Ola Englund great sound! Could you also run through the same rig with passive pickups so we can hear the difference? Always been a fan of EMG but contemplating going passive.
In a lesson that Robb Flynn did for the song “Locust”, he said they tune 40 cents sharp from Drop B because it seems to hit a sweet spot for the harmonics and overall tone in that tuning.
Lol, I've had a 5150 for 15 years, and I've always just said "yep, this sounds exactly like Machine Head's tone" every time I plugged it up. It's a super easy tone to get... which is cool since it's really good. I can tell there's some small differences due to mixing and recording, but the character is just super obvious and totally there. After watching this video I know why... I am usually playing Ibanez RG's with EMG's through an SD-1 into a modded 5150 into a 5150 cab loaded with V30s (those sheffields sucked).
Loved Burn My Eyes! Apparently they used a cab loaded with Greenbacks.... Anyway, great analysis, and that's amazing you can get that kind of tone with the presence back that far... I can't get anything useful out of a 5150 unless it's past 3:00!
SpectreSoundStudios I seen Machine Head live many of times. You and Ola have things right about the modding of the amps plus the Marshall cabs loaded with greenbacks. However, Phil and Robb use the green Rhythm channel. Whatever mods where done to their amps would interesting to know about.
Glenn, i always kind if figured the standard voltage in European countrys would sort of affect the sound of a tube amp. If love to see you do a video with Ola to see about debunking this myth. Thanks much to the both of you.
Using Sovtek 12x7lps pre amp tubes shall get the warmth and clarity with out the mid honk and make the higher squeals not sounds like nails on a chalkboard (not that you sound like that Ola darling)
Machine head was one of the very first bands that got me into metal. Maybe not a coincidence I was playing EMG 81, TS9, and 5150 into a Marshall with V30 speakers for all my first gigs lol.
I would love if Ola would compare the Het Set to the 57/66 set, as those are commonly thought to be the best pick-ups EMG are making right now. If Ola prefers passives, he would probably prefer either of these sets over the 81.
I loaned some of my gear to Machine Head for the album "The More things change" , they werent happy with there guitar sound at the time, and Colin Richardson had just recorded our band(Dearly Beheaded-Chamber of One) so i drove up after work to Parr street studios in Liverpool. I loaned them my 5150 modded with groove tubes, and Marshall cab and my guitar, a Patrick Eggle iommi with Emg 81 pickups, dont know if they used my gear on the record or not, but its nice to think that they did! Great stuff Ola- You Rock!
@@amanites24 Yeah! Like i said they had my gear for 3 days, dont know if any of my gear ended up on the record or not tho! Liverpools Parr street studio is only 40 miles from Manchester where our band was based at the time, so it wasnt a big deal!
Stephen Owens Holy shit! I love Dearly Beheaded!! Leaving Them Behind and We Are Your Family are such amazing songs! I loved Chamber of One and especially Temptation! Alex had such an incredible voice! You guys were signed with another favorite My Dying Bride. Why did you guys split up after two albums? You had serious potential!! I’m seriously becoming a teenager again right now. 😅
I have a few boutique and rare high gain amps, and my modded Craigslist 5150 sig is still my fav out of all of them. If that amp is yours, you should try a Eurotubes hybrid tube kit in it. Sounds insane.
the 5150 i have is too dark sounding, not brutal at all like the ones on youtube, maybe its the sheffield cabs it came with, i have the original 5150 signature combo
unfortunately its not possible where I live, plus the amp blew up, literally something in it blew up. I have a zoom G5N now though, for a digital piece of equipment that doesnt break the bank, this thing is a tone machine.
My 5150's Power section won't fire.... I'm sad. Newer tubes with only a few dozen hrs of play and a few gigs. Preamp tubes light. 6L6 no juice. Any advice on a tech or forum? I really enjoy the killer tone and simplicity of the classic 5150!
J Latimer You should search facebook for amp repair and modification pages. Also for pages and groups dedicated to a 5150. Also try 5150 modded on youtube and ask the modders. Most of them know about repairs.Have a nice day!
Wow, those riffs bring back so many memories. Memories of me listening to Machine Head when I should have been studying or having girlfriends. Oh, well. It worked out.
I read somewhere they tune 40 cents sharp of drop B, so almost halfway between C and B, apparently because they figured it was a sweetspot of getting a good low sound without getting the floppyness.
I remember when Robb got his first 5150. He heard my guitarist at the time Devin Walker's 5150. Devin got one of the first ones in the Bay Area. Robb heard it right after he got it and bought one for himself. The First 5150's are not the same amp as the new ones. Peavey changed the amps a little while after they came out. How they changed I cant tell because I dont know. If I remember correctly Robb used Devin's 5150 on Burn My Eyes also. That 5150 sounds different than any other 5150 I've ever heard.
