Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: maliciousteve on April 17, 2006, 04:33:35 PM
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So i went to Denmark street in London today and i came across a Peavey 6505 with matching cab. I was using a new Jackson DK with EMG 81 and 85's. Now the high gain input was far too much for me. Even with the gain rolled down and some highs taken out and presence rolled back i found the sound to be quite naff. It sounded like i might as well have played with a Metal Zone with all the gain up.
So i changed input to normal gain. I thought this sounded better than the high gain input but still the sound wasn't what i was expecting. The sound was far too fizzy (and i thought my set up was really fizzy).
could this of been because of the emg's? the cab? because i've heard some really good sounds out the 5150's but i couldn't come close to those really great sounds with that amp. What does every one else think of these?
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5150 and 6150 are pretty completely different beasts.
Peavey intentionally "beefeed up" the 6150 which in many's opinions (mine inc.) f***ked it.
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That's weird, i thought they just changed the name. Why would you change the tone of an amp when the reputation of it was great :roll:
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My bad
first it's 6505 lol, my mind is shot.
Was it the 6505+ you tried? (this has an extra power amp).
Also, newer 6505's had chinese made tubes and NOT the Sylvania ones in the 5150 (Peavey used up the Sylvania's and then switched). Then they went to New Sensor (Sovtek) in late 90's.
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My bad
first it's 6505 lol, my mind is shot.
Was it the 6505+ you tried? (this has an extra power amp).
Also, newer 6505's had chinese made tubes and NOT the Sylvania ones in the 5150 (Peavey used up the Sylvania's and then switched). Then they went to New Sensor (Sovtek) in late 90's.
Nah it was the Mk I model. Good thing i tried it out before i went and bought one out on a limb, i would have been pissed :)
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I have tried both and thought the 6505 to be OTT myself.
Cannot find much info. but am sure I read they tweaked it to be VERY brutal output compared to 5150.
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They come with very poor tubes....this is common in all peavey amps, a tube swap does them wonders!
I'll also ask the obvious....did you crank it?
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^yeah, i've heard they sound cr@ppy un-cranked (when i tried one, it was uncranked), mr ibanez. Glad to see you've joined the forum, sir!
that being said, unless it's second hand (being a 5150, it probably is, then, lol), in the UK you could get an engl or something similar (laney) for the same price or less that'll eat it for breafast...
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They're exactly the same, Peavey didn't change anything. There are articles on their website, they only changed the name because Ed obviously owns that.
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Except they DID change the tubes, as stated by Peavey :)
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But Peavey never used great tubes anyway, replace those and it'll be a big improvement.
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concur :)
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A couple of years ago I used a 5150 to try out a schecter c1 blackjack that I was interested in, and I experienced many of the things you're describing. I didn't buy the guitar because it sounded so awful, but reading this it must have been amp :(
Still, I bought a Cort X custom instead, which is a far better player, so alls well that ends well 8)
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They come with very poor tubes....this is common in all peavey amps, a tube swap does them wonders!
I'll also ask the obvious....did you crank it?
That i did. Probably the only shop in the world that will let you crank it up a bit
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OH DEAR GOD- a shop let you crank it.... and you live near me.... and im looking to try ENGLs.... which sound amazing cranked....... hmmmmmm........ anyone thinking what im thinking?....
which shop is it dude...?!¬?!?!?!?!?!?IR£!()_
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A shop called Rhodes in Denmark street. They don't have any ENGL's in there unfortunatly but they do have quite a few peaveys (XXX and JSX) and some nice guitars (USA Jacksons and others)
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Sambo, just get in touch with Steve Morse and ask if you can test his rig :)
http://www.stevemorse.com/ (Equiptment)
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cool thanks steve mate... gonna have to get myself over there....
and nick... dont suppose youve got his number? :lol:
damn cool rig though....
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yeah
1-800-I Need Help
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OH DEAR GOD- a shop let you crank it.... and you live near me.... and im looking to try ENGLs.... which sound amazing cranked....... hmmmmmm........ anyone thinking what im thinking?....
which shop is it dude...?!¬?!?!?!?!?!?IR£!()_
gah, the wembley guitar centre has engls, peaveys, laneys (vh100r and tt100h last time i was there), marshalls and mesas, and a soundproof booth in the middle, just go there!
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HAHA! NICK!!!
ahhh
anyway... ahhh ok cool dave... may dooooo
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never know, Sambo may ake it before the stadium gets completed LOL
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^ that'd make for a good bet, nick, you know, both are incredibly unlikely to happen, lol.
:twisted:
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So I hear.
No worries as am a Rugby man :)
But would get those wussie football players outta the Rugby Stadium though :)
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:lol:
if i can be bothered to go.... i will..... but i dunno if i can...
oh yeah... guess what...
I JUST MADE £50!!!!!!!!!! i only listed my ipod mini on ebay TODAY at starting bid of £50.... and someones already bid!!!!! POD/GT-8/ENGL/whatever = one bit closer...
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but may be a
POD mk6, GT12, Engl Yawner in the end :lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
ok well i think this is probly the wrong place to discuss the ultra-fast obselete-ness of modern guitar technology... i tihnk this was the most blatent and random thread hi-jack ever... ok sorry steve back on to peaveys......
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what is this un-cranked you speak of?