Peavey Studio Pro 112

This amp is so versatile. It's got enough grunt for rehersals and small to medium gigs. It has got channel switching, but unfortunately no pedal with it. Got a Laney foot switch for 1/2 the price of a peavey. I wish it had a headphone jack.

I am playing a monterey stage series electric guitar, with 2 singles & 1 humbucker. In my band days, I owned a Peavey Stereo Chorus 212 & a Boss ME-10 floor effects unit. This combination was crap. The sound I get out of this little amp kills the thousands of dollars worth of equipment that I used to play with. It has a great distortion and clean sound that is versitile enough for nearly any style. I wish I had it when I was in my band. I haven't given it 10/10 to be fair on the top end amps. Even at a volume that is extremley low, this amp still has balls, and is very responsive.

I haven't worked the amp hard enough to give an educated opinion on this matter, but I am sure that I would play a gig with no backup, and that it would be fine.

Haven't had to call them yet

Been playing about 10 years. I owned this amp for a small amount of time about 6 years ago. I have just recently decided to get back into my playing again, so I went out and bought the same amp again. So if I lost this amp, I would test others, but most likely buy the same again.

I play a Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus and I must say the Combo of my guitar and the Peavey Studio Pro 112 is just awesome. I get incredible heavy tones and for 65 watts of power I was very very impress of the loudness of this amp. After shopping around to buy a new amp I quickly realized that it was not in my budget. For about $240 (CDN) i could get a Marshall MG10CD. So I started to check out the used amps instead and that's when I came across the Peavey Studio Pro 112 (2001). With 2 channels (Clean & Lead), the Transtube technology is bery very very decent I must say. You get the effects loop, external speaker jack and remote 2 button footswitch which mine came with. All I will say is you will not find a better amp in terms of bang for buck. The clean channel is just incredibly soothing and the lead channel will give you that crunching feelin'. I play different styles of music but my main vein is metal and this is the amp for me.
I mostly jam by myself and a few buddies over a case of beer but I do make it out to a buddy of mine who has a band and I must say that my Peavey stands up when rigged up to a PA. What more can I say, I love it. If and when this one dies, you can bet your house that it's another Peavey that I will buy.

With 2 sets of open coils humbuckers driving that sweet sound to the amp, the clean channel will stay quiet even at hi levels. However the lead channel will hiss when the post gain is way up. Setting the pre-gain at desired level(pre-gain controls amount of distortion) and post-gain way down you will get that bone rattling crunch.

Even though I don't go out gigging with it, you can tell this amp is just a beast and built like a tank. At just a little over 30lbs, it's light enough to haul around but heavy enough to give you that built tough feeling.

Never had to deal with.

Even though I'm a dabbling kind of guitar player, I just love the instrument and when played through a Peavey amp it makes it harder for me to put it down.

2003 model. 2 channel 65w tranny amp. 12" speaker (not great quality). Hi and low inputs, effects loop, external speaker jack, jack for double footswitch (but one wasn't included), 2 types of clean...modern and vintage...and 3 types of overdrive on the lead channel...crunch, scooped and high gain. Low, mid and high tone controls for each channel. Reverb and 't-dynamics' control, which I think relates to how 'tube-like' it behaves. Whatever it does, I find it sounds best on 10%.
It weighs about 30 pounds or so. Not heavy. Open back cabinet.
I replaced the speaker with an Eminence speaker that came stock with my Fender Blues Junior. One of the earlier reviewers mentioned this and, as I had one sitting around after upgrading my BJ, it was a factor in me choosing this amp. And he was right...a big improvement in sound. Made it richer and more full.
I'll knock off a point for the missing footswitch.

