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Grind my axe
Published on 06/09/08 at 12:53
Best value:
Excellent
Tube amp head 100 watts
Two speaker outputs, an effects loop series and not parallel
The settings are really childish, like a Marshall head base.
UTILIZATION
Setup is simple. you do not spend hours finding the sound, like a Boogie, for example.
SOUNDS
The 515O is not necessarily dedicated to pure metal guitarists. On channel 1, by adjusting the gain, we can easily give in the Marshall-type AC / DC or RATM. By switching the small button "crunch", the sound gets thick. Then, several options are possible: either there are a little sauce with the type overdrive OD-1 or TS-9 (with the gain of 4 / 5, we obient the famous sound "Machine Head". Or you up the gain to the amp, but its push too hard, otherwise you lose the momentum, and it blows a little (big default 5150).
On channel 2 is direct compressed metal sound that vibrates the chest on the palm-mute. With the gain 2 is already clipped. Personally, it's the one I use, with a TS-9 which is the drive to zero, and the volume turned up.
The two settings that make the difference on this head, "resonance", which sends the big gum in the grave, and "presence", which sends much of the bite fever worship (not abuse).
on the other hand, do not expect to play in the 5150's clean (the exit to casseroles Franky Vincent). At best, we get a clear a little crunchy.
Note: Someone said earlier that the new 6505 sounds exactly like the 5150, and it is false. Even the 5150 II sounds more cheap.
Time to major defects:
- The blast, which can disrupt recording. By changing the capacitors in the audio, the problem can be solved (it is cheap).
- The effects loop can not be modified. The sound subsides a little active when the pedals are in insert. Again, you can ask a technician to put the loop in parallel with an input volume knob, and one output.
OVERALL OPINION
I have mine ... ten years from now. I like that it sounds good, and without taking the lead. I had a Marshall JCM800 before, that was cool too, which was cool for blues rock, but had little in the bag. The 5150 is more versatile.
The value for money is excellent.
If I had to change, it would be for a Marshall JCM80O amended by VHM (outright killing) or a Bogner.
Two speaker outputs, an effects loop series and not parallel
The settings are really childish, like a Marshall head base.
UTILIZATION
Setup is simple. you do not spend hours finding the sound, like a Boogie, for example.
SOUNDS
The 515O is not necessarily dedicated to pure metal guitarists. On channel 1, by adjusting the gain, we can easily give in the Marshall-type AC / DC or RATM. By switching the small button "crunch", the sound gets thick. Then, several options are possible: either there are a little sauce with the type overdrive OD-1 or TS-9 (with the gain of 4 / 5, we obient the famous sound "Machine Head". Or you up the gain to the amp, but its push too hard, otherwise you lose the momentum, and it blows a little (big default 5150).
On channel 2 is direct compressed metal sound that vibrates the chest on the palm-mute. With the gain 2 is already clipped. Personally, it's the one I use, with a TS-9 which is the drive to zero, and the volume turned up.
The two settings that make the difference on this head, "resonance", which sends the big gum in the grave, and "presence", which sends much of the bite fever worship (not abuse).
on the other hand, do not expect to play in the 5150's clean (the exit to casseroles Franky Vincent). At best, we get a clear a little crunchy.
Note: Someone said earlier that the new 6505 sounds exactly like the 5150, and it is false. Even the 5150 II sounds more cheap.
Time to major defects:
- The blast, which can disrupt recording. By changing the capacitors in the audio, the problem can be solved (it is cheap).
- The effects loop can not be modified. The sound subsides a little active when the pedals are in insert. Again, you can ask a technician to put the loop in parallel with an input volume knob, and one output.
OVERALL OPINION
I have mine ... ten years from now. I like that it sounds good, and without taking the lead. I had a Marshall JCM800 before, that was cool too, which was cool for blues rock, but had little in the bag. The 5150 is more versatile.
The value for money is excellent.
If I had to change, it would be for a Marshall JCM80O amended by VHM (outright killing) or a Bogner.