proud of my peavey

[tenniso]

i finally got to use my peavey bandit last night at open mic. it is a 1993 "teal stripe" bandit 112 solo series with the sheffield speaker, 80 watts. this amp easily competed with my friends fender hot rod deluxe, and the p.a. they were using. i didn't use the p.a., i just plugged in and adjusted my tone controls for the room and played my epi les paul with jazz neck and a2jb. i also sat the amp about 3 feet off the floor and aimed it toward the opposite side of the stage so that the sound the audience heard was the "off-axis" sound of the speaker.

i had some people walk around and listen as we were playing and they all said the peavey sounded great and blended well with the overall mix. these older peavey SS amps are seriously under-rated. they can be had for very cheap.

to sweeten the pot, i ended up getting this amp for FREE.:naughty:

 

[richard parker]

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What sort of music were you playing ? Glad you enjoyed your free amp. How come it was free ?

 

[tenniso]

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we play mostly older rock like the grateful dead or jefferson airplane, old country, bob dylan, etc..

here's how the amp became free for me. i paid $100 for it. meanwhile, i was having a new nut and set up done on my les paul. my luthier was interested in an old strat that i no longer wanted. so, i gave him the strat in exchange for the work he was doing($50) and he paid me $50. so that made up for the $100 i paid for the peavey.

 

[Boogie Bill]

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I love Peavey amps! And this from a guy that owns five Mesa amps. They are tough, reliable, and can dish out some great tones. I've owned several over the years. The last one was a Bandit from the original Trans-Tube series in black and silver. My nephew has been using it for the past five years, and he loves it.

The Solo Series solid state amps offer some great value, but so do many of their hybrids (like the Classic, Heritage or the MX); and their older tube amps like the Butcher, Mace, Rock Master, and VTM series.

Bill

 

[Kosh Naranek]

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Peavey amps are pretty cool. I like all the tones I get from my Supreme XL head. The Transtube amps do a fine job of tube amp emulation, and are a great value.
I don't plan to stop with the Supreme XL. I hope to own a Penta head soon.

 

[Binnerscot]

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Peavey amps are pretty cool. I like all the tones I get from my Supreme XL head. The Transtube amps do a fine job of tube amp emulation, and are a great value.
I don't plan to stop with the Supreme XL. I hope to own a Penta head soon.

Have you tried a Penta? Very different tones than the XL (not in a good way for me).

 

[Andrew Lamprecht]

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My main amp is a Peavey Rage 258. It's a small little transtube but it sounds pretty darn good. Not like a tube amp but it sounds great for a SS. And cheap too.

 

[Rich_S]

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I used to see this local band in Philly in the late 80's - they described themselves as the "screaming cowboys from hell". Imagine Aerosmith yodeling Johnny Cash songs on speed.

When they started out, their two guitar players had matching Bandits - slightly older than teal-stripe era. They just cranked them, and the lead player used a chorus. Sounded great.

After a while, their second guitarist wanted got more "serious" about his tone, put together a pedalboard through a vintage Ampeg combo. That rig sounded great, too.

But the best part was the lead player's response. He took one look at the other guy's unused Bandit, a quick glance at the stereo output jacks on his Boss CE-3, and immediately decided it would be a really good idea to run both Bandits, cranked to ten, in stereo. THAT rig was totally out of control. It was louder than hell, nasty-crunchy, and if he ever took his hands off the strings, the guitar would just go insane. Fun stuff.

The Bandit is a good all-around little amp. 112 combos rule.

 

[tenniso]

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i was at open jam last night, and a guy had a bandit just like mine only his had the scorpion speaker(mine has the sheffield). his amp kept up with a fender vibrosonic and a mesa 1x12 with no problem. i also noticed that while he kept up volume wise, his peavey also sounded fuller than the mesa or the fender, although that could be because of the settings. but still, it made me proud.

 

[Binnerscot]

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his peavey also sounded fuller than the mesa or the fender, although that could be because of the settings. but still, it made me proud.

Peavey makes some great amps, I am a fan of the Triple X myself. The Peavey will sound "fuller" because Peavey amps will generally be voiced right smack in the middle of the mid-range for the guitar spectrum. Depending on what you are playing they may not have the growl or the sparkle of other amps, but they do most things pretty well. Enjoy that amp.

 

[tenniso]

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i am enjoying the amp. now, i have the opportunity to get a peavey delta blues 115. should i get it?

 

[80's_Metal]

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One thing is cool about peavey is that they last for ever. . . like a good solid tank.
If you run ANY kind of pedals before them, they sound great!
I love those amps. Wouldn't hesitate owning one again.

 

[bluesbend]

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i am enjoying the amp. now, i have the opportunity to get a peavey delta blues 115. should i get it?

Any amp that lights your rocket is a stone goove! No kidding, if it sounds good to you and you're making music with it, then play on.

Andrew mentioned his Peavey Rage 158. I have one out in the shop and I love to get down and dirty with some "make dem wimmins wet" blues with it.

As B.B. King once said, "It don't matter if she's 98 pounds soakin' wet, or 300 pounds on feed. If she's yours and you dig her, then she's your sweet little thing!"