I know this is an older video but I pulled my Bandit out of storage and I forgot how incredible it sounds. This thing holds its own against my much more expensive tube amps. So many times in one amp.
Was born in Meridian Mississippi less than a year after Hartley Peavey started his business. My grand father knew his dad and my dad took guitar lessons from him. H. Peavey has made some awesome gear!
I used a bandit with a Boss Overdrive around '86-'87 and it got the job done. It was more than adequate. Anyone who doesn't give this amp a chance because it's solid state is simply fooling themself. One reason these amps sound so good is because of the speaker which is extremely well designed and how the EQ works. You get a lot of flexibility to dial in the right tone.
I lucked out and got one about 4 months ago..Sounds more like like a kickass tube amp..than any other..It is mind blowing..One of the best amp buys of my life..You can play anything on it and it nails the tone..
Thank you for showing the EQ levels. Bought this amp a few months ago and can finally get good tone and Dynamics at low volume. Turning EQ levels very low makes a huge difference.
Just turned one of these into a head and through my 412 it kicks butt and sounds the same every time unlike my last tube head. The lows are huge and the amp feels great Soo easy to play when cleaned up using the guitar vol.🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
Have you ever turned the clean channel up full (on the modern setting) and set the T Dynamics to between 12 and 1 O'Clock? Instant Marshall Plexi! Its magnificent! Hope you're ok, mate.
These are great amps and super diverse. Had mine 14 years and never had a problem. I recently swapped out the speaker with an eminence swamp thang and really happy with the lower end it has provided.
My silver striped Peavey rage 158 stopped working so my buddy let me keep his red stripe Peavey bandit 112 and omg it's night and day so loud and dynamic ,touch sensitive and the reverb sounds so good.. I love these amps.. only complaint is they can be a pain to lug around but the sound makes up for it for sure
Peavey Bandits must have been around for ages. Nearly bought a used one 20 years ago. It was LOUD. A friend tried to give me a Peavey Vintage tube amp a few years ago. I couldn't take it. I talked him into keeping it. He also tried to give me a 70's Gibson EB-3 bass. Talked him into keeping that, too. He was glad I did.
The Bandit was my first "real" amp, still have it and still love it, you can play everything on it. Mine is a little bit different now, its called the pink stripe, red stripe didn't like the past 20 years light exposure 😁
Hey Dave, I have a Bandit 112 that I bought as a teenager 19 years ago. I have used it for gigs and practice alike and have used and abused it for many years. The amp is indestructible and capable of so many sounds. Yesterday I finally bought a new amp, the Orange CR-120 H with the matching Orange cab. Your stellar reviews and demos of the amp really helped me make the choice. I enjoy your info and guitar playing man keep it up.
People have no idea how good these are. I had one I couldn't give away. Last year of the USA Red Stripe. Finally pawned it just because there was no space for it during a cross country move. I've had a few Quilters and still have a 101 head, but honestly the Bandit sound is 98% as good & better in some ways. Its just heavy and not as convenient to haul around.
Love your videos and personality Dave. Leo fender was such an amazing inventor, and he got so many things right and so long ago that it's hard for others to come along and get their due recognition. I think that the fender bassman and the deluxe reverb are two of the best amps out there and yet I'll pick a Peavey classic 30 whenever I hear a comparison. Having said that, I own a red line Bandit 110 and Bandit 112 as well as a Transformer 112. I'm glad you like the Bandit 112 as much as I do, I would recommend it to anyone as a practical one amp solution!
Marvellous amp, Dave! I’ve just bought two, as I fancied having a stereo setup for some stuff. Also, I like the idea of having different amps for single coil and humbucker guitars. I replaced the speakers with Eminence Red White & Blues ones, which have a bit more headroom and an overall better tone. I’d recommend them.
I bought one of these via ebay, and picked it up this morning. It's performance is incredible - I think I'm going to enjoy this! It might become my goto amp at this rate. I'm a great fan of 'loud clean' and this thing delivers big time. Love it!
