The 5150/6505 club

[Key_Maker]

+ TS9, ISP Decimator and Korg Pitchblack
Guitars are Jaden Rose S2 (with BKP Painkiller) and Ibanez RGT6EXFX (with BKP Aftermath)

EDIT: Also, how the fuck do you guys manage to get a decent clean tone? Mine is horribly shrill and has no low end and it starts to distort at like 2 gain with the volume at practice levels.

I did a modification to mine replacing the 12ax7 on V6 (first one from right to left) for a 5751 (also works an 12at7 and 12au7), it lowers the gain on clean and you can have some nice clean tone till the pre knob at 13 o'clock where the low end opens and makes some nice "fenderish" tone.

 

[Double A]

EDIT: Also, how the fuck do you guys manage to get a decent clean tone? Mine is horribly shrill and has no low end and it starts to distort at like 2 gain with the volume at practice levels.

I use an eq pedal in the loop that helps immensely with clean tones and distorted tones.

 

[asher]

I use an eq pedal in the loop that helps immensely with clean tones and distorted tones.

That's what I do, though I'm still hammering out settings for my MXR 10-band. Any suggestions?

What guitar is that ibby? Looks like my dream ibanez...

It's a 7421 that I sanded down and tung oiled (found a nice maple veneer underneath ) and ebonized the fretboard on. Pickups are D-Sonic and Blaze, with a push-pull coil split. The miniswitch used to be a phase switch but I just disconnected it when I put the D-Sonic in.

 

[Razzy]

My chain goes guitar -> Deltalab TD1 as a clean boost -> 5150 II with a Rocktron Hush Super C in the loop -> Mesa Recto 4x12 cabinet.

I have a couple other pedals up front, but they're only used in certain things, and are far from being part of my overall tone.

 

[broj15]

I'll officially be joining the club by the end of the week. Saw a used 5150 II pop up on the used section of guitar center and jumped on it. I will be posting pics when it gets here

 

[morbider]

Here's my 6505. Running through a Mesa Traditional 4x12 with V30's.

The rig would be incomplete without this.

 

[cwhitey2]

^ DUDE...you have the best pedal board ever!!!


Anyways I'm glad I can finally join a club on here

I'm running a 5150 into a Basson 412 and it sounds killer.

 

[Necky379]

Sign me up

Mods:
OEI Plexi spec output transformer
Bias Mod
Mercury Magnetics choke
Tractor Paint VH stripes on the backplate

Current Settings (different than the settings in the pics):
Lead Pre - 2
Low - 6.5
Mid - 5
High - 6
Res - 4.5
Pres - 8

Rig:
5150
Marshall 1960TV (oversized slant) w/Greenbacks
MXR GT-OD (boost) output- 3/4 tone- full gain- 0
Boss Super Chorus - Rate all the way down EQ just a hair up from all the way at low, on all the time.
Boss NS2
Boss GE7 eq in the loop boosting mids, slight boost in the upper mids, slight cut in lowest band/highest band, slight cut in low mids.


Sounds amazing

 

[AxeHappy]

I've used a 5150 2x12 for about a decade now. I've cut the "Head" part off and plan on smoothing out and re-tolexing the whole thing.

 

[Sepultorture]

i wish i had time and a band again, i miss my 6505 like hell, got the beast Djeth metal tones outta that sucker with a Mesa Stiletto 4x12, Maxon OD 808 and an ISP decimator, that and warpig loaded apex 2, got that shit was straight murderous tone.

no time, got baby, no band, can't rceord it that well at home. i miss you 6505

 

[widdlywhaa]

Joined today

I always come back to this amp. this time I'm not straying from it Xb.

I can't wait to mix it with my VH-150 in stereo.

 

[kmanick]

My 5150 II (this is my 3rd one )
I never got the front face plate with mine so I left it open to "breath"
clean boost in front, MXR 10 band n the loop=

 

[amarshism]

Pow!

 

[Zerox8610]

Am I in the club?? :3

 

[capoeiraesp]

I'm sure there are many more additions needed to this thread.

 

[PureImagination]

I just got mine in the mail yesterday!

 

[PureImagination]

I just got mine in the mail yesterday!

Oops computer was weird

 

[Kali Yuga]

Joined today

I always come back to this amp. this time I'm not straying from it Xb.

I can't wait to mix it with my VH-150 in stereo.

I used to run a VH140C in stereo with a 6505 as the only guitarist in a band. The VH140C had a rough time combating the 6505's presence. You could tell it was there, but it wasn't really adding anything or complimenting the 6505. I had much better results with other amplifiers and used the VH140C on it's own. Fireball 100, Dual Rectifier, even a solid state Randall RH200 sounds really good though.

Has anybody here owned both the 5150 III 100w and 50w? I have a 50w and it's a phenomenal amp, but I've never played the 100w version and I've been getting curious about it. I really don't need more volume, a separate EQ for the clean channel, or less gain on the blue channel, but some people saying more headroom has more punch for high gain, and I'm wondering if channel three sounds better on the 100w because of that.

 

[capone1]

Count me in.

I got a nice craigslist trade and the beast is brutal.

 

[funkyXtunky]

1st post, and what better thread to do so?!