5150/6505 owners
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CaptainWhizz
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Re: 5150/6505 owners
How about Jet City?
How about Jet City?
CaptainWhizz
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Re: 5150/6505 owners
Fair play, they are more versatile.
Fair play, they are more versatile.
NecroPolo
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Re: 5150/6505 owners
They are sort of descended from a 'rod Marshall sound, but the execution is still quite different. There is massively more body, punch and grit, more 'modern' flavour and feel. I don't mean that with '80s chops, gutar touch and suitable gain they can't produce something like that, they are just not '80s by nature.
My best bet would be a cheap but awesome RnR workhorse Origin 20 head with a dedicated booster pedal. Also, the mini Peavey 6505MH or the EVH LBX heads are worth checking. Or a tiny power amp and an AMT S1 / S2 preamp pedal that is voiced after the king of the era Soldano SLO100 head - but that's a whole different story.
They are sort of descended from a 'rod Marshall sound, but the execution is still quite different. There is massively more body, punch and grit, more 'modern' flavour and feel. I don't mean that with '80s chops, gutar touch and suitable gain they can't produce something like that, they are just not '80s by nature.
My best bet would be a cheap but awesome RnR workhorse Origin 20 head with a dedicated booster pedal. Also, the mini Peavey 6505MH or the EVH LBX heads are worth checking. Or a tiny power amp and an AMT S1 / S2 preamp pedal that is voiced after the king of the era Soldano SLO100 head - but that's a whole different story.
Seraphial
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Re: 5150/6505 owners
Yeah, I'm currently looking at the 6505 MH. As I live in an apartment I need to be able to tone it down now and then, so the switchable attenuation and headphone jack is a plus. Reverb and having a dedicated clean channel also helps (though I'm assuming the clean isn't great by Fender standards). Of course, none of that matters if the tone isn't there!
Yeah, I'm currently looking at the 6505 MH. As I live in an apartment I need to be able to tone it down now and then, so the switchable attenuation and headphone jack is a plus. Reverb and having a dedicated clean channel also helps (though I'm assuming the clean isn't great by Fender standards). Of course, none of that matters if the tone isn't there!
NecroPolo
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Re: 5150/6505 owners
"Almost functional" is what comes to my mind in a head-to-head comparison with the cleans of a good Fender amp
It's definitely not made for this.
"Almost functional" is what comes to my mind in a head-to-head comparison with the cleans of a good Fender amp
It's definitely not made for this.
JesusCrisp
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Re: 5150/6505 owners
Laney Ironheart may be worth a look.
Laney Ironheart may be worth a look.
misterwhizzy
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Re: 5150/6505 owners
I’d suggest looking at the Blackstar Venue series, maybe the HT-20.
I’d suggest looking at the Blackstar Venue series, maybe the HT-20.
SirJackdeFuzz
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Re: 5150/6505 owners
. . . we all prefer differant sounds and hear things very differantly from one another . . . but i will take THIS sound (95% of the time) over any hotrodded Marshall tone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoVfNUiba5A
. . . we all prefer differant sounds and hear things very differantly from one another . . . but i will take THIS sound (95% of the time) over any hotrodded Marshall tone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoVfNUiba5A
SirJackdeFuzz
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Re: 5150/6505 owners
I will take this over any DSL/TSL (Marshall's ''hot rod amps'').
YMMV
I will take this over any DSL/TSL (Marshall's ''hot rod amps'').
YMMV
