Peavey Valveking 112 Combo

If you're looking for the features, go to the site. I think everyone knows about now. If you want an amp with all the imaginable pretty effects, get out. OR... buy this one along with a multi-board...

I won't rate a product on features. I mean, hey, if you don't like the features, get the heck out. Otherwise, stay tuned.

I must say that the sounds you can have this amp produce is (dare I say?) very versatile. And the distortion IS good. If you don't think so, why don't you try buying a guitar that is suitable for metal first, hm? I've got an Ibanez RG2570E, and I can make the amp do whatever I want.

I must agree with some person below, that the reverb isn't really exceptional. But, if you wan't to use effects, I suggest using a multi-effects board. Or you can allways go and buy a Vetta II.... And you may get yourself a Porsche while you're at it...

But seriously, the tone is good enough for me. Quite versatile. I haven't tried on real high volumes. The amp is not noisy.

At first, I had some smaller problems with the amp. I had a lot of feedback (with high-gain, of course) and at some point, there was sometimes this high pitched whistling sound. I had to let the tubes cool off to...uhhh... remove the sound. When I took it back to the dealer to do something about it, the dude played for some time on it, with somewhat higher volume, and the problem was solved. Both of 'em. Guess the tubes needed some more warming, or something....

So. I hear the Peavey amps are usually very reliable. I'm not very certain about this one. However, it didn't actually break up on me.

Never dealt with 'em.

I've been in the musical business (no, not professional) for about 12 years now. 2 of those I've spent with the guitar. After the spider II, this amp is a relief for my ears.
I think I would buy this amp again if it got stolen. For an amp with sounds like these, the price is rediculous.
I used to have an Ibanez SAS36FM. It produced an incredible lot of feedback. Now I have an Ibanez RG2570E. Nice sounds, no feedback (not anymore). So now you have a reason to go get yourself a serious guitar!

So, if you want an amp that has a gazillion type of effects, get out. If you're a no-fx player, like me, knock yourself out!

This is for a -06 peavey valveking 112 combo amp. It got my attention mostly because of the price wich was around $550, extremely cheap for an all-valve amp. the thing that struck me when i first tried it, was the extreme thickness in all the channels(2, +boost), it makes it sound lmost like a 5150 or at least close. I use it with a boss chorus ensemble in to the input, and it is definately the most impressive clean sound ever.(think 'nothing else matters'-intro). I play heavy/death metal, and the separations stringwise is awesome for an amp this cheap. with a 4*12 it sounds even better! best amp for the price!!! oh, dont care about the categories, all i'm writing is righ here!

got this thing 6 months ago. it is 50 watts all tub has 2 6l6 power tubs and 3 12ax7 preamp tubs and is supposedly class a to class a/b variable. i dont notice any diferancewhen going from one to the other.it has bass mid and treble 2 channles a gain boost and a volume boost as well as speaker dampining lots a features for a tub amp

the overall sound was good a bit muddy at times replaced the speaker with a celestion g12t-75 the factory speaker couldnt handle the power to much cone breakupthe new speaker is lots better makes it sound almost marshal like its more crisp more defined and less muddy. i am using an austin lespaul with humbuckers over all the sound now is great the factory speaker is kinda a peace of crap

mine died 45 minits after plugging it in.sinc it was the only on in stock the store checked it out and fixed? replaced 2 bad preamp tubs{came with electo-harmonix they put in crappy rubby tubs} made the amp sound overly bright,i replaced the rubbys with electro-harmonix. also the class a to a/b seams to have no efect at all to changing the sound seams usless. and the amp has good days and bad days never know how its going to sound some days it sounds sweet other days it sounds sick not vey happy with it traded in a peavy classic 30 wish i never did.

not at all happy with the support i got from henries music where i got this pile of junk

wish i would have not gotten .wish i kept my peavy classic 30 it may not have ben as punchy or had as much gain but never had any problems os any days that the amp sounded bad and my digitec df7 sounded better threw the classic as well will probably traid the valve junk in for a new classic 30 or even a 50 the vaveking i got is a $400 pile of junk

My amp is a new 2006 model, I think, I just bought it a couple weeks ago. The amp has all the features I need plus some I don't. All I had for amps was 2 half stacks so I looked for a nice all tube combo so I didn't have to always haul a half stack everywhere. I found some good reviews on this amp and liked the price so I bought one. One thing I wish the amp had was sepperate reverb controls for each channel. I like lots of reverb on clean stuff, but very little on distortion. One feature I don't need that this amp has is the texture control. I find that it sounds best at full A/B mode, I would give up this feature to have sepperate reverb controls. The 112 doesn't have resonance and presence knobs like the 212 and head has, but the reason I bought this was to downsize and I didn't want 100 watts. One thing I like about the amp is it uses the same tubes as my Mesa F-50 head so I can use the same back up tubes in each. I read a couple reviews where people complained about the tubes that came stock in theirs, but mine came stock with Electro-Harmonix pre, and Ruby power tubes, no problem there. Oh I almost forgot the real big feature that's missing, YOU HAVE TO BUY THE $39 FOOTSWITCH SEPPERATE!