I love hearing origin stories of bands that I like. Especially regarding their gear and stuff like that. So this is very cool, thank you for sharing this! The old 5150s with the block letter front are actually exactly the same as the lighter ones and the current age 6505. The reason they sounded “better“ in most peoples opinion is because of the Sylvania tubes that they shipped with originally. They are commonly regarded as some of the best sounding NOS tubes you can put in an amp. Around the time they switched to the script front is roughly around the same time the NOS Sylvania tubes started becoming in short supply, so I believe they started shipping them out with Sovtek tubes if I’m not mistaken. Move forward to today, and if you play on an older 5150 of either block letter or script in comparison to a newly manufactured 6505, the old 5150 is going to sound a bit different and arguably “better”. It’s not because of any differences in the design. But this is because as the components in an amp age, they start sounding a bit different. The general consensus is that older tube amps start sounding better with age. The components age and drift a bit and they start to sound a bit warmer and looser. That’s with any amp. So if you take any amp that was manufactured 15 or 20 years ago and play on it compared to a newly manufactured version, the older one is pretty much always going to sound better for this reason.
Davidian by machine head is one of my all time favorite riffs to play! So simple and slower paced but still heavy as fuck and a total dream to play and just dig into!
Since you've mentioned it I'll share my knowledge: for their latest albums (at least from The Blackening) they're tuned to Drop B with the A set to 450 Hz. If trying to tune to this with a regular pedal tuner all the strings should be tuned so they're all exactly between Drop B and Drop C. Never tried to use this tuning with Davidian or other older songs but I assume it should be something similar. Cheers from Italy Ola, keep up the good work!
Seems like Robb always used a Boss PH-3 Phase shifter or similar to get that modulated tone they are known for. At least that’s what it sounded to me. Great video, always been a fan of the Peavey 5150 + EMG 81/85 combo.
Great tone here, Ola. I think you definitely nailed that classic Machine Head tone while also preserving that classic Ola Englund sound. You're like a wizard! I'd love to see a video on some early Opeth (Blackwater Park, perhaps?). That would be pretty metal!
John P it's quiet enough, I don't have any hiss/hum that seems specific to this amp and not "normal".To be fair I usually don't go higher than 5 or 6 on the gain knob...I do need to add a noise gate if I use an overdrive pedal in the front though.
The chorus on the guitars is actually the Deluxe Electric Mistress from Electo Harmonix. He used it on the clean stuff as well. The original fat pedal.
And what about some classic 'tallica tone? Yeah...I know... It's so typical... but....it's not so typical see Ola playing some Hetfield's riffs, that would be great!!😍😍😍
The tone is way too much "high-endy" compared to your usual tone! But still brütal! The "original" modded head is now @ Logan Mader's studio. ;) You can ask him. :) BTW, "decoding classical albums tone" would be a great series for your channel IMO.
Logan doesnt have it, its in my garage and has been mine since brand new, they used my rig for the first two albums, the cleans on the first album were from my Carvin x100B head and obviously everything else was on my 5150
2:05 I have that problem with marshall amps. Some of my all-time favorite tones are marshall amps. As soon as I play through one, I want to smash everything because it sounds so bad
my favorite 90's metal band played and explained by my favorite youtube guitar streamer.. Burn My eyes is absolutely in my top 10 albums of any style..
I heard from a reasonably credible source that the 5150 in question was modded by Todd Langner here in the Bay Area. Langner worked at ADA for a while. Allegedly, Langner had a big part to play creating the ADA MP-1. Then he started modded amps, then briefly came out with his own line of amps. Awesome stuff too!
No it wasn't modded by Todd, I own the 5150 used on the first two MH albums and have had it since brand new, Todd was a friend of mine back then and did mod onee of my Marshalls but the 5150 in question was never touched and still hasnt been touched
Brad Riley i have his pickup with the pre amp in my alexi 200. I can indeed say there is alot if gain in the pre amp. He uses engl heads/marshall jvm heads with marshall cabs. Also used a super chorus that he cranks up
I remember it was a HZ H2 with a lot of boost (by MM-04?) when he started with ESP. His Jackson had j-50BC pickup and JE-1000 booster. Both are very close to each other. Vintage gain pickup + build in gain booster. The ESP ALX is quite simillar to HZ H2, same for the guitar preamp of the set compared with the MM-04. At least you can also get close results with any passive pickup + more gain in modern amps or TS9 support. His tone is also mid focused and sounds more like "oldschool" 80's. If you ask me, it's nothing special and the method was very common 30 years ago. Everything else is coming from his playing style, which is also more dirty compared to other fast guitar player.
Ola this is some of the best crushing tones I have ever heard in my life I love to wake up drink my coffee be driving to work with my headphones on and listen to you light up your guitar and then I just let out the most longest loudest bone-chilling death scream and you know what it feels wonderful and I end up having the most awesome day thanks ola I didn't think they could but your videos are even getting better bro
He lost that modded Marshall sometime after Demanufacture. I'm not sure if his ESP got lost with it or if he just retired that guitar. I'm not sure if Obsolete was the first album that he started using a Line 6 POD. I do know that the Digimortal tone is all Line 6 POD, though.
Starts watching video. "Big fan during the 90's of Machine Head" - "First time I heard Davidian, blown away by its brutality" - "Video will focus on first two MH albums" - YES man, let's do this !
