Peavey Review: Studio Pro 112

History:

Purchase: This amp set me back £220 from a guitar shop in Aberdeen, i needed a decent sized amp to gig with and couldn't afford a real valve amp, after testing 90% of the amps in the shop I was convinced that this was the next best thing

What I Like About This Peavey Studio Pro 112: The tone is reasonably valve like and could pass as professional to the casual listener, the 65 Watt output is more than enough for what i'm doing at the moment, especially once hooked up to a decent PA system. The lead channel can sound like anything from Hendrix to Page to Slash to that guy from Slipknot, the vintage, modern and high gain settings each have their own distinct sound. The clean channel is great for choppy funk work and mellow fingerpicking stuff

What I Do NOT Like About The Peavey Studio Pro 112: When playing at home, unless you live 3 miles from the nearest house get used to your guitar volume being set at 2 and the post (or pre, depending on your preference) gain being set at 1 with the master volume around the same. It takes a while to warm up so for the first few minutes the gain will sound considerably weaker than you are used to

Peavey Studio Pro 112 Quality Rating: Big and bulky but not too heavy, the perfect size to carry round to your mates house for a jam, but still big enough to cut it in live gigs. Mine has taken a fair bit of abuse from glasses thrown by members of the audience, to my singer using it as a football and has never suffered any problems. Its tough and reliable and wont break down on you half way through a set.

Review Summary: An excellent buy, it gave me exactly what i needed for a price better than i thought possible. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, this is better than a Marshall Valve State. Buy it, you wont regret it

Rating of this Peavey product: 5

This Peavey Studio Pro 112 Guitar Amplifiers Review Submitted By: Nemo

Review Date: 2003-11-26