I love Peavey amps. They're easy to find, affordable, good sounding and bullet proof. Only thing is that it might take some time to find settings that you like .
It depends on what you mean by taking some time. Meddling with a studio pro for about 2 minutes, once I realized what t dynamics do, I instantly found my tone. Every amp I go through with pretty much the same settings, add a little bass, cut a little treble, max out the mids and crank it. Can't go wrong with it.
@@mojobag01 Gotcha. Thx, for the reply, lol. It's been 20 years since I've been in a band, but indeed our drummer used to beat on those damn things so loud it was ridiculous, and I have ear damage to this day, haha. Funny story: Once, as a favor to a friend who was an aspiring newbie bass player, we let him join us at practice. He had some shitty starter bass amp, and watching him play for his life and not a single note being heard vs. the drummer, 2 half stacks, and a loud-ass singer was pretty funny. Funny story #2: When we 1st started, our singer had no PA, so he sang out of his teal striped, "Scorpion-equipped" Bandit for a couple of weeks until he got the P.A. What can't a Bandit do, LOL?
I've got the Peavey Transtube 258 EFX. Paid 40 bucks for it. Great amp for the house. Trying to get the sound for PEACEFROG by The Doors now. A lot of options but I'm getting there. 😆 🤣 Thanks bro. Great video.
My go-to is the newest version of the Bandit. I have played other models, to me they all very similar tone-wise. The newest version adds a volume boost for solos. To me it's perfect. I also really love the XXL.
I want the new one also. I think it first came out in 2008? Anyway yeh the Oval logo badge, not the 90s pointy logo. I heard a demo on the new one & it blew me away. Cant find a used one for sale............ which is a good sign
@@97warlock The best advise I can give is take time to learn the voicings and tweak the EQs. It took me a while to find the tones I like. After I learned the amp I can make it sound like just about anything. For practices and gigs I have it sounding like my JCM 900.
@@TheRosswise bought the 90s bandit, silver front ........ thrilled mever heard an amp sound so tube like, to me sounds better than a Jsx. , I love this amp. Looking for another because it sounds so good.
Really cool review, i bought a rage 158 and a studio pro 60 last year (very cheap) they sound amazing!!! I hope I will get some more peaveys before the next hype starts hahaha.
Great overview of the t dynamics knob. Most demos I've seen of this amp have that knob set to 100%, effectively tuning out the tube dynamics unless you absolutely crank it. I would like to see some demos that get a compressed "clean" tone out of the amp by low input + some gain + adjusting the t-dynamics with a lowering the volume on the guitar. Might get some very nice tones.
@@RegularGuitars I don't know that you'd have to get that loud. The t-dynamic knob is effectively letting you adjust the headroom on the amp--when it starts to brake. So plug into the low input, dial in a little gain, then dial down the t-knob until it compresses but doesn't really break too much. I wonder if you couldn't get a Fender Princeton kind of clean out of it. Maybe turn down the guitar to like 8, or something. It would be finding a balance between guitar output, t-dynamics and gain. But I would do it on the "dirty" channel so you have a master volume to keep things from getting too loud 👍
@@1monki Studio Pro 112 is quite loud. Cleans with T Dynamics at 5 are more like a Fender Deluxe kind. The problem on doing it on the dirty channel is that both channels, clean and lead are voiced a bit different on the eq. I had to get me a Tweed Champ because I had trouble on a pub I played because the Studio Pro was too loud! even with T Dynamics on 1% it was too much for the place to handle. It was a pub without any walls to the exterior, only glass and it was a mess to work with the sound guy. You can see some clips of that live show on my channel czcams.com/video/IFihHLKEBNI/video.html
@@RegularGuitars Thanks for taking the time to post, and for the information. It sounds like the lead channel is probably too gritty to do what I want. Which is the issue with my current amp, either too clean or a bit too woolly :-P Thanks. And thanks for the clips you guys sound good 👍
Just picked up a Max158 Bass, and this thing is freaky. Unmodified cabinet, but the electronics are a mix of the Max158 as shown in manuals, and apparently/maybe some of the the Rage circuitry and more inputs. Looks like fun!
just bought a used Rage 158 red stripe (Chinese) for $65 CDN, this vid was very informative. thanks! would love to see a similar review for the Rage 158.
They are good. There durable and t plus with solid state is that you don't need to wait so long to play once you turn it on. Tubes kind of start sounding out a while later after you turn on the amplifier. Peavey affordable and really quite good.
I've always found Peavey amps to be great pieces of gear with quality sound at very reasonable prices. Had a KB 300 which was a solid workhorse. Although made as a keyboard amp it was much more versatile. It could handle just about anything I plugged into it. It is actually a 3 channel PA system. Channel 1 has both a balanced XLR mic input and a line level input. There is also a pre-EQ effect send / return insert on a TRS jack socket. With a 15" speaker and high frequency horn it covers a lot of ground. It is heavy, but this attests to how sturdy it was built. I also like the Peavey Transtube series for guitar. Used a couple different models and was very pleased. Great pedal platform for practice or performance.
