Peavey ValveKing 112 Combo

This is a 50 watt,1x12 combo with 2 channels,a reverb,a buffered FX loop and a Peavey designed "Texture" control. The speaker is a Peavey and the tubes are unknown. For $360 out the door,this amplifier is insane.

One word,Awesome! I cannot belive Peavey can still make such amazing guitars and amplifiers at the price point that they do. The clean is great with a dash of stereo chorus and reverb. The dirt channel is my only concern. It is voiced heavily in the midrange and not enough in the treble. I use a W.A.R modded BOSS SD-1 and a W.A.R Lead Booster and that gives me the tone I desire. I use a Parker Fly Deluxe and a selfbuilt KickAx Strat. Overall,with the stock components,6 out of 10 and with the pedals [and hopefully a Vintage 30 soon] I give it a 10/10.

This amplifier seems to be reliable.I have gigged with it a few times. Knowing Peavey,I feel confident in the amplifier's construction. Kudos to Hartley Peavey for building such an insane amplifer. NOTE: I find the knobs rather cheap and insufficent. I feel they should be replaced with higher end ones.

Peavey is known for their awesome customer support and standing behind their product. I feel confident that they will continue to do so.

I am 13 years old and have been playing for 10 years. I use a Parker Fly Deluxe,a selfbuilt KickAx Strat and a modded 1990 Yamaha RGX 112. I bought this amp to replace my old one,a Yamaha DG-60. While the Yamaha was good,it lacked that tube crunch. When I found the ValveKing 112,I sold my 1979 Hondo II Longhorn and the next week,I went and picked it up. I got it home,plugged my dirt pedals into it and BAM,there it was. 10/10 for this insane amplifier!

This amp was a great Idea...it just sounded so bad that no amount of features (though it it does have several) could compensate.

This amp sounds like total Crap!!
I even put some hot tubes and a killer speaker in it and it still sucked!
I can not express how bad it sounded!
I owned it for a year, but only played it for the first couple of months...that was all I could stand!
I would pull it out now and again thinking I would give it another shot, put it always went right back into the closet.

Of course it will last forever...the crappy junk always does!

Total Crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do Not Buy!!!!!

Amp was made in 2007. Amp is quite flexible for any type of music besides really heavy metal, in that case you would need a dist pedal. I play mostley hard rock like AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Black Sabbath and other bands along those lines.

It's a 2 channel amp with EQ's for each channel. It does have footswitch so you may switch channels but it is no included. Has effects loop but no headphone jack.

It has Reverb but I seldom ever use it. I wish it had some effect like on my Crate VTX I traded in for it (auto wah, slapback delay and ect ect) I have a wah so that fixes one of my problems, but at the momment I'am looking for some type of effects unit for a auto wah and delay effects.

I use it in my bedroom at the momment for person play and practice. 50 watts of power for a person in my situation has more than he or she needs. I was rocking out on new years with this thing with the "texture" knob turn so I only had about 5 watts. I had it half cranks and I hurt my ear accidently.

50 watt tube with switchable wattage from A class 5 watts to A/B class 50 watts. Great all around amp!

Can get many sounds out of it, from a Fender clean sound with the "bright" switch pushed in. Can get a very accurate AC/DC sound with the Bass at 5 1/2, Mids at 6 and Treble at 5 with gain boost pushed in and the distortion at about 4/5. Just the sound I was looking for. Pretty good amount of head room I'd say.

The distortion is deffinatly not brutal enough for real metal heads. The most extreme metal you could get out of it would be Pantera, no more then that. Can get very nice old Metallica out of it.!

I have a Epiphone sg 65 reissue with a maestro tremolo and a Dean ML Phantom. I use the SG for hard type rockin, while with the ML I use mostley for harder rock and metal.

If you have the TV off and you dont stand or sit close to it, you should have no feedback problems unless you have a dist pedal on.

I would depend on it if I were in a band and playing a gig. I wouldnt trust it for gigging everynight 5 days in a row. I just have a hunch it might crap out on me if that were the situation. Maybe I'm just being cautious since this is my first tube amp...

The only thing that has broke on it (which was my fault) I took my guitar chord outta my guitar and threw it onto the amp accicently and it broke the "gain boost" knob off. It was totally my fault, no fault in the amp at all. It is gonna be getting fix in a month or so.

Never delt with Peavey yet but I suspect they are good people. 5 year warrenty on the amp. 90 days only on the tubes though.

I have been playing 2 and a half years now. I own a Epiphone SG 1965 reissue with a maestro tremolo and a Dean ML. Effect I own are a Boss DS-1, Marshall Guv'nor plus and a DID YJM308 sigbature pedal.

