@@bewusstsein3527 this is the only bandit I've tried. Heard some others online, but not in person. This version is mostly the same as the teal stripe, but that one has a mid boost/cut and a switch to change the mid frequency
I owned and gigged with this ampfor a few years had the scorpion speaker wich did blow after a few years but i did rock it pretty hard . Great amp got many compliments on my sound . Running Marshall Dsl 40 now
Got an '88 backstage 110, 65 watts at 8 ohms through a 10" speaker, these amps are some of the best used deals on the market, thanks to the tone snobs who think tubes are requisite for usable tones
The growl in the lead channel is a cool foundation to build upon. It's mean. The clean channel is crystal clear and great for pedals. As a southerner I'm partial to Peavey but it does have a great niche.
I had a Backstage from the first era when I was young. Great amp. Recently got a Bandit Solo from I presume just before yours. Great amps full stop. Mine has the scorpion speaker which sounds excellent to these ears.
I had one of these in 81 and ditched it(foolish) Just bought a sheffield 112 and turned it into a head, it's a $150 kick ass machine !!!!!! My dsl has been on the shelf since buying it !!! The lows r huge and the loop is huge n killer !!
I managed to get a teal stripe for 50€ (i don't think they're as easy to find here in france as maybe in the USA). so one of the cool things is it was still made in USA. pretty beat up but works fine. still haven't really tried recording it that much, probably would have if i were more into metal stuff but i'm usually more into mid gain tube tone.
My friends and I all had the teal version. Great amp but all of ours suffered the same electrical issue where it would just cut out. Sent to get fixed, then cut out a week later. I remember the day I sold it, I was hoping it wouldn’t cut out and luckily it didn’t lol.
I have a red stripe American made Bandit made with Trans Tube. I also have the same model that’s here in your video. 2 Questions: 1). Does the high input provide a lot more gain than the low? (Mine only has the low operational for whatever reason but has lots of gain). 2). Have you tried it with the correct foot switch, and does the foot switch do both reverb and channel switching? I unhooked the speaker leads from the speaker terminals and used clip wires to put it into my 4x12” cab with Celestion Vintage 30’s. Sounds unbelievable plus the clean channel sounds beautiful and is one of the nicest I’ve ever heard. Reverb is very pleasant and spacious too and not too cheap or cheesy sounding.
I'd have to test the inputs, but usually it's only around 6 dB of difference and the amp has lots of distortion already. You could always boost t he front end with a pedal to add much more gain than the high tap likely provides. It's also typically used for active pickups that provide a higher output already, so it's not drastically different. I don't have the original footswitch since I got it used. It likely does both channel switching and reverb. You could always try a generic 2 button switch and see if that works. I have one I can test out and let you know. They're cheap, and it works with my boss Katana even though that's digital. I do want to add a speaker out jack. I think a simple 1/4" plug connected to the leads would work, and I can run new wires to the built in speaker to use that.
@@NickLeonard Wonderful thorough video! True, there might not be much more gain on tap in the high input jack. It does have plenty, however, like you said. It screams! I tried a single foot switch which operated the reverb only. I pulled the plug out halfway to see if it operated the channel switching but it didn’t. Then I tried a dual switch that is the correct one for my red stripe Bandit-that one did nothing either. Sometimes ones that are set up for LED’s are made so that you have to get the right one or they don’t work. I’ve run into that before. There’s another switch I have in mind, I’ll see if that one works. Yea, speaker out jack by drilling a hole the chassis would work great. I’ve made wood jack receptacles that I screw a jack onto that I screw in the cab that work good so I don’t have to drill the chassis. The only shortcoming of this amp is that it would’ve been nice if the lead channel had a mid control (I think you might’ve addressed that) yet it really kicks. My biggest problem is if you turn down the gain on the lead side, there’s not much bass and gets pretty thin sounding-very much like a Rat pedal. In fact this thing is voiced similar to a Rat which I thing is great. This amp was setting out in the rain next door to my ex-wife’s house going to the garbage and she knowing my gear enthusiasm said I should get it. I’m not sorry.
