Peavey ValveKing 112 Combo

It has bass, mid, and treb for both lean and distortion seperate. Also has Texture knob and resonance switch. Decent for a combo amp, if you want all the little effects go buy an effects pedal :)

Im using the ESP Alexi 600 with Blackout pick up bridge, I play mostly metal(Children of Bodom style). And this amp provides as a good recording amp for now. The distortion on this thing is decent but who cares? Most people that play metal or rock have thier own effect pedal. Run it through clean channel and it has a good sound to it, the effects loop sorta sucks *** though, takes away from the tone. If your looking for an amp thats cheap but sounds good this is it.

The only ive had to do to this amp is change the tubes, and that was because I just 'wanted' different ones. Ive had it for 3 years and its still kicking. If it can survive 12 hours a day of hardcore playing for me while on my ship in the Navy and being tossed around in rough water it can survive you.

Never delt with them, never had to. Besides I take it to my local shop I bought it from and they do the stuff to it.

Ive been playing for about 13 years and this is my main recording amp for on the road and when im in my friends apartment. Has good sound but doesnt have to be cranked. I also own Laney VH100R head and 2 4x12 cabs, a matamp GT1 head and the white retro 4x12 cab, and a marshall MF350 head with 1960a and B cabs. While all the gear I have is very good, Its not practical for me to record with while on the road or in my house or friends apartment. I love how it CAN crank out some volume for its size, but doesnt need to be turned up to get good sound. I chose this amp as a "Hey look tube amp." and bought it just because i needed one when my marshall combo went to ****. I recomend it, its served me well and can for you too.

You know em by now. 50 watts, all tube, gain boost, volume boost, resonance switch, the texture knob, and a built in masterbator.

Some features not mentioned much: speaker is 16 ohms, and sounds quite good I think. I think lots of people are trying to justify the low price and immediately target the speaker or tubes because their easy replacements. I would think an EQ pedal would be a quicker, cheaper, and less permanent fix, but then again, I LIKE this amp. It's got a front-mounted effects loop, master reverb, 2 inputs (high and low, low if both used).

Sound is so subjective, so this is just my opinion, but I love everything sound this makes. Distortion cranks, the clean is super clean, tone controls are super sensitive, so you can really shape YOUR tone. There's no presence knob, but I rarely take the treble over half way, so it's not needed. I'm a shredder, my other amp is a Marshall JCM900, so I just dime the gain and rip. The VK does NOT disappoint. The clean channel is very full, very dark but has a bright switch that actually works. Takes to pedals EXTREMELY well. Even with my brittle DS-1, I actually had to back the bass off on the amp.

I just don't get the "1" ratings. The only think I can think of is that the got lemons, or bad tubes or something. Or maybe they are all foreign, and think "treble" means bass, so they have their settings all boogered or something. Like they're plugging the guitars into the Effect's Send jack. Or that built in masterbator.

The reverb tank was barely on when I got it. But lucky for me, I own a Phillips screwdriver. Actually, I own several, so I'm really lucky. A couple of twists and it was nice and tight. I just attribute it to some little Chineese dude who prolly wasn't strong enough to tighten that sucker down. But the fact that I had to screw in a REVERB TANK and not tighen up a reverb chip should say something about the thought process with this amp.

Emailed them today about replacing the speaker with a different impedance. We'll see how long it takes for a reply...

I gotta give this a 10. For me, my playing style, and where I am now with my playing career (studio recording, session gigging), this is perfect for me. I've been playing 20 years BTW. If you are even thinking of checking this amp out, just go take it for a test drive, and try to ignore those "1", "this amp sucks" mindless drabble. ALL things aside, this is a really good amp.

I bought this amp new last month from my local dealer. 2 channel 50 watt 6L6 powered all tube combo, reverb, seperate eq for clean and lead channels, presence button and texture control on back face of chassis. I play mostly classic rock and blues and was hoping this amp could cover a lot of ground for me.

I play a Parker Fly and a Mexi Strat so I cover a lot or variations of single coil, humbucker, and piezo pickup sounds. Now here is the bad news, this is the first amp I have ever taken back for refund. Clean channel does not stay clean past 6, and when it does break up it sounds like solid state as opposed to warm tube breakup. Lead channel overdrive too sounds too solid state and dry, and man there is way too much gain for my tastes. Maybe good for nu-metal, but not what I am looking for.