@@RegularGuitars That must sound great. I couldn't believe the difference using two amplifiers made when I first tried it decades ago. I'm addicted to playing a stereo rig at this point! Lol🎸🎼🎶
I've got a red stripe studio pro that I've had for going on 25 years. Its been through hell and back with me over the years, I even call it a cockroach amp because it survives everything. The blue marvels get a lot of flack online but honestly I've found it to be a fair and perfectly fine sounding speaker that cuts through a mix. They are affordable and in my opinion they are sorta an underrated rock star. Thanks for the video.
Mine is the same, is one of the most sturdiest amps I've ever tried. It's almost impossible to kill this thing. It only got serviced twice since 2001 that I bought it and also sounds great!
@@hartlee1160 hard to tell about the dynamics. They definitely have their own overall sound. The EFX is "woodier" or "rounder" if that makes any sense, the 112 a bit more crystal clear. The EFX is the perfect practice amp for me, but because I use it mostly for that, I hardly ever push the master volume past 4. I'll have to compare them side by side soon.
I’ve had about all these amps the only one I still have is the Xxl . By the way I’m the one that came up with the t-dynamics and fx loop mod for the Redstripe Envoy. Making it arguably the best amp out of all of these. And I’ve had them all.
Wow, it's an honor for me to have your impressions here. I saw your mod while I was doing the research for this video. I got my Studio Pro in 2001 when my Princeton 112 blew up and my band at the time was scheduled to open for a big band on my country. I had savings and my objective was to get a Marshall stack that was on the guitar shop on my town. The stack was a JCM 900 and it sounded awful, next to it was this peavey I didn't know anything about. I tried it and I loved it. I had it since then and it's not on my plans to sell it, even though I have a 5E3 and a 5F1 also. Thanks for watching my little documentary.
@@RegularGuitars no doubt these amps don’t get the credit they deserve. Every peavey Transtube amp I’ve used or heard used live sound great . Just by listening you can’t tell they’re not tube. And I too have some pretty nice tube amps. You did a great job demonstrating the amp. I’m in my 50s and I always liked going into the low input on the Redstripe Bandit. It gave me that creamy overdrive sounds of the 70s
@@timmyv694 Indeed, these amps deserve a lot of love. Thanks for the compliments. As I use mainly humbucker equipped guitars,my preference goes for the hi input to get overdrive from the clean channel easier. A lot of people can't tell that it's a solid state amp. The only thing I don't like are the modern settings, but the rest it sounds a lot like a deluxe tweed, but with eq options and a reverb.
I just bought an Envoy 110, 40 watt transtube, no color stripe, only silver. being shipped now, dirt cheap. I believe it is first generation. Seller says all function is good. Can't wait. I am almost 60 and when I played rock and roll and blues on guitar with my high school/college mates in local clubs my first real amp was a Peavey Deuce II 110 watt with 4 tens. It would rock the club and the club down the street too. I have been out of the game for a long time for various reasons but have recently been collecting practice amps (Marshall, Black star, Peavey, vox and my old Crate I got to replace the Duece II way back.) And adding a few economical guitars to my few (recently a beautiful Epiphone SG, like the Gibson I had in the late 70's) to inspire me to get back in the game with friends who still play. I had the hots for a Fender champ. ("and a cheesey little amp, with a sign on the front said Fender Champ. And a second hand guitar, or was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar") extra points if you know the song. But I saw the Envoy 110 and thought that Mississippi Marshall will not come along very often and I can get a Champ anytime. I cannot wait for it to arrive!!! Thanks for your video!!!🎸🎸😎😎✌️✌️🤘🤘🤙🤙🍻🍻👍👍
So the envoy is the best model? Do they all have very similar clean and OD tones regardless of model name or if they have the tube dynamics and or digital effects? Trying to decide which model is the best..I dont gig or play with a drummer
Crank the bass all the way up and the mods and treble to normal and go from 100% to 10% on the t dynamics and you’ll find out what it does. It’s really just a bass cut on the lead channel.
I always have Peavey gear in various applications, many haters where I came from haha but many compliments as well even by the haters 😆. So these amps are still a little boxy and fizzy sounding and in extreme (loud) conditions aka low tuned metal are just not going to do but put things where they fit. Try running these amps into a nice large sealed cabinet with darker speakers and Surprise! Tell your drummer and bass player with 3000watts and 4x15 cab to relax a bit 🥳. I even have played guitar through TMax bass amps, TKO, old studio Pro 112 (sounds like ass with SuperSat), Reknown, too many to remember the names of them all, Bass, keys, guitars. Had a silver stripe TransTube fail at a gig next to a Peavy Prowler tube amp as a stereo rig. The sound man was quick to address the effects loop and sure enough a few pokes of a cable into the 1/4 jack and away we went on to rock the house. A little cleaning and replacing mains filter caps or noisy fans and the gear just keeps on going !!! I love them, yes I have better gear tone wise but when you want a workhorse that sounds fine and can really dish out reliable performance, the made in USA has been super for me. As for the China stuff I can’t say except some of it is definitely not cool while others are still great, just expect the capacitors and switching power supplies to fail years sooner than the ancient Peaveys from the 80’s if so equipped.
