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For those who have played both models, is there a notable difference tone wise playing at low volume (bedroom) levels?
D-Rock":doaec9s6 said:↑↑↑↑ Not even with the added resonance control?
8len8":xnrw6dqn said:D-Rock":xnrw6dqn said:↑↑↑↑ Not even with the added resonance control?
An amp’s resonance control rarely has the same impact as using an amp with a larger output transformer.
the rossness":2rwhbcj3 said:I own the 50 watt and had one of the original 100 watters. There is a big difference between them. The 50 sounds much better. My100 watter had an unuseable blue channel. I use the blue on my 50 watt all the time. The worst part of my 50 watt is the shared presence control. If there was a way to mod the amp for individual presence controls, I'd do it. I haven't tried the EL34 version yet.
Simply put the Stealth has a much more aggressive blue channel. The red channels on both are pretty comparable to one another. At lower volumes you’ll find yourself wanting to possibly add an overdrive on either. 5150’s are typically not “bedroom volume” friendly unless you run through a Captor X (highly recommended) to attenuated levels. Hope this helps!For those who have played both models, is there a notable difference tone wise playing at low volume (bedroom) levels?
Yup, the blue channel on my 100w is soooo awesome. Very Marshall like but with a modern flair, love that channel. Boosted it gets crazy aggressive. It is so organic, oozes with tone. One of my favorite tones out there.If your 100w original head had a "unuseable" blue channel there must have been something wrong with it. A lot of people think that channel on that head is one of the best sounding tones out there. I would have liked a little more gain on that channel but either way Its a killer tone any way you slice it. The blue channel on the 100w Stealth was a little too over the top IMO, too much gain and compression. Then we have the 50w version which I would agree might have the best balance of added gain while not going to over the top. BUT the 50w does not have the balls , I know some dont feel that way but I also didnt feel this way until I got the amp out of my basement and into a good rehearsal space and compared it live with a band at high volume.
Its not a bad option dont get me wrong the 50w is also a great sounding head and its more compact size is appealing. Its gonna sound real good in a live setting at band volumes. I just prefer the extra balls the 100w has.
This is no longer an issue with the newer versions of the 50W 6L6 head, since it has concenctric potmeters for gain and volume for the blue and green channels.My hesitation with the 50 watt head is due to the volume difference reported between coean and dirty channels.
Simply put the Stealth has a much more aggressive blue channel. The red channels on both are pretty comparable to one another. At lower volumes you’ll find yourself wanting to possibly add an overdrive on either. 5150’s are typically not “bedroom volume” friendly unless you run through a Captor X (highly recommended) to attenuated levels. Hope this helps!
I’ve owned both the Stealth and regular 50 watt heads. I sold the stealth and kept the regular 50w. Except for the bias features the stealth didn’t really sound much different to me.
Right now my 50 watt 6L6 head is at Kaplan amp repair getting dual concentric EQ controls for the green/blue channels and bias points and trim pot added.