EVH 5150 iii mini - 50 watt - ROLL CALL

[itsallinmyh3ad]

I'm gonna check them out then.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

I'm looking to buy one...hit me up if you're selling

 

[itsallinmyh3ad]

My 5150 mini died. Lead channel won't work at all. The other 2 work fine. Gonna return it.

Update:

It was only a bad preamp tube.

 

[mystixboi]

My 5150 mini died. Lead channel won't work at all. The other 2 work fine. Gonna return it.

Update:

It was only a bad preamp tube.

good to hear man!!! enjoy

 

[university81]

I've gone midi!!!!!

My EVH 5150 iii mini has midi capabilities. I've been using my Line 6 Pod XT Live for effects. It sounds great, but it's a pain to press one button to get a delay, and then another button for chorus and then another button to change the channel. I went to GC this morning and bought a midi cable... after about 30 min on tinkering, I packed up the Pedaltrain and I was left with just the XT Live and amp.

Here are the 4 channels I created:

Channel 1 - heavy rock rhythm with just a tad of delay... calls up channel 3 on the amp... tons of gain

Channel 2 - marshall-type setting on steroids with a tad of delay... calls up channel 2 on the amp... not as much gain, but enough to throw some flames!!!!!

Channel 3 - clean with delay/reverb... i also have the ability to add a bit of chorus using the mod pedal on the xt live... the clean is never fully clean since the gain and eq is shared with channel 2, but it's ok if i roll back the volume of the guitar. channel 1 of the amp is used.

Channel 4 - calls up channel 3 of the amp with a level boost and bit of delay... chorus can be added too.

Channels 1, 2 and 4 all have the noise gate.

I love it!!!!

Are you running your pod xt live with the 4 cable method. I found one locally cheap and would love to ditch the pedals, put some delay in the loop and control the amp channels

yeah... exactly how i am doing it. i have the xt live in the efx loop and just a 5 pin midi cable from EVH to XT Live

you can bypass the preamp and use the clean amp sims from the pod for super clean too and some other options, think it can be setup that way

 

[Swamplurker]

I've had mine about six months now. After testing out a few high gain amps I stumbled across this guy.
This 50w head is no joke. For the price you'd be hard pressed to find another amp with this tone without reaching into your savings. I run mine through a 4x12 Randall Thrasher cab with G12H100. Def a punchy cab. Though I plan on getting the matching 2x12 cab eventually.

 

[mudf00t]

I just picked mine up recently with this 2x12 cab. I already had a 100W but it doesn't have midi switching. Great little amp.

 

[misterspockyall]

I've had mine since 2013. Does a lot of things very well, ch3 grinds harder than most amps do with a boost pedal. I was most impressed when I jammed with my buddy and a drummer. Buddy had an ENGL 100w Fireball and he could not keep up with how my EVH cut through. He kept turning up and I was still just on 3-4 for volume haha. Versatile lil SOB.

 

[thawn5150]

Just picked up a 50 watt evh head,I had the 2 12 cab and decided to match it up. I have owned the 100 watt head before and the 2 12 combo. I find the 50 through the EVH 2 12 sounds great. To fix the difference in volume between the Channel one and two I am using a g major rack and it seems to cure the issue. I just raise my patches a little bit on the clean channel and lower then a bit for channels 2 and 3 . Works great. I am really loving the tones on this amp this time around lol. For me I'm very careful with the gain, on channel 1 and 2 gain is at 11am,for the 3rd channel around 10am.

 

[D-Rock]

Bump!

Who still rocks one of these? I just got one and finally got it tweaked to my liking after some preamp tube rolling.

 

[DADA]

YEP. Still like what it does!

And here some extra info: https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index ... t.1906503/

 

[Speeddemon]

Yep, still giggin' with it.
Also did some tube rollin'.

 

[mchn13]

Bump!

Who still rocks one of these? I just got one and finally got it tweaked to my liking after some preamp tube rolling.

I’m new to the evh’s,(got mine 6 mos ago), but I love this little amp. It ended up replacing my Vht and has had some serious competition lately. The blue channel boosted or not is just killer and I’m getting a lot of versatility out of it. Went back to solid states for my modern metal band, and using the Evh for my ambient/tool/sabbath-ish band.
Just picked up some old sylvania and Phillips 12at7’s to try in it and see if I can make the red channel more useful.
What tubes did you try and what results? I’ve had a couple suggestions and going to try swapping v1 and v2 when I get back to the amp.