As an owner of a chinese Studio Pro, I can say that the only services I had to do to it were because of a terrible electrical installation on a pub I played and once I gave it to a friend and I still don't know what he did to it but stopped working. It has never failed me once!
Tube boutique amps are always better, but for the money bandits are a good option - Peavey distortion always seems to suck and both amps lack warmth, but playing live i would recommend pushing the amp with a high dist quality pedal in the signal chain. Never play peavey distortion live at a gig, just run good pedals over the clean channel.
A better speaker fixes this. I put a Celestion Redback in my Redstripe Bandit. No distortion pedal needed, the lead channel woke up with this speaker. Clearer midrange, celestion crunch, the treble is much warmer and the icepick is gone, sounds closer to a 412 in many ways but with that 112 focus.
Have you tried the efx line of red stripes?? And the red stripes without t dynamics, is it in there but to a certain percent or is it left out completely???😊
I've read it on a polish forum a long ago and couldn't find it again. The t dynamics mod involves replacing and removing several caps and resistors and soldering in the pot itself. As far as I remember, just look at the schem and upgrade all the parts left of the filter capacitors to studio pro specs. Then solder in the correct pot where the where it shows the breakaway board is wired in its the same thing minus the LED circuit
03/17/2023: I am interested in the Peavey studio-pro red stripe amp (with logo). They sell for $150.00 dollars. I have two questions: (1) How much does it weigh in pounds? (2) When not playing guitar, do all Peavey amps have a loud humming and buzzing sound in the gain channel?
The amp is fine. The speaker doesn't do it for me, but that can be easily fixed with a different one. A Eminence Texas Heat for electric rhythm n blues. A Celestion Greenback for some classic rock or a Celestion Swamp Thang for a fat bottom for heavy metal. Put the money into the kind of speaker that compliments the type of music you play.
Speakers are always a matter of taste, for the tone that I'm looking for, the rebranded eminence speakers are ok, so much that I want one for my 5E3, but those you named are perfectly good options for s speaker swap. Thank you for your comment!
I got a block letters 100 w red stripe. Trying to get a good distortion sound on the clean channel without deafening myself and the neighborhood. Any suggestions?
I don't think that the TransTube is close to a tube amp. I am an EE and well understand the circuit, in fact you can see the patent for it online. I've played some of them and never felt, that they are worth it. There are really good solid state amps out there, for example the Trademark 60 by Tech 21. But is the Peavey Bandit 112 a bad amp? Not at all.
Hey thx for the history on the amp! There's a guy selling the red stripe with pointy logo for a $100. Is that one as good as the block logo red stripe?
I would totally go for that amp. Check the front panel if it says made in the USA or designed in the USA, that way you will know where it was made. The pointy logo tells me that it's a transition one, so it could be made in the US or overseas. Usually US made and Chinese made transtube series share a lot of components. I have a chinese Studio Pro and it's a killer amp.
Nice demo thanks! Have you tried the transformer 112? It says transtube also but in addition has effects. There's a dude nearby selling one for 100 WITH a footswitch. What do you think?
I haven't tried that one, but as far as it seems, it's like a Studio Pro 112 with a built in DSP with bank selectors, different preamp models and lots of stuff, kinda like the Johnson Millenium was with a built in Digitech 2112 and midi switching capabilities. $100 seems to be a really good price, I've seen some of those on reverb for 300 so my suggestion is to give it a try using the same advice on T Dynamics I give on this video. I think it could be way better than a Line 6 amp from the same era, so it's up to you to check it. If you get it it would be really nice if you upload a video because it's an not that well known amp. Good luck with it!
I have a peavey transformer 112 and 212. I personally find them great sounding and very flexible. I feel that they are very good for practice as well as live use. I play country to Van Halen type rock. The 112 can keep up with a loud drummer. I run it on 2 or 3 with T dynamics around 3-5. With a loud drummer maybe 5 and 5 (and it would most likely be too loud for a gig in a medium venue nowadays). I agree with the author of this video. I feel the tone is superior to the line 6 of the era. Weighs 40 lbs. 100 dollars would be a steal. Especially with the footswitch. The only other pedals I use are a wah and a tuner into the front input. Cheers good luck
You could get your money back on just the foot switch! I have the 112 I bought new back in 2001. I don't use it often but I can't part with it. It has plenty of great sounds as long as you are willing to do the work to set up your presets.
