Peavey 6505 120W Guitar Amp Head  

I just bought a used 5150 for $500 today and I forgot how much I love the original.  I've kicked around the idea of buying a 5150II/6505+ for a while now and LOVE playing through them, but I wanted an original so I had to snap this up when I saw it. I play a stock Highway One maple board Strat straight through this into a Genz Benz G-Flex 212 and it's killer...f'in killer.  I just play through the Rhythm Channel, Crunch mode, gain/bass/mids @ 10, treble @ 7.5 and it's perfect. Lead is over the top!  Amp has plenty of low/mids, cuts through flawlessly, and just sound angry.  And for as much as people get down on these amps for the clean channel, if you know what you're doing or are patient, you can get some nice clean sounds, and slightly dirty jangle - yes, jangle! I'm in love.

I have had a few amps....Marshall JCM800, Krank - Krankenstein, Carvin V3, MTS, played through so many more.  I always keep coming back to the 6505/5150.  Such a classic no BS amp.  I am not a fan of Eddie but I like his gear.  Trust me you won't sound like Eddie playing this thing but you will sound massive!  It's a real amp and even when it is idling it lets you know that it is ready for your next ruthless attack on the strings.  If you need it to shut up get a Boss NS-2 and wire it like this: Guitar ?> Overdrive Pedal (I use the Boss SD-1) ?> NS-2 Input ?> NS-2 SEND ?> Amp Input Next: Amp FX Loop Send ?> NS-2 RETURN ?> NS-2 OUTPUT ?> Amp FX Loop Return I set the NS-2 with a decay of MIN and Threshold of MAX or just below max depending on how loud I am running my 5150. This in a nut shell shuts the WHOLE amp up and makes for almost dead quite operation. METAL!!!

well... i bought this amp about... a year ago. and i do not regret it one bit. i love the sound i get when i hit just power chord! it sounds so beefy, yet crisp and clear. its like... it knows when to tame itself. of course, not on its own, as i run a boss ns-2 to keep the hiss down. the only problem i have with it is that there is no clean channel. but hey, its a one trick pony, its pretty good at that trick, so why else would you buy it if you didnt want superior metal tone??? Besides, an ABY pedal and a little combo fixes your clean channel problem anyways.

I have the 5150 version of this amp (same exact circuitry) and might i say its just more than enough for any genre of heavy music. From scooped mids for Death metal, heavy low end for Post-Hardcore,and tight mids for that EVH sound everyone is sought after. Loud , and enough aggressive gain for any guitar player out there. ---note , i put 4.5 in quality mainly because i run a sonic maximizer, 266xl compressor gate, and a peavey 15 band eq in the FX loop.  This amp can hiss alot.