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
+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.
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!
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
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
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
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 . . .
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.
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.
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 :)
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.
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!!
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.
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.
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!
+BavarianMonkey Of course, but keep in mind they were building this amp to EVH's exact specifications. If he wanted it to do something, like produce lots of feedback and noise, then they made it so. It did not get into the amp unless Eddie wanted it to. Also, the design of this amp goes all the way back to the early 90s. Nothing has changed since then except the name. But yes it needs a noise gate unless you wanna spend a lot of effort rolling off your guitar volume every time you stop&start playing. Hisses like a bitch everytime you get it up past 4 on the pre-gain with any kind of practice/gig volume levels.
Fifty0ne He certainly did not want it to generate hum/hiss without an input signal present, so there is no point arguing about that. He wanted a certain sound, he got that sound - but it is possible to get exactly that sound without all that noise and without having to use a noise gate... I would have expected the manufacturer to fix this issue by now (after all these years!) but it seems like they were either not capable of doing so or they simply did not care. But hey - people are going to buy it no matter what because "that's like it was back then...."
+BavarianMonkey Costs are a factor when you are designing an amp that is super high gain and you want a lower noise floor. This is a less expensive amp that, although is reliable isn’t made of the highest quality parts available to lower that noise. I play a Friedman which is as high gain as the 6505 and it’s MUCH quieter as far as hiss or anything else. I don’t need a gate with it. I have had quite a few 5150s and 6505s over the last decade and I am friends with the man who designed this amp for Peavey with Eddie. This is an affordable amp, it sounds great and is very reliable. That is what Eddie wanted. His sound in an amp that people could afford. Otherwise he would have stayed with Soldano and had a signature amp that cost over $3k.
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.
@@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
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
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.
@@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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
+Rob Chapman would you do a demo of the Peavey 6534+or even a comparison of these 6534 + and the 6505 +. there is one already on TH-cam but the sound quality isn't very good. I really love your videos by the way. Thanks
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.
i wish when one guy is playing you would stereo the guitar and not mono push it to one side. during jams thats cool. but i wanna hear the guitar in full
You can't take 1 guitar input and just make it stereo. This is why you have to double track guitars in the studio. If you double a mono track and hard pan them in opposing directions, all you have is one center track that's louder than before.
+chickensandbeandip yes of course, but that's still 1 mono track panned center. See I thought he meant literally take 1 guitar track and just make it stereo...which we all know is not possible
+TheTorri98 see that doesn't work because stereo modulation effects dont take a mono input and output them in stereo. Instead they add a separate layer of sound in stereo that is completely separate of the original mono input
0:58 Ghost fret specs : DETACHABLE HEADSTOCK.
haha
Wtf happened there 😂
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.
Tubby ate the cake bloody hell I kidd seriously thinking bout buying the 6505 plus amp, great demo guys !
I loved Lee's rhythm tone in the beginning. He finally got a sick metal tone!!!!!! Go capt!
Captain with a ghost fret looks awesome!
Anybody with a ghost fret looks awesome!
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
Would be fun to see a head to head comparison of the 6505 and the EVH 5150
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!!
+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.
Considering both people above me disagree on what's a better amp, I think that would be really interesting
+Wiser InTime Which 5150? The MK I or MK II or the Fender EVH III?
The Fender EVH 5150. Would be fun to hear how much Eddie's amps evolved in a side by side comparison.
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!
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
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
@@dnlmoretti I recently got rid of the 4x12 cabs and got an EVH 2x12 what cab for it. Its a match made in heaven!
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
Those tones at the very end of the video were just sick!
I think you both are amazing guitar players, and an inspiration. I really enjoy your reviews and videos. Cheers!!!
I've had this for about a year and I absolutely love it. If you're thinking about this one, just buy it
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
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 . . .
Nice ghost headstock
0:59
+Alex Agrizkov headless ghost model confirmed
+Alex Agrizkov O:
Wow, that riff at 11 minutes in is fantastic!
