5150 cab!!!!!!

[Nitro Express]

The 5150II has an extr tube dedicated to the clean channel. The 5150 is a high gain buzz saw. The 5150 II has a more refined clean channel. I hardly ever use the lead channel. I used the clean channel with the crunch button engaged.

This is whee Ted Nugent is running his and he was getting some great tone last time I saw him. You can even get a old VH tone if you work at it.

I like the 5150 II because it does a little bit of everything pretty good. Its pretty peddle friendly as well. I load the front end with a Fuzz Face and a Phase 90 and nail a good Voodoo Chile. I even use the high gain for some wierd Hendrix shit.

Every guitar I have sounds good through the 5150 II. Basically, it's all I take to gigs now. A 5150 II halfstack.

[Eyes of the Night]

I liked the lead channel on my II ... I never tried the clean channel with a distortion pedal ... guess I shoulda but never liked any pedals out there ... besides the II's lead gain is massive and raw ... which is my forte' ... RAW

[Nitro Express]

There's much to explore in that lead channel. All I know is I had a Les Paul screaming through it and the sustain was massive!

[Eyes of the Night]

Yeah Nitro, agreed ...

I think the best thing I ever did was using a Marshall 1969A cab with it ... and switching the tubes out to get rid of the Halenish Hagar tone ...

[Nitro Express]

The more I use my 5150 II the more I like it. It's a fun amp to diddle with. I've done some preamp tube experimentation using different ones in different spots. I have a NOS Telefunken in the V2 spot and that sweetened up the sound.

Peavey ships these things out with a cold bias and the cheapest tubes they could score a deal on. A low idle current draw and Chinese Sino tubes isn't a tone wonder. You have to play with these things a bit.

Once you get the bias and tubes figured out, it's the only amp you need. It will do clean, it will do classic tone, it will scream harder than a Soldano.