The Bandit is still a good amp today. They are near indestructible as evidenced by the fact that good second hand ones are easily available on ebay etc. It's surprising how many of them are still in decent cosmetic condition.
Peavey Bandit's are special amps. The sounds are so easy to dial in and the range of tones are brilliant. Any style of music can be played with just the amp alone or you can stack as many pedals as you want in front of them and/or through the loop. The Bandit will take them all quietly and confidently. I can blow the walls down with beauty with one of these amplifiers. The people need to know/remember these are not your normal solid state amp's. They are the royalty in my opinion. Nice energy BTW in your videos. Nice playing as well. Varied and on point. Entertaining and informative.
Excellent video!.. and fantastic playing!.. you are the solid state king!.. I just picked one up yesterday off FB marketplace .. In absolute mint condition .. I have several tube amps.. and switching back and forth.. all i can say is this amp can hold it's own! amazing tone and for 1/10 of what I paid for a tube amp!..these Amps are an incredible value... i love it!.. thanks for the vid!
yeah I'm from Lynyrd Skynyrd land ,,, Northeast Florida where Peavey is King ... NOT to say it was the poor man's Marshall ,,, but there's a lot more to it ... thanks for the vid ... love you Channel Dave ...
Like always, great video. Awesome amp. I have one that I will never get rid of. That sustain was sick🤘🏼this amp is making a come back. Thank you for a great video. Cheers
Awesome demo, Dave! These Bandits are THE best deal going for great, versatile tone. I just picked up a US Silverstripe for $99...best money I ever spent on gear. It gets as much playing time at home as my tube Vox's, Marshall, Supro and Fender...and I got it to gig out with. Rock on, Dave!
I love this guy. He’s the real deal, and of course the English accent is a big plus. I speak from the other side of the pond by the way. I like the two guys at the music store but there act is meant to be silly, perhaps geared toward teens. I do value their reviews. But this guy is like a mad scientist insane guitar player with the wild hair to match who damn it, can really play the thing and his musicianship is up there in the stratosphere. Maybe that’s where they got the name Stratocaster. As he’s playing I can hear references to old music and may I say it, even classical music. Was ready to buy the Roland Cube but looks like the Bandit will do just fine. Have a Peavey Basic 60 bass amp which sounds better than, dare I speak sacrilege, sounds better with a six string than my Deluxe Reverb.
Yea The American Libtards always fall for the Accent,Many salesmen from the U.K. here from Infomercials to selling mops at the Flea Market with the Maddddonna mics strapped on their face..
the trans tube technology really works great.. Don't get rid of your old Peavey Vypyr amps guys they really do mimic the real amps that are inside and The bandit amps are badass Peavey made a great start with this Trans tube technology. ...
I have been listening to your Channel for many months. I no longer get joy from any of the other guitar UA-cam channels. I am absolutely in love with your style of playing. I've always wanted to play like David Gilmour or Gary Moore or many others that I can think of now. You are now my Guitar Hero! The soul and the feeling of your playing surpasses all others😎
Dave Simpson I got it by accident off eBay. It was listed at £120 or best offer, so I offered what I thought was bordering on an insulating figure, which was accepted!
he's not the only guy that talked about pevy bandit there's no other guy on the UA-cam that has similar one and gets great tones out of it. Pevy gets a bad rap and it has me great amps
Dave just a thought about the EQ on the amp. I've just acquired a silver stripe bandit and I found it to be too trebley for me, I too had to turn middle and treble to nearly off and the bass too was very strong so my EQ settings were very much as you described yours. (Surely the amp designer didn't intend the EQ stack to work that way?)Then it occurred to me for a 20 year old amp it was in great nick and perhaps the speaker had not been broken in properly. So I covered it with cushions and played big band Jazz music through it at high volume for a couple of hours to give the speaker cone a good workout, and it worked! Now my EQ settings on clean aren't all 'off' and I've got more more scope to sculpt the tone. Might be worth a try with yours too, it costs nothing but you do have to run it loud for it to work. I chose big band Jazz music for the range of frequencies; double bass to push the lows, horn sections for the mids etc. Could you be even more in love with yours? Ian
Damn man, they really are freaking amazing Heard some awesome stuff about these bandits, the guy over on InTheBlues raaaves about them and the tones are to die for! Definitely gonna pick one up if I see it floating around. They sound so good!