@@scotthutchens1203 it is a great amp, and I've come to really like the older solid state stuff. Different than tube for sure, but I like that. I got a Crate GX600 too that I did a video on. And yes, the main downside is the lack of mid control, but they added that with the teal stripe, not sure if they changed anything else, but the teal stripe is the most sought after, except for maybe the very old bandits. I do have a teal stripe KB100, but it's a keyboard amp and doesn't sound good for guitar, good enough for bass. How different is the red stripe from this bandit?
@@NickLeonard Mine is from the late 90’s I guess. American made. Difference from yours in this video. Totally different. Three different style of distortion/modes to the lead channel, vintage/modern option on clean channel, resonance, attenuator, etc. most options I’ve seen in any amp outside Mesa/Boogie Mark series amps. This article here gives a good complete review. The lead channel distortions are pretty much worlds apart but even the modern or high gain sounds good on lower gain. It’s very Tube like. The filter controls have a wide range plus with the Sheffield speaker I have in mine it sounds more like a bigger cabinet-then when you put it into a 4x12” it’s especially good. I’m surprised at how full and big it sounds with the internal speaker. I put a spare Celestion Mesa/Boogie 90 watt speaker in it that I have which by nature is more dull and bassy and it was way too bassy. The reverb is especially good and the nice thing is it has an effects loop defeat which is good for certain things like digital reverb, chorus, graphic EQ, etc. The only thing it doesn’t have is a foot switch jack for the spring reverb like Fenders did. spinditty.com/instruments-gear/Peavey-TransTube-Bandit-112-Review
Bugger... I had one of the teal stripe years ago and I hated it because its inbuilt distortion sucked and it was noisy. I got rid of it when I upgraded, got it for cheap, sold it for cheap. I later got into Swedish death metal and that chainsaw sound. I never knew when combined with the HM-2 it was the classic sound.
Sadly my Bandit 112 was robbed along with my digitech floor unit. My brother in law was addicted to crack and stayed with us for a time and robbed these.... Father in law wanted to make ammends and hands me my digitech back, got it out of pawn. I lamented that I'd much rather have had the Peavey back, I grew up with it.
I am too old to lug my 1/2 stack to gigs, though it is brutal. I have this amp and it is in rough shape. I did put a switch on the back with a speaker output jack. It powered my 4x12. It was so long ago, I don't remember how it sounded. I'm going to clean it up, deoixit the pots and see what pedals would make it sound pretty while clean and Marshally for heavier tunes. I need a small gigging setup I can manage. Even the Bandit is a heavy little SOB.
It is heavy, and recently I was gonna use it for a few rehearsals and a show, but after one rehearsal switched over to my Katana which weighs less than half and has a lot more sounds and plenty loud enough to keep up with a drummer! I do love the Bandit, but it's not the most practical, beats carrying a 4x12 though!
@@NickLeonard When I listened to a couple hundred videos on the Katana, it sounded so much like my spider iii I picked up just to F around with and not burn tubes. It wouldn't seem like a step up for me. I played a gig with the spider with a 57 in front of it and got complements. I really can't justify spending too much money for low paying gigs. If I can convince a room full of average listeners I am a serious guitar player with a spider, I can live with that. I was hoping the peavey might offer something better. So many people claimed they were good and comparing it to the Quilter videos, SS amps pretty much all sound the same to me. I would love to just get a Helix and be done with it, but the cost. More gear isn't making me happier, just making me poorer.
@@thomastucker5686 the Katana does high gain or even crunch tones better than most modelers. I'd still go with software for recording. You don't need to go down the gear rabbit hole if it isn't fun! A lot of times I think it's the thrill of the chase more than the end result, and it does get pricey.
@@NickLeonard No matter how much I tone chase, at the end of the day, I sound like me. The only reason I want nice guitars is so I don't have to works as hard at it. I can play a 2x4 with strings, but I don't desire the discomfort doing it. Give me any single coil pickup, a little chorus and EQ and I can make any amp sing. I'm just a damn tone chaser like all of you guys. I just spent my budget on a new studio drum kit and a few guitars. I love the plugins for recording. I don't have mixing mastered, but I am getting some really great tracks. Drums are my primary instrument, guitar is my backup instrument, because I think guitars are cool.
i have the latest version but unfortunately sold it due to financial crisis.. i choose peavey over the katana.. lol.. seems like i dont follow the herd.. the clean channel is great.. the high gain is mediocre.. but you can get great tones with a right dialing and good pedals.. this 80s bandit is a great amp.. greater than the latest bandit..