Excellent clean channel, especially with the Fender Eminence speaker in it. I use a tele and a strat and I tend to play plugged straight in. I only use a bit of overdrive for leads and sometimes a little echo, but usually I play clean. My main amp is a Blues Junior, and I'm thrilled with it, but I wanted a backup/practice amp and I wanted one that was inexpensive and robust enough to take to jam sessions and parties...where I wouldn't want to take the BJ. I make much of my living playing in a wedding/function band and I take good care of the Blues Junior so it doesn't go to parties and things.
I think the clean channel on this amp IS comparable to a tube amp. Not totally, but pretty near. I've tried lots of tranny amps and I normally shun them. But this one works. If you find the right EQ setting it's great. You can plug in and just play with that nice musical responsiveness you generally get with a tube amp, but not usually with trannys. Usually a tranny amp NEEDS effects to be usable. But this one is OK as it is, just plugged straight in. Warm, transparent and responsive. Plenty of bottom end.
I have the clean channel set on vintage with the bass on 10, the mids on 8 and the highs at 5. I A/Bed it with the BJ and it was fairly close. It suits my strat especially well. I just wish it had more clean headroom, but if I will buy a 65w tranny amp I shouldn't complain about that.
There's more power on the overdrive settings though. But to me the different overdrive sounds DO sound like a tranny amp. Not bad...just not like a cranked tube amp, or even like the clean channel with a good overdrive pedal (TS-9). The lead channel settings would be good for a 'rock' or 'metal' player on a budget, but thay don't compare to a decent tube setup. I know this sounds kind of snobby, but it's true. There is a 'tranny' sound and there is a 'tube' sound. These overdrive/distortion sounds on the lead channel are very good in their own way, but they don't quite nail the tube feel in the way that the clean channel does. Good harmonics, though. Great fun playing with feedback with this thing.
Lots of hiss on some of the lead settings though.

Too soon to say. It seems robust.

No idea. Only had it a month so far.

I've played about 35 years now and I've been thru lots of guitars and amps. Lately I've found my setup getting simpler and simpler. I usually just use a telecaster (or ocassionally a strat) plugged into a Blues Junior and the few effects I occasionally use are accessed from a Loooper switch to bypass the pedals when they're not in use. So mostly I'm playing just straight in. To my surprise this 'backup/practice' tranny amp can actually be used onstage in the same way. Thru the clean channel, anyway. I mike my amp thru the PA so I don't need to be terribly loud. I don't think this amp on the clean channel would cut it with a drummer on its own though. The lead channel might, but the clean channel is too quiet. But it sounds GOOD.
I probably would get another if it came to grief, or possibly a Bandit for the extra power. But I'm going to get an a/b/y box to run both my amps together, and that might do the trick should I be called to sit in with a band where I need more output. If so, then I would stick with the Studio Pro. It's a great amp for the price.

Its pretty simple to use, clean, crunch channel ... depending on your style u may customize the way you use the keys like Thrash or Gain for example. a manual may be helpful but is not really needed

I play mostly Metal, early Power / Thrash stuff mainly ( 80's Metallica, Anthrax, etc ).Hey , what can I say about one of my favourites among my gear ? This amp just shredds !!! I loved it since the day I bought ( December 1996 )it and is still among my favourite pieces of gear I own. the clean channel is surprisingly good for a Solid State and the crunch Channel has THE BEST distortion I have ever tried yet ( thats why I still use this distortion til this day ) . For a 65 Watt this amp is also very powerful and strong. The reverb is ok but a bit too smooth. One of the Best choices you can have for a transistor amp, because this amp has a VERY tube like sound ( actually thats the why of the name " transtube " because its a powerful tube emulator )

reliable, yes I'd use it or a gig. who can beat so powerful distortion as this ?

I bought this in December of 1996. THIS AMP IS SURPRISINGLY GOOD for a transistor amp. it has a very " tube like " sound and a powerful distortion. I only use distortion from this amp or my other amp ( a Marshall I bought in July 2003 ) and its very crunchy and heavy indeed. If you use it with a EQ Pedal on the efx loop you can obtain distortions from Lighter hard rock to Death Metal or Grindcore. I would certainly replace it if I lost it. I bought a Marshall but kept this one because Its good to have a satelite amp; the distortion of this amp is the best EVER ; the amp as a whole is GREAT and people are paying too low values for a used Studio Pro 112 nowadays, so I tought to myself : " why not keep the Amp and spend just a little bit more $$$ to get my Marshall, So Ill have 2 quality amps with quality distortions" so thats was what I did.

