Members SnakesOnAPlane Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 What a freaking awesome amp!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nutter Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 I like mine, still haven't sold it. Great for practicing on and great lead tone! Rhythm tones are a bit saggy though. Our violinist plays through it for both recording and gigs with just an EQ in the loop and a delay in front and she reckons it's the best tone she's ever heard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shiny_Surface Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Originally posted by SnakesOnAPlane What a freaking awesome amp!!! Early 80's version? I had it's little brother, the Backstage Plus. It was my first amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vexed73 Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 I had one of the first trans tube models and it was pretty decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dughaze Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 I want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Facejackets Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 I am jamming on one right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paragraph51 Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 I've bought and sold a half dozen Bandits. I still have one somewhere around town, too. The quintesessenstial utility amp....dive bar gigs, loaner amp, leave at friend's place, stepping stool, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StratTone Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 No doubt! I still have my grey trim Bandit and love it. Even though I have several high dollar amps this thing is a great solid state amp and gets a lot of play time from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RupertB Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 While there are other amps I'd rather play through, I gotta give the Bandit its props. I played live shows with one for years. It was on stage with me at some of the bigger venues I've played. I just stuck it on a stool (where most guys put their half or full stacks) & mic'ed the little bugger up. It did the job and never, ever let me down. If it hadn't been stolen from our practice space, I'd still own one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PintoMusic Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 I used to have the "blue stripe" Bandit that was the last of the Supersat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members i51423 Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 I loved the distortion on my old silver/black Bandit. It sounded AWESOME, in my opinion. That was 4 or 5 years ago, so maybe it would suck now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garytees Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 I was lucky enough to get an early '90's one (Bandit 112 w/Scheffield)at a yard sale last weekend for $10 (Yes, 10 bucks). Only problem is when I use the footswitch it seems to lose it's power, so I don't bother with the footswitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tribute2Johnny Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Ahh yes. I use my Bandit for everything.Practice, recording, and live gigs. It's a love hate relationship with the love behind most of the trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members M-III Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 They are indeed some tough little bastards of an amp. I have two that I run slaved in stereo to a RP2000 for effects and a Peavey Rockmaster preamp for my distortion/clean. One Bandit has a Sheffield 1230 in it, the other a Scorpion. I even took one of the baffles off the back of one and put it on the other so one is closed back and the other is open back. With the RP2000 through both, the stereo effects are very 3-D sounding and lush! It's a neat little stereo/mini stack rig; surprisingly quite loud and almost will keep up with a halfstack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members '63-Strat Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Originally posted by PintoMusic I used to have the "blue stripe" Bandit that was the last of the Supersat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tribute2Johnny Posted June 20, 2006 Members Share Posted June 20, 2006 Mine's got the Sheffield 1230 12" in the combo area and I've replaced the 112SX cabinet speaker with an Eminence Patriot Texas Heat 12". It's got some balls now. Though I've really never given the overdrive channel a chance on it.. Here's an old pic of it when i still had my Zoom 606....it now says "SOUL" in duct tape on the top area: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PintoMusic Posted June 21, 2006 Members Share Posted June 21, 2006 Originally posted by '63-Strat I liked those ones much better than the transtube series, although the transtube ones may be better for metal. I had very little experience with tube amplification when I got it so I thought it was awesome at the beginning. Once I upgraded, I kept it in a closet as a back-up amp. In the meantime, I had bought a Godin LG that has these really hot, dark P90's. I pulled the Bandit out one day to demo it for some kid who wanted to buy it and plugged the Godin into it. The combination of that guitar and amp sounded so good, I didn't want to sell the amp. The kid actually offered me more money for it. I think he was sold on the tone I got but, with the guitar he had (some $1100 Ibanez strat that his mom bought him), I don't know if he could've got the same sound on his own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blinz Posted June 21, 2006 Members Share Posted June 21, 2006 I've been thinking about picking up a TransTube Bandit to run the ToneLab SE I just bought through. If you plug into the Effects Return, does that Power Amp control (whatever they call it) still work to basically regulate output volume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virgman Posted July 29, 2006 Members Share Posted July 29, 2006 I have an '83 Bandit 65 and I just bought another one. Man, those little amps can crank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mmcquain Posted October 14, 2006 Members Share Posted October 14, 2006 I had an early '80's model that I used for about 10 years and loved it. I then switch to the Classic 30 tube amp (another great Peavey model). That lasted about 4 years (wish I had that one back now). I'm back with another Bandit 65 ('80's model - B&W). As previously stated in this threa, these are just super "work horse" amps and are built right solid - I'm almost 300 lbs and I can use this thing as a stool if needed Not mine but the same model/time frame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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