the rossness
Well-known member
I've been on a tone hunt lately.
1) For the past 2 and a half years I've had an EVH 5153. It's gotten the job done whenever I've needed it, but I've never bonded with channel 2. In fact, I rarely even use it. Channel 2 lacks mids. So i'll max out eh mids and boost them with a pedal, but it always sounds like rubbish. The clean channel goes from fender twin to plexi and the lead channel is super hot and sounds great. I've been running a suhr riot in front of the clean channel and it's been working and sounding like a separate channel. Sometimes I'll run an EQ pedal into the fx loop and on channel 3. it'll sound like Mr. Scary by Dokken. The eq scoops everything and boosts leads. I have a love hate relationship with the EVH. Sometimes its f*ckin' awesome and sometimes I want to throw it off a tall cliff into a really deep ocean.
2) I came across an Orange Rockerverb and I've been totally digging it. I'm loving the clean channel. It sounds really good and takes fuzz pedals like a champ. Channel 2, the dirty channel, nails my 80's hair band tones. There's not much I don't like about this amp. If I had a criticism I'd say its not the best jazz amp and it might be a little too thick sometimes.
3) Splawn Quickrod. Actually just ordered this one. I had to go by sound clips as there aren't any dealers in CT. It seems to nail the 80's thing to a T, by comparison, I don't feel that the EVH nails the 80's tones I hear.
I go for 3 types of tones.
1) 80's spandex hard rock - lots and lots of gain that never gets too thick or muddy, vintage voicing (Ratt and Dokken), strong upper mids and a nice treble bite.
2) Wolfmother (fuzzy gained up alt. rock)
3) Warm cleans, strong mids and bass, less bite. Something that is good for lite summer songs and jazz.
I can't afford to keep all 3 amps. Given the choice, which 2 amps would you keep and which one would you sell? I've been leaning towards selling either the orange or the EVH, but wanted to get some opinions.
1) For the past 2 and a half years I've had an EVH 5153. It's gotten the job done whenever I've needed it, but I've never bonded with channel 2. In fact, I rarely even use it. Channel 2 lacks mids. So i'll max out eh mids and boost them with a pedal, but it always sounds like rubbish. The clean channel goes from fender twin to plexi and the lead channel is super hot and sounds great. I've been running a suhr riot in front of the clean channel and it's been working and sounding like a separate channel. Sometimes I'll run an EQ pedal into the fx loop and on channel 3. it'll sound like Mr. Scary by Dokken. The eq scoops everything and boosts leads. I have a love hate relationship with the EVH. Sometimes its f*ckin' awesome and sometimes I want to throw it off a tall cliff into a really deep ocean.
2) I came across an Orange Rockerverb and I've been totally digging it. I'm loving the clean channel. It sounds really good and takes fuzz pedals like a champ. Channel 2, the dirty channel, nails my 80's hair band tones. There's not much I don't like about this amp. If I had a criticism I'd say its not the best jazz amp and it might be a little too thick sometimes.
3) Splawn Quickrod. Actually just ordered this one. I had to go by sound clips as there aren't any dealers in CT. It seems to nail the 80's thing to a T, by comparison, I don't feel that the EVH nails the 80's tones I hear.
I go for 3 types of tones.
1) 80's spandex hard rock - lots and lots of gain that never gets too thick or muddy, vintage voicing (Ratt and Dokken), strong upper mids and a nice treble bite.
2) Wolfmother (fuzzy gained up alt. rock)
3) Warm cleans, strong mids and bass, less bite. Something that is good for lite summer songs and jazz.
I can't afford to keep all 3 amps. Given the choice, which 2 amps would you keep and which one would you sell? I've been leaning towards selling either the orange or the EVH, but wanted to get some opinions.
