Stupid question

[TruNikkaz]

After i got raped on this forum i have decided to ask questions instead of make statements lol.

But since I have witnessed that a 5150 has such a horrible lean tone, what have u guys experimented with to redeem the clean tone on it?

 

[53Crëw]

I actually got a pretty good clean out of mine yesterday, even with the bias set cold. Green channel, gain on about 2, master about 4-5. Crunch button out, bright pushed in. Bass around 7, Mid 3.5, Treble about 6. Pickups were JB bridge/59 neck.

I wasn't pounding the strings, though. It was a picked intro.

I know in general though, people complain about the cleans.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I don't care for them at all my fender woops da shit out of it. But anyhow, try dimeing the post gain on the green ch and only put the post up as high as you need for loudness.

 

[Glenn Fricker]

I usually turn off the afterburner in my Recto & record clean with that.


The 5150 is more of a one-trick pony, but man, what a trick!


99% of the time, I'm working with distorted guitars, so might as well get something that's amazing for that 99%


If you absolutely must record cleans with a 5150, use the NORMAL gain input, green channel, crunch OUT, & be very, very gentle with the gain staging.

 

[Metaltastic]

Yeah, the low gain input really helps, but without a bias mod, it's still quite disgusting