Peavey 6505 Plus Head

OK, before moving to chugging, don't buy this for clean. Clean is OK at best..... at a push. The Crunch channel is equivalent to fairly high gain on most other amps and for good dirty rock this channel is great. Really the lead channel is what you buy this beast for. At the current price, this is a bargain. I am playing this through a 4x12 and even at fairly low volume it still packs a punch. I also have a Diezel and it is a fairly different sound even though they are both in the high gain spectrum albeit one costing nearly three times as much.

The gain at 12 o'clock is about as much gain as you might even need a really thick punch sound. Put a tube screamer in front to tighten it up and it is really perfect for a tight thick metal rhythmic chug. It comes with a very robust foot switch included which is nice and made to use in anger. Easy to see chicken foot knobs and the wide range resonance and presence controls can really tune this to your speakers. This is also a LOUD amp in every sense of the word loud.

Whether a venue will allow you to gig with this blasting out, unless you attenuate it, is another matter, plus it is pretty heavy to carry around. If you are looking for that heavy 90s cutting tube sound then, yes it might be a one trick pony, but it does that trick better than pretty much any other amp.

A really good fun amp whether you are gigging heavy rock or just enjoying at home being washed in a really great wave of sound. The perfect beast to keep the neighbours up at night, but at least you will be smiling with a huge smile when the environmental police drag you away.