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Published on 07/22/13 at 05:35100 watt all-tube amp with a very useful heating and cooling the lamps before and after playing standby mode.
2 channels:
- Rhythm: clean and crunch
- Lead: overdrive
A 2 EQ per channel with gain, bass, mid and treble.
2 settings "Resonance" and "Presence", one per channel.
1 volume per channel, but no master.
No reverb or effects except for a "bright" button that boosts the acute on the clean channel.
1 effects loop.
Output 2 HP 4, 8 or 16 ohms.
1 footswitch input pin 7 (there is no footswitch jack 6mm), the footswitch and cable 7-pin is provided.
Control bias.
UTILIZATION
Configuration is very simple, we get a sound very quickly. A manual is provided, but it is only a few pages and anyway if it is not his first tube amp is not necessary.
The EQ is basic but well made birch. According to Peavey, 2 EQ have a different impact on the sound. Controls "Resonance" and "Presence" do not feel that already 7/10. They allow, respectively, to boost the bass and treble.
The volume on the lead channel it must grow at least 0.8 or 1 to start to have the true sound of the lamps. But even at this level the volume is very very strong. I have to reduce it by lowering the output volume on my compressor (a DBX 266XL), placed in the effects loop.
SOUNDS
I play mostly hard rock, but with this amp I also put the metal. And for good reason as the Peavey 6505 + is a high gain amp and is dedicated to this style of music.
This is why the clean sound is very average. It is well below a Fender or Marshall. But no matter, it is not playing classical or jazz you buy a Peavey 6505 +. However, the clean is usable for intros and bridges in the rock record. With a small chorus and operated "bright" button the clean improved significantly, but still a notch below. As for the crunch I'm not any expert, but it is correct with respect to a Marshall. But for this type of Marshall sound is better.
I mainly play with two guitars, Ibanez DTX (EMG59 and 81) and LTD EC1000 (SD 59 and SH5). With my Ibanez I get very large saturation with lots of gain. Natural or artificial harmonics out on their own so it's easier on this type of amp. And my LTD, I get a sound much more British, a kind of super boosted Marshall.
To give you some examples, with Ibanez and Micors EMG, I play Avenged Sevenfold, Black Veil Brides and my LTD and Seymour Duyncan, I play Steel Panther, the Guns N Roses (by reducing the gain) of Slaughter, and other groups of 80/90. I would love to try Seymour Duncan Blackouts in my opinion that should provide great sound on this amp. In any case within two registers (metal and hard rock) this amp is excellent.
OVERALL OPINION
Bought new 1400 € is twice cheaper than Mesa Boogie, Peavey and yet brings a popping sound amazing. Parfais with my two guitars sound very different. The sound is clear and has a true identity. A very active grain with overdrive heavy and shiny times (presence at max). The possibilities are very large saturation. Plam mute, solo, rhythm, tapping, harmonic, everything sounds to perfection.
Although the clean and crunch are not great but do the job for short passages in a rock record (intros, bridges, ...).
I went from a Marshall JCM 2000 to Peavey 6505 +, because I was looking for a high gain amp that has a true musical identity. I'm very happy. I added it in the effects loop a DBX 266XL compressor and a BBE Maximizer to sublimate his Peavey. The DBX also serves me reduce hiss and a little feedback that are on this type of high gain amp.
2 channels:
- Rhythm: clean and crunch
- Lead: overdrive
A 2 EQ per channel with gain, bass, mid and treble.
2 settings "Resonance" and "Presence", one per channel.
1 volume per channel, but no master.
No reverb or effects except for a "bright" button that boosts the acute on the clean channel.
1 effects loop.
Output 2 HP 4, 8 or 16 ohms.
1 footswitch input pin 7 (there is no footswitch jack 6mm), the footswitch and cable 7-pin is provided.
Control bias.
UTILIZATION
Configuration is very simple, we get a sound very quickly. A manual is provided, but it is only a few pages and anyway if it is not his first tube amp is not necessary.
The EQ is basic but well made birch. According to Peavey, 2 EQ have a different impact on the sound. Controls "Resonance" and "Presence" do not feel that already 7/10. They allow, respectively, to boost the bass and treble.
The volume on the lead channel it must grow at least 0.8 or 1 to start to have the true sound of the lamps. But even at this level the volume is very very strong. I have to reduce it by lowering the output volume on my compressor (a DBX 266XL), placed in the effects loop.
SOUNDS
I play mostly hard rock, but with this amp I also put the metal. And for good reason as the Peavey 6505 + is a high gain amp and is dedicated to this style of music.
This is why the clean sound is very average. It is well below a Fender or Marshall. But no matter, it is not playing classical or jazz you buy a Peavey 6505 +. However, the clean is usable for intros and bridges in the rock record. With a small chorus and operated "bright" button the clean improved significantly, but still a notch below. As for the crunch I'm not any expert, but it is correct with respect to a Marshall. But for this type of Marshall sound is better.
I mainly play with two guitars, Ibanez DTX (EMG59 and 81) and LTD EC1000 (SD 59 and SH5). With my Ibanez I get very large saturation with lots of gain. Natural or artificial harmonics out on their own so it's easier on this type of amp. And my LTD, I get a sound much more British, a kind of super boosted Marshall.
To give you some examples, with Ibanez and Micors EMG, I play Avenged Sevenfold, Black Veil Brides and my LTD and Seymour Duyncan, I play Steel Panther, the Guns N Roses (by reducing the gain) of Slaughter, and other groups of 80/90. I would love to try Seymour Duncan Blackouts in my opinion that should provide great sound on this amp. In any case within two registers (metal and hard rock) this amp is excellent.
OVERALL OPINION
Bought new 1400 € is twice cheaper than Mesa Boogie, Peavey and yet brings a popping sound amazing. Parfais with my two guitars sound very different. The sound is clear and has a true identity. A very active grain with overdrive heavy and shiny times (presence at max). The possibilities are very large saturation. Plam mute, solo, rhythm, tapping, harmonic, everything sounds to perfection.
Although the clean and crunch are not great but do the job for short passages in a rock record (intros, bridges, ...).
I went from a Marshall JCM 2000 to Peavey 6505 +, because I was looking for a high gain amp that has a true musical identity. I'm very happy. I added it in the effects loop a DBX 266XL compressor and a BBE Maximizer to sublimate his Peavey. The DBX also serves me reduce hiss and a little feedback that are on this type of high gain amp.