If it were lost or stolen I would probley not buy it again. Not cause it's not a good amp, cause my first amp was a Peavey and I would liek to try out some other amps like a Mesa Nomad 45

I bought this amp because it offered three channels and thought it would cover all my musical tastes(hendrix, sabbath, maiden, and a little blues). It has an effects loop, which is nice to keep tuners etc. from degrading your tone. I like the A/B texture knob. However, I will be honest... it sounds better on full power. If you want a class A amp, buy a class A amp. The A/B knob only really cuts the power to one tube. Sounds good though.

Here is where this amp falls short. If you are looking just for a clean amp... then this is a great amp.

The clean channel does have a nice hendrix clean sound through my SG on the neck pickup. Not the best, but a really nice tone. However, on the bridge pickup, the clean channel just sounds harsh and thin, and that is with a humbucker.

The distortion side of this amp is just "strange". If you crank the gain past 6 it sounds like a bad solid state amp( I actually like SS amps, not bashing any good amps out there). The only usable part of the distortion channel... is the gain around 4, crank the mids to 7/8 and turn the treble down and roll off your guitar vol. and crank the volume to 5 and you have a nice meaty zz top to AC/DC tone, but that is it.

If you hit the OD for the 3rd channel... forget it... it just sucks. This has led me to a recent and non stop hunt for the perfect pedal chain. I have tried a Wasabi OD pedal(not the best, but decent) and it is good on the clean channel, but sucks on the distortion side. I have purchased a zoom g7 and in the loop as the preamp it sounds good for what it is. However, into the front and using the ts808 models etc. ( and the ts808 on the zoom is almost dead accurate when tweaked right) it just sounds bad and like I will keep saying... the distortion side just hates any pedals so far.

The fx loop on this amp is really nice though. I use the zoom g7 in the loop for delay and chorus and it sounds really nice. The zoom has the best analog modeling for delay and their flanger is up their with the best of them.

Anyways... I am going to re-tube this sucker and hope for the best... or it going on ebay. My recent gear purchases... an ibanez shark distortion from the early 90's, volume pedal by dunlop as a gate or master vol. in the loop, Yamaha distortion 10m II and Yamaha Flanger 10m II. I have a wasabi ax-1 distortion pedal on the way... and so far none of them sound great or even that different from one another. Which has led to the fact it is the amp.

My suggestions. If you are looking for a clean amp for a gig setting and play blues, jazz, or clean toned hendrix- this amp is great. Anything else you will spend more time and money trying to find what pedals sound good etc. The time and money that is spent you will not only go crazy... you will realize that this is why peavey tubefex to new line6 pod pros are and were so popular with the beginner to pros. Midi offers a lot crystal cleans and a ton of gain options.

I am going to say it is not built to well. It rattles a lot past 4 on the gain channel. Everything is plastic, which I can not stand. If a B-52 can offer a tube amp with porcelain sockets in the same price range etc. Get my drift... made in China and mostly plastic. I think Peavey should just build American amps. Nothing against stuff out of China. I am typing this from my APPLE MAC that was put together in China. Besides, Chinese build one hell of a hot women.

Never dealt with them. Heard they were pretty good though.

Overall a 6.

Innovative. Two channel, Class A/B and A amp simulation in rear. Loose and Tight setting. I prefer loose.

I have to say that I am picky about my sound and absolutely insist and using a sonic maximizer dx-100 in the effects loop of any amp I buy to squeeze the absolute most tone out of the amp. Without the sonic maximizer, the tone is average. But with the sonic maximizer, clean is sparkly, full and has plenty of bass and the distortion sound is responsive, defined textured and musical. Distortion can get to that cascading, wall of shimmering distortion chunk thunk sweet lead at high register distortion.

new owner

I give it a 10 for portability, 10 for usability, 10 for simplicity, 10 for innovation, and 10 because it fits my budget and style. 10 for ULTIMATE VIBE!

I don't buy anything unless I fall in love with it.

Lot's of features which is one of the reason's I bought this amp over an old school plain tube amp. Most of the features aren't really usable though.

The clean channel is good, but not great. Sort of Fenderish in the Class A-B mode but I'm not hearing much Vox chime in Class A mode. The overdrive channel is more or less useless, it's too over the edge. A little overdrive to some distortion would be better. It needs to be tamed down as it is very harsh sounding and it doesn't have any low end. The reverb in any channel is absolutely horrible. Also, I can't seem to dial a mid range that I like.

Seems built OK, I don't see any quality issues either. The line cord might be too thin (too small of guage wire). The knobs and nameplate are cheap but that's reflected in the lower cost. As long as they work.

Not happy with a the last 2 phone calls I've made and did not get resolution to the issues but I've always had vey positive responses in the past.