I have a katana also, and I like it, though the peavey is more unique I think, plus sometimes analog is just more fun than modeling. The katana is the best modeling amp I've tried though, and does have a ton of great sounds and amps. The recent firmware update definitely makes it better for recording than it used to be
I really wish a peavey fan with more talent and time then I have would do some better old school peavey reviews with actual peavey equipment. These guys just buying a peavey amp will never get it completely. Pick up a 80s peavey predator, csr-2, AOD-2, hfd-2 and a 90s dirty dog. Plug that chain into a peavey anything you want to chug. I also have a cv-1 and a delta stomp but the above pedals are way more important. I run it all into a standard 260 silver knob with master volume connected to a 215 cab. Also have a 260 booster off the standard hooked into 2 115 PA speakers. I'm looking for a bandit to keep the volume down some lol.
That would be cool, but that's $500 worth of pedals, not insane, but a lot for a youtube video unless someone has them already! I've never tried any of the Peavey pedals and don't know how they stack up to similar ones
@@frankbrown3717 can I get that sound with a 112 bandit? Do you know if those guys used specific pedals? I do some southern rock lately and getting that sound would be fantastic. I am about to resurrect this old bandit and see what is possible, before spending more money. I already own this amp since 89 or so. I don't even know if it was new when I bought it. It could have been used. Seems like it was about $325 at the time.
@@thomastucker5686 I used the Bandit 65 and 112 live for many years, played a lot of Lynyrd Skynyrd covers, worked great. I do not like the teal stripe one or later versions. I picked up a 112 for $200 at a local music store earlier this year, I am in Canada. Good luck.
Have you owned or played any of the Peaveys from this series?
have u tried the grey stripe or the latest bandit?
@@bewusstsein3527 this is the only bandit I've tried. Heard some others online, but not in person. This version is mostly the same as the teal stripe, but that one has a mid boost/cut and a switch to change the mid frequency
I’ve got a bandit 65 in my bedroom that I use and abuse every day
I owned and gigged with this ampfor a few years had the scorpion speaker wich did blow after a few years but i did rock it pretty hard . Great amp got many compliments on my sound . Running Marshall Dsl 40 now
Got an '88 backstage 110, 65 watts at 8 ohms through a 10" speaker, these amps are some of the best used deals on the market, thanks to the tone snobs who think tubes are requisite for usable tones
The growl in the lead channel is a cool foundation to build upon. It's mean. The clean channel is crystal clear and great for pedals. As a southerner I'm partial to Peavey but it does have a great niche.
I had a Backstage from the first era when I was young. Great amp. Recently got a Bandit Solo from I presume just before yours. Great amps full stop. Mine has the scorpion speaker which sounds excellent to these ears.
I had one of these in 81 and ditched it(foolish)
Just bought a sheffield 112 and turned it into a head, it's a $150 kick ass machine !!!!!!
My dsl has been on the shelf since buying it !!! The lows r huge and the loop is huge n killer !!
I have a 50w from 1982. It's sweeet
I managed to get a teal stripe for 50€ (i don't think they're as easy to find here in france as maybe in the USA). so one of the cool things is it was still made in USA. pretty beat up but works fine. still haven't really tried recording it that much, probably would have if i were more into metal stuff but i'm usually more into mid gain tube tone.
My friends and I all had the teal version. Great amp but all of ours suffered the same electrical issue where it would just cut out. Sent to get fixed, then cut out a week later. I remember the day I sold it, I was hoping it wouldn’t cut out and luckily it didn’t lol.
Glad I haven't had any problems with mine! I've never run it for more than an hour or so though
I have a red stripe American made Bandit made with Trans Tube. I also have the same model that’s here in your video.
2 Questions:
1). Does the high input provide a lot more gain than the low? (Mine only has the low operational for whatever reason but has lots of gain).
2). Have you tried it with the correct foot switch, and does the foot switch do both reverb and channel switching?
I unhooked the speaker leads from the speaker terminals and used clip wires to put it into my 4x12” cab with Celestion Vintage 30’s. Sounds unbelievable plus the clean channel sounds beautiful and is one of the nicest I’ve ever heard. Reverb is very pleasant and spacious too and not too cheap or cheesy sounding.
