Peavey 6505 Amps - The Big Ones!

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[@sameerbankar6073]

0:58 Ghost fret specs : DETACHABLE HEADSTOCK.

[@NoahPageReviews]

haha

[@nathanmcdonnell2012]

Wtf happened there 😂

[@kibbles1053]

They slowed down Lee to match Chappers and when they slowed his side of the screen they also slowed the headstock of the Ghost Fret.

[@dcflake5645]

Captain with a ghost fret looks awesome!

[@AlexH4774]

Anybody with a ghost fret looks awesome!

[@flyboymcgee8059]

6505 plus (2008 USA made). 3rd year of ownership and I'm still finding new ways to tweak. Peavey made this thing to really do it all. You can get a very shimmering clean tone for a Strat, slightly overdriven channel 1 for classic rock, blues and such and both channels are tremendously tweakable. Pair it with a v30 Mesa cab and you have the last high gain amp you'll really ever need

[@DanielFantini]

I loved Lee's rhythm tone in the beginning. He finally got a sick metal tone!!!!!! Go capt!

[@WiserInTime]

Would be fun to see a head to head comparison of the 6505 and the EVH 5150

[@justinbora2591]

I own both the 6505 and a 5150iii 50w and although the peavey will always hold a special place in my heart I prefer the tone of the EVH hands down!!

[@9unslin9er]

+James D They SHOULD do a comparison. Because not only is the 6505 more affordable, but in many cases, it does modern metal better than the EVH. The Peavey has more headroom.

[@Jish1695]

Considering both people above me disagree on what's a better amp, I think that would be really interesting

[@ayeapprove]

+Wiser InTime Which 5150? The MK I or MK II or the Fender EVH III?

[@WiserInTime]

The Fender EVH 5150. Would be fun to hear how much Eddie's amps evolved in a side by side comparison.

[@davidallen346]

Tubby ate the cake bloody hell I kidd seriously thinking bout buying the 6505 plus amp, great demo guys !

[@CeciShaw]

My amp! I love mine, i've played a lot of heads, and I still come back to this. Mine even fell down a flight of stairs and works perfects, it's the most reliable piece of equipment I own. completely stock, i run it into two 4x12 vintage 30 cabs. it's monster!

[@flyboymcgee8059]

My same setup minus the 2nd cab. Found a NOS Kustom Coupe 4x12 which was pretty much a Mesa Road King clone (British V30's). My dream tone

[@dnlmoretti]

No matter what I play I always end up back to this amp 🔥 love the marshalls, the engls, the boogies, and the soldanos... but there isn’t anything else on the planet that makes my heart smile the way the 6505+ does

[@CeciShaw]

@@dnlmoretti I recently got rid of the 4x12 cabs and got an EVH 2x12 what cab for it. Its a match made in heaven!

[@GoochOG]

same set up about 10 years ago.... That thing fell out of a moving truck bed and had no problems whatsoever. Ran it through a RARE Marshall 1060ac with the vintage 30s. that cab sat out in the rain for 2 days in santa barbara and still played fantastic fr 5 years till I sold it. That combo, Bitchin

[@ACDC1998Zippo]

Hey Rob, As my idea of an SG double cutaway Guitar found so much resonance I think it has the potency to make it into a stable of Chapman´guitars catalog. if my idea makes it into a voting here a some suggestions for debate and things the guitar should definetely be: -The guitar should definetely be a simple bare bone, affordable Rock machine and only have 1 pickup for simplicity, tone(as PhilX says) and price. The headstock should also be kept in an ML2 design spec. For debate there would be: - neck through design out of mahagony, maple or ash -ash, maple, or magagony wings -recessed bolt on neck out of maple or magagony -Mahagony, Maple or Ash body -Natural or stain finish -Baked maple or Rosewood fingerboard -TUSQ or titanium Nut -Stopbar or Wraparound tailpiece -Hardware material chrome or titanium -P-90 or Humbucker (or a P90 in Humbucker form so people could choose between 2 Types of Pickups) - which P90:-Seymour duncan Hot P90 -Gibson P90 -or what do you suggest? -which Humbucker: -Seymour Duncan Slash Signature -Chapman Passive Agressive -Or what do you suggest? -Normal or Offset double cutaway design I would be really cool if my idea would make it to a vote.

