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The Peavey Bandit Red Stripe has become a minor legend among solid state amps. It offers two clean, and three dirty channels. All of which, have excellent dynamic response. At 80 watts, it has plenty of power to gig small venues (and larger ones if you mic it). There are also external jacks to run cabinets which ups the wattage to 100 at 4ohms. The transtube feature helps to achieve break up at lower volumes; however, this amp prefers it loud.
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mine is a 1991 bandit. well made. great sound with the scorpion speaker. it is a heavy amp for a 1x 12 unit. think it is at least 40 lbs... maybe more. you can get some very nice cleans from the amp. the teal stripe is one of the better bandits to get..this is a made in usa amp . mfg in meridian miss.amp is a work horse.super reliable and can get quite loud if needed. 80 watts is plenty of power. got a cover coming for it. need to get a foot switch but i use a pedal board instead of amps overdrive so a footswitch is not a necessity.price was good 120 bucks for an amp you can easily gig with.. don't hesitate to get one if you get the chance. well worth it
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I own the Peavey Bandit 112 red stripe version with the block letter name plate the last of the Bandits to be made in the USA. I own and have used many Peavey products I still own a Classic 20, Peavey Envoy 110 (Red Stripe)and I used to own a Peavey Rage and a Peavey ValveKing. But my favorites are the Bandit and the Classic 20. I just got the Envoy so I can have a easy to haul practice amp similar to the Bandit but a 110. I have the Sheffield speak in mine and it sounds great, for lead or clean. I love the Loose and Tight switch its great for different tones on rhythm or lead guitar, when playing rhythm and you want that deep chunky tone put the switch in loose and chug on its great. There are also 2 knobs one for the Presence and one for the T. Dynamics I mostly keep both full out on 10 when in the lead channel for the clean channel I roll off the Presence to warm up the tone or brighten it up by going up to 10 on the knob. Having the High and Low guitar inputs are great to have depending on what type of pups you have in your guitars. Also another great thing is Peavey still provide customer service on their older models all you do is call them up give them your serial number and tell them what you are looking for and they will hook you up no problem. Now I am a Made in the USA kind of guy so I would try to get my hands on a Red Stripe or a Black box(also known as Silver Stripe ver.) the Red Stripe was also made in China so the way to tell the difference is to look at the front of the amp and under the Trans Tube name its says "Designed and Made in The USA." the other just says "Designed in the USA". These are one of the best made transistor amps ever get one now and you will have a great amp for life.Read full review
Pros: Fantastic amp for the money. Legendary Peavey quality. My last Peavey amp (a Pacer) lasted for 30 years, and was still going strong! Super loud, excellent voicing capabilities... you can get a ton of different sounds from this amp, without a lot of, in my opinion, unnecessarily complicated modeling features. Foot-switchable two channel amp for clean/dirty on the fly and a boost feature, also foot-switchable, for solos or loud passages. Good reverb section, direct out with level control, effects loop, external speaker jack...a lot of amp for not a lot of money! Cons: Difficult to see where your knobs are set to... chrome w/ a black line. Would like to have more traditional knobs. The voicing selectors for each channel are a little close to the knobs in their respective sections, you have to be careful not to accidentally adjust your settings when changing voicing or manually changing channels... which brings me to a big con: no foot-switch included! You must order one from Peavey or go aftermarket for a foot-switch. And a cover would have been nice, both of which were included with my Peavey Pacer. Overall: 9.5 Only because of the knobs and no foot-switch. Very, very happy with my purchase.Read full review
After doing a lot of research I felt this amp would be a good beast for my purposes. I've used it now for a couple of weeks and am greatly impressed with the difference from my old Crate. I was pleasantly surprised to find it had the original Scorpion speaker in it and not the Blue Marvel the seller had it listed with. It's an older model but still has excellent punch and super tone. I bought it because one of my friends recommended it. My old Crate sounded pretty good for the stuff I was playing but to be honest, this Peavey blows it away. I was also looking for something with lots of power to run a external cabinet for gigs. So far I don't NEED the external cabinet unless I want stereo sound. This has more than enough volume for small venues like coffee shops and medium size meeting halls. About the only thing I don't like is the weight. It's about 10 lbs heavier than my old amp but it's built like a tank so I can live with it. It acepts all my pedals and switches so that's a plus. And did I mention it can get LOUD ? With the external speaker jack it will put out 100 watts which is more than enough for most gigs. I would definitely get another one.Read full review
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