I have ordered a Peavey 6505 Head....think its just what I need !!

[Rock Fella]

My criteria is

Its gotta have a rhythm channel capable of huge drive

Its gotta have a seriously High Gain Lead Channel also

Its gotta have all the Volume I would EVER need

Its gotta be totally reliable and dependable

Its gotta be non-reliant on fx pedals in any way in terms of quantity and quality of drive.

Seems the Peavey 6505 Head is completely just what I need

Its identical to the 5150 Mark 1 head, which from experience of playing one, is just savage in every respect of the word. For those gigs in which the rafters will be vibrating, Im 100% the 6505 will serve me well , the Hellcat rocks for mic`ed work, but if we aint got no PA , it just aint loud enough., especially since we are a twin gtr line up with a heavy hitting drummer. The 120 watts of the 6505 , IMO, eliminates the need for "must have" PA .

Shame, its gonna take 8 weeks for it to arrive, my no 1 dealer Steve at Sounds Great Music wont have em until then.......who said patience was a virtue !!!!

jimmy

 

[spikeRI]

tsk, tsk, tsk............now you have to leave the Gear Page. PV just ain't cork sniffer material.........next you'll want to play epihones. What is this world coming to?

 

[Rock Fella]

Epi`s..............

just took a dump in my pants spike

the 5150 / 6505 is mighty fine twin channel hi gain head !!

 

[spikeRI]

gotcha!!!!

and believe me it was hard to type that also....

 

[Rock Fella]

Originally posted by spikeRI
gotcha!!!!

and believe me it was hard to type that also....

Spike

the word epiphone made me have to go and lie down for 10 mins with an icepack on my head

 

[Igneous]

Indeed. My head hurts. epi...the worst. I could never...:NUTS

But as a lower priced amp owner(xxx), they make good amps.

PV Is great stuff no matter which way you slice it.
Plus, it is a great project amp if you feel like playing god!!

I bet you that thing will be in working order 20 yrs from now.

 

[Rock Fella]

Originally posted by Igneous
Indeed. My head hurts. epi...the worst. I could never...:NUTS

But as a lower priced amp owner(xxx), they make good amps.

PV Is great stuff no matter which way you slice it.
Plus, it is a great project amp if you feel like playing god!!

I bet you that thing will be in working order 20 yrs from now.

I think you are so right, marshall junk i had in form of DSL100 and DSL50 both clapped out in 4 months and 11 hours respectively , peavey are very reliable. The mk1 5150 I played was just a savage wild animal, now thats what i call an amp

 

[Igneous]

Are you running it in just a 2x12?

 

[Rock Fella]

Ill NEVER go 4x12 ever again, THD and Cornford 2x12`s are in my opinion, just about some of the best cabs of their kind, the Cornford 2x12 sounds huge and im very happy indeed with it.

 

[Igneous]

Nice! But all that bending over!!!

 

[dankayaker]

I got an itch for one of these (6505) after playing one localing a couple weeks back. For gain they cook. I didn't want to spend the cash so I found a Peavey Rockmaster preamp cheap and the UltraGain channel does a convincing 6505.

 

[Rock Fella]

Originally posted by Igneous
Nice! But all that bending over!!!

Not me, maybe this guy

 

[vanborgen]

Does anyone know if Peavey addressed the bias issue form the original 5150 power amp circuit? I did a adjustable bias mod on a 5150 and it really helped the tone of the amp, IMO.....

 

[Igneous]

Oh yeah, thats why those are great projects. What specific issue are you speaking of?

 

[spikeRI]

wouldn't turn my back on that guy/gal
(disclaimer- not that theres anything wrong with that )

 

[vanborgen]

Well, my early 5150 was biased very "cold" and the bias was not adjustable. I had my tech install a bias adjust pot and dial the bias in and the amp got brighter and clearer...and sounded much better, IMO. My understanding is that the 5150 II (6505+ ?)has and adjustable bias, but I was wondering if they put an adjustable bias in the 6505 base model?