New Kid In Town! EVH 5150 Iconic!
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- Let's check out the brand new 5150 Iconic head from EVH! All amp tones are via a UAD Ox Box, Mesa V30 cab.
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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Start
0:13 - Intro
0:50 - Disclosure
0:58 - What Is This?
1:49 - Full Mix Example
2:29 - The Specs
3:18 - Green Channel Playthrough
6:07 - 1/4 Power Switch
7:02 - The Voicing
7:53 - Noise Gate Test
9:20 - Preamp Section
10:22 - Red Channel Playthrough
12:35 - Wrap Up
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Just curios is it made in Mexico?
@@MDC249 I wouldn’t ask questions on here as he never answers anyone and it’s made in China Pal
@@gazzaduce3424 thanks
Will you ever demo the 1x12 combo?...
Sounds good, I think it needs more umph though, needs an OD pedal!!!
Eddie always said he wanted to mass produce great affordable gear for the masses. So there you go. Another amazing tube amp.
HAIL TO THE KING!
Yeah man this sounds pretty sick to me! My favorites were from the green channel with some gain on it. Sounds like it’s fun to play on.
I've been wanting that stealth one for a while. I'm REALLY wanting to grab one of the 100w black ones. What is it, the stealth III ? Or 5150 III? Can't remember the model now for some reason. Or I wouldn't mind having a black and a white. But 2 of the same amps? Oh, and the cab... Or 2.
.. Ben, I think you've got one of those sitting on the shelf behind you in your videos, no??
Just never gotten around to piling the trigger between all the crazy stuff I've bought..
If my uncle b says it it's true
Sounds much better than EVHs UA-cam channel demo. Thank goodness. That was a fizzy nightmare did anyone else see that yesterday? I had to check the calendar, nope not April 1st.
I completely agree it sounded like a crappy solid state amp from the 90s
Is it just me or did this demo sound super fizzy too
@@graemedixon6314 I definitely hear a fizz I think that's just the tonal nature of the gain stage in this, it sounds great to my ear but it's definitely not that hi-fi modern tube sound you get from the 5150 III
@@graemedixon6314 I'm grabbing myself a super crush 100 over this. Has that top end fizz but in a much more controlled and tasteful way in my opinion
@@judsonruddick5240 i own a crush pro 120 and to get a tight metal tone you definitely need an overdrive or boost. But the quality of sound and dynamics is awesome. I run through an Engl Pro 4x12 v 30.
I’ve had my Iconic for 3 days and this amp is amazing! I’m not trying to dial it in to sound like Eddie. The amp is very versatile and there no need to dial in a lot of gain to get a great lead sound on channel 2. I use a beautiful clean sound on channel 1. The boost works fabulous! I run a line out of the preamp out to a Boss ME70 into a JCM900 into Orange cabs. That way all my effects have a volume pedal so I can blend in modulation/delay effects into the Marshall while keeping the Iconic rock solid with a little bit of reverb. I love the reverb on the Iconic!
Anyway, create your own sound with this amp, don’t try to make it sound predictable.
The Iconic amp gives you everything you need to blaze into future guitar sounds…
This is the best demo I've seen on this amp, thank you. Also thank you for demoing it with actual good playing as well.
One of the best jobs turning knobs I’ve seen in an amp demo! Other channels should watch and learn!
Great demo Ryan! This definitely sounds great and the features & benefits are paramount for any player looking to expand their horizons in the tube amp realm. Burn switch had girth, tight low end and a crispy presence I really liked as well. Thank you 🤘
Really well done demo as always! Sounds fantastic Fluff. Thank you!
To me, this amp enhances the upper mids and top end that Eddie was famous for in his tone, much more so than any of the other 5150 predecessors. I've owned the Peavey 5150, multiple EVH Fender incarnation amps from the 50w to the Stealth and tonally this seems to outshine them all. The others had a darkness that I couldn't shrug, as awesome as they were, and this seems to unveil what Eddie really wanted in an amplifier, not a lot of frills, all tone
love the Buc-ee's shirt! I was recently on the Gulf Coast and had my first experience. That place is insane!! Great video, Ryan.
As a bedroom shredder, I’m more interested in the 1x12 but I’m excited by this lineup. The features for the price is crazy good. Plus they’re the best looking amps I think I’ve ever seen.
