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MetalMike_II
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For owners of these things.
I love how the high gain channel knob (the pre) is so linear! You turn it up a little, you get a little more gain, no big jumps going up or cut-offs when backing down. Up past 8, that compression thing....
Man, what a warm amp. I was feeling naughty for a minute and I super-scooped the lead channel. Still had plenty of mids, punch, bite. It's like settings aren't so important with this amp, it always sounds good.
I've had mine (6505+) for a few days. Just playin away with little or no regard for tweakin or knob-fiddlin or FX. Just guitar->Boss Noise Suppressor->amp. I did try sticking the Boss NS-2 in the loop, and it was as horrifying as with all the other high-gain amps when I tried that. But never mind that just yet.
No other amp I've had has been so plug and play. Every one of them, from good or so-so to great, had knobs that beckoned me: um, maybe a little more of this and a little less of that, then if I crank this here...no...okay how bout this then...--forever. Even my old mighty Bogner was that way for me. Not necessarily a bad thing, mostly just me learning or getting confused by my sonic head trips or things I thought I heard, or the amplifier was complex, or, the way the controls interacted, or--well I don't know! So much about them is hard to quantify, and describe in words.
I don't think I could have appreciated my 6505+ if I hadn't spent so much time with all those other amps. In fact, in the early 90s, I didn't appreciate the 5150. I was too busy going goo-goo ga-ga over the VHTs, Bedrocks, Bogners, Marshall Anniversaries, Soldanos, and so on.
But now, it's like an albatross is no longer hanging around my neck. I feel more free. If I do want something different, I've got another big amp or I can buy something, but meanwhile, I've got a go-to workhorse for practice and composing without that addictive need to fiddle with it; I am no longer a slave to the knobs.
It's more about the music finally.
But here's the point of the thread, the 5150 original/II & 6505 original/+:
How do you guys run them?
What FX? in the front, or in the loop?
What tubes do you like in it?
What cabs do you like for it?
What styles do you play, tunings, what guitars through it?
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What are some of your favorite settings?
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If you share settings, please also share your guitar/style info. I mean if I didn't know that maybe you tune down so that the strings are just flopping, the settings you like might not make sense to me. Though I actually doubt that since the amp sounds confident at any setting.
Do you think, as opposed to other brands or models, that they are pretty consistent from amp to amp? I've only played a few really, and except for one or two, not that much.
What's your favorite specific thing about it? Please decribe, and how it applies.
Thanks Virtual Kevorkian for slappin my head about it. It got me to take a good careful look at it, and I am glad I did. Pleased as I've ever been about any piece of gear I bought.
Forum: where's my award for Most Long-winded Posts?
I love how the high gain channel knob (the pre) is so linear! You turn it up a little, you get a little more gain, no big jumps going up or cut-offs when backing down. Up past 8, that compression thing....
Man, what a warm amp. I was feeling naughty for a minute and I super-scooped the lead channel. Still had plenty of mids, punch, bite. It's like settings aren't so important with this amp, it always sounds good.
I've had mine (6505+) for a few days. Just playin away with little or no regard for tweakin or knob-fiddlin or FX. Just guitar->Boss Noise Suppressor->amp. I did try sticking the Boss NS-2 in the loop, and it was as horrifying as with all the other high-gain amps when I tried that. But never mind that just yet.
No other amp I've had has been so plug and play. Every one of them, from good or so-so to great, had knobs that beckoned me: um, maybe a little more of this and a little less of that, then if I crank this here...no...okay how bout this then...--forever. Even my old mighty Bogner was that way for me. Not necessarily a bad thing, mostly just me learning or getting confused by my sonic head trips or things I thought I heard, or the amplifier was complex, or, the way the controls interacted, or--well I don't know! So much about them is hard to quantify, and describe in words.
I don't think I could have appreciated my 6505+ if I hadn't spent so much time with all those other amps. In fact, in the early 90s, I didn't appreciate the 5150. I was too busy going goo-goo ga-ga over the VHTs, Bedrocks, Bogners, Marshall Anniversaries, Soldanos, and so on.
But now, it's like an albatross is no longer hanging around my neck. I feel more free. If I do want something different, I've got another big amp or I can buy something, but meanwhile, I've got a go-to workhorse for practice and composing without that addictive need to fiddle with it; I am no longer a slave to the knobs.
It's more about the music finally.
But here's the point of the thread, the 5150 original/II & 6505 original/+:
How do you guys run them?
What FX? in the front, or in the loop?
What tubes do you like in it?
What cabs do you like for it?
What styles do you play, tunings, what guitars through it?
****************************************
What are some of your favorite settings?
****************************************
If you share settings, please also share your guitar/style info. I mean if I didn't know that maybe you tune down so that the strings are just flopping, the settings you like might not make sense to me. Though I actually doubt that since the amp sounds confident at any setting.
Do you think, as opposed to other brands or models, that they are pretty consistent from amp to amp? I've only played a few really, and except for one or two, not that much.
What's your favorite specific thing about it? Please decribe, and how it applies.
Thanks Virtual Kevorkian for slappin my head about it. It got me to take a good careful look at it, and I am glad I did. Pleased as I've ever been about any piece of gear I bought.
Forum: where's my award for Most Long-winded Posts?
