Peavey Valveking 112 Combo

'07 VK112 switchable 2-channel with treble, distortion, and volume boost buttons (available foot switcher) tube amp. 3 X 12AX7; 2 X 6l6.
Chinese.
Two inputs, one attenuated.
1 X 12" combo amp. Decent sized speaker magnet.
Both channels have their own treb; mid; and bass tone controls (passive).
Class AB - class A capability.
Fairly light to carry. Looks like real plywood used in cabinet.

Bright sounding.
Good power.
Clean sound has a Fender quality to it (2 X 6L6, go figure).
Speaker handles the output well enough.
Gain channel has a couple buttons for more, and still more.
Clean channel has a bright and vol boost button.
Back panel has a tight/loose damping button and a pot to sweep from class AB/class A (rolls off one of the output tubes gradually).
The controls do what they say they will.
Good range of tone and distortion control. Pretty versatile.
I think the reverb sounds decent though I don't use it much on jobs.

Looks well built.
I have used it outdoors (un-mic'd) at its limits with no problems. Keeps up with another player's 100w tube amp (Seymour Duncan Convertable with 2 X 12 cabinet).
I usually keep a spare amp in my car, plus a repair kit with tubes, fuses, solder, connectors, tape, etc.
No extraneous noises, buzz, hum.
Well behaved but can rock out.

5 year extended warranty (if you send in the marketing survey).

I've had other Peaveys. Never had a problem, even when they're ancient.

Playing guitar almost 50 years. All styles.
I suddenly needed a cheap, loud amp, so despite being Chinese I tried this and like it a lot.
It does what a tube combo 1 X 12 amp should do, without nuisance features.
I like that it's light enough to carry for its power.
The gain and distortion are better schemes than Fender's current tube amp line up, and the controls aren't as notchy.

I'd replace it with the same if something happened to it, even though I'd rather buy American made stuff usually. It's cheap for what it delivers ($400 out the door).

My version of the Peavey ValveKing 112 was made in 2007. I play blues, country, classic rock, sometimes METAL ;-), and this amp can handle all of my playing nuances and styles without a hiccup. Two channels with a volume boost that acts as a sort of a third channel, optional footswitch, two instrument inputs (high and low gain), and an effects loop. The output jack defeats the 12 inch speaker (bummer) but this amp really takes off when jacked into a 4x12 cab.

The little ValveKing 112 is loaded with useful tools and deceptively small- much smaller than pictures online and similar 1x12 tube offerings would have you believe. I don't use the footswitch much. I've played out live without being miked, and also used it in a studio setting, and had nothing but a smile to add as a review, so the trend continues here. The amp has excellent power, the ability to go from 50 to 30 watts with the turn of a knob, and fantastic tube tone. Loaded. 9/10.

I was addicted to the lightweight nature and crunch of Pignose G40V tube amps for years, but was looking for something with a little more versatility, a little more style, and perhaps a little reverb. So, I went into my local music store looking for the little Peavey Royal 8 recording amp to buy (and hopefully crank), saw how small the 1x12 ValveKing was, plugged it in, and took it home the same day.

The clean tone with full power is fantastic, and the reverb is spirited, indeed. You can go halfway volume-wise, add a quarter of reverb, and enter single coil heaven that doesn't deafen those around you like playing a Twin at three on the volume knob tends to do. Humbuckers sound great, also.

The gain channel, especially with the boost engaged, is absolutely unreal. Shred Zeppelin, eye-popping unreal. Some of the distortion fades as the volume increases, but that's the way a lot of tube amps saturate as the power amp tubes get involved. Mind you, this amp crunches like a wrecking yard with only three preamp tubes, as well. Easy on the wallet when it comes to replace or upgrade the tubes.

Slick, wicked, little amp with mucho cajones. 8/10.

Made in China (from a USA design) at a cost, but all of the work, jacks, and components are high grade construction. A rock; Peavey-style. 9/10.

5 year warranty when registered (I did mine online), and magnet dealers are everywhere. 9/10.

I've been playing for the better part of a decade, and use heavily customized Ibanez GRG170DX's straight into my Peavey. Blues are my thing, even though my setup looks metal. I'm happier than I have ever been with my simple rig that consists of 2 guitars in flight cases, a simple tuner, extra picks and strings, and my ValveKing 1x12.

I run my ValveKing mostly in Class A simulation: Clean Low at 4, Mid at 5, Treble at 6 with the Treble Boost engaged. Gain channel Gain is run at 6, Treble at 6, Mid at 0, and Low at 6 (666, eh). Reverb is around 4.

This amp is a no-brainer. It's like buying an AC30CC, a Hot Rod Deluxe, and a cranked B-52... all in a little, silver, boxy package with wings. And, on top of that, it's got the reliable Peavey name with a 5-year warranty. The best amp under $1000 I've played in years. Solid tube tone, classic looks, and everything you need to practice and gig without breaking your bank or lower back. Buy one. Or perhaps two. 10/10 overall.

See all the others!

Awesome sound for the money. Clean channel is Fender-like. Distortion is perfect for my playing, probably will need a stomp box if you are a metal player. I use a LesPaul Standard with Duncan Alnico Pro II's installed and sounds killer, dare I say Slash-like! My Ibanez RG4EX1 with DiMarzio Evolution and Breed pickups sounds pretty good too, but not as good as the Gibson. That's what you would expect though, Ibanez can't hold a candle to a Les Paul! I installed an Eminence Texas Heat speaker, made a world of difference, original speaker breaks up a bit at higher volume.

Never a problem with this and previous Peavey products.

Never used, but I bet they're pretty good!

