Also, tube amps do not clip assymetrically like some kind of default. If you take for instance a well tuned Class A amp, it will not clip assymetrically.
I had one of these; it served me well for a good five years. Sadly, like 80% of Peavey gear I've ever seen, it croaked. It sounded solid state, it sounded like a Peavey, and within those parameters it performed well, but my Quilter Aviator Cub 50 mops the floor with it, and isn't expensive. As for reliability I'll have to wait and see.
Quilter ftw! Their products are practically indestructible and they sound amazing. Tech21 solid-state amps also sound amazing, but they don't have the same high quality and robust feel.
Nice review! I have an old bandit from 1981 (with the scorpion speaker). It's interesting to see how far the Bandit amps evolved over the years. Yours seems like a super versatile amp!
I had this amp, I liked it, I sold it because I also have the Teal stripe and honestly preferred the Teal stripe. I also have a Peavey stereo chorus 2x12 Teal stripe as well, and that is a fantastic amp, one of my favorites and took me 25 years to finally get one lol. I mix my amps together through a Radial JD7 Injector rack unit. So from the pedalboard, to the JD7 injector, I have a 1990 Carvin X-50B with 4x12 cab, 1989 Marshall JCM800 4010 combo, Peavey stereo chorus 2x12 and the Peavey Bandit. Together they all sound fantastic and the frequency spread is amazing!
@RickyReillyMusic oh my Stereo chorus was in rough shape, the guy use to gig it for years up northern Manitoba, then he had it in the garage for storage for a few years. Clearly some damp storage and really dirty. So I stripped it down, spray out the pots, put it back together and it's just an awesome amp with some history. My Marshall JCM800 4010 combo, that one I was lucky enough to have Zakk Wylde signed it, another fantastic amp. Cheers!
@RickyReillyMusic it was a "meet & greet ". The security at the store were being a-holes, said he wouldn't sign it and told me to put it in the corner till I was done, so I did. They also said no pictures. So as soon as he seen my son, he put him on the table and told us we were taking a picture lol. So when I was walking away after we "meet", I picked up my amp and walked by making sure he seen it, I stopped us and said, I'll sign that lol. That was back in 2007, still have it and I swapped out the Celeston Wolverine speaker for an Eminence DV-77 speaker. Sounds wicked!
LOVE Teal stripe era. Have several. The Supreme is fun, everything looks bandit, but 160 watts into a Scorpion with the biggest dang magnet assembly... those high power scorpions are amazing. Find a pair for your stereo chorus, it will still be way to heavy, even heavier now. But omg...
Thanks I appreciate you commenting. And you’re right, peavey has amazing legacy stuff. My prized possession is my 80s butcher! That’s the real Mississippi Marshall right there! You can actually see it in the back of this video.
Very Cool, Thankyou. Awesome Demo/Review video and Awesome Amp. I got into electric guitar at 50 about 10 years ago (played occasional acoustic before that). Was completely blown away at awesome quality of gear available, Budget, New or Used on marketplace etc. Picked up a Peavey Rage 158 super cheap local to me and was Instantly a Peavey fan. Co-incidentally the next week or so a Peavey 'Red Stripe' Bandit became available local to me for even cheaper. OH MY. The Bandit is Just Amazing. Such an Amazing Sound.... I have never experienced anything like that. Maybe too loud for my 'Suburban' home practice amp, (lol) BUT .... SO awesome for 'special' occasions lol. All The Best. Cheers
You’re right! Thanks for the correction. It said the TS was asymmetrical in the article I linked so I guess old Hartley was wrong about that one too. But when I googled it everything I saw said you were right.
Got to go to meridian Ms , and be at peavey as I was trying in live sound, it was really like before full sail etc were big,, taught me a TON gave me a great everything since ! Love this brand 😊
Great tones! The key to this amp and the earlier silver stripe is how you use those sweeping t-dynamics and presence knobs together in the different settings. I was sad to see that feature gone from the most recent Bandit.
Btw: check out Ghost Note Audio Red Stripe if you want a Bandit-in-a-box pedal (he also has a Peavey Decade pedal if that's more your thing). You can even download his Transistor Legacy Virtual plugin, a NAM based plugin with captures of all of his pedals, completely free. That way you can kinda demo his pedals before you spend any money. His pedals sound great and have a very high quality feel to them.
Nice review, cool, I loved the old Peavey Bandit Sheffield back in the late 70's and 80's . Went Deluxe Reverb and a pedal platform for rock. Can't beat those Fender clean tones.
