5150 Iconic does the Brown Sound

harddriver said:
Someone posted that Ed actually wanted this amp to be less modern, less like the 5150 and more in the vein of his 12301 amp but with more gain.

Well..................................................

I hear alot of plexi clank in the gain structure with this amp so maybe that statement is true maybe it's not.
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I hear the opposite. Even more preamp dependent gain and sounds like a 5150 overdrive or distortion pedal. It's just gain.
 
The amp is tighter because of the SS components in the preamp obviously. Those complaining should realize the EVH amps with 6 preamp tubes get zero gain from the power section either. One you Get past 3 or 4 preamp tubes, you’re getting basically no benefit from having a tube preamp. Lol! Just more saturated mushy gain. At least the SS components tighten up the sound without much tonal change. Same as using a boost to tighten up the more expensive all tube versions.
 
Bloodrock said:
The amp is tighter because of the SS components in the preamp obviously. Those complaining should realize the EVH amps with 6 preamp tubes get zero gain from the power section either. One you Get past 3 or 4 preamp tubes, you’re getting basically no benefit from having a tube preamp. Lol! Just more saturated mushy gain. At least the SS components tighten up the sound without much tonal change. Same as using a boost to tighten up the more expensive all tube versions.
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My question is why release this thing then? Why not just stick with the current evh line? Sounds like they voiced it similarly they just replaced tubes with fets? And wanted w reason to throw 5150 on something again. They coukd have hot rodded a plexi and given it the tits feature wise and thrown that logo on there. Now THAT would have been " iconic"
 
Kapo_Polenton said:
My question is why release this thing then? Why not just stick with the current evh line? Sounds like they voiced it similarly they just replaced tubes with fets? And wanted w reason to throw 5150 on something again. They coukd have hot rodded a plexi and given it the tits feature wise and thrown that logo on there. Now THAT would have been " iconic"
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It just hits a new price point and is voiced differently than the 5153s. With at least six versions of the 5153 out there already, I think we're way past the point of the EVH brand just sticking with something rather than introduce a new variation on the theme.

It does seem odd there's not been a Plexi type EVH sig, but he's been at this since 1992 and it never happened and at this point itd be a terrible cash grab since it seems clear that he never wanted that as a sig amp.
 
cardinal said:
It just hits a new price point and is voiced differently than the 5153s. With at least six versions of the 5153 out there already, I think we're way past the point of the EVH brand just sticking with something rather than introduce a new variation on the theme.

It does seem odd there's not been a Plexi type EVH sig, but he's been at this since 1992 and it never happened and at this point itd be a terrible cash grab since it seems clear that he never wanted that as a sig amp.
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That's a good point. Explains why once he got a taste of a slo that it just went up from there.. the iconic plexi would be something that WE would want rather than a brand that could keep making $.
 
jchrisf said:
Wonder how good the combo sounds? I've been looking for a Plexi amp to compliment my 2204.. might have to give this one a try. I've really only seen the videos this guy has made and he is a much better guitar player than most so that might have something to do with it too.
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Ola Englund did a "Will it Chug?" video of the Iconic combo....sounded rad to me
 
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