I love this amp, I would like to get the 4x12 half stack some day when I play out again. I use an MXR M-108 10-band EQ thru the effects loop, a Electro Harmonix chorus and Boss Flanger at the input. I recommend the EQ and speaker change, it turned this little amp into a fire spitting monster! I think Peavey is an emerging power in guitar amps, you don't have to spend thousands, unless you really want to.

All tube - 2 channel. I can't see anything of great importance missing. If I was using it in a different way - ie: without my Zoom G9 for rock gigs or without my Fender RI Reverb Tank for surf, then I would probably moan about not being able to set different reverb levels for the clean and distorted channels. Also I wish the external speaker socket didn't cut off the internal.

All i can say about the distortion channel is that it sounds fine to me when playing it at home because I didn't buy this to use for rock gigs (I use a Peavey Delta Blues with a 2x12 Celestion G12H cab for that) so all I am writing about is the clean channel. People have very different ideas about what makes a good distortion anyway - as any Harmony-Cental user product review for amps will show you.

I bought this to use for Surf Guitar. Although I was looking at the 100w one this went on e-bay very cheap so I bought it. I was looking for a loud 'Fendery' clean sound with plenty of headroom so that the reverb from my outboard 'tank' would be reproduced faithfully. I have owned pretty much every type of 'standard' amp (ie not boutique) in my 30-odd years of playing pro and semi pro - Fenders, Marshalls, Vox, Peavey and more and I can tell you these are damn good. Comments in some other reviews here that the speaker or the reverb are 'crap' are both untrue and unhelpful - what they mean is that they don't like them, whereas I quite like both. The speaker has a very warm character which I can quite believe gets muddy with high output humbuckers - but I think it sounds great with standard single coils. The reverb is bright and splashy and quite usable at the lower settings - it isn't a Fender spring but it isn't rubbish. Tone controls and bright switch work well. It's very much an amp with it's own character I think which can't be a bad thing. It doesn't sound at all like a Marshall, It doesn't sound like the Peavey 'Classic' range and it sounds a little bit like a Fender. The closest in tone (but not that close) I think I can compare it to is a Fender with JBLS (although it's 10 years since I owned one) which is just fine for me. It doesn't have the top-end sparkle or brute muscle of those but I felt the response was similar. Warm round and smooth - but by no means dull or without zing - at least with a single coil guitar. There's a slight boxiness to the sound in comparison to a 2x12 - because it IS a small box. As Scotty said - 'ye cannae change the laws of Physics'.

Bringing me back to my earlier point, few people would describe a Twin Reverb as 'crap' because it's no good for death metal - It's just unsuitable and that may be the case here. In summary; warm, round and smooth are the adjectives I would use to describe the clean tone. The distortion you will have to decide for yourself - but as someone said earlier, you can always use a pedal. If you crank it right up (and it stays clean a long way round the dial) the clean channel will start to break up in a very pleasing way for blues/country.

I have had an excellent experience with pretty much all the Peavey stuff I've owned (and that's a lot). I must have done several thousand gigs by now using Peaveys without a 'backup'... The only blip I ever had with Peavey reliability was years ago with the old 'Scorpion' speakers which used to blow regularly in both a Peavey Special I once had and a Stereo Chorus 2x12. I swapped them out for Celestions (The G12H is my favourite) in the end as I didn't like the sound of the Scorpions much either. The reliability of both the Sheffield and the Blue Marvels has been superb. Too early to say for the Valve King.

Peavey's after sales is brilliant - certainly in the UK at least. The have bent over backwards to be helpful in the past.

I've been playing for 35 years both pro and semi-pro . I own lots of other stuff because I have chronic G. A. S. :) 17 guitars and 7 amps - 3 of which are Peavey.

I think this range is stunning for the price. If you want a great clean sound or a cleanish blues sound you should try this for sure.... I'm just not qualified to comment on the distortion sound on this particular amp beyond home use where it sounds pretty good to me. I'll get round to trying it for a rock gig sometime - but I'm really happy with my current setup for that.

I like this so much I'm probably going to buy the 100w 2x12 as well!

It has all it needs for a tube amp. As stated by others.

I play RnR, RnB, Country, ect. I changed the speaker to an Eminence 8 ohm Swamp Thing and the preamp tubes to NOS 12AT7's. "Holy Crapload of Distortion peddels, Batman". This thing puts out like a 58 year old whore in a dateing contest.It makes any style of music sound like anything you want it to. Loud, clean, wonderful break-up right where it should be. This thing is gonna go a Gigging with me from now till it dies. Then I will get another......20 points here.

Hopefully it will be durible and reliable. Look OK.

Have yet the need after several months of ownership.

Been plaing for 35 years through all kinds of amps. An awful lot of good ones and a good lot of awful bad ones. But for around $400 plus $150 in upgrades, this one cannot be beat. I hope it's durable because it's got everything else. 30 points awarded here.

You can dial in the tone you seek with just the turn of a knob. Volume boost, Gain Boost, Class A, Class A/B, Bright, Reverb, and the list goes on. You can get almost any sound you want out of it with a little tweaking.

