The 5153 mini and Thy Art is Murder

[shred-o-holic]

I was at the Born of Osiris show last night in Tampa. Thy Art Is Murder was on the bill. One guitarist used a Bogner Uberschall and the other much to my surprise used a 5153 mini. Absolutely crushing tone for the Australian Deathcore band. It cut and sounded great. I own one and it is just such a great piece of gear for my Lamb of God sounding project. I was surprised though on how well it delivered on the 7 string detuned pummeling tone.

 

[glassjaw7]

I'm borrowing the 100w head right now from a RT bro and they really are amazing amps. IMO, one of the best stock high gainers out there. After recently getting to play a ton of high end amps, I think they really can hang with the best of em.

 

[Shask]

Interesting. I always pictured them as Axe-FX People.

I have never played the 5153 mini, but I definitely think it would be high on the list if I were looking at tube heads right now. I usually dont like 50W amps, but that particular amp seems to have it all.

 

[shred-o-holic]

Yeah they were sharing the Axe FX Ultra...slaving it into 2 5150 half stacks or something like that on the interview I read several months back. They killed it with the Uber/5153 mini setup tho. The mini sounds good in many different environments. A buddy of mine loves his in his country band lol...

 

[311boogieman]

I've played the big brother a half dozen times now and I'm usually in Drop C.

The thing just will not flub out. I can see why a lot of heavier bands use these. That and they do so many other genres well...as mentioned.

 

[timeroo]

I play death metal and thrash in B standard or drop A and occasionally I toss my 8 string in front of it. I boost the blue channel and it never lets me down at all.

 

[glassjaw7]

I've played the big brother a half dozen times now and I'm usually in Drop C.

The thing just will not flub out. I can see why a lot of heavier bands use these. That and they do so many other genres well...as mentioned.

This. Even at really high volume it just stays together.

 

[halebox]

I just ordered one last night. I got to use a 100 as a backline for a week and liked it. I went to try them both yesterday at GC. The 50 sounded better to me at low volumes and Im taking everyone's advice that I read that the 50 is very loud. The 50 has more gain on channel 2. The 100 has less gain and needs to be turned up. On that tour I found myself stuck on channel 2 and used a pedal for leads. I didnt love 1 or 3 channel on 100. With the 50 I really liked the 2 and 3 transition much better and didnt mess with 1 enough to make a judgement but I wont use 1 too much. So hopefully it delivers at loud band volumes!

 

[Deleted member 21375]

I'm really digging the red channel on the 50 watter. I don't need to have the gain up high at all (matter of fact I'm on 1!) to get a nice crushing metal tone.

 

[wiretap]

Oddly, I used the mini in Australia as a rented Backline on tour over there and I loved it. Different from the big fella, I almost wish I had one, But, I've been playing the 100 watter since 2011 and haven't had a real need or desire to seek out a new amp at all. The blue channel's mid section is the TITS and I finally found a boost I like to give it that extra kick without coloring the sound, but the red sounds great too. Hell, green can also get killer tones. All around killer amp.

 

[halebox]

OMG this thing sounds so good. I love how cheap the 50 watter is and it sounds as good if not better than amp 3x the price. I love that this is available world wide as a backline option. I hope it passes the rehearsal test because at home it incredible. Not sure about the clean channel yet but I dont use clean too much

 

[Deleted member 21375]

OMG this thing sounds so good. I love how cheap the 50 watter is and it sounds as good if not better than amp 3x the price. I love that this is available world wide as a backline option. I hope it passes the rehearsal test because at home it incredible. Not sure about the clean channel yet but I dont use clean too much

I don't think you'll be disappointed at rehearsal either. This thing gets meaner the more you turn it up. Just a sick amp for its size and price.