Peavey 5150 212

ITs a 2004 its got basic you know what it had when you got it so cant $%@^& about that

sounds great pretty much ,,the average guitar selection lil harsh buta few good guys mod them cheap

THIS is where it gets good preamp section whant south ,,music store had it for a month then they thought they let peavey fix it,,well peavey had it for like ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 5 months came back working with no reverb but it worked huh pretty good hell no,,looked like sumbody beat the $%^& out of the face plate all &^%$#@ up on top of it still didnt work right ,,mind you this still looked like a brand new amp mark free,, never ever will i get anything peavey again if thats what there about :O(

look up many times

sucks i got a $%^&!@ one and they made it $%^&!@# cause it does sound nice

Not sure on the year, but it is more than five years old.

Amp is perfect for everything I play. Normally this consists of brutal metal, but I also love playing simple clean music which I believe this amp to handle just fine! 2 channels that are switchable. No headphone jack. No real features I could ask for.

I use this amp in my apartment (much to my neighbors dismay...) and to play with my band. This amp w/o an extra cabinet holds it's ground against drums and the other musicians without even turning the volume as loud as it will go. I actually found that the 5150 combo got louder volumes than my close friend's marshall jcm 900 head.

I play through a Epiphone Les Paul with humbuckers. This amp suits all my needs and more. The various tones you can get out of the Rhythmn channel cover anything I could ever dream of playing, and the Lead channel is full on metal pretty much. This amp is noisy as hell, even with a noise suppressor, but that is why they gave us a clean channel so you can foot switch after the song is over. You simply have to live with noise, any hi gain amp is going to hiss. I keep my gain around 7 and it creates a great deal of noise.

The clean channel gets as loud as my buddy's jcm 900 before distorting. He has the full half stack with a marshall 1960 cabinet, so I am not fretting about the clean volume at all. If you are playing a decent venue, everything will be mic'ed anyway, so you shouldn't worry about this.

The distortion is a God send in my opinion. There is something about the mesa and marshall tones that I just really don't like when playing metal. I have heard so many recordings of bands that I love and read how they played 5150's. If it is good enough for unearth, it is good enough for me (though I believe they got endorsed by someone else recently...)

The sounds out of this amp are incredible, and I know of a number of people that favor the combos to the heads. There are problems with the biasing on the heads that gives crossover distortion as well as poor clean tone. This can be modded, but it is going to cost you a pretty penny. More can be read here: http://www.eurotubes.com/euro-k.htm

This thing is a tank. I have never dropped it, but you can read the other reviews where people have dropped em' down entire flights of stairs and the entire amp is fine. The last band I was in, knocked a dual rectifier off a cabinet, and a tube blew. Can't say I have been in these situations enough to say that the 5150 is built better, but I am willing to put my money on this amp outlasting tons of others.

Never had a problem!

I have had this amp for a year now, and only had one tube fail. If this amp was stolen or lost, I would look for another 5150 combo.

I love the overall tone, volume, and over the top distortion. This amp does EVERYTHING I could possibly dream of, and I don't plan on ever parting with it.

Only thing I could possibly dislike is the freaking hiss, but there is not a SINGLE thing you can do about this on ANY high gain amp.
I compared this amp to my friend's marshall jcm 900 half stack, 5150 half stack, Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Half stack, and found that this amp had all the sounds I wanted for the price, and was still practical enough for me to jam with a drummer. Later on I plan on adding a cabinet to this amp for added volume, but mainly for stage presence. This amp does it all!

My amp was shipped out September 1993, I play mainly '80s style metal, and instrumental stuff(think Steve Vai). Lately, I've also been playing rock opera/broadway type stuff. Great sound through the amp, however if you play like $%^&, the amp will show it. Doesn't hide your tone. It is a tube/combo amb with two 12" speakers, hence the name 212 Combo. (Played a $3,000 Marshall half stack and this amp blows it away.)

Right now I have an ESP LTD KH-202(Kirk Hammett Sig.) and an ESP LTD EXP-200("Lawsuit Edition" Explorer) and both guitars sound great in it, the KH-202 has dual EMG HZ-4 passive pickups in it and the Explorer has dual duncan designed humbuckers, both sound great but I'm getting an EMG 81/60 or 85(neck) set up for the Explorer and I'm selling the KH-202 to get a ESP LTD Deluxe M-1000. The amp has great tone, pinch/natural harmonics are incredible sounding. Can get a good strat sound if you turn up the gain on the rythm channel and use it with destortion, but then again, who wants a strat sound? This amp wasn't made for Eric Clapton. The only problem with the amp is the noise the fuzzy "hiss" is constant on the rhythm channel and even louder on lead(less noticeable whilst playing on the lead, though). I think the tone is just friggin' killer, best amp I've played.

