Peavey Ranger 212

This amp was probably made in 1999,he have killer
tone in both channels.I must play metal and heavy
rock,ozzy,iron maiden,etc..,thru a jacksonRR and
the sound is really fucking loud l mean there 120w
of tube power in 212 configuration.Before I get
this one I see some marshalls,fenders,etc...,but I
come home with the RANGER. RANGER'S REALLY KICK'S
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My Peavey Ranger was made in 1998 or 1999. It's a very versatile tube amplifier. I like to play blues/rock and this amplifier handles that and more. It features two channels: clean and lead. It also features reverb and tremolo. It is 120 watts, which is plenty of power for me.

I play Fender Strats with single coil pickups and Gibson guitars with humbucker pickups. These guitars sound excellent on the clean channel. It is a very warm, crystal clean channel. The lead channel is very versatile. On this channel, you can lower the volume on your guitar and get a decent, overdriven clean sound. Crank up the volume for increased distortion/saturation. Leads come through clear and sustained. Overall, my guitars sound well defined on both channels of this amplifier.

So far, so good! I have never had any problems with this amplifier.

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I have been playing guitar for 11 years. I own a Fender Twin Reverb Reissue, a Marshall JCM 2000 TSL 122, and the Peavey Ranger 212. If the Ranger were stolen or lost, I would buy it again. It sounds great, is very versatile, very powerful, and affordable. However, it is pretty darn heavy. But that's because it has all kinds of good, quality stuff in it! The Peavey Ranger 212 is a fantastic value.

Bought new in 98 or early 99. Reverb is awesome. Tremelo? I don't even like the Beach Boys so I never turn it on. It does work though. Channel switching is Quiet (non of the anoying pops common to older tube amps). Bright switch a waste of space, but presence and resonance controls on the power amp are usefull to adjust to differant size room. I play alot of small clubs and sometimes i'ts difficult to fill a room without killing people with too much treble but peavey has fixed that problem.

I play a 74 Les Paul, a peavey T-60, a jasmine accoustic, and a 5 string bass through this amp and love the sound with all of them. single coils can tend to be a little shrill on the clean channel though. distortion gets REAL fat and will scream if you roll the mids off and use the gain boost. Use stomp boxes, a processor sounds thin through the clean channel and ruins the distortion. helps to plug into the effects return and not use the preamp for digital effects.

I've owned this amp for 3 years and use it daily. Never any problems except for the footswitch buttons work loose from time to time. I don't even own a backup.

never had to call them

I've played for 27 years-14 professionally and have never owned a more versetile amp. Wouldn't trade for anything else. Wish it had a built in chorus or delay though.

the features of this amp are well covered under the first article, It is very versitile. Peavey harolds this as a specialty Amp. It has power to spare. But it weighs alot(O/P transformer). I've installed Mesa Boogie tubes, in place of the originals and it sounds awesome. This Amp, in some areas blows Marsha(LL) away. I've done the taste test, compared similar Marshall tube combo's and stakes to this unit, and I'll pass on the Marsha.

I've tried this amp with Humbuckes(gibson SG) and a Strat(fender)with a seymor duncan hotrail(wow)on ch. 2. Ch. 2 with high gain will be hissy. I use a Tom Schulz power soak so that I can warm up the O/P tubes. This helps alot, if your trying to get away from only using pre amp distortion

It's been a year....play every week(reheasal, etc) it's never let me down (yet, lets not forget....eventually a tube will go at a bad time...get spares)I gave it a 9 out of 10 only because tube amps are typically more delicate

Their nice....I requested electrical schematics....and got them for only $2.50 US....other then that. Ive not had to deal with them

I've been playin for awhile(yearsssssss) I use Boss pedals, with a Fender strat with a seymor duncan hot rail bridge pickup. The neck and Mid are Lace Sensors...its a very nice versitile unit. I've owned lots of amps mostly solid state, and I've tried the ususal get a pedal and get close to the sound I want(tube)theory. If I lost this amp...I'd cry for week, then go out and get another one. Or if Mesa wants to swing a deal and drop there price by half I might think about it. At first I was going to by a Marsha(LL) but after researching the Marsha's and hearing them back to back to this one. No Marsha, in the same price range can come close this one.

Amp was made in late 98 or early 99, all tube design with nice reverb and nice tremolo, handles country and early rock and roll with power to spare. Clean channel is clean and loud. Lead channel will get as dirty as you want, still has power to spare. I wish Peavey would've installed at least two other instrument inputs so we could use this amp like a mixer or PA. This amp is sure to give the the Fender Twin Reverb and the Mesa Boogie Tremoverb a run for their money in cost, reliablility and sound. Congratulations to the Peavey folks.

I use both single and humbuckers thru this amp and like the sounds. Channel switching and reverb or tremolo on/off are nice and quiet. A real plus instead of any annoying pop.

I've only had this amp for 4 months (bought it new) and nary a snag thus far and would use it with confidence with no back up. Peavey makes good and reliable gear. I've owned Peavey amps since late 70's and have yet to have one problem with any of their items.

I've never had any reason to contact Peavey or any of their dealers for help or service. Hats off to Peavey for making good amps.

I've been playing for 40 plus years and have played thru or have owned many different brands but I always go back to Peavey because of their reliability. This new model, Ranger 212, is the type of amp that I prefer, 2x12's with reverb and tremolo and all tube. Like I said earlier, I wish the amp had more plugins so a few pickers could plug in. That is the only snafu that I find with this amp. I tried playing thru smaller amps with EL84 tubes only to find that a person cannot get a good sound thru smaller amps with small power tubes, this is my personal findings. I gladly went back to an amp with 6L6's in the power section and have learned my lesson there.

All tube 120 Watt amp built in 1998. It has clean and lead channels, reverb, tremelo, and an effects loop. The footswitch controls all of the above. This amp has more than enough power for almost all applications. This amp will play crystal clean to raunch dirty at all volumes. I play blues, rock, jazz, and alternative on a Peavey T60 and it covers all styles.

Sounds awesome. Great warm tube sound. Pre and post volume on the lead channel allow you to dial in the amount of distortion. The clean channel stays clean to ear piercing levels.

The amp had an intermittant reverb problem when I first got it. This was fixed by the dealer under warranty. However, my last amp was a 1978 Peavey Classic. This never had a problem. Bought the Ranger to get a cleaner clean and more power.

The amp has a 5 year warranty. Not to tough to take. They also have customer service / chat pages on the web.

I've been playing for 25 years, this will probably be my last amp (but you never know). I've had my 1st peavey since 1978. My only gripe is it's heavey (80 lbs or so) Originally went looking at the Transfex 212 but the tone of the Ranger won me over.