Yo Dave great amp ey mate,had one back in early ninety and miss it dearly sold it when I moved😝🤪😲gonna find another one..now that my playing has reached a worthy level 💥🔥💥got to make it scream🤪😲😲😲🔥💥🔥🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🤩🤨✌️😎
11/05/2019: I have the Peavey 112 Bandit made in USA 2004 with 12" Sheffield speaker. One feature I do not understand too well is the dial for Transube T-Dynamics 25%, 50%, and 100% power (dial on front of amp far right side). I really do not hear any change using it. A youtube Peavey owner told me that is normal not to hear any change for the GAIN channel. But for the CLEAN channel, I should hear a "slight" difference when I turn it all the way up 100%, because it will break up a little bit just like a tube amp. I have heard that solid-state amps and tube distortion are very similar sounds. Two Questions: (1) My amp has 2-different GAIN settings (High Gain Modern or Vintage) with really good sound, so why would I need to play the amp all the up 100% in the CLEAN Channel just to get a little breaking up distortion? (2) Why would anyone use the T-dynamics in the Clean Channel 100% volume (way too loud for my ears) when the amp has a good GAIN channel at any volume?
I believe that one characteristic of the transtube circuit is that it mimics tube distortion that occurs when a tube amp is maxed out. The T-Dynamics feature is there to allow that tubey distortion at lower than max volumes. Want that sound at lower volume when you can't play too loud? Turn down the T-Dynamics knob to the level you want to play. I don't know how well it works, but that is my understanding of its function.
4:25 great tone. Screaming Strat! Gotta fix my grey mist Strat too. Took it to 100 plus jam nights. Got dropped- needs a jack resolder. Our work is never done! ha Ha cheers, mate! from mtw in L.A. Currently using Peavey and Kustom. Yeeeeeow.
Beautiful playing, damn! Those old Peaveys really kick ass. Currently I have an eye on a 112 studio made in USA. I also have a Katana 50 Gen 3, and wanted to ask how you'd compare the two?
David, I am truly sorry, I honestly did not know that you done this vid. I can honestly say this is amazing and can you please do another updated version 🙏.... I do love this amp but there is that fine line on it being quite then hits you in the face loud....anyway, all the best to you.. John from Cornwall.
Glad to see you have the right Peavey Bandit now David, silver stripe Peavey's are ok but not a patch on these red stripes, as you have shown, I play my coil tapped Epiphone Les Paul into this mainly but they will take any pick-up & sound awesome. The only thing I wasn't completely happy with is the Blue Marvel speaker for those low-end tones. To my ear, I got round it by running it into a Genz Benz 4-12 cab with Private Jacks by Eminence 1st & it went a bit too low haha so I sat it on top of my 1960 cab with Celestion G12T-75's & it blew me away!!! My neighbours like the combination too!!! :)) If you haven't already...... DO it NOW!!!! :))
HAHAA nice! when you were playing the strat on the hi gain setting I said to myself, man this amp would do that Gary Moore Still Got The Blues Lead tone so well with a Les Paul type guitar and then you played it, great minds think alike
Jonah Hatch I wish I hadn't let MY B65 go! I sold it to a youth pastor years ago so he'd have a power amp in to run his modeling unit into. (Ikr?) Tried to buy it back but he refused.
TheRosswise Well, if I get a Bandit now, it'll be a 97 blackstripe or a USA redstripe. I've had a XXL head (Bandit's big brother) and would consider that again.
Don't count out the new cyclops Bandit either. They are just as good tone-wise as the USA redstripe, with an extra voicing on the gain channel. Yeah I have the XXL too, I liked it so much I bought another as a spare ;)
Hey, if you like low end so much, have you ever tried using a bass cabinet for your guitar? I know Adam Jones of TooL did that and I really love the thump of his low end.