This is the 2003 model. 2 channels, footswitchable. Voicing options on each channel. Footswitchable Reverb. T-dynamics control, which allows variable output wattage from 10-100%. Effects loop (no level control) External speaker out. I'll note here that I was disappointed to find that when this application is used, the amp's speaker is muted. Luckily, I don't use an extesion cabinet. I'll give it a 9 for the features, simply because it has some good ones.

First off, I want to say that this is, all things considered, a very nice-sounding amp. You have a myriad of tones at your fingertips with this guy. The clean channel sounds great. Depending on what voicing option you use (modern or vintage), you can get bright, shimmering tones or warm, punchy tones as well. Distorted, this amp really brings it home. With the option of 3 different voicings, you can dial in everything from bluesy overdrive to trash metal. Alot of reviews below me have been kind of down on the distortions, but while I realize this is not the greatest amp in the world, it does have decent tone. I will have to say that the "vintage" gain is a bit of a disappointment. It's still decent though. The way I see it is that you have 3 different amp distortion types. The "High Gain" voicing resembles a Mesa/Boogie kinda deal, the "Modern" sounds like a Marshall, and the "Vintage", some kind of vintage tube amp. I've already alluded to the fact that this amp is pretty versatile, but allow me to reiterate. I play Alternative, Hard Rock, and funk/jazz, primarily, and it handles all of these with gusto. Here's my setup: Two guitars, a DeArmond S-65 and a Fender Stratocaster; my effects rig, a Boss Blues Driver and DS-1 Distortion (I use the DS-1 for the purpose of hands-free switching between different distortion levels e.g. in the middele of a song) and a DOD FX75c stereo flanger and FX64 Ice Box stereo chorus.
I got this amp primarily because I knew it was of good quality, and for the power. More than enough of it for tearing up moderately-sized gigs. This amp has the balls.

I have not used it in a gig yet, but I know I would not need a backup. This thing is truly built like a tank. Superior quality. It's built in the U.S. of A. for crying out loud.

Now, I've simply given my opinion on this amp, but I do know a little bit about what i'm talking about. I've been playing for about 5 years and have used alot of different amps, and know that this one is of considerably good quality. I know a true professional would opt for something better than this. It's still a really good amp though, and suits me very well.

i bought this amp back in 2001, i don't know when it was made but thats when i bought it. the reason i bought the amp is because the little squier amp i had broke, and then i went through a series of generic amps until i had enough money for this. i was working part time at a local guitar shop (dream job) and i was able to play through all the amps there and the reason i bought it is cuz it was little but loud as my mom when she mad, well needless to say when i bought it i knew nothing about tone quality of amp and guitars and tube and transisters and wireing in anyway, but as i worked at the shop, i learned alot, and my ear for tone improved, and to this day, that $400 dollar amp easily competes with amps twice its size, and price. you don't really get to experience the tone and power until you get to turn it up, i mean UP, for my venues that i normal play at, i never have to turn up past 1 with my t-dynamics all the way up, so i thought oh it sounds pretty good, but when i was invited to play at an ampitheater with my church, for over 2000 people, i was able to crank it to 4 and it was so loud and so sweet, even for outdoors in an ampitheater.
wonderful distortion tones, my friend has a marshall thats the same size, and wattage, but when i was goofing around with his amp and tone settings it made me appreciate mine that much more, i could not get any bass out of his amp, not like i can with mine, i like the heavy, deep, full tone that i get when i have my eq's set right, his just sounded empty in comparison, but it had the same sound when set to modern distortion, but it was able to get more bass and volume. only problem i have with the amp, when i turn up my reverb it hums like crazy, but i've dropped it, spilt stuff in it, and with the tank there in the bottom that probably didn't help it any, but other than that i takes a lickin' and keeps on KICKIN' and the peavey reputation of quality is upheld in my opinion

