Vintage Peavey Bandit 112 - thrift shop find

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Vintage Peavey Bandit 112 - thrift shop find

Post by laurie » Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:50 pm

Picked up an unmolested 1989 Peavey Bandit 112 at the local Goodwill yesterday for USD$57

Didn't work because the speaker quick-connects were corroded plus all the pots needed cleaning. Under the grime it is in pretty good condition. I reckon it will be worth $250 when it is up-and-running. Thrift-store finds are clearly (rarely) still possible.

Currently stripped down for cleaning and maintenance. Pics to follow once it is back together...

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Re: Vintage Peavey Bandit 112 - thrift shop find

Post by Pepe » Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:23 pm

Cool! The Bandit is one of the nicer sounding Peavey amps that I have heard so far. And the controls of the lead channel are very similar to the Peavey Dirty Dog overdrive pedal. I bet that they are also very similar in sound.
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Re: Vintage Peavey Bandit 112 - thrift shop find

Post by laurie » Wed Oct 14, 2020 1:32 am

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Re: Vintage Peavey Bandit 112 - thrift shop find

Post by sclitheroe » Wed Oct 14, 2020 2:27 am

I'm guessing my first amp, a Peavy Rage 158, wouldn't fetch near that much, regardless of condition :D

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Re: Vintage Peavey Bandit 112 - thrift shop find

Post by Pepe » Wed Oct 14, 2020 5:50 am

Oh, it's another version of the Bandit that I didn't know. I only knew the two or three TransTube versions. Is this the very first edition?

sclitheroe: the Rage 158 is one of the most awful sounding practice amps from a well-respected brand that I know. I think that only the impossibly successful Line 6 Spider amps are worse (switch off the effects and hear for yourself). :?
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Re: Vintage Peavey Bandit 112 - thrift shop find

Post by laurie » Wed Oct 14, 2020 12:26 pm

https://highboldtage.wordpress.com/2013 ... t-112-amp/

This is a "Solo Series Bandit 112" with a Scorpion speaker.

It is actually pretty nice... for CAD$75/USD$57 from a thrift store.

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Re: Vintage Peavey Bandit 112 - thrift shop find

Post by laurie » Wed Oct 14, 2020 12:31 pm

Super clean inside.
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Re: Vintage Peavey Bandit 112 - thrift shop find

Post by sclitheroe » Wed Oct 14, 2020 1:17 pm

Pepe wrote:
Wed Oct 14, 2020 5:50 am
Oh, it's another version of the Bandit that I didn't know. I only knew the two or three TransTube versions. Is this the very first edition?

sclitheroe: the Rage 158 is one of the most awful sounding practice amps from a well-respected brand that I know. I think that only the impossibly successful Line 6 Spider amps are worse (switch off the effects and hear for yourself). :?
Oh, I know! It was made all the worse by my total lack of understanding of how to use the amp or play guitar.

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Re: Vintage Peavey Bandit 112 - thrift shop find

Post by Pepe » Wed Oct 14, 2020 2:02 pm

Good to see that you kept on playing! 8-)
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Re: Vintage Peavey Bandit 112 - thrift shop find

Post by The_Doc » Wed Oct 14, 2020 7:06 pm

This brings back memories Laurie. I borrowed one of these years ago and went about deafening myself with it :lol: Cracking little amp. Really good find.

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