What’s a fair price for these nowadays? The new gen ones seem solid for $300 when the used ones are going for 200+ Seems the solo series are cheap but hype has pumped the price on red stripes
loved the video. could you do one of you jamming out? from songs you like to on the spot music from your head? you know, how you do when youre alone jamming out. id love to sit back, smoke and listen to it. :)
Great video and demo Dave. You really need to demo Blackstar id core solid state amps. They have TVP - True Valve Performance, imitating the EL84 - 6V6 - EL34 - KT66 - 6L6 and the KT88 and also the Infinite Shape Feature where you can go from the American to the British sound. Thanks for some of my favourite snippets. 🤘🏻
I know this is an older video but I pulled my Bandit out of storage and I forgot how incredible it sounds. This thing holds its own against my much more expensive tube amps. So many times in one amp.
Was born in Meridian Mississippi less than a year after Hartley Peavey started his business. My grand father knew his dad and my dad took guitar lessons from him. H. Peavey has made some awesome gear!
Just bought one used for 90 euro. Blows my mind how good it sounds. A lot of low end, nice reverb, lead channel is a beast.
I used a bandit with a Boss Overdrive around '86-'87 and it got the job done. It was more than adequate. Anyone who doesn't give this amp a chance because it's solid state is simply fooling themself. One reason these amps sound so good is because of the speaker which is extremely well designed and how the EQ works. You get a lot of flexibility to dial in the right tone.
I lucked out and got one about 4 months ago..Sounds more like like a kickass tube amp..than any other..It is mind blowing..One of the best amp buys of my life..You can play anything on it and it nails the tone..
@@lucid_delirium976 $150 US
Mine is not cosmetically perfect but works perfectly
@@lucid_delirium976 I think the tone will be the same..That's what I have read..yes sounds quite good at low volume...But I like it loud..lol
Thank you for showing the EQ levels. Bought this amp a few months ago and can finally get good tone and Dynamics at low volume. Turning EQ levels very low makes a huge difference.
Just turned one of these into a head and through my 412 it kicks butt and sounds the same every time unlike my last tube head.
The lows are huge and the amp feels great
Soo easy to play when cleaned up using the guitar vol.🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
Have you ever turned the clean channel up full (on the modern setting) and set the T Dynamics to between 12 and 1 O'Clock? Instant Marshall Plexi! Its magnificent! Hope you're ok, mate.
2023 now. I’ve had mine since 2000. Love it 😎🎸
These are great amps and super diverse. Had mine 14 years and never had a problem. I recently swapped out the speaker with an eminence swamp thang and really happy with the lower end it has provided.
My silver striped Peavey rage 158 stopped working so my buddy let me keep his red stripe Peavey bandit 112 and omg it's night and day so loud and dynamic ,touch sensitive and the reverb sounds so good.. I love these amps.. only complaint is they can be a pain to lug around but the sound makes up for it for sure
David....you awesome human being you!
Thank you very very much. :)
Peavey Bandits must have been around for ages. Nearly bought a used one 20 years ago. It was LOUD. A friend tried to give me a Peavey Vintage tube amp a few years ago. I couldn't take it. I talked him into keeping it. He also tried to give me a 70's Gibson EB-3 bass. Talked him into keeping that, too. He was glad I did.
this amp is so awesome! I still play it when I got many Marshalls.
The Bandit was my first "real" amp, still have it and still love it, you can play everything on it. Mine is a little bit different now, its called the pink stripe, red stripe didn't like the past 20 years light exposure 😁
I have this same amp ... you make it sound so much better than I could ever do with it.
I'm sure you make it sound awesome. : )
I love the clean Channel. Sounds great with Pedals. 😊 And I changed the speaker. Was worth it.
Hey Dave, I have a Bandit 112 that I bought as a teenager 19 years ago. I have used it for gigs and practice alike and have used and abused it for many years. The amp is indestructible and capable of so many sounds. Yesterday I finally bought a new amp, the Orange CR-120 H with the matching Orange cab. Your stellar reviews and demos of the amp really helped me make the choice. I enjoy your info and guitar playing man keep it up.