I went to a Trade High School For basic electronics We had one teacher who always was talking about creating a solid state circuit that would act like a Tube. He played guitar a little That was 1972
@ those Chorus amps are Awesome. I own four different Peavey Tube amps. They are all made in USA and sound great. Good gear for the price even back in the day
Great video, I have a peavy Windsor head, love it to death. And use to have a peavey 2x12 chorus. Damnit I miss that amp !!! The danger with your post is peavey trans tube will go up in value 😂😂❤
Haha fair point, I couldn’t justify the second mortgage on my house to buy it! 🤣 I’ve got the blues cube, the nextone and the katana artist though. All great as well.
Bandits are very cool, I like your video style too! I have a modern Bandit and I like it but I wish I could get more gain out of the clean channel, and I wish there was a master volume so I can match the levels on both channels and then never touch them again. I have an EHX Signal Pad in the effects loop to remedy that, but I wish I didn't have to. For extra gain on the clean channel, I didn't want to run an overdrive pedal because I don't really need/want one for the lead channel, and I don't want to have to switch it on/off every time I change channels. Overdrive pedals also add noise to the signal and I don't like that. I never got the sound I wanted out of overdrive pedals, but it seems I was using the wrong types of overdrives. I watched a Wampler video on overdrives recently and when he got to the MOSFET type, I heard what I wanted. Not like I hadn't heard it before, but I didn't consider it for this context. Lucky me, I have one. I had an EHX Glove sitting around from when I was trying to fix my problems with pedals, so I turned the gain all the way down to like 1 or 2, and it sounds so good on the clean channel, and then switching over to the lead channel, it doesn't add any noise!! I was thinking of swapping out the Bandit for something else, I even bought a used Fender Stage 1600 to try out, but I'm good now. Hopefully I have my amp needs satisfied, just like my guitar needs are, so I can forget about gear. XD
Agree on the modern bandit. 2 things that could improve; a master volume (there's plenty of room on the front, I made one on mine), the mic mod lineout should be placed pre the master (gain channel volume) it's useless unless the amp is cranked....
All reasonable critiques of the amp, you should definitely keeep listening to Brian Wampler! He’s the man, he actually played a bunch of guitar on a song of mine. Should be releasing that version soon. There’s a sneak peak at the rough mix on my TH-cam if you want to check it out!
@ you should try one. Really. It was awhile ago i had mine but i got it for maybe 60 dollars although i think i got it abit cheap. Alledgedly johnny marr used one in the early days. Not sure if that is confirmed😁. Think it was called vox venue lead 100.
I agree the bandit is the best solid state amp but I like the teal version with a scorpion or black widow speaker in it.the Roland jazz chorus was almost my favorite solid state amp but it has terrible built in distortion but you can fix that with some boss pedals but the bandit is great in all modes great reverb also
Actually I forgot the sunn beta lead was a solid state amp so that's number one and the bandit is number two Traynor and ampeg amps are on its heels too and there's probably some I'm forgetting about
I thought you coaxed some good useable tones from this. It’s been my experience that the peavey, and most solid states in general, get lost in the mix in a full band setting.
@@RickyReillyMusic I liked the cleans, too. They don't sound *exactly* tubey, but they sound very good for solid state. That type of distortion has its place, of course, but I would have liked to hear how it can do for lighter distortions. More Seventies style, I suppose. How's it do with a Strat?
Teal stripe Bandit, best Bandit. 2nd best, silver stripe first TT Bandit. Red stripe Bandit, made in USA Bandit 3rd. Red Stripe China Bandit, hot garbage dumpster Bandit.
nope...buy a marshall origin 20 head and a twin12 speakerbox..inside the peavey is a compacted mess of stuff that cannot be fixed once it dies(disposable)...but hey if you dont care buy one.
Hartley Peavey is a garbage human. Buy any solid state amp and use the effects return with a preamp in front. Just NEVER buy a Peavey amp…that man SUCKS!
Garbage! Get a hold of a Marshall "Valvestate" rack mount single space rack amp! Had one of these for years and it was as good as my 5150, and my mesa boogie, plus it was small! Paired it with 2 marshall 2x12 cabinets with celestian green back speakers and that thing crushed! Boss GT6 peddle and you needed nothing else.
Please tune your guitar and set the intonation. Nice guitar tones are ruined by the instrument out of tune. If your tuning is messed up, even best amp sounds like piece of garbage.
I've had my Script logo Bandit since 2000, and it lives comfortably with all of its tube amp roommates in my collection.
2:07 The Tube Screamer had/has symmetrical soft-clipping. It was the Boss OD-1 (and later SD-1) that had asymmetrical clipping.
