"I have "tricky stuff" in my amp i dont want to talk about.." Van Halen

[DISTORT6]

Imagine if Mike had of cloned Ed's Marshall and released a line of amps or published the exact schematic and gut pics and spilled all his secrets. He'd have been sued up the ass.

And this forum would grind to a halt.

 

[Racerxrated]

Yep, money doesn't buy moral integrity unfortunately. Didn't get free stuff, so screw you.
Imagine if Mike had of cloned Ed's Marshall and released a line of amps or published the exact schematic and gut pics and spilled all his secrets. He'd have been sued up the ass.

It's cool we got the 5150, but it was still a dick move toward Mike's amp.

Yep

Both Mesa and Peavey committed theft, to a degree anyway. We of course benefitted from it. SLOs have always been spendy and the Recto/5150s have been much more attainable for the masses.

 

[Deleted member 77333]

Yep

Both Mesa and Peavey committed theft, to a degree anyway. We of course benefitted from it. SLOs have always been spendy and the Recto/5150s have been much more attainable for the masses.

They're still $5K now.

 

[Devin]

It's tricky to rock a rhyme

 

[japetus]

It's tricky to rock a rhyme

To rock a rhyme that's right on time

 

[Stradazone]

Whatever Eddie was doing was magic, look at the 5150 line of amps for example. He really did take guitar playing as well as tone forward.

Different strokes for different folks... I personally didn't care for the 5150 tone when it came out, I actually won a first year production 5150 stack in Guitar Player Magazines's guitar competition and sold it immediately after recieving it The early Roth era Marshall tone is what most guitarists talk about today and still try to replicate..

 

[Deleted member 77333]

Different strokes for different folks... I personally didn't care for the 5150 tone when it came out, I actually won a first year production 5150 stack in Guitar Player Magazines's guitar competition and sold it immediately after recieving it The early Roth era Marshall tone is what most guitarists talk about today and still try to replicate..

 

[thegame]

Different strokes for different folks... I personally didn't care for the 5150 tone when it came out, I actually won a first year production 5150 stack in Guitar Player Magazines's guitar competition and sold it immediately after recieving it The early Roth era Marshall tone is what most guitarists talk about today and still try to replicate..

I can't drive 5150 either

 

[mentoneman]

Different strokes for different folks... I personally didn't care for the 5150 tone when it came out, I actually won a first year production 5150 stack in Guitar Player Magazines's guitar competition and sold it immediately after recieving it The early Roth era Marshall tone is what most guitarists talk about today and still try to replicate..

i played the half stack and combo the week it hit the stores expecting
1) VH1-Fair Warning era tones-nope
2) 5150- metal capabilities-it was metal alright but too bright and distorted to dial back at all

the 4x12 was my favorite feature from the original line. hooked my triaxis/395 to that cab and it sounded killer!

 

[jabps]

I really can't blame Mesa and Peavey for taking inspiration from the SLO. After you get past the basic copy of the circuit both differ quite alot from the SLO. Tech nerds can explain better than I can. And neither the Rect, 5150 or the SLO sound anything alike.

Marshall copied Fender circuits and added their own spin, even the SLO uses a modified Fender tone stack so I don't know, it's a fine line for sure. Yeah on one hand create your own thing on the other, they did. Oddly both the Rect and 5150 are literally the foundation for modern rock tones. And the SLO is still held as the mack daddy that got it started. They only way Mike could have benefitted more was make that amp more affordable ala Rect or 5150. And he wasn't going to do that.

 

[jabps]

the 4x12 was my favorite feature from the original line. hooked my triaxis/395 to that cab and it sounded killer!

And oddly that was most criticized component.

Frankly I loved them with the 5150, they sounded great to me. In fact the OG cabs sounded great with the XXX and the JSX "to me".