Peavey 6505 112 60W 1x12" Tube Combo Guitar Amp  

I didn't like the Sheffield speaker that's included with this amp, so I put in an Eminence Governor.

WOW what a difference! The 6505+ is now my favorite "go to" amp....it's so much fun to play Leads on..it's tight...fat..chunky..raspy..awesome sounding!

The Clean channel isn't as bad as some people make it out to be, but it's also not the amp I would go to if Cleans were my number one priority (I have an Epiphone Blues Custom 30 for that). That said, I love playing 'dirty clean' blues through this amp - the Clean channel with Crunch button pushed in sounds excellent....it's probably what I play most...it's really 'compressed' sounding, I love it!

If you play Rock or Metal THIS is the first amp you need to look at, for real.

I know that this is based of the legendary 5150 and have heard many people rant and rave about the amp, but I think what they really rave about is the price.

Seems sturdy. Not affraid that I'll brake it. Plus Peavey is a well proven road-worthy brand name.

Eh....Idk. I'm gonna save up another 3 or 400$ and get something well worth it.

Back to back compaired to my Ibanez TBX100R amp the 6505 is pretty weak sounding. The clean on the 6505 is WAY nicer, has more sustain, and perhaps a bit more clarity (not much though). However the overall tone isn't as good as the TBX100R.
The 6505 just sounds flat, crispy, hissy, crackley, fizzy....the lowend surprisingly doesn't go very low. Hell I've heard Fender amps with lower tone.
Basically the Lows and Highs just sound to seperate from one another they don't seem to blend. It just sounds odd. It sounds fine when your playing its alone....but soon as you heard the amp back to back with something with backbone its just disappointing.

Two channels, lead and rhythm. The rhythm channel has a crunch switch also. Master reverb. Each channel has its own presence and resonance controls which are absolutely wonderful additions. 60 watts (tube), 2 external speaker outs, fx loop, and 1 12 inch Peavy loudspeaker in a closed back configuration. It does not come with a footswitch... but it should. Go ahead and invest in one if you buy this amp.

So far so good as far as quality. Everything looks and sounds good and sturdy. That's not saying much because I've only had it for a couple of months, and I used one month to break it in before getting up to band/club volumes.

For the money this is going to be hard to beat. Take you time if you need a good clean tone, it will come.

Overall this amp is simply awesome for the money. 60 watts of tube is plenty loud for anything/anywhere I play. As far as the clean channel goes, the presence and resonance controls are you friend (actually they are outstanding on both channels). I have a really good, almost jazzy sound on the clean, and the option of hitting the crunch switch if I want it a bit dirty. The lead channel is absolutely sweet. Lots of gain with ample amounts of control. In short it sounds great. I have it running through a 4x12 extension,a few pedels in the loop, and a gate. Sounds great.

This amp is pretty awesome... It does take time to dial in a good tone though, well atleast for me, since I don't play metal or hardcore. I play a lot of Rock and Worship music. after about a month of tweaking with the amp, adding a few compressions, delays, reverbs, etc. I got some really sweet tones from it. The drive is smooth and fat on the lead channel, and really nice on the crunch channel. I have no regrets what so ever.from sparkly cleans to searing lead tones, this amp can do it all.. Its CRAZY heavy though.

It has all the features you'd need minus the foot switch.  No gimmicky built in effects, just straight ahead separate eq with presence and resonance controls.  They could be a tad more responsive.  The spring reverb is ok.

I just purchased this recently so I'm hoping not to have any problems.  Based on what I can observe and the weight, it seems pretty solid.

Are you kidding?  Killer sound like this for well under a thousand bucks is a real bargain!

Overall if your'e a rock or metal player you'll find alot to like about this amp.  It sounds great and is an incredible value for the budget aware.