glpg80
Well-known member
I really wish peavey would stop pushing the 6505MH and release a peavey 5150 2x12 50W head in EL34. Tube buffered loop, tube buffered reverb, that amp kicks ass.
TheGreatGreen
Well-known member
I don't see the Peavey 5150 60w Combo listed. It's got a unique voice (mostly thanks to a built in pre-gain LPF with a unique cutoff frequency somewhere between the OG and the 5150 II) which makes it some peoples' favorite.
cobrahead1030
Well-known member
I've not owned them all, but the OG 5150 2x12 combo is probably my favorite.
As it happens, that's the one I still have.
As it happens, that's the one I still have.
Shask
Well-known member
I had a few Block Logo heads for years. I always loved them for the fat low end, but got kinda sick of the grating upper mids after several years. Now I only have the 50W 6L6. I have considered getting the 5153 100W Stealth. I have wondered how much bigger it would sound than the 50W.
Eazy-ESP
Well-known member
Ed’s 1991 5150 prototype.
TheGreatGreen
Well-known member
It does sound decently bigger. The lows aren’t louder but the lowest lows do extend farther down the spectrum and the mids are a bit thicker. Not that there are more mids in the 100 Stealth’s post EQ, but it feels like there are more mids in the gain staging that makes for a thicker sound. Boosting the mids a bit with a pedal into the 50w can get you decently close to the 100 Stealth’s mids, but the low end punch is much harder to replicate.
Shask
Well-known member
I usually run an EQ in the loop of my 50w to boost the low end, so maybe that makes them more comparable?
MrHugoF
Member
I had the chance to AB a 90's 5150 II with a EVH EL34 Stealth... I'll have to go with the EVH one, simply because I can get that insane High Gain Tone mith more of that british mids I love, and I can get proper clean tones whereas with the Peavey... let's just say cleans are not its cuppa
angelspade
RT Kimg
Well...Looks like the original Peaveys (5150 / 5150 II) and the EVH 6L6 Stealth versions are our winners....Original is still a very popular amp for recording and touring after all these years.
pintspiller
Active member
Very, very happy with my 100s 6l6, whilst I will still get something of a different flavour at some point, just now it hits the spot!
TexasBaritone
Member
5150 III 50W 6L6 Stealth
All three channels are outstanding, with much better cleans than 100w Stealth & 100 5153 OG.
Also nice that it is a lot lighter & smaller than 100w.
All three channels are outstanding, with much better cleans than 100w Stealth & 100 5153 OG.
Also nice that it is a lot lighter & smaller than 100w.
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
I love them all . With a boss ns2 with a battery allows me to to get a fear factory tone . And yes I tryout believe Demanufacture was a 5150 : Collin Richardson force that amp on all his clients during that era
angelspade
RT Kimg
It was actually a modded Marshall 800
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
It wasn’t . Thsts a huge lie . Obsolete is .
But colon made Everone from carcass to fear factory use it . Everyone you see a pic of Dino there’s always a 5150 . It’s a secret sauce . Like how dime actual used wizards
angelspade
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Well then Dino was lying in interviews...And lied to me personally. Which I guess is possible.
BenoA
Well-known member
I voted for the 5150II. I used to own one and traded it at one point. Always missed it. Bought a 6505 later but it never sounded as good.
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
Yes . He does lie . They all do , like in flames when they endorsed jvm . Those dudes always using 5150 st that time . I met Dino too he was duper cool .and dime always saying he onky used solid state . Dino did always use the 800 live . But in the studio it’s a diffent story always from these dudes
angelspade
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Understood...What do you suspect his motivation would be to lie in all the interviews and lie in his conversations with me regarding using an Elan Menron modded Marshall over a 5150? I don't see any benefit in doing this.
Techdeth
RESIDENT ROCK PROFESSOR
Because producer made him and enjoys the 800 and always used it live . Collin Richardson made everyone use it for a period . Even now Dino always uses EVH if you watch him studio . Idk . Dime his the wizards ?idk why
angelspade
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Yeah..I'm familiar with Collin Richardson's favoritism towards the 5150. I worked with Logan Mader on a project and plugged into the "Burn My Eyes" EVH Block Letter 5150 with Richardson's settings. I have also discussed gear with Dino on several occasions and he has always insisted that the base rhythm tone on Demanufacture is a MH Mod Marshall JCM 800. Again, I can't see why he would make this up...what would be the motivation?