This amp can go from great clean to decent distorted. I'm not much of a fan of on amp overdrive, more of a pedal kind of person myself, but this amp's lead channel isn't bad by any means. Sure beats the hell out of my old hot rod deluxe. Where this amp really shines though is if you have a good overdrive or distortion pedal because you can crank up the volume to get that nice tube grit and then distort the hell out of it with a nice pedal. I currently use a Russian Big Muff distortion pedal and lets just say things get ugly when I hit the stomp box. One feature I love though is the fact that every guitar you play on this amplifier has it's own sound. I didn't pay for an Gibson SG for it to sound like my mini hollow body Jay Turser, and that's pretty much where I was at with my old Hot Rod Deluxe. I had replaced the speaker, the tubes, everything and that beast just sounded the same with every single guitar I plugged in. I took it down to Guitar Center and took a look at all their combo amps they had in stock. I played with B-52, Vox, Crate, Fender, Mesa, and out of all of those the only one that came even remotely close was the Mesa Stiletto (comon it's a friggen Mesa what do you expect?). So I traded in my old Hot Rod for the Valveking 112 combo, still toying with replacing the speaker or maybe getting a 1/2 cab for it but it has plenty of balls and it's the best small tube amp I've seen outside of $1500 boutique amps.

This amplifier is cheap, and a tone monster, but also it depends greatly on guitar. Where as with a Mesa or Vox you could plug a stick with rubberbands in and it would shred like no other, this amp rely's greatly upon the guitar's voice to give you good tone so if you have a shitty guitar this amp isn't going to give you great tone. But if you blow a few bills on a decent guitar and get this amp you will not be disappointed.

This is a great tube amp. It has 2 channels, clean and overdrive. The clean channel features a bright switch (not footswitchable tough) which really boosts the treble. The distortion channel features a volume boost and a gain boost.
The amp is pretty basic, the only effect built in is a nice reverb.
There are however two features which are pretty unusual, cabinet response and class. If you turn you amp around you find a switch to set you cab response from thight to loose and a turing knob to dial any tone between class A and A/B (nothing spectacular though but it's a nice feature)

The sound out of this thing rocks!
I play a 1984 Fender American Strat directly in my Peavey Valveking 112
The clean tone is super, i always use it with the bright switch engaged. This way it has a nice twang to it (especially with my TBX built into my guitar)
The distortion is just enough for rock tones. I'll be honest, you can't get super distorted tones out of it but that's not what it was built for.
The reverb is also pretty nice.

This thing is built pretty tough. The tubes are well protected. I've had but one little 'accident' and that is that my second guitar input is jammed (so no big deal)
I've had it for about a year now and i haven't had to replace any tubes so i gues that's ok.

I haven't had to deal with them but i know that peavey is pretty helpfull. But the reason I gave it a 10 was because you get 5 years warranty which i think is pretty long

I've only been playing for about 3 years but i find this thing pretty ok. I can get some real nice tones out of it and i haven't had much problems with it.
Overall an ok amp though I recomand you buy the 212! It's just 50???+ and it has way more tonal possibilities!

this is a relatively new amp, I've had it for a few weeks, purchased in early 2007 but the serial number starts in 06 so I'm assuming it's a 2006 model. The amp has a number of features, all have been reviewed earlier. I'm not much into channel switching, boosts and all that stuff. When I bought this amp I was looking for a decent, inexpensive back up amp which had a good clean channel and reverb. That's what I got. I use this amp primarily at band practice but lately I've been using it at small club gigs. This amp has all the features I would need plus some so I give it a decent rating.

I can get a good fender type clean tone using this amp with the texture control on A/B, as the texture knob is turned it gives the amp more of a vox typer response. Now note this is very subtle and shows up mostly on the clean channel. Some have reviewed this feature and said it made no difference, then they classified their styles as Metal - well duh, read the manua and experiment a little on the clean channel with the gain not maxed out. Anyhow, I find the amp offers a few good sounds. I don't use the overdrive channel, I prefer a good stomp box so I'm not going to make any comments on the tone, I personally don't like preamp overdriven tones from any amp. I use several guitars with single coils and humbucking pickups, this amp will take either/or without a problem but be prepared to tweak the controls some if your swapping guitars - or set up the two different channels (one for singles, one for humbuckers). This amp suits most rock and blues styles just fine, it's what I play and it works great. Unlike some other reviewers I find this amp to be very quiet, even at high volume settings - but then when you've got the gain cranked all the way and the extra gain button pushed in would it surprise anyone if the amp wasn't noisy??? Get a noise gate..... I give this amp a 7, not because it sound bad, it sounds fine for an inexpensive tube amp but it pales in comparison to my other amps.

I use it as a back up now, it appears to be built well. I've been using it pretty regularly for a couple of months without any issues. Nothing is perfect... but the quality of this amp is better than where it's priced.

No dealings so I can't answer.

I've been playing for a long time, over the past 10 years I've gigged regularly, had a variety of different guitars and amps, nothing cheap. This amp is the least expensive purchase I've made in quite awhile, when I went looking for a backup/practice amp I was expecting to get a Deluxe Reverb Reissue, but at half the price this amp sounded as good.

Like I said earlier, I'm looking for a good clean tone, if I get that and the amp handles pedals well then I'm set. This amp did that out of the box. After having the amp for a couple of weeks I put in a Weber Classic British speaker, it improved the overall tone of the amp tremendously, some folks have an issue changing tubes or speakers - but sometimes to get a better tone that's what you need to do. I've done it with $2,000 amps so popping in a new speaker on this budget amp is probably a must do. I haven't fiddled with the tubes, right now they sound fine.

One thing I like about this amp that I didn't like about others is that the volume control can actually be turned up past half way without maxing out. On my amp a good club volume is at about half way up, it doens't really start to break up much until almost maxed out. My other amps have a major volume spike after getting to 3 or so on the volume knob. Peavey got that right.

I compared this to a DRRI and some crate amps that were in the same price range, the Peavey sounded better than anything in the $400 class and as good as the DRRI at twice the price. Some may argue but hey, those who don't believe me can go check them out.

Although I don't channel switch I do believe the amp should come stock with a footswitch, I think it's a little cheap on Peaveys part to not supply one - To reach a customer satisfaction level equal to their competition this should be a given, as such I'm dinging them some for that.