It's a quite versatile amp tbh. If you need it to sound really clean, just crank the T dynamics and it wil sound really clean. If you need something like a metal tone, it has some voicings, but it's main strong point is that it's a good pedal platform
@@jazznotes3802 Having a deluxe 5e3 and a champ 5F1 I can tell you that even tube amps don't sound quite well cranked. Transtube emulates a little bit a blackface deluxe, but yes, compression with t dynamics at minimum is a bit too much, but it gives a manageble volume at smaller gigs like pubs
@@RegularGuitars My tube amps sound 1000 times better cranked, but that’s unlikely to happen now with the new pub/club gig noise restrictions here in the UK. The Bandit sound killer at high volume levels, especially for a SS amp. It’s a pub workhorse for sure!
I think it's a matter of taste and which speaker suits best the tone in your hands. I have a quite dark tone and jensens in tweeds work perfectly fine for me. Every guitar player is different. I think peavey were always equipped with nice speakers
@@redcomn I've checked a service manual, but I'm not an electronics expert, so I'm not sure. You can find service manuals easily online and check. Sadly there's no mention anywhere in which class the power amp operates
The ones that claim this amp sounds great have no experience with great sounding tube amps. My experience, not all tube amps sound great, only a few. Maybe the Bandit can close to a shitty tube amp.
@Regular Guitars I have a couple nice old peavey amps, I wouldn't sell them. I did buy a Hot Rodded Blues Junior Red Nova, hands down that is the finest sounding amp ever, they only made about 400 of this limited edition, if you ever find one buy it, truly it will be the greatest amp you ever got your hands on. I have gone through a ton of amps , and still own at least a dozen good ones. I'm just telling you for your own information , if by chance you locate one, BUY IT. It will blow your mind.
I want to like n sub, but not only is it badly broken english without articulation...you drenched it in some music to make it really irritating ..i have to skip back 5 sec and listen to hear what you say. Im guessing it is your own music ?
@@RegularGuitars I understand, i was just really frustrated ... and the same thing with the music bugs my ears today, but im going to make all the way through
Today goes with my Studio Pro 112 to the amp hospital. Now, i'm crossing my fingers. I love this amp.
I love Peavey amps. They're easy to find, affordable, good sounding and bullet proof. Only thing is that it might take some time to find settings that you like .
This is something you will face with any amp except with the ones with only a volume knob lol
It depends on what you mean by taking some time. Meddling with a studio pro for about 2 minutes, once I realized what t dynamics do, I instantly found my tone. Every amp I go through with pretty much the same settings, add a little bass, cut a little treble, max out the mids and crank it. Can't go wrong with it.
I wish I had this kind of guidance when I bought my TransTube Express 112 (silver stripe) back in 1999.
Well now it's a good time to get one of the silver or the redstripes, they are crazy cheap and are real bang for the buck
Thanks for the tips on how to use it.
T-Dynamics at 45% and throw the master up on clean until the drummer cries.
hahaha
Please explain the joke? I suppose I can try it on mine and see what happens, lol. Perhaps because it's so loud the drummer won't even hear himself?
@@joeblough261 Many drummers try (and often succeed) in wiping out the guitar and bass. This thing is very punchy on the 'clean' channel.
@@mojobag01 Gotcha. Thx, for the reply, lol. It's been 20 years since I've been in a band, but indeed our drummer used to beat on those damn things so loud it was ridiculous, and I have ear damage to this day, haha. Funny story: Once, as a favor to a friend who was an aspiring newbie bass player, we let him join us at practice. He had some shitty starter bass amp, and watching him play for his life and not a single note being heard vs. the drummer, 2 half stacks, and a loud-ass singer was pretty funny. Funny story #2: When we 1st started, our singer had no PA, so he sang out of his teal striped, "Scorpion-equipped" Bandit for a couple of weeks until he got the P.A. What can't a Bandit do, LOL?
I went and bought one the same day i saw this video czcams.com/video/atS0nInv2FY/video.html
Thanks for the video for explaning tdynamic great explanation !
Thanks!
I've got the Peavey Transtube 258 EFX. Paid 40 bucks for it. Great amp for the house. Trying to get the sound for PEACEFROG by The Doors now. A lot of options but I'm getting there. 😆 🤣 Thanks bro. Great video.
Thanks for your comment! You'll surely get it!
Good video man, I have a peavy rage 158 trans tube amp, I love it very straight forward amp.
These amps are really a bang for the buck
My go-to is the newest version of the Bandit. I have played other models, to me they all very similar tone-wise. The newest version adds a volume boost for solos. To me it's perfect. I also really love the XXL.
The new models are a really good choice, specially if you don't want to buy a used one.
I want the new one also. I think it first came out in 2008? Anyway yeh the Oval logo badge, not the 90s pointy logo. I heard a demo on the new one & it blew me away. Cant find a used one for sale............ which is a good sign
@@97warlock The best advise I can give is take time to learn the voicings and tweak the EQs. It took me a while to find the tones I like. After I learned the amp I can make it sound like just about anything. For practices and gigs I have it sounding like my JCM 900.