My main guitars are an Epiphone Les Paul custom, and an Epiphone G-400 korina. I have a Boss Me-50, but for this review I ran no effects.
First I messed around with the clean channel. It didn't take long to dial in a nice clean sound. I run the bass at 8, mids at 3, and treble at 7, reverb at 2, and it has a nice chimey clean. It has plenty of head room for bedroom, practice, or small gig volumes, or would be great mic'ed for larger gigs. As a matter of fact this clean sounds as good as my Mesa F-50, could be because my F-50 runs into a closed back 4x12 so cleans are dark on it.
The distortion channel took a little longer to get a sound I liked. At first it seemed a little boxey sounding, but I now seem to have it dialed in pretty good. It's hard to brighten the sound up without adding to much treble causing the buzzsaw effect. Right now I am running the gain at 6, bass at 7, mids at 4, treble at 6, and it has a pretty good "old" AC/DC sound. Now kick on the gain boost to play harder stuff. On gain boost it seems to pick up more on the highs and I have to turn the tone knob back a little on my guitar to tone it down a little, but there is lots of gain on this channel with the gain knob only at 5 or 6. One problem I have with the distortion channel is when I have the reverb where I like it for cleans it's to much with the distortion, which is why I like sepperate reverb controls per-channel.
Non boosted distortion is where I can really tell this is a tube amp. With the gain turned back to 4 or 5, I play single notes and it sings with very little distortion, then when I hit a chord the distortion picks up more, (kind of like the old Santana sound).
After messing around with the texture knob on the back, I don't even care that it's there. The amp sounds best in full A/B mode to me so I leave it there.

Seems pretty solid. Haven't had any problems with it yet. Nothing was loose or anything, except the reverb tank, but that's supposed to only have 2 screws in it from the factory. If it bothers you put the other 2 in yourself.

Haven't needed them yet. I do wish the owner's manual had a little more infortmation in it though. It doesn't even talk about different speaker options or anything. It comes with a 16ohm speaker, but the speaker output jack says 8ohm min, so am I to assume it's safe to put an 8ohm speaker in the amp? Right now the stock speaker sounds fine to me, but I might want to swap it out in the future.
I guess you could count that as customer support.

I have been playing around 20 years. My other stuff is a Mesa F-50 head with the matching 4x12 cab, one of those B-52 solid state half stacks, Boss Me-50, Epiphone Les Paul Custom and G-400 Korina, Morley Bad Horsie 2, SKB rack, Furman power conditioner, BBE sonic maximizer.
It it were lost I would replace it with the same thing again. I would love a Mesa combo but they are twice as much(used), but the cleans on this amp sound as nice as my Mesa head and the distortion isn't far behind. The tubes sound so good together I ordered the same kind as backups and I plan on using them in my Mesa when the time comes. Mesa power tubes are $42 a set, Rubys are $29 and got really good reviews and they have the same 6 month garentee as Mesas.

What do you want to do ... spend over a grand for a retubed JCM800 that is over 20 years old? Ok fine, knock yourself out -

For non-Nu-Metal rectumfication rock studio recording buy 2x 2-12 100w combos and substitute the speakers for Red Zone Tonespotters or whatever you flav is, then get two of JJ tube sets:

Set 1: https://ssl.eurotubes.com/cart/index.php? ($73.50)page=view_products&category_id=8&sub_category_id=93
Matched pair of the JJ 6L6GC's and four hand picked high gain ECC83S's with one balanced for the phase inverter in V4. Very punchy and full with great definition! If you're looking for an EVH, Malmsteen, Petrucci or Satrani type tone then this is the kit for you.

Set 2: https://ssl.eurotubes.com/cart/index.php?page=view_products&category_id=9&sub_category_id=45($92.00)
Description: Are you kidding? You need more GAIN!! ( Of course! ) This kit includes a matched quad of the JJ E34L's and four hand picked high gain ECC83S's with one balanced for the phase inverter in V4. Very punchy and full with great definition!

If you're really bold, get a third combo and do the outer KT88 or 6550T thangy at half power (50 watts). See eutotubes website for this.

Self-biasing holmz - sell all your other shit thats been collecting dust for the past 10 years in your mildew closet

Now you have the best of most tone worlds!
Happy douchebagging!

