highest gain ever?

[kylendm]

I'm going to say channel 4 Red mode of the JVM; I have NEVER had the gain higher than 10 O'Clock and it's already too much LOL

My Baron K88 is like this as well. ESPECIALLY with a boost.

 

[guitarman967]

My vote goes for the block letter 5150 as well. I could only get the gain up to 3.. Not 3:00, actually 3 on the dial.
Anything after that was unusable.
I Put a Sovtek 12AX7WA in V1 to try to knock the gain down a bit and get some tone out of it.
Worked somewhat well but still, I always found that odd on those early amps. The latter signature models you could usually get the gain a bit past halfway.

Aside from that amp, I would say the Diezel VH4 has endless amounts of gain.

 

[verderacer]

I would say my ADA 3TM but I am curious what people think of the Fortin NATAS or Meathead?

 

[Tawlks]

when you guys say original 5150, are you referring to the one with the block-lettered EVH initials or script (or are they essentially the same)?

also, how would you compare the original to the 5150 II gain wise?

Either. The amps are identical.

The 5150 II has a little less gain than the original and it's a bit smoother sounding.