I was shocked at how much fun I had with an xxl
@@TheRosswise bought the 90s bandit, silver front ........ thrilled mever heard an amp sound so tube like, to me sounds better than a Jsx. , I love this amp. Looking for another because it sounds so good.
Nice video! I have 2 red stripe bandits. They good reliable amps and great pedal platforms.
Indeed, those are great amps
Really cool review, i bought a rage 158 and a studio pro 60 last year (very cheap) they sound amazing!!! I hope I will get some more peaveys before the next hype starts hahaha.
These amps are a well known bang for the buck for a while
Great overview of the t dynamics knob. Most demos I've seen of this amp have that knob set to 100%, effectively tuning out the tube dynamics unless you absolutely crank it. I would like to see some demos that get a compressed "clean" tone out of the amp by low input + some gain + adjusting the t-dynamics with a lowering the volume on the guitar. Might get some very nice tones.
I thought about it, it would sound great but I don't know if my neighbours would appreciate it lol
@@RegularGuitars I don't know that you'd have to get that loud. The t-dynamic knob is effectively letting you adjust the headroom on the amp--when it starts to brake. So plug into the low input, dial in a little gain, then dial down the t-knob until it compresses but doesn't really break too much. I wonder if you couldn't get a Fender Princeton kind of clean out of it. Maybe turn down the guitar to like 8, or something. It would be finding a balance between guitar output, t-dynamics and gain. But I would do it on the "dirty" channel so you have a master volume to keep things from getting too loud 👍
@@1monki Studio Pro 112 is quite loud. Cleans with T Dynamics at 5 are more like a Fender Deluxe kind. The problem on doing it on the dirty channel is that both channels, clean and lead are voiced a bit different on the eq.
I had to get me a Tweed Champ because I had trouble on a pub I played because the Studio Pro was too loud! even with T Dynamics on 1% it was too much for the place to handle. It was a pub without any walls to the exterior, only glass and it was a mess to work with the sound guy. You can see some clips of that live show on my channel
czcams.com/video/IFihHLKEBNI/video.html
@@1monki Another clip of that show, mistake included lol
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@@RegularGuitars Thanks for taking the time to post, and for the information. It sounds like the lead channel is probably too gritty to do what I want. Which is the issue with my current amp, either too clean or a bit too woolly :-P
Thanks. And thanks for the clips you guys sound good 👍
Just picked up a Max158 Bass, and this thing is freaky. Unmodified cabinet, but the electronics are a mix of the Max158 as shown in manuals, and apparently/maybe some of the the Rage circuitry and more inputs. Looks like fun!
I've never seen that amp before, it would be great if you make a video of it
i see you're a man of culture as well
LOL
just bought a used Rage 158 red stripe (Chinese) for $65 CDN, this vid was very informative. thanks! would love to see a similar review for the Rage 158.
I would have to source one of those, the rage is a really good practice amp for bedroom purposes, but it sounds really good!
They are good. There durable and t plus with solid state is that you don't need to wait so long to play once you turn it on. Tubes kind of start sounding out a while later after you turn on the amplifier. Peavey affordable and really quite good.
I've always found Peavey amps to be great pieces of gear with quality sound at very reasonable prices. Had a KB 300 which was a solid workhorse. Although made as a keyboard amp it was much more versatile. It could handle just about anything I plugged into it. It is actually a 3 channel PA system. Channel 1 has both a balanced XLR mic input and a line level input. There is also a pre-EQ effect send / return insert on a TRS jack socket. With a 15" speaker and high frequency horn it covers a lot of ground. It is heavy, but this attests to how sturdy it was built.
I also like the Peavey Transtube series for guitar. Used a couple different models and was very pleased. Great pedal platform for practice or performance.
I'm currently using a stereo rig, the studio pro and a 57 deluxe and the combination of both is incredible
@@RegularGuitars
That must sound great. I couldn't believe the difference using two amplifiers made when I first tried it decades ago. I'm addicted to playing a stereo rig at this point! Lol🎸🎼🎶
A version of the Studio Pro 112 is my most recent purchase after buying a Peavey JSX.
Congrats on you new acquisition!
I've got a red stripe studio pro that I've had for going on 25 years. Its been through hell and back with me over the years, I even call it a cockroach amp because it survives everything. The blue marvels get a lot of flack online but honestly I've found it to be a fair and perfectly fine sounding speaker that cuts through a mix.
They are affordable and in my opinion they are sorta an underrated rock star.
Thanks for the video.
Mine is the same, is one of the most sturdiest amps I've ever tried. It's almost impossible to kill this thing. It only got serviced twice since 2001 that I bought it and also sounds great!
Love my 112, and my 258 TransTube EFX. Super great october on it.