Overall, it's a good sounding rock or blues amp at a great price - if that's what your looking for then try one out.

This is a 50w all tube combo, It has an A/AB class adjuster and comes preloaded with 3-12ax7 and 2-6L6GC's. It has two channels and a master reverb. A footswitch is optional. My model is a 2005 model and has a very nice responsive but loud sound.

The clean channel on this amp is CLEAN! I have had it to about 6 and it does not get muddy or distorted, I have playeed once live with this and it has a great high volume tone as well as a low volume tone. The Gain channel is very versitile also it has a wide range from Blues bite to a not too heavy Metal distortion. The class control really changes the sound alot it gets from smooth and less violent to very aggressive. A very good sounding amp I would give it an 8

I have had no problems and I got it for christmas in 05

Never Dealt with them

I have been playing for 4 years and play many styles including Rock, Jazz, Metal, Blues and others, the amp is very good sounding for everything, I also have a decent Multi-effects pedal run through it beacuse the reverb lacks a bit.

Earlier reviews have already described this amp in detail. I've had mine for about 3 weeks, now, and still haven't found anything disappointing, except the lack of an included footswitch and a cover. I tried it out in the store, first, and then took it home. Both places I was pleasantly surprised by the sounds I could get. Since I bought it, I have used it for a few live gigs. This is one of the few amps I've had that sounds great, right out of the box, at home, and at a gig. Let me add that I already knew what sounds and features I was looking for, so I zeroed right in when I saw this combo.

Most of the reasons I bought this amp were the nice clean channel, and the lead channel. This amp sounds great on the clean channel with a pick turned around so you're hitting the strings with a rounded corner. Sounds even better being played by fingers, alone. I didn't really care, initially for the reverb, but it has grown on me, especially after trying out a few outboard reverb pedals. The disortion channel sounds good for my use. Again, I knew what sound I was looking for, and this does it for me.

So far, no issues with repairs. I would, and have used it for gigs, already. I baby this amp and I do plan on keeping it on a real good maintenance program.

I did the survey, so I have the 5 year warranty in effect. No problems, yet, so no contact with Peavey. I did inquire about the specs on the speaker, and got a courteous reply back almost immediately. Having owned a couple of other Peavey amps in the last 25 years, I will say that I never had a breakdown.

I've been playing 42 years. I've settled into this amp, and I'm using a Gretsch 6118-120(Double Anniversary 120th Year Anniversary) through it, with a Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man delay pedal.

I would replace its loss immediately with the same amp.

Love the sounds I can get from it. Can't find a thing to hate.

I've tried out many amps and combos over the years, and this is one of a few that immediately impressed me.

I would like it to come with an included footswitch(I just ordered mine). But I realize that this was probably a cost issue, and also some customers may want a choice, if they don't need the footswitch.

The price included delivery, so what a bargain. Made in China, USA design. Mfd at a guess in late 05 or early 06 possibly, bought in Feb 2006.

Channel switching all-valve guitar amp at a knock-down price (only ??50 more than the Bandit), not too many unnecessary frills. Can go very loud and keeps fairly clean. At rehearsal and gigs the volume is at between 4 and 6 ('Clean' channel) depending on the guitar I'm using. Rated at 50 watts RMS which is loud enough for anything. I don't know if I could stand to be in the same room or on the same stage if I cranked it any further, and that's just the 'Clean' channel.
The Lead channel is very useable, if that's what you like. It's all so subjective anyway, but if you want to wind it up and control the volume/saturation from your guitar you can do that.

Features include the usual footswitchable two channel stuff, plus two twiddly bits on the back: one to change the valve sound from Class A to Class B ('texture'), a difference I can barely discern, one seems slightly quieter but cud be my imag. The other twiddle ('resonance') changes the speaket sound from loose to tight. Loose sounds best I think. Id rather they'd put an effects loop in, or better still a line-out. No headphone socket, so you'd best use the POD at night. There is a speaker socket, presumably for another 16-ohm load as it cuts out the amp speaker. What's that about?
Never mind, it is a very pleasing design with a nice old-fashioned feel about it and the front panel is thoughtfully laid out. A spring reverb is bolted to the bottom of the amp (in my case with only one screw insted of two), sounds as all guitar spring reverbs do. No s/state built-in effects or effect/amp modelling, praise be.

The two preamp valves are probably 12ax7s, but more interesting is a pair of 6L6s for the output stage which as any fule no, have been useed historically in fender amps... so, loud clean, then. The amp is an open-back design with less wood at the back than I'm used to, in fact just the chassis at the top with a steel cage around the output valves (which isn't the case with my (made in USA) Pro Junior as I found when I unseated one of the preamp valves bending two of the prongy things in the process). It came with the footswitch which apparently some people who have reviewed this amp have had to pay for as an extra. Pointless really, as I only want the clean channel.

I've used this amp for 10 months now. It's been my practice amp at home (was 3-4 times a week now down to 0-1), my rehearsal amp once a week, and my gigging amp.

Well, it 's a valve amp. It sounds good, plenty of poke, defined, warmish but not Vox-y. Valve amps are funny, if you change the valve components everything can change. Sound is subjective. Guitars all sound different. This amp can give a very loud fenderish noise on the clean channel, or a blues crackle, or overdriven lead. For wacked out metal you'd probabaly want a pedal.

I use pedals for drive, distortion, along with modulation etc so I don't use the Lead channel although I think it does sound as good as anything else I've heard.

I play in a functions band, we play all styles from James Brown (RIP) to Santana. I use a Jap Strat with original pickups, or my mashed-up Aria Knight Warrior with Kent Armstrong Screamers, or my SG200 with stock but brutal humbuckers (back-off the amp volume to 4-5). My own personal style is basically old-school blues/rock. It seems to marry well.