I can’t find any in my town yet to play but to me the combo sounded awesome in Ola’s demo. From what I’ve heard it’s what I want.
Thanks for delivering such amazing material all the times.
Your Big fan from Iran
You very well may have just sold me on this beast Fluff!!! Great video man 🤘🤘🤙
Thanks for making my amp wait a lot better. I was nervous after watching the evh video. That is a great sounding amp.
Better than I expected!
Great demo 👍
I always thought that my 50 watt evh was a great deal at $999 but this is a great deal too. I don't see how anyone can talk trash on EVH. They've successfully made great sounding gear at affordable prices and some bells and whistles. A lot cheaper than some other amp companies for sure and they got off easy cause Eddie and his tone did most the work for these newer amp companies already...lol. I got the 50 watt head and 2x12 combo cause that was the best tube rig I could get for the money imo. I probably would've considered one of these if it was out a couple years ago.
I been wanting to hear this since seeing it at Sweetwater good demo man thanks for this.
This has all the Randall tone i want without all the Randall money signs. Good stuff. Thank you for the great showing 🤟🏻
So much better than the official EVH demo from t’other day. But I’m still sticking to the Peavey 6505 I’ve ordered.
Good choice
Ya, I’m not sure anything could tear me away from my 6505+ any time soon.
@@222Brony try a EVH 5150 iii 100w Stealth.
I blows away all other amps i had before (Peavey 6505, Orange Rockerverb, Marshall Jcm800, Engl Powerball) no kidding)
@@222Brony what about the peavey 1992 that’s coming soon?
@@dddd717 what's the Peavey 1992 amp going to be !?
I like this format video, what a great rundown of the amp.
Not bad at all. Very good explanation on the price point and piece of the market it will occupy. Didn't sound bad! Looking forward to seeing more and some comparisons man!
Wow...I just can't get over the price for that amp, with all its features and power. Thanks for sharing, Fluff.
Made in China
Finally!!!!!! Been not wanting to order till i heard it. Thank you Fluff.
Great job as always Ryan !! Sounds like a great amp for the price point as you mentioned.
Found this very enlightening. Heard several bad reviews. You were honest and I dig that. Subscribing for sure.
Sounds awesome. Great demo!
I am seriously impressed! Given the price and how this thing sounds, man I think I want one!
It sounds very full and "5150-ish". It has that 2000-2010s metalcore and heavy metal tone nailed. The noise gate is a great feature, wish it had a master volume and MIDI though! Overall it seems like a decent amp if you're looking for a dirty-ish clean or 2 rhythm/leads tones and more features than a 6505+ would have. But I think the latest 5153 amps are still where it's at for separate EQ/Vol and Gain over 3 channels with MIDI.
The best sounding channel is the clean channel and I love clean. This is a win for me.
I get the chills at 4:12 It sounds pleasant to my ears
I purchased the head and I like it thanks for the review sir.
I dig the more crunch in this version, love it,
Another shredding , positive review without all the usual UA-cam stuff. Thanks Fluff , great playing as always 👍
Awesome review of the 5150 Iconic!
Beautiful song for demo! In Flames 🔥 vibes on point!
Wow that official demo video needs to get updated. This sounds great!
I have the 5150IIS 100W and it's my go-to for metal now. After your review I'm definitely pulling the trigger on this head! This is a great step down for smaller gigs when playing off the stage. This will be the closest I'll ever get to a SS amp.
I own an EVH 5150iii el34 100watt head and completely in love with it. That being said, I really enjoy this model and the way it’s sounding. Great product to add to the collection! I may pick one up as my practice head! It may not be the same but at it’s price point it’s more than perfect as a practice solution!
*this amp honestly reminds me of the PV rock master rack made into a full-fledged head! The way the voicing is as you turn in the dails on the front of it to dial in your tone, it functions like a PV rockmaster.*
You got the damn thing before Ola!!! I’ve been mulling over buying used in the 5150 III department or save some cash with this head. Thanks for the demo!
Sounds great £600 over here you can’t go wrong ,can’t wait for them to send mine and I’ve got plenty of expensive EVH too
Great thorough demo mate 👍
Hard to beat those Stealth amps you have though! Those are just monsters!!
