I love my 6505+. Should I get a Stealth 50 watt?

[LCW]

The EvH 5150 III 6L6 has a mid-range bark. If you don't like it then tough because that's its tone. You won't EQ it out. You're stuck with an expensive toolbox.

It is not a replacement to Peavey. Different amps.

It's nails Gojira not Iron Maiden.

It nails Slipknot not Metallica.

Match the cab. Meaning stay with the 2*12 for the 50W.

Better yet get a Two Notes Torpedo and use the 2*12 in that.

Boost blue channel with a Maxon 808. Red is boosted enough.

Works best with D Standard and lower tunings. Extreme metal.

Not so good for E Standard heavy metal. Peavey is more versatile there especially with an EQ pedal. Standard metal doesn't have that mid-range bark. Extreme metal can have it.

Not a beginner amp. Despite reasonably easy to use features it isn't an easy amp to use because of its tone. That's why not so many extreme metal bands use it. They go with a Mesa Rectifier instead.

Very niche amp IMO unless you have legendary sound engineering skills.

I’ll tell you that after jamming with some buddies today in drop C - the mid focused aspect of the EVH is brilliant! Allows you to be heard!

Other guitarist was playing through a JCM 2000 100 watt and I had to turn up the mids on my Steath 50 because he was burying me at first. I was playing through an old Peavey 4x12 so that wasn’t helping but still. My guitar even had a Black Winter in a few which is super mid-focused. MIDS are your friend in a band mix!

(Settings in pic on red were at the very beginning. Didn’t use the SD-1 btw. Also measured dB’s part way through with my phone... 112 dB LOL! Ear protection was essential).

 

[BatmansRigTalk]

Don't forget the resonance knob on the back either. Only the 50w version have that and headphone out if I remember.

I also did a completely new tube refit and bias. My EvH is a champ for extreme metal but anything above D standard tuning and that mid range bark just becomes too pronounced if you are doing metal covers. Also the red channel is often just waaayy too much gain so boosted blue works out. Yes it cuts through the mix. Hence Gojira.

Match the cab for best results.

 

[LCW]

Don't forget the resonance knob on the back either. Only the 50w version have that and headphone out if I remember.

I also did a completely new tube refit and bias. My EvH is a champ for extreme metal but anything above D standard tuning and that mid range bark just becomes too pronounced if you are doing metal covers. Also the red channel is often just waaayy too much gain so boosted blue works out. Yes it cuts through the mix. Hence Gojira.

Match the cab for best results.

Yeah I dialed resonance back as well - get rid of the boominess.

Running TungSol V1, JJ V2, V5, Shuguang V3, 4 & 6. Sovtek LPS in V9. TAD power tubes.

 

[napalmdeath]

Keep an eye on Reverb... couple pop up a week... they last literally hours though people nab them quick.

Mine might go up for sale. It is a great amp, and I still believe it's better than the other 50-watt variants, but it's not "my" sound. I'm more at home with a Marshall flavor, so I may bite the bullet and have a Mini Competition built by Scott. It's the amp I've been wanting for quite some time. Every time I leave the Marshall flavored camp, I regret it. I'm kicking myself in the ass for selling the Engl Artist too. I'm an idiot.

 

[RockyStar]

Bark, Boom, Bite, Cut, Tunings, etc.

Isn't that what all those turny knob thingys on the front and back of the amp are for? Most guitars have them too!

 

[BrandonTMX]

Yes!!