NAD - Peavey 6505+ USA

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The price was sweet and it was in excellent condition so I couldn't resist! It reminds me of the original 5150 I once had - maybe this one is a bit more bright. The original owner had this custom made faceplate/ tolex thing done and was kind enough to include the original one, so I decided to paint the grill purple to go with my Splawn 412, Here are some photos (clips coming soon)
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Congrats. I sold my 5150 with the idea to replace it a bit later cause they were only 5-700 then Eddie died... Anyway I wanted an 05 but couldn't find them new or used so I got a Chinese made + then posted it for trade for an 05 straight up. Dude gave me a U.S. made 05 which honestly I felt it was a fair trade.

But I was talking about selling it and getting a 1992 cause I need to retube and a cap job. One of my friends told me about the location that is building the 1992's and he said someone from his company went there and learned nobody plays guitar there so there isn't any qc done by plugging it in and playing. I've heard a couple complaints about the QC lately and this lines up.

I really didn't think there was much if any difference in country of origin but at least they did have people who could actually tell if the amp worked as expected and sounded OK. If your selling point is we fixed a few complaints in this but you aren't properly QC 'ing them then what's the point?

Anyway congrats on the amp! Looking forward to more of your vids with it. We really didn't know how good we had it in the states being able to get a U.S. made high gain amp for around 1k.
 
ClintN667 said:
Congrats. I sold my 5150 with the idea to replace it a bit later cause they were only 5-700 then Eddie died... Anyway I wanted an 05 but couldn't find them new or used so I got a Chinese made + then posted it for trade for an 05 straight up. Dude gave me a U.S. made 05 which honestly I felt it was a fair trade.

But I was talking about selling it and getting a 1992 cause I need to retube and a cap job. One of my friends told me about the location that is building the 1992's and he said someone from his company went there and learned nobody plays guitar there so there isn't any qc done by plugging it in and playing. I've heard a couple complaints about the QC lately and this lines up.

I really didn't think there was much if any difference in country of origin but at least they did have people who could actually tell if the amp worked as expected and sounded OK. If your selling point is we fixed a few complaints in this but you aren't properly QC 'ing them then what's the point?

Anyway congrats on the amp! Looking forward to more of your vids with it. We really didn't know how good we had it in the states being able to get a U.S. made high gain amp for around 1k.
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I'd keep the 05 USA version. Tubes maybe, but I doubt it needs a cap job anytime soon, unless it's been in a closet never being played at all.
 
dave74 said:
I'd keep the 05 USA version. Tubes maybe, but I doubt it needs a cap job anytime soon, unless it's been in a closet never being played at all.
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Yeah I'm definitely keeping the 05. I love that amp. It definitely needs a retube and the LED stays on so I want to get that fixed. My first priority is send my mark iv into mesa.
 
ClintN667 said:
Yeah I'm definitely keeping the 05. I love that amp. It definitely needs a retube and the LED stays on so I want to get that fixed. My first priority is send my mark iv into mesa.
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Yeah the mesa should take priority for sure.
 
ClintN667 said:
Yeah I'm definitely keeping the 05. I love that amp. It definitely needs a retube and the LED stays on so I want to get that fixed. My first priority is send my mark iv into mesa.
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I have a first year 05+ USA and it slays - it’s an absolute monster at band levels with upgraded OT and a choke. I won’t get rid of it - beyond the tonal aspect the amps super reliable and has been gigged for years in my past and was a backup amp for my buddies band when he needed it too. Peavey doesn’t understand how important the reliability and QC is to the 5150 name - Eddie wanted something that was indestructible. I remember having the amp cranked to 6.5 on the volume through two 5150 4x12s and dumping the low E on my Wolfgang. It shook a picture off of a basement wall and the amp and cabinets took it like a champ.
 
I like what you did with the grill bro :rock:
Nice clean playing to for sure :yes: can't say I've heard you do much of that.
Why did camera pan to that brown single speaker at beginning? I thought this was all Splawn 4x12?
HN6505D :cheers:
 
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