Strat stripes on a Wolfy!? ...

[Eyes of the Night]

Originally posted by Cathedral


Got a few questions though, why you hiding the 5150 and the Peavey logo's with tape?

And what tubes are you running in that beast?

That Wolfie was used when you got it, right?

Maybe we can have a forum Jam-Off once you get it all together?
A little friendly competition amongst friends?

Wella, I'm hiding everything but the "II" because I don't want peeps to know what I'm playing when they go "that dude has some phat tone, what is he playing through?" ... Lol

Stock tubes ... what else is there that you would recomend?

FJamoff is a cool idea ... I was just going to upload some 1 min audio or video clips from a shitty 30 dollar webcam tonight ... you would smoke me, you know that ...

I'm like the Kurt Cobain of Rock ... was tought you can play sloppy if you have tons of passion ...


Used? For 1598.00 I sure wouldn't hope so! ... buwahaha True though, about halfway through after the paint RAN like a bitch I was saying "did I just fuck up this axe?" ... a tear gleamed from my eye, shook it off and in the end or as of right now she plays like BUTTER!


Oh and that setup was or is pretty much thrown out the window cept for da flange, chorus. and phase ...

Actually was thinking TC Gm7, you know just stick it in the effects loop and let her be ... until I found out she doesn't read anything dropped under E flat and my mission to keep it as dry as I can and let the II do her work naturally would be thrown out da window ...

[Eyes of the Night]

Originally posted by Matt White
Very cool paint job Eyes! The wolfie looks hella kewl!

Gracias ... I have an Ibanez dt200 Destroyer on its way that I'll stripe too ... but prob custom stripes and or colors than the ones that are found on the cover of WACF ...

[Cathedral]

Originally posted by Eyes
Wella, I'm hiding everything but the "II" because I don't want peeps to know what I'm playing when they go "that dude has some phat tone, what is he playing through?" ... Lol

Stock tubes ... what else is there that you would recomend?

FJamoff is a cool idea ... I was just going to upload some 1 min audio or video clips from a shitty 30 dollar webcam tonight ... you would smoke me, you know that ...

I'm like the Kurt Cobain of Rock ... was tought you can play sloppy if you have tons of passion ...


Used? For 1598.00 I sure wouldn't hope so! ... buwahaha True though, about halfway through after the paint RAN like a bitch I was saying "did I just fuck up this axe?" ... a tear gleamed from my eye, shook it off and in the end or as of right now she plays like BUTTER!


Oh and that setup was or is pretty much thrown out the window cept for da flange, chorus. and phase ...

Actually was thinking TC Gm7, you know just stick it in the effects loop and let her be ... until I found out she doesn't read anything dropped under E flat and my mission to keep it as dry as I can and let the II do her work naturally would be thrown out da window ...

WoW, you did that to a new axe, shame shame on you buddy, lmmfao.
It looks great in my opinion, don't get me wrong. I guess my point of view is from the perspective that i've done all that already and wish i hadn't, lol.

As for those stock Sovtek tubes, they are garbage and have very little warmth for that amp.
I highly recommend a set of JJ's from Eurotubes to wake that fucker up. you will be amazed at how much better the amp will sound with them installed.

Here's the link so you can do some research on them, but you won't be sorry if you give them a shot.

Eurotubes

By the way, Ed's Frankie looked like shit up close, but it just wouldn't have the right flavor if it looked like glass.
We had a 5150 Kramer of Ed's that toured the Guitar Centers when i worked there many moons ago. It looked like shit as well, and his action was set very high compared to my Charvel.
I have no clue if it was adjusted by anyone during it's trips, but i was told it was the way Ed used it.
It was a treat to noodle where my once great hero's hands noodled when he was a decent musician.

I am glad to see you finally have some decent gear though. That rig will bring you many years of enjoyment i do believe.

Roth On!

[GAR]

I would get a set of the new Groove Tubes reissues for the 6CA7!!! (oh, like I take my own advice ever) Hey, I am on this one!

Take the amp to a guitar tech and adjust the plate voltage to 700Volts. If the power transformer chokes out and wont go that high go as high as it can, then get a Variac till you find out how long the stock tranny will last running at 140.

I do notice the first-year 5150s transformers were custom made.. oversized probably indicates a higher possible tweaktitude for higher plate voltage, thats' just an observation here..

But boosting the input voltage with a Variac will turn up the output voltage and get you close, but if the stock shit Peavey tranny only goes to 525 then go to Mojotone.com and get a custom one that will do up to 650-750 output on them Big Bottles. You'll get a softer compression, deeper low end resonance, cleaner sounding and faster sizzle on the distortion and crisper harmonic overtones rippling off the higher notes when doing single-string tricks and excercises..

[Eyes of the Night]

GAR, if I ever go on tour your're my TECH!!! ...

650-750 it is then ... peavey techs said "it's the way ed wants em" and that I would blow many of tubes up and that it would be expensive ...

Not if I beef up the voltage and tranny it sounds like ... what about the bias? ... what does that do? ...

[GAR]

The Bias is the number of fiberglas treads on the..

[GAR]

Sorruy - I cunt help it..

Try "google" with search terms such as "amp tube bias biasing" or a combination of them.

That's your amptech lesson of the week: Google. Now get a pot of coffee and 12 free hours of reading and studying open between changing diapers. You can do it..

[Eyes of the Night]

http://eyes5150.homestead.com/files/...es/~mr0001.wav ...


There's an audio clip for ya'll ...

[GAR]

I think I'd like to get a 5150-II because it has a built in monitor to the R-hand side I didn't know about.



Peavey's always been ahead of other manufacturers in the Mixed-Media products - who's pic is that for your screensaver?

[Eyes of the Night]

My daughter ... and it's a photo ... lmfao and on the very left is a scooby band aid ... and on the cab is a cut out addy for those beefy strings which btw are too beefy ...