Peavey 5150 II

Am I going to add something new here that hasn't been said?

.. no

I'm a 40 year old Basement Rockstar Wannabe... But I live in the country with no neighbors that can hear me shaking the foundation. I play mostly older VanHalen, Randy era Ozzy, AC/DC, GnR ect. I change guitars more often than some of you brush your teeth (Wolfgangs, Jems, Gibson Flying V, PRS CU24, CU22, and Singlecut Trem).. But this amp has been my only amp since 2001. My Buddies play Uberschall, Mesa, and Line 6, and yet I have no interest in changing amps. Someone else pointed out changing the tubes and he nailed it. Want a little more control? .. Just change the tubes. It's cheap and easy, and really made a difference in the sound.

BSH!!

N/A .. Never had to call em for the amp. They were great with my Wolfgang.

I hate reading reviews that are all fluff. You don't know if the person's just justifying dumping a load O cash on something they didn't really need. I can honestly say that for the music I play this amp works as well or better than anything else I've seen, heard, played for my type of music. Someone else mentions this is not the amp for you if you live in a residential area and don't play out. .. I agree. It sounds best turned up (pre 6 post 3-4) But then again if you're in this situation you'll never be happy with a halfstack.

umm rhythm(NOT CLEAN!)channel with bright and crunch features, lead channel resonance and presence controls for each. pretty basic but gets the job done

first of no cleans, you can get somewhat decent cleans maybe. This amp is all about the lead channel quite brutal and full but sometimes i have trouble making it as punchy and ballsy as my single rectifier, the power is unbelieveable though. this amp also feeds back very very easily and is kind of noisy. all and all though the distortion is amazing. just as someone said below though not as ballsy as say a marshall or a rectifier. overall a 7. the clean sound is about a 5 and the distoriton is a 10 so it makes up for the lack of versitility on the rhythm channel.

peavey makes great stuff! very very solid and reliable

havent dealt with them but heard wonderful things

good amp, its not mine im just borrowing it, but it has deffinatley grown on me. It brings the rock hard!

2004 model of the peavey 5150 II. This amp is CRAZYYYYYYYYYY!!! FOr Metal i never seen better..it kick mesa ass!2 channel(rythm and lead)you can switch to clean or distorted on these 2 channel.THe head is really easy to set up it takes like 2 or 3 minute to find your sound.It's a 120watt tube amp(6 12AX6 preamp and 4 6L6 power tube).I Whish it has a reverb include but thats not so bad I just have to buy a reverb pedal.The Footswitch Is include.

I PLay It With an ESP EC custom with 2 EMG-81 and OMFG!!!!!!!!!I was scarred It's loud!!!!!!!THe most brutal sound I ever heard.I Play mostly metal and death metal and this amp his what I Need.I tried It jyust in frond of it like 1 metter so Feedback was there So It's sure it was noisy but I don'T think this amp is noisy like mesa.

Never Use It live but It's sure I Would!

BUy IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Clean, Rythm, Lead, 120 watts and that's pretty much it, really not much

I play a Gibson LP Stuido, PRS Tremonti, and an Epiphone LP Extreme Limited Edition, it's my lead guitarist who owns this amp, but I played through it in stores, and many times at rehearsal, first off yes the clean channel sucks, but u should understand how much it sucks when u buy it, and if u also play in clean channel u shouldnt buy it. Besides that, it's great, better sustain then any amp that has every existed, my lead guitarist held a note and we timed it, once we got to about 2-3 minutes we got tired of waiting for it to stop, the distortion is great, but it has less balls than a marshall, crate, and boogie recto, but it's still crushing rock and roll and metal on distortion, just lacks a ball, so it has one nut if you will.
but damn the sustain can just sell u right away regardless of the clean and one nut.

yea i can definately be depended on, it's been workin fine.

