NAD: 5150 III Stealth

[Mailman1971]

Yeah just dicked around with mine a bit today. Played pretty loud. Loop was quiet.
But man this thing brings the heat.

 

[mniel8195]

I would love to try the stealth. I own the 50 watt. When and if i make the jump to a bigger more expensive head i think i am going to go all the way and buy a friedman jj.

 

[PBGas]

You guys are all killing me slowly as I wait......

 

[Tone Zone]

Not me. too much gain. it defies gain logic!!!!

Me neither. The 50 watt has more gain than I'd ever need.

 

[Mailman1971]

You guys are all killing me slowly as I wait......

Due time Paul...Due time..

 

[Mailman1971]

I find I can play the amp on most settings. But no one sets the red channel to 10 and lives to tell about it.
(actually tried and it wasnt that great)
I live on the blue channel.....and flick to the red for the really HEAVY BRUTAL stuff.
The Blue is just so nice and tight sounding. Love it!

 

[7 Stringer]

Just got done playing my original 100W on the blue channel and it was instant Randy Rhoads tribute tone, i played Beleiver and gad damn

Gain dimed of course. It could use 10-15% more gain but when the band kicks in, you forget all about it. Might try that mod everybody is talking about lately, i just don't want the tone to change, just add a little bit of gain.

 

[kurtsstuff]

don't mean to burst anybody's bubble but yeah! I had one for minute??????????

 

[nevusofota]

Happy for ya man

But i seem like the only guy who had one and found it too gainy

Everybody is getting one of these and loving it, might i had a defective one

Mine had wayyyy too much gain...On every channel.....

Might have to give this thing another try

Chris

No man, I agree. I love gain but it was waaaaay too much. Standard 100w was and is perfect.

 

[crwnedblasphemy]

They need to make a 50w stealth with attenuation and that look. They do that for $1100, everyone would be on board

 

[donho]

Just got done playing my original 100W on the blue channel and it was instant Randy Rhoads tribute tone, i played Beleiver and gad damn

Gain dimed of course. It could use 10-15% more gain but when the band kicks in, you forget all about it. Might try that mod everybody is talking about lately, i just don't want the tone to change, just add a little bit of gain.

yes you should try the bl ch mods if you want more gain its there.
snip one end of r26, in case you want to reverse the mod.
piggyback 220k to the orig r25, or replace r25 with a 100k. piggybacking allows you to easily reverse the mod.

gain is substantially increased with no tone change.

 

[7 Stringer]

Just got done playing my original 100W on the blue channel and it was instant Randy Rhoads tribute tone, i played Beleiver and gad damn

Gain dimed of course. It could use 10-15% more gain but when the band kicks in, you forget all about it. Might try that mod everybody is talking about lately, i just don't want the tone to change, just add a little bit of gain.

yes you should try the bl ch mods if you want more gain its there.
snip one end of r26, in case you want to reverse the mod.
piggyback 220k to the orig r25, or replace r25 with a 100k. piggybacking allows you to easily reverse the mod.

gain is substantially increased with no tone change.

I really need to try that. What does r26 and r25 do in the the tone path? Just so I know what I'm modding.

Thanks

Chris

 

[Superunknown]

Just played my Stealth again for a few hours this morning! It really is a truly killer amp! Can't wait to hear the new 5150 IV EVH says its the tone of the first 6 records....

 

[7 Stringer]

Just played my Stealth again for a few hours this morning! It really is a truly killer amp! Can't wait to hear the new 5150 IV EVH says its the tone of the first 6 records....

April fools is over dude, check your calendar.



Would be fuckin' cool though, big time.

Chris

 

[donho]

Just got done playing my original 100W on the blue channel and it was instant Randy Rhoads tribute tone, i played Beleiver and gad damn

Gain dimed of course. It could use 10-15% more gain but when the band kicks in, you forget all about it. Might try that mod everybody is talking about lately, i just don't want the tone to change, just add a little bit of gain.

yes you should try the bl ch mods if you want more gain its there.
snip one end of r26, in case you want to reverse the mod.
piggyback 220k to the orig r25, or replace r25 with a 100k. piggybacking allows you to easily reverse the mod.

gain is substantially increased with no tone change.

I really need to try that. What does r26 and r25 do in the the tone path? Just so I know what I'm modding.

Thanks

Chris

they are both for gain. i did not notice any tone change except maybe back off the bass a bit. with the 5153, it seems the bass increases as you turn up the gain.
i did both r25 and r26 mods and she kicks!! what it does is it gives you is the 50 watt blue ch. on your 100 watt.

 

[crwnedblasphemy]

Could also send the 50w or 100 to Kruse. He will make either stealth specs

 

[nevusofota]

Just played my Stealth again for a few hours this morning! It really is a truly killer amp! Can't wait to hear the new 5150 IV EVH says its the tone of the first 6 records....

April fools is over dude, check your calendar.



Would be fuckin' cool though, big time.

Chris

This was posted (after April fools) on the 5150III facebook page:

Q: Speaking of equipment, what new EVH gear are you working on?

Eddie: People are always screaming and yelling for that classic vintage guitar sound. The 5150 III amps are very high-gain. The main thing that we’re working on is an amp that is modeled after the old vintage Marshall that I used on the first six records. I wanted more sustain out of them.

The difference between the 5150 III amp, and this new amp we are working on is the tubes. They use EL34 tubes, which are more like my original vintage Marshall. Still trying to figure what to call it. Might call it the 5150 III-IV because they use the EL34 tubes. I told Howard Kaplan, the amp guy at Fender/EVH, what I wanted, and just last week they all came out and I gave it a test run. It blew my mind. It has the old vintage tone but with more sustain.

 

[RG955TT]

Just an FYI to anyone interested my 5153 Stealth head is now in the classifieds if someone wants one and doesn't want to pay full price for a new one.

 

[7 Stringer]

Just played my Stealth again for a few hours this morning! It really is a truly killer amp! Can't wait to hear the new 5150 IV EVH says its the tone of the first 6 records....

April fools is over dude, check your calendar.



Would be fuckin' cool though, big time.

Chris

This was posted (after April fools) on the 5150III facebook page:

Q: Speaking of equipment, what new EVH gear are you working on?

Eddie: People are always screaming and yelling for that classic vintage guitar sound. The 5150 III amps are very high-gain. The main thing that we’re working on is an amp that is modeled after the old vintage Marshall that I used on the first six records. I wanted more sustain out of them.

The difference between the 5150 III amp, and this new amp we are working on is the tubes. They use EL34 tubes, which are more like my original vintage Marshall. Still trying to figure what to call it. Might call it the 5150 III-IV because they use the EL34 tubes. I told Howard Kaplan, the amp guy at Fender/EVH, what I wanted, and just last week they all came out and I gave it a test run. It blew my mind. It has the old vintage tone but with more sustain.

Holy shit man, OK, sorry. If this is true, I'm in. If this project comes to life, it will be the hottest thing on the market and judging by the quality of EVH products, it's gonna be one hell of an amp.

Any due dates on this thing?

Again sorry, I thought you where joking on this one.



Chris

 

[7 Stringer]

I'm wondering if one wants the looks and external bias plus the resonance knobs but wants the original tone. Just reverse the mods back to original specs and voila!!!!!

Id be up cor that