I'd have to test the inputs, but usually it's only around 6 dB of difference and the amp has lots of distortion already. You could always boost t he front end with a pedal to add much more gain than the high tap likely provides. It's also typically used for active pickups that provide a higher output already, so it's not drastically different.
I don't have the original footswitch since I got it used. It likely does both channel switching and reverb. You could always try a generic 2 button switch and see if that works. I have one I can test out and let you know. They're cheap, and it works with my boss Katana even though that's digital.
I do want to add a speaker out jack. I think a simple 1/4" plug connected to the leads would work, and I can run new wires to the built in speaker to use that.
@@NickLeonard Wonderful thorough video! True, there might not be much more gain on tap in the high input jack. It does have plenty, however, like you said. It screams!
I tried a single foot switch which operated the reverb only. I pulled the plug out halfway to see if it operated the channel switching but it didn’t. Then I tried a dual switch that is the correct one for my red stripe Bandit-that one did nothing either. Sometimes ones that are set up for LED’s are made so that you have to get the right one or they don’t work. I’ve run into that before. There’s another switch I have in mind, I’ll see if that one works.
Yea, speaker out jack by drilling a hole the chassis would work great. I’ve made wood jack receptacles that I screw a jack onto that I screw in the cab that work good so I don’t have to drill the chassis. The only shortcoming of this amp is that it would’ve been nice if the lead channel had a mid control (I think you might’ve addressed that) yet it really kicks. My biggest problem is if you turn down the gain on the lead side, there’s not much bass and gets pretty thin sounding-very much like a Rat pedal. In fact this thing is voiced similar to a Rat which I thing is great.
This amp was setting out in the rain next door to my ex-wife’s house going to the garbage and she knowing my gear enthusiasm said I should get it. I’m not sorry.
@@scotthutchens1203 it is a great amp, and I've come to really like the older solid state stuff. Different than tube for sure, but I like that. I got a Crate GX600 too that I did a video on.
And yes, the main downside is the lack of mid control, but they added that with the teal stripe, not sure if they changed anything else, but the teal stripe is the most sought after, except for maybe the very old bandits.
I do have a teal stripe KB100, but it's a keyboard amp and doesn't sound good for guitar, good enough for bass.
How different is the red stripe from this bandit?
@@NickLeonard Mine is from the late 90’s I guess. American made. Difference from yours in this video. Totally different. Three different style of distortion/modes to the lead channel, vintage/modern option on clean channel, resonance, attenuator, etc. most options I’ve seen in any amp outside Mesa/Boogie Mark series amps. This article here gives a good complete review. The lead channel distortions are pretty much worlds apart but even the modern or high gain sounds good on lower gain. It’s very Tube like. The filter controls have a wide range plus with the Sheffield speaker I have in mine it sounds more like a bigger cabinet-then when you put it into a 4x12” it’s especially good. I’m surprised at how full and big it sounds with the internal speaker. I put a spare Celestion Mesa/Boogie 90 watt speaker in it that
I have which by nature is more dull and bassy and it was way too bassy. The reverb is especially good and the nice thing is it has an effects loop defeat which is good for certain things like digital reverb, chorus, graphic EQ, etc. The only thing it doesn’t have is a foot switch jack for the spring reverb like Fenders did.
spinditty.com/instruments-gear/Peavey-TransTube-Bandit-112-Review
Had a Scheffield 112 bought in 94. To me the distortion channel beat many larger and more expensive amps.
Cool vid, very interesting.
Bugger... I had one of the teal stripe years ago and I hated it because its inbuilt distortion sucked and it was noisy. I got rid of it when I upgraded, got it for cheap, sold it for cheap. I later got into Swedish death metal and that chainsaw sound. I never knew when combined with the HM-2 it was the classic sound.
Sadly my Bandit 112 was robbed along with my digitech floor unit. My brother in law was addicted to crack and stayed with us for a time and robbed these.... Father in law wanted to make ammends and hands me my digitech back, got it out of pawn. I lamented that I'd much rather have had the Peavey back, I grew up with it.
Sad story, hopefully you can find another one someday!