The guitar tone on Fear Factory Demanufacture has always been one of my very favorites. That or Vader De Profundis. If you could do either one of those, that would be fuckin amazing. Hails!!
Sounds good man. That’s been my experience as well. Every 5150, 6505 I’ve had sounded like shit but so many metal players use them and seem to get good tones out of them.
I met Robb Flynn the same day that you posted this. Amazing. Great video Ola! I've also met Colin Richardson! He came to watch our Slipknot tribute band when we played near him.
Davidian is one of my favorite metal songs of all time! Soooooooooo fricking strong! Death Church and ten ton hammer would be my next favorites! How about Pissing Razors forked tongue or burning bridges? You know they did a COVER OF DOMINATION THAT IS REALLY GOOD! I think you would enjoy it!
Love the crushing 5150 amp tone- distortion- sustain. Great guitar playing Ola. Thank you for the MH analysis. Well done. Ola you are the maestro of metal. Cheers man.
Great vid once again! Usually when talking about 5150/6505 mods the most common two I've bumped into are bias mod and midrange EQ mod. On midrange mod the 50k mid pot is replaced with either 25k or 22.5k pot, which give lower sweep on mids. That could explain the midrange on MH's tone in combination of Tubescreamer.
One of the best sounds I've ever heard from any amp is when I use my 5150 with a BBE Sonic Maximizer, let me tell it's a sound straight from hell itself, just brutal and tight, and the punch it moves so much air, I freakin love it.
Do you run it in front if the amp or in the effects loop with the BBE? I think I finally need to pull the trigger on a screamer. I appreciate your input btw!
I’ve read that is was actually the green channel with the crunch mode engaged and a Boss SD1, after trying it it made sense, the green channel with the crunch mode has a meatier tone than the red channel on the old 5150 imo.
Machine Head actually plays between Drop B and Drop A#, or C# Standard and C Standard. And Ten Ton Hammer is played in Drop B with the G string tuned to F
Nope, not until Vol. 3, where they still used the VHT in some spots and All Hope Is Gone, when Mick had a Signature Knucklehead Reverb. Jim's guitar sound on Iowa was a Laney they'd borrowed from some other band, can't remember.
Fat chunky tone from your setup as a drummer can’t even begin to describe how I have yearned to jam with someone like you - informed down to earth kooky sense of humor and obsessed with technique and tone Thanks Ola Bravo & Cheers 🛒
I cant get over how much gain you use, i usually have less gain than you had with the tubescreamer off. Anyway, i remember reading somewhere that machine head used the green channel for rhythm tones, they just boosted it into oblivion.
Great video, Ola. Thanks for the 5150 love. I like all the otter machine head riffs you played, esp The More Things Change... on the whole my fav mh album. Keep up the great work. Us old folks enjoy this nostalgic metal!
I remember reading something about MH being on the clean channel on their amps! I actually get a more scooped sound that way which I love. I have a little Mesa Mark III combo, and I can actually run the clean channel and have the preamp gain set on 6/7 with the EVH overdrive feeding the amp. The way you set the preamp gain drastically affects the tone.
You can with the right OD pedal. The evh has a wider gain stage profile so you gotta tighten up the gain profile if that makes sense. I'd try a maxon od808 or a boss od1 and a eq pedal
P Bizzle absolutely - however I've usually shyed away from the 5153s just because they have so much saturation, and an od pedal for me on the lead channel is overkill for heavy playing - with the blockletter 5150 the gain is more raw so when you slam it with an od it's not so over the top - having said that I still love all the EVH amps \m/
In an Interview or How to Play, Robb explained that they Tune to Drop B but around 40 cents Sharp. He meantioned that for their Tone it would sound cleaner than pitched perfect.
Sounds awesome. Now that you mention the difference between old and new EMG's , it would be cool if somebody can do a shootout. I been saying that for long time. I tested 3 emg 81 on the same guitar and the 3 sounded different. It's not a rare fenomenon with passive pickups also. Microphones sounds different too, i have 2 legit sm57 and they sound a little different.
Hey Ola! Don't know if you will see this comment but I want to help you with EMG81 played through a peavey 5150/6505... I found that if you stick to the rhythm channel when using a tube screamer the amp is a bit more tamed. My settings go bright on pre gain 5-8(using as little as possible) depending on the wood... Low 5-6 mid 4 high 5 with tubescreamer gain 0 tone 5-6(again depends on wood) level max( boost helps with the muddyness) good luck love your videos
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Nice simple setup for a great crushing tone :D
Ola Englund i was so pumped for this video can you make a video of how to get silverchair frogstomp guitar tone
Как всегда - cool!
From Machine Head "We play in drop B tuning +40 cents for most songs and C# standard +40 cents for a handful of others" Awsome video Ola !
Ola Englund great sound! Could you also run through the same rig with passive pickups so we can hear the difference? Always been a fan of EMG but contemplating going passive.
In a lesson that Robb Flynn did for the song “Locust”, he said they tune 40 cents sharp from Drop B because it seems to hit a sweet spot for the harmonics and overall tone in that tuning.
