about guitar heads

[rukshan89]

hey chris or any one

i wanted to know about the peavey 6505 head.i am meaning to buy one and it is really expensive.so i want to make shure that its the right one.

i heard that it has a very good heavy distortion in it and it reacts well to other distortion pedals.any advice on this or recomendations of other heads

thanks

 

[ShivaLeadGuitarest]

in all honesty, when it comes to heads and stuff you really want to look at the clean channel first. I am an effects pedal greak ( i have 7 pedals and am looking for more) and i look for a clean channel to mix my pedals with. you will almost never layer distortion over distortion. it really messes with the harmonics and tone and wont sound good at all. i would reccomend looking at some lesser Randall heads or a line 6 head.

 

[metalgtr84]

Buying an amp for how it's distortion sounds based upon how the clean channel sounds is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The guy is looking at a 6505 to play through HEAVY DISTORTION! Don't take advice from someone that can't even spell "Guitarist".

The 6505 is badass, but yeah, it's expensive. I recommend you also check out the 5150, which you can find used nowadays for great prices. The 5150 will save you some cash and still give you some gnarly distortion. I don't think you'll be disappointed with either amp, except for the fact that you just wasted money buying a distortion pedal on an amp that doesn't need one.

 

[rukshan89]

thanks for the advice i really appreciate it