All tube, 50 watt amp with clean and dirty with reverb. Two inputs for lower and higher output instruments. Seperate eq for each channel. The whole point of the amp though is the Texture knob on the back that lets you change from class A/B power(full) to A power(low). This lets you get more tube sag at lower volumes essentialy by lessining the output of one of the 2 power tubes. The tubes are 2 6L6GC power tubes(nice) and 3 12AX7 preamp tubes(nice). I myself play classic rock and require a great tube sag distortion to get my tone.

This amp doesn't produce many sounds. The reverb leaves much to be desired, any Marshall would beat it. Nowhere near Fender reverb. And yes, all reverb should be like Fender's. The Texture knob allowed for different amount of tube saturation on the clean channel, with full power being very clean all the way up, and low power being much dirtier. The distortion is a joke. It's hard to tell where the knob is at if your not looking at it, but suddenly jumps up on gain once you hit 10, which sounded good actually. To bad 1-9 sounded bad. The footswitch has a ridiculous delay and is made of plastic. The boost feature is nice, which can add more gain and volume, but not much. The clean channel sounds alright I suppose. Nothing like any amps know for their clean sounds aka Fender Twin. Now for the biggest problem of all. I own a Fender(who'd of guessed it) Blues Junior for practicing and recording. I absolutely love this amp to death. However, I wanted more power at home and a distortion channel, so the Valveking for 400 bucks looked like a good deal. Wrong. The Peavey is rated at 50 watts and my Fender is rated at 15. Clearcut winner volume wise right. The Valveking should blow this away, its got over 3 times as many watts. Well, not quite. The Valveking was QUIETER! Good lord thats a problem. I bought this thing for more power, not less!

I've been playing for quite a while now and know my way around tube amps and what a good one sounds like. The reverb is pitifull, as is the distortion and clean channels. I got my money back for this one. So quiet. Hope this helped convince you not to buy this pathetic amp.

Made in 2006. Same features that are previously listed. Great to have SEPERATE EQ for the clean and SEPERATE EQ for the dirty channel!
A lot of amps don't have this, and if they do, you're paying BIG bucks for it.

This is NOT a METAL amp, so if you want metal, get a Marshall and pay out your ass for it.

I think it sounds GREAT! Can't put the drive channel above 1 in the house, or it's TOO loud.

The clean channel is nice and warm, not high-endy and trebly, and actually has great presence. I bought this amp because of the gain
channel, but the clean channel is a plus! I have a Fender Blues DeVille that is a great clean amp, but no distortion channel to speak of.

I got this amp because of its size and gain channel. Great for blues,
70's-80's rock!
HINT: With ANY amp switching from clean to the dirty channel during
a song, is a pain, not just with this one. THEREFORE DO THIS:
Get a distortion pedal, and stomp on it if you have go from clean
to dirty during a song. If the song calls for distortion for the WHOLE song, then use the GAIN CHANNEL ON THE AMP! You should only
use the gain channel when you DON'T have to switch between clean
and dirty within a song.

This amp is PLENTY loud, kiddies....if you need more volume,
put a mic on it and pump it thru the PA system.

If you're dissin' this amp...you either got a lemon (it happens with
the best of products) OR you don't know dick about what you're doing....More than likely, the latter is the case.

Seem durable enough. Get a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp cover. This fits
it pretty well. Check it out on MF for about 18 bucks.

Good

I've been playing for over 30 years. Have had numerous amps, and this
is one of the best for my purposes. I play classic rock, hard rock and early metal. Like I said, if you want a real heavy metal sound, you can use this amp, and put a distortion pedal on it. A RAT or a digitech hot rod works well with it. Otherwise, get a heavy metal
amp.
This is probably my second favorite amp of all time, next to my Fender, and it's even better than that on the gain channel.
I play a Les Paul and SG thru it. Sounds great. Get one.

PEAVEY VALVE KING/VK-112 amp.(Made in October 2005).
Tube amp (with two 6L6 tubes and three 12AX7 tubes).
50 watts/rms thru one 12" (Peavey Vintage)speaker.
Two channels: clean (with bright sitch) and overdrive (with boost & gain switches) on the O.D. channel.
Belton reverb unit with master control.
Buffered effects loop on face of amp.
Footswitchable channels (with optional footswitch).
Control for "tight or loose" speaker response.
And a control for class A or A/B power settings (full or 60% less power).
This 50-watt Peavey has a surprising amount of power and good tube tone for the money!
It's very portable and can hold it's own with amps of similar and greater power ratings.
All in all: a good valued amp with nice tube tones.