That's a lie.
They only did that with davidian I believe
@Lemonthian no all their songs are sharper than the common tuning.
That reasoning sounds like bullshit, but tuning sharp so you don't hit the strings out of tune while you're picking IS a thing.
432 tuning
Machine Head has always had some of the most crushing guitar tones on their albums, good job repilicating!
I still wait for The day you will post some MH
And the tuning sounds good live
Lol, I've had a 5150 for 15 years, and I've always just said "yep, this sounds exactly like Machine Head's tone" every time I plugged it up. It's a super easy tone to get... which is cool since it's really good. I can tell there's some small differences due to mixing and recording, but the character is just super obvious and totally there. After watching this video I know why... I am usually playing Ibanez RG's with EMG's through an SD-1 into a modded 5150 into a 5150 cab loaded with V30s (those sheffields sucked).
Are you kidding!!! That's a killer tone!
I've got to say it's my favourite tone heard on Ola'd channel :). Great job.
I was about to write the exact same comment!
I would say it's a bit smoother and deeper than usual, and I like it a lot. It's often too "dry" and agressive to my ear.
same, it's fucking amazing
Yes surrr
Loved Burn My Eyes! Apparently they used a cab loaded with Greenbacks.... Anyway, great analysis, and that's amazing you can get that kind of tone with the presence back that far... I can't get anything useful out of a 5150 unless it's past 3:00!
SpectreSoundStudios I seen Machine Head live many of times. You and Ola have things right about the modding of the amps plus the Marshall cabs loaded with greenbacks. However, Phil and Robb use the green Rhythm channel. Whatever mods where done to their amps would interesting to know about.
Glenn, i always kind if figured the standard voltage in European countrys would sort of affect the sound of a tube amp. If love to see you do a video with Ola to see about debunking this myth. Thanks much to the both of you.
Rob's 5150 is not modded!
Using Sovtek 12x7lps pre amp tubes shall get the warmth and clarity with out the mid honk and make the higher squeals not sounds like nails on a chalkboard (not that you sound like that Ola darling)
SpectreSoundStudios do you know what mods they did to their peaveys
Machine head was one of the very first bands that got me into metal. Maybe not a coincidence I was playing EMG 81, TS9, and 5150 into a Marshall with V30 speakers for all my first gigs lol.
Since we’re talking EMGs, i highly suggest you do a gear review video of the EMG James Hetfield set.
Oh my God I love those fucking pickups.
The Hetfield set is the best pickup EMG has done!
I would love if Ola would compare the Het Set to the 57/66 set, as those are commonly thought to be the best pick-ups EMG are making right now. If Ola prefers passives, he would probably prefer either of these sets over the 81.
@GaijinMo 57/66 is my favorite set EMG have made
I loaned some of my gear to Machine Head for the album "The More things change" , they werent happy with there guitar sound at the time, and Colin Richardson had just recorded our band(Dearly Beheaded-Chamber of One) so i drove up after work to Parr street studios in Liverpool. I loaned them my 5150 modded with groove tubes, and Marshall cab and my guitar, a Patrick Eggle iommi with Emg 81 pickups, dont know if they used my gear on the record or not, but its nice to think that they did! Great stuff Ola- You Rock!
For real?
@@amanites24 Yeah! Like i said they had my gear for 3 days, dont know if any of my gear ended up on the record or not tho! Liverpools Parr street studio is only 40 miles from Manchester where our band was based at the time, so it wasnt a big deal!
Stephen Owens any of your bands material on the net anywhere?
Stephen Owens Holy shit! I love Dearly Beheaded!! Leaving Them Behind and We Are Your Family are such amazing songs! I loved Chamber of One and especially Temptation! Alex had such an incredible voice! You guys were signed with another favorite My Dying Bride. Why did you guys split up after two albums? You had serious potential!! I’m seriously becoming a teenager again right now. 😅
Stephen Owens what’s the mod?
i had a 5150 blockletter and traded for an evh 5150 mini
im sorry but its funny that this has 4 likes lol
You poor poor man
@@floridianthrasher5426 totally disagree. EVH products aren’t going anywhere
@@JayBruceWorld yay
@@floridianthrasher5426 why?
I have a few boutique and rare high gain amps, and my modded Craigslist 5150 sig is still my fav out of all of them. If that amp is yours, you should try a Eurotubes hybrid tube kit in it. Sounds insane.
Keith Merrow hey keith!
the 5150 i have is too dark sounding, not brutal at all like the ones on youtube, maybe its the sheffield cabs it came with, i have the original 5150 signature combo
unfortunately its not possible where I live, plus the amp blew up, literally something in it blew up. I have a zoom G5N now though, for a digital piece of equipment that doesnt break the bank, this thing is a tone machine.
My 5150's Power section won't fire.... I'm sad. Newer tubes with only a few dozen hrs of play and a few gigs. Preamp tubes light. 6L6 no juice. Any advice on a tech or forum? I really enjoy the killer tone and simplicity of the classic 5150!