I cannot comment on reliability, I did not keep this amp long enough to give a good opinion. I can say that I did knock around in my trunk during transit with no ill affects.

My dealer refunded no questions asked, so that is as close to customer support as I came to Peavey

Seems to be a tough little amp, not very loud for 50 tube watts though. I traded for a Kustom Defender that is also rated at 50 watts and is MUCH louder than the peavey. I have a VK royal 8 also which is a sweet little tube practice amp, but its bigger brother seems soulless in comparison.

Please read the other reviews that list all the features, no sense repeating all the other posts

I was really looking forward to this amp having read all the reviews and all I can say is I've NEVER been more dissapointed. This is the worst sounding tube amp I've evr had, Icouldn't send it back fast enough. What an overrated overhyped pice of garbage. This was the most overpriced tube amp you coul buy. Wouldn't be a good buy at half the price. Does the stratocaster no justice, shrill and useless. Hasn't a good tube amap sound in it, lacks any kind of tube warmth

Don't know, tried it for 30 days and was totally discusted with it's lack of tube depth and warmth.

don't know or care. Would never own another peavy amp.

After this experience you couldn't give me a Peavy tube amp. The most overhyped, overrated amp in the market. Except for the legion of Hi-gain teenagers that know 3 chords and call themselves musicians. I can't see why anyone would every buy anything peavy. These tube amps lack warmth, deffinition, depth and any type of characteristic that all tube amps are known for. If your looking for a good tube amp...pass on this one and keep shopping. You'll save yourself a ton of dissapointment.What a hunk of JUNK!!

2 channels,reverb, texture class a to a/b control, speaker outs, etc. I got this amp after trying it at guitar center and watching a boatload of youtube vids of it. Features I never use are the resonance ( i leave it on tight),reverb (i have a reverb pedal) and the texture control ( i leave it on full power class a/b. I don't know what year it was made 07 probably,made in china. I use this amp in my music room. It has too much power for me-i never turn it up past like 1.

Ok, I bought this amp to play metal,I have faded sg with a super distortion in the bridge and a epi les paul with a seymour duncan distortion pup in the bridge. It is not "voiced" for metal. It will not sound like a dimed mesa or marshall. It kind of doesn't really do any one thing very well, rather a couple of things ok. With the gain cranked and the volume low it sounds like a cheap marshall plexi-you get that cheesy van halen type of tone that I just have come to associate cheap 2 channel tube amps with. It can do some blues, butnot that well,won't sound like a fender. It is just ok. I realize that tube amps are made to be cranked but I don't due to a baby in the house so my opinion is for amp response at low volume. But,a really good amp like a mesa or a marshall sounds good at low volume too,keep that in mind. bOTTOM LINE, I bought htis amp hoping for a near to mesa sound and am disappointed. I swapped all the tubes out and talked to amp tech and he told me I was wasting my time. Tube swaps don't matter he claims-after doing it-gotta admit thast i agree with him. He says all I did was make the amp less noisy. The clean channel is warm and basic sounding-bright switch is unuseable.

This amp has never broken down,but it is a made in china peavey and a guitar amp tech told me that they put the cheapest transformers they can find in them. If one of those goes you are goingto be buying another amp. It happened to my peavey windsor.

Never dealt with peavey,hope never to have to, good thing baout them is there stuff is cheap enough you can probably just go buy another one if something happens to it.

I've been playing over 13 years and have owned alot of cheap tube amps-this is not the best or the worst. The problem is it's sound doesn't really fit into any category. Lots of guys-like myself bought this amp for metal and are disappointed. It is after you get over the worthless textture control and reverb-a basic run of the mill-cheap 2 channel tube amp. Nothing special-nothing terrible. A very telling thing about this amp and what peavey really thinks about it is that for a long time-the peavey bandit was priced higher. Think about it- a solid-state amp costing more than a same wattage tube amp. That should never happen.

Amp has man features on it. Resonance class A&A/B tube switch. Clean channel and overdrive channel. Headphone Jack. Two Inputs. 50 watts. Alot of cool neat stuff.

Sound quality is good. It could cover lots of types of stuff. The distortion on it is a little weak to do metal. But you can always crank it up with a Overdrive pedal along with it or metal pedal on clean channel. Clean Channel is awesome killer. The amp could do many things to cover other peoples music.

Never gigged with it. Sometimes if you switch the amp off to fast it makes a exploding sound to the amp. Gotta do it pretty slow. Pretty solid and tough for anything

Never used customer support

Well this was a very big amp I ever owned and can do many things and its very cool. I wished the distortion was more tougher and thicker and stuff. But its cool.

