Peavey 6505 Head

-2006
-versatlie to a degree- great for rock hard metal and the like - not great for blues clean
-2 channels not as nice features wise here as the 6505 plus- but do you really want to -play anything clean through this piece?
-i wish it had a control knob for the effects loop
-more than enough power
- all depends on three things the pickups the cab the speakers.

sounds awesome with humbuckers--my fender noiseless sounds good too believe it or not-i have a tele with S.D. hotrail in the bridge position, sounds perfect
i was looking for the mesa sound but this is not it-- very good for hard rock
no pops or buzz
clean is cool with a pedal in the effects loop but you got to hit two switches quick which is beat
it is the stuff for the price
everyone rags on the cheep foot switch- its not like the sixties anymore deal with the plastic

reliable-- stock tubes are good-would love to change the tubes to experiment but rebiasing it sounds a pain

quick response-- i emailed them about the extra power tube-- i wanted to know if the 6505 plus had the same amount of gain as the non plus--the guy at peavey said the extra tube is for the clean only . dont know why all the guitar sites say the 6505 plusw has more gain- it just aint so--\\\

great amp for the money --would buy again!!

wish it sounded like a mesa-hhha--i got that sound in my head-i have a jcm 900 but the peavey and marshall is not what i'm looking for.---the rectifer is next!!

I play in Hardcore Punk Metal band, and this amp is exactly what i was looking for... Brutal... omg the first time i turned this up in practice I blew everyone away. In pracice i have it on about 3.5 and up to 5 at a gig, there's really know need to turn it up more. So there's more than enough power.

The sound is Brutal. I used to use a Marshall before i found this amp, and it cuts through the mix much better.

I use the high gain input
pre amp gain 10
Low 6
Mid 5
High 8
Res 5
Pres 8
and i never need to turn the post amp gain up more than 4.

It can be noisy but this can be easily solved using a Boss NS-2. i run my guitar through the ns-2, in the fx loop. It cuts out all the hiss and feedback, even when i turn it all the way up.

No problems so far

Ordered the amp through my local shop, off Peavey. It was gonna take 6 weeks to deliver, after 6 weeks nothing came. So we gave them a ring and they had forgot to place my order :o

but they then promised to send one out straight away.
It turned up the 2 days later.
very cool.
:)

I've only been playing guitar for 2 years, and i use a Washburn and I playing in a hardcore metal band.Tthere's no doubt in my mind that I'd buy this amp again for this music.

You can't really test it in the shops, as the amp really needs to be turned up high.

But if you want lots of distortion and a brutal sound.

Get this!

this is a 2005 amp, the new release of the 5150.
For me it is versatile enough to play the distorion is awesome, very chunky yet very crisp. Its really good for metal as you would know. It has two channels lead and rythm lead is made for distorion and the rythm is made for clean and/or cruch. theres also a "bright" button for more high frequency response which is really good. Overall for the clean i give it a 7 on 10 because it doesnt stay nice and clean at higher volumes it starts to crunch but then again who buys this amp for the clean. I wish this amp had a really good reverb and a better clean it would make it perfect. This amp goes at 120wats TUBE so that will give u about 210 on transistor scale for the volume. My favorite features on the amp though are the presense and renosance controls they really bring out such an awesome tone.

Im using a b.c.rich virgin NJ series speedloader with emgzw pickups, also a b.c.rich platinum warlock with stock pickups. The amp performs really well with these guitars and I love the attack on it. Im running this amp through an orange 412 and 212 and it sounds phenominal!

this amp seems very reliable and built like a tank!

never needed yet but its peavey so most likely good

Ive been playing for about 3 and a half years now. I own 2 marshall mg100rcd amp heads and an mg412. If it were lost or stolen Id be pissed but I would buy another. I love the distorion once again but i cant say much aboutthe clean. This amp is awesome!