Evh 5150III SETTINGS

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Just wanted to compare settings for anyone interested. The Evh is my favorite metal amp, and has replaced some serious competitors over the last couple years. The tone, and the switching options/midi/ preamp out etc..., make it a versatile amp for me. I’m on my second one and haven’t even started tube rolling yet.
Just curious how others run their eq and gain as mine always seem so different compared to the videos I’ve seen and screenshots of bands using them. Not trying to emulate at all; these work for me for a modern metal tone, more just curious as they have so much damn gain that it’s crazy, and I see other people using so much more.
My current setup is my jackson dinky, nazgul/sentient set, tuned to drop b flat, straight in to the evh50, red channel, split with a stereo chorus into a marshall stereo poweramp, and sent to two cabs wet, and one dry from the Evh.
910CA996-153A-4843-BF93-712DC1F6A008 by steve moore, on Flickr

That’s the red channel settings except I have the master on 3 or 4 with a drummer. Just wondering if anyone else gets along with that low of gain for heavy shit? I’ll try to take a short video without concussing my iPad mic as soon as I get a chance.
 
The red channel gain on my 5153 never goes beyond 9:30 or 10 o clock max and it’s very tight sounding for me like that. But holy jeebus you’ve got the treble dimed?! :scared: You must have a very dark sounding guitar because these amps are pretty bright from the getgo.
 
he's tuning to drop b flat, so i totally get why he'd dime the treble
 
mchn13":3o3b5ury said:
Just wanted to compare settings for anyone interested. The Evh is my favorite metal amp, and has replaced some serious competitors over the last couple years. The tone, and the switching options/midi/ preamp out etc..., make it a versatile amp for me. I’m on my second one and haven’t even started tube rolling yet.
Just curious how others run their eq and gain as mine always seem so different compared to the videos I’ve seen and screenshots of bands using them. Not trying to emulate at all; these work for me for a modern metal tone, more just curious as they have so much damn gain that it’s crazy, and I see other people using so much more.
My current setup is my jackson dinky, nazgul/sentient set, tuned to drop b flat, straight in to the evh50, red channel, split with a stereo chorus into a marshall stereo poweramp, and sent to two cabs wet, and one dry from the Evh.
910CA996-153A-4843-BF93-712DC1F6A008 by steve moore, on Flickr

That’s the red channel settings except I have the master on 3 or 4 with a drummer. Just wondering if anyone else gets along with that low of gain for heavy shit? I’ll try to take a short video without concussing my iPad mic as soon as I get a chance.
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that looks pretty similar to my settings although I have the gain up to around half and the mids are at about 11..presences is on 3/4

I turn the highs down the louder I get
 
K-Roll":c4tc16c1 said:
he's tuning to drop b flat, so i totally get why he'd dime the treble
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...and he's running the presence low combined with high treble which is a way to swap fizzy highs for clear, cutting highs on the 50w.
 
D-Rock":ge96vwk3 said:
K-Roll":ge96vwk3 said:
he's tuning to drop b flat, so i totally get why he'd dime the treble
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...and he's running the presence low combined with high treble which is a way to swap fizzy highs for clear, cutting highs on the 50w.
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Yeah the presence is 9:30-10:00. For some reason I’ve always gravitated towards turning the highs up and presence down on these guys.
 
If the volume jump is a issue a concentric knob kit that eliminates that is now available from Fender for the older 50 watt 5150's. It updates them to the current specs.

For now it seems the Fender service centers are the only ones that can get the kit.
 
Having retubed my 50W with 2x 5751's in the red channel, it has lower gain than stock.
I run
GAIN: 4/10
LOW: 7/10
MID: 4-6/10
HIGH: 5/10
VOL: 4/10 (live)
PRES: 3-4/10

For more of a searing and chunky hardrock/classic metal lead tone.
If I want to bring the chugs and a more modern tone, Mids go lower, treble goes higher, gain goes higher.
 
On my 6L6 stealth (I think the red channel is the same except more gain?) I like this setting through my v30 cab:
Gain - 3-4
Bass - 5
Mids - 3-4
Treble - 5-5.5
Presence - 7
Depth - 6
 
I just put in 2 new JJ's 6L6 Gc's in mine,replaced the stock factory ones,right now I have mine at ..
Gain--1-2 o'clock
Low--5 o'clock to max
Mid-- 10 am-12 Noon
High--1230-2 o'clock....Varies
Presence--11-12 o'clock...Varies
This is my second one also,I have the stock matching 2-12" cab..I have a mixed variety of preamp tubes after lots of tube rolling,
preamp tubes as follows..
V1--JJ's ecc83S
V2--Chinese 9th Gen
V3--Tung-sol Re-issue 12ax7
V4-V5-V6--JJ's Ecc83S
V9-Phase Inverter--Sovtek LPS
This combination has excellent Grind,lots of sustain and gets rid of some of the sterility in both of these I've had,but overall my favorite combination.
 
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