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Hard to tell listening on my iPhone. But #1 and #2 sound identical and #3 sounds a tiny bit more distant/muffled in the mix........so I will say #3 is the 5153. Other than that I have no idea.

BTW......I also prefer 8 ohm speakers to 16 ohm. Therefore, I wire my 4x12's for 8 ohm mono. I find 8 ohm speakers less fizzy and more focused than their 16 ohm counterparts. Though the difference is more subtle than the 2 aforementioned wiring schemes.

Yes. However, there is a quite a bit of confusion on the web on what is series/parallel and what is parallel/series. For example.....google image "series/parallel 4x12" and you will see both variations. Here is what I found with multiple heads using the same cab and speakers. I'll use...

Anybody still play one of these? I'm trying to help our other guitarist replace his old Carvin Legacy. I want to keep it under $1k and it will be used for playing heavy southern rock and classic metal (similar to UFO, Thin Lizzy, etc). We are planning to keep his V30 loaded Legacy cab. I...

My favorite player right there by a long shot :rock:

+1. I have a LP Special Jr with dual P-90's. Got it new for about $450. I had to have the nut replaced but now it is my favorite guitar. I use it for everything from country to 80's metal. I rarely even pick up my $2k Standard.

Dean Lights Out Schenker sig pup. You will not be disappointed. It's essentially a warmer Duncan SH-5 with more mids and a tighter bottom.

The Super Distortion is not "ceramic" sounding at all to me. It is very fat/warm. If you back it off the strings a bit, it is a really open and dynamic pup. The only thing that someone might not gel with is the signature Dimarzio mid-voicing.........kind of wah sounding. I hate the Duncan...

+1 on the Norton (not the Air Norton). Extremely underrated pup. The Super Distortion also works really well in superstrats. I prefer the Air Classic over the 36th PAF for neck tones.

I had the 50. It's a fun amp to play for sure. But in the end, the gain was a little "toyish" compared to my other amps. I also found the Red channel over the top and nasal.

To my ears, nothing sounds more pissed off than a 5150/6505 with a Tubescreamer variant pushing it. Most other high gainers don't have that grind in the mids.........even the boutiques. Love it or hate it......no denying that its "brutal".

I had a 1998 LP Classic that was dead sounding no matter what. I tried everything......tons of pup swaps, new electronics, new bridge. Sounded dead acoustic as well. I finally gave up on it. FWIW, the only pup that brought a "little" spark back into it was a BKP Cold Sweat. However, I didn't...

I hate to be the party pooper here......but I really hated the Aldrich. I tried it in a LP and a Charvel San Dimas. It was extremely crunchy/sizzly and bright. It is also very stiff and I felt like I was fighting it constantly to get sustain out of it. Then again, I don't like the SH-5 much...

Dimarzio Super Distortion.........the warmest, fattest ceramic pup out there IMO. Or wire a 300k tone on the Custom. You can also experiment with a .047 tone cap. That will smooth the highs and beef up the mids some.

Do yourself a favor and check out the Dean "Lights Out" humbucker. Doesn't matter which guitar......I have it in a LP and two Alder/Maple super strats. I went through 5 BKP's, a couple of MCP's, a WCR, Suhr Aldrich and DSH+, and a ton of Duncans/Dimarzios. I like the pickup so much that I put...

The new ones are not chambered. They have "modern" weight relief. Mine weighs 10lbs.

I'm a speaker junkie and I break all my speakers in with a clean, bassy guitar loop before I ever use them. In fact, I made a pine 2x12 iso-cab just for this purpose. I notice the most drastic change after about 10-12 hours (regardless of speaker model). Break-in is a highly debated topic around...

If you think the 5153 doesn't have enough gain, then the Splawn will sound like a Twin Reverb to you.

I liked the Diezel, 5153, and Orange. I thought the Marshall sounded really thin/wimpy compared to the others. Sounded like the regular JVM I played.....to my ears anyway.....maybe not as fizzy, but still thin and one dimensional. The Randall sounded the worst IMO. Seems like a few of those...

To me, they sound OK in heavy mahogany slabs. But I always end up finding them too bright and a bit scooped in the guitars I've tried them in. If you like the SH-5 but want something fatter in the mids and warmer on top.......I HIGHLY recommend the Dean "Lights Out" Schenker sig pup. I...