J Latimer You should search facebook for amp repair and modification pages. Also for pages and groups dedicated to a 5150. Also try 5150 modded on youtube and ask the modders. Most of them know about repairs.Have a nice day!
Man the more things change was a huge album for me back in the day. Haven't listened that for a long time. That shit was so heavy
Wow, those riffs bring back so many memories. Memories of me listening to Machine Head when I should have been studying or having girlfriends. Oh, well. It worked out.
That cold, brutal sound coming out of this 5150... I'm loving it! ♥
I read somewhere they tune 40 cents sharp of drop B, so almost halfway between C and B, apparently because they figured it was a sweetspot of getting a good low sound without getting the floppyness.
The burn my eyes official tab book states A=420hz
I always thought it was 450 hz
Killer tones man, I really dig it. A Sepultura one from the Chaos AD or Roots era would be awesome!
I remember when Robb got his first 5150. He heard my guitarist at the time Devin Walker's 5150. Devin got one of the first ones in the Bay Area. Robb heard it right after he got it and bought one for himself. The First 5150's are not the same amp as the new ones. Peavey changed the amps a little while after they came out. How they changed I cant tell because I dont know. If I remember correctly Robb used Devin's 5150 on Burn My Eyes also. That 5150 sounds different than any other 5150 I've ever heard.
I think they just changed the tubes
Man, thats a killer piece of history! thanks for sharing!
I love hearing origin stories of bands that I like. Especially regarding their gear and stuff like that. So this is very cool, thank you for sharing this!
The old 5150s with the block letter front are actually exactly the same as the lighter ones and the current age 6505. The reason they sounded “better“ in most peoples opinion is because of the Sylvania tubes that they shipped with originally. They are commonly regarded as some of the best sounding NOS tubes you can put in an amp. Around the time they switched to the script front is roughly around the same time the NOS Sylvania tubes started becoming in short supply, so I believe they started shipping them out with Sovtek tubes if I’m not mistaken.
Move forward to today, and if you play on an older 5150 of either block letter or script in comparison to a newly manufactured 6505, the old 5150 is going to sound a bit different and arguably “better”. It’s not because of any differences in the design. But this is because as the components in an amp age, they start sounding a bit different. The general consensus is that older tube amps start sounding better with age. The components age and drift a bit and they start to sound a bit warmer and looser. That’s with any amp. So if you take any amp that was manufactured 15 or 20 years ago and play on it compared to a newly manufactured version, the older one is pretty much always going to sound better for this reason.
Davidian by machine head is one of my all time favorite riffs to play! So simple and slower paced but still heavy as fuck and a total dream to play and just dig into!
Since you've mentioned it I'll share my knowledge: for their latest albums (at least from The Blackening) they're tuned to Drop B with the A set to 450 Hz.
If trying to tune to this with a regular pedal tuner all the strings should be tuned so they're all exactly between Drop B and Drop C.
Never tried to use this tuning with Davidian or other older songs but I assume it should be something similar.
Cheers from Italy Ola, keep up the good work!
False.
I’m still waiting for the “EMGs are cold, sterile, compressed and have no soul” comments.
They're for people who just play a million notes :p
I did the 18v mod awhile and its great.
shadowalk they're cold, sterile and have no soul, just like me lol
shadowalk EMGs are cold, sterile, compressed and have no soul
Rudy Ayoub Finally!
EMG 81 + a 5150 through v30s is going to be my exact setup when the 5150 arrives, tone was amazing in this so I'm excited
im sooo considering an emg zakk wylde for my les paul
Can u do gear of Gojira?
YEAH
check out andertons tv they make a sounds like gojira !
Ο Επιστήμων they use 10-56 strings
XDDDDDDDD
I was just thinking about Gojira.
Thy Art Is Murder would be great too.
Seems like Robb always used a Boss PH-3 Phase shifter or similar to get that modulated tone they are known for. At least that’s what it sounded to me. Great video, always been a fan of the Peavey 5150 + EMG 81/85 combo.
Mecin head
And you say that you don’t sound good with EMGs. MY ASS!!
You should try to dial in Kirk Windsteins tone. "Crowbar" He used an old randall 100 head and a boss metal zone. Great channel !!
PuNiShEr83 Kirk is a God to me.
Second that
One my favorite examples of his tone is from Kingdom Of Sorrows " Monuments of Ash" . That breakdown at the end!
That would be cool to see.
I got a Randall RG100 as a xmas gift a few years back. I bought the metal zone as a boost just like Kirk, and the tone is insane. It's loud as shit.
Great tone here, Ola. I think you definitely nailed that classic Machine Head tone while also preserving that classic Ola Englund sound. You're like a wizard!
I'd love to see a video on some early Opeth (Blackwater Park, perhaps?). That would be pretty metal!
Bolt thrower
y e s
IVth Crusade!
Yes
Fucking Yes
I ask for them on every video. I figure it wont be long as he is a fan.
On the Burn My Eyes album they used Greenback speakers with the 5150. KILLER tone!
Great sounding amp!Just got myself a Peavey 6505 recently and combined with a 2x12 mesa cab it's one of my favorite sound ever!
