Peavey 5150 mk1 vs. mk2, wich one?

[blackcom]

Peavey 5150 mk1 vs. mk2, do they have different sounding hi-gain channels, wich one sounds "best"?

 

[theblackmoon]

Do a search, it has been covered before.

 

[Jackal_Strain]

Many times...

 

[Nebulous]

Peavey 5150 mk1 vs. mk2, do they have different sounding hi-gain channels, wich one sounds "best"?

Get which ever you can find/ afford at the time. If you can't decide....get a JSX like I did. No regrets here.

 

[kaomao]

5150's?
no they suck!
worst amp ever made!

 

[cobhc]

5150's?
no they suck!
worst amp ever made!

shut it

 

[kev]

i weighed it up , weighed it up some more, then picked 5150.

 

[cobhc]

The Mk2 is sometimes said to have a slighly more fizzy distortion channel, but a better clean. Either would be a good choice imo.

 

[cobhc]

i weighed it up , weighed it up some more, then picked 5150.

And you still can't get a decent tone from it lol.

 

[kaomao]

shut it

I'm gonna sell mine for that little micro amp that you can see on the lamb of god dvd, you know that cigarette box turned into an amplifier, amazing, now I know where lamb of god take that thick tone.... ahahha kidding
I hope no LOG fan would be pissed off by this ehehhe

 

[kev]

And you still can't get a decent tone from it lol.

My tone owns your mama nigga!!! Not after its gone through a shitty delta though, there again- its probbably just mixing really now which i dont tend to work on much... one of the down sides of having a day job

 

[Thorax the Herdsman]

A small point I'd like to make is that it's the settings you make yourself and the gear you pair with it that makes all the difference - in my last few shows I've played with guys running mk1 5150s and their tone was AWFUL - thin, screachy and painful. Whereas I generally get an awesome, full, powerful roar from my 5150 mk2 - and that's not me trying to be big-headed at all, just saying that the head itself isn't the be-all and end-all...

 

[blackcom]

I know it's a cliche asking, but di'd rob flynn use an mk1 or mk2 on the two first machine head albums?

 

[cobhc]

I know it's a cliche asking, but di'd rob flynn use an mk1 or mk2 on the two first machine head albums?

and 81 or 85 in the bridge on his flying v?

 

[Jackal_Strain]

He used an explorer with stock pickups(I think) on the first two albums. He's never used the v on an album.

 

[Ice Man]

I know it's a cliche asking, but di'd rob flynn use an mk1 or mk2 on the two first machine head albums?

To my knowledge he's only used block-letter 5150s, or "mk1" to answer your question. That and he's also been known to boost them.

 

[cobhc]

He used an explorer with stock pickups(I think) on the first two albums. He's never used the v on an album.

I was asking in general, not really related to the albums.

 

[joeymusicguy]

what lamb of god dvd shows them in the studio? i cant find it

 

[sparkyness]

it was a bonus disc that came with Sacrament.

 

[Jackal_Strain]

I was asking in general, not really related to the albums.

oh... It's a 81 in the bridge on his ESP V.