Dave's 5150 head

[indeedido]

Don't think I'm buying this story. Can't see Dave's band using these in '97 or now. 1959 plexi all the way.

From ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Peavey-5150-Amplifier-Head_W0QQitemZ160131160428QQihZ006QQcategoryZ10171QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

DAvid Lee Roth's Head!!! This Peavey 5150 toured with Dave for about 6 months about ten years ago.

Dave bought 8 full stacks and used only #1 and #2 stacks and this was the #1 Head. Auction is for head only. The tech changed out the tubes and I dont know what they are but they are awesome.

Setting's that were used on the tour are dotted on the front faceplate.

Dave was not with Eddie of course so he had the 5150 taken off under the grill so he wouldnt advertise for him.

Dave had ten different amps to try out for the tour and just loved the 5150 sound so he bought 8 stacks. 6 were for show. This was the #1 used.

Own a piece of Rock n Roll history!!! Daves Head!!!

[BrownSound1]

Well I know for a FACT that a few of Dave's guitarists have used 5150s, but not by choice. Terry Kilgore used 'em. Bart Walsh used 'em..so ten years ago these were probably Bart's.

Note: I can't remember if Brian Young used them or Marshall TSLs or DSLs. He now endorses Mojave amplifiers...a much more Plexi based amp.

[Guitar Shark]

Originally posted by BrownSound1
Well I know for a FACT that a few of Dave's guitarists have used 5150s, but not by choice.

Yo BS1... just curious what you mean by "not by choice"... are you suggesting that Dave required them to use 5150s or did you mean something different?

[ELVIS]

Hell no, thiat's a bunch of crap!

(Not you, counselor...)

Someone else posted this crap tha last time this fool tried to rip someone off with that amp...

At that time I sent him a very nice email (LMAO) and I never recieved a reply...

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by BrownSound1
I can't remember if Brian Young used them or Marshall TSLs or DSLs. He now endorses Mojave amplifiers...a much more Plexi based amp.

And he still probably sounds like crap...

Yeah yeah yeah, I'm sure he's a nice guy and all that, but he was NEVER worthy of David Lee Roth...

[Nitro Express]

I think it's BS. Dave pretty much let's his guitarists choose what they want to use. If he doen't dig you at the audition he isn't interested. Dave never struck me as knowing much about guitar gear.

[Nitro Express]

I read an interview with James Brown who designed the 5150 series of amplifiers. He also designed the Joe Satriani amp.

He said what Ed wanted was balls to the wall to where you would have to dial back the gain. Mr. Brown said they were always tweaking the 5150 and there were many versions of it that never made it to market. They came up with a good crunch sound and decided to put that in the 5150 combo. That is where you can get some warmth out of a 5150 and I've heard big fans of Marshalls get a good tone happening with a 5150 combo. The circuit in that amp is tottaly different than the 5150 head.

Mr. Brown said they voiced the amps to Ed's ear and the combo was tweaked and voiced right at 5150 over a period of sevral months.

That amp can do classic VH pretty good as can the new Fender 5150 III. The secret is to stay out of the high gain channel and be in the crunch channel. I never used the clean channel anyways so I always had the crunch button pushed in.

[Nitro Express]

One reason the Peavey 5150 was never warmed up was Peavey was selling them to death metal guitar players more than the aging Van Halen fans. Eddie and Hartley Peavey had big go arounds on using 25 watt speakers because Hartley values reliability but Ed couldn't get his tone. Ed was pushing everything to the edge. Speakers, tubes, transformers. He sound is partly equipment ready to blow. Now how do you replicate that in something reliable? Kind of hard.

[Nitro Express]

The person who can get great tone out of 5150's is Ted Nugent. He sounds better through those than his Fender Dual Showmans.

[ELVIS]

I was looking for a good example of Ted's 5150 tone but I found this instead...

Too bad the sound sucks...

[Nitro Express]

The best place to hear his tone is on the Full Frontal Nugity DVD. He's on top of his game and has a great band.

[Nitro Express]

Not the best recording but the buzziness of the 5150 everyone hates is gone in Ted's sound. He uses stock Gibson guitars with the original pickups and he's playing stuff from the late 50's and 60's.

I have found 5150's are at their best with weaker humbuckers. The amp hates Strats and is deffinately a humbucker amp and likes old aged PAF styled pickups. The amp warms up and has a set of balls like you wouldn't believe. Is it an old Marshall? No.

[Eddie's Booze]

Originally posted by Nitro Express
One reason the Peavey 5150 was never warmed up was Peavey was selling them to death metal guitar players more than the aging Van Halen fans. Eddie and Hartley Peavey had big go arounds on using 25 watt speakers because Hartley values reliability but Ed couldn't get his tone. Ed was pushing everything to the edge. Speakers, tubes, transformers. He sound is partly equipment ready to blow. Now how do you replicate that in something reliable? Kind of hard.

Easy....

[BrownSound1]

Originally posted by Guitar Shark
Yo BS1... just curious what you mean by "not by choice"... are you suggesting that Dave required them to use 5150s or did you mean something different?

That's EXACTLY what I meant.

[EAT MY ASSHOLE]

Originally posted by BrownSound1
That's EXACTLY what I meant.

Sharky sometimes needs things spelled out for him in explicit, specific detail. I used to think it was a lawyer thing, but over time it became more and more evident that he's merely someone's idiot twin.