To listen to Andy's 5150 raw tone

[Sly]

Do you know if Andy ever posted a raw extract of 5150 miced with a 57 somewhere (tubescreamer added or not) ?

I have some raw Krank tones of him, found in his tubescreamer and cab comparisons, it's a great reference in terms of balance and clarity for me. I'd love to hear the same thing with another amp, especially the 5150. If it exists, please can you post the link ?

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I thought those TS comparisons were 5150 not Krank.

...in fact I looked this up and the Cab tests were done with 5150, see below:

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/andy-sneap/213350-new-samples-v30-vs-eminence-sm57-vs-i5.html

Yes, I'm an O.G. here.

 

[Keregioz]

the link in the thread doesn't work.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

the link in the thread doesn't work.

ya but it's referring to the link that's in the Useful Links...

In fact I looked into this a wee bit more (why spend time getting laid when you can do fun stuff like this?) and this is for the record:

the Tube Screamer comparison is (TS-->)Krank-->boogie-->I5
the Cab comparison is 5150-->cabinet-->mic

 

[felipe-x]

why andy dont want to do post like that one anymore ?

 

[felipe-x]

http://www.andysneap.com/media/speakers/


http://www.andysneap.com/media/tubescreamer/

there!

 

[Sly]

Thanks guys, I thought it was Krank, but wow how can he gets THAT MUCH smooth sizzle from the 5150 ? I tried to mic mine yesterday, I got a pretty cool result, but a bit too much low mids (even with the mids knob at 0 ; maybe a tube issue there) and lacking a bit of sizzle, even with presence around 8,5.
I guess it really depends on the guitar and pickups too.

 

[GuitarHack]

Yeah Sly, that mid-honk can be a bitch on the 5150/6505. Then again in the right hands it can be great. Shame I don't have the right hands.

 

[Sly]

Yeah right, I can get a very good sizzle easily with the Engl Powerball, with the 5150 it sounds big but lacks clarity, I think I should try to swap my preamp tubes dans put some Electro Harmonix in there, which are known to sound more brutal than JJ ones.

 

[~BURNY~]

Maybe try a EI elite gold on the V1 slot. Very clear and aggressive tone.
The only downside is it adds more gain which might be overkill for a 5150.
Also be sure to check the bias if applicable.

 

[Machinated]

I'm using the stock tubes with my 6505, and love the results I get (through both Marshall and Mesa cabs).

 

[Sly]

Stock tubes sound cool, but I can't remember which brand is it ?
Ei are hard to find these days, I read somewhere they were not produced anymore.

 

[~BURNY~]

http://www.tube-town.net/ttstore/index.php/cat/c30_Ei---Ei-Elites.html
I think my brother has several EI in stock at his shop... PM me If you want.

 

[Sly]

It's interesting : I just remembered that the stock tubes I had in my 5150 were three EH as V1, V3 and V4 ; one Groove Tubes ECC83 as V2 ; one Sovtek LPS as V5. All that with Svetlana 6L6 power tubes.
I have to try the original preamp tubes for recording, I'll post a link here for a comparison, just to see if I can get a better overall clarity in the high-mids

 

[phatfil]

http://www.andysneap.com/media/tubescreamer/

what is the amp / cab / mic used?

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

Thanks guys, I thought it was Krank, but wow how can he gets THAT MUCH smooth sizzle from the 5150 ? I tried to mic mine yesterday, I got a pretty cool result, but a bit too much low mids (even with the mids knob at 0 ; maybe a tube issue there) and lacking a bit of sizzle, even with presence around 8,5.
I guess it really depends on the guitar and pickups too.

Have you tried cranking the presence all the way and then LP filtering it back down? This helps....yeah, but I feel you on that sizzle thing.