Love your channel @Ninecore Neil
@@bradkillingsworth4137 wow thanks buddy
Nice a BUGERA with a 5150 logo on it
Ouch. I mean I have had the 6262 and the preamp section was nearly identical to the 6505+ I also owned. The power amp did sound a bit difference, no resonance knob on the bugera!
Welp, the 1st video on the EVH Iconic! Loved it Fluff. Way cool dude
Why is everyone always referring to this amp as a 'kid's amp' or a budget amp? How did that idea creep into the UA-cam world? It may be a straightforward one, with few extra's, but that doesn't make it less grown-up. I mean...how old was Eddie when he started Van Halen? This sounds and looks like a full blown amp to me. Great demo by the way Fluff, as always! I'm ordering this!
Kind of like how everyone says short scale basses are "for kids" -- as though there aren't hundreds of amazing bassists who play short scale basses.
We put this amp recently against the "Big Boy" Amps and it held it's own and even made a couple look like child's play.
Glad I decided to pre order this head.
Finally someone talking sense about the number of A7Xs in the amp lol. It's really clear a lot of people don't understand amp design well enough to know what the reduction in tubes actually means for the circuit.
Would love to hear a shootout of the OG Peavey 5150 and the Iconic!
THATS THE DEMO WE WANTED, THANK YOU FOR SAVING THE DAMN PRODUCT
Great Review and amazing tones. If I had the money lying around, I would buy it on the spot 😁
It’s cool, a bit too crunchy for what I like to do but this demo sounds much better than the EVH demo. Thanks as always for the great demo Fluff.
Then you lower the gain. Problem solved.
Awesome review and demo!
Sounds great! Was really curious about these when they announced them. Wonder if the 40-watt combos are as good.
The red channel sounds sick!
Wow, this was so much better than what I heard on the original demo.
As an owner of the 40w combo…I can say with very high confidence that the combo sounds just as good as the head does! Love it love it love it! Between your demo and Rays demo…it really gave me such high hopes for this amp and god damn did it not disappoint at all! I’m actually running my Metal Muff in the front on my combo on the green channel and holy shit does it sound brutal as fuck while still being super clear and articulate. Love ya Fluff! Do a review on the 40w combo version as well! You will not be disappointed at all!
Does the noise gate actually work? I recently picked up the 2x12 combo and the noise gate only works if i keep the gain low, like how Fluff demonstrated. Not sure if I got a bad amp/tube, or if the marketing pushed hard on the noise gate....
Sleep city! Love that song and I love your reviews fluff keep up the great work.
Sounds massive! Cool demo bro 🍻
Wow I should have waited. What a beast of an amp. I ended up buying the amp 1 iridium pedal cause I'm as impatient as they come. O well. I would like to hear you demo that pedal one day man.....great video of the iconic.
Sounds amazing man!!!
Ok….I finally got to plug in my new white iconic head tonight. First of all I brought my 5150 block head home the day it hit the store. It was $500 …what? 30 years ago? Now my regular rig runs a Boss GT 100 4 cable to a Laney Ironheart 120. It’s loud and really is a complete setup. Now these new iconics…it is damn loud. It doesn’t give you that weird thin sound that some hybrids have. It seems like I ran a tube screamer in my original block to get the modern metal tones the Iconic offers using BURN and gain. The noise gate makes an honest attempt … but balls out it can’t handle the gain it pumps…ALOT. If your maxing the gain and want that nerve shattering silence you will need a Decimator or something worthy. As not everyone maxes on tones of death and the backed off gain tones are beautiful. I mean catch this on the DAW clean and worthy. There will be some badass music recorded with these heads, just don’t take life so seriously…if we were that serious we wouldn’t have ended up musicians looking for the next biggest thing to make us sound like we play better. This is a great amp 🤘
Good take. I own it now myself (had to have it) and I can say this is accurate. Noise gate does help but nothing will beat an external one. I still prefer my 808 to the built in boost.
Still the feature set for the money plugged straight in for simplicity's sake is hard to beat. I've used so much gear over the years, analog, digital, tube, solid state, pedals, multi fx units, emulators, miced, direct, reamped, etc etc etc to the point of exhaustion and this sounds just as good straight in with no extras and no extra pedals. It's all in one. The gear search for me is over atm because I'm so content with its sound but it kinda pisses me off.
I'm just sitting here looking at this thing like "where the hell was this thing when I was 15 and first starting?" I could have saved SOOOO much time and money tone searching and gear swapping. But that's half the fun of being a musician. The discovery.
