glpg80":1hdvtsmt said:
steve_k":1hdvtsmt said:
glip22":1hdvtsmt said:
glpg80":1hdvtsmt said:
the one thing i liked about a SLO that a 5150 does not hold a candle too is A: every knob has tones available from 0-10, whereas a 5150 has sweet spots and starts to sound like shit above or below it, and B: the SLO seemed to have a MUCH higher sweet spot in headroom. what i mean is that most 5150's just start to sound great around 3-4, whereas the SLO i managed to play was only starting to get warmed up around 2 on the volume which was already stupid loud, i knew there was no way i could open it up properly without having cops being called.
tone wise though a modified 5150 II was too close for me to justify ever owning a SLO - being 5150's were based off of them, 5150's are good enough for what i do.
Are they loud like WIzards? The Wizard I had hurt my head.
It was the ghosts that hurt.....
ouch

I must admit I do have an ear for what just about every amp will do depending on volume and gain. One may call them ghost notes, intermodulation, etc. It is a line where the balance of filtering versus "amp feel" comes into play. Some builders/manufacturers can do it better than others. There are other outside factors that can contribute to it as well, such as guitars, pickup heights,pedals,etc. I have learned to live with it. If an amp does it too much I get rid of it. You give me any older Marshall, crank it and I will point it out to you. You will never be the same again

Or maybe I am
Gary hears ghost notes in all his amps....he doesn't need a delay pedal.