Kaosware hell yeah.. I got a 6505 head on a orange 2v12 v30
John P it's quiet enough, I don't have any hiss/hum that seems specific to this amp and not "normal".To be fair I usually don't go higher than 5 or 6 on the gain knob...I do need to add a noise gate if I use an overdrive pedal in the front though.
I have both, the mark V is a lot more quiet. It's normal.
Kaosware put a tube screamer in front of that amp and it will sound even better. Maxon, Precision drive, ibanez etc..
Yeah I got hiss .. even with a boss noise gate in the front of the amp... I need to try putting the gate in the effects loop..
Well done for playing the 'room' sound, never sounds like the mic'd sound. Will never get the mixed vibe without the mic 👏
Nice Video Ola!
Can you try and nail the tone of Willie Adler and Mark Morton from Lamb of God?
Keep up with the vids man!
dimebag96
Mesa boogie dual rec/ Maxon 0d808
Gets you close
Tyler Kraver they use Mark series boogies
The chorus on the guitars is actually the Deluxe Electric Mistress from Electo Harmonix. He used it on the clean stuff as well. The original fat pedal.
And what about some classic 'tallica tone? Yeah...I know... It's so typical... but....it's not so typical see Ola playing some Hetfield's riffs, that would be great!!😍😍😍
The tone is way too much "high-endy" compared to your usual tone! But still brütal!
The "original" modded head is now @ Logan Mader's studio. ;) You can ask him. :)
BTW, "decoding classical albums tone" would be a great series for your channel IMO.
Oilid live front of house takes lows all away anyways
Logan doesnt have it, its in my garage and has been mine since brand new, they used my rig for the first two albums, the cleans on the first album were from my Carvin x100B head and obviously everything else was on my 5150
2:05 I have that problem with marshall amps. Some of my all-time favorite tones are marshall amps. As soon as I play through one, I want to smash everything because it sounds so bad
That 81 sounds amazing...what do you mean you can't use that pickup?
"I'm just hoping that this one sounds like shit"
**has a killer guitar tone**
my favorite 90's metal band played and explained by my favorite youtube guitar streamer.. Burn My eyes is absolutely in my top 10 albums of any style..
Hey Ola, You've got to do a cover of "Decapitated - Never" and do the gear video as well. Vogg has a SICK guitar tone on that album!!!
I heard from a reasonably credible source that the 5150 in question was modded by Todd Langner here in the Bay Area. Langner worked at ADA for a while. Allegedly, Langner had a big part to play creating the ADA MP-1. Then he started modded amps, then briefly came out with his own line of amps. Awesome stuff too!
No it wasn't modded by Todd, I own the 5150 used on the first two MH albums and have had it since brand new, Todd was a friend of mine back then and did mod onee of my Marshalls but the 5150 in question was never touched and still hasnt been touched
Probably not the only one interested in a Destroy Erase Improve tone video 👀
Do Children of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll. See if you can dial in that guitar tone. It’s so sick.
HZ4s or other EMG passives. Lee Jackson Pre Amp. +More gain than you can deal with. its kinda a hard tone to dial in without that exact gear,
Brad Riley i have his pickup with the pre amp in my alexi 200. I can indeed say there is alot if gain in the pre amp. He uses engl heads/marshall jvm heads with marshall cabs. Also used a super chorus that he cranks up
Also alexi laiho does alot if alternate picking. Its like all he does, its hard to capture his tone unless you can alt pick like a mad man lol
I remember it was a HZ H2 with a lot of boost (by MM-04?) when he started with ESP. His Jackson had j-50BC pickup and JE-1000 booster. Both are very close to each other. Vintage gain pickup + build in gain booster.
The ESP ALX is quite simillar to HZ H2, same for the guitar preamp of the set compared with the MM-04.
At least you can also get close results with any passive pickup + more gain in modern amps or TS9 support. His tone is also mid focused and sounds more like "oldschool" 80's. If you ask me, it's nothing special and the method was very common 30 years ago. Everything else is coming from his playing style, which is also more dirty compared to other fast guitar player.
Crank the mids as well!
6:05 I remember Rob Flynn saying the tune like 50 cents below Drop B because it's some kind of "harmonic sweet spot"
that they found.
Ola this is some of the best crushing tones I have ever heard in my life I love to wake up drink my coffee be driving to work with my headphones on and listen to you light up your guitar and then I just let out the most longest loudest bone-chilling death scream and you know what it feels wonderful and I end up having the most awesome day thanks ola I didn't think they could but your videos are even getting better bro
Robb early on used a “Langner DCP-1” high gain pre amp very rare hard to find but killer tone at the time
fear factory would be nice :) the old ones
Ibanez and a modded Marshall.
There were some sweet sweet tones on the old FF albums.
Think Obsolete was with a Mesa. I know he used Mesa for a little while before he switched to Line 6 for Digimortal.
BeardedDanishViking actually it’s an ESP custom M-I with a fixed bridge and only one pickup (EMG 81) and tuned to B standard.