[@FatsharkFun]

I've had this for about a year and I absolutely love it. If you're thinking about this one, just buy it

[@themaggot8]

my first tube amp ever was a 6505+ and damn that thing was ridiculously loud. Insanely loud. Even with an entire band, I wasn't able to go over 4 due to the extreme volume of this thing.

[@PNWBodybuilding]

Juan José Fonseca Godoy get an attenuator my friend!

[@themaggot8]

6 months late, but anyways, I end up trading it for a mesa dual rectifier, and then I sold the dual recto and got a mini recto, which I sold so I bough a Boogie Mk IV and finally got the tones and versatility that I wanted.

[@roadmaster1ful]

I love Peavey equipment. Their amps can't be beat by anyone. When I grew up all the big loud bands had walls of Peaveys instead of Marshalls. I use a Peavey that I bought used and had it retubed and I couldn't get any amp at any price to sound better. I also play their older American made guitars.

[@jdmccor777]

I think you both are amazing guitar players, and an inspiration. I really enjoy your reviews and videos. Cheers!!!

[@alextraube6145]

Nice ghost headstock

[@alextraube6145]

0:59

[@Lord_Swoledemort]

+Alex Agrizkov headless ghost model confirmed

[@MattysEdits]

+Alex Agrizkov O:

[@pumaxiii2657]

Guys I am loving the new setting for your videos, the backdrop, lighting and sound are all amazing, well done folks, keep rocking and selling your awesome gear :)

[@lyconxero457]

Those tones at the very end of the video were just sick!

[@JeffersonvHamilton]

The way Captain's amp was mic'd makes it sound huge. (That's what she said). These amps seem to be the best sounding high gain amps out there for the money, and maybe even compared to much more pricey amps.

[@rubentrevino6288]

thank you thank you for finally someone doing a legit review of the 6505+, to my ears the combo sounds just killer, and the licks that capt lee did on that chug was beyond badass. just fab dudes . . .

[@jakecanter_]

Rob and Lee, you guys are my favorite people of all time. You both have an awesome sense of humor, and you're just so freaking nice XD not to mention how skilled at guitar you are :D

[@ericoreilly8368]

I still have my 5150 head from the 90s and love it!

[@nullactor]

Wow, that riff at 11 minutes in is fantastic!

[@kaerbs]

If I'd have that Satin Black Ghost Fret I wouldn't ever propably play anything else, looks so wonderful!

[@jrkfacedkiller]

I've owned this head for the last 10 years. It is truly the best head for the money. I get compliments after every gig. I'm a hard rock player.

[@theshotgunscientists]

That edit with the headstock of the ghost fret at 0:59 was awesome.

[@facciosean1]

I like the 6505 tone. It has 'mold' on the sound, I don't know how to describe it. Distinctive, in a good way. A thicker tone, compared to a Mesa dual rec, for example

[@cormacc4469]

For me, 6505+, TS-type pedal and Mesa cab is THE perfect metal tone. Something about it...

[@screamengine]

It's hard to gauge the sound of the mega amps when mic'd studio style near the speaker(s). You almost need to mic the room and demo it through that. Great demo as always, guys.

[@oscargarciahinde4247]

Whoever edits these videos must be a fun guy :D That coin toss was hillairous.

[@Beaversatchel]

Thank you so much for this review! I remember requesting it a while back and decided to go ahead and get one. Its my first tube powered amp ever and its made me pick up my guitar so much more than I imagined.

[@robbyray]

I enjoy the videos and Rob & The Captain's dynamic. Two rad dudes in that room!

[@johnsguitarmusicanddemos]

I love your channel guys 🏆 One of the best gear demo channels.

[@jeremiahwinter4563]

0:59 The ghost fret now comes with a removable head-stock.

[@extansegura]

I love your les paul lee! its amazingly beautiful and sounds incredible

[@MisterTee]

Cool amps that, sadly, are often mocked by amp snobs. I would like to hear a 6534 demo since that one has a very different character from the 6505.

[@andreaslie90]

Rob Chapman# I'm a proud owner of the 6505 plus 120W head with the matching 6505 412 cab, and loving it to bits. I've had it for years, but only used like two or maybe three settings on the Clean/crunch channel. the same for the Lead channel. (I do use an attenuator to keep the landlord pleased though) But what I'm wondering is what settings you're using in this video. It sounds amazing!

