What do you think of Peavey studio 112 transtube amps?

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:55 pm

i have one (not the one in the pic) i find them ok (partially because it was free) but what do you all think of them

markleton · Post by **markleton** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:58 pm

I had one for a while- nice amp when you dialed it in, but took fucking days of tweaking to find a good tone. Been playing a guys from work peavy transtube 15 watt practice amp- surprisingly good! Lovely warm clean channel and a very 80s sounding crunch sound.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:13 pm

that thing looks like shit. throw it out

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:14 pm

is it "stuido pro" because its so fucking ugly that if you took it out of the house you would be flogged?

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:14 pm

its pro at being ugly

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:20 pm

yeah. its all i got now though ill wait until i have money and buy a better amp
loud as hell though

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:23 pm

sorry, i got on a roll there

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:43 pm

its cool it is ugly as hell though i had a few guitar playing friends over and they refused to play through it.

Post by **Doog** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:43 pm

markleton wrote:I had one for a while- nice amp when you dialed it in, but took fucking days of tweaking to find a good tone.

Maybe if you tweak dials like Dan Agosto.

It's got like, what... 5 dials a channel at most?

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:04 am

i think.... the reverb sucks if its at 0 it sounds the same as if it were at 10
ugly but reliable

Ty · Post by Ty » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:56 am

Some times the ugliest gear is the best gear, but then some times the ugliest gear us terrible.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 2:44 am

in my case its both

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:06 am

I had the 15 watt, 8" speaker version of that amp. So in theory, it was nothing like that amp.

However, I remember the reverb never working, and the eq did pretty much nothing. When someone gave me a mgd30fx marshall, I wondered why noone else found this magical piece of gear. Then of course I tried out valve amps, and was blown away.

I have used the more higher wattage transtube amps, and they sound okay for what they do, and their eq's work well.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:24 am

eh the eq is heavenly on mine just the reverb isnt good you could barely hear it ill just buy a fender unit or a reverb pedal down the line

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:29 am

TheDude2112 wrote:eh the eq is heavenly on mine just the reverb isnt good you could barely hear it ill just buy a fender unit or a reverb pedal down the line

To be fair, it was also when I was a n00b, so it could have changed he sound and I just didnt notice. They're pretty good amps when all is said and done. Reliable if not anything else.