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Post by mcclassic on Apr 19, 2010 20:32:27 GMT -7
Hello everyone, today I finally got out from layaway a gorgeous almost mint 6545 head in black, play it a little bit at the store before bringing it home... man that amp really rocks!
It has the SS rectifier. I will try to compare it to my old big box SRZ but I can tell sounds great.
I will probably take it to practice next week.
Just sharing some exictment, thanks! ;D
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Post by Paul (TRANE) on Apr 19, 2010 22:25:23 GMT -7
Congrats. The 6545 is a very loud and awesome beast.
Paul G.
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Post by mcclassic on Apr 20, 2010 9:05:39 GMT -7
Thanks Paul! ;D
Does anybody know how many 6545 where ever made? I was just curious.
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Post by teleric on Apr 20, 2010 10:31:20 GMT -7
Congrats on the new amp, I'm sure you'll love it.
I have no idea how many were made, but you still see a few out there for sale - rare, but obtainable.
The 6545 sounds great with a pair of greenbacks in case you're going cabinet shopping.
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Post by mcclassic on Apr 20, 2010 20:12:47 GMT -7
Thanks teleric, I would love to have a 2x12 greenback cab or a 4x12 as I tested one marshall cab a couple of years ago... love it, but I also already run out of space and funds, so for now I will stick to my current stuff, I have some cabinest that I will be using for now, a mesa boogie 1x12 with an EV speaker and another with a celestion 90, that will have to do it for now...
In teh store I tested with a regular marshall cab and tone and distortion was really good.
I'm happy and should test it on practice very soon!
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Post by teleric on Apr 21, 2010 10:00:42 GMT -7
I'm with you on the 112 thing. I hate hauling a 412 cab, which is why I gig with a 112 (loaded with Celestion Classic Lead 80 - great speaker for the 6545) most of the time, and occasionally a 212 w/greenbacks.
Our practice space is full of Marshall 412 cabs, so we usually don the earplugs, and crank the amps up for practice. It's about the only time I can get the 6545 in its sweet spot.
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Post by mcclassic on Apr 29, 2010 9:41:06 GMT -7
Well, so yesterday finally have a chance to take it to practice, and really really love the tones, great recording sound, I used my Mesa 1x12 with a C90 speaker, close cab and really, sounds great, beautiful cleans, solid, strong.
What a really great amp. ;D ;D ;D
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Post by teleric on Apr 29, 2010 10:01:18 GMT -7
Yeah, great tones coming from that amp. The 45 side takes pedals very well (actually both sides do, but I like to run the 65 side "dry").
It's a loud amp, though. If the volume is a concern, search the threads for some pointers on how to tame it a bit. A lot of folks run greenbacks, 25 watt EL34s (vs. the 30 watters that are stock), and go with a tube rectifier - you'll have to re-bias the amp). Those "mods" tame the 6545 a bit (particularly the GB speaker - the Classic Lead 80 is another speaker that's somewhat inefficient, but can handle the power of the 6545 without going to a 2X12 cab).
An air brake sounds decent with this amp as well . Attenuators can drastically alter the tone with some amps, but the air brake works fairly well with the 6545.
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Post by mcclassic on Apr 29, 2010 20:43:43 GMT -7
teleric, thanks for the tips, I have a airbrake, I think I will use that, hopefully someday I may get a set of greenbacks someday...
Definetly the 45 side take pedals very well, I tried it and like very much the tones.
Thanks!!!
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Post by taswegian on May 6, 2010 17:54:24 GMT -7
I'd love a 6545, run the 45 side clean, 65 crunch, 45 side fuzz pedals and higher gain pedals, boost for both, it would be such a useful amp.
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Post by mcclassic on May 7, 2010 9:12:00 GMT -7
taswegian that close to what I want to use it, i will use it for recording in a garage band project, the 65 is really nice for a cruch and definetly the 45 side love pedals, so far I'm using a GT-6 for the chorus, delay and distortion, but I will probably try to use the 65 for some leads with an attenuator to get more dynamic and liquid.
Thanks! ;D
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