[@Will-qw7rm]

Nice mastodon-esque playing at the start

[@jephro3772]

this type of amp is where a high quality cable is a must

[@gilbertostefan]

O8:15, 4 personal references... Great video about this gear!

[@experimentalfishing1292]

loving the color of that GhostFret

[@SOAD525]

I like how these guys always review the most metal shit but neither of them ever play modern metal riffs haha.

[@braydonguitar649]

cause modern metal sucks, they should've played Vai, Van Halen, or metallica to show off the gain

[@MaestroJericho]

@@stevestevestevesteve6466 yeah pretty sure people browsing this channel mainly look for something for modern metal and not their dad's rock n' roll.

[@captainflamson]

@@braydonguitar649 It's funny how the younger dudes don't realize the 5150/6505 wasn't designed to play modern or death metal, just a happy accident for that type of player that they worked so well for that, maybe they never heard Eddie? Listen to VH's Balance album and that is what the 5150 was made for, Ted Nugent has used them forever, and before his Engls, Steve Morse was a 5150 player for years, Satch has had and used one occasionally for over 20 years as well.

[@randygamez13]

captainflamson It’s been around forever but doesn’t mean that modern metal sucks. There’s a lot of good new bands.

[@killercour]

@@captainflamson who cares what it was made for?

[@maulty1]

On the combo the cab is enclosed with the head on top. I cut mine off right above the cab, added a bottom piece of wood for the bottom of the head. Then you have a nice 60 watt 6505+ head that you can have and a separate speaker cab. Just a quick mod you can do for a couple hours of time at most.

[@xXGuitarGuyPFCXx]

OOH Lee you sound good when you finally drop some distortion in your tone! Loving your blues style with some bite in the tone! Chappers brutal as always!!

[@MarkSDD]

Lee does good work. It's about time he was promoted to Major.

[@PapaWheelie1]

Mark McQuillan - nah they will always be the Captain and Toenail

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

@@PapaWheelie1 he used to be the Monkey king so maybe Captain Han Solo and Chewbacca?

[@39MercFlathead]

Perhaps he was a captain in the Royal Navy. Promote him to commodore.

[@StringBender567]

Rob, I'm surprised you're not a Peavy artist because I feel like these 6505s would be very useable for Dorji!

[@MetalKillsRap2]

I'm glad I have 5150 head and a 5150 II head. Both made in America and both have the greatest guitar player in the world's name on it!

[@paulcarter802]

been waiting for a good review of the 6505!!

[@COBHC8890]

Those amps sound so good!!! Killer tone!!!!

[@geovaniefloresnaturalbodyb701]

a black cherry red ghost fret would look so badass man!

[@DermoniS]

Ohhh boy 6505/5150 + Mesa 4x12 (v30) = The Dream

[@gregg4164]

Just put Bea on the guitar with these types of amps because he seems to be the only one who actually knows how to set up a tone on these amps.

[@AMB666]

gregg4164 I agree with you. Rob looks so classic and blusy and that amp is totally for the original metal tone. It is like asking bb king to demo emg pickups lol.

[@voltaspeeder17]

Ola Englund.

[@danim5881]

voltaspeeder17 Ola is the definition of muddy tone. Makes every amp sound like the cookie monsters farts 💨

[@MaestroJericho]

@@danim5881 i'm a huge fan but it's true, his mixes sound really samey. I think he dials his anything to sound like his specific sound. I think Bea is the best dude in this channel for modern gain monsters

[@AkiraSpectrum]

Probably the best tones in a video from Rob Chapman & Andertons. Peavey 5150/6505 series are so good at giving you a big raw tone with ease. If i'm not mistaken, it appears Peavey has just recently stopped making the American made 2x12 version, which is ultimately a bummer because it was a nice middle-ground between the 6505 head and 6505+ head. However, I can see why with the production of the minihead version and 1x12 combo that they've decided to phase it out. Not to mention, the 2x12 combo version is massive and extremely difficult to lug around.

[@JohnnyAllan-vj7sj]

How cool that you got Jon Patrucci to do this with you

[@Leviplaysdrums]

That black ghost looks MONSTER

[@pleadguitar]

that is one fine sounding lester mr. Lee

[@JoshTheCyborg]

Loved the video, you guys should do a video on the Washburn solar series.

[@Elienko11]

6505 + BB preamp from Xotic - Best duo ever!

[@law6044]

Seeing capt Lee with a explorer chapman type is weird asf! Would love to see a vid where you play a load of well expensive fenders from the custom shop!