never dealt with peavey nor did my lead guitarist

I been playin about 2-3 years, my lead guitarist about 3, i been practicin 6 hours a day so that can add some years, i dunno how long my lead guitarists practices a day, but he sure does kick ass, and is a good solo man.i own a line 6 HD147, it's thin sounding loud, I'm selling it then buying either a Crate BV150H,Peavey Triple XXX,or a Marshall TSL, as for the 5150 11 the sound is great for under $1000 bucks, but i do believe the Crate BV, and the Triple xxx are more worth the money, but if u got the big bucks, get a Mesa Triple or Dual rec, Bogner Uberchall,or Diezle Herbert, cuz the really rock hard, the 5150 11 has enough headroom for pretty much any venue, but i believe it lacks balls, u dont feel it comin at u, it just doesnt make your nuts sake

This amp is amazing. Thats all I gotta say. I am in a metal/hardcore band that I play drums for. I also play guitar, but I let my guitarist use the 5150 II. Its got the most bruital sounding distortion I have ever heard. It blows all the others away. I have bought many amps, and now I am finally happy.

I didn't get this amp for clean tones! I got it for the bruital high gain lead distortion! Simple plan can have there clean chanle, cause I don't use it. I like running this head with a BBE 482i Sonic Maximizer. It makes a world of difference if you are in metal and hardcore. The chuggs are amazing when you throw on a maximizer, I suggest that everyone use one with it. If you thought this amp was bruital alone, then wait till you throw on the maximizer. It will bring out a sound you never heard before.

This thing is built as solid as a tank, it has never broken yet.

I never dealt with them, hopefully I will never have to.

I give it a 10 because I get everything out of it I need. If you want a clean chanel, get a Fender! Your worthless panzy ass isn't worthy of playing through an amp this bruital, go joing Simple plan and cry about the 5150 II not having a clean enough clean chanel somewhere else!

This amp has all the features i need. a death metal channel and a clean channel. this amp can do any style of music you want it too do as long as its metal, metalcore, or hardcore. probley some other styles too. there is plenty of power with 120 watts of pure tube power.

i use it witha epiphone les paul custom and a cable. my musical style is hardcore and metalcore(as i lay dying, norma jean, fordirelifesake)
and i know for a fact there is no other amp that covers my style better. the lead channel is isane, more gain than ive ever heard b4. ive always dreamed of a rectifier since i started playing guitar and never imagined id end up playing a peavey. but after playing the 5150 II i knew i had to have it. palm mutes are massive. the clean channels is real cool for my taste i love the way it breaks up with the pre on 4, if you want cleans that dont breakup set pre to 1 or something. It kinda pisses me off seein so many poeple complaining about the lack of reverb and the clean channel. first off is if your playing metal like what the amp is designed for y do you want reverb that just clutters the sound. and the clean channel is sweet, what the crap do you poeple buy the most brutal amp there is to get a fender clean. hell no i dont want a fender sparkle, if you want fender get a fender instead of getting a peavey then bitchin about it cuz its not a fender. i dont want to switch from a brutal breakdown to a elton john sparkle clean. i wanna switch from a brutal breakdown to a dark on the verge of distorting clean breakdown. there is no way to understand this amp until you play it. i wouldnt trade this amp for any other amp regardless of price. it has the heaviest distortion i ever heard and has charecter and tone. some of the poeple who complain about bass, i can get alot of bass by turning up bass and resonance, but i leave bass around 6 and resonance on 4. bass players supply the low end. guitars arent supposed too. o and im using the 5150 cab, any other cab i used it seemed like gain was rolled back.

i just got it couple weeks ago, so well see but its heavey as a tank and definatly looks solid

havent dealt with customer servise

this amp destroys everything else imo. marshalls are probley the best for classic rock mesas are probalky berst for nu metal and punk. fenders best for cleans. and the peavey 5150 II destroys all other amps for hardcore.

I think the amp was made in 2003. This is an amp that I have played on many many times because someone I know has one and we are alway's a jamming. I play rock, hard rock, death metal, everything. This amp doesn't cover it. I isn't too flexible. For me, in a band situation, it is alittle to dark for me. You really can put the presence past 8 before it sounds like a buzzy ear-peircing mess. I has 2 fully independant channels, and then the clean shares a clean/crunch channel. It would be 3 fully independant channels but the crunch and clean share the same EQ. I give it a 7 because there isn't much versatility in this amp.