This is the first Peavey product I've given low scores to. Been playing for a long, long time; both live and studio(have had some air play). When you play this amp in a live situation, you realize it's shortcomings (horrible reverb, poor mid frequency adjusts, and lousy overdrive channel).It sounds good with most pedals and has some nice snap in the Class A-B mode. I like the volume control, it's smooth and doesn't have any volume notches or jumps. I really wanted a Fender Deluxe Reverb (but I didn't want to mess with all the tubes) or Fender Blues Deluxe (couldn't keep the volume under control). I also like the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe but it has that notch / jump in the volume. I tried the Classic 30 and Delta Blues too. Both beatiful amps but I thought some low end was missing. I would not buy the Valveking 112 again.

Lot's of nice features, but not all useful or toneful. See below.

Until you play this amp in a live situation with a band, you won't realize where it falls short. The spring reverb is horrible, almost the worst I've heard in a tube amp. It sounds even worse if you put an overdrive pedal in the effects loop. The distortion channel is too much over the top and unusable in many applications. It would be better to see that channel with some overdrive crunch and lighter distortion. Seems weak for 50 watts, I have a 15 watt Blues Jr that's almost as loud. The Class AB setting in the clean channel has some nice Fenderish snap but I'm not hearing any Class A Vox like chime at all in the Class A setting. There is something missing in the mid frequency EQ as well. The placement of the line cord is in the wrong spot; you can't lean the amp against a wall to get an angle so you can hear it.

Seems built OK, I have other Peavey products and haven't had any issues. For a 50 watt tube amp, the line cord is too skinny (too small of guage wire); it can't carry enough current and it heats up a little (it's also too short).

Very dissapointed. I bought this amp brand new when I heard they upgraded the spring reverb. They wouldn't send me the upgraded reverb tank. I could see the reason if I owned the amp for a while and played it, but it was brand new. Then they wanted $50 for the reverb tank which is about 2X what it should be. I will say, I've contacted them in the past about other products and have been completely satisfied.

Been playing for 35 plus years and have had some air play. I bought this amp because it had a lot of features; which turned out to be more or less useless for live applications. They don't even include the footswitch. The one thing they did right was make the volume control linear, there are no notches or jumps in volume. I would have bought the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe but I wasn't able to keep the volume low enough for smaller venues and I didn't want to deal with all the tubes in the Fender Deluxe Reverb. A re-tube would be expensive. I read Guitar Players review of this amp and I thought they got everything right. They mentioned the reverb and the EQ as well. I wonder if it's just the reverb tank that is undersized or the whole drive circuitry that feeds it. I like Peavey products but I would not buy this amp again.

I've owned this amp for about a year and a half now, so I thought it was time to write another review.

The amp was probably made in 2005/2006, I'm not sure really.

This is a very versatile amp with loads of buttons, switches, knobs etc. Separate EQ for the 2 channels, gain boost, the SUPER COOL texture pot etc. You can read all the specs in other reviews and Peavey's pages.

As far as features go, there's really nothing more you could wish for.

The amp can make a variety of sounds, which is cool, but for my taste, when I take a look at each of those sounds on their own, they're not really great. OK, but not great.

The clean channel is decent, has a nice character and is very EQable, especially with the bright switch, but I believe it distorts easily as soon as you crank it up (don't remember exactly at what setting, it's been a long time since I've did it).

The distortion channel, for my taste, is where the bad part comes... the gain level can get pretty darn brutal, more than I think anyone would need. Suitable for any kind of rock or metal. That's the OK part. Now for the bad part. In my opinion, the distortion is just too darn muddy!!! No treble what-so-ever. This has been bugging me ever since I got the amp. It's like the treble knob controls the 'grainyness' of the tone, not the treble level. It's not that the sound is dark, it's muddy and loose. If you're playing on high-gain levels, you might not find the treble that much of a problem, but if you have the gain boost switched off and played more lower-gain stuff, it's terrible. Imagine the sound when you're playing with the tone knob all the way down. It's kinda like that, except the treble is all the way up everywhere. So, I've tried putting an EQ pedal infront, that didn't work too well, then I put the EQ in the FX loop. It cleaned and brightened up pretty nicely, though it sounded a tad bit too harsh. I've tried the amp with various distortion pedals and none of them sound remotely as muddy as the amp distortion.

Having said that, I'm currently in the market for a distortion pedal to use as my main, or maybe just an EQ.

However, I compared this amp to other more expensive amps and I must admit that the sound itself isn't much worse at all. I don't even dare say 'worse'. Great for the price! If only it weren't for the treble problem...

I play an American HSS Stratocaster (with a maple board - even brighter!). The amp is by no means bad, I just did a bad decision choosing this one. My style changed and it doesn't suit me anymore.

Oh, and, the amp is NOT noisy.

Never had anything die on me. Everything seems to work well with no problems.

Never dealt with 'em.

