Broken amp

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:31 pm

I have a broken 80Â´s peavey bandit 112 (80/100watts), it distorts my sound even at reallly low volumes in the clean channel, and sometimes the volume just goes away, i have to put it in the max, strum hard and it wil come back on (never happens if i plug the guitar in the effects loop).

Does anyone have any idea what's the problem?

Post by **Mike** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:32 pm

I think all of those things are stock Bandit features.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:43 pm

haha, it is a shitty amp, but it got it for cheap to play at home. I wanted to fixed it because they're really easy to sell in my country. The distortion channel sounds a lot better since the amp has been broken

laterallateral · Post by **laterallateral** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:18 pm

Mike wrote:I think all of those things are stock Bandit features.

pffhahahaha
well done, sir.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:31 pm

Well your pedals are holding the cable more static than if you're plugging straight in so I would guess if it only cuts out on a direct connections it's probably the inputs. Get some electronics cleaner and go at them, make sure the solder points are solid, possibly resolder the wire to the input if it seems iffy.

i'm no tech though, thats all guess work.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:40 am

laterallateral wrote:
Mike wrote:I think all of those things are stock Bandit features.
pffhahahaha
well done, sir.

MAZIN'

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:18 am

Problem with SS is that the amplification is done with redundant sets of ICs instead of easily swapable toobs. It's probably a problem with the clean preamp that a tech cold track down with a DMM.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:37 am

What's with the Peavey hate?

Post by **Mike** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:41 am

I like Peavey Classic series. I've played the Bandit and Transtube stuff though and it's complete tosswank.

The Windsor is also massive fail. 120W and no clean sounds? Ridiculous.

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:48 am

Hahaha, yeah, was not impressed with the Windsor. To be fair, it balances out with the Classic series, as the 30 watter shares the EQ and it's pretty hard to get a good dirty and a good clean sound without messing with the settings when you switch. Frustrating, because both sound excellent when you get them right.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:06 am

Yeah it's not a channel switching amp regardless of what they say, it is either a good clean or a good driven amp. Not both.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:32 am

Don't care what anybody says, the Peavey Bandit is a great amp for what it is: a cheap, solidstate, first-gig amp.

I remember playing throuh one at a gig when I was about fifteen. I loved it. There's a good chance this is because I knew fuck all about amps back then, though.

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:20 pm

One good use is if you have an amp modeler or multi effect you like. You can route it through the effects loop return and get good clean volume.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:22 am

i actually used to have a peavey bandit 112 transtube, i really liked it actually.
it was loud, sounded pretty.... decent, for a solid state anyway.
the gain channell was actually very versitile and could really get down and dirty.
i kinda miss that amp in some ways, it always felt like a brick shit house, like it would never die.

LimpDickCheney · Post by **LimpDickCheney** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:19 pm

Mike wrote:I think all of those things are stock Bandit features.

Dick.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:42 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:Don't care what anybody says, the Peavey Bandit is a great amp for what it is: a cheap, solidstate, first-gig amp.

I remember playing throuh one at a gig when I was about fifteen. I loved it. There's a good chance this is because I knew fuck all about amps back then, though.

HAHAHAHAHA +1 on absolutely everything, including age 15, first gig, only liking it because I didn't know better, etc...

My brother bought a Princeton Chorus like Duo's and gave me the Peavey Bandit 112 as my first big amp. We'd found it used at GC together and it smelled like cigarettes and had paint dripped on it and was loud enough to compete with drums, so it was the real deal.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:11 am

i have said this before and I stick by it:

if im in a bar and there is a band playing, and the guitar player has a peavey i will get up and leave the bar.

i have NEVER seen or heard a band sound anything other than complete shit when there is a peavey on stage

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:44 am

robroe wrote:i have said this before and I stick by it:

if im in a bar and there is a band playing, and the guitar player has a peavey i will get up and leave the bar.

i have NEVER seen or heard a band sound anything other than complete shit when there is a peavey on stage

LOL, take it easy, it's just an amp! I saw some pictures of thurston moore playing one at some noise concert he in ranaldo did for fender, weird. I used to love the amp like many here, it was my first big amp, and i could hear myself when playing with a drummer....

I'm probably just going to store it in the garage or give it to some friend of mine who wants to try and make it work

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:45 am

btw, those peavey valve king have a decent sound, and sound quite good with some pedals

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:57 am

i just remembered that nik, from a thieves parade has a peavey 5051, or something like that.
that amp sounds really good, all tube, and there is a bias control.
i actually had to tell him how to use it when he got it becuz he had never had a tube amp before and didn't understand the first thing about taking care of it.