My current guitar is 2003 Fender 70s reissue Stratocaster (with stock pickups and stock hardware).I chose the Peavey VK-112 beacuse I was tired of my solid-state Marshall amp that was noisy and had no usable distortion channels. The Peavey excels at clean and natuarl tube distorted sounds...very "real" after the bland solid-state Marshall tones I was used to. The Peavey responds like a good tube amp should: with a reduced volume or easy attack it cleans up and on heavy attack it breaks up nicely!
I play a mixed bag of rock, country, blues and jazz textures and the Peavey seems to repsond well to anything I do.
As far as the distortion goes- think along the line of Cream's "Disraeli Gears" and you'll have a good idea of the amps "natural" tone. The clean channel (with the bright switch engaged) is capable of a wonderful Fender tube amp "shimmer" (like a Super Reverb or Deluxe Reverb models).
The VK-112 is quiet!! My solid-state Marshall was noisy at all levels that had to be harnassed with a noise supressor.

Peavey has a proven track record with reliability and value. The VK-112 follows that thinking. I will use it without a backup amp.
The stock Sovtek tubes will probably be replaced with Groovetubes when they expire sometime in the future. For now, I'm happy with it's performance.
The 6L6 tubes are sheilded by a steel cage that protects them from damage in transport...the cage is very sturdy! The 12AX7 tubes are also covered with metal covers to protect them as well.
Peavey seems to have their homework with this amp.

I have never delt with Peavey personally but they have a reputation for fast & friendly service. I bought an extended two-year warranty from my dealer just to give me some "peace of mind" in the event something goes wrong.

I've been playing for 35 years and I've ownwed a lot of great equipment in that time. My Strat, VK-112 and Boss ME-50 make up my "gig rig" at this time.
I auditioned two VK-112s before I bought this particular one. I found one model that had a "rogue-reverb" that just could not be controlled. That particular amp also didn't seem to have power in the clean settings either. The model I purchased really performs well with tone and power that satisfy my needs.
Peavey amps have provided the backline for performers like: Lyrnyrd Skynyrd, Journey, The Buckaroos and Ted Nugent (on the recent VH-1 "Super Group" TV series). Peavey's "been there and done that" with their amps, guitars, basses, PA systems and drums!
In today's "world market" Peavey has found a way to compete with this series of amps (made in China with Soviet tubes). If Fender can build amps in Mexico and Marshall can build them in Korea then anything is possible. Gone are the days when all American amps are made in California or Mississippi...times have changed...
Hartley Peavey is man (like Leo Fender or Orville Gibson) with a dream and a passion for helping musicains to play their hearts out!
I'm glad to be a Peavey user today...thanks.

You've read the blurb elsewhere. The key features are the A/B texture blend and speaker attenuator. Very usefull.

I play with an 80'd ibanez RG550 with a moutherbucker in the bridge for thrash stuff and a stock dean Z79 tuned to B drop A for doom and stoner sillyness.

I find this amp works well for most metal tones and is great for doom. Metal wise it aint the highest gain amp so high gain freaks may do well to look elsewhere. Set the texture close to B with the speaker set to tight and you have a good fairly solid thrash tone.

For doom set the texture all the way to class A and get the speaker shaking on loose and up those mids to dirty things up. The result is a satisifying wall of filthy fuzz. Not for everyone but if you like to stray away from 5ths and arent shy of tuning to B or lower its great. With the dean I get a mastodonesque tone but just a little dirtier.

The clean is very clean. Fans of karate will like this channel.

Generally the amp is quiet and has lots of useable tones. My only complaints sre the lack of a master volume is a bit odd at first but you soon get used to it and the reverb. Ah yes. The reverb on this amp is shocking. Don't ever think of setting it above 2 or 3.

One major plus point is that you can get decent tones out of it at low volume. Good news for those of us with less than understanding neighbours.

I bought this Christmas '05 and have had no trouble.

Never dealt with them

I've been playing on and off for 15 years I have owned alot of gear. For the money you cannot go wrong with this amp and it out performs many similar combos that go for twice the price. If you're worried about power try the 2*12 which I think is 100W or buy the head and a 2*12 cab.

I love this amp and I'd buy it again if I had to. I'm happy with its performance. Its not often you can say that about your gear.

2006 model amp, very versatile mainly due to good built in gain, and a good clean channel. The texture nob is somewhat usefull. helps dial in certain tones. In my oppinion its the not the loudest 50watts ive heard. But it certainly will be plenty. Wish it were operating at 8ohms. Running it into a mixmaxed cab will kill tube life.

Currently running humbuckers through it. Gets plenty of distortion, but does not do modern metal in my opinion. palm mutes leave a lot to be desired. I get really good Suicidal Tendencies type tone out of it. does old school punk-classic rock best in my opinion.

would i gig without a backup? probably?? Really have not owned the amp long enough. A couple months is hardly enough to judge its reliability.

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good amplifier. Receiving brand new unit for 380, that is unheard of. On top of that it is actually a pretty good amp. Buy used if you know exactly the type of tones you want. Be it a Mesa or whatever else you need. But if you need a little bit of versatility on a budget than I recommend this amp. Gets the job done, for a fraction of the price. Love this amp so much more than my old Solid state.