It can get noisy with unscreened (unpotted? haven't checked) single coils, and CS2 into DS-1 into TS-10 (compressor into distortion into overdrive). Which is what you'd expect without a noise gate or noise reduction.

Compared to an AC30 it can go a lot louder and stay clean, compared to a Marshall TSL100 it's not far off. Very possible to do convincing loud clean solos.
Using half-decent distortion and drive pedals you can get warm blues drive SRV tones with a strat or searing Santana with feedback.

Weeeeeell... practicing a few days ago, loud hum, lights died and the sound went. On inspection one of the tubes was glowing red-hot.
I unplugged it and took it for repair a few days later.
Here's where my friendly neighbourhood repairman gave me some insight.

The weakest point on any valve amp is probably the valves. In most combo amps the valves are upside-down - incidentally heating-up the printed-circuit board - and exposed to the vibration caused by pressure waves emanating from the speakers and surrounding baffle. According to Jesse, a rogue particle had probably dropped into the inverted valve at some point and cause the malfunction. On replacing the 2-amp chassis fuse, all was found to be well, the amp powered up and tapping the valves did not produce any microphonic noise.
It is recommended, therefore that I carry a spare two-amp fuse - and probably a five-amp plug fuse as well - and source a matched pair of 6L6s from Watford Valves. In future I will carry these as backups.

So, I'm not blaming the amp, particularly, for this, as I believe it is a fault more attributable to this style of amp design, ie upside-down valves within a speaker cabinet.
My previous long-term experience with a combo amp is with two concecutive AC30s over a period of about twenty years, which never exhibited this problem, so it all seems to make some kind of sense as the valves in 70s AC30s stick upright.
Makes you think though, maybe a backup amp for gigs - never have done, maybe I've been lucky?

Is it fair to mark the amp down for this. If I'd been at a gig it would have been an embarassment, to say the least so I'd have to say, yes. After regular but kind use over ten months I'm disappointed.

Contacted Peavey with a warranty query, they responded promptly.
Took the amp to a trusted repairman rather than get involved with carriage to the dealer (Sound Control Birmingham) and then warranty stuff. Fixed while I waited, had to force ten quid on the man for his time.

I reckon Peavey would be OK or their UK agents, they are pretty much up there with the main names these days.

1/10 to Sound Control Birmingham though for not sending me either a manual or the form to apply for the Peavey extended warranty in Europe, despite requesting twice. I've given up now.

I'm giving a 5 for the Sound Control thing.

Been playing xx years eek
oh man it can't be that long. I'm still trying to learn.

Other gear - currently marshall tsl100 halfstack, fender pro junior (very rude) homemade pedalbox with assorted pedals. Fender jap reissue strat, jap squier strat, yamaha sg200. Plus the PA.

Have owned loads of stuff.

D'you know what, if it was lost/stolen/worn out I would replace it with something else, probably a Bandit - or two. Not that I'm unhappy with it but I think that my priorities since the 'temporarily blown valve' sketch have changed. Reliability and freedom from hass is number one.

I like it, for its flexibility, tone, power, portability and affordability, but the valve thing (and the valves are Russian Sovteks, not Chinese) has definitely got me thinking - it's not as if I've thrashed the thing, never over halfway-ish anyway, I take care of my gear.

Sorry Peavey, a reluctant 7, I do like this amp.

Made in late 2005 / early 2006 - I suppose. I'd say it's pretty versatile - should cover all of the needs of a modern guitarist. Plenty of gain, warm clean channel, boost, separate EQ's, effects loop, a very neat texture pot (which I use all the time - extremely useful!), resonance switch, etc. No headphone / output jack - other than the external speaker cabinet output.

I wish it comes with a footswitch, and maaaaybe a headphone jack. (but it wouldn't do it justice since it can't sound that good through headphones)

Also, a gain control for the gain boost would be useful, but that would almost be like a third channel.

I never use the resonance switch, and the volume boost - it does absolutely nothing.

I use this amp at home, only cranked it once at a friend's house, pretty loud - I have the texture all the way down and still never play it above 2/10 if the gain is set a bit higher.

Overall - I'd say the features are great, it's a very versatile amp.

This amp can make all kinds of sounds - including crystal clean, bone crushing distortion, classic overdrive, crunchy cleans, etc.

The clean channel tends to get a bit distorted at high volumes, though.

The distorion can be VERY brutal - even with single coil pickups.

Unfortunately, even after 6 months of having it, I still haven't tried it with a decent guitar, just my Squier Strat and a few low end Ibanez's, but it still sounded decent.

What bothers me a bit is the drive channel - it seems to be a tad bit muddy - so I have to bring out the treble more than I usually would. (but that could also be the fact that I play it at low volumes and with a relatively bad guitar)

It suits my music style well - blues, rock, a bit of heavy stuff.

BUT, if you're aiming only at low-gain stuff like blues and classic rock - I do suggest a Classic 30 / 50 instead.

This amp is NOT noisy. I stop playing and turn it up to 5 and still not hear a thing - and I'm sitting about half a meter away. (ofcourse, not with single coils) This is what surprised me the most.

I'm not sure on this one - since I've only used it at home, but it seems pretty well built and reliable. In the past 6 months - it has never broken down, nor did I have to go to service.

I did send some e-mails - and they replied quickly. Nothing other than that.

I have been playing for a little over 4 years now. I haven't own much equipment - I have a Squier Strat, a Squier Dreadnought and an Ibanez AEG10Ebk electric-acoustic. The amp I had before this was a small Squier SP10.