He lost that modded Marshall sometime after Demanufacture. I'm not sure if his ESP got lost with it or if he just retired that guitar. I'm not sure if Obsolete was the first album that he started using a Line 6 POD. I do know that the Digimortal tone is all Line 6 POD, though.
Hi Ola,
Can you please talk about (and possibly demo) how chorus was used on 90s metal records?
Thanks!
Nick - California
We need Fear Factory Demanufacture tone, Ola. The people DEMAND IT. 😄
Starts watching video. "Big fan during the 90's of Machine Head" - "First time I heard Davidian, blown away by its brutality" - "Video will focus on first two MH albums" - YES man, let's do this !
Me too!!! When I heard Burn My Eyes back in 1995/96 I was hooked!!!
Peavey 5150 forever.
Marshall with the V furdy. \m/
6505+ and a mesa 2x12 over here!!
5150 II + gt od+ EMG 81+ V30's = oh hell yes.
Randall rg100es + celestion g12t-75 4x12
Cheapest squier ever + Boss katana mk2 + marshall mr1936 g12t 75... bring it uwu
The guitar tone on Fear Factory Demanufacture has always been one of my very favorites. That or Vader De Profundis. If you could do either one of those, that would be fuckin amazing. Hails!!
Imperium was my favourite. It's just such a headbanging track through and through.
Colin Richardson and Andy Sneap conjured some WICKED guitar tones back then. I'm convinced they're wizards.
An interesting one to review would be the guitar tone on Electric Wizard's "Dopethrone".
Great video again. How about some Obituary? “Simple” but they are groovy and have a sick guitar tone!
Sounds good man. That’s been my experience as well. Every 5150, 6505 I’ve had sounded like shit but so many metal players use them and seem to get good tones out of them.
there's probably a different reason for that
Im glad that ola finally find his peace with the 5150 & EMG81 :D
You nailed it!
Nice! How bout some old school sepultura?
I met Robb Flynn the same day that you posted this. Amazing. Great video Ola! I've also met Colin Richardson! He came to watch our Slipknot tribute band when we played near him.
Pretty sure Robb boosted the Green channel on the 5150. Read that on the Sneap Forum years ago.
Phil Demmel says this in an interview also
Yeah sneap is known for going with the green channel on the 5150's quite a bit.
Green channel boosted is the sweet spot for recording a 5150, is the most aggresive one too!
Yeah, used a boosted green to record a few years ago. Less compressed than the red and more in your face!
@@espectradiego5 but you can still get some dynamics in your pick attack and general sound. It's where the magic is.
Davidian is one of my favorite metal songs of all time! Soooooooooo fricking strong! Death Church and ten ton hammer would be my next favorites! How about Pissing Razors forked tongue or burning bridges? You know they did a COVER OF DOMINATION THAT IS REALLY GOOD! I think you would enjoy it!
It was Fluff calling you for a "riff wars"! :)
Oilid haha you caught that today too
LOOL ;)
I noticed Fluff doesn't play frets without dots. Kind of a blues rock kind of deal. He would be put to shame by Ola.
Please, let's don't start a "word wars"! :)
Oilid
word wars? Fluff is his name, I didn't make that up. I knew a girl named fluff in high school, she had a huge afro in her undies.
Love the crushing 5150 amp tone- distortion- sustain.
Great guitar playing Ola.
Thank you for the MH analysis.
Well done.
Ola you are the maestro of metal.
Cheers man.
Nice job, Ola👍🤘Pleeeease do At The Gates Slaughter Of The Soul sound!!! Or at least how to „handle“ the BOSS HM-2! Thanx so much for your videos!!
Stefano De Angelis ...and don't forget the Metal Zone!
Just saw them in Spokane, Washington last Tuesday and HOLY FUCK THEY'RE SO GOOD! I've been obsessed with their guitar tone ever since
They ran everything through a Metal Zone in the final mix :) and thats a fact :)
Great vid once again! Usually when talking about 5150/6505 mods the most common two I've bumped into are bias mod and midrange EQ mod. On midrange mod the 50k mid pot is replaced with either 25k or 22.5k pot, which give lower sweep on mids. That could explain the midrange on MH's tone in combination of Tubescreamer.
3:07 "Let's hope I don't sound like shit." Proceeds to destroy universe with tone.
One of the best sounds I've ever heard from any amp is when I use my 5150 with a BBE Sonic Maximizer, let me tell it's a sound straight from hell itself, just brutal and tight, and the punch it moves so much air, I freakin love it.
@johnnypatterson77 Have you tried using a tube screamer with the Sonic Maximizer?
@@nicks1134 Oh yeah delightful to the ears, sounds amazing.
Do you run it in front if the amp or in the effects loop with the BBE? I think I finally need to pull the trigger on a screamer. I appreciate your input btw!
@johnnypatterson77
Rings some old memories, I also liked Sepultra from Brazil. I had forgotten these 2 groups also slipknot from the 90's.
SUFFOCATION - EFFIGY OF THE FORGOTTEN : Infecting the Crypts ..........................................ultimate sound.
