WOW: My 5150 just arrived..

CJWall

CJWall

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And holy shit, it gives my ENGL a good run for it's money. I turned it on, plugged in and did some mindless chugging and had an instant grin.

I had one years ago but I was really, really young and didn't really have any acquired or specific tastes in sound.

I think I'm in love! :Saint:

It's also the cleanest block letter I think I've ever seen. Amazing.

Who wants to buy my Fireball? haha, I kid, I kid.
 
J.DavisNJ said:
Nice bro!

I expect clips both mic'd and with impulses. Got it?? :-D

I keed...well no really, make some!

-Joe
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For sure my friend! I owe JB some HM-2 clips, so I'll try to throw those in as well.

Going to try mic'ed first.. maybe do a shootout between the GT75's and V30's in my cab or something. Dunno.
 
Nice dude...HM-2?? Educate me! I'm still on the fence about that 003 man. Are you using PTLE to track and mix at the moment?? I'm using Logic right now. Pro Tools seems so much simpler in the interface, etc.

-Joe
 
Mostly just mixing. I love my 003R. Overall, it works flawlessy and sounds great. Automation is a fucking godsend in PT and is half the reason why I love working with it during mixing. I find myself paying more attention to gain-staging as well. The routing rocks and it's very quick to get around in. Only thing is it's kind of a CPU hog, at least more so than Cubase.

I still prefer to use Cubase for composing/tracking my own stuff, solely for it's MIDI. If PT had a drum map and MIDI features more akin to Cubase, I'd be all over it.

Oh, and the HM-2 is a grind machine made by Boss in the 80's. Instant Nasum, haha. It'd be cool for layering. I'll make some clips over my vacation in the next week!
 
CJWall said:
Mostly just mixing. I love my 003R. Overall, it works flawlessy and sounds great. Automation is a fucking godsend in PT and is half the reason why I love working with it during mixing. I find myself paying more attention to gain-staging as well. The routing rocks and it's very quick to get around in. Only thing is it's kind of a CPU hog, at least more so than Cubase.

I still prefer to use Cubase for composing/tracking my own stuff, solely for it's MIDI. If PT had a drum map and MIDI features more akin to Cubase, I'd be all over it.

Oh, and the HM-2 is a grind machine made by Boss in the 80's. Instant Nasum, haha. It'd be cool for layering. I'll make some clips over my vacation in the next week!
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Cool, thanks for the info man. Looking forward to clips.

-Joe
 
Gnash said:
Welcome to the club,bro! I should be getting mine back from the shop within the next couple of days, with all new tubes and a bias mod.
:rock:
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Hey man,

If you wouldn't mind posting a review/comparison after the mod is done that would be great!

-Joe
 
Gnash said:
Welcome to the club,bro! I should be getting mine back from the shop within the next couple of days, with all new tubes and a bias mod.
:rock:
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Where did you get your bias mod done at? I want to bias mod my 6505 but i dont know if its worth the money. Couldnt just a normal amp tech be able to do it?
 
I have a 5150 as well and the difference betweeen non modded bias and modded bias is HUGE! The head I have was set too cold at 19ma, I boosted it to 36ma and the fuzz is gone gone gone. The amp is definately tighter in the low end and the tone is more sweet. I also retubed it the same time so I can't say how much that affected it, but on the scope the curve is definately more true.
 
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