Damn autocorrect.... Octaver
Does 112 sound just like the efx??
and since the 258 doesn't have the tdynamics knob...is it set in the amp at a certain percent or is it left out of the 258 amp sound completely?.l
@@hartlee1160 hard to tell about the dynamics. They definitely have their own overall sound. The EFX is "woodier" or "rounder" if that makes any sense, the 112 a bit more crystal clear. The EFX is the perfect practice amp for me, but because I use it mostly for that, I hardly ever push the master volume past 4. I'll have to compare them side by side soon.
I’ve had about all these amps the only one I still have is the Xxl . By the way I’m the one that came up with the t-dynamics and fx loop mod for the Redstripe Envoy. Making it arguably the best amp out of all of these. And I’ve had them all.
Wow, it's an honor for me to have your impressions here. I saw your mod while I was doing the research for this video. I got my Studio Pro in 2001 when my Princeton 112 blew up and my band at the time was scheduled to open for a big band on my country. I had savings and my objective was to get a Marshall stack that was on the guitar shop on my town. The stack was a JCM 900 and it sounded awful, next to it was this peavey I didn't know anything about. I tried it and I loved it. I had it since then and it's not on my plans to sell it, even though I have a 5E3 and a 5F1 also. Thanks for watching my little documentary.
@@RegularGuitars no doubt these amps don’t get the credit they deserve. Every peavey Transtube amp I’ve used or heard used live sound great . Just by listening you can’t tell they’re not tube. And I too have some pretty nice tube amps. You did a great job demonstrating the amp. I’m in my 50s and I always liked going into the low input on the Redstripe Bandit. It gave me that creamy overdrive sounds of the 70s
@@timmyv694 Indeed, these amps deserve a lot of love. Thanks for the compliments. As I use mainly humbucker equipped guitars,my preference goes for the hi input to get overdrive from the clean channel easier. A lot of people can't tell that it's a solid state amp. The only thing I don't like are the modern settings, but the rest it sounds a lot like a deluxe tweed, but with eq options and a reverb.
I just bought an Envoy 110, 40 watt transtube, no color stripe, only silver. being shipped now, dirt cheap. I believe it is first generation. Seller says all function is good. Can't wait. I am almost 60 and when I played rock and roll and blues on guitar with my high school/college mates in local clubs my first real amp was a Peavey Deuce II 110 watt with 4 tens. It would rock the club and the club down the street too. I have been out of the game for a long time for various reasons but have recently been collecting practice amps (Marshall, Black star, Peavey, vox and my old Crate I got to replace the Duece II way back.) And adding a few economical guitars to my few (recently a beautiful Epiphone SG, like the Gibson I had in the late 70's) to inspire me to get back in the game with friends who still play. I had the hots for a Fender champ. ("and a cheesey little amp, with a sign on the front said Fender Champ. And a second hand guitar, or was a Stratocaster with a whammy bar") extra points if you know the song. But I saw the Envoy 110 and thought that Mississippi Marshall will not come along very often and I can get a Champ anytime. I cannot wait for it to arrive!!! Thanks for your video!!!🎸🎸😎😎✌️✌️🤘🤘🤙🤙🍻🍻👍👍
So the envoy is the best model?
Do they all have very similar clean and OD tones regardless of model name or if they have the tube dynamics and or digital effects?
Trying to decide which model is the best..I dont gig or play with a drummer
Just bought one today $200 gonna make it into a head run it into my marshall cab !!
Ty for great video
Glad you liked it! Thanks for the comment!
Crank the bass all the way up and the mods and treble to normal and go from 100% to 10% on the t dynamics and you’ll find out what it does. It’s really just a bass cut on the lead channel.
I always have Peavey gear in various applications, many haters where I came from haha but many compliments as well even by the haters 😆. So these amps are still a little boxy and fizzy sounding and in extreme (loud) conditions aka low tuned metal are just not going to do but put things where they fit. Try running these amps into a nice large sealed cabinet with darker speakers and Surprise! Tell your drummer and bass player with 3000watts and 4x15 cab to relax a bit 🥳. I even have played guitar through TMax bass amps, TKO, old studio Pro 112 (sounds like ass with SuperSat), Reknown, too many to remember the names of them all, Bass, keys, guitars. Had a silver stripe TransTube fail at a gig next to a Peavy Prowler tube amp as a stereo rig. The sound man was quick to address the effects loop and sure enough a few pokes of a cable into the 1/4 jack and away we went on to rock the house.
A little cleaning and replacing mains filter caps or noisy fans and the gear just keeps on going !!! I love them, yes I have better gear tone wise but when you want a workhorse that sounds fine and can really dish out reliable performance, the made in USA has been super for me. As for the China stuff I can’t say except some of it is definitely not cool while others are still great, just expect the capacitors and switching power supplies to fail years sooner than the ancient Peaveys from the 80’s if so equipped.
