5150 series or Mesa Tremoverb

[Herbie129]

Playing a lot of drop timings from drop C down to A#. Which would you guys prefer to use. Fill me in on the pros and cons of each.

 

[Death by Uberschall]

Tremoverb

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[RJF]

Hmm. I had a TV fora short while and actually thought my 2 ch rectos sounded a bit better, but it also had older tubes in it.

For strait up down tuned metal, I'd probably go 5150 with a boost.

 

[Herbie129]

It's a tough decision in my eyes. Anything is better than a 5250/6505 for cleans. Which is what pulls me towards the tverb but the gain pulls me to the 5150. I've got a Maxon OD808 to put in front of either one. It just really makes my decision extremely hard

 

[HerbieBoogie]

Tremoverb = Chuggin through a river of ground beef.

5150 = Tight and aggressive however disappointing in time.

They are 2 very different animals. I would probably suggest the 5150 in your case. On a side note though the Tremoverb is an amp you can keep for life, where as the 5150 will leave you wanting in time.

just my 2 cents.

 

[acalaf]

can't go wrong with either. the tremoverb has more modes and is bit more versatile. I prefer the orange channel in the tremoverb above all, but that is not to say that the red channel or the 5150 gain channels are not killer.

 

[Badronald]

I prefer my 6505+ for gain and cleans over my old Mesa Triple Rec. and the Triple was my fav Mesa that I'd played.
The loop is also much better on the 6505+. IMO.

The Mesa may have a little more low end but there's plenty with the Peavey. I had to use the OD808 with the Mesa, but it's not necessary with the 6505+.

 

[Herbie129]

I definitely want a saturated tone. And I'll be running through a carvin legacy cab with v30s. Now I won't be cranking the gain all the way up like a noob. I want a warm type distortion but be able to tighten it up if need be.

 

[CP5150]

There are no cleans in Peavey 5150/6505 series amps. Including the second gen 5150II/6505+. They are designed to have a rhythym channel and a lead channel. Not a clean channel. Ed wanted Marshall tones for rhythym and SLO tones for leads. I'm not saying they were successful. That was the goal. However I have gotten ok cleans with a Strat and a 5150. Lowered the guitar volume a bit. Got by.

Older I get the more I like the rock tones from the rhythym channel. Gotta be played loud. That's another thing. 5150 amps were designed to be played loud. That's when they sound best.

 

[cardinal]

5150: chainsaw (in a good way)
Recto/Tremoverb: sledge hammer

Both are cool, but I generally prefer the Recto tone. A boost/OD can make the Recto track faster like 5150, but you can't really make a 5150 open up like a Recto.

 

[Badronald]

There are no cleans in Peavey 5150/6505 series amps. Including the second gen 5150II/6505+. They are designed to have a rhythym channel and a lead channel. Not a clean channel. Ed wanted Marshall tones for rhythym and SLO tones for leads. I'm not saying they were successful. That was the goal. However I have gotten ok cleans with a Strat and a 5150. Lowered the guitar volume a bit. Got by.

Older I get the more I like the rock tones from the rhythym channel. Gotta be played loud. That's another thing. 5150 amps were designed to be played loud. That's when they sound best.

Interesting. I thought my 6505+ has a purely clean channel. When the crunch button is out on the left channel has NO gain. Glassy. LOUD and clean. Ton's of headroom.
I'm not sure what your talking about.

 

[mrbobo]

I had those 2 amps for some years, and only those 2. My take on them:
5150 - pronounced low/mid grunt. meh cleans, but I played clean like 5% of the time.
TVerb - even mids, maybe even a bit scooped sounding- sizzling upper mids and highs. Better clean channel.

Depends on what you like; for me though I'd base it off the dirty sounds: Big low/mid grunt (5150) or more scooped mids with more sizzling highs (TVerb). Both heads got great "rock" sounds, as well as metal.

Amusing to me, is that I hear these same charateristics with my Kemper profiles of these 2 amps.

 

[Herbie129]

Are there any revisions of the tremoverb like there are of the dual Rec?

 

[stephen sawall]

I prefer the Tremoverb.

 

[HerbieBoogie]

5150: chainsaw (in a good way)
Recto/Tremoverb: sledge hammer

Both are cool, but I generally prefer the Recto tone. A boost/OD can make the Recto track faster like 5150, but you can't really make a 5150 open up like a Recto.

Amen brother

 

[Herbie129]

Thanks for the input guys. I have made my decision and I have purchased both amps. Got them for a steel. Paid 450 for a 6505 and 550 for the tremoverb. I couldn't pass it up. It was like it was meant to be.

 

[thiswaythatway]

I'd take a Tremoverb as long as I can boost it with a Tube Screamer.

 

[CP5150]

5150 amps sound best with matching 4x12 cabs. I know there's an army of people who claim it sounds better with a Marshall cab. To me the Marshall cab sounds like there is a blanket over it. Yes the 5150 cab is a little more trebly. But it's also clearer. Not as muffled sounding. I assume you'll use whatever cab you've got. Just wanted to add my 2 cents about cabs and speakers.

 

[Herbie129]

5150 amps sound best with matching 4x12 cabs. I know there's an army of people who claim it sounds better with a Marshall cab. To me the Marshall cab sounds like there is a blanket over it. Yes the 5150 cab is a little more trebly. But it's also clearer. Not as muffled sounding. I assume you'll use whatever cab you've got. Just wanted to add my 2 cents about cabs and speakers.

Im currently running a Carvin Legacy 4x12 with V30s in it along with a shitty Peavey Triple XXX 4x12 cab. I cant be going all out when I just dropped a grand on 2 amps. However id like to get one of the older Rectifier Oversized cabs loaded with V30s someday. I see them going for around 450-600 so maybe when I build the bank back up ill pick one of those up. For now the Legacy will have to do. Which In its defense is a great cab for the 200 bucks I paid for it.

 

[Herbie129]

BTW Whats everyone like to run in these amps for tubes. I figure I better give them some new life but with not being completely familiar with either of these amps I wanna see what everyones take is on tubes.