Peavey Studio Pro 112 II (Discontinued)

I found this amp in conroe texas, brand new for 319.00 but I got a footswitch for free, also brand new, the store dealt only with peavey amps. I checked all through the town, no other place had a better one for metal. A pawn shop had a marshall 212, but it sounded like crap, not heavy enough. So i went back to the music store.

The UMPH from the 12. I have been playing for 6 1/2 years. This amp is very versatile and you can make it sound like guns n roses, pantera, danzig, black label society, ozzy ozzbourne, marilyn manson, basically anything, its amazing. I didnt know that 65 watts could get that loud. Palm muting this thing like pantera made my house walls and floor shake on level 3! Reverb is cool to, solos are bad ace too.

UMMM, not really anything, it has an external speaker jack so if you think its not loud enough, you can hook up anything with 8 ohms.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It seems sturdy, its not that heavy 32 pounds?.!

i love it the t dynamics are awesome, on 100%, also its just amazing on how much JUJUJUJUJU (palm muting) really makes your brains become a blender.

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My sister has this amp - I had a Peavey Transtube I - I liked hers so much more I had to have one. I found it on E-Bay and scored it for $140.00 used - normally you'd pay around $275 - to $300 for one new!

This unit is 65 watts - - the next unit down - the Envoy - doesen't have the headroom to jam with a drummer, and the next model up -the Bandit - is a little more substantial than I need for a primarly basement/backstage application.

No one will get it confused with a tremoverb - but then again - show me what other amp in this price range does as credible a job from clean to blues to cruncheroo.

OK - the reverb on this unit will not have Fender Fullerton engineers shaking in their Doc Martens. Nor are your going to keep Jim Marshall awake at night. Having said that - show me what YOUR $300 amp will do (especially of you get it for 140)!

Construction is OK - some screws do come loose on some Peavey's I've had over the years - eg on the reverb tank (did I say tank? - I meant thimble). Other than that they have a nicer feel to them than the teal pre-transtube plastic Peaveys.

Otherwise

IF you want:
1) something loud enough to jam with (or even live un miked - my sis does in smallish clubs)
2) have a limited budget
3) want the most flexibility for the $

then...
you can't go wrong with one of these Transtube II's - the I's were better than some 12AX7-equipped hybrids that I have tried (or owned) and the II's are that much better again.

This equipment is not Mesa/Boogie - but kicks the crap out of everything else in the price range.

If ther was a 4.5 I would give it that.

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Peavey is a great company and their prices are reflective of that care for the budget of most consumers. They continue to put out great sounding pieces of gear for extremely affordable prices. Even there highest end amplifiers are well under $1500.

This little amp is a great practice amp. It has a powerful 65 watts which in many cases is too much for practice. also these come with the transtube technology which is about the best way you can get a close tube amp sound out of a solid state amp.

UTILIZATION

Features

* 65 watts (rms)
* 12 inch Blue Marvel® speaker
* T.Dynamics® control
* High & low gain inputs
* Separate volume/gain controls
* Low, mid and high EQ
* EQ/gain voicing switches
* Channel select switch on front panel
* Footswitchable reverb and channel select
* Effects send and return
* External speaker jack


Specifications

* Dimensions 21.875" W x 17.625" H x 10.75" D (Unpacked), 24.25" W x 20.75" H x 13.125" D (Packed)
* Weight 39 lbs. (Packed), 34.5 lbs. (Unpacked)

SOUNDS

This amp is a little gem of an amp. You can get a decent but not great clean tone and a good high gain tone as well. I have never been a fan of the Peavey clean tones. They seem to have very little life or soul in them. However, that isn't why most people look to Peavey for their amplifier needs.

People go to Peavey for one good prices and also great high gain amps. This amp has a sweet sounding high gain tone that is very forgiving and fun to play around with. The amp is very forgiving and easy to play. If you have ever spend time on a VHT or a Splawn then you will know how tight and unforgiving those amps can be. This one is loose on the distortion side.

OVERALL OPINION

I am not sure what the going rate for these amps are now a days. They couldn't be too much money. I have seen them depending on the features as low as $100 and all the way up to $250. Not sure exactly what the differences were as I wasn't looking to buy but they are relatively inexpensive to own.

I would recommend this to anyone who needs a good sounding multi channel amp for a good price. This will be a good practice amp and not designed for stages really. You can play them on stage somewhere but you might get an ear full from a the sound man.

- What kind of amplification (lamp, transistor, ...)?
Full transistor
- What is the DLivre power?
65 W on paper
- What connection?
Jack in 6.35; footswitch (not included); Send / Return output External HP
- What are the rglages, effects ...?
Bass, mid, treble on both channels Clean / Lead + Pr gain / Post Gain on Lead
Reverb and Transtube (simulation Amp has Lamps)
View Previous message describes very well ....

USE

- Is the configuration simple?
Yes just take the time for one small problem rglages the knobs are pretty close to each other during mode switching (Vintage / modern / high gain) sometimes move the gain knob pr ... it which abbaisse or increases the saturation: s
- Gets it easy to sound good?
Yes its a good rest to know what one is looking (a still a transistor)
- Is the manual is clear and sufficient? ...?
yes but not very useful for the ergonomics of the beast

SONORITS

- Is it your style of music?
All I was doing mainly metal ax
- With what (s) guitar (s) / low (s) or effect (s) do you play?
Cort evlk2 Team EMG 81/85
- What kind of sound you get and with what rglages ("crystalline", "bold", ....)?
Oula sound I have diffrent kinds according to the types of music play
- What are you sonorits prfrez, you dtestez?
In clean I use vintage ... for the saturation of modern and vintage pieces next

NOTICE GLOBAL

- How long have you use it?
A weeks: D
- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
The metal saturation
- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
Yes
- How do you report qualitprix?
Fort okay I buy Cygnus 100
- With the exprience, you do again this choice ...?
Yeah why not ....