So with the preamp out, can you connect it to a interface like an xlr output?
yes, it's just a line level signal
I am too old to lug my 1/2 stack to gigs, though it is brutal. I have this amp and it is in rough shape. I did put a switch on the back with a speaker output jack. It powered my 4x12. It was so long ago, I don't remember how it sounded. I'm going to clean it up, deoixit the pots and see what pedals would make it sound pretty while clean and Marshally for heavier tunes. I need a small gigging setup I can manage. Even the Bandit is a heavy little SOB.
It is heavy, and recently I was gonna use it for a few rehearsals and a show, but after one rehearsal switched over to my Katana which weighs less than half and has a lot more sounds and plenty loud enough to keep up with a drummer! I do love the Bandit, but it's not the most practical, beats carrying a 4x12 though!
@@NickLeonard When I listened to a couple hundred videos on the Katana, it sounded so much like my spider iii I picked up just to F around with and not burn tubes. It wouldn't seem like a step up for me. I played a gig with the spider with a 57 in front of it and got complements. I really can't justify spending too much money for low paying gigs. If I can convince a room full of average listeners I am a serious guitar player with a spider, I can live with that. I was hoping the peavey might offer something better. So many people claimed they were good and comparing it to the Quilter videos, SS amps pretty much all sound the same to me. I would love to just get a Helix and be done with it, but the cost. More gear isn't making me happier, just making me poorer.
@@thomastucker5686 the Katana does high gain or even crunch tones better than most modelers. I'd still go with software for recording. You don't need to go down the gear rabbit hole if it isn't fun! A lot of times I think it's the thrill of the chase more than the end result, and it does get pricey.
@@NickLeonard No matter how much I tone chase, at the end of the day, I sound like me. The only reason I want nice guitars is so I don't have to works as hard at it. I can play a 2x4 with strings, but I don't desire the discomfort doing it. Give me any single coil pickup, a little chorus and EQ and I can make any amp sing. I'm just a damn tone chaser like all of you guys. I just spent my budget on a new studio drum kit and a few guitars. I love the plugins for recording. I don't have mixing mastered, but I am getting some really great tracks. Drums are my primary instrument, guitar is my backup instrument, because I think guitars are cool.
i have the latest version but unfortunately sold it due to financial crisis.. i choose peavey over the katana.. lol.. seems like i dont follow the herd.. the clean channel is great.. the high gain is mediocre.. but you can get great tones with a right dialing and good pedals.. this 80s bandit is a great amp.. greater than the latest bandit..
I have a katana also, and I like it, though the peavey is more unique I think, plus sometimes analog is just more fun than modeling. The katana is the best modeling amp I've tried though, and does have a ton of great sounds and amps. The recent firmware update definitely makes it better for recording than it used to be
@@NickLeonard the yamaha thr is also a great modeling amp aside from katana. thanks for responding
@@bewusstsein3527 the yamaha g series amps from the late 70s/early 80s are some of the best solid state amps out there...designed by Paul Rivera
I really wish a peavey fan with more talent and time then I have would do some better old school peavey reviews with actual peavey equipment. These guys just buying a peavey amp will never get it completely. Pick up a 80s peavey predator, csr-2, AOD-2, hfd-2 and a 90s dirty dog. Plug that chain into a peavey anything you want to chug. I also have a cv-1 and a delta stomp but the above pedals are way more important. I run it all into a standard 260 silver knob with master volume connected to a 215 cab. Also have a 260 booster off the standard hooked into 2 115 PA speakers. I'm looking for a bandit to keep the volume down some lol.
That would be cool, but that's $500 worth of pedals, not insane, but a lot for a youtube video unless someone has them already! I've never tried any of the Peavey pedals and don't know how they stack up to similar ones
If you want to see Peavey amps put to the test, watch live videos of Lynyrd Synyrd.
I want a dirty dog pedal BADLY.
@@frankbrown3717 can I get that sound with a 112 bandit? Do you know if those guys used specific pedals? I do some southern rock lately and getting that sound would be fantastic. I am about to resurrect this old bandit and see what is possible, before spending more money. I already own this amp since 89 or so. I don't even know if it was new when I bought it. It could have been used. Seems like it was about $325 at the time.
@@thomastucker5686 I used the Bandit 65 and 112 live for many years, played a lot of Lynyrd Skynyrd covers, worked great. I do not like the teal stripe one or later versions. I picked up a 112 for $200 at a local music store earlier this year, I am in Canada. Good luck.