[@julvez19]

I think this the actual first time i see the cap playing something metal! hahaha, he looks kinda awkward doing it, but still nice tone guys!, Greetings from Colombia.

[@Wormweed]

Both of them sounds great. Found a new 6505+ combo for £400 here in Norway. Looks like a pretty good deal.

[@mastermansam]

Fun fact I actually won the combo in a raffle when I got my les Paul!

[@che2335]

How did i miss this gem!

[@JonathanCK90]

We need a competition between you two like the good ol' days!

[@KickTheFramaLamaLama]

the caps tone, just too sweet

[@bikerboi1983]

Nice little bit of the riff "nothing" by A 👍

[@StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

Sweet lead work, Cap'!

[@bm7760]

That's one beautiful Les Paul.

[@ayeapprove]

2:47 actually the MKII/6505+ have less gain with the same pot settings as the MKI/6505

[@ArielsSmartyPants]

More excellent lead playing by The Captain, nice. :)

[@snapascrew]

6:12 tell us how you really feel, Captain.

[@miguelabreumacedo]

I'm not a big metal fan (apart from Metallica) but that LP with that amp sounded so good!

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

Love my Peavey 6505 amp and a bargain compared to other metal tube amps that cost 2-5x more. Just wish it was made in the USA and not China.

[@andremarroquin4267]

I have a 2008 one that says made in the usa, dunno if its true tho

[@flyboymcgee8059]

@@andremarroquin4267 Yes, they were originally USA made before Peavey moved that model to Chinese production

[@matzer8846]

For those of us with a budget (guess most of us (;-) i can recommend the 1x12" combo ... had an hour long test drive and absolutely loved the "crunch" channel ... defies its name ... can go from crunch to "rhythm blast" to defined "soloing with balls"! Guess this is all you need to show up on a (hard) rock or metal jam!

[@jonathanmosher72]

The best two amps IMO Peavey makes are the classic and Peavey Ultra Plus. I seriously think the Ultra Plus beats almost any amp I ever have has and I've had sooo many. The trick to them is controlling the seriously powerfeul mids at 3 sound about the same as a Marshall mids at 10.

[@bodielancaster7952]

I think I like the sound of the combo better!

[@shawkyazad5202]

Best plectrum throw so far!

[@MsOZ79]

this captain is breaking my balls. Rock n Roll incarnation

[@jupjuck]

the extra gain stage powers the 2nd tone stack, you might have noticed the 2 independent eq's. it's NOT more gain. FOR GOD SAKE IT'S GOT ENOUGH GAIN

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

Would love to hear Rob do these demo's with a Overdrive pedal clean boost to tighten up the sound.

[@xxnonstopdancingxx]

Surely the plus sign should be: horizontal left arm bar, right arm hinged at elbow (standard) comes under left, back up to make decent contact. No bird. Yours is a bit X Factor if I'm honest.

[@4572dk]

peavey always seem to have an amazing sound even my small little trans tube is fantastic

[@xcrow0]

With that Le' Paul it has a pretty convincing ZZ Top live sound. All that higher gain stuff in Elimnator album too.

[@kauwgomboom]

Love the review as always! Since you guys are even reviewing acoustics now, any chance of a nice overview of jazz boxes, maybe some Ibanez artcores?

[@dodoCROATIApunk]

Hi Rob! Great vids btw :) Can you tell me your opinion on eq and presence and resonance ond lead for 80s thrash sound? thanks Pickup is JB btw Greetings from Croatia :)

[@richfiryn]

The Bugera 6202 Head is basically the same thing and happens to cost way way less. Then you can buy a Chapman guitar with the spare change !

[@BillGetsItDunn]

The webpage I was on while listening to this video froze at 9:07 hahahaha. I thought the whole computer was frozen until Chappers harmonized.

[@mmmicroplastics]

that peavey logo is pretty lit

[@northernbear4810]

YEAH FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheLambLive]

4:00 - Nuclear Worf loud !. Even The Klingons fear such volumes !.

[@TheLegendOf43]

Nothing like hearing 20 minutes of shitty blues chops to help me decide whether or not i want to buy an extremely high gain amp

[@creepysherpa7481]

daddy flapjacks mcmuffin ikr wtf 😂 I want to use this thing in drop C... NOT TO PLAY DAD METAL

[@Astral_Wave]

Perhaps it's nice to hear other things the amp may do well? I'm sure there are dozens of demos with drop C chugging. This demo is for the other guys.