Thank you very much and have fun with the CR. : )
People have no idea how good these are. I had one I couldn't give away. Last year of the USA Red Stripe. Finally pawned it just because there was no space for it during a cross country move. I've had a few Quilters and still have a 101 head, but honestly the Bandit sound is 98% as good & better in some ways. Its just heavy and not as convenient to haul around.
Love your videos and personality Dave. Leo fender was such an amazing inventor, and he got so many things right and so long ago that it's hard for others to come along and get their due recognition. I think that the fender bassman and the deluxe reverb are two of the best amps out there and yet I'll pick a Peavey classic 30 whenever I hear a comparison. Having said that, I own a red line Bandit 110 and Bandit 112 as well as a Transformer 112. I'm glad you like the Bandit 112 as much as I do, I would recommend it to anyone as a practical one amp solution!
those notes you are killing at like 5:40 are awesome. signs of enjoying the sounds you are getting. intheblues loves these amps too
Marvellous amp, Dave! I’ve just bought two, as I fancied having a stereo setup for some stuff. Also, I like the idea of having different amps for single coil and humbucker guitars. I replaced the speakers with Eminence Red White & Blues ones, which have a bit more headroom and an overall better tone. I’d recommend them.
I bought one of these via ebay, and picked it up this morning. It's performance is incredible - I think I'm going to enjoy this! It might become my goto amp at this rate. I'm a great fan of 'loud clean' and this thing delivers big time. Love it!
It is a real good amp. I had it and now my son has got it. (Sometimes I want it back.)
great video!.. so much positive energy!..and excellent playing!
Thank you very much. : )
I must say, I watched this video back when you made it but now, returning after all this time, I think this is one of my favorite Dave sounds!
That was “Theme of Laura (reprise)” from Silent Hill 2, love it
The 'Little Brother' version of this amp is the Envoy110 (10"x40w) -- equally awesome tones and better for playing in your house 😆
The Bandit is still a good amp today. They are near indestructible as evidenced by the fact that good second hand ones are easily available on ebay etc. It's surprising how many of them are still in decent cosmetic condition.
Peavey Bandit's are special amps. The sounds are so easy to dial in and the range of tones are brilliant. Any style of music can be played with just the amp alone or you can stack as many pedals as you want in front of them and/or through the loop. The Bandit will take them all quietly and confidently. I can blow the walls down with beauty with one of these amplifiers. The people need to know/remember these are not your normal solid state amp's. They are the royalty in my opinion. Nice energy BTW in your videos. Nice playing as well. Varied and on point. Entertaining and informative.
Thank you again for watching. :)
Excellent video!.. and fantastic playing!.. you are the solid state king!.. I just picked one up yesterday off FB marketplace .. In absolute mint condition ..
I have several tube amps.. and switching back and forth.. all i can say is this amp can hold it's own! amazing tone and for 1/10 of what I paid for a tube amp!..these Amps are an incredible value... i love it!.. thanks for the vid!
Thank you very much for watching. : )
yeah I'm from Lynyrd Skynyrd land ,,, Northeast Florida where Peavey is King ... NOT to say it was the poor man's Marshall ,,, but there's a lot more to it ... thanks for the vid ... love you Channel Dave ...
Thank you very much. : )
Any time I get the urge to wanna sell my bandit I give my head a shake and say no way. Had that thing since 95. It's still my favorite amp.
Just keep coming back to this video lol
The death metal machine!
I remember the bandits from the late 80's early 90's. Great amps!
That they are. Thank you for watching. :)
You, good sir, have got yourself a new subscriber :) I love you're so passionate and enthusiastic, good job with this review, kick a** playing too
Thank you very very much indeed. : )
Like always, great video. Awesome amp. I have one that I will never get rid of. That sustain was sick🤘🏼this amp is making a come back. Thank you for a great video. Cheers
Thank you and thanks for watching. :)
Awesome demo, Dave! These Bandits are THE best deal going for great, versatile tone. I just picked up a US Silverstripe for $99...best money I ever spent on gear. It gets as much playing time at home as my tube Vox's, Marshall, Supro and Fender...and I got it to gig out with. Rock on, Dave!
