Evh 5150 III 50 W 6L6 Head Stealth

No regrets

Amazing amplifier. This is my first tube amp after playing with boss katana and Quad cortex. I am very happy with the sound quality, versatility and overall “feel” of this amp. My modeller now sounds like a toy when I play this amp model on it. This is a real deal and although nowadays technology is great, a real tube amp feel is irreplaceable. I also liked how good the master volume is, you can play at low volumes while still getting decent tones. But with an attenuator it’s even better.

Beast of an amp!

This amp will not disappoint! Great cleans, great crunch mode on blue channel and all the gain you want on the red!!!

Best metal amp (an much more) for the money

If you are in to high gain amps and looking for something portable with great tone, this is a steal. The difference with the regular 6l6 is a change in the voicing, shifting the mids higher and adding low end, making it feel clearer and more precise.

Green channel: Amazing bell like type cleans that didn't expect. Put a strat on it and will give a fat clear sound all day.

Blue channel: Amazin, rich distortion with lots of high mids and clarity. It is as tight as it needs to be to have low end clarity but at the same time feels big with lots of body. The distortion has a dry character (not too spongy, saggy) taking od pedals in front extremely well, as it makes it more compressed and easier in the fingers. Also, try putting low output pickups with the gain below noon, to get a plexi on 10 like tone.

Red channel: Laughable amounts of gain that can get very easily over the top. I try to eq it to get as close to the Blue, while being a bit gainier and fuller sounding for lead work. Sustain for days!!!

Extra Info:

- The amp has so much gain that can sound good at very low volumes. Having said that, i feel that even when pushing the master past 1, it becomes a different beast.

- The footswitch is built like a tank and feels rock solid.

Overall, it is the best high gain amp for the market it competes in. Buy it without a second thought.

One of the best rock/metal amps

The EVH 5150 III was always going to be a 'humdinger' of an amp, but this one honestly is quite incredible if you play rock or metal. Having said that, in fact this amp can be used in nearly all styles, but the rock/metal is well suited.

The clean channel can be pristine if you need that with lots of headroom. The blue channel (or channel 2) can go from simple break up to high gain and more than some might want... but that red channel (Channel 3) for me is what makes this THE metal amp that you have got to try. It's quality too is exceptional. I reviewed this amp inside and out and the overall design, components and though have gone in to this guitar amp.

Sounds - oh there are so many tones - its a brilliant amp for shredders!

One thing though to bear in mind is that this amp has one of the highest gains in channel 3 (the red channel) that I have seen on any amp and while that's great, you might never crank the channel gain past about three or four!

I still have this amp and it is highly recommended - Fender did a great job and I scored this in my review at an (unsurprising) 10/10.

But it!

Really great amp

Awesome 3 channel amp with great features.

Pros:

A) 3 modern sounding channels. Clean, gain, insane gain all midi controllable

B) 2 separate eqs, one for clean and gain, and one for ultra-gain.

C) Resonance knob on the back can really adjust low end punch to taste for palm mutes stuff etc.

D) All the gain and saturation you will ever need. No overdrive in front of amp is needed as the low end is really tight and punchy and the attack is strong.

E) Really good clean channel ranging for truly clean to breakup

F) Great size and weight for 50 watter

G) Sounds really good even at very low volumes (even below 1)

CONS:

Really not so important but:

A) Shared eq between clean and crunch….considering that many amps have one eq for all channels it’s not really uncommon. Personally I can find a good setting so both crunch and clean sound good. Still it would be perfect if this shared eq could have concentric knobs like gain and volumes have so we could have 3 eqs, one for each channel.

B) On-off and standby switch on the back of the amp! Not really a functional drawback but it is a bit annoying reaching at the back sometimes :P

Would certainly buy it again if it was lost or stolen!

Superb metal amp

Excellent amp with great features and superb natural “voice”. It’s a total weapon of mass destruction. I waited for this amp for 2,5 months and I’m glad I didn’t swap it for some other model. I have it hooked to a 4x12 with V30s and I’m 100% satisfied.

Perfect for metal

Perfect for metal I am Using most the red channel with out boost and I have to say I am excited with the sound remind me something between Obituary and Death the sound

Used with torpedo live and Fortin custom USA 30 cab simulator from two notes!