Peavey 6505[views:13520][posts:37]________________________________ [Feb 18,2008 6:52pm - Jr5spd ""] Just wondering if anyone has any good settings to play around with. Just seeing what other people like to sound like. Im at Gain 5 Low 7 Mid 3.5 Hi 6 Res 8 Pre 8.5 |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 18,2008 7:48pm - nicc nli ""] If you take a good overdrive or metal distortion pedal with the gain on 0 and run it in front of the 6505 with your normal settings/distortion it will give you a nice little distortion boost and you can get some wicked sounds out of it. believe it or not, if you take a metalzone with the gain all the way down and all the other knobs at 12 oclock it will make your amp rip. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 18,2008 7:54pm - Kinslayer ""] I used a Tube Screamer with my 5150 (same as the 6506 basically)... My settings are roughly: Gain: 7 Low:6.5 Mids:4 High: 6.5 Res: 5 Pres: 8.5 |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 18,2008 8:33pm - Joshtruction ""] Gain at 4.5 or so Bass at 6 Mid half way up highs halfway up also presence and resonance at 6 Clean boost it or use an X2N and you should get decent tone depending on your cab. I use my gflex I am trying to sell with those settings and it sounds great. |
| _________________________________ [Feb 18,2008 9:40pm - anthny ""] We used a 6505 for one of the guitar tracks on the Summon the Spawn CD. Those things rip. I don't remember the settings though. |
| _________________________________ [Feb 18,2008 10:21pm - Jr5spd ""] yeah, im playing out of a Marshall 1960A Seems like thats a common setup now adays |
| _____________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 11:59am - Kinslayer ""] I have a 3/4 back Boogie cab with Black Shadows... |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 12:12pm - blue nli ""] Boosted with a heavily modded TS7... Gain 3.5 bass 6.5 mids 5 treble 6 presence 6 resonance 6 |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 12:23pm - Joshtruction ""] blue%20nli said:Boosted with a heavily modded TS7... Gain 3.5 bass 6.5 mids 5 treble 6 presence 6 resonance 6 we ended up with almost the same settings. |
| _________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 12:30pm - Jr5spd ""] The distortion pedal makes that big of a difference? |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 12:50pm - blue nli ""] were not talking throwing any shitbox distortion pedal, its best if you use a smoother more organic OVERDRIVE like a tubescreamer or something like that. Put it in front of the amp, gain 0 level 10 tone to taste. This technique Is called "boosting" and is fairly common among high gain users. Like nicc said, you can do it with all sorts of dirt pedals(cannibal corpse uses modded metal zones) but certain overdrive yields best results. |
| ________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 1:24pm - Jr5spd ""] hrm... I'll look into it. Thanks for the input |
| _________________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 1:36pm - Frank Shamrock ""] The Digitech Bad Monkey is actually a great, cheap option. It's basically a tube screamer at half the price. Plus it has two tone controls (some find the tube screamer flubbs out the low end). |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 2:09pm - Kinslayer ""] Blue, I usualy have my gain on the tubescreamer at like 5 or 6...should I not do that? Also when you say 'in front' of the amp, you mean through the effects loop or just 'normal'... |
| ______________________________ [Feb 19,2008 4:15pm - Blue ""] Kinslayer said:Blue, I usualy have my gain on the tubescreamer at like 5 or 6...should I not do that? the traditional way of boosting is with very low gain and high output on the pedal. i would bring the gain on your TS down to 0 or 1ish, youll get a lot more of the amp's character that way too. i would imagine using that much gain on the pedal would make some insane hiss through the amp. Also when you say 'in front' of the amp, you mean through the effects loop or just 'normal'... i mean no effects loop, guitar -> TS -> amp |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 4:16pm - Kinslayer ""] Yeah, there's a bit of hiss... I'll turn it down. I use an Aural Xciter too but I may get rid of that... |
| ______________________________ [Feb 19,2008 4:29pm - Blue ""] the aural exciter is cool, but just get your TS modded so you can get rid of it. the aural exciter is trying to make up for the fact that your stock TS kills the bass. |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 4:42pm - Joshtruction ""] i can mod the TS ;) Hell I can even build you a completely custom one. |
| ______________________________ [Feb 19,2008 4:47pm - Blue ""] there you go! |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 4:48pm - Kinslayer ""] Josh, mod mine for me...how much and how long? |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 4:49pm - Joshtruction ""] time day or two, price depends on what you want done. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 4:50pm - Kinslayer ""] I dunno...hey, Blue; what do I want done? hahah |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 4:53pm - Joshtruction ""] I can tkae care of it. 25 bucks and it's done |
| ______________________________ [Feb 19,2008 4:58pm - Blue ""] josh knows exactly what hes doing. hell make sure the TS doesnt suck your bass and will make it a lot more transparent (thats what you want). |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 5:04pm - Joshtruction ""] I'll clean it up, ditch the mid hump, and get her sounding good. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 5:24pm - Kinslayer ""] Badical... How much will this cost me? |
| ______________________________ [Feb 19,2008 5:26pm - Blue ""] Joshtruction said:I can tkae care of it. 25 bucks and it's done |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 5:28pm - Kinslayer ""] oh hahah right... Word. So uhh...how do we do this? I live in Dedham, work in Boston and practice in Allston Rock City...the pedal is at my practice space in Allston. |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 5:56pm - Joshtruction ""] I live in dartmouth, had one car stolen from me, and the other I pretty much got beat for. It would probably have to be a delivery or meet up at a show we are both at some time. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 6:07pm - Kinslayer ""] Okay... What show are you going to next? I'll FedEx it and you can bring it to me if you're going to the MOD(panzerBastard) we're playing... |
| ______________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 8:22pm - Joshtruction ""] next show on my list is new england deathfest. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 8:25pm - Kinslayer ""] ahh alright...well I guess I can FedEx it to you... |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 10:20pm - Joshtruction ""] sounds good. I'd like to meet up somewhere when I give it back to you just so I can meet you in person. |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 11:42pm - GoatCatalyst ""] yo i love the shit out of my mesa quad, but i'm a lazy motherfucker and i took my time in retreiving my shit from the studio... for two weeks, i practiced and played a show with my friend's 5150 II... used the same keeley-modified tube screamer and earcandy cab... asshole offered to sell it to me for $600 and i'm finding it hard to resist... tell me i'm an asshole or paypal me money and i'll send you a picture of my assholehole like my name was dana dearmond. |
| _______________________________________ [Feb 19,2008 11:42pm - GoatCatalyst ""] fuckkk, i love this amp |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 20,2008 8:37am - My_dying_bride ""] i use a 5150... gain 8 low 7 mid 5 high 6 pres 4 reson 4 w/ bbe 462 maximizer (probably the same affect as an od) and an alesis quadreverb the rig rips balls i tell ya |
| ___________________________________ [Feb 20,2008 8:57am - dyingmuse ""] I have the JSX and I have the Treb to 8, the mids on like 2 and the highs on 7 the gain on 8 the channel volume cranked and the master on 2 Pres on 10 res on 7 and noise gate on 8 |
| ____________________________________ [Mar 14,2008 9:36pm - anonymous ""] im runnin the 6505 and im diggin... gain 6 low 4 mid 6.5 high 7 both pres at about 8 |