You are correct, thanks for the correction. Apparently old Hartley peavey got that wrong in his article and led me astray.
Also, tube amps do not clip assymetrically like some kind of default. If you take for instance a well tuned Class A amp, it will not clip assymetrically.
I was given one of these beauties in the’90s and you have totally taught me a lot, cheers. I can’t wait to try them 🎸
That’s what I’m talking about man!! Glad to help. Let me know how it goes with the amp.
I had one of these; it served me well for a good five years. Sadly, like 80% of Peavey gear I've ever seen, it croaked. It sounded solid state, it sounded like a Peavey, and within those parameters it performed well, but my Quilter Aviator Cub 50 mops the floor with it, and isn't expensive. As for reliability I'll have to wait and see.
Quilter ftw! Their products are practically indestructible and they sound amazing. Tech21 solid-state amps also sound amazing, but they don't have the same high quality and robust feel.
Never tried a quilter, but I’d love to!
@@nj1255you’re right! I just picked up a trademark 60 from tech 21 and im still getting acquainted with it, but so far so good!
Thats complete Bullshit. I have at least 10 peaveys including several from the 70s that i have owned for over 20 years. sounds like YOU are the issue.
Nice review! I have an old bandit from 1981 (with the scorpion speaker). It's interesting to see how far the Bandit amps evolved over the years. Yours seems like a super versatile amp!
Thanks! They really nailed it with this generation of bandits. I’d like to get my hands on the newer version as well to see how it stacks up.
I had the studio pro version of this amp. Was my first real amp and served me well for over a decade.
I’ve got one of those too! Gonna review it soon as well. Awesome amp.
I had this amp, I liked it, I sold it because I also have the Teal stripe and honestly preferred the Teal stripe.
I also have a Peavey stereo chorus 2x12 Teal stripe as well, and that is a fantastic amp, one of my favorites and took me 25 years to finally get one lol.
I mix my amps together through a Radial JD7 Injector rack unit. So from the pedalboard, to the JD7 injector, I have a 1990 Carvin X-50B with 4x12 cab, 1989 Marshall JCM800 4010 combo, Peavey stereo chorus 2x12 and the Peavey Bandit. Together they all sound fantastic and the frequency spread is amazing!
That sounds epic! I’ve got the teal stripe classic chorus and it sounds killer. It needs some love though. Still kicking like 40 years on though!
@RickyReillyMusic oh my Stereo chorus was in rough shape, the guy use to gig it for years up northern Manitoba, then he had it in the garage for storage for a few years. Clearly some damp storage and really dirty. So I stripped it down, spray out the pots, put it back together and it's just an awesome amp with some history.
My Marshall JCM800 4010 combo, that one I was lucky enough to have Zakk Wylde signed it, another fantastic amp.
Cheers!
@@charlesb7831that’s so rad! How did you get him to sign it?
@RickyReillyMusic it was a "meet & greet ".
The security at the store were being a-holes, said he wouldn't sign it and told me to put it in the corner till I was done, so I did. They also said no pictures. So as soon as he seen my son, he put him on the table and told us we were taking a picture lol. So when I was walking away after we "meet", I picked up my amp and walked by making sure he seen it, I stopped us and said, I'll sign that lol. That was back in 2007, still have it and I swapped out the Celeston Wolverine speaker for an Eminence DV-77 speaker. Sounds wicked!
LOVE Teal stripe era. Have several. The Supreme is fun, everything looks bandit, but 160 watts into a Scorpion with the biggest dang magnet assembly... those high power scorpions are amazing. Find a pair for your stereo chorus, it will still be way to heavy, even heavier now. But omg...
Peavey gear gets snubbed way too often. This amp sounds very 'Marshall-ey'. Great demo.
Thanks I appreciate you commenting. And you’re right, peavey has amazing legacy stuff. My prized possession is my 80s butcher! That’s the real Mississippi Marshall right there! You can actually see it in the back of this video.
Very Cool, Thankyou. Awesome Demo/Review video and Awesome Amp. I got into electric guitar at 50 about 10 years ago (played occasional acoustic before that). Was completely blown away at awesome quality of gear available, Budget, New or Used on marketplace etc. Picked up a Peavey Rage 158 super cheap local to me and was Instantly a Peavey fan. Co-incidentally the next week or so a Peavey 'Red Stripe' Bandit became available local to me for even cheaper. OH MY. The Bandit is Just Amazing. Such an Amazing Sound.... I have never experienced anything like that. Maybe too loud for my 'Suburban' home practice amp, (lol) BUT .... SO awesome for 'special' occasions lol. All The Best. Cheers
Right on! Just just turn the volume down and let it rip! That’s the beauty of solid state. They sound good at any volume.