This amp is the definition of badass, weighs 84.5 pounds by itself, that by itself makes it strong as hell, built like a tank.

I did call Peavey at one time, whoever owned the amp before did not take care of the tubes, I got it used. It sounds great right now and will probably sound even better when I get new tubes/speakers in it, the post gain pot on the rhythm channel is dirty, (which obviously won't be the same on every 5150) so it makes a crackling noise when you turn it, but that's just with mine because the previous owner didn't take care of it. The company was very friendly/helpful and they helped me a lot, stayed on the phone with me for 20 minutes and helped me diagnose the problem, didn't get irate with me or anything. I definetely wouldn't mind dealing with them again, not sure on the warranty, got mine used, but I do know my local shop has a 1 year warranty on anything you buy from them.(Which has run out had it for 13 months now and still working great on old tubes/speakers/electronics.)

All you people need to stop !@#$%ing about not being able to find tones like Eddie Van Halen's or Zakk Wylde's or anything, any amp is made for you to find your own tone/sound, they just provide the sound and good electronics, playing guitar isn't about COPYING famous guitarists, play because you WANT to play, not for the money.

my amp is a 2000 and I like all the features. I put casters and handle (85 lbs) . The only bad point:The amp doesnt have crunch on/off on the footswich (footswitch cable lenght =20``--good-)

gibson lespaul classic 1960 (reissu),Boss GT6 ,Cry Baby Wha Pedal
5150 sound very good ... a truee tube sound, but dont abuse of pre amp gain, its a gain monster he can give a very very saturated sound ..BE CAREFUL!!

Heavy but very strong amp

5 years warranty are good but I didnt need it

a very versatile map to rock hard. try it and if its your amp you will know very fast. Its my amp.Is not very expensive and better tube give him a better sound

Built in 2002. Decent clean channel through low gain input, so that covers the clean. It is not a fender type clean but still very good. The amp is versatile enough for me. I play hard rock, metal and blues. Clean channel has the crunch switch which is very cool. Adds alot of gain and you can get alot of different tones on this channel alone with that switch. Good feature. Reverb is included. I only use it when playing clean. I gig every week with this amp. Plenty of power. Extremely loud and cuts through a full band well..

This is the best amp ever! Pure tube, sweet, warm, and nasty. I use a Peavey Wolfgang, Fender Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Standard and gibson es-335. I can get any rock and roll sound you can think of.I have played for 22 years and have not heard a finer sounding piece of gear. I have the matching 5150 cabinet and a Marshall 1960B cabinet That I can use with it. Both cabs sound great through it though I like the sound of the 5150 cab slightly better. It does Vintage 30 better than the real thing. The thing I like the most about it is its ability to sound great at low volumes and then just explodes and sounds 10 times better when loud (master at 4-5)The volume just slams you in the chest like a sledge hammer. I never take the gain on the lead channel above 4, I just crank the volume and that does the rest. There is a misconception that the more gain you use the better. This is not true. You must drive the output tubes as well to get a truly great sound. I played for years using too much distortion and it just thins out your sound. Cleaner = fatter tone and better technique. You just can't hide behind alot of distortion although this amp has more gain than You could ever use if you want it. This amp is also unforgiving to sloppy technique. If you can't play this amp will show it.

Never had a problem. Nuff said.

never had to deal with them .

Like I said , the best amp ever. Why pay more for tone?

I am not sure what year the amp was made in. I bought the combo used on Ebay. It has new power and pre amp tubes with less than 5 hours on them.
It has 3 channels, effects loop and a foot switch option.
We all know the specs
The amp is loud

I can't get close to any VH type sound. Think has nasaly mids. The EQ, presence and bright swtich (on rythym channel) are useless. They hardly do anything. I thought the amp was broken but the local repair shop gave it a clean bill of health.
The clean channel isn't very clean
The distortion is brutal and sounds like shit. Lead channel is not needed rythm channel has enough gain that anything past 7 is unusable.

I was able to dial in a Zakk Wylde type sound but that was it.
I've heard several audio clips of this combo producing a really good tone. I am completely disappointed and I no longer believe the sound clips I head came out of a 5150 combo.

I haven't had it long enough.

Called Peavey to get a replacement panel, (yeah I wanted to make it at least look pretty since it sounded so bad). After navigating through the PBS the phone in the parts center just rang and rang for 6 minutes nad 14 seconds.

I have been playing for 12 years. I am just getting back into it now after a 12 year hiatus.

1996 block letter 2X12 combo 60 of the LOUDEST watts I've ever heard.
everyone knows what these amps are all about feature wise so I'll just move on. I give it a 6 because I wish It had separate eq's for the 2 channels and I wish the crunch was included in the foot pedal.
got it used on Ebay from the original owner and he took really good care of it. looks brand new!
I wish it had a line out and a headphone jack but no biggie.