As an owner of a chinese Studio Pro, I can say that the only services I had to do to it were because of a terrible electrical installation on a pub I played and once I gave it to a friend and I still don't know what he did to it but stopped working. It has never failed me once!
Tube boutique amps are always better, but for the money bandits are a good option - Peavey distortion always seems to suck and both amps lack warmth, but playing live i would recommend pushing the amp with a high dist quality pedal in the signal chain. Never play peavey distortion live at a gig, just run good pedals over the clean channel.
Using the clean channel with t dynamics on 10% will give you natural breakup in a deluxe reverb style at halfway volume
A better speaker fixes this. I put a Celestion Redback in my Redstripe Bandit. No distortion pedal needed, the lead channel woke up with this speaker. Clearer midrange, celestion crunch, the treble is much warmer and the icepick is gone, sounds closer to a 412 in many ways but with that 112 focus.
Have you tried the efx line of red stripes??
And the red stripes without t dynamics, is it in there but to a certain percent or is it left out completely???😊
20+ years ago I sold my Studio Pro 112 for peanuts. Didn't know any better... and I still regret it!
I almost did the same mistake trying to get a 15w tube amp 10 years ago. Glad I didn't sell mine
I recently bought peavey express 112 from my uncle and was looking for some tutorial to t. Dynamics. Thanks
I hope it was useful because these amps sound killer!
Splendid demo and very informative! Is this 65 or 80 watt version?🎸🎼🎵🎶👀👍🏾👍🏽
This one in particular is the 65w one, thank you for your feedback!
My Peavey EFX 212 IS INCREDIBLE
Haven't tried that one
Yeah I wonder if it sounds like the red stripe bandit or what
Do you have information regarding the T. Dynamics mod for the Envoy 110?
I've read it on a polish forum a long ago and couldn't find it again. The t dynamics mod involves replacing and removing several caps and resistors and soldering in the pot itself. As far as I remember, just look at the schem and upgrade all the parts left of the filter capacitors to studio pro specs. Then solder in the correct pot where the where it shows the breakaway board is wired in its the same thing minus the LED circuit
03/17/2023: I am interested in the Peavey studio-pro red stripe amp (with logo). They sell for $150.00 dollars. I have two questions: (1) How much does it weigh in pounds? (2) When not playing guitar, do all Peavey amps have a loud humming and buzzing sound in the gain channel?
It weights around 33 pounds. The one I got only hums with extreme gain settings, it's a quite silent amp
The amp is fine. The speaker doesn't do it for me, but that can be easily fixed with a different one. A Eminence Texas Heat for electric rhythm n blues. A Celestion Greenback for some classic rock or a Celestion Swamp Thang for a fat bottom for heavy metal. Put the money into the kind of speaker that compliments the type of music you play.
Speakers are always a matter of taste, for the tone that I'm looking for, the rebranded eminence speakers are ok, so much that I want one for my 5E3, but those you named are perfectly good options for s speaker swap.
Thank you for your comment!
I got a block letters 100 w red stripe. Trying to get a good distortion sound on the clean channel without deafening myself and the neighborhood. Any suggestions?
Try putting the T Dynamics on 0 and crank it to taste, usually these amps start to breakup halfway up in volume
I don't think that the TransTube is close to a tube amp. I am an EE and well understand the circuit, in fact you can see the patent for it online. I've played some of them and never felt, that they are worth it. There are really good solid state amps out there, for example the Trademark 60 by Tech 21. But is the Peavey Bandit 112 a bad amp? Not at all.
Hey thx for the history on the amp! There's a guy selling the red stripe with pointy logo for a $100. Is that one as good as the block logo red stripe?
I would totally go for that amp. Check the front panel if it says made in the USA or designed in the USA, that way you will know where it was made.
The pointy logo tells me that it's a transition one, so it could be made in the US or overseas.
Usually US made and Chinese made transtube series share a lot of components. I have a chinese Studio Pro and it's a killer amp.
@@RegularGuitars Yeah it says designed in the USA. The speaker has no label on it. Should I still pull the trigger for a 100? 🤔
My goal is to chop it into a sexy light portable head since I have a few homemade cabs (112 and 212's). 😎
@@CarlitoM77 These amps are really easy to disassemble. I reccomend to build a smal cabinet to converting it to a head.
Might be one of the Chinese manufactured ones, but they are still just fine. Have played a few.
Nice demo thanks! Have you tried the transformer 112? It says transtube also but in addition has effects. There's a dude nearby selling one for 100 WITH a footswitch. What do you think?
I haven't tried that one, but as far as it seems, it's like a Studio Pro 112 with a built in DSP with bank selectors, different preamp models and lots of stuff, kinda like the Johnson Millenium was with a built in Digitech 2112 and midi switching capabilities. $100 seems to be a really good price, I've seen some of those on reverb for 300 so my suggestion is to give it a try using the same advice on T Dynamics I give on this video.
