The amp that built modern metal. The Peavey 6505 — born in 1992 as the 5150, developed with Edward Van Halen — is the reference high-gain tube head. This 1992 Original is Peavey's 30th-anniversary re-creation of that first-year amp: the same aggressive voicing, the same saturated lead channel, and the same tight, percussive attack heard on decades of records and stages.
120 watts of 6L6GC power, a five-tube 12AX7 preamp, and a custom-wound output transformer. The Rhythm channel runs from clean to crunch with dedicated Bright and Crunch switches; the Lead channel is pure saturation with its own Pre- and Post-Gain. Channel switching and the effects loop are both footswitchable.
Key features
- 120 watts RMS, all-tube
- 4 × 6L6GC power tubes, 5 × 12AX7 preamp tubes
- Two footswitchable channels: Rhythm and Lead
- Independent Pre-Gain and Post-Gain on each channel
- Shared 3-band EQ (Low / Mid / High) with Presence and Resonance
- Rhythm-channel Bright and Crunch voicing switches
- Footswitchable series effects loop
- Preamp out
- Custom-built output transformer
- Switchable 16 / 8 / 4-ohm speaker output
- 30th-anniversary re-creation of the original 1992 circuit and cosmetics
Specifications
- Power: 120 W RMS
- Power tubes: 4 × 6L6GC
- Preamp tubes: 5 × 12AX7
- Channels: 2 (Rhythm, Lead), footswitchable
- EQ: 3-band shared, plus Presence and Resonance
- Effects loop: series, footswitchable
- Speaker outputs: 16 / 8 / 4 ohm, switchable
- Additional outputs: preamp out
