Members cephus Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 I wouldn't be afraid of a bandit. I had a friend who had one and it was an OK amp. I know for a fact that I could get a good tone from it now. You can't really over-do that "saturation" distortion. If you like that gainy distortion, you probably wouldn't like that amp. I know that it has plenty of clean headroom and sounds good with a rat in front of it. If you think a bandit sounds like {censored}, what kind of music do you play? How did you have the knobs set? If you turned everything up to 10, then I agree that it probably sounded like {censored}. But I bet it would sound pretty damned good with everything set to 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 From 1994 through about 2003, my one and only amp was a Peavey Classic Chorus 212.. I dragged that amp all over the place (literally, sucker weighed a ton!) and it never flinched. After it finally died, I got a Peavey Delta Blues 1x15.. Again, tough as nails, absolutely bomb proof.. I'm into modelers these days, but if I ever need an amp for playing out, Peavey will always be my first and only choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Westorbust7 Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 Anyway can we all agree that the reason why everyone's first amp sucked isn't necessarily because the amp sucked? It might have been the player. ^^^Correct, carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oaksong Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 So what happened between Peavey and Joe Satriani? Why did he leave the fold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BIGD Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 I think it's justly deserved. I played on a friend's Bandit 1x12" for a year before I bought my own amp. I knew it sounded terrible, even then. The cleans were flat, sterile, lifeless and dull. The "gain" channel? Harsh, metallic, piercing with absolutely no smoothness or definition. The reverb was pitifully bad.I recently had rehearsal space in a full-blown warehouse, and my bassist dug an old Bandit out from his house and had it laying around. We plugged it in for about 10 minutes, and unplugged it quickly after. It was as bad as I remembered it back in the 80's.I think their only saving grace was that they were cheap...affordable to a 14 year-old, without too much trouble. The modern equivalent of that amp is the Fender FM212R...it has almost exactly the same sonic characteristics...and it's just as cheap. Peavey Bandit? Are you comparing it to other brands {censored}ty solid state amps? Peavey's tube amps are better bang for your buck than Fender's IMO. I always hated the tone of the 6505/5150 whatever the hell you call it, but that's not my style of amp anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jerry_L Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 Anyway can we all agree that the reason why everyone's first amp sucked isn't necessarily because the amp sucked? It might have been the player. My first amp was a Fender 30, post CBS, purchased in 1981. I had to have extensive work done on it a few years ago, but it still sounds great! Actually sounds even better than when I first got it, based on my playing having improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zantor9 Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 I personally LOVE my Peavey I have a Triple XXX and i think it sounds great. I hear a lot of hate from that amp but it ranks higher than the 5150 and 6505 because of the 3 channels IMO. The clean does suck, but i just get a bunch of pedals to clean up that tone. I'm into heavier music though, so i guess if people don't like the tone, they don't have to listen to me play Plus it costs around $1000 new which is pretty good for a Peavey amp. I only got it for 450 so i can't complain about price. I've had it for a few years and it still sounds great to me. I think they just came out with a new Triple XXX model though except without all of the mudflap babes on it and funny names for the settings (Bottom = Bass, Hair = Treble, Body = Mids ) The new one to resemble the XXX is the 3120 if i'm not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 So what happened between Peavey and Joe Satriani? Why did he leave the fold? He talks about the switch back to Marshall in the below interview. http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2010/Oct/Interview_Joe_Satriani_Into_the_Wormhole.aspx?Page=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scolfax Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 He talks about the switch back to Marshall in the below interview.http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2010/Oct/Interview_Joe_Satriani_Into_the_Wormhole.aspx?Page=3 Perfect, thanks! Part of the problem I had with Peavey is that after the amp initially came out, the changes that I wanted to see made to the amp were way too slow in coming. During the production of the Chickenfoot album we were working on a 50-watt head, and there was just no progress. It was grinding to a halt and I was wondering, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CoqBelliqueux Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 Satch uses auto-tune. :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MojoFilter Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 Peavey Bandit? Are you comparing it to other brands {censored}ty solid state amps?Peavey's tube amps are better bang for your buck than Fender's IMO. I always hated the tone of the 6505/5150 whatever the hell you call it, but that's not my style of amp anyway. I'm directly equating the sound of an 1980's-era Solid State Peavey Bandit to a modern Fender Solid State FM212R... they share most of the same miserable characteristics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueSky1963 Posted April 27, 2011 Members Share Posted April 27, 2011 Anyway can we all agree that the reason why everyone's first amp sucked isn't necessarily because the amp sucked? It might have been the player. Watch it! You are way too close to reality with that comment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreaserMatt Posted April 28, 2011 Members Share Posted April 28, 2011 Their older solid state heads (P.A. & bass head specifically) are bullet prof, & loud as hell... cheap too... perfect for the beginner or someone on a budget... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted April 28, 2011 Members Share Posted April 28, 2011 Hmmm...I have a vastly different recollection. There was not the bevy of affordable amps back then like there are now. In fact, there was almost no mid level tube amps on the market. The Bandit in comparison to anything else at a comparable price back then was a God send. The Bandit even had some celebrity endorsements circa '90 and is rumored to be used on the first Marilyn Manson album. It was and continues to be a good amp. Like any amp it has its own tone which not everyone will love (or even like) but the models from circa 1990 forward represent an excellent value for a good sounding giggable amp. Blues icon WC Clark uses one live or did when I saw him a few years ago. He sounded great with his maple boarded Les Paul copy straight into a Bandit. I've been on the lookout for one ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted April 28, 2011 Members Share Posted April 28, 2011 >> So what's wrong with Peavey? Buncha hillbillies! Mississippi backwoods southern engineering at its finest. Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehawww! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted April 28, 2011 Members Share Posted April 28, 2011 There's nothing wrong with Peavey. Hell, they almost bought Gibson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lacking Talent Posted April 28, 2011 Members Share Posted April 28, 2011 I'm in the middle of a massive, downsizing sell-off that includes a few Peavey guitars -- from vintage T-series axes to their highest price point recent production -- that served me faithfully and well for many years (good sounding, very playable, essentially unbreakable), and I'll tell you what: amongst the very few things I'm keeping is a butterscotch Peavey Generation Triple/Single EX that I paid $149 dollars for on closeout, and which is more fun to play (and hear!) than guitars I've had that cost more than literally ten times that; it's my "leave it out on a stand, always there" electric. And if I were in the market for more electrics, I'd buy an Omniac and an HP Special stoptail in a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyzsard Posted April 28, 2011 Members Share Posted April 28, 2011 Love my 210 Lo-Fi swampy nasty mofo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clay sails Posted April 28, 2011 Members Share Posted April 28, 2011 I had a Vypyr. It sounded awesome and had great features but the electronics were messed up badly. I got it used. In any case, I am going to be very cautious dropping cash on a Peavy in future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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