Thank you very much and thanks for watching. :)
I love this guy. He’s the real deal, and of course the English accent is a big plus. I speak from the other side of the pond by the way. I like the two guys at the music store but there act is meant to be silly, perhaps geared toward teens. I do value their reviews. But this guy is like a mad scientist insane guitar player with the wild hair to match who damn it, can really play the thing and his musicianship is up there in the stratosphere. Maybe that’s where they got the name Stratocaster. As he’s playing I can hear references to old music and may I say it, even classical music. Was ready to buy the Roland Cube but looks like the Bandit will do just fine. Have a Peavey Basic 60 bass amp which sounds better than, dare I speak sacrilege, sounds better with a six string than my Deluxe Reverb.
Thank you so very much indeed for watching and happy you liked the vid. :)
Yea The American Libtards always fall for the Accent,Many salesmen from the U.K. here from Infomercials to selling mops at the Flea Market with the Maddddonna mics strapped on their face..
the trans tube technology really works great.. Don't get rid of your old Peavey Vypyr amps guys they really do mimic the real amps that are inside and The bandit amps are badass Peavey made a great start with this Trans tube technology. ...
Killer, thanks for the video, Dave.
The cleans sound great on these.
Indeed they do. So much clarity and character. :)
I have been listening to your Channel for many months. I no longer get joy from any of the other guitar UA-cam channels. I am absolutely in love with your style of playing. I've always wanted to play like David Gilmour or Gary Moore or many others that I can think of now. You are now my Guitar Hero! The soul and the feeling of your playing surpasses all others😎
Thank you very very much. That means alot to me. Thank you. :)
YeS PV.sure made some great. sleeper SSamps...my special 130 is a tone beast. and LOUD.
I've just managed to pick one of these up for £85 - WELL pleased!
Awesome. :)
Dave Simpson I got it by accident off eBay. It was listed at £120 or best offer, so I offered what I thought was bordering on an insulating figure, which was accepted!
Best Amp Video ever!👍💪😎
That amp really sounds great Dave! But I think you could plug your guitar into a shoe box and it would still sound great haha
Haha. Thank you very much. :)
he's not the only guy that talked about pevy bandit there's no other guy on the UA-cam that has similar one and gets great tones out of it. Pevy gets a bad rap and it has me great amps
william griswold what?
@@thedavesimpson hello dave where is your peavy bandit112 made.
Dave just a thought about the EQ on the amp. I've just acquired a silver stripe bandit and I found it to be too trebley for me, I too had to turn middle and treble to nearly off and the bass too was very strong so my EQ settings were very much as you described yours. (Surely the amp designer didn't intend the EQ stack to work that way?)Then it occurred to me for a 20 year old amp it was in great nick and perhaps the speaker had not been broken in properly. So I covered it with cushions and played big band Jazz music through it at high volume for a couple of hours to give the speaker cone a good workout, and it worked! Now my EQ settings on clean aren't all 'off' and I've got more more scope to sculpt the tone.
Might be worth a try with yours too, it costs nothing but you do have to run it loud for it to work. I chose big band Jazz music for the range of frequencies; double bass to push the lows, horn sections for the mids etc.
Could you be even more in love with yours? Ian
waiting to collect mine used one today, beautiful guitar playing with the last guitar
You my friend are crazy good and so much fun to watch and listen to.
Thank you very much. : )
The reverb in this sounds so good! I have an express 112 and the reverb is quite weak. Amazing playing as always 🙌
Seek and destroy sounded amazing! Sold.
Diary of a Madman! Always glad to get the notification that you've uploaded another vid!
Thank you very much. :)
Great vid. I miss my red stripe SP 112 more than ever.
I have one, picked it up for $60.00 it rocks.
