My dad, a Peavey dealer, got his hands on the schematic for the 5150/6505 Amplifier for me. My biggest complaint about this amp since day 1 has been the lack of a clean channel and WAY to much UNUSABLE gain. This is the noisiest amp I have personally ever owned but when dialed in right with my iSP Decimator, the distortion sounds amazing (to me). since this amp was a gift from a fellow guitarist and good friend from Queens, NY band Full Blown Chaos, I really don't want to sell it to get a new amp. Therefore I am going to modify the circuitry to satisfy me.
Our initial observation is that Peavey is running these amps WIDE OPEN. The tubes are being run as hard as they can possibly be run, this is the main reason for not having a usable clean channel and so much noise.
Our plans are actually as simple as swapping out resistors for smaller ones, and if this works out well enough to please me, we would be willing to start doing this mod for other 5150 and 6505 Owners at a very reasonable price, cheaper than Voodoo Amps Mod for this same issue.
Our initial observation is that Peavey is running these amps WIDE OPEN. The tubes are being run as hard as they can possibly be run, this is the main reason for not having a usable clean channel and so much noise.
Our plans are actually as simple as swapping out resistors for smaller ones, and if this works out well enough to please me, we would be willing to start doing this mod for other 5150 and 6505 Owners at a very reasonable price, cheaper than Voodoo Amps Mod for this same issue.
