Peavey 6505 Plus 120W Guitar Amp Head  

It's a tube amp head.  Two chanels, Lead and Rhythm, an effects loop, stereo outs for running two cabs....  pretty standard rig.  What I like most about it is that the dials actually produce drastic tone-shaping changes when you tweak them.  Think of the EQ as a 5-band, because the Resonance and Presence knobs are basically additional Bass and Treble knobs.  When you turn a knob up or down just one notch, you can tell the difference in your tone.  I have played a lot of amps that didn't really adjust that much even when you really crank them, but this one certainly responds to inputs.

This is a professional, touring musician's tool.  This amp can handle anything you throw at it, and is very versatile, but I think it likes playing metal more than any other genre of music.  Ten out of ten for quality.  No cheapo parts or loose knobs or breakable crap.  This thing is a top notch piece of equipment.  Just look at how many big bands out there use these amps!  Look at Peavey's web site for a list! Another thing I love about this amp is that the sound doesn't start breaking up and distorting when you turn it up.  It just sounds better the more juice you give to those tubes!

It's not cheap, but if you don't blow your money on an inferior product that will leave you wanting upgrades in the future, you can save up for this thing and never want anything more!  It is not just a practice amp that you keep in your basement.  This is the real deal, and it is worth every penny you will pay for it.  Do it!

This amp is 120 watts of real tube power.  Clean tones are warm and buttery, and respond very well to a little chorus and reverb.  The amp does not have these features built-in, so put your own in the effects loop and you are good to go.  For the headbangin' tones, this amp has its own very distinct, abrasive, sand-paper-in-your-ear distortion that I haven't heard anywhere else.  You don't need tube screamers or anything else with this bad boy.  It can crank out more gain and nastier rusty-barbed-wire metal sound than you can handle, and it easily overpowers drums and other instruments at about 3 on the post gain dial (volume).  Pair this with a Mesa 4x12 cab and you pretty much have any metal guitarist's holy grail of a rig.

  I just got my 6505+ today and dialed it in a bit tonight. I have got to say, this thing is hardcore. My ears are still ringing and It must have been an hour now since I quit for the night. I started with just the Amp and played with the channels and tone for a little while and then started adding in the effects a little at a time. When I put the MXR fullbore metal in front of it I couldent stop shredding. I got as far as putting my ME70 in the effects loop for Flange/Phaser EQ and Wah then I played till the nextdoor neighbor came over to see what the heck I was doing. My neighbor is 60 feet away through my walls a fence and his walls....I decided it must be late enough to quit for the night.

    If you like it loud and solid you might wanna give this a try. I didnt know what to expect when I bought this thing except that it should be loud(120 watts should be loud). My expectations werent that high so it was probably easy to exceed them. It did. I cant wait for tomorrow.

This thing is a tank at 67lbs. It is solid and after taking the UPS one eyed, 3 thumb airplane ride to Alaska, probably being dropped at least 3-4 times from the look of the box, it came out shiney and looks like a quality piece of equipment. Peavy has always been good industrial quality stuff and this puts them up a notch in my book.

for the price what can beat it? If I find somthing I'll post it -)

Over all I would recomend this product simply for devastating my expectations. But with the good tone over all, even though some minor complaints are out there about the quality of the clean channel, I have none. I did have to do some adjusting to get it to be less "bright" than it wanted to be. I like the features it offers me. there are lots of options for everything I need(seperate Eq for rythm and boosted channels for example). Power to spare. Profesional quality. Like I said already.for the price for this amp makes me feel like I got a righteous deal.

I recently acquired this head through a trade with a friend and I have normally sworn off Peavey amps catered to metal because most of them have the absolute crappiest clean and crunchy overdrive tones. However, I have started playing metal again and I needed an amp with balls and my Bogner boutique amp wasn't cutting it. First of all, the red/distortion channel needs no introduction. It is almost perfect for what it's intended for. The only amps that I've enjoyed a rock/metal distortion out of more have been the Dual Rect. and the Uberschall. That channel gets a 9.8/10 only because it's a little difficult to clean up at certain volumes. The clean/green channel was a huge surprise to me. Do not anticipate this to be the clean tone you get out of a classic 30 because it never will achieve that sound, however, it's definitely up there with higher end dedicated metal amps in quality. With it's stock settings, it does still have a lifeless sound to it, but it does have a lot more depth and clarity than I was expecting. Upon researching the amp, I discovered that the clean channel can be warmed up by biasing it a little hotter because apparently Peavey biases their amps to be really cold stock. I'd give it a 7.5/10 stock. This head takes pedals very well. I don't really care for a tubescreamer through the gain channel, but you honestly don't need it. I've been able to get really nice chunky blues/country tones going through the clean channel with a TS9. The only major complaint I have about this amp is the absence of a solo boost. Overall, it's a pretty good value for a rock/metal guitarist. Definitely Peavey's best rock/metal amp ever.

This is the first night I've spent with my Peavey 6505+ and I have to say I absolutely love it! However I'll also say it wasn't love at first note, I barely had time to play it before I had to go to work today and to be honest my first impressions weren't that it was right out of the box 5 on all settings an awesome tone machine, I was rather unimpressed with the tone I was getting out of it for the technical-metalcore I was going for something just wasn't right. After work I found out that that something was a Tube Screamer!!! A MUST, once I got my Ibanez TS-9 hooked up and used it as a boost I fell in love and found that dialing in the tone I wanted a breeze! Of course with the TS a noise gate is a must, I'm using the ISP Decimato.r I also play this through an orange ppc412 and will argue anyone who says the cleans that come out of this baby are sub par! They're actually quite stunning even with the emg setup I currently use. After dialing this thing in I have absolutely no second thoughts on my purchase what so ever! Keep it up Peavey!!!

This amp had plenty of gain and a very controllable eq the only thing it lacks is a clean channel.  Even at low volumes the amp produces distortion which is what it is made for so if you play metal this is your answer to tone and sound!  Comparable to:  In Flames, Machine Head, Unearth, God Forbid just to name a few that use or have used these beasts.

My tolex has some battle scars but it has with stood beer spills and rowdy shows.  The build quality is second to none so if road worthy is what your looking for you will find it here.

The value for the money has lasted itself out right already.  My amp was purchased in 2005 its been on the road and in studio and still has not lost anything value wise.  You get what you pay for so the price tag may be high but the warranty you get is second to none and the quality.

Overall the amp is exactly what i expeced of Peavey and is of great quality and craftmanship. Like i said above if you want distortion without stomp boxes and processors and true amp tone this is the beast for you.