I really don't know any other person on UA-cam that puts that much soul and emotion into their playing as you do Dave :)
Thank you so very much indeed. :)
Awesome video awesome playing awesome Tone!! I love Klon pedals I have a KTR Klon and many klon clones they are my favorite 😊👍👍
Thank you very much. :)
My cousin owns 2 or 3 of these. I love playing them
Damn man, they really are freaking amazing Heard some awesome stuff about these bandits, the guy over on InTheBlues raaaves about them and the tones are to die for! Definitely gonna pick one up if I see it floating around. They sound so good!
Thank you for watching. :)
Fab stuff as always Dave. Just got my red stripe. Keep being cool. !
Thank's for the view on my Strat via IG. We the amazing people of the Tube would love to hear you play Frank Zappas solo from Montana............
Excellent. Sounds the doggie's whatsits!
Thank you very much. :)
Yo Dave great amp ey mate,had one back in early ninety and miss it dearly sold it when I moved😝🤪😲gonna find another one..now that my playing has reached a worthy level 💥🔥💥got to make it scream🤪😲😲😲🔥💥🔥🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🤩🤨✌️😎
Dave.. I love my Peavey Bandit Red Strip Trans Tube Amp. It's a Killer Amp, They sound Awesome bro !
8:45 Diary of a Madman by Randy Rhoads very good choice.
Thank you. : )
That song and randy's playing is why I started 🎸👍
PUT IT THROUGH A 4X12! DO IT! If it was possible I'd say put it through a FULL STACK!
Man i love your videos, your just fun to watch. 👍😃
Thank you very much indeed. :)
two thumbs up AWESOME vid man love it!!!!!
That guitar is very musical, if you get my drift
Indeed i do. Thank you for watching. :)
11/05/2019: I have the Peavey 112 Bandit made in USA 2004 with 12" Sheffield speaker. One feature I do not understand too well is the dial for Transube T-Dynamics 25%, 50%, and 100% power (dial on front of amp far right side). I really do not hear any change using it. A youtube Peavey owner told me that is normal not to hear any change for the GAIN channel. But for the CLEAN channel, I should hear a "slight" difference when I turn it all the way up 100%, because it will break up a little bit just like a tube amp. I have heard that solid-state amps and tube distortion are very similar sounds. Two Questions: (1) My amp has 2-different GAIN settings (High Gain Modern or Vintage) with really good sound, so why would I need to play the amp all the up 100% in the CLEAN Channel just to get a little breaking up distortion? (2) Why would anyone use the T-dynamics in the Clean Channel 100% volume (way too loud for my ears) when the amp has a good GAIN channel at any volume?
I believe that one characteristic of the transtube circuit is that it mimics tube distortion that occurs when a tube amp is maxed out. The T-Dynamics feature is there to allow that tubey distortion at lower than max volumes. Want that sound at lower volume when you can't play too loud? Turn down the T-Dynamics knob to the level you want to play. I don't know how well it works, but that is my understanding of its function.
4:25 great tone. Screaming Strat! Gotta fix my grey mist Strat too. Took it to 100 plus jam nights. Got dropped- needs a jack resolder.
Our work is never done! ha Ha cheers, mate! from mtw in L.A. Currently using Peavey and Kustom. Yeeeeeow.
Beautiful playing, damn!
Those old Peaveys really kick ass. Currently I have an eye on a 112 studio made in USA. I also have a Katana 50 Gen 3, and wanted to ask how you'd compare the two?
Greetings Dave,I don't know why but those Bandits really rock! Better than the silver stripe imo.Great playing as ever,tc mate :-)
Thank you very much. :)
This amp is on my want list.
I don;t blame you. I hope you get one. :)
***** Need the money. Totally povvo at the moment!
It's Bandit Tuesday! ha aha ha Cheers, mate from MTW in L.A.
I think that Oswalt Strat would make anything sound great. Especially if you're playing it. :)
Thank you very much indeed. :)
Youre so incredibly dextrous Dave. I didnt see when the glass slide went on at all.
:)
It's 3:30 AM, can't sleep, and. can't crank my Bandit. What to do?
awesome as ever. thank you for your inspiring videos
Thank you and thanks for watching. :)
Man i waste so much time watching your videos. Before i know it ive blown the whole day away. To good
Sorry about that but thank you so very much for watching my vids. :)
David, I am truly sorry, I honestly did not know that you done this vid. I can honestly say this is amazing and can you please do another updated version 🙏....
