• More than impressed!

  
  As reviewed by Creighton Carr on 12/6/2011

  For the past couple of months I had been looking to replace my 5150 head, which was passed on to someone else, with a 6505+. During the last couple of weeks I had also been considering a Mesa Triple Rectifier. Because I could not up my mind, and could not justify buying both, I hadn't done anything yet. Maybe I was just hoping that one day I would wake up and have an epiphany. I finally went to one of the local GC's the other day content with the decision to pick up the 6505+, as I had always loved the 5150, and saw the Vengeance being put out on the floor. I spent an hour so playing with it and bought it, leaving the Peavey behind with no regrets. After using it for about 3 days now I am still amazed by how much I like this amp. I am playing it though a 1960 cab with Vintage 30's and with high gain settings I feel this thing has got every bit as much grunt on the low end as the 5150 (not 5150 II) did. And the clean channel seems much cleaner to me than the Peavey. I like the fact that with the included footswitch not only can change channels, but you can also engage/disengage the fx loop, cut the mids, toggle reverb on and off and activate a secondary volume setting. One of the best things to me, however, is how quiet it is with high gain settings. With the 5150 I was used to using a noise suppressor or noise gate to quiet things up when I was playing. The Vengeance still hisses some at high settings, but nothing obnoxious. After going around in circles for weeks between the 6505 and Triple Rectifier I couldn't be happier with my decision to get neither.

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• This is the holy grail of high gain sound!

  
  As reviewed by ALLEN LAMACZ on 10/30/2011

  So i have never written a review in my life. I never felt it to be necessary however this amp has impressed me so much that i had to write my 1st review. 1st let me start of by saying that i currently own a Marshall JVM410, Mesa Dual Rectifier Roadster, Egnater Tourmaster, and Egnater Renegade. This amp kicks all of thier butts hands down! Its like a Mesa on Steriods! There is soo much awesome tone on this thing, its unbelievable. I started playing it for about an hour and was thinking wow this thing has alot of gain.....and then i noticed that i was on the LOW gain setting!!! Then switched it to the high gain setting, Wow just unreal. There are some really cool features on this amp that are unique to any other amps. The Mid cut/boost feature is sweet. You can also change the Mid level boost/cut right from the foot pedal! The look of the amp is beautiful as well. Even though its a high gain amp you can dail in some nice ACDC type sounds as well so it is well rounded. Then you can hit the mid cut switch and scoop the mids and it will give you that exact Mesa sound. Then switch it to boost the mids and it will give you that older metal type sound. The clean channel is outstanding as well. It is such a nice clean sound it almost sounds like a hand wired amp. Probably the best clean i have as well and with the reverb on the footswitch it really adds a nice sound to the clean channel. The volume boost feature is perfect for solos to jump up your volume. The head itself is pretty light compared to my others so i liked that as well. Makes it easy to carry back and forth to practice and gigs. I was going to wait for the Armaggedon but when i found out that the Armaggeddon did not have the volume boost i chose this one and glad it did. Buy this amp, you will love it and it should end your quest for tone once and for all.

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