I play a Jackson SL2H-Mah soloist and GMW Charvel strat clone and a San Dimas Jackson bolt on strat. All 3 have Seymour Duncans in them.
I play mostly old school 80's type of rock/metal- Van halen, Ratt, Dokken, Ozzy, Yngwie,Megadeth etc, but I also play alot of fusion and some Jazz. This amp is not for fusion or jazz, it is a kick ass rock/metal amp period and as far as that goes I have to give this amp a 9. when I got it it still had the original chineese tubes in it. I did a total retube with JJ's and it made a very noticable difference. the lead channel on this thing is really noisy, but the JJ's did eliminate a lot of the hiss ( an ISP Decimator in the loop kills the rest), and the overall tone greatly improved. It also cleaned up the rhythm channel nicely, now it actually sounds good clean.
As far as what this amp is supposed to do,it does it really well. I have a real good Megadeth "Rust in Peace" tone dialed in right now on the rhythm channel with the crunch in. It just sounds f'n amazing, even at low volume this thing sounds great but it really shines when you turn up the post gain past 4, then WHOAHHHHHHHH, freaking loud as hell but man what a great sound you can get out of this thing.
When I plug in my GMW (solid maple quilt body and maple neck) and adjust the EQ a little bit and add on the slap back delay think Ratt" Lay it Down", it's almost like Warren is in the room with you!
The lead channel is great for .......... ah leads, the tone is voiced just a little differently on the lead channel from the rhythm channel and it gives you a little range in tone. I wish the crunch was included in the foot pedal but no biggie. I don't really get a real "Early Van Halen" sound out of this amp but I can get close enough. With a marshal cab with a mix of V30s and g12h-75s I know I could get real close. VhAholic (check it out http://www.jasonjosephphotography.com/soundclips.html)
nails that VH tone with his 5150 combo and I think the difference is in the speakers.
Regardless I love this amp!
I have a B-52 AT-212 combo that I use for Jazz and fusion and more mesa sounding metal tones,but for old school metal, browner tone
this amp just Kicks Ass! I'd give it a 10 but you really only get one tone out of this thing albeit it is a killer tone, so you lose 1 for lack of versatility.

haven't had it long enough to tell but it certainly is built like a truck. I don't expect to have any problems with this thing at all.

I have not ever dealt with Peavey but I've never heard anything bad. The Peavey forum is certainly helpful enough.

I've been playing on and off since 1975, I wish I had this amp back in the early 80's when I was doing a lot of gigging and playing all that cool 80's metal in clubs.
If this thing dies on me I would probably get a JSX combo, only because it's more versatile, and it sounds a little better at lower volumes than this does, but I think 5150s are a kick ass amp.
If I was playing in a metal band that was gigging out a lot, this would probably be my amp of choice. I can't ever imagine having a hard time cutting through the mix using one of these amps. This is easily the loudest 60 watt combo I've ever heard. the guy I got this from on ebay was the original owner and installed wheels and included the manual and a cover, and took really good care of it. so I did really well on this one. SCORE!

I bought the amp used on Ebay - I was told it is from 2000 or so. Features are pretty basic - Rhythm and lead channels both with gain controlls but no seperate Eq. It it also has effects loop and reverb. Beyond that what else do you need - it's a tube amp! If you want an amp to be able to model a hundred different amps buy solid state. One very large plus for this amp is that, at least mine, has a great sound at low volume and obviously it is a world shaker at high volume. I give it an 8 because it would be nice to have separate EQ controls for the channels

I have had this amp for about 18 months and have been foolishly trying to scale down and get rid the 5150 since I bought it. It is a lot of amp! Here is what I have discovered - I can't get rid of it because is blows away everything I have tried to replace it with. Since I bought this amp I have played an '84 Kramer Focus 3000 (with a really beefy Dimarzio humbucker) and have been happy with the sound. I can get wicked thumping metal through the lead channel but also really nice bluesy sound in the rhythm channel - SRV like stuff with the bridge pick-up. Recently I switched to an Epi Les Paul (yes this is also and endorsement for the Epi Les Paul) and my feelings for this amp are set in stone now. This is a great amp that can do almost anything - I run from Metal to Blues to Punk to Cow Punk and Psychobilly - this amp can do it all. You just have to tweek the gain and reasonance. I have had no noise problems. I think my tube selection has a lot do to with the versatility - Groove Tube power tubes and JJ preamp tubes - a ying and yang tube philosopy that seems to be working. If you are looking for shimmering clean sound or twang this is not the amp for you.

I have had no problems - I live on a nice quiet street and do not drive the amp much but do play loud enough to really feel that I am playing. Tubes last me quite a long time - if you are out gigging a lot they will not last as long. The amp is very heavy and very well built! In transit the spring reverb is very rattly - does not affect the sound - it's just odd. I have had other spring reverb amps that did not make as much noise when moved.