[@Astral_Wave]

@@creepysherpa7481 *

[@creepysherpa7481]

Rick Sanchez yeah I can agree on that... I ended up getting a kemper anyway lol... btw it’s the most amazing piece of gear I have ever played, really recommend it

[@MaestroJericho]

@@creepysherpa7481 Jesus switched to an Ax8 to a 2x12 and it's much easier for me. Whenever I go to GC I'm one of the few people who know how to use the Line 6 Helix on hand and people have that wtf look when I dial a ready-to-go sound when I mess around over there.

[@edgeofeternity101]

What a beautiful Gibby

[@Rapturo_to_YESHUA]

16:31 - Amazing Chappers vocals! :)

[@josephwatkins3469]

I don't understand how you managed to make a 6505 sound like a line 6 spider. why does no one try and get a good tone when demoing amps?!

[@REVVINGRODNEY]

The humour is back... YES 😜

[@CEDARHILLPRODUCTIONS]

killer guitar and cool design. far out, rob.

[@fonzybrookestone727]

The universal "that smells" look when there's a fat sounding amp being played! Love that look, haha. Not really a fan of the Peavy, but I respect it. I'm sure it can be dialed in for most people. Not sure about those cabs though.

[@JamesRussoMillas]

The plus actually signifies the 5150 Mk 2 spec, where as the non-plus is the Mk 1.

[@eryonzane]

wow you tried a different music genre for once... I'm very impressed

[@Disc147]

6:12 that look on the Captains face

[@peanutbutterisfu]

Ive has this amp for 10 years. The stock jj tubes were too muddy for me it could have been because the amp was 5 years old when I got it so maybe they were just worn out. I put in Mesa power tubes and did the bias mod so I could run the tubes a little hotter. I used a mixture of Mesa and groovie tubes for the pre amp. I know they make different tubes from different countries not sure which ones I used but I know I went with whatever ones were more expensive. I have never liked super clean cleans on any amp and I’m just not a clean type of player. What I do like is using a crunch channel with a little gain for cleans to get that big thick clean tone with a little gain and this amp has it, it’s also not chimey and not gritty it’s a smooth thick sound which is what I love. It reminds me of the clean tones on blink 182’s album enema of the state specifically the song going away to college. For the settings I use on the crunch channel for cleans you can’t crank the volume a lot or it will get get chimey but you don’t need to There’s a good amount of head room for that. The high gain channel is great and using the tubes I did brightened up the tones a bit which I needed because I was playing in a pop punk band. One thing that does kinda suck is the amp needs to be cranked up not super loud but fairly loud to get the tone out of it that I liked, maybe it’s because I used a little less gain than most people do with this amp. I spent a few weeks perfecting the tone for an album that was coming up and when I got to the studio the engineer wanted the volume down a bit so it took hours to find the tone I wanted. This amp is capable of many different sounds regardless of what anyone says and the down side of that is a small movement of any knob changes your sounds pretty good so when you find you’re sweet spot you need to take a marker so you know where you have it. It’s not a big deal but it’s something to consider. I’ve played other amps that kinda only have one kinda sound and any adjustments really just change that one sound a bit so it’s not hard to find your sweet spot but this amp it pretty touchy. But again that could just be me because I was using a metal head to play pop punk music but I wanted a little more metal sound than most pop punk bands used and again the tube set up was not stock. Also again I was using the crunch channel for cleans so all and all I was using an amp for different reasons than most anyone does so it shouldn’t have been easy for me but the end result for the album was amazing in my opinion. I didn’t use the crunch channel on the album we ended up using something else but all the distorted rhythm guitars were this amp. I added a little marshal 900 for a little bit of the mid tones but most of what you hear is the peavey. If anyone wants to check out the tones you can type in “Mouth Full The Next Disaster” on you tube, pandora or itunes. The band have been done and over for years so I’m not trying to promote anything just saying if you want to hear what the amp sounds like recorded in a pop punk situation check it out. For how cheap this amp is new it’s by far one of the best nothing for even double the price comes close.

[@kyleboren7372]

"I bought 6 cakes between 5 people" *holds up 4 fingers the whole time*

[@paulizzyrollins]

I got a 6505+ 112 combo for £200. in 9/10 condition. They rule.