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title: "6505 MH: Mini-Compact Tube-Driven Tone, Guitar Amp with Legendary Tone, Modern Tech and Portability"
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# 2x EL84 power tubes + 3x 12AX7 preamp tubes USB & XLR outputs with speaker defeat & attenuator Footswitchable dual channels + 3-band EQ 6505 MH: Mini-Compact Tube-Driven Tone, Guitar Amp with Legendary Tone, Modern Tech and Portability

**Brand:** peavey
**Price:** 832197 Ft
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎸 Compact Powerhouse: Legendary Tone Meets Modern Flexibility

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** 6505 MH: Mini-Compact Tube-Driven Tone, Guitar Amp with Legendary Tone, Modern Tech and Portability by peavey
- **How much does it cost?** 832197 Ft with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Best For

- peavey enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted peavey brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Power on Demand:** Attenuator lets you dial output from 1W to 20W for home practice or stage domination.
- • **Tube Status Indicator:** Instantly monitor your tubes’ health to avoid surprises mid-gig.
- • **Pro-Grade Connectivity:** USB and XLR outputs with ground lift and speaker defeat for silent recording or direct PA feed.
- • **Ultimate Control at Your Feet:** Switch channels, crunch, reverb, and effects loop seamlessly with included footswitch.
- • **Legendary Tube Tone, Mini Size:** Classic 6505 high-gain sound packed into a compact, gig-ready amp head.

## Overview

The Peavey 6505 MH is a compact tube-driven guitar amp head delivering the iconic high-gain tone of the 6505 series with modern features like footswitchable channels, a 3-band EQ, and a Tube Status Indicator. It offers versatile power output options (1W, 5W, 20W) via an attenuator, USB and XLR outputs for direct recording or PA connection, and a speaker defeat switch for silent practice. Perfect for gigging musicians seeking legendary tone in a portable package.

## Description

Peavey's 6505 MH mini tube amp head packs all the tonal tenacity that the 6505 series is known for, and it's got what it takes to be a gig-worthy guitar amp, too. You'll never have to worry about showing up to a gig with bad power tubes, because the Tube Status Indicator tells you how they're doing at a glance. Send your tone directly to the PA system with the Mic Simulated Direct Interface, with a speaker defeat switch to turn off your cabinet for lower stage volume (or for silent practice with headphones). And with foot switchable channels, crunch, reverb, and effects loop, you've got all the flexibility you need with the Peavey 6505 MH.

Review: Well done peavey. - Rythm channel crunch disengaged: Very good clean sounds. Did not expect it to be this good. Its a real proper clean sound. Very sweet sounding. Readily breaks up (smoothly) with high input signals but quickly and easily turns to semi-prestine clean with just rolling down guitar volume or gain knob or even selecting a low output pickup. Perfect for clean rock verses or with use with drive pedals. Rythm channel in crunch mode: Starts of as a slightly crunchy tweedy kinda blues overdrive, all the way to being a proper high gain solo lead tone, superb for solos of Satriani/Iron Maiden/Malmsteen/Judas Priest/Insert 80s rock solo here. In the middle gain position however it goes from sounding like a well defined crunchy rythm (think Scorpions "rock you like a hurricane" ) to clean with just your guitar volune knob. Incidentally this mid gain position turns pretty clean on crunch button disengaged and on my middle sigle coil pickup. and is very crunchy and overdriven on crunch button engaged (perfect for rythm) on my neck/bridge humbucker. Without changing volumes on guitar. The lead channel has TONES of gain. Gain for miles. Even with gain nob on 2-3 its has enough gain for van halen/satch/via/Yngwie solos. It always has sooo much gain. If you turn the gain up it changes the feel and tone, the gain is so high all the time that the gain knob is more of a tone shaping feature than an actual measure of gain. This amp does VERY heavy metal really well but it's not a heavy metal amp per say. All the youtube videos, no one shows you the exceptionally sweet bluesy, classic rock, hard rock and plain old-school metal (not death metal) this amp can do with excellence. Finally its VERY easy to get a good ton out of this amp, 1 watt really works loud and clear for home, but turn it to 20 watts.. on 20 watts its freakin LOUD.
Review: Nothing special - I don't get why everyone loves it so much. I returned mine, I have a Blackstar tube half stack and the overdrive channel just sounds terrible to me. I'm wanting a good metal tone tone straight from the amp, without having to use amp sims and pedals. This did not do it for me. I currently get good metal tones from a Spark 2 which I run straight into the clean channel of the Blackstar and it works great. I just wanted to see if there was something better. I've tried the Line 6 Pod Go and it's metal tones were terrible also. I'll stay with the Spark amp sims until I find something better.