It is an great value imo. But yes. It's not perfect. But for my money close. I'm definitely not searching for tone anytime soon. This has it in person and in recordings to my ears though I know alot of people don't like bright sizzly crunchy amps. What it is though is versatile and has gain for days. I love it.
important to say that James Brown (amptweaker) was behind this, he came back to fender to help finish this amp that he originally designed at peavey
Amp sounds GREAT!!!!
The longer I listen, the more I like it!
This makes me so excited to get mine!!!
I got mine yesterday and honestly, I love it more than my 5150 III
I kinda agree. I have both as well and I feel bad for thinking this same thing. May just be honeymoon phase but I LOVE the sounds coming out of this thing. And the way it feels. You can make it as tight or as saggy as you want.
Would u be able to do amp switching via 4cm with something like a helix?
Thanks for video great job 👍
I think we need a 5150 shootout!?!?!?! all the lbx, stealth, block, sig and this. with mixes and room mics ;)
Woo! That thing is sick!
I have to agree ,, I just picked one up , happy with it so far for sure. I have it paired with a 1960a , and if sounds great.
That sounded much better than the other video.
Its got the very nice whooshy high gain sound that 5150s get..i actually really like this amp..
The riff reminded me on stick to your guns, really enjoyed it
Sounds great!
Evh shouldve had you do their demo.
Sounds great...awesome
Jesus, that sounds good!
awesome video man!
Question: what about the tubes in the 5150, how often do you have to change the tubes?
Been watching all of your vids. I picked myself up an iconic because it was a steal of a deal. Sounds awesome through your mesa; im still looking for a cab. Are v30's your preferred speaker?
Holey tones Batman!! This thing sounds great!
I love it! Sounds sick and good for the price.
Sounds pretty good to me. I think I need one of these.
Loving this amp.
That opening riffage is enough to leave a like. I got to get me one of those.
Everybody hating on this amp but I think it sounds amazing!
Gotta get me one. Great video.
Great demo,i've learned a lot and especially that you explain why the 2 pre-amp tubes section .thanks for sharing.
This sounds fucking crispy. Oddly enough, it also sounds very similar to any blue stripe Peavey solid state amp with the gain button pushed in 😬 not a bad move for someone that needs the extra features though. Your demo beats the balls off of the company's initial demo.
Cool,you got a great sound out of it,I'd buy one and it's in my price range.
Great demo. Since there's not a lot of stores anymore where you can play stuff like this I rely heavily on videos like this. Top notch brother. Well done.
The built in noise gate is great.
It just sounds great.
Honestly with the way tubes and factories are going, more good solid state tech is welcomed. Plus the man designing these is well known for his metal word contributions through schematics and designs.
People will really appreciate fewer tubes a few years later when they retube it!
@@jamesbrown7468 Tubes are getting ridiculously pricey.
Holy Shit! Sounds good right out of the box without an OD pedal in the front end.
Considering pre ordering the combo
I bought my 5153/50watt for a grand years ago. It is bare bones. I had no idea theyre 1300$ now. I’m 35 and bought a 6505+ for 1,200 bucks when I was 19. Damn if this thing was available when I was that age I would of loved to have it.
Mr. RYAN thank you you for your honest and best review of the Iconic, I think it's a decent Amp for the price. Much love to EVH & Mr .Brown. Ryan I watched the review you did of the EVH 5150 iii 50 watt 6l6 head and you said that out of all of the whole family of 5150 amps that we've been blessed with over the years that you would pick that one over all of them, does that still hold true? I hope so because I bought one based solely on. Your review and I love it. Thank you and have a wonderful weekend. ✌🏼🤘🏻🤓
Peavey already made this amp (hybrid tube amp) in 2008 and it was called the Tube Vypyr and it was/is a great sounding amp. I still have my 120 watt 2x12 tube Vypyr combo and still works without issue. It has 4 6L6 power tubes and a 12ax7 for an inverter tube. The gain section is solid state. All I know is the bass response is excellent and it has more than enough volume and gain if needed. I tried the EVH Iconic combo about a year ago and it sounded alright but the cabinet build quality was sh*t compared to my old Peavey. To my ear the tube Vypyr sounds better and it has good onboard effects that you can use or turn off. The 6