I've been playing for almost 5 years. If it got stolen, I'd probably check into other amps, especially the Classic 30 or Classic 50. I like the amp overall, just really don't like the tone on the distortion channel. I've compared it to several amps in different price ranges, and I dare say it's definetly as good as most of them. I wish it had more treble and maybe a knob for the gain boost level.

I bought this amp new fron a store. It has two channels, effect loop and a few other features.
The best feature is the A/B and A class switching. This is a very useful feature. It can make your guitar sound really funky and skanky and it can make it sound very clean and jazzy (depending on your fingers ofcourse).
I use this amp with a band at medium volume. It definitely has enough power to catch up with the rest of the band (at the moment we play disco / funk / soul).

This tube amp really has alla the features you need. The built in reverb is not so great, but it has one (spring reverb). I'll give this a 9 on features.

You can get really wonderful clean sounds from this amp! With the class A/B and A switching you can get a REALLY clean sound even at high volume, or you can get a more "dirty" clean sound which breaks up VERY nicely when you git hard on the strings (very useful if you want a good funk sound).
I really have no opinion on the overdrive channel. It works for me, but I don't use it all that much. It is not the best overdrive, but with the gain set to really low, I can get a nice "mustang sally" sort of overdrive that will really let you hear the GUITAR and not just som e fuzzing fuzz sound.

Now comes the bad part: This is a really cheap amp, and it shows. Like all peaveys this one too has a huge problem with vibration. When you play at medium volume and hit some middle or bass notes, there are some parts in this amp construction that will vibrate and produce a terrible rattling noise. I tried tightening some screws on the front and back, and it helped a little, but still, I would not use this amp in a recording session. It works great however in a band or live setting, since the guitar still will be a lot louder that the vibrating noise.

It ALSO makes a "hummmmm" noise in idle mode with no instrument cables connected (and with). All these noises makes this amp very irritating to use if you play by yourself. In a band setting -however- this amp works great and is really a bang for the buck!

This amp really sounds awesome and producese a VERY good guitar sounds... too bad about the poor construction of this unit (I have tried several, all with the same problem).

I would give this a 9 in sound quality (10 for clean, 8 for dist = 9), but the noises are just horrible.

Since this is a tube combo that produces a lot of vibrations, I feel like the tubes might wear out pretty soon. I would however, gig without a backup because it has a wonderful sound.

No opinion

I have been playing for about 12+ years. If it were stolen, I would by a more expensive amp to replace this one. You can really notice that it is cheap. I you're looking for a cheap tube amp to use in a band or live setting, this is the one to get! If you're looking for a dead quiet amp to use in a recording session, look elsewhere.

I will give this amp a grade of 8.
10 for the price (bang for the buck), 9 for the sound, and 6 for the construction of this unit.

Basic 50 watt, 1x12 all tube combo. 2 channels, seperate EQ for each, bright switch on the clean, gain boost and volume boost on the lead channel. No master volume, but does have master reverb. Peavey has a few of their own little finishing touches on the amp too in the form of a bass resonance switch, and a texture control. Footswitch controls channel switching and gain boost on lead channel. These features suit me just fine, the only thing, I might like would be a master volume, and some way to control just how much boosting the gain boost does. Oh yeah, and I'd rather have a way to switch the reverb on and off than the gain boost, but oh well.

This amp is great as a working musician's tube combo, which is exactly what I bought it for. I use it with a strat loaded with EMGs, or with a Hamer Les Paul copy loaded with duncans. Not much into effects, I occasionally use a wah, or maybe some delay. The clean channel is great, plenty of punch and definition, though I have to keep the bright switch on to get it to sound the way I want. I haven't played much with the texture controls, I just leave it all the way to the "Class a/b" side. Either way, the clean is very clean, but can get a little dirt playing harder and at higher volumes. The dirty channel is awesome! Seems like it's somewhere in between a mesa and a marshal to me. Without the boost, I can get a good low distortion, OD type sound, perfect for quieter parts, it almost gives the same effect as rolling the volume knob back a bit. With the boost on, I can get greatloads of distortion, perfect for heavy crunchy parts, or solos. Overall, the sounds on the amp are great. Sure, the clean isn't quite up to Fender level, and the Dirty isn't quite a marshal, but it's a huge improvement over my old solid state Trace Elliot. Basically, this thing sounds good.

Been great so far. Granted, I've only used it in my apartment, or a garage so far, but it hasn't given me any problems. The footswitch is kind of flimsy plastic, but it works so far.

Never dealt with PEavey.

Basically, like I said, I bought this thing for a decent tube combo. I lover fender clean, and Boogie distortion, but both those amps are a little too expensive for me. Also, I'm not to into boogie cleans, and fenders never seem to give me the distortion I like. Anyway, the fact that this thing has a speaker out jack and can drive a cab is especially nice, though so far, it's had plenty of volume.