 

[crankyrayhanky]

I grabbed a 50w a few years ago and immediately had Kruse mod it. The Blue is damn near perfect!
I also tube rolled; here are my notes:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=187420&p=2092205&hilit=Au7#p2092205

Here's a clip I did last night for test tones- it starts out Red than goes Blue at the end
https://soundcloud.com/crankyrayhanky/c ... ues-5-1-18

 

[D-Rock]

Bump!

Who still rocks one of these? I just got one and finally got it tweaked to my liking after some preamp tube rolling.

I’m new to the evh’s,(got mine 6 mos ago), but I love this little amp. It ended up replacing my Vht and has had some serious competition lately. The blue channel boosted or not is just killer and I’m getting a lot of versatility out of it. Went back to solid states for my modern metal band, and using the Evh for my ambient/tool/sabbath-ish band.
Just picked up some old sylvania and Phillips 12at7’s to try in it and see if I can make the red channel more useful.
What tubes did you try and what results? I’ve had a couple suggestions and going to try swapping v1 and v2 when I get back to the amp.

This amp is a two high gain channel amp for me. No concern for the green channel here.
So, I wanted to try and change the following;

- more gain from the blue channel.
- thicken up the blue channel.
- reduce the gain on the red channel (increase the dials sweep)
- Make the channel volumes less "abrupt" for playing at low volumes.

The amp came stock with all JJs, and performed just fine other than my desired changes.

In V1 I put a "premium" Groove Tube (Sovtek) 12AX7. This opened the amp up a bit, added clarity overall and thickened the blue channel up.

In V3 I put a Ruby HG. This tube in the V4 spot made the red channel super high gain. Too much...but in the V3 it increased the blue channel gain just enough.

In V4 I put a Ruby 12AT7. This gave me an extra 3 notches of useable gain on the red channel's gain dial. I feel like the HG in V3 helped to retain the nasty edgy character of the red channel's gain too, because I only wanted to reduce the gain, and not necessarily remove it's voice.

In the PI I installed an old VHT labeled tube from my old 1993 GL100. I don't know what tube it is, but it is very low gain as it dropped the red channel gain to blue channel levels in the V4 spot.
In the PI spot it really smoothed out the sound and feel of the amp, and reigned in the output a tiny bit for my low volume use.

The OEM JJs stayed in all the other spots.

 

[mchn13]

Bump!

Who still rocks one of these? I just got one and finally got it tweaked to my liking after some preamp tube rolling.

I’m new to the evh’s,(got mine 6 mos ago), but I love this little amp. It ended up replacing my Vht and has had some serious competition lately. The blue channel boosted or not is just killer and I’m getting a lot of versatility out of it. Went back to solid states for my modern metal band, and using the Evh for my ambient/tool/sabbath-ish band.
Just picked up some old sylvania and Phillips 12at7’s to try in it and see if I can make the red channel more useful.
What tubes did you try and what results? I’ve had a couple suggestions and going to try swapping v1 and v2 when I get back to the amp.

This amp is a two high gain channel amp for me. No concern for the green channel here.
So, I wanted to try and change the following;

- more gain from the blue channel.
- thicken up the blue channel.
- reduce the gain on the red channel (increase the dials sweep)
- Make the channel volumes less "abrupt" for playing at low volumes.

The amp came stock with all JJs, and performed just fine other than my desired changes.

In V1 I put a "premium" Groove Tube (Sovtek) 12AX7. This opened the amp up a bit, added clarity overall and thickened the blue channel up.

In V3 I put a Ruby HG. This tube in the V4 spot made the red channel super high gain. Too much...but in the V3 it increased the blue channel gain just enough.

In V4 I put a Ruby 12AT7. This gave me an extra 3 notches of useable gain on the red channel's gain dial. I feel like the HG in V3 helped to retain the nasty edgy character of the red channel's gain too, because I only wanted to reduce the gain, and not necessarily remove it's voice.