Hos-Jou Bostokolos That was an Ampeg VH140C. Such a dark and NASTY amp! It was Suffocation and Dying Fetus’s sounds for a long while.
I’ve read that is was actually the green channel with the crunch mode engaged and a Boss SD1, after trying it it made sense, the green channel with the crunch mode has a meatier tone than the red channel on the old 5150 imo.
Meshuggah next!! C'mon you've already got the 33.
Machine Head actually plays between Drop B and Drop A#, or C# Standard and C Standard. And Ten Ton Hammer is played in Drop B with the G string tuned to F
Please guitar tone from IOWA - Slipknot!
Yeah! Slipknot guitar tone!
PLEASE
Too expensive. The lowest a VHT Pitbull UL will go is $2000 or a little above that.
Joe Jane That wasnt Rivera?
Nope, not until Vol. 3, where they still used the VHT in some spots and All Hope Is Gone, when Mick had a Signature Knucklehead Reverb.
Jim's guitar sound on Iowa was a Laney they'd borrowed from some other band, can't remember.
The EMG to boosted 5150 sound is the sound of my teenage albums and favorite metal albums of all time. It sounds fucking awesome here!
Do Darkest Hour next!
Fat chunky tone from your setup as a drummer can’t even begin to describe how I have yearned to jam with someone like you - informed down to earth kooky sense of humor and obsessed with technique and tone Thanks Ola Bravo & Cheers 🛒
I cant get over how much gain you use, i usually have less gain than you had with the tubescreamer off. Anyway, i remember reading somewhere that machine head used the green channel for rhythm tones, they just boosted it into oblivion.
w0mbatina Yes green channel is the better one when boosted
Yes , I’ve read they use the green crunch channel also
Great video, Ola. Thanks for the 5150 love. I like all the otter machine head riffs you played, esp The More Things Change... on the whole my fav mh album. Keep up the great work. Us old folks enjoy this nostalgic metal!
Crowbar “the lasting dose” tone....
Randall RG100ES with a Boss Metal Zone. Leave the bass, mid and treble knobs at 12 o'clock. Gain knob all the way down, volume knob all the way up.
carbajal8283 sure, I read about it too but I want to see Ola do it!
The speakers and cab make the biggest tone change - you should try it with 4x15 greenbacks!
Now it's time to EMG on Solar!!!
bleakAntiquity xD
solar has an emg pickup guitar already
I remember reading something about MH being on the clean channel on their amps!
I actually get a more scooped sound that way which I love.
I have a little Mesa Mark III combo, and I can actually run the clean channel and have the preamp gain set on 6/7 with the EVH overdrive feeding the amp.
The way you set the preamp gain drastically affects the tone.
Help me with Testament sound please !!!! Saludos de Costa Rica!!! lml
Really ola even I when I advise newbies first thing I tell them is play a 5150 it makes everybody sound awesome easiest amp to dial in
Awesome! At this point, I would like to know if you can obtain that crushing tone out of an EVH 5150
His video of the 5150iii stealth sounds brutal af
You can with the right OD pedal. The evh has a wider gain stage profile so you gotta tighten up the gain profile if that makes sense. I'd try a maxon od808 or a boss od1 and a eq pedal
P Bizzle absolutely - however I've usually shyed away from the 5153s just because they have so much saturation, and an od pedal for me on the lead channel is overkill for heavy playing - with the blockletter 5150 the gain is more raw so when you slam it with an od it's not so over the top - having said that I still love all the EVH amps \m/
yea just look up gojira
P Bizzle 5150s to me just never needed OD pedals. A lot of people love them though.
In an Interview or How to Play, Robb explained that they Tune to Drop B but around 40 cents Sharp. He meantioned that for their Tone it would sound cleaner than pitched perfect.
lol when he introduces himself it sounds like he says "Hello, i'm old England." Feudalism is pretty metal.
Sounds awesome. Now that you mention the difference between old and new EMG's , it would be cool if somebody can do a shootout. I been saying that for long time. I tested 3 emg 81 on the same guitar and the 3 sounded different. It's not a rare fenomenon with passive pickups also. Microphones sounds different too, i have 2 legit sm57 and they sound a little different.
I woke up early this morning
Hey Ola! Don't know if you will see this comment but I want to help you with EMG81 played through a peavey 5150/6505... I found that if you stick to the rhythm channel when using a tube screamer the amp is a bit more tamed. My settings go bright on pre gain 5-8(using as little as possible) depending on the wood... Low 5-6 mid 4 high 5 with tubescreamer gain 0 tone 5-6(again depends on wood) level max( boost helps with the muddyness) good luck love your videos
Do Slayer =)
metmike21 YES!!
TAKE MY SCARS was my anthem back in the day! Machine Head still kills compared to most of the stuff coming out...🤘
Why don't you do a Riff War with Fluff?
Really righteous tones. I bought these new and played em constantly and you nailed it. Finger tone be Damned!
Ola, quit screening my phone calls!
Playing mostly Ibanez, I only use the "Boss Metal Core" (not too much gain) with the Evolution and Fred PU's 4 the MH-Sound. Works out great!