NAD EVH 5150 III 50 watt

[Dave Simpson]

UPS dropped it off yesterday. Channel three has a ridiculous amount of gain! Really happy with how it sounds straight out of the box.

 

[232cap]

Great amp for the money.

 

[thawn5150]

I love mine also but if you want the 3 channel to be closer to the blue channel just put a 12at7 tube in V2 and V3. I did to mine and it still sounds great but not fuzzy and over saturated.

 

[MetalHeadMike]

I love mine also but if you want the 3 channel to be closer to the blue channel just put a 12at7 tube in V2 and V3. I did to mine and it still sounds great but not fuzzy and over saturated.

Great advice here I felt the red ch stock was an over saturated/overcompressed mess even with the gain down.

 

[errrrrl]

I'm actually thinking of picking up a used white one on craigslist for $450 but missing the footswitch. Do these amps sound pretty good at bedroom levels? Also curious if these sound pretty good thru a Suhr reactive/2notes torpedo load with IRs? Aiming for heavy gained out tones that my pink taco can't achieve.

 

[neilli]

Yeah, they sound great at bedroom levels and you can connect a MIDI controller instead of the footswitch - and many multiFX offer channel switching via MIDI.

 

[riffermadness]

UPS dropped it off yesterday. Channel three has a ridiculous amount of gain! Really happy with how it sounds straight out of the box.

Love mine and no problems since I bought it new 6 months ago.

 

[riffermadness]

I love mine and I have put a Tungsol 12ax7 re-issue tube in V1 & V2..made it brighter and seems like maybe a little less compressed on red Burn channel,but it sounds great stock as well.

 

[squank]

These things just don't have enough gain.

 

[sytharnia1560]

awesome amps

I love seeing the settings guys are using. I have yet to see anyone who has theirs set up even remotely how I have mine....obviously I am sick

 

[Pat6969]

I loved the amp when I had it as well but the volume jump from channel 1 to 2 was a deal breaker for me. Not sure why they can't fix that.

 

[sytharnia1560]

I loved the amp when I had it as well but the volume jump from channel 1 to 2 was a deal breaker for me. Not sure why they can't fix that.

again with mine the way I set it the volume jump seems to be the opposite to every one else, my clean channel is louder the the blue channel

 

[hammered]

I loved the amp when I had it as well but the volume jump from channel 1 to 2 was a deal breaker for me. Not sure why they can't fix that.

again with mine the way I set it the volume jump seems to be the opposite to every one else, my clean channel is louder the the blue channel

I`m not the brightest bulb in the batch so could you explain how you set you green channel (clean)louder than than the blue ? Both channels share the same eq I would think if you were on the green channel then switched to the blue the blue would be louder regardless of how the shared eq was set , unless you`ve got some trickery going on in the loop or midi

 

[halebox]

Yeah my dirty/clean is louder than blue. I like it that way too as it works in one of my bands. The vocals never get buried on blue channel parts

 

[sytharnia1560]

I loved the amp when I had it as well but the volume jump from channel 1 to 2 was a deal breaker for me. Not sure why they can't fix that.

again with mine the way I set it the volume jump seems to be the opposite to every one else, my clean channel is louder the the blue channel

I`m not the brightest bulb in the batch so could you explain how you set you green channel (clean)louder than than the blue ? Both channels share the same eq I would think if you were on the green channel then switched to the blue the blue would be louder regardless of how the shared eq was set , unless you`ve got some trickery going on in the loop or midi

I just saying that the usual complaint is the big jump in volume when switching to the blue channel but mine is the opposite. Pretty sure its how i have it EQ'd. This is at bedroom levels so i'm sure it will be the other way round when cranked

 

[GuitarGuyLP]

This is the best demo I have ever seen on these amps, I used it as a starting point for settings. He really shows just how versatile these amps are.

 

[GuitarGuyLP]

Also HNAD!!!!!!

 

[crankyrayhanky]

I think the dual concentric pots on gain & volume mod on ch1/2 is relatively cheap and easy for any quality tech.
If you even like the amp I say get it asap.
I love this amp! It's so lightweight but so fierce and diverse

 

[Speeddemon]

This is the best demo I have ever seen on these amps, I used it as a starting point for settings. He really shows just how versatile these amps are.

You're just in awe with that Cain-like beard, dude!

Btw, my EVH has way less gain when I have the blue channel's gain around 10 'o clock. Maybe he has very high output pickups.

 

[GuitarGuyLP]

I found the same thing too. I wonder if there is a hidden boost pedal, or as you said high output pups.

And I am guilty of being in awe of the beard especially since I had to shorten mine for wearing a surgical mask at work during the flu season