Duffy
March 25th, 2011, 12:57 PM
My Egnater Tweaker head unexpectedly suddenly failed on me the other night and checking it out revealed that it needs more than just new power tubes.
Thinking it over I decided to call the place I bought it six months ago and see what kind of deal they could make me if I bought a more expensive amp.
They offered to give me a complete credit of price paid if I bought a more expensive amp.
So, after I finished negotiating, getting an additional fifteen percent off from another dealers promotion, I was able to get a new six hundred dollar amp for 150. This opportunity sort of fell out of the sky for me. I was also considering getting the Fender NOS varnished tweed Blues Jr. with the Jensen speaker, but I have a varnished Hot Rod Deluxe with an ALNICO speaker and the Peavey has sixty watts rather than the fifteen watt BJ and I have been wanting to get another powerful amp that I can crank and get some satisfying high gain sound. Both channels have separate pre/post gain controls. This should be fun.
I ordered a new Peavey 6505+ 112 combo that will plug into my 16 ohm cabinets if desired. The Peavey is a high gain amp with two channels with separate three band eq and other controls for both channels, plus a crunch button that offers somewhat of a third type of channel sort of.
I liked the Tweaker and it was capable of high gain type sounds. I'm glad I decided to move to the Peavey and think that it will be a completely different amp compared to my other amps. This will be a welcome addition to my collection. It has an xlr out with a special type interface that supposedly lets you record straight to your computer, an accutronics reverb tank, and sealed back cabinet.
So far I really like this amp and am looking forward to receiving mine soon. I already have a place set aside for it.
The Tweaker is a great amp head but I'm happy with my decision to go with the Peavey. It is possible that I will consider the Tweaker 40 if it ever materializes.
I'll give a review of the new amp after I get it and have had a chance to learn about it for a while.
Does anyone else here have any experience with the Peavey 6505+ combo?
Feedback, as always, is appreciated.
Thinking it over I decided to call the place I bought it six months ago and see what kind of deal they could make me if I bought a more expensive amp.
They offered to give me a complete credit of price paid if I bought a more expensive amp.
So, after I finished negotiating, getting an additional fifteen percent off from another dealers promotion, I was able to get a new six hundred dollar amp for 150. This opportunity sort of fell out of the sky for me. I was also considering getting the Fender NOS varnished tweed Blues Jr. with the Jensen speaker, but I have a varnished Hot Rod Deluxe with an ALNICO speaker and the Peavey has sixty watts rather than the fifteen watt BJ and I have been wanting to get another powerful amp that I can crank and get some satisfying high gain sound. Both channels have separate pre/post gain controls. This should be fun.
I ordered a new Peavey 6505+ 112 combo that will plug into my 16 ohm cabinets if desired. The Peavey is a high gain amp with two channels with separate three band eq and other controls for both channels, plus a crunch button that offers somewhat of a third type of channel sort of.
I liked the Tweaker and it was capable of high gain type sounds. I'm glad I decided to move to the Peavey and think that it will be a completely different amp compared to my other amps. This will be a welcome addition to my collection. It has an xlr out with a special type interface that supposedly lets you record straight to your computer, an accutronics reverb tank, and sealed back cabinet.
So far I really like this amp and am looking forward to receiving mine soon. I already have a place set aside for it.
The Tweaker is a great amp head but I'm happy with my decision to go with the Peavey. It is possible that I will consider the Tweaker 40 if it ever materializes.
I'll give a review of the new amp after I get it and have had a chance to learn about it for a while.
Does anyone else here have any experience with the Peavey 6505+ combo?
Feedback, as always, is appreciated.