Peavey 6505 piranha micro head

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I've been watching a bunch of NAMM videos and came across Peavey's new 6505 micro head, the piranha. I've been thinking about getting an Orange Micro Dark Terror, but this looks like pretty comparable. It's got the FX loop, headphone output, tone control is basically a midrange control, plus it has a lead/crunch switch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NulK-_NGTjc



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D86loeqlWFo

 
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I need another amp like a hole in the head but I'm grabbing up one of the 20W hybrid 6505 micro-heads as soon as I can get my hands on one!!!
 
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Only if it can work with my Stealth power amp I would be interested. Lots of tube preamp tone in a box to be amplified to gig volume.
 
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Fixed the vids for you.

FYI, put just the part after the equals sign between the YOUTUBE and /YOUTUBE tags.

I would like to see how it feels. I'm not sure how I feel about the solidstate power section in this context. Not a knock on SS power sections, but I feel like the 5150/6505 series were somewhat defined by being an all-tube amp.
 
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GilmourD said:
I would like to see how it feels. I'm not sure how I feel about the solidstate power section in this context. Not a knock on SS power sections, but I feel like the 5150/6505 series were somewhat defined by being an all-tube amp.
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True, but look what AMT has done with their P1 and P2 pedals. Check out the comparison videos to the 5150/6505...the pedals/preamps get 95% of the tone and character of the original without a single tube involved!

If Peavey took a chapter from AMT's book, these could be great little heads!
 
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These are probably going to be the only option for me soon (mini heads/lunchboxes in general). Intl. shipping costs are through the roof with the bigger heads. When I bought my 100+ watt Bugera and Randall heads 2-3 years ago. They shipped for $90/$120 each ....now everything in the US/on eBay costs $250+ (minimum..) to ship :( ...So a $500-600 low/mid priced head ends up costing $800-900...add customs charges to that and those mini/micro heads suddenly sound waayy sweeter :lmao:

Luckily they do sound pretty awesome to my ears. The only ones I've actually played/heard in person are the Orange micro's (sweet!)..but this Peavey & the new Joyo micro heads are definitely giving me gas :D
 
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If it's even kind of like a real 6505 then it's worth having just to get that tone when you want it.
 
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If Im reading all these posts correctly, everyone is talking that it has NO tubes..?? In vid one where he turns around to show the effect loop, It looks to me like there is one 12ax7 dead center in there. I just woke up, so if im misreading forgive me. I will say that Im very excited about this if it turns out to sound halfway decent. the demos werent bad. Ive wanted an amp i could use at the desk for years.. I used to take my guitar, a smokey and headphones so I could practice on lunch . So with the headphone jack... WIN!! I also wanted the 5150 tone in my arsenal for years, but since I figure it would just be used when I want THAT sound, I couldnt justify buying one. I also wanted one of those small crate amps for a backup, this one doesnt have the power, but im betting sounds better. ANd.. Its not a bad price..

Portable back up
Headphones capable
5150 tone
effects loop
practice ampable (my own word)
not priced bad
Pretty much a win all around for me!! YAY
 
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BloodRose said:
If Im reading all these posts correctly, everyone is talking that it has NO tubes..?? In vid one where he turns around to show the effect loop, It looks to me like there is one 12ax7 dead center in there. I just woke up, so if im misreading forgive me. I will say that Im very excited about this if it turns out to sound halfway decent. the demos werent bad. Ive wanted an amp i could use at the desk for years.. I used to take my guitar, a smokey and headphones so I could practice on lunch . So with the headphone jack... WIN!! I also wanted the 5150 tone in my arsenal for years, but since I figure it would just be used when I want THAT sound, I couldnt justify buying one. I also wanted one of those small crate amps for a backup, this one doesnt have the power, but im betting sounds better. ANd.. Its not a bad price..

Portable back up
Headphones capable
5150 tone
effects loop
practice ampable (my own word)
not priced bad
Pretty much a win all around for me!! YAY
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It has a tube pre but a solid state power section.