Tube Screamer is a symmetrical clipper. SD-1 is asymmetrical. I have two of these amps. Sold all my tube amps. Cheers!
You’re right! Thanks for the correction. It said the TS was asymmetrical in the article I linked so I guess old Hartley was wrong about that one too. But when I googled it everything I saw said you were right.
@@RickyReillyMusic Liked and subbed by the way ☺️
@@jcwm01right on! Thank you. 🙂
Got to go to meridian Ms , and be at peavey as I was trying in live sound, it was really like before full sail etc were big,, taught me a TON gave me a great everything since ! Love this brand 😊
You worked there? If so I have some questions for you!
Great tones! The key to this amp and the earlier silver stripe is how you use those sweeping t-dynamics and presence knobs together in the different settings. I was sad to see that feature gone from the most recent Bandit.
It really is a shame they went to the three way switch for the t dynamics. I still want a newer silver panel bandit though.
Btw: check out Ghost Note Audio Red Stripe if you want a Bandit-in-a-box pedal (he also has a Peavey Decade pedal if that's more your thing). You can even download his Transistor Legacy Virtual plugin, a NAM based plugin with captures of all of his pedals, completely free. That way you can kinda demo his pedals before you spend any money. His pedals sound great and have a very high quality feel to them.
No way!?!? That sounds amazing. I must have it.
Nice review, cool, I loved the old Peavey Bandit Sheffield back in the late 70's and 80's . Went Deluxe Reverb and a pedal platform for rock. Can't beat those Fender clean tones.
Thanks man! I love me some fender tones as well.
the best bandit is the original bandit 65 with the chrome corners. that amp is loud and warm great reverb and they're tough as hell
I have the renown from that era and the back stage as well, still need to get my hands one a bandit 65 though.
Agreed...that's the one i used for guitar lessons. I couldn't believe how good it sounded..
Thanks a lot for this great explanatory review and the link
Great sounding amp ...
Hey no problem!
I went to a Trade High School
For basic electronics
We had one teacher who always was talking about creating a solid state circuit that would act like a Tube. He played guitar a little
That was 1972
Great amp, I prefer the silver stripe and the Teal stripe made in USA versions. Non the less, great little amp.
I’d love to get every version! I’ve got a teal stripe classic chorus. Needs some maintenance but sounds awesome.
@ those Chorus amps are Awesome. I own four different Peavey Tube amps. They are all made in USA and sound great. Good gear for the price even back in the day
@@mcafee1971you really can’t beat them!
Great video, I have a peavy Windsor head, love it to death. And use to have a peavey 2x12 chorus. Damnit I miss that amp !!! The danger with your post is peavey trans tube will go up in value 😂😂❤
I see youve never owned a Boss Waza Head.
Haha fair point, I couldn’t justify the second mortgage on my house to buy it! 🤣 I’ve got the blues cube, the nextone and the katana artist though. All great as well.
I have an older Vox Pathfinder 15 head and 2x10 cab. Best SS amp I've ever heard.
Great, informative video.
I appreciate that! Thanks for leaving a comment.
The Peavey VIP series was the first to come out trans tube amp
Bandits are very cool, I like your video style too! I have a modern Bandit and I like it but I wish I could get more gain out of the clean channel, and I wish there was a master volume so I can match the levels on both channels and then never touch them again. I have an EHX Signal Pad in the effects loop to remedy that, but I wish I didn't have to. For extra gain on the clean channel, I didn't want to run an overdrive pedal because I don't really need/want one for the lead channel, and I don't want to have to switch it on/off every time I change channels. Overdrive pedals also add noise to the signal and I don't like that.
I never got the sound I wanted out of overdrive pedals, but it seems I was using the wrong types of overdrives. I watched a Wampler video on overdrives recently and when he got to the MOSFET type, I heard what I wanted. Not like I hadn't heard it before, but I didn't consider it for this context. Lucky me, I have one. I had an EHX Glove sitting around from when I was trying to fix my problems with pedals, so I turned the gain all the way down to like 1 or 2, and it sounds so good on the clean channel, and then switching over to the lead channel, it doesn't add any noise!! I was thinking of swapping out the Bandit for something else, I even bought a used Fender Stage 1600 to try out, but I'm good now. Hopefully I have my amp needs satisfied, just like my guitar needs are, so I can forget about gear. XD
Agree on the modern bandit. 2 things that could improve; a master volume (there's plenty of room on the front, I made one on mine), the mic mod lineout should be placed pre the master (gain channel volume) it's useless unless the amp is cranked....