This is my first 'real' amp so I don't really count as being objective, but I have played a lot of tube amps in the past couple of years and I can say that it's certainly worth the money (even though it is much more expensive in Croatia), because I've played amps that cost three times as much and almost don't sound better at all.

I like its versatility, but kinda dislike the muddyness on the drive channel.

If it were stolen, I'd probably go and try out a few more before buying it again, because I haven't done that before this one. I'd have a look at the Classic series.

I compared it to a Classic 30 - and it seemed a lot quiter, the Classic 30 was more 'real'.

I've chosen this amp because it attracted me with it's versatility - I wanted separate EQ's - a bit more gain (than the Classic 30) - THE TEXTURE POT - etc.

My advice is - TRY BEFORE YOU BUY. (I didn't)

Don't get me wrong - I am not dissapointed, but who knows - maybe I could have gone a better way if I tried a few more.

If you're into heavy stuff - this could be the amp for you. If you're more into vintage-like sounds - I'd reccomend the Classic 30 or the Classic 50 instead.

This definetly IS a good amp for the money you'll play for it, though.

I bought this amp when it first came out. All the features have been stated before me in other reviews. This amp was bought for a 1991 gibson les paul studio lite with 496r hot ceramic and 500t super ceramic pickups. A very dirty and hot rock setup. So far its holding up for what I was looking for

As for sounds it is very well suited for the price. You can go out and spend an arm and leg and get the best but I was looking for an amp for 1 certain guitar and in the real world you cant just drop a ton on an amp that will only get used for one guitar. It took me about a year to get it dialed in just right. It may sound like I'm stupid but trust me, It just wouldnt dial in for the style I was looking for. everything from a twist of the dial to string types to diffrent calibrations on the neck to get it right. I play a great varitey of music and this is not used for any giging at all. I use this in my home studio and writing of originals. I also use a varity of pedals on this amp as well to give it a little spice. But in all honesty I have had poor luck with getting the sound I was looking for out of it. but again I am pretty anal about sound. It means everything. Like I've stated I am using a guitar with not so ordinary pick-ups with it. When played with one of my les pauls for the 70's with 490r and 498t pick-ups it sounds pretty good, but not great. Run through one of my vintage les pauls with soap bar 90's the sound quality lessens even more. Fender strat whether its a pre cbs to some of my newer vintage reissues and relics, its really hard to get bad tones out of. On my telecasters, not good. My 52' reissue sounds like crap my esquire sounds like crap custom shops sound like crap and the only tele that sounds a little better then crap on this amp is a j-5. In my opinion it really does matter what is being plugged into this amp for sound quality. It seems to like hot humbuckers. So i guessing ibenezes,jacksons and so forth would sound good through it. I would say If you has a beginer guitar up to a pretty good guitar, dont waste your money till you get that guitar you froth over just by hanging on the wall. Then take that guitar and plug in till you find the right mate for it. Great This is a great amp for certain guitars. But its also a shitty amp for certain guitars too. Dont just buy one and take it home to play for the first time. Take yor guitar with you and take my advise on this. Spend some time dialing it it in before you buy it. for as few options it has it is a touchy little bastard all in its own.Its not a classic series at all but it is a good little amp all in all

So far so good thats all I can say.

Never had to use it but I know my local little owner operated shop would take care of it if I did have problems. I only buy selected items at big box stores. Always support the little guy, and they will always support you. Try walking into a big box and borrow a high ticket item for the night to see if you like it, doesnt happen. thats the advantage of the little guy the 1 on 1, even low ball prices dont beat that that kind of customer service.

I am 31 years old and have been playing since I was about 11 or 12. Starting to get some notches in my belt. I started with a no name les paul copy with a no name amp and have worked my self to the point of where I have 1 off srv and my recentlyly aquired blackie relics. I have gotten to the point in my music life where I know I'm not going to be A platnium recording star, but it has done me very well in the aspect of being able to write and do session work with artists who are and will be there is fine to me. Theres alot of hopeful and ego players out there who know everything. I dont nor do I pretend to be. If I did my face would be on the cover of all guitar mags. But I do know what I play and for what I was looking for this works well for it. I do recomend this amp to other with the eception of it really does matter what oyur plugging into it. A $300.00 guitar is and always will play and sound like a $300.00 guitar. Play a $3000.00 guitar through it and theres a diffrence. So remember every intrument has quirks where others dont. Certain items work well with others as certain Items dont.

OK, here's an update on my previous review on this amp.

I own an Ibanez RG2570E and I never noticed how good this axe really is until I heard/saw a video of a guy with the exact same guitar. He did use some reverb and perhaps something else, but now that I know how my guitar is supposed to sound like, I can only say this.

This amp must suck bigtime!

I know, I know, I hear you all say: "what did you expect from an amp with a price-tag like that?"

Yes, well, from now on I will never compromise in tone again. This compromise is way to big!

I don't own one of these, but I did spend some good time researching and playing them in order to learn more. My main amp is a Mesa Boogie Tremoverb 2x12 combo, which I'm pretty convinced is the best sounding and versatile amp I've ever come across. I need a lighter amp for playing smaller things and that led me to research smaller all tube amps. This is definitely one of the best Peavey amps I've ever played in terms of tone. The cleans are great, it can pull of a nice vintage overdrive sound, and beef up for some kick butt distortion. I play a lot of kinds of music, everything from mellow to hard rock. For the money, this amp is definitely in a class of its own, with some awesome features (including a gain boost in the overdrive channel letting you beef it up for the choruses, solos, etc.).

Strengths: Decent tone across the board (much better than solid state "overdrive" and you can get a nice distinct, yet thick, hard rock tone.), great price, all tube, lots of options for clean and overdrive tone, only weighs about 45 lbs.

