7 Dying Trees
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6505/5150 is a great amp, i love mine, although there's one or two things you need/can do:
- Retube it. This is a must. Go to eurotubes and get one of their 5150 retube kits, enough people here recommend the tung sol as well, so that'll be worth doing.
- You can go two ways, either one for a bias modded or non-bias modded. If you get a new 6505 it'll not have the bias mod, this is an aftermakrket thing.
- Bias mod it. This isn't too hard for a tech with a diagram to do, it basically stops the amp being biased cold, but then again, you may like that anyway!
- If you really need a seperate eq for the cleans, buy an eq pedal and put it in the loop. It'll allow you to have a different EQ on the clean channel. Or just get a g-major or something for all your effects and put it in the loop, and use the relay jack on the g-major to switch the amp.
As for the powerball, i can't comment.
- Retube it. This is a must. Go to eurotubes and get one of their 5150 retube kits, enough people here recommend the tung sol as well, so that'll be worth doing.
- You can go two ways, either one for a bias modded or non-bias modded. If you get a new 6505 it'll not have the bias mod, this is an aftermakrket thing.
- Bias mod it. This isn't too hard for a tech with a diagram to do, it basically stops the amp being biased cold, but then again, you may like that anyway!
- If you really need a seperate eq for the cleans, buy an eq pedal and put it in the loop. It'll allow you to have a different EQ on the clean channel. Or just get a g-major or something for all your effects and put it in the loop, and use the relay jack on the g-major to switch the amp.
As for the powerball, i can't comment.