Product: Peavey 5150
Price Paid: N/A used
Submitted
01/12/1996
at
02:45pm
by
Al Gallagher
Features
:
9
This amp is killer ! I have one of the originals which came with Sylvinia tubes. The amp has 2 very versatile channels, which can give you some awsome tone for playing rock/metal. I have heard some people complain about the noisy high gain settings but if your careful with the treble and presence settings noise is not a problem. I would have liked a better clean channel. In my opinion this amp out performs any new Marshall,Soldano,Laney,ect.. I think the only new amp that outshines this one is the Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier but those things are real expensive.
Sound Quality
:
9
As stated earlier, if you take your time setting the amp up, noise in the high gain mode is not a problem. The amp is perfect for those who play a variety of rock cover tunes. Yes you can sound like VanHalen but you can get alot of different tones as well. The distortion is in my opinion second to none. I play all original music rock,metal, progresive,blues, and this amp does it all. I do however switch over to my Fender Twin to cover my super clean tones.
Reliability
:
10
This amp could have been called the 5151 "Maytag" Need I say more ?
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No problems yet.
Overall Rating
:
10
This is one of, if not the best amps out there. Edward VanHalen has a great ear for tones and Peavey took advantage of it to produce a killer amp. I will be another 5150 in the future.