I have dealt with them only in the 80's after I bought a Stereo Chorus 400. I had a problem and they replaced the amp. My only gripe with Peavey is that their warranty is non-transeferable. The warranty on mine ran out long before I bought it.

Epi Les Paul has become my main guitar - I cannot believe how long I played a strat copy. I will hold on to the Kramer for sentimental reasons. I have a pretty long row of Boss effects that work well through the effects loop.

Here is what I have tried to replace the 5150 with - a Mesa Boogie 50 Caliber Plus, Marshall JCM 600 and a Peavey Triple X. Of the three the Marshall was hardest to part with (traded it for the Les Paul). The Triple X was fun but a one trick pony and the Mesa...I do not understand the status Mesa enjoys.

One thing that would be a nice addition - Clean channel with no gain control and stronger reverb. If it were stolen I would certainly replace it!

Please read the other reviews for the feature list. I've modded mine for an external bias control pot (I mounted it near the power tubes). I also added a "master" volume pot, which I mounted underneath also. This allows me to turn the PRE and POST pots to my liking without meltdown. I wish it had an EQ on each channel, but I added an additional tone stack with sweepable mids for that also.

For the $1100 retail price, it's lacking features.

Excellent sounds. The harmonics that come from the lead channel are rich, high, and outright incredible. The distortion is heavier than any other amp I've played. It's also noisier than any amp I've played. A noise gate in the effects loop tames this. The rhythm channel can be clean, but it's not "chimey" like Fenders and Marshalls can be.

I rebuilt this amp from 50% up. It was destroyed when I got it. All pots broken, bias resistor burned, PCBs not even in the chassis, reverb not working, etc. Fortunately, I can fix these things myself. It's reliable now.

Mine has been out of warranty since before I owned it. Peavey's parts department is a freaking joke. Those people don't know what part goes where. They don't even have diagrams to look at. You'd better know the 11-digit part number when you call... which is hard to do when you need a "4 long screws that bolt the chassis to the cab", of which there are 10 different sizes. 6 out of the 8 orders I called in resulted in either the wrong parts or nothing at all. They never even bothered to call and tell me that they were out of a part... just took my credit card info and left me waiting. Amazing. If my company ran its business like this, we'd be finished. Yep, basically worthless.

I've been a fan of Peavey's amps for quite a while. But if they can't get their act together in the parts department, I'll videotape myself pushing my Peaveys in the swimming pool and share it with you all. Yeah, melodramatic, but today was another wrong parts shipment. The parts department is killing their rating here in my review.

I've got an XXL head and 5150 4x12 cab also. It's a great SS amp for the money.

just got my second 5150 combo. Made in late 2004 I believe. Identical in all ways to my first. I got another one so that I can run stereo. I also run an ADA MP-1 tube pre-amp, and a Digitech GNX4 digital modeler into the effects returns on both amps for a stereo sound. The 5150's make a great power amp too! Absolutly huge sound! Has all the features.

This is why I am writing a review again. Using the same Musicman EVH and Peavey Wolfgang guitars as before, This combo sounds way better than my other one. WAAAYYYYY better. I have never heard so much shredding gain from any amp I have ever heard, PERIOD! My friend has a FRAMUS COBRA head and it does not compare to the 5150. Tight, articulate, even ordered harmonic crunch. Almost violin like distortion. Just unbeleivable. I opened it up to check the tubes and guess what? The tubes are what is making all of the difference. My other 5150 has JJ tubes and the new one uses Sovtek wxt+ power tubes and Electro Harmonix 12ax7eh pre-amp tubes. I swapped them and the first combo sounded like the newer one. The JJ's sound good too, but the Sovtek-Electro Harmonix combination takes it for sheer gain and note definition. Overall better tone. No buzziness or harsh overtones. No noticable increase in background hiss. We will see how long they keep sounding that good. Good tubes mean everything boys and babes!

As before built like a tank. I fully expect this one to last for years

Good People. I had a pickup fail on a brand new Wolfgang and Steve Smith from peavey had another one out to me in two days. Very cool!

Been playing, sound teching and consulting for 25 years. This is one of the top 5 best Rock and Metal amps on the planet. I have heard others that only sounded slightly better for 3 times the price and there is a cut-off point where all that extra money does not get you that much more of an amp. I have compared it to Soldano, Marshalls of all types, Bogner, Framus, Engle, Boogie, Deizel, and Line 6 Vetta, It, and it's little brothers the the Triple XXX and the JS-X can hold their own with any of the high priced stuff for Overdriven distorted tones, especially with the right tubes. Spend that extra $1,500 dollars you will save on another guitar or a night of sin in Vegas. Peavey Rokkkkkkkkkks!