Two channel, each with it's own E.Q. Clean channel has a bright switch. Lead channel has a gain boost switch and a volume boost switch. If one of these are depressed when using the footswitch, it will be controlled by the footswitch. The F/S also controlls the channel select. Master reverb. Loose/Tight switch on the back. Also class A/B to class A adjustment knob on the back. External speaker jack which when used bypasses the internal speaker. It comes loaded with Ruby Tubes 6L6's.

Clean channel has a nice pushed sound at performance volume. The bright switch is a little too much. The lead channel can get quite hairy but I prefer to set the gain at no more than 9 o-clock and bring the volume up to 1-3 o-clock. If that still isn't enough to keep up with the band the volume boost is really helpful. I dont use the gain boost. You can tell im going for a decent classic rock/blues sound. I use my efx spairingly. I don't even use the footswitch. My favorite tools are the knobs on my guitars and pick attack. The class AB/A control can only be some type of tone/wattage control. In case you don't know it's not really class A. I just leave it at full AB. I have a couple of real class A amps for that job. This amp runs at 16 ohms, nothing less. The speaker sucks! When I realized that it is a 16 ohm amp I had the answer. I have a Laney 212 slant front cab for another project with an Eminence Wizard and a Texas Heat that is wired for 16 ohm. The small size of this combo seemed perfect for making a little pocket sized head out of. Man did that ever work out good. This amp with good speaker(s) actually has a great sound. It has become my favorite giging rig. It's light, inexpensive, unusual, and I don't care if it gets bar spooge on it.

So far so good.

I have had some problems with Peavey lately but they say it was because they were changing to a new computer system. (for three months ).

It is a tube amp.PLUS. Made overseas.MINUS. inexpensive.PLUS. Terrible speaker.MINUS. For a beginner or for adding to the collection it's a good deal. Has some good features and has a straight forward tone, nothing fancy, just straight up.

This amp has enough features, nothing crazy. But features arent what i buy amps for. the class a-ab knob is this amps best feature. youll want to stay away from the bright switch, this thingll make your ears bleed. the volume boost on the lead channel isnt noticeable until you get into the higher volume levels.

If you're buying this amp, you're buying it for the clean channel. At the 50 watt setting, this amp is very clean, you cant really get any grit on it until about 11:00, really digging in. It's basically a copy of a super reverb. nice clean tones, very bright. however, when you bump it down to 30, this thing gets very bluesy. at 9:00, digging in you can get some good grit, and then when you bump it up to 12:00, it gets nice and bluesy. full tilt this thing's not half bad, lots of distortion. I tend to stay between 12:00 and 3:00 for a nice dynamic tone, but still getting full gain when i dig in. Also, there's a bit more treble response at the 50 watt setting. I basically use the a-a/b knob to controll headroom, i'll usually get a nice clean tone, and then use the a-a/b knob to tune in breakup, or just go A and get some nice dirt.Reverb sounds good, not great, but for my uses it works out just fine.
Lets face it, the lead channel sucks. sounds very solid state, it cant dial in "breakup" at all. You get no bass. Theres also a lack of direction - it seems to be voiced for extremely high gain sounds, yet there's not enough gain for that, or bass for metal players. the dirty channel is only good for leads high up on the neck where the lack of bass is less noticeable and with the reverb cranked.

But this amp isnt meant to be a dirty amp. to be honest, they should have left off the lead channel and given more parameter control over the clean channel. A presence, and master volume would have been much more useful.

there was one scare where it got quiet and distorted, and i looked at the tubes and they were a vibrant orange. came back a half an hour later, and they were fine. no problems for the last few months, so i dunno.

great clean and american bluesy tones, crappy distortion. good reverb.

Follow up review. Lots of features as previously described. Changed the stock speaker for a vintage Hiwatt Mackenzie. substantial improvement here.

