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slashGNR
Published on 07/23/06 at 11:34
Best value:
Excellent
- Peavey Bandit 112, I have the 2nd version. There are 3 versions of this Amp: the first (early 90s) a blue edging around the frame, the second (released in 1995) no edging on the 3rd a red edging.
- Combo 100% transistor but tube emulation "technology Transtube"
- 80 watts into 8 ohms (when I bought 11 years ago, the salesman had me posing as a 100 watts). Or 100 watts in it a sticky back to HP under 4ohms.
- 1 input High gain / Low gain an input / line-in Effects loop / footswitch / HP Auxiliary ...
- 2 channels: clean and saturated / reverb / presence / power setting but reduces
Transtube effect if you push the knob fully.
On boosted channel button Trash can saturate its maximum.
UTILIZATION
- Easy adjustment, we can find its own sound. On the saturated channel, there are two knobs, one input gain preamp input and output as output. For heavy distortion, I put the first knob at the bottom and the 2nd on position 3.
- For amps whatsoever (except perhaps recent modeling amps), we can do without the manual.
- I played for a long time to dry the guitar plugged directly into the input but in recent months I bought a Tonelab SE and I plug the Line in the Bandit.
It is clear that adds sonnorités but overall it is unsatisfactory.
SOUNDS
I play most days of the Blues / Hard Rock to Slash, Aerosmith, Clapton ... and I must say that this amp is not suitable.
I have less than a year a Gibson Les Paul Standard that is far from ringing at its maximum in this combo.
The sound is clear to my taste the weak point of this machine, it is bland, cold, colorless. The crunch is a little better but not folichon. It is in heavy distortion that this combo is doing the best technology Transtube appears in the trash that is sufficiently warm enough, but round provided that the position does not exceed 3 / 10 in the knob gain if the rendering is horrible, it loses all its qualities.
Overall I find the sound too metal too cold, one for the USW and the Trashmen what!
OVERALL OPINION
I have this amp for 11 years, bought when he came out in its second version in 1995.
In all there are three versions and the 2nd is the best from what I read here and there.
At the time I was a beginner, I wanted an amp with a good quality / price ratio with a saturated sound good. The Bandit completing this contract, but when you start to have experience in practice the guitar, there are requirements on the quality of the sound you want and then I have to say I "hate" the Bandit. I will soon change to a combo or a full head tube for a sound worthy of the name.
So that's the Bandit is a good value for a beginner who wants to sound "satisfactory for a beginner."
If I had the choice again, I do not buy it. I headed instead to a combo
Used 15-watt lamp. But then in the registry powerful amp for beginners, the Bandit competes with other brands.
- Combo 100% transistor but tube emulation "technology Transtube"
- 80 watts into 8 ohms (when I bought 11 years ago, the salesman had me posing as a 100 watts). Or 100 watts in it a sticky back to HP under 4ohms.
- 1 input High gain / Low gain an input / line-in Effects loop / footswitch / HP Auxiliary ...
- 2 channels: clean and saturated / reverb / presence / power setting but reduces
Transtube effect if you push the knob fully.
On boosted channel button Trash can saturate its maximum.
UTILIZATION
- Easy adjustment, we can find its own sound. On the saturated channel, there are two knobs, one input gain preamp input and output as output. For heavy distortion, I put the first knob at the bottom and the 2nd on position 3.
- For amps whatsoever (except perhaps recent modeling amps), we can do without the manual.
- I played for a long time to dry the guitar plugged directly into the input but in recent months I bought a Tonelab SE and I plug the Line in the Bandit.
It is clear that adds sonnorités but overall it is unsatisfactory.
SOUNDS
I play most days of the Blues / Hard Rock to Slash, Aerosmith, Clapton ... and I must say that this amp is not suitable.
I have less than a year a Gibson Les Paul Standard that is far from ringing at its maximum in this combo.
The sound is clear to my taste the weak point of this machine, it is bland, cold, colorless. The crunch is a little better but not folichon. It is in heavy distortion that this combo is doing the best technology Transtube appears in the trash that is sufficiently warm enough, but round provided that the position does not exceed 3 / 10 in the knob gain if the rendering is horrible, it loses all its qualities.
Overall I find the sound too metal too cold, one for the USW and the Trashmen what!
OVERALL OPINION
I have this amp for 11 years, bought when he came out in its second version in 1995.
In all there are three versions and the 2nd is the best from what I read here and there.
At the time I was a beginner, I wanted an amp with a good quality / price ratio with a saturated sound good. The Bandit completing this contract, but when you start to have experience in practice the guitar, there are requirements on the quality of the sound you want and then I have to say I "hate" the Bandit. I will soon change to a combo or a full head tube for a sound worthy of the name.
So that's the Bandit is a good value for a beginner who wants to sound "satisfactory for a beginner."
If I had the choice again, I do not buy it. I headed instead to a combo
Used 15-watt lamp. But then in the registry powerful amp for beginners, the Bandit competes with other brands.