READ THIS BEFORE BUYING THIS AMP!!!
Weaknesses: A rather annoying part of this amp is that when you switch from the clean to overdrive channel, it fades the sound out and then back in. It's very quick, but there nonetheless. I can't believe that this amp made it to the stores like this. For all of the well thought out features and tones, I can't believe Peavey overlooked this. What this means is that if you often need to switch from the clean channel to amp distortion/overdrive, then you'll need to take a one beat rest of silence to not have an awkward channel switch heard. You could use an overdrive pedal instead of the amp distortion to make the switch smooth. No it's not a mesa, but I have to say it sounds really good and for the money, it's hard to beat. I haven't bought one yet, because I'm trying to decide whether this idiotic channel switch will drive me nuts or not. I hope Peavey fixes this for the next version of these.

Made in 2006, Tube amp, clean channel, distortion channel, separate EQ on both channels, Texture control for Class A / Class AB, bright switch, boost switch, effects loop. 50 watts, plenty loud.

The guard for the tubes is a big plus.

As is noted elsewhere in these ratings, this is a versatile amp. I play a Morgan Monroe PRS style electric with humbuckers.

I've been looking for an amp for several months (been playing through my effects processor>computer. I've played through various Marshalls, Mesa Boogies, Fenders, Sundown, and Peavey amps in the last twenty years, so I know what a good sounding amp sounds like. I play predominately rock and blues, and this amp delivers. It's not going to sound like a $3000 boutique amp, but it does have beautiful tone and a great distortion.

When I went to the music store to buy this amp, there was a Peavey Classic 30 for $369.00 (brand new - not used). I tried both amps because the Classic 30's price was so good. After about half an hour of playing back and forth between both amps, I decided to get the VK112 because of it's versatility and the distortion channel sounded sweet. I think the classic 30's clean channel was a bit better, but the VK's clean is good too.

I was a little nervous about buying it because at the music store I was getting a hum when I had the pregain cranked, but the salesmen told me it was their flourescent lights. I was thinking, "sure it's the lights". When I got it home I cranked the pregain up and there was no hum. I've played around on it for a couple hours and it seems to be pretty quiet.

Haven't owned it long enough to have an opinion. Seems reliable other than the knobs seem a bit weak (as compared to the Classic 30's knobs).

I got a two year warranty from the dealer and another three years on the warranty from Peavey for registering on their website (you can also fill out the warranty card and send it via snailmail). Five years on the warranty is pretty good.

I didn't give a rating because I haven't actually dealt with their customer support yet.

I've been playing for twenty years. As I said earlier, I have a Morgan Monroe PRS style electric. Also I have a Digitech 2120 VGS preamp/effects processor and a Behringer V-Amp Pro. I haven't hooked up the Digitech or the Behringer unit to it yet.

I gave it a nine for the overall rating because the knobs seem weak and the reverb unit wasn't screwed down tight when I got it out of the box. Other than that, this amp is a great buy. It sounds better than amps I've payed over $700 for.

As mentioned before, the Peavey Valveking 112 is an all tube combo. It features two channels with independent EQ for both channels. As far as all the knobs and such go, this is a pretty versitile amp and for my purposes, the simple layout makes me happy. I play mostly blues and classic rock, and everything I needed for my sound was there, including some very interesting tone tweaking knobs such as texture and resonance on the back panel. I didn't mess with those too much, but it's probably good to have that stuff there as you can get a lot of different sounds I'm sure. I bought mine around December of '05 if I recall.

As I've mentioned, I play classic rock and bluesy type music. I pretty much only used the overdrive channel, even though the clean channel was definately louder at similiar volume levels. My guitar army inclues Les Pauls, SG's, some Strats, among others. It seemed to go pretty well with all of my guitars, not seeming to favor one style of pickup over another. However, when I first had the amp for a good six months, the settings I had it on would allow for a very annoying buzz from the speaker when I would dig in and play any notes high up on the neck. I assume that the speaker wasn't able to handle the load I guess. Eventually, I found that by pinning the Bass, Mids, and Treble on the OD channel and leaving the volume at 5, and Gain at 2, I was able to eliminate the buzz 100%. But for $400 I love the amp and it isn't that much of a problem. The amp had a good solid crunch, probably more Marshally than Fender. It can get pretty gainy if you want it to, with the gain boost and actual gain knob.

I've had it for about a year, and so far there has been nothing wrong with it. I've played it out a few times and it seems solid as stone. It's put together very well.

I've never dealt with them.

I've been playing for nearly 7 years and I've collected a plethora of instruments and amplifiers. This Peavey has certainly served me well and I would recommend the amp to anyone looking for a quality tube amplifier for a reasonable price. If it were lost or stolen, I wouldn't buy another just because I just recently handed it over to my mother for her to have because I just commissioned the construction of a handbuilt 20 watt replica of the famed Marshall Bluesbreaker, which will serve as my new #1 amp. The only bad thing about the Valveking 112 is the speaker, but overall, it's a great little amp and I enjoyed the time spent with it.

I think mine is an '06
Versitle 2 channel
All Tube

Purchased in 2006.
The features and detail of this amp are well covered in previous reviews. What makes mine different is that the cabinet has been cut down so the unit is now a pretty neat head. Just peeled back the covering, cut the sides down, re-attached the bottom, re-glued the covering, some mods to the speaker board and cloth and voila'.
This amp is used in gig situations and has plenty of power coupled together with a seperate speaker cabinet with 2 x Celestion Vintage 30's fitted.