THIS IS THE ONLY AREA WORTH READING! channel 1: Nice clean at low levels, at gig levels the 6l6`s really shine. LOVELY spankey rounded sound with rich tube overtones. 9/10 for this. READ CAREFULLY: channel 2: rather gritty unsubtly traansistor-like distortion. its NOT the tubey bloom and breakup every tube amp should have, its been engineered for high gain, it comes in WAY too soon, its not particularly nice whatever you play through it and however you tweak it. I put this side by side with a Laney VC30 (which costs roughly the same secondhand in the uk, see smartass know-nothing comments below) for USA readers substitute peavey Classic 30. The Laney is MUCH better built, EVERYTHING has a more substantial feel. the clean channels are on a par, if i`m completely unbiased I slightly prefer the laney at low volume and the peavey at high, but its very close.
The gain channel however is a NO CONTEST and if you disagree i`m afraid youre deaf or have NEVER heard a class valve amp. the Laney starts off almost clean breaks up beautifully at about 4 for all those classic blues tones and goes right up to vintage rock tones at 7+. full up its too compressed but if you want to play thrash or nu-metal use this and a Marshall jackhammer. I put a gov'nor GV2 and a bluesbreaker in front of both the Laney and the Peavey. the tones from the Laney are to die for. YOU SIMPLY CANT RATE THE PEAVEY MORE THAN 6 ON THE GAIN CHANNEL, ITS NOT GOOD BY ANY STANDARD. SO IVE GIVEN IT 7 OVERALL BECAUSE THE CLEAN IS NICE. It took a lot of tweaking to get a nice sound on channel 2, the Laney took NONE! The Flextone III does comfortably better blues and thats just poor for a valve amp.

Given it a good thrashing and its stood up well

no experience to date.

Ive been playing NEARLY 35 years. ive had just about every decent amp up to 1000 dollars. this is a reasonable amp for the money BUT buy a secondhand VC30, LC30, Classic 30, JTM30 or Delta Blues and a marshall govenor. its WELL WORTH the small extra outlay. The valveking is a well built, decent, good value, loud valve amp. I just think Peavey have voiced the drive channel all wrong. If youve rated it for sound more than 7 your a kid into metal, never played a valve amp before or your trying to justify your choice. Ive got one to sell so this review it totally honest. its not bad but there are several better choices for not much more wonga, thats all.

First off, this is a follow-up review. I have owned the 1x12 50 Watt Valveking combo for about a year and a half now.
Quick Specs List: 50 Watts, 2 channels plus Gain boost on Channel 2. Bright switch on Channel 1. Volume boost on Channel 2. Channel 1 is Volume and 3 band EQ. Channel 2 is Gain, Volume and 3 band EQ. Master Reverb, No Master Volume. Front panel: Effects Loop, Rear panel: Resonance Switch for Speaker Dampening, Footswitch Jack and Dual Speaker outs.
Tubage consists of 2 6L6GC tubes in the power section and 3 12AX7 tubes in the preamp section.
I don't notice any difference when the volume boost is engaged. Perhaps mine is defective. That aside, the Valveking lineup is generally a very versatile set of amps. This is very loud for 50 watts. I would place it between Marshall and Fender Volume wise. Gain is very dependent on the pickups you are using. The gain structure does a very nice job of conveying the intensity (or lack thereof) of your pickups. I am currently using a Parker PM-20 with a Dimarzio Paf Pro in the neck and a D-Sonic in the bridge position.
The sound quality is fantastic and much more powerful as compared to the stock Parker pickups. However, there is a slight drop in clarity due to the higher bass response of the D-Sonic. But, as I said, the amp follows the tone of the pickups very well.
I play mostly variants of Rock, but this amp is capable of handling most anything.
I have played out a few times with this amp and it is quite capable of handling itself live whether playing clean or dirty.
A master Volume would take this amp up to at least a 9, but it's not a huge deal if you don't have to make adjustments on the fly.

Unfortunately, this amp is a bit noisy on the dirty channels, but as long as your guitar isn't noisy as well, it's not too bad.
I covered the guitar and pickups and style in the section above.
The distortion isn't a Mesa, but it can come close with high gain pickups (such as the Seymour Duncan Dimebucker or Dimarzio D-Sonic as well as EMG 81 actives). Lower gain pickups give a more sedate distorted quality, but, still very versatile for a lot of styles.

I feel this is a dependable amp and I have no choice as to whether or not to use a backup as I only own one amp.
However, I have never had any problems with this amp. It even still has the original tubes. The tube cage seems to do a great job of protecting the little buggers well.

No Opinion. Not yet needed.

While this is my first tube amp, I have had the opportunity to play a wide variety of amps, both tube and solid. I feel that for the price, this amp compares very favorably with anything close to the price and some things out of the price range. The big brother, the 2x12 is even more capable and is on a par with anything made by Fender or Marshall under $1000.