I owned a Bandit 75 way back when the first came out. All the above criticism is pretty fair. The Bandit sounded like crap as compared to many quality practice amps, but you could drop the thing off of a truck and it would still work (of course, "working" meant that it sounded like crap which was it's fatal flaw). The Bandit also had very little power and you should erase the thought of gigging with this amp out of your head. For the money that you would spend to get a Peavy Bandit, you should look into buying a small tube amp. Fender, Mesa Boogie, and even Peavy have been known to put out some nice ones. You would probably pay more than you would for the Bandit, but if you are planning on using the amp for a long time, it is a worthwhile investment. My advice would be to get one with a really nice clean channel, reverb, and no other bells and whistles such as Chorus, Distortion, etc... You can always add effects once you have a decent clean sounding amp.