Peavey 6505 Plus 120W Guitar Amp Head

  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.

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.