I use a Gibson Les Paul with hot pick-ups. Well it suits for mostly rock and thats it. The clean channel is dark sounding and is really bad compared to the boogies, and also the Triple XXX which is made by peavey. It is very very very noisy. When I have the post on 3, the gain can't go past 4 without it being really noisy. It has a pretty thick tone to it and I like it. Again, not too much versatility. The distortion is brutal. But can't do low-gain rock that I do alot.

I've never heard of my friend having any problems

Peavey is friendly, but no phone number on their site.

It is an alright amp with about 1 good tone, and thats it. Reminds me of a Marshall, except the Marshalls are alittle bit better imo. Very middy amp even with the mids on 2.

Well, if you bought this amp it was obviously for kick ass distortion. It does lack reverb which sucks, but use the FOOTSWITCHABLE effects loop. The clean isn't too bad, just keep your pre down to like 2-3. The best dist. i've ever heard through my marshall 1960 cabs. LOUD!!! Worth every cent. It gets a 10 because it is a high gain amp, i hate when vintage idiots bitch because( I can't get my fender clean...), if you want that, but a fender!

I play death metal, black metal, grindcore, anything with alot of gain, just not nu metal(no talent). There is defintely a difference between real distortion and synthetic (like a metal zone). When you're not a beginner anymore, you will realize this. But have fun with your toneless crate, and play your blink 183. This is for METAL!

Built for Eddie, so that should tell you!

5 year warranty....no complaints yet.

I have been playing for 5 years now, and have come to conclusion for real sounding shit, and not a crate, this is the best. I wish it had reverb, but the effects loop is for that i guess. If stolen, I would beat the living shit out of who took it, take all of their money, and curb them. Yes a little drastic, but if you've played it, you know!

This is an add.to the review i gave at the 25 of march.I've used it intensively on live gigs,and find the crunch channel awesome.Ihave an ENGL-powerball too.I use a Lehle channel-splitter(ch.A:goes to Engl,for pristine clean and medium crunch. ch B:to 5150II,for real fat-heavy crunch/ pre at 8.5=awesome Gary Moore leadtone. Leadswitch on 5150 for soaring tones: Petrucci,Gambale,....)
Although the lead channel is fantastic,the big surprise for me was the
crunch-option,fat-cutting rock-tone(less compressed then a Marshall TSL)
Again U.S.players,DO NOT let the Boutique- hype overwhelme you.I've played many of these amps at the Frankfurt music fair.
The only amp that was really special,was a Diezel VH4,but it was 30% better at a 400% higher price!!

2 channels, not hot on features overall, a reverb would be useful to some players, i would like to see a 7 band eq on the next 5150 - but thats utopian. Huge power, too loud for house practice. Do not buy this amp for use in the home only, unless you consider getting a power attenuator, or you have no consideration for neighbours... live in a country house etc...

Numerous guitars are used with this, pickups do shape the sound differently... i'm using SD JB's, EMG81's and the KA Ultra Dist.. all worth checking out. This amp has world class tone, especially the lead channel - but must be turned up quite loud to hear it all. I do enjoy high gain rock music, and there is more gain available here than i have ever heard before. Obviously, there is tube noise at high volume. It is not excessive, if you need silence get a noise gate. I dont use any effects at all with this amp. Pure tone is the way to to go in my opinion. There is no clean channel as such, it is a rhythym channel. You must temper your settings to achieve a clean sound here. Crunch button is great, its only usable in the rhthymn channel.

No comment, too soon :-/

The peavey internet forum is useful, still no opinion overall

Been playing over 20 years, but that is irrelevant really when considering an amplifier's tone to your musical requirements. Try the amp out yourself in the music store. Your opinions will vary, but I am not looking for anything else other than this right now.
Second best to VHT Pittbull Ultralead for my money, but I can't justify the large amount of extra cash for that unit right now.