Peavey 6505 vs. Revalver 6505 vs. Axe Fx 5150

[Ola Englund]

Someone might take an interest in this:

 

[phisk]

1. Amp
2. Axe FX
3-9.none
10. RV3

 

[BrettT]

I dig all three for different reasons.

 

[JeffTD]

I dig all three for different reasons.

This, but digging 6505 and Axe more than Revalver. Would be curious to hear the 6505 preamp through the same impulse, or the Axe with the 5150III impulse.

Would also be cool to hear it all in a mix, as that's where I find impulses/the Axe to fail - when the midrange becomes super static-y and the mix doesn't breath.

 

[kev]

Thanks Ola. Desperately want to compare these with Axe II 5150

 

[C_F_H_13]

as I said on your blog, I like all three, and was quite surprised at how awesome the axe-fx sounds.

 

[Vendo]

Like it, pls do same comparison.... but next time everything through the same IR. Would be great if the only difference would be the amp.

 

[JoergieN]

I prefer the revalver. All of them sounded muddy as fuck. I feel like the real amp sounds way worse than the sims.

 

[jipchen]

I prefer the revalver. All of them sounded muddy as fuck. I feel like the real amp sounds way worse than the sims.

That's funny, I feel exactly the opposite way.
I like the 6505 best (and I'm glad I do), but the Axe comes amazingly close. I don't like the Revalver's sound at all.

 

[AdamG94]

The axe-fx is painfully close to the real amp aha. I think the Revalver sim sounds a lot different than the other two, in a bad way imo.

 

[FIXXXER]

revalver sounds so fucking flat and boring...

6505 is great but the axe-fx sounds kinda deeper (it's the stock IR, all stock IR's are way too boomy)
and has more balls. 6505 is a bit clearer and punchier

 

[lolzgreg]

I'd also love to hear the AxeFx and or 6505 through the impulse here

Thanks for the plug, by the way. Very much so appreciated.

I think the 6505 sounds a bit too thick on its own; that would step on a lot in the mix IMO.

 

[155]

amp=best

 

[The Unavoidable]

All sound killer, but I was very suprised that I liked the sims more than the actual amp! Probably becuse the tone on those is more grainy and squishy which I like.

 

[Joelegend]

wow, you can actually get a nice tone with revalver. Got the HP, loaded the keFIR in it with guitarhacks impulses. The XXX model actually sounds alot more now like the real deal compared to revalvers impulses.

 

[Lucas D'Angelo]

Wow that Axe Fx one is really amazing !!

 

[Sloan]

DAMMIT

run them all through the SAME impulse and post a new vid!

 

[koalamo]

didn't listen to the axe fx yet but out of the real and revalver I actually thought revalver sounded better haha.

 

[John_C]

I prefer the real amp. It's not a better tone, i actually prefer the cab and micing tone from the two impulses, but it has much nicer high end and those nice squishy tube lows

 

[006]

Are the settings on the picture of ReValver what you actually used for this test? I assume you used the ReV impulse loader, if so did you change the low/high/dist/crunch settings at all? Did you change any of the amp internals? I can't get ReV to sound like that based on what I see in the pic - not a "oh you're using different guitar/pickups" different but a "it's fucking totally different sounding" so I am curious.