I do love this amp but there is that fine line on it being quite then hits you in the face loud....anyway, all the best to you..
John from Cornwall.
Sweet amp demo! :)
Hi Dave, I had the Peavey Solo Series,gigged with it, Great amp.
Awesome. :)
I have an old school SS Marshall Lead 15 mini stack you would love.
Glad to see you have the right Peavey Bandit now David, silver stripe Peavey's are ok but not a patch on these red stripes, as you have shown, I play my coil tapped Epiphone Les Paul into this mainly but they will take any pick-up & sound awesome. The only thing I wasn't completely happy with is the Blue Marvel speaker for those low-end tones. To my ear, I got round it by running it into a Genz Benz 4-12 cab with Private Jacks by Eminence 1st & it went a bit too low haha so I sat it on top of my 1960 cab with Celestion G12T-75's & it blew me away!!! My neighbours like the combination too!!! :)) If you haven't already...... DO it NOW!!!! :))
Shall do and thank you for watching. :)
HAHAA nice! when you were playing the strat on the hi gain setting I said to myself, man this amp would do that Gary Moore Still Got The Blues Lead tone so well with a Les Paul type guitar and then you played it, great minds think alike
Thank you very much indeed and thank you for watching. :)
4:25 RORY style!!!!!
You're an amazing player
Cool ,just bought one again
Great playing and demo👍
Thank you very much. : )
@@thedavesimpson Your welcome Dave.. You rock.
My dad gas a bandit 65 in the basement... He said he'll never let it go haha
Jonah Hatch I wish I hadn't let MY B65 go! I sold it to a youth pastor years ago so he'd have a power amp in to run his modeling unit into. (Ikr?) Tried to buy it back but he refused.
They have a couple of them on guitar center for $100 used.
TheRosswise Well, if I get a Bandit now, it'll be a 97 blackstripe or a USA redstripe. I've had a XXL head (Bandit's big brother) and would consider that again.
Don't count out the new cyclops Bandit either. They are just as good tone-wise as the USA redstripe, with an extra voicing on the gain channel. Yeah I have the XXL too, I liked it so much I bought another as a spare ;)
Hey, if you like low end so much, have you ever tried using a bass cabinet for your guitar? I know Adam Jones of TooL did that and I really love the thump of his low end.
I do prefer B cabs to A cabs. More low end thump like you say. Not a fan of angled cabs so much. :)
Awesome stuff and technique, Dave! Have you ever run your ext speaker output into another 8 ohm load to hear how it sounds through other speakers?
Thank you very much and i have run it out into other speakers. Sounds awesome. :)
Don't care about the amp. I'm just here to listen to Dave play.
Thank you very very much. :)
What’s a fair price for these nowadays? The new gen ones seem solid for $300 when the used ones are going for 200+
Seems the solo series are cheap but hype has pumped the price on red stripes
Very nice Dave and what a good find. Great sounds from a solid state. Did I detect a touch of Rory and George T in the demo ???
Thank you very much indeed and you did indeed detect that. :)
Just picked one up for £65. Rather chuffed.
loved the video. could you do one of you jamming out? from songs you like to on the spot music from your head? you know, how you do when youre alone jamming out. id love to sit back, smoke and listen to it.
:)
Thank you very much and i'll see what i can do. :)
Great video and demo Dave. You really need to demo Blackstar id core solid state amps. They have TVP - True Valve Performance, imitating the EL84 - 6V6 - EL34 - KT66 - 6L6 and the KT88 and also the Infinite Shape Feature where you can go from the American to the British sound. Thanks for some of my favourite snippets. 🤘🏻
Thank you very much and thanks for watching. : )
Dear Dave are you going on tour any time soon??
I highly doubt it. Unless i become a millionaire. :)
this or a DLS40CR (independently of the price difference)? help!
+1 to this one! And also vs a 6505 Mh?