups, but I've tried playing a few higher end guitars through this amp (whenever I got to jam with other people), and they all sounded like crap. The clean channel produces the most bland, thin tone you can ever imagine, even for a practice amp. The distortion is OK at low levels - it actually sounds decent if you mic it and record it that way(that's the only reason I'm giving this amp a rating of 4). Anything past volume of 5, and this thing starts feedbacking, the tone becomes muddy, etc. The reverb on this amp is horrible, it produces a loud hum if you turn it up past 2.

Didn't have any problems with it.

For the price, this amp is a little bit sub-par. If you can find one for less than 100$, and you need a practice amp(and nothing more), then maybe it would be worth buying. Personally, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

this amp is pretty versatile. it has two channels (clean and overdrive) but there are two clean modes (vintage and modern) and three drive modes (vintage, modern and hi gain) it has a headphone socket. I think this amp is a great sounding practise amp for the price but it is really not loud enough for rock gigs without being miced up. however i play in a jazz band and it is perfectly suited for that volume wise. It is versatile for what it is i play anything from jazz to thrash and heavy metal.

This is a solid state amp. Ignore the transtube thing it does not sound very valve like. But for the money it has a good general tone. the clean sound does not break up much at all it stays very clean and im not a jazz coneisour (sorry its hard to spell) but it did the job and at higher volumes can cut through a jazz rhythm section. flick over to distortion and you have really got to use humbuckers and the modern voicing and you get fairly convincing rock and metal tones for the price. However if you are really after a great rock sound and have a bit more money to spend get the marshall avt20 as the valve really makes the difference. I give it an eight or nine when factoring in the price.

ive never really had any problems reliability wise. I have used it for gigs but it really does need micing up and at higher volumes it has a tendancy to feedback. It has taken quite a few knocks and still works fine.

for the price and for its purpose (as a practise amp that can beat a drummer when pushed) it is good and i have no regrets about buying it. i play a japanese fender stratocaster and an epiphone zakk wylde les paul custom with it and it provides gud all round usable tones for the money and is very versatile. However i recommend you try one out yourself as with all things.

2003 Amp. I play rock, pop, some country & it does great. I leave it on Ch. 2, "modern," clean & use my Boss pedals & an MXR EQ pedal (without the MXR EQ I think the tone is a little thin). I wish it had an external spker out in case I needed to run a satellite spkr to the other side of stage, but oh well. I play lots of bar & festival gigs & mic it with an SM57. The guys in the band prefer it to my Fender Pro Reverb or my '72 Marshall Super Lead (I think it's because my stage volume is quieter). I wish it wasn't 6 Ohms. That's weird.

I use a '79 Les Paul Custom most of the time. The distortion is fine for a 13 year old suburban white kid (I've been playing almost 40 years now). I keep it on clean & use my Boss pedals. This amp does quite well in a cover band situation as long the band's got a nice PA system; very versatile. I don't use the amp for recording, so noise isn't an issue.

I've always found Peavey to be quite reliable. I've been using it for almost a year on stage without a backup. It looks a liitle too cute up there on stage, but my back appreciates it, although I sometimes miss my stacks.

I tried to order a cover for it & it took over 2 months. There was a mix-up between the dealer & the factory. Once they figured it out, it took a couple days.

Been playing 40 years -- if stolen I think I'd get the next amp up for an ext spkr out -- I like how lightweight it is & that it can cover all of our gigs (we have a decent PA system) -- tried the Fender Deluxe 90 & gave it back cuz it had this obnoxious high freq in the tone -- I'd recommend the MXR 6-band EQ pedal to give the amp some more low end -- try it out, I think you'd be surprised!