I think it could be way better than a Line 6 amp from the same era, so it's up to you to check it. If you get it it would be really nice if you upload a video because it's an not that well known amp.
Good luck with it!
I have a peavey transformer 112 and 212. I personally find them great sounding and very flexible. I feel that they are very good for practice as well as live use. I play country to Van Halen type rock. The 112 can keep up with a loud drummer. I run it on 2 or 3 with T dynamics around 3-5. With a loud drummer maybe 5 and 5 (and it would most likely be too loud for a gig in a medium venue nowadays). I agree with the author of this video. I feel the tone is superior to the line 6 of the era. Weighs 40 lbs. 100 dollars would be a steal. Especially with the footswitch. The only other pedals I use are a wah and a tuner into the front input. Cheers good luck
You could get your money back on just the foot switch! I have the 112 I bought new back in 2001. I don't use it often but I can't part with it. It has plenty of great sounds as long as you are willing to do the work to set up your presets.
I swear that everytime I hear a guy with this accent I learn a lot lmao
Funny thing is that I'm not a native english speaker lol
Yo do you think you could do Doom with it crankeD? it got really fuzzy and started to fart out almost like an old Matamp
It could, but I would suggest setting up the amp to the edge of breakup and using a fuzz pedal to push it
Maybe Big Muff or a Rat could easily do the trick
It’s ok if ya like classic rock? Otherwise, nope.. sticking with mg Laney combo amp
It's a quite versatile amp tbh. If you need it to sound really clean, just crank the T dynamics and it wil sound really clean. If you need something like a metal tone, it has some voicings, but it's main strong point is that it's a good pedal platform
The latest version has a different t dynamics.. you mean its better to set tge T dynamics to 0
Yes, for better response at lower volumes
Early 90s ?! . way before that
What date do you think it originates from?
Dynamics all the way 🆙 for awesome tone (not down)
Surely you get a cleaner tone that way, but if you want some power amp overdrive and compression, the best way to do it is to turn it down
@@RegularGuitars Not when you have the volume all the way up 🙂. This thing sounds awesome cranked, unlike every other SS amp I’ve owned.
@@jazznotes3802 Having a deluxe 5e3 and a champ 5F1 I can tell you that even tube amps don't sound quite well cranked. Transtube emulates a little bit a blackface deluxe, but yes, compression with t dynamics at minimum is a bit too much, but it gives a manageble volume at smaller gigs like pubs
@@RegularGuitars My tube amps sound 1000 times better cranked, but that’s unlikely to happen now with the new pub/club gig noise restrictions here in the UK.
The Bandit sound killer at high volume levels, especially for a SS amp. It’s a pub workhorse for sure!
@@jazznotes3802 It depends on the amp, the speakers, a lot of factors.
Low volume is not the best on the bandit because of the size of the speaker
None sound as good as the blue Stripe Sheffield
I think it's a matter of taste and which speaker suits best the tone in your hands. I have a quite dark tone and jensens in tweeds work perfectly fine for me. Every guitar player is different. I think peavey were always equipped with nice speakers
All i wanna know is this amp class ab?
It's a solid state amp
@@RegularGuitars not sure how this will answer me tho.
Solid state can be class ab. It's not just tube amp specific tho.
@@redcomn I've checked a service manual, but I'm not an electronics expert, so I'm not sure. You can find service manuals easily online and check. Sadly there's no mention anywhere in which class the power amp operates
I like that sticker on the paul bro.
Thank you! It's gone since a year now because the bigsby completely covers it
The ones that claim this amp sounds great have no experience with great sounding tube amps. My experience, not all tube amps sound great, only a few. Maybe the Bandit can close to a shitty tube amp.
Nope, dosen't compare with my fender blues junior.
It's closer to the Deluxe Reverb, but as close as a solid state amp can get
@Regular Guitars I have a couple nice old peavey amps, I wouldn't sell them. I did buy a Hot Rodded Blues Junior Red Nova, hands down that is the finest sounding amp ever, they only made about 400 of this limited edition, if you ever find one buy it, truly it will be the greatest amp you ever got your hands on. I have gone through a ton of amps , and still own at least a dozen good ones. I'm just telling you for your own information , if by chance you locate one, BUY IT. It will blow your mind.
cant understand you !
Dear god, clean this amp. Its dirty like fffffff and looks nasty. Rust on reverb tank... Dear god...
I've already cleaned it, my city has quite high humidity levels during the whole year
I want to like n sub, but not only is it badly broken english without articulation...you drenched it in some music to make it really irritating ..i have to skip back 5 sec and listen to hear what you say. Im guessing it is your own music ?
Sorry, I'm not a native english speaker
@@RegularGuitars I understand, i was just really frustrated ... and the same thing with the music bugs my ears today, but im going to make all the way through
@@RegularGuitars You dont have a raw copy from your work with the video so you can delete this and reupload with music ? ?
@@mudfly3 Sadly I don't have the raw files of this video anymore