| Author |
Topic: Weight of PV Bandit? |
Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
|
Posted 4 Mar 2018 8:25 am |
|
| What do the older Bandit amps weigh? |
|
|
 |
Jim Cooley
From:
The 'Ville, Texas, USA
|
Posted 4 Mar 2018 2:26 pm
|
|
Sonny,
My Bandit 65 weighs about 40 pounds on a bathroom spring scale. |
|
|
|
Sonny Jenkins
From:
Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
|
Posted 5 Mar 2018 7:01 am
|
|
| Thanks Jim,,,saw one on CL (cheap!) and thought it might make a pretty good grab and go amp. Guess a new light weight speaker would take 6-7 lbs off that? Wonder if anyone has tried one with a TT12 in it? |
|
|
|
Stephen Williams
From:
from Wales now in Berkeley,Ca, USA
|
Posted 5 Mar 2018 11:29 pm
|
|
| Reckon that would sound great. I put a 15" weber in a bandit and it was great. |
|
|
|
Chris Boyd
From:
Leonia,N.J./Charlestown,R.I.
|
|
|
|
Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
|
Posted 6 Mar 2018 2:11 pm Peavey Bandit Amplifier
|
|
| All in all, the various Bandit amplifiers weigh between 44 and 48lbs.. |
|
|
|
Jim Cooley
From:
The 'Ville, Texas, USA
|
Posted 6 Mar 2018 5:59 pm
|
|
Sonny,
Funny you should ask. I just finished installing a TT-12 in my Bandit 65. I recently bought the amp. It had a no-name speaker in it and sounded absolutely terrible. I thought about giving up on it, but thought, "What the heck?" I cabled from my steel through my Hilton volume pedal, straight to the amp, using the amp's reverb as the only effect. I was pleasantly surprised. Then I ran through my Black Box - even better. I'm not saying it's up there with my favorite setup, but I wouldn't hesitate to use it as a grab-and-go amp. It weighs 38 pounds on my bathroom scale.
One thing to keep in mind, I couldn't fully re-seat the grille cover when I reinstalled it. Because the Bandit has a front mount speaker, I found the TT-12's speaker frame thick enough that the backboard for the Peavey logo on the inside of the grille would not let it sit all the way down against the velcro at the corners. It doesn't seem to be a problem, just so ya know. |
|
|
|
Charley Bond
From:
Inola, OK, USA
|
Posted 9 Mar 2018 8:35 am The Bandit
|
|
I used to live in Washington State... there was a player that came to the jams we had on Saturday in Arlington, WA & he had a Bandit Amp... The guy was phenomenal & that amp was the best sound I ever heard. I had a Twin at the time, but I couldn't make it sound as good as that Bandit... I'm sure he had a lot to do with it.
_________________
Steel Guitar players are members of a Special Family |
|
|
|
Charlie Hansen
From:
Halifax, NS Canada and Various Southern Towns.
|
Posted 9 Mar 2018 8:59 am
|
|
My '96 Bandit with the stock Sheffield speaker weighs 50 lbs.
_________________
I don't know much but what I know I know very well.
Carter S-10 3X5, Peavey Nashville 112, plus Regal dobro and too many other instruments to mention.
Bluegrass Island CFCY FM 95.1 Charlottetown, PE, Canada, on the web at cfcy.fm.
A Touch Of Texas CIOE FM 97.5 Sackville, NS, Canada,
on the web at cioe975.ca. |
|
|
|
Bill A. Moore
From:
Silver City, New Mexico, USA
|
Posted 9 Mar 2018 10:55 am
|
|
I don't think I made this combo any lighter, now I just have one more trip!
 [/img] |
|
|
|
Charley Bond
From:
Inola, OK, USA
|
Posted 9 Mar 2018 11:28 am Bandit Amps
|
|
Wow, is that a Bandit (made into a Amp Head) with an extension speaker...?
_________________
Steel Guitar players are members of a Special Family |
|
|
|
Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
|
Posted 9 Mar 2018 11:37 am Peavey
|
|
| That is a good looking amplifier rig! |
|
|
|
Bill A. Moore
From:
Silver City, New Mexico, USA
|
Posted 9 Mar 2018 12:57 pm
|
|
Yes, I was my nephews "Silver Stripe" 112 combo. It had the good sense to jump out of the back of the truck, while he took an unplanned shortcut down one of our mountain roads! The cab was destroyed, but like a Timex, it was still ticking!
After we lost him, I ended up with it, and decided to remake it a little special. I did replace the PS caps, and front panel jacks, and installed Burr-Brown chips. It sounds great! (I also replace the speaker, it wasn't damaged from the fall, but my nephews "music".)
Here's another pic:
 |
|
|
|