I have a mexican strat, with stock singles (an EMG 85 on the way though), and a peavey axcelerator AX (made in america, Stock dual blade pickups, and a blade humbucker, most amazingly versatile guitar ever) this amp and my peavey guitar, i've never heard a combination like it, or a more unique sound, it totally womps my strat and every other guitar i've played through it, but even with my strat (which sadly to say, plays better for my taste, i like the thicker necks) it doesn't use its full potential, but the two peaveys together, an amazing combo.

honestly i've beat the crap out of this amp, i'm a naturally rough person. i've dropped it, spilt stuff in it, and had it fall over on several occasions (when i tilt it up when i'm playing at church) and its falls over backward, and down four steps! the only thing i have noticed is the reverb when turned on makes it hum and the more reverb, the more hum.
also i had a foot switch and i accidently plugged it into the external speaker jack instead of the footswitch jack, that imediately fried my amp, but peavey sent me a new one, and i gave them my old one

also i had a foot switch and i accidently plugged it into the external speaker jack instead of the footswitch jack, that imediately fried my amp, but peavey sent me a new one, and i gave them my old one, but because of no fault of there own, it took like forever because i fried it the day before 9/11 and the shipping took forever because the airlines where down for so long

definatley something i would buy again, and if it were stolen, i would be happy that someone else is experiencing the wonderful sound this amp can generate, then i would get a new one, i have had this amp for about 2 years so im' not just talking from excited newness

For a 65-watter I'd say there's plenty of customisation stuff going on on this little thing. The dirty channel is beautiful for almost any style short of eye-gouging psyco deamon rock. yeah... there's so many great points on the features you can't really name them all.

um... the sound for the clean channel can be a bit abraisive sounding as the volume is cranked up, but overall the tone on both channels is Okeydokey. You can pretty much get the sound you want just by adjusting ye olde three band knobs on each channel anyhows.
Mmmmmm... it's pretty warm

this amp is a rock

I've been playing for a ... short time. But I've been around. Even though this is the only amp I've ever owned it's the best overall amp that I've played taking price, availability ect... into consideration.
If it was stolen or lost I'd buy something better but I'd never really need to upgrade: I only play a gig on average once a fortnight.
It would be nice if it came with a beanbag.

bought the amp used but couldnt find out what year it was made in. All i know is that its an older model since it doesnt have some of the features the guys with newer amps described. it has 2 inputs, clean and distorted channels, 3 band eq's for each channel, bright switch for the clean channel, thrash switch for the distorted channel, reverb, fx loop, and line out. For what i payed, i couldnt really ask for more. The amp is surprisingly loud and great for jamming with the band and playing gigs. The clean channel is really nice, the distorted channel isnt perfect but its more than good enough for what i play (mostly punk but i fool around a lot with some metal, blues, and other stuff). The only problems i can find with the features are as follows:
1. Theres no headphone jack. Some people will say this isnt important but to me, it is. If you feel like playing guitar and don't want to bother anyone else in the house (if say someone is watching a movie downstairs or someone is sleeping in the room next to yours) then a headphone jack really comes in handy. Luckily for me, i have my little 10 watt epiphone amp which does have a headphone jack. i still wish this peavey had a headphone since it sounds a lot better than my little amp but, oh well.
2. When u want to hook up an external speaker the line out jack cuts off the amp's speaker. Not a huge problem for me but it could be for someone else.
So, aside from those two problems (which don't affect me too much) the features on this amp are really outstanding. I'll take off half a point for each of those minor grievances and give the amp a 9 for its features.