All reasonable critiques of the amp, you should definitely keeep listening to Brian Wampler! He’s the man, he actually played a bunch of guitar on a song of mine. Should be releasing that version soon. There’s a sneak peak at the rough mix on my TH-cam if you want to check it out!
Can't find a new price for this amp so it puts things a bit in perspective.
I picked up a katanas mk2 100w 2x12. Really good amp. I still want a Peavy bandit red stripe.
You are incorrect there is only one thing better than 1 peavey and that is 2 peaveys
A peavey chorus 2 x 12 is like 2 bandits joined as Twins
I stand corrected haha. I’ll have to put a rig like that together.
I had the Peavy Studio Pro 112 , I bought it for pennies second hand and I really regret selling it
The little brother to the bandit! Great amp in its own right, they come up on the used market a long you keep your eyes peeled.
red and teal are the best amps (find the script logo) followed by jc120
I’ve got a script teal classic chorus that I’m gonna restore soon!
Thanks I have the little brother also the studio pro 12 sounds almost as good as the bandit
What about the old Vox Lead 100?
Great amp!
I’ve never played that amp. How much are they?
@ you should try one. Really. It was awhile ago i had mine but i got it for maybe 60 dollars although i think i got it abit cheap. Alledgedly johnny marr used one in the early days. Not sure if that is confirmed😁. Think it was called vox venue lead 100.
wait till you try the silver stripe. red stripes were a step down from the silver stripes, a little, although RS are less noisy
😂 Sh!tfield was indeed the first thing I thought of due to Glenn F.
I agree the bandit is the best solid state amp but I like the teal version with a scorpion or black widow speaker in it.the Roland jazz chorus was almost my favorite solid state amp but it has terrible built in distortion but you can fix that with some boss pedals but the bandit is great in all modes great reverb also
Actually I forgot the sunn beta lead was a solid state amp so that's number one and the bandit is number two Traynor and ampeg amps are on its heels too and there's probably some I'm forgetting about
Best Peavey- Bravo or VTM.
Unfortunately I’ve never played either. I’d love to get my hands on them though.
I thought you coaxed some good useable tones from this. It’s been my experience that the peavey, and most solid states in general, get lost in the mix in a full band setting.
I like the cleans, but the overdrive tones are muddy and mechanical as fuc7. Not a fan. Great video demo though.
Fair enough. I disagree on the dirty tones. I had the bass up around 6 or 7 for the whole review if it was rolled back i bet you’d like it more.
@@RickyReillyMusic I liked the cleans, too. They don't sound *exactly* tubey, but they sound very good for solid state. That type of distortion has its place, of course, but I would have liked to hear how it can do for lighter distortions. More Seventies style, I suppose. How's it do with a Strat?
@@totallyunmemorableas with all amps, it sounds like dog shit with a strat
It sound's very close to a tube amp.
Teal stripe Bandit, best Bandit. 2nd best, silver stripe first TT Bandit. Red stripe Bandit, made in USA Bandit 3rd. Red Stripe China Bandit, hot garbage dumpster Bandit.
Haha I don’t know why but the phrase hot garbage dumpster bandit made me laugh.
nope...buy a marshall origin 20 head and a twin12 speakerbox..inside the peavey is a compacted mess of stuff that cannot be fixed once it dies(disposable)...but hey if you dont care buy one.
I had an origin 50 head. If I’m honest I wasn’t a big fan. I ended up selling it.
Transistor amp that identifies as a valve amp🤣
Pronouns are Bad/Ass 😂
So whats its pronoun?
Bad/Ass 😂
These amps sound terrible. But hey you do you.
Hartley Peavey is a garbage human. Buy any solid state amp and use the effects return with a preamp in front. Just NEVER buy a Peavey amp…that man SUCKS!
I have a redstripe, nice amp. Wish this amp was without drive channel, smaller and portable. Someone tried an Bandit-ectomy?
Garbage! Get a hold of a Marshall "Valvestate" rack mount single space rack amp! Had one of these for years and it was as good as my 5150, and my mesa boogie, plus it was small! Paired it with 2 marshall 2x12 cabinets with celestian green back speakers and that thing crushed! Boss GT6 peddle and you needed nothing else.
Please tune your guitar and set the intonation. Nice guitar tones are ruined by the instrument out of tune. If your tuning is messed up, even best amp sounds like piece of garbage.
Idk....my bkackstar tvp 260 sounds better for an all solid state amp....its very quiet unlike valva amps.