## Features

- 2x EL84 power tubes and 3x12AX7/ECC83 preamp tubes
- Two footswitchable channels with 3-band EQ
- Footswitchable crunch on Rhythm channel, reverb, and buffered effects loop
- Tube Status indication (T.S.I.) circuit
- MSDI Output with XLR and ground lift switch
- USB output
- Speaker defeat switch
- Attenuator switch for 20 watts, 5 watts, or 1 watt output power
- Footswitch included
- Impedance switch for 16 or 8ohm cabinets

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00ZAV5ACC |
| Best Sellers Rank | #113,452 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #61 in Electric Guitar Amplifier Heads |
| Color Name | Black |
| Compatible Devices | Guitar |
| Connector Type | USB, XLR |
| Customer Reviews | 3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars (65) |
| Date First Available | June 9, 2015 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 15 pounds |
| Item model number | 6505MH |
| Material Type | Stainless Steel |
| Musical Style | rock |
| Output Wattage | 5 Watts |
| Power Source | Corded Electric |
| Product Dimensions | 10.4 x 16.7 x 9.6 inches |
| Speaker Amplification Type | Active |
| Wattage | 20 watts |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Peavey
- **Color:** Black
- **Compatible Devices:** Guitar
- **Material:** Stainless Steel
- **Output Wattage:** 5 Watts

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Since it has el84 tubes as compared to the standard 6l6 in the regular peavey 6505, will this amp work well for metal (disturbed, godsmack etc)?**
A: Absolutely! It uses up to three 12AX7 preamp tubes for the gain stage. Out of the box, it has as much gain as the full size 6505 & 6505+. The EL84 power tubes flavor the post gain when you drive it hard but you can use the tone stack to scoop the mids and boost the low end and highs with the global resonance and presence knobs respectively. I really liked how it sounded stock, but I pulled the EL84s and rebiased it for 6L6s. It's a beastly little amp that can deliver on all three wattage settings. I ran it at one watt through a 1x12 closed back in the studio for practice, a 2x12 at five watts for recording and a 4x12 at the full twenty watts for rehearsal/gigging. I love watching people's faces change from smirking when they first see it to mouth and eyes wide open when I dime it.

**Q: When playing both tube lights are green, then when not playing one of both red. Bad tubes or bad amp?**
A: I've played professionally for over 35yrs and still do. I started using the peavey classic series in 1993 and have used them since. I'm currently gigging in a 7 piece band with a horn section and all I use is this one little amp!  Oh I own several of every model made and have 4 of these 20MH models. Each with a different tube configuration. The TSI (Tube Status Indicator) lights are Red when the amp is on and in standby mode. When the amp is on and in playing mode the lights will be Green. That is if your tubes are healthy both lights are Green. If any tube is going bad while your in playing mode the lights will turn Red. This is something that changes slowly. They don't immediately change from Green to Red. They will slowly turn Red. It will happen with in 5 minutes or so. However it will be clear that there is a tube going bad or getting ready to quit working.  It will be clear.  Green means the tubes are healthy and working and Red means one or more tubes are going bad and needs changed.  The beauty of the TSI is so you can catch it and change the tube or tubes before the amp stops working. While playing live this a wonderful thing to have! Swap your cord into the standby amp before the next song and don't miss a beat.  During the break change the tube or tubes!  GL  These are fantastic amps.  Tone machines....  My band is Sell Out you can find us on Facebook where you can hear me playing with this amp live!