i mostly play this amp with my epiphone les paul standard (2 chrome covered humbuckers) and my semi-custom designed routel01 solimar (coil tapped hot rails in the neck and bridge and single coil in the middle) guitars. For a solid state, the amp sounds really nice. The clean channel stays pretty much noiseless even at high volumes and you can get anything from bright vintage/country sounds to warm smooth jazz sounds. The distorted channel is pretty good too. you can get both deep distortion and treble sounds for sounds for solos and stuff. the distortion definetly strong enough for punk and most rock and gets a little into metal territory before giving off too much feedback. so, the distortion is strong and can be used for metal too unless you're one of the people that likes death metal in which case this amp is probable not for you. Also, the reverb altho decent does not compare to a fender.

the amp seems really reliable. I know peavey products are always well made i doubt this is any exception. Ive had it for almost a year and have taken it to several gigs and it always worked fine.

don't have a warranty and ive never dealt with peavey.

overrall, the amp was a great buy for the money. Perfect for punk and almost anything except really heavy metal and its both loud enough and trustworthy enough to gig with. What else can i ask for? I could find plenty of things wrong with it but i could just as easily find things that are wrong with much more expensive amps. If something happenned to this amp and i could find another one like it for a similar price, I would buy it again. If i couldn't find another one at a good price then i'd get something better.

Older model 112, but is insanely loud, this amp blows away my band mates Fender Deluxe 90. I play punk rock and this amp is perfect. I can use it and abuse it and it still dishes out some serious sounds. The onboard distortion in this series is actaully better than a lot of pedals on the market and I use it about half the time. Its got the old three band eq, effects loop, headphone jack, speaker out, channel switching, three more eq's on the lead channel, and a bright switch that adds 15Db to the treble. Great features for a budget amp. The 65 watts is more than enough for the 12 inch speaker.

I use a squire strat and a strat knockoff peavey raptor. Its great for punk or rock or anything, It is really damn loud to. I bought it used and it sounds awesome. It hums a little but I play too loud to notice. You can change the amp settings to get what you want but i usually just set her up for straight forward rock with a little reverb thrown in. Mostly its plug in and go.

This thing is a tank. You could beat it with a sledgehammer and I bet it would still rock.

never dealt with them

This is a great solid state amp. Peavy is a good brand to buy. This amp is the loudest amp I have heard that is under 100 watts. This amp is extremely reliable as well. I would and do use it without a backup. If you see one then you must grab it b/c it is well worth it. If it was stolen I would most def replace it. The only way i would get rid of it would be if I got a tube amp, or a stack.

My amp was made in 2002, bought it in 2003. It is really versitile, I use it for country, blues, jazz, and occasionaly rock. This amp has 2 channels. clean, you can choose modern or vintage, and lead, choose high gain, modern or vintage. I like all the features on this amp. I bought this amp so I could gig with it and jam with friends. Since I have boughten it (2months ago) I've gigged with it 5 times at small clubs,(50-100 people) and power has never been an issue. What I like about this amp is that it can be pretty loud and really quite(good for home practicing.

I play a cheap epiphone SG, A 1968 no-name guitar, and a fender mexican tele, all with the stock pickups. This amp has a amazing clean tone, the best for a solid state amp, when you set the clean to modern is when the clean sound is best. I use the clean channel about 90% of the time. I play my own stuff, a cross between country, blues, and some kind of rock. But this amps distortion is awsome, although I don't use it much I think any metal head could apprecciate it. When it comes to solid states this has the best tone, I give it a 10.

I only have two amps, my studio pro, and a 15 watt solid state amp with a 6.5 inch speaker so I depend on this amp, and even if I had a Backup, I would never bring it anyways because I'm too lazy, so it has gotta be dependable, hasn't failed me yet.

Never delt with them, don't know

I've been play'in a little less than a year, I have 3 guitars and two amps, My telecaster, my studio pro, and a cord is all I use when I go gigging, if my studio pro was stollen, I'd probably save up for a peavey classic 50 410, because it sounds better and has more headroom. Great amp for the kid with little cash, who needs an amp that can cover all the giggs he'll get in the first 2 years he plays.