EVH 5150III S Demo

[metalmaniac93]

EVH 5150III S Demo https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/2 ... G%20Weekly

 

[maddnotez]

Thanks for posting. This seems like a really great amp.

I didn't think they would nail the "brown" sound and after hearing the demo I don't think that they did. I know it's not the greatest demo in the world so maybe time will tell.

With that said ch. 2 actually kicks a lot of ass it is very brown ISH to my ears but like the guy said, it is kind of like a Modern brown sound. I really liked it.

Ch. 3 idk. Would need a better demo. I'm sure it rips but the stealth tones I've heard sounded much better.

 

[Racerxrated]

Sounds nice! Great to have a better clean channel.

 

[charvelstrat81]

would really like to check it out on the blue channel with medium gain and with a tube screamer in front.

 

[7 Stringer]

Good news on the clean. I would of wished they'd drop the gain on channel two from the S, I loove channel 2 on the original, they could of added a tad more gain but not like the S version, that ruins it for me. Damn.

Probably gonna try one out for a while and see. Long & Mc Quade rents amps, I'll check if I can get one for a month.

 

[K-Roll]

i love how Heisenberg was peeking in constantly at around 2:38 in that video

 

[romanianreaper]

Yeah, I agree that the clean channel update is really nice. They definitely didn't capture the Brown Sound that we all use as a reference here on the forum but nice to have a tone different than the current 6L6 version. I'm looking forward to hearing this in person.

 

[hammered]

With the right player behind the wheel dialing it in I`m gonna bet it will nail the brown sound , calling Al Estrada

 

[romanianreaper]

With the right player behind the wheel dialing it in I`m gonna bet it will nail the brown sound , calling Al Estrada

Not fair. Al could get the brown sound out of a JC-120.

 

[Stradazone]

Would love to give it a spin!

With the right player behind the wheel dialing it in I`m gonna bet it will nail the brown sound , calling Al Estrada

Not fair. Al could get the brown sound out of a JC-120.

Now that would be a challenge!

 

[K-Roll]

funny thing how sometimes people use the phrase 'brown sound' even for supper bright tones. I thought that one of the most preferred tones of EVH the man himself were based around marshall plexi which to me sounds suuuuuuper bright.. I always thought that the brown tone should resemble somewhat of a darker tone, less piercing, fuller, with ooomph and sag and 3D textures..

 

[SQUAREHEAD]

funny thing how sometimes people use the phrase 'brown sound' even for supper bright tones. I thought that one of the most preferred tones of EVH the man himself were based around marshall plexi which to me sounds suuuuuuper bright.. I always thought that the brown tone should resemble somewhat of a darker tone, less piercing, fuller, with ooomph and sag and 3D textures..

Me too brother… In my opinion, VHII is the brownest of tones ever… It's not my favourite album, my favourite album is fair warning… But as far as brown sound guitar tone, ITS Van Halen II

 

[geetarmikey]

Sounds good like we thought it would, but it's not exactly the Brown Sound. Need to hear an A/B with a 6L6 version.

It's a shame Ed never did anything with Marshall and clone his original Plexi, maybe with a switch ala KK's "The Beast" mode.

 

[SQUAREHEAD]

Sounds good like we thought it would, but it's not exactly the Brown Sound. Need to hear an A/B with a 6L6 version.

It's a shame Ed never did anything with Marshall and clone his original Plexi, maybe with a switch ala KK's "The Beast" mode.

Yep! That would've been cool!
But I sometimes wonder if Eddie really wants his old tone back… 25 years ago, In 1991 he took the high gain route with the 5150 amplifier and has not ever changed back since then…
(I guess the true old-school EVH tone is in the metroplex these days)

 

[Rdodson]

Sounds good like we thought it would, but it's not exactly the Brown Sound. Need to hear an A/B with a 6L6 version.

It's a shame Ed never did anything with Marshall and clone his original Plexi, maybe with a switch ala KK's "The Beast" mode.

Yep! That would've been cool!
But I sometimes wonder if Eddie really wants his old tone back… 25 years ago, In 1991 he took the high gain route with the 5150 amplifier and has not ever changed back since then…
(I guess the true old-school EVH tone is in the metroplex these days)

If you want Ed's old tone in the room as it happened, get the Metroplex. Period.

If you want Ed's old tone as it sounds on the records, get the BE100.

 

[K-Roll]

Ed doesn't know what Ed wants.. that's the thing... and that's super great for Fender as company cause they can rotate their shiz for liek next 10 years at least.. i am predicting here the next thing they do is a lunchbox 20w EVH with EL84 and one channel

 

[Chubtone]

Ed doesn't know what Ed wants.. that's the thing... and that's super great for Fender as company cause they can rotate their shiz for liek next 10 years at least.. i am predicting here the next thing they do is a lunchbox 20w EVH with EL84 and one channel

And that would be dissimilar from what Bogner and Friedman do with their amp line?

 

[skoora]

That interview/demo was kind of weird. Maybe I'm too saturated on politicians right now. The guy says all the buzz phrases but doesn't actually show it doing anything all that well and the interviewer certainly seemed like he felt it was all somewhat full of shit doing an EL34 version but not really having all that different of an amp. He kept pushing for what's actually different and the guy goes on about the "engineering" but doesn't actually clear up what major feats of Engineering have been accomplished. Different transformers and a resistor or cap change here and there? The clean gain was on 2. I would imagine it would sound clean there lol. Ch 2 having that much gain with it's pre on 2 kind of blows. I didn't like the Stealth ether for that same reason. It's all gain, all of the time.

Remonds me of the Peavey 6534. The difference was so negligible and even though I'm an EL34 circuit kind of guy it didn't sound any better than a 6L6/5881 version. If anything, it bumped up the nasal quality they can have in the mids up a tad, which was not better.

 

[SQUAREHEAD]

That interview/demo was kind of weird. Maybe I'm too saturated on politicians right now. The guy says all the buzz phrases but doesn't actually show it doing anything all that well and the interviewer certainly seemed like he felt it was all somewhat full of shit doing an EL34 version but not really having all that different of an amp. He kept pushing for what's actually different and the guy goes on about the "engineering" but doesn't actually clear up what major feats of Engineering have been accomplished. Different transformers and a resistor or cap change here and there? The clean gain was on 2. I would imagine it would sound clean there lol. Ch 2 having that much gain with it's pre on 2 kind of blows. I didn't like the Stealth ether for that same reason. It's all gain, all of the time.

Remonds me of the Peavey 6534. The difference was so negligible and even though I'm an EL34 circuit kind of guy it didn't sound any better than a 6L6/5881 version. If anything, it bumped up the nasal quality they can have in the mids up a tad, which was not better.

I agree totally… I like how He keeps saying, 'we're really excited about this amplifier'... I guess there's not much else he can really say…

 

[hammered]

funny thing how sometimes people use the phrase 'brown sound' even for supper bright tones. I thought that one of the most preferred tones of EVH the man himself were based around marshall plexi which to me sounds suuuuuuper bright.. I always thought that the brown tone should resemble somewhat of a darker tone, less piercing, fuller, with ooomph and sag and 3D textures..

Me too brother… In my opinion, VHII is the brownest of tones ever… It's not my favourite album, my favourite album is fair warning… But as far as brown sound guitar tone, ITS Van Halen II

VHll has a few tones that I thought were on par with VH1 . SGMAD , Bottoms Up , LUTS and DOA were fairly bright and cutting but kinda lack the sizzle of VH1 . But yes that album is pretty brown