In the PI I installed an old VHT labeled tube from my old 1993 GL100. I don't know what tube it is, but it is very low gain as it dropped the red channel gain to blue channel levels in the V4 spot.
In the PI spot it really smoothed out the sound and feel of the amp, and reigned in the output a tiny bit for my low volume use.

The OEM JJs stayed in all the other spots.

Hmmm.. so maybe just an 12at7 in v2 and v4? I just need the red to be useable as a lead channel really, but don’t feel like I need anything else from blue.

 

[Speeddemon]

Hmmm.. so maybe just an 12at7 in v2 and v4? I just need the red to be useable as a lead channel really, but don’t feel like I need anything else from blue.

I wouldn't mess with 12AT7's in this amp. Seems to neuter the tone a bit. Not to mention, there are some technical differences why a 12AT7 isn't really a drop-in for a 12AX7.

12AU7 if you REALLY want to bring DOWN the gain and UP the mids on the red channel, while adding lots of complexity. Instant Gary Moore "Oh Pretty Woman" tone.
Best way to subtly lower the gain in red (and make it milder) is to use 5751's. Those *are* drop-ins for 12AX7, at 60~70% gain.

 

[D-Rock]

Hmmm.. so maybe just an 12at7 in v2 and v4? I just need the red to be useable as a lead channel really, but don’t feel like I need anything else from blue.

I wouldn't mess with 12AT7's in this amp. Seems to neuter the tone a bit. Not to mention, there are some technical differences why a 12AT7 isn't really a drop-in for a 12AX7.

12AU7 if you REALLY want to bring DOWN the gain and UP the mids on the red channel, while adding lots of complexity. Instant Gary Moore "Oh Pretty Woman" tone.
Best way to subtly lower the gain in red (and make it milder) is to use 5751's. Those *are* drop-ins for 12AX7, at 60~70% gain.

Lots of users have had success with AT7s in this amp. Myself included. V4 seemed to have the best results where it just increased the gain dials range of sweep, and didn't adversely hurt or change the red channel's lava like high gain voicing.

 

[Speeddemon]

Hmmm.. so maybe just an 12at7 in v2 and v4? I just need the red to be useable as a lead channel really, but don’t feel like I need anything else from blue.

I wouldn't mess with 12AT7's in this amp. Seems to neuter the tone a bit. Not to mention, there are some technical differences why a 12AT7 isn't really a drop-in for a 12AX7.

12AU7 if you REALLY want to bring DOWN the gain and UP the mids on the red channel, while adding lots of complexity. Instant Gary Moore "Oh Pretty Woman" tone.
Best way to subtly lower the gain in red (and make it milder) is to use 5751's. Those *are* drop-ins for 12AX7, at 60~70% gain.

Lots of users have had success with AT7s in this amp. Myself included. V4 seemed to have the best results where it just increased the gain dials range of sweep, and didn't adversely hurt or change the red channel's lava like high gain voicing.

Which brand did you use?
I had some vintage Ampex Bugleboys lying around (meant to go in an Art Pro VLA II tube compressor) and it made the tone a bit stale...less gain, sure, but kinda stale.

 

[D-Rock]

Hmmm.. so maybe just an 12at7 in v2 and v4? I just need the red to be useable as a lead channel really, but don’t feel like I need anything else from blue.

I wouldn't mess with 12AT7's in this amp. Seems to neuter the tone a bit. Not to mention, there are some technical differences why a 12AT7 isn't really a drop-in for a 12AX7.

12AU7 if you REALLY want to bring DOWN the gain and UP the mids on the red channel, while adding lots of complexity. Instant Gary Moore "Oh Pretty Woman" tone.
Best way to subtly lower the gain in red (and make it milder) is to use 5751's. Those *are* drop-ins for 12AX7, at 60~70% gain.

Lots of users have had success with AT7s in this amp. Myself included. V4 seemed to have the best results where it just increased the gain dials range of sweep, and didn't adversely hurt or change the red channel's lava like high gain voicing.

Which brand did you use?
I had some vintage Ampex Bugleboys lying around (meant to go in an Art Pro VLA II tube compressor) and it made the tone a bit stale...less gain, sure, but kinda stale.

I think that can be said for any preamp tube really. Some offer a slight change for the better or worse, some can offer a big change with great results while others can make a big difference for the worse.
I used a new production Ruby AT7.