"hey, I dont hate it, I dont know it good enough to hate it. I really want to take some time with one to test it, but I just cant find one in stores here..... dunno why they dont stock them over here...."
you can borrow mine for a few days if you want. just don't smash it or i'd have to kill ya
you really gotta work with this amp...different tubes, OD pedals, and stuff.....i can honestly say that if i just went into a store and tried this very 5150 i don't see how i could like it anywhere near as much as i do now.
or well, just come to our next show and hear it for yourself
i can say this: last week we had a band rehearsal...jörg used the jmp1/ el34 100:100 rack setup that always used to be kind of a sound reference for me....pretty much the perfect thrash metal rhythm tone.
my tone CRUSHED his. for the first time ever. even my jcm800 didn't sound as good.
the 5150 sounds thick, with good mids, sizzly but not piercing treble, and a full bottom end that's not overpowering. that's with pretty much all controls at noon.
as for engl.....i'm not following any hype here. last year i bought a blackmore, and sold it to get a 5150. best gear related decision i've ever done, even though LOTSA internet folks told me the opposite..."duuude, don't do that, the blackmore rips the 5150 a new one"....BS!
having that said, i kinda wish i still had an engl.....i didn't really experiment a lot with different tubes...mine was loaded with stock engl tubes both pre and poweramp.......when i first got my 5150 it still had the old peavey preamp tubes....emphasis on OLD. sounded like shit. nowadays there's an EH 12ax7 in v1, and it's superglued there forever lol....best tube there is
very cool sound!
