Peavey Bandit Solo Series 1st impressions

Just bought this early '80s Peavey Bandit Solo Series amp. Plugging in and seeing how it sounds. The cleans are typical crystal clear beautiful Peavey sound. The drive is very "vintage" sounding but can be tightened up somewhat with a good drive pedal. I love this amp and every guitarist should have one!

[@angusorvid8840]

I played so many gigs with a Bandit, a drive pedal, maybe a chorus or delay, and that was it. They got the job done as well or better than some much more expensive amps.

[@darrenhughes8106]

My first amp ever. Little did I know how good it was

[@jollyradtv9941]

I love Bandits. I have a 2004 Bandit 112 transtube (made is USA). I still gig with it. these are built like a tank. every rock/metal guitarist should have one Bandit in collection.

[@zedcarr6128]

I love the 80s Peaveys. My first proper amp was a little Peavey, and I loved the extra features other amps didn't have, like the Pull Thick, Pull Bright controls. They also sound great and, more importantly, are VERY playable. You can have hours of fun twiddling knobs, pulling and pushing switches, they are very much, ''hands on'' amps that invite you to play with them. 😊

[@Dj2Splash]

You make it sound great! That brings back memories. I used to play through one in High School in the 80's. Rock on!

[@dcooper830]

Thank you! 🙏

[@xxandrewwilsonxxable]

I love my PEAVEY SPECIAL 112 !!!! best gigging amp ever!

[@metalceesie219]

wow,i had the one with two speakers a long long time ago,i used it in combination with a roland gp16 lol..Brings back great memories

[@IIIDontLie2MeIII]

RENOWN?

[@metalceesie219]

@@IIIDontLie2MeIII yes renown 212

[@jamesalfano5740]

GP16 is an awsome unit. Bandit is a perfect match for it. Love the lrc triple delays, best chorus around.

[@williamdevlin366]

You’re havin’ way too much fun with that old thing!!! Good for you dude!!!

[@mr.anderson70]

I own this amp as well as the later 75 and 112 versions. This one has the best tone stack for getting the Fender tweed sound you mentioned. It would be cool to see Peavey reissue this amp.

[@bb_lz9790]

Wow, plug in the Tube Screamer and suddenly you're Armed and Ready! ;) Sounds great, thanks for sharing! Back when this was the production model, I helped the son of my dad's friend buy a new one. I was using a BF Twin Reverb (loaded with EVM12Ls) at the time so I didn't give it a second thought. In hindsight, I should have bought a Bandit and a few pedals and avoided cycling through an embarrassing amount of gear over the past 40+ years!

[@dcooper830]

You caught the "Armed and Ready"!! 🙂

[@bb_lz9790]

@@dcooper830Yep, I love that song!!

[@dyad9592]

My first amp! Used to get this great feedback at low volumes...

[@mannyfragoza9652]

That amp is special. when you engaged the crunch wow the amp came alive. That amp could be used in a recording studio, esp. in the 80s. I wouldn't be surprised if you get officers to sell the amp.

[@yogiguitar1]

i got the bandit 65 it sounds great real warm great drive looks kinda like yours

[@TheTorque-ws6pt]

I got this exact amp 82-86, the gun smoke was first one only one year 81 had old cetech speaker , this was starting and the best with scorpion sp.

[@DR._PAUL]

This was one of my first decent sounding amps back in the eighties. Thankful that Peavey put out some great amps at decent prices. It wasn't a Marshall, but it was decent and it was brand new.

[@gonzoh7964]

Nice playing...

[@maxpaindude]

Cleanish!

[@dmcgwhisper5945]

Ha! You played Armed and Ready! Great song. Schenker is awesome!

[@dcooper830]

Yes!! He's one of my all time favorites.

[@dmcgwhisper5945]

@@dcooper830 Mine too. Unique! He had a slack period but then the old Schenks came back! Woo hoo!

[@the-LeoKnightus]

The reverb sounds good.

[@Smellslikeappelflap]

Slight clarity advantage to the cream back! Scorpion a bit scooped. But hey it’s been around the block :)

[@slimsantilli4476]

My second amp after my Gorilla GG20

[@gav25x]

Wow, long time no see 🎉

[@dcooper830]

I finally figured out how to log back into this channel it was a big mess lol 😅

[@gav25x]

@dcooper830 i remember watching you back in the day, admiring your playing, and sound

[@dcooper830]

​@gav25x thank you so much 🙏

[@rgbplumbinghilton]

This whole era of Peavey was USA built and great quality. They are a bargain 2nd hand buy and can handle rough and tumble more so than any modern amp!! With a speaker change, these lose the flabby sound and tighten up nicely 🙂

[@dcooper830]

Oh yeah a good Celestion would do the trick!

[@rgbplumbinghilton]

@@dcooper830 yep that's what I put in my Classic VTX. 2 x 12 gt75

[@tfajsh]

Bandits are awesome ! Especially the older ones

[@thomasanderson9202]

Hard this amp for 4 weeks and sold it. The distortion was so bad I cried every night.

[@dcooper830]

Lol definitely not everyone's cup of tea 😅

[@brokenfinger1979]

Scorpion speakers are KING, great speakers and the OG Bandits are great solid-state amps! You all don't know what you are missing LMFAO!!!!