The Peavey Bandit Supreme Teal Stripe Preamp Pedal is a preamp pedal from Peavey that puts an amp's preamp circuit into a stompbox. It carries Peavey's Bandit Supreme "Teal Stripe" name and is built by the maker as part of its preamp pedal range1. In the UK it has been listed at £152.001, and its output impedance is 1 kΩ1.
For a player, it works as a full preamp: guitar goes in, and the output can feed a power amp, an effects return, a mixer, a recording system, a PA, an instrument amplifier, or a signal processor1.
The Teal Stripe Bandit lead channel in a pedal
The pedal carries a single channel, the Teal Stripe Lead, and Peavey states it is an exact re-creation of the lead channel circuit in the prized Bandit 112 combo and Supreme 160 "Teal Stripe" amps of around 19901. The Bandit line is a solid-state design, so the pedal's distortion comes from Peavey's SUPERSAT circuit rather than actual tubes: a transistor-based tube-distortion simulation that Peavey says delivers soft-clipping overdrive1. Soft clipping rounds the waveform's peaks gradually rather than slicing them flat, which is the behavior players associate with tube breakup.
Peavey also lists the pedal as a re-creation of the 2nd-gen Bandit 112 combo with a switchable gain boost and mid-shift, plus internally-boosted 18V headroom2. The gain boost and mid-shift appear as the Gain and Shift buttons on the pedal's face3.
The controls: SuperSat, Post Gain and Bottom/Body/Edge EQ
The control set mirrors the amp's lead channel. SuperSat sets the amount of drive, Post Gain sets the output level, and a three-band active EQ shapes the tone, with up to 15 dB of boost or cut per band1.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| SUPERSAT | Gain: transistor-based tube-distortion simulation with soft clipping1 |
| Gain button | Switchable gain boost23 |
| Shift button | Mid-shift23 |
| Post Gain | Output level control1 |
| Bottom | Low-frequency active shelving EQ, ±15 dB boost/cut1 |
| Body | Midrange active peak/notch EQ, ±15 dB boost/cut1 |
| Edge | High-frequency active shelving EQ, ±15 dB boost/cut1 |
| Bypass | Footswitch, hard bypass with anti-click circuitry12 |
The EQ is worth a closer look for players used to passive tone stacks. Bottom and Edge are shelving controls, cutting or boosting everything below or above a corner frequency, while Body is a peak/notch control that boosts or cuts a band in the midrange, where an electric guitar's character mostly lives1. All three are active, so they can boost as well as cut, with a wide ±15 dB range per band1.
Power and connections: 9V in, 18V inside
The pedal runs on a standard 9V battery or a 9V DC center-negative barrel-type power supply1. Peavey lists the battery as part #00050130 and the power supply reference as Peavey #3090818014. Inside, an internal bipolar 18V power supply boosts that 9V input, which Peavey credits with responsive dynamics and ultra-low noise1. The higher internal rail voltage gives the circuit more headroom than a plain 9V design, so the preamp can swing a larger signal before clipping on its own.
The internal 18V supply is generated from the 9V input, so the pedal works on a normal 9V DC center-negative supply or battery. No 18V wall supply is needed or used.
Connections are 1/4 inch TRS audio jacks: an instrument signal input and a signal output rated at 1 kOhm output impedance1. Peavey describes the output as suitable for a power amp, effects return, mixer, recording system, PA system, instrument amplifier, or signal processor, so the pedal can sit at the front of a recording chain or a live rig without a cab between it and the desk1. The pedal is independently tested and formally approved for worldwide EMC and FCC compliance1.
Where it sits in Peavey's pedal line
Peavey makes the Bandit Supreme Teal Stripe Preamp Pedal, and it sits in the maker's range of preamp pedals alongside its other amp-circuit pedals1. The pedal has been listed at £152.00 in the UK1, with an output impedance of 1 kΩ1.
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Questions
Does the Peavey Teal Stripe pedal take a battery?
Yes. It runs on a standard 9V battery or a 9V DC center-negative barrel power supply. Peavey lists the battery as its part #00050130 and the power supply reference as Peavey #30908180.
Is the Bandit Supreme Teal Stripe pedal true bypass?
Peavey does not describe it as true bypass. The maker specifies a hard bypass with anti-click circuitry, which mutes the signal path cleanly when the pedal is switched out.
Can the Teal Stripe preamp pedal run straight into a PA or audio interface?
Yes. Peavey describes the output as a signal output for connection to a power amp, effects return, mixer, recording system, PA system, instrument amplifier, or signal processor. Output impedance is 1 kOhm over 1/4 inch TRS audio connections.
What is SuperSat on a Peavey Bandit?
SuperSat is Peavey's transistor-based tube-distortion simulation, which delivers soft-clipping overdrive. On the pedal it works as the gain control for the recreated Teal Stripe lead channel, alongside the Post Gain volume control.
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