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BloodRose said:
If Im reading all these posts correctly, everyone is talking that it has NO tubes..?? In vid one where he turns around to show the effect loop, It looks to me like there is one 12ax7 dead center in there. I just woke up, so if im misreading forgive me. I will say that Im very excited about this if it turns out to sound halfway decent. the demos werent bad. Ive wanted an amp i could use at the desk for years.. I used to take my guitar, a smokey and headphones so I could practice on lunch . So with the headphone jack... WIN!! I also wanted the 5150 tone in my arsenal for years, but since I figure it would just be used when I want THAT sound, I couldnt justify buying one. I also wanted one of those small crate amps for a backup, this one doesnt have the power, but im betting sounds better. ANd.. Its not a bad price..

Portable back up
Headphones capable
5150 tone
effects loop
practice ampable (my own word)
not priced bad
Pretty much a win all around for me!! YAY
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That's why its called a hybrid amp? Just like a Micro Terror it's got a single 12AX7 in the preamp to give you that tube-y tone, everything else is solid state. So it has a S.S. power section, EXE but these also have an effects loop & a somewhat useable amount of headroom. The Micro definitely fell short in both of those departments.... I don't think you're going to be able to get those big booming low end tube tones out of it but if it's even close at that price I'm taking the jump!!!
 
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I want to try one. Been Jon's ingredients for a micro terror dark, but think seems like good competition for it.
 
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kramersteen said:
Why bro?
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eh? read the whole post..

I could get something locally...but that's mostly limited to Marshall's, Peavey's & lately ..Bugera's, Blackstar's etc (at twice their actual price). Other stuff does pop up occasionally ..but again at exhorbitant prices. It's actually cheaper buying internationally online & paying for shipping/custom's....or least it used to be :(
 
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masta' c said:
True, but look what AMT has done with their P1 and P2 pedals. Check out the comparison videos to the 5150/6505...the pedals/preamps get 95% of the tone and character of the original without a single tube involved!

If Peavey took a chapter from AMT's book, these could be great little heads!
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I am an AMT user of their SS-20 and that is why I said this, honestly I think Peavy should do their own 6505 preamp with a real tube and 3 band EQ, that would be a killer product. On the other hand you are right, the P1/P2 into the same power amp of the real amp are hard to tell which one is the real thing. And I don't mind not having a tube based poweramp, I mean a lots of people all around the world live in places where it is very difficult to get a technician to bias your amp. So far I like what I hear from the Stealth power amp with my AMT SS-20, clean and crunch are so sweet, that pedal is more versatile than its current reputation among 7-8 strings players.
 
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Just for the record, Im not an absolute dip wad. I couple of the posts read like the posters were thinking it was purely solid state, so I was pointing out that there appeared to be a tube in there. Perhaps I miss interpreted the posters intent.

Nostalgic, Yeah, probably wont have that awesome thump of the big boys, but from the clips, Im guessing it would boom even better thru a 4x12. I was pretty impressed by the clip. So unless they turn out to be real turds, for under 2 bills, Ill def snap one up .. Ive wanted a 5150 since they came out, but since Im still trying to figure out "my sound" and gravitate alil more towards 80s metal, I thought the amp would be alittle limited for use. Plus, I still have my PV ultra plus which is a really under rated amp IMO
 
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masta' c said:
True, but look what AMT has done with their P1 and P2 pedals. Check out the comparison videos to the 5150/6505...the pedals/preamps get 95% of the tone and character of the original without a single tube involved!

If Peavey took a chapter from AMT's book, these could be great little heads!
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Right, I may prefer to try an AMT P2, 3 band EQ and a clean channel. But definitely I wanna try this Piranha too.
 
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WOW . . . just came across this new head on youtube.

Did a quick search to see if there is any posts of this, and found this one.

VERY NICE LITTLE SS HEAD.






Would love to hear this against an Orange Micro, Crate Power Block & the Quilter 101.
 
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