Origin of the Peavey 5150/6505 - VTM or SLO?

[311splawndude]

"Our OT's were interleaved and had split windings for good high frequency couplings. You have to split it into layers so the secondary's couple to the all of the sides of the primary otherwise you get some weird distortion."

 

[Ben Waylin]

"Our OT's were interleaved and had split windings for good high frequency couplings. You have to split it into layers so the secondary's couple to the all of the side of the primary otherwise you get some weird distortion."

Five layers will do ya.

I-II-I-II-I.

ymmv

 

[rstites]

In the preamp section only though... power amp completely different which is why a DR sounds nothing like a SLO

I haven't play many DR's and don't know anything about the specifics. Having said that, I've heard a lot of discussion of the various versions having significantly different sounds. It does make me curious if some sound much closer to the SLO.

 

[rstites]

The Dual Rectifier’s preamp is so close to the SLO’s design that Mike Soldano strongly considered suing Mesa over it. But he ain’t a litigious kind of fella, so he didn’t do it.

It wouldn't have gone anywhere. Legally, there's no protection for a circuit, unless it's patented.

 

[Kelly]

If you want to know what a VTM sounds like, listen to the first Candlebox album. VTM all over it.

One primary reason Ed went with Peavey amps is because Soldano didn’t do endorsements. Ed was furthering his EVH brand by partnering with Peavey to make amps and so he could make $$$. And I ain’t saying that last part like it’s a crime for a man to make money.

The Dual Rectifier’s preamp is so close to the SLO’s design that Mike Soldano strongly considered suing Mesa over it. But he ain’t a litigious kind of fella, so he didn’t do it.

A big chunk of the Shrapnel catalog was Mike Varney's VTM.

 

[saxxamafone]

Preamp arguably contributes more to the sound of highgainer, and we havent heard the first prototypes to know how close they sounded.

I for one is absolute cool with any kind of replications, if they yield nice result and increase availability.

I'd generally agree, having said that does a SLO sound anything like a Recto though?

Result is they still sound like totally different amps.

Everyone in the amp game is taking ideas from everyone... how many Marshall circuit tweaks are out there. Even Marshall themselves were based on other existing amps at the time.

Mesa's intent was likely to copy the SLO of course however where they ended up landing with the mostly known rev Gs is new territory for sure.

 

[paulyc]

A big chunk of the Shrapnel catalog was Mike Varney's VTM.

Really ? Do you know which albums ?

 

[psychodave]

Cameron told me a story about someone having a tweed 5150 and it sounding incredible and not like a regular 5150. As I understand it, Ed had a few tweed 5150’s. Mark speculated that they were modded likely by JB and/or just a different iteration made for Ed and the one he played was one of them.

 

[CrystalSky]

Cameron told me a story about someone having a tweed 5150 and it sounding incredible and not like a regular 5150. As I understand it, Ed had a few tweed 5150’s. Mark speculated that they were modded likely by JB and/or just a different iteration made for Ed and the one he played was one of them.

So Ed played not what they sell us. Lies everywhere.