There are plenty of videos showing extreme metal of this head, for you who complains! Nice to hear some rock n roll from this amp! Im actually about to buy this head for playing rock n roll and not extreme metal! Thanks Paul for this great review! Rock on! And also in the beginning this serie was for van halen! I dont see him playing extreme metal tho. Just saying
Just throwing it out there, this amp is based originally on the 6505, which is based on the 5150 II, which is based on the 5150, they all sound pretty much the same, with slight variances over time, the 5150 was designed for Eddie Van Halen, the king of 80's metal. So "technically", this amp is more so designed for 80's metal than it is for modern metal.
@king666nothing Don't hate bro, the guy has a point. The review is of an amp created for that "extreme" metal, which commonly is involved with 7 string guitars and lower tunings. As for your "actual metal", i have nothing at all against it, just don't act as if it triumphs other metal genres. Have fun stuck in the 80's brah.
That's a lot of knobs on a two channel amp. I kinda like amps with fewer knobs; the fewer tricks and switches, the less stuff that clogs up the signal path and compresses the amp.
personally i'm a el34 lover,but in this case i prefer the standard version.That beast sounds good,but the 6l6 peavey sound is something that cannot be emulated
@warren0willard "designed" was probably the wrong word. The word "designed" just seems to come to mind seeing as how the 6505 was so adopted and welcomed by the drop-tuned world.
@cilcannonvryce Fucking right on dude. As soon as the first lick in the lead channel jumped out. I thought Marshall this amp rocks. I still like my block letter but, there is always room for more. I don't ever like marshalls but damn!
I like my 5150's better. granted my head has a bias mod but, the 6505 series are biasd SUPER cold. The heads don't go higher than 12ma and the combos at 19ma MAX...rediculous. Otherwise they're pretty similar. This model i don't know for sure. I know i bias modified a 6505 and it was pretty close in tone but, they cheaped out a bit on some caps and resistors..I still don't hate these amps though. This is cool though.
@whoobibi ...and with the savings you can buy another 6262, two months after the first cuz it broke, gosh never heard of somebody owning a 6262 for more than a year...
hmm....not bad. I like it better than the 6505+. i still love my 5150's though. they're compenants are a little higher quality and warm the gain up a tad vompared to the 6505 (5150 reissue). I've owned all of them and A/B'd them then did a bias measurement on them and that's part of it, after opening them i noticed they're identicle (we knew this) other than the QUALITY of the componants. Been a couple years though.
The Bugera 6262 gives you the option to use either 6L6GC or EL34 tubes (or EL34L or KT77 tubes for that matter) and with the savings you can get a killer cab and then some.
Almost. The 6505+ has a slightly tighter and thicker gain, but BOTH have identically horrible clean channels. I have a 6505+ and sold my old bold letter 5150 to a friend.
This dude does the best reviews, and he can rock!
There are plenty of videos showing extreme metal of this head, for you who complains! Nice to hear some rock n roll from this amp! Im actually about to buy this head for playing rock n roll and not extreme metal! Thanks Paul for this great review! Rock on! And also in the beginning this serie was for van halen! I dont see him playing extreme metal tho. Just saying
Damn its got mid-range punch like a mo fo!
This is a death metalers dream if you ask me
Thanks - I have a 6505 wasn't sure how different the voicings were on the lead channels between both of those amps
Just throwing it out there, this amp is based originally on the 6505, which is based on the 5150 II, which is based on the 5150, they all sound pretty much the same, with slight variances over time, the 5150 was designed for Eddie Van Halen, the king of 80's metal. So "technically", this amp is more so designed for 80's metal than it is for modern metal.
@king666nothing Don't hate bro, the guy has a point. The review is of an amp created for that "extreme" metal, which commonly is involved with 7 string guitars and lower tunings. As for your "actual metal", i have nothing at all against it, just don't act as if it triumphs other metal genres.
Have fun stuck in the 80's brah.
...Love it!
For once, a Guitarworld demo actually sounded like... guitar!
@whoobibi Tone matters a TON but try and remember, build quality does too.
@sicsynner09 Idiot. 7-string shit and Dropped 6th string is as far from ACTUAL metal as it gets. Get lost bitch.
I'm having fun stuck in the 80's...
That's a lot of knobs on a two channel amp. I kinda like amps with fewer knobs; the fewer tricks and switches, the less stuff that clogs up the signal path and compresses the amp.
personally i'm a el34 lover,but in this case i prefer the standard version.That beast sounds good,but the 6l6 peavey sound is something that cannot be emulated
@warren0willard "designed" was probably the wrong word. The word "designed" just seems to come to mind seeing as how the 6505 was so adopted and welcomed by the drop-tuned world.
This has pre and post. Is that like each channel has a Master channel? Also can this amp do Blues also?
Yep MV
Im not saying Van Halen was metal either, I'm just saying, it started in the 80's hard rock/metal scene, so that's what it was intended for.
@hawg427 yes, but if you mainly play blues there ar better amps for this price
@cilcannonvryce Fucking right on dude. As soon as the first lick in the lead channel jumped out. I thought Marshall this amp rocks. I still like my block letter but, there is always room for more. I don't ever like marshalls but damn!
This is the best sound and playing Iv'e heard from Paul.Why no decent shots of the 4x12 cab?
@king666nothing So Morbid Angel aren't metal?
I like my 5150's better. granted my head has a bias mod but, the 6505 series are biasd SUPER cold. The heads don't go higher than 12ma and the combos at 19ma MAX...rediculous. Otherwise they're pretty similar. This model i don't know for sure. I know i bias modified a 6505 and it was pretty close in tone but, they cheaped out a bit on some caps and resistors..I still don't hate these amps though. This is cool though.
Are they still making them fixed biased?
Thing effin' screams. Is it just a Peavey 6505 with EL34 power tubes instead of 6L6's?
it does sound Marshally
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@whoobibi ...and with the savings you can buy another 6262, two months after the first cuz it broke, gosh never heard of somebody owning a 6262 for more than a year...
@cowcrusher If you had an axe fx ultra I would trade you for the Diezel buddy. The mind control is partially working. Haha.
7string 'shit'..whoa, don't hold it against everybody who plays 7strings cause of one guy's comment
Give me the 6L6 version. That is more of a metal amp anyway.
@HannoTheMetalhead
+1...this guy is a joke. EL34's are known for gnarly mids - and this guy does no good to show the EL34 taste.
terrible review.
hmm....not bad. I like it better than the 6505+. i still love my 5150's though. they're compenants are a little higher quality and warm the gain up a tad vompared to the 6505 (5150 reissue). I've owned all of them and A/B'd them then did a bias measurement on them and that's part of it, after opening them i noticed they're identicle (we knew this) other than the QUALITY of the componants. Been a couple years though.
The Bugera 6262 gives you the option to use either 6L6GC or EL34 tubes (or EL34L or KT77 tubes for that matter) and with the savings you can get a killer cab and then some.
@VFKRazorback lol so true...
My Diezel herbert owns this amp... So does my 5150.
@trevinor3 haha, you actully did XD
Almost. The 6505+ has a slightly tighter and thicker gain, but BOTH have identically horrible clean channels. I have a 6505+ and sold my old bold letter 5150 to a friend.