Quote from: joecool85 on January 31, 2012, 11:38:04 AM
What year is your Made in USA Bandit?  I didn't realize they were ever made here, neat!

I don't know exactly, something like 2002.

An amp called a Bandit has been in Peavey's line since 1980.  Production was in the USA until about 2004.  You can see an overview of the history at http://forums.peavey.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=14177.

I'll put in a plug for the Peavey, but I cannot comment on the others.  I have a redstripe, made-in-USA Bandit.  It's solid, easily controllable, versatile, affordable, and sounds good to me at least.  I don't care for the distortion channel much, but then I'm not really a distortion kind of guy.  The current production of the Bandit is made in China, I think, and is slightly different from the one I have.  I would buy a Bandit again in a heartbeat.

I've heard very good things about the Roland Cube series, but apart from trying one or two in music stores I don't have much experience with them.

And as for the comment about "Asian amps might be difficult to find parts for", that strikes me as a suspicious statement.  Besides, outside of boutique amps what solid-state amps are not made in Asia these days?  If anything, I would think that an American-made amp, with our insistence on non-Metric parts, would be the one that would be hard to find parts for outside of the USA.