I only use the clean channel with pedals for distortion, chorus, delay ect. The reverb is horrible. In a gig situation I have only ever hade to turn the volume up to around 5. As far as guitars are concerned I use a Squier Tele Custom Deluxe (les paul setup) and a Cort G254 S/S/H through a Digitech Bad Monkey, Boss Blues Driver, Boss Super Chorus and an Ibanez Delay pedals.
I am presently in a duo using backing tracks so the music styles are hugely varied - 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's ect.
A previous critic of the Valve King stated that it hissed and popped, well so does mine. You can only hear the noises when you are not playing so I guess there is no problem until such time that you can hear them over the volume of the guitar. The Valve King speaker installed in the amp rates alongside the reverb - horrible.

I cut the amp down and converted it into a seperate head because I am of the opinion that combo amps cause vibration and premature failure of the tubes. I experienced this with my Classic 50. I did not want to cut the Classic 50 down and make seperate head so the Valve King fitted the bill quite nicely, although the sound of the Valve King is not a patch on my 81 Classic 50. Neither amp has ever broken down or left me in the lurch.

I have dealt with Peavey via e mail regarding details of my Classic 50 - age, wiring diagrams ect. They were super efficient and mailed me what I wanted the same day. Us guys in South Africa are not used to this level of service.

I am 55 years young, have been playing for 46 years and have owned too many guitars and amps to mention. Presently have in addition to the Valve King, an 81 Peavey Classic 50 VT series with 12" Scorpions. A Squier Tele Custom Deluxe (Les Paul layout)and a Cort G254 with a Dimarzio Norton in the bridge position.
In South Africa today gear is definitely more likley to be stolen than lost. Neverthless if it were stolen I would take the insurance payout and possibly purchase a new Peavey Classic 50 or pocket the money and carry on with my 81 Classic 50, if that was not stolen along with the Valve King.
Do not love or hate anything in particular about the Valve King. I bought it because it was flood damaged and was offered at a good price.I wanted a seperate head and the Valve King having stood in 1 1 1/2" of water for a few moments was easy to cut down and convert to a head. I then purchased some 3/4" plywood and made a speaker cab to house my 2 Celestion Vintage 30's.

I tried to do this review before but I must have failed the math test at the end. My valveking was made in 2006 I suppose. It's a very versatile amp and I play a lot of different music styles such as blues, blues rock, classic rock, country, hard rock, outlaw rock and southern rock. No sense in repeating all the features, they have been listed in many of the other reviews. I do like the saturation where you can go to Class A or Class B or in between. It makes it where you can get good tube tone at low volumes when you are playing at home. I use this amp in my music room at home and I don't have any complaints about the amp at all. Someone bitched because it doesn't have a footswitch but my God an all tube amp for $400? Give me a break man. I also get tired of hearing about Peavey just being a good amp for the money. Peaveys are damn good amps and if you blindfold people and have them listen to this amp and a Marshall DSL 401 side by side, chances are they aren't gonna be able to tell the difference. Excellent amp with tone that is equal to amps costing much much more. Features wise it has everything ya need.

Blues, Blues Rock, Country, Country Blues, Country Rock, Classic Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Outlaw Rock, Southern Rock, Jazz, Punk, Grunge, Funk you name it, this amp can do it. Some thrash and death metal heads that are 15 years old might not be satisfied with it, but then again they will probably grow up someday. Clean channel is great and having the bright switch makes it a lot easier to go from chimey twangy stuff to warm clean. I haven't cranked it up all the way but it appears to have plenty of headroom. Distortion is great for me. You can have a little - which is one of the complaints I have about solid state amps or you can have a lot. With solid state amps, I could never find that slightly dirty blues tone ala Hendrix. This amp gets that perfectly. Turn the gain up, push the volume button and the boost and turn up the bass and the treble and cut the mid out and ya got good metal. I don't play metal but I've experimented with it. Now for me, the perfect setting is the gain on about 4 with lows at 7, mids at 4 and high at 5. This gives an awesome blues rock tone with just enough crunch to make things interesting. Keep those same settings and crank the gain to about 6 and you have good AC/DC or Jackyl type tones. It does everything I need it to do. I have a 61 fender strat with 3 single coils, a telecaster with 2 single coils, a tex mex fat strat with a humbucker at the bridge, an SG, hollow body Les Paul and Ibanez GAX70 all with two humbuckers. The amp sounds great with all of them but particularly shines on my tex mex strat. The only time there is any noise is with my single coil guitars. Awesome sounding amp.

It's a peavey. People talk shit, but they are reliable amps. I have been looking for a peavey valve amp ever since I moved to the Philippines and have had to settle for solid state amps until now. I have had marshalls, fenders, vox, washburn and Ibanez amps that all sucked and all broke. I had been using a laney LX65R solid state amp and it was ok - but still solid state and still not as good of quality as peavey. It's an american company and even though they are making amps in china, the quality is still there. Try one of those made in India marshalls out and you will see what I mean.

This is the 4th Peavey Amp I have owned. I have had a 5150, a Delta Blues and a Classic 30 in the past. Never had one break down so I have never needed customer support.

I've been playing for 40 years. I'm a guitar tech and I've played in several professional bands over the years. Aside from the stuff above, I've got several acoustic guitars. I'd get another one if it were lost or stolen and if it was stolen, they would have to give it to me in jail because I'd crack the guy who did it up side the head with my heavy old tele. I compared this to a Hartke Piggyback Rig (piece of crap) a Marshall AVT20 (not to bad for a hybrid) and a Hartke GT100C (another hybrid that was crappy) as well as a couple of Behringers. This one won heads over heels but of course, I was looking to buy this specific amp anyway because it is good for home practice and MORE than loud enough to gig with.

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