**Q: how many and what kind of tubes?**
A: 2x EL84 power tubes and 3x12AX7/ECC83 preamp tubes

**Q: what can i use the msdi for? can it hook to a interface?**
A: It is to be connected to the mixing console, so you don't have to mic the amp cabinet.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well done peavey.
*by R***W on February 3, 2016*

Rythm channel crunch disengaged: Very good clean sounds. Did not expect it to be this good. Its a real proper clean sound. Very sweet sounding. Readily breaks up (smoothly) with high input signals but quickly and easily turns to semi-prestine clean with just rolling down guitar volume or gain knob or even selecting a low output pickup. Perfect for clean rock verses or with use with drive pedals. Rythm channel in crunch mode: Starts of as a slightly crunchy tweedy kinda blues overdrive, all the way to being a proper high gain solo lead tone, superb for solos of Satriani/Iron Maiden/Malmsteen/Judas Priest/Insert 80s rock solo here. In the middle gain position however it goes from sounding like a well defined crunchy rythm (think Scorpions "rock you like a hurricane" ) to clean with just your guitar volune knob. Incidentally this mid gain position turns pretty clean on crunch button disengaged and on my middle sigle coil pickup. and is very crunchy and overdriven on crunch button engaged (perfect for rythm) on my neck/bridge humbucker. Without changing volumes on guitar. The lead channel has TONES of gain. Gain for miles. Even with gain nob on 2-3 its has enough gain for van halen/satch/via/Yngwie solos. It always has sooo much gain. If you turn the gain up it changes the feel and tone, the gain is so high all the time that the gain knob is more of a tone shaping feature than an actual measure of gain. This amp does VERY heavy metal really well but it's not a heavy metal amp per say. All the youtube videos, no one shows you the exceptionally sweet bluesy, classic rock, hard rock and plain old-school metal (not death metal) this amp can do with excellence. Finally its VERY easy to get a good ton out of this amp, 1 watt really works loud and clear for home, but turn it to 20 watts.. on 20 watts its freakin LOUD.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Nothing special
*by M***K on May 9, 2025*

I don't get why everyone loves it so much. I returned mine, I have a Blackstar tube half stack and the overdrive channel just sounds terrible to me. I'm wanting a good metal tone tone straight from the amp, without having to use amp sims and pedals. This did not do it for me. I currently get good metal tones from a Spark 2 which I run straight into the clean channel of the Blackstar and it works great. I just wanted to see if there was something better. I've tried the Line 6 Pod Go and it's metal tones were terrible also. I'll stay with the Spark amp sims until I find something better.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely the best Mini-Head for not only Metal (lead), but Blues & Classic Rock (rhythm channel)
*by P***F on March 28, 2017*

This is hands down the best mini-head for classic rock. IMO, it is a loud 20 watts that you can gig with in a 3-piece. I used to own a 20W Mesa Boogie Subway Rocket and this is as loud as that, and I gigged fine with a loud 5 piece (rhythm, lead, bass, drums, keyboard). Of course, you can always mic it if your band is too loud. As for the tone, it's is AWESOME. People complain about the clean channel (rhythm) not being Fender, of course not—nothing beats a blackface reverb clean, but it's great as it is. Just keep the pre-gain 12 noon and under, and at 20 watts you have some nice headroom. I like the crunch switch in the clean channel, which adds touch sensitive break up, which is perfect for classic rock and blues. There's also a switch for a Marshall voicing on the rhythm channel, which does a good job of imitation. So for your jazz, blues, and classic rock, the rhythm channel is where you'll live. Now where the amp shines, of course, is the lead channel. Distortion up the wazoo to play ANY style of metal. I won't review that channel because others have already done so. But the lead channel is EXCELLENT. Best metal amp ever. In summary, the Peavey 6505MH is a Jack of All Trades, MASTER OF ALL amp. Get it. Get a good cabinet though. If you play metal you'll want something like the 1x12 closed back Mesa-Boogie Rectifier cabinet, which adds more punch to the mids and bass (I'm assuming you play metal). That cabinet is way heavier than the head, which weighs almost nothing. Before I leave, I have to give Kudos to Amazon Fulfillment. Previous to this amp, I ordered from 3rd party music stores, and TWO AMPS IN A ROW were damaged on arrival. These 3rd party clowns didn't pack the amp well, unlike Amazon, which double boxed the amp. This is The Amp™ to get for practice, home, recording and occasional gigging. 110% recommended.

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