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.
I still have my 5150 head from the 90s and love it!
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.
That edit with the headstock of the ghost fret at 0:59 was awesome.
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.
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 :)
If I'd have that Satin Black Ghost Fret I wouldn't ever propably play anything else, looks so wonderful!
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.
Whoever edits these videos must be a fun guy :D That coin toss was hillairous.
I enjoy the videos and Rob & The Captain's dynamic. Two rad dudes in that room!
0:59 The ghost fret now comes with a removable head-stock.
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!!
I love your les paul lee! its amazingly beautiful and sounds incredible
I love your channel guys 🏆 One of the best gear demo channels.
For me, 6505+, TS-type pedal and Mesa cab is THE perfect metal tone. Something about it...
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.
been waiting for a good review of the 6505!!
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.
Those amps sound so good!!! Killer tone!!!!
6:12 tell us how you really feel, Captain.
Nice mastodon-esque playing at the start
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!
2:47 actually the MKII/6505+ have less gain with the same pot settings as the MKI/6505
Lee does good work. It's about time he was promoted to Major.
Mark McQuillan - nah they will always be the Captain and Toenail
@@PapaWheelie1 he used to be the Monkey king so maybe Captain Han Solo and Chewbacca?
Perhaps he was a captain in the Royal Navy. Promote him to commodore.
The pre amp in these are noisy as hell. Put a gate first in your FX loop and it's much better.
+BigBadBuzzRoyt Exactly what I found with mine when I had it.
+Dan Cole funny thing is that it does not have to be...you can build an amp that sounds the same and does not hiss like crazy :D
+BavarianMonkey Of course, but keep in mind they were building this amp to EVH's exact specifications. If he wanted it to do something, like produce lots of feedback and noise, then they made it so. It did not get into the amp unless Eddie wanted it to. Also, the design of this amp goes all the way back to the early 90s. Nothing has changed since then except the name.
But yes it needs a noise gate unless you wanna spend a lot of effort rolling off your guitar volume every time you stop&start playing. Hisses like a bitch everytime you get it up past 4 on the pre-gain with any kind of practice/gig volume levels.
Fifty0ne He certainly did not want it to generate hum/hiss without an input signal present, so there is no point arguing about that.
He wanted a certain sound, he got that sound - but it is possible to get exactly that sound without all that noise and without having to use a noise gate...
I would have expected the manufacturer to fix this issue by now (after all these years!) but it seems like they were either not capable of doing so or they simply did not care.
But hey - people are going to buy it no matter what because "that's like it was back then...."
+BavarianMonkey Costs are a factor when you are designing an amp that is super high gain and you want a lower noise floor. This is a less expensive amp that, although is reliable isn’t made of the highest quality parts available to lower that noise. I play a Friedman which is as high gain as the 6505 and it’s MUCH quieter as far as hiss or anything else. I don’t need a gate with it. I have had quite a few 5150s and 6505s over the last decade and I am friends with the man who designed this amp for Peavey with Eddie. This is an affordable amp, it sounds great and is very reliable. That is what Eddie wanted. His sound in an amp that people could afford. Otherwise he would have stayed with Soldano and had a signature amp that cost over $3k.
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.
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.
Ola Englund.
voltaspeeder17 Ola is the definition of muddy tone. Makes every amp sound like the cookie monsters farts 💨
@@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
the caps tone, just too sweet
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
We need a competition between you two like the good ol' days!
More excellent lead playing by The Captain, nice. :)
loving the color of that GhostFret
Sweet lead work, Cap'!
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.
6505 + BB preamp from Xotic - Best duo ever!
I like how these guys always review the most metal shit but neither of them ever play modern metal riffs haha.
cause modern metal sucks, they should've played Vai, Van Halen, or metallica to show off the gain
@@stevestevestevesteve6466 yeah pretty sure people browsing this channel mainly look for something for modern metal and not their dad's rock n' roll.
@@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.
captainflamson It’s been around forever but doesn’t mean that modern metal sucks. There’s a lot of good new bands.
@@captainflamson who cares what it was made for?
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!
Best plectrum throw so far!
O8:15, 4 personal references...
Great video about this gear!
How did i miss this gem!
Loved the video, you guys should do a video on the Washburn solar series.
that is one fine sounding lester mr. Lee
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.
Both of them sounds great. Found a new 6505+ combo for £400 here in Norway. Looks like a pretty good deal.
That black ghost looks MONSTER
peavey always seem to have an amazing sound even my small little trans tube is fantastic
this captain is breaking my balls. Rock n Roll incarnation
this type of amp is where a high quality cable is a must
Would love to hear Rob do these demo's with a Overdrive pedal clean boost to tighten up the sound.
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!
Nice little bit of the riff "nothing" by A 👍
a black cherry red ghost fret would look so badass man!
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.
That's one beautiful Les Paul.
How cool that you got Jon Patrucci to do this with you
killer guitar and cool design. far out, rob.
I'm not a big metal fan (apart from Metallica) but that LP with that amp sounded so good!
Chapman guitar and Peavey amp királyság!!!!!!!
please do the epiphone les paul custom anniversary 2015 please please pleeeaaaase
+BananzyTV i totally agree !
Fun fact I actually won the combo in a raffle when I got my les Paul!
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!
wow you tried a different music genre for once... I'm very impressed
Ohhh boy 6505/5150 + Mesa 4x12 (v30) = The Dream
The humour is back... YES 😜
4:00 - Nuclear Worf loud !. Even The Klingons fear such volumes !.
What a beautiful Gibby
you can jump the effect loop to get more gain out of the 112. its like lifting a blanket off the amp.
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.
I have a 2008 one that says made in the usa, dunno if its true tho
@@andremarroquin4267 Yes, they were originally USA made before Peavey moved that model to Chinese production
Rob wanted the light up amp XD
love my old early 90,s peavy 300 combo bass amp bw equipped still got it from new.
that peavey logo is pretty lit
The plus actually signifies the 5150 Mk 2 spec, where as the non-plus is the Mk 1.
I love their faces while they are playing these amps :D
With that Le' Paul it has a pretty convincing ZZ Top live sound. All that higher gain stuff in Elimnator album too.
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.
YEAH FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
whats up with that tasty white on black strat in the back!! i love that combination!
+Rob Chapman I was wondering I you could tell me when the chapman Norseman was going to be available to all countries?
Rob, I'm surprised you're not a Peavy artist because I feel like these 6505s would be very useable for Dorji!
What song does the Captain play at 11:09? It's driving my crazy
I want a a couple of pallets attached to my walls too....
Captain, sounds like you been practicing
+Rob Chapman would you do a demo of the Peavey 6534+or even a comparison of these 6534 + and the 6505 +. there is one already on TH-cam but the sound quality isn't very good. I really love your videos by the way. Thanks
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.
i wish when one guy is playing you would stereo the guitar and not mono push it to one side. during jams thats cool. but i wanna hear the guitar in full
You can't take 1 guitar input and just make it stereo. This is why you have to double track guitars in the studio. If you double a mono track and hard pan them in opposing directions, all you have is one center track that's louder than before.
+Barett Robertson You could make it stereo with a wide chorus/delay effect though..
+chickensandbeandip yes of course, but that's still 1 mono track panned center. See I thought he meant literally take 1 guitar track and just make it stereo...which we all know is not possible
+TheTorri98 see that doesn't work because stereo modulation effects dont take a mono input and output them in stereo. Instead they add a separate layer of sound in stereo that is completely separate of the original mono input
chickensandbeandip and if someone wanted stero you can copy and pan the track. But yes if they could center the guitar it would be so much better
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?
I think I like the sound of the combo better!
Dang sweet!
I've been following you since god knows when, one day i'll come to your store and say hi! XD haha