Chris Villines - Peavey 6505+ Settings Demonstration 

Clay C. Thanks for the complement.

I concur. Please teach other RU-vidrs how to do this. No talk, professional, clear, concise and shows wide range of control settings. thank you.

Yup, I 100% agree with this. Nicely done!

it is good bang for the buck considering others cost 2-5x the price.

There are some contenders now ..Bugera and Jet City make very affordable amps that sound great. Other affordable ones...Windsor...XXX...JSX can usually get any of these for $400 or less used!!

Had a drummer tell me my 5150 sounds terrible and that I can only play "Jack off bullshit" with it. Says he's never heard of 5150 amps. Lol

@@ZagrasNixillis Really? That sounds like spite or something.

@@intervalkid dude hears with his eyes. If he doesn't recognize the brand it's not a quality product. And yes was a toxic duche lol

Jónathan Alcover Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Yea but he IS using active EMG or Seymour Duncan's

Thanks man. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks man.

You're welcome. I'm glad this helped out.

yeah same on mine my pres is on 8, barely any change from 7-0 lol

Spiny Norman - No. it didn't do anything for the lead channel. It is just for the rhythm channel. That was just a slight oversight when making the video.

Alright, good video nevertheless! :)

Spiny Norman - Thank you.

Possibly. The only times I have used an EQ pedal was more for accenting certain parts in a song such as a solo. If you happen to know someone that has one, see if you can use if for a while to see if it will get you the desired result. You could, of course buy one and return it if you didn't like it. Just make sure you try it in the front of the amp as well as through the effects loop. If you have other pedals in your signal chain, you will need to make sure to change it around in the lineup as that will give you different results as well.

As far as I know, you will get noise from any high gain amp. The noise will vary depending on your EQ settings, reverb level (If the amp has built in reverb), and overall volume that the amp is set to. All three amps that you mentioned are great amps but it's hard to tell someone what they should buy. Me personally, I probably wouldn't go with the Triple Rec. I've always found those hard to dial in a tone since the tone knobs don't seem to have as much of a range on them as other amps in its class. On the Diezel, I don't have much personal experience with those other than playing through friend's rigs that were very picky about their tone so I never played with the settings while playing through them. That being said, I still loved the tone that came from them. I always recommend playing through an amp with your own guitar anytime that option is available before buying. I know this may not have been quite the answer you were looking for but I hope this at least gave you enough information to help you decide on an amp.

A good noise gate is your best friend for high gain situations. If it’s dialed in right, it cuts the noise when you’re not playing, open wide when you play hard, and trims the fizz when you play softly. Also, try rolling back the highs a little bit on your guitar’s tone knob, or the amp itself.

If you want to go for the tone that the Offspring gets, you would be better off getting a Marshall. I believe that is what they used at one point anyway.

Yes, I just mic the cab with an SM57 and it goes directly to an audio interface. I use the Audient ASP880 for all of my demos.

Awesome, sounds great!

Thanks.

+aris koskinas No, I don't when I play and I definitely don't when doing these videos. For the videos I want to make sure that people only hear the amp without anything external altering the sound. As far as when I play, I just personally never felt like I needed one especially with this amp. I am not against the tube screamer, I have a few friends that always use them for a little added drive and I think it sounds great.

I am using the Peavey 6505 Cab. I don't use a power attenuator.

Why would you attenuate ? The master volume is not even awake.....

Renaissance Man Does it stay dirty when you switch to clean or are does it just not sound too great?

If I recall correctly, the clean channel still has a touch of crunch to it when you dig in. Not the best clean amp, but it’s a monster for overdriven sounds.

The 6505 is voiced a little differently, but it's not completely different. In my experience, the 6505 has a naturally more scooped tone than the 6505+. However, you can pretty much get the same tone as the other by dialing it in a little differently, provided that all other factors remain the same (guitar, tubes, cabinet, etc.).

I can't speak from experience since I have never played on a 6505 but from what I understand, the only differences are that the 6505+ has one extra preamp tube that gives it "better" cleans and the clean hythm channel has it's own EQ, separate from the lead. That being said, I would think that running it clean MAY be a little different but the rhythm and lead MAY be the same. I hope that helps. If anyone else has experience with both, hopefully they will chime in with some wisdom.

To keep things simple, post basically just provides volume. Pre will provide bite. A high pre setting with a lower post will gives you more distortion while having a lower pre and a higher post will give you a cleaner sound.

jdssurf I think it has plenty of low end punch. There are a lot of variables though. Amp settings, cab, pickups into the guitar, as well as the room you're playing in. Speakers and the build of the cabinet can play a very big role in the sound.

My 1x12 combo will thump hard enough to piss off my neighbors, even at low volume. God forbid I plug into my 4x12.

The cab makes a yuge difference, as do the pickups. Try a high output Dimarzio if you want ballsy low end.

Bob Smoot bro where were you three years ago lmao jk, yeah still havnt got a new cab for mine yet, however, I did put a mxr 10 band eq in the effects loop and fuckin damn what a difference. Still though, I need a new cab big time. Still want a rectifier cab but so pricy, other priorities and been playin my bass more.

Straight from guitar to amp, mic'd with an SM57 into an Audient ASP880 preamp.

Volume

I never really noticed before but that is quite a drastic change when start to max it out. I suppose it has to do with the type of potentiometers that they used for the presence knob.

@@BlackCatRecording Thank you, many people told me that the real peavy sound comes only with full presence and very loud volume. Do you think this is right? anyway, can you give me some update when you hear something?

@@mote9299 I have personally never heard that before. For me personally, I do like the presence pretty high but all the way is just too much for me. As far as the extreme volume, most people will say that any tube amp will sound better at louder volumes however, "better" is subjective and what one person thinks is a good tone could sound terrible to someone else. Another thing, I never rely on high volume for my tone since any good sound guy will always want you to keep your volume at a reasonable level at a show. This helps the sound guy have more control over the overall mix of the band. If you are too loud, it won't matter if you have good tone. Your band as a whole won't sound good. This may not have been quite the answer you were looking for, but I hope it at least helped in some way.

No, it doesn't do anything on the lead channel. It was a slight oversight when making the video.

Chris Villines ya I have a combo 5150 here and I was pushing it in on the lead and wondering the first few days if I could hear anything through the wall of distortion lol

Haha. I wish RU-vid would let me upload a new version of this video without it having to be an entirely new video. RU-vid also has next to no editing options for videos.

No, actually that was an oversight when making this video. The bright button only affects the rhythm channel.

+ Chris Villines thanks very good demonstration of this beast.I love this amp

dido gospodinov Yeah I was gonna say NO lol

Yes. You have to have a cab to play through the head unit. There is a 6505+ combo amp that you wouldn't need a cab to use with it since it has a built in speaker.

Duly noted.

Symbol of Logic - Nope, not even me. I can't believe I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out.

Also Rythm, just to add salt :)

It's all good, man. ;D

ohnooooooooooooooo - Actually, I did notice that one right after posting the video. I was wondering when someone else would notice. I need to edit this stuff but I did it all in premiere and can't just re-upload a video and keep the stats and comments. I'll have to resort to RU-vid's terrible editor.

The Peavey 6505 Cab.

@@ChristopherVillines thanks.

Cause that's more of a feel thing. When you're in the actual room, the resonance knob increases/decreases the amount of "thump" or bass response you can feel. How the low end "resonates".

Not boosted.

Yeah, that was an oversight when making the video.

No. You can't use an amplifier head without a cabinet

This is a 6505+. Has your's been modded? What cab do you use? What guitar/pick ups are you using? Is your room acoustically treated? Are you using the Shure SM57 mic ore somthing different. What our ears hear direct from the speakers in the room is not the same as what the mic capturing the sound and your current listening device (iphone or headphones etc) will sound like. Now, taken everything in to account, does it really sound that different?

Mine does...what cab?

6505+ is slightly less low end and gain than 6505/5150. Many prefer this for recording as it can be overwhelming. For $500 head not sure there is anything better. Bugera and Jet City have some affordable heads and combos that sound great. The lesser known Peavey amps are also great amps. The JSX and XXX are not quite the metal amps as the better known 5150/6505 but cleans are Much better and cheap $400 or less used. The Windsor is pretty much a Jcm800 clone and with a couple mods can easily do the 5150 thing used $300 or less. All these are pretty much yhe Platinum standard for great sounding affordable amps.

Matt Taylor a jack between the send and return (fx loop) and it will scream !!!

Though that is true, that was not the point of this video. I wanted to show how the potentiometers for the tone, resonance, and presence change the sound. Some amps are more sensitive to these changes than others and I wanted to demonstrate it with this amp. I have used amps in the past where it took drastic changes for the sound to have any noticeable difference. I do appreciate your comment and I will definitely take that into consideration with my videos in the future.

Why these will sound even better a little louder, these amps get their tone from their preamps, not the power amp. There is no need to get to ear bleeding volume with 6505's like you would the older non master volume Marshalls. This guy did a great job with this demo.

This amp is pretty fucking loud on 2 , around 80 decibels , I replaced both post volume knobs on my 6505+ with high quality pots and it has nice gradual volume increase and less hiss , thinking of having all the pots changed

Actually no. The sound on albums is due to mixing, mastering, and post processing mostly. I own an sm57'd 6505+ and it does not sound drastically different on 3 post vs 1. It does however remove some of the high end hiss, fills mids in better, and opens up a bit warmer at 2-3 post, but nothing that is significant for this video. 1.3 is fine for this demo.

It's actually my son's name down the middle. That why the pattern isn't a uniform design like most tribals.

Jay Brown. You got a messy attitude, man.

@@lovethesideways8 . You have a stupid name and a stupid opinion. The only mess here, is you shitting on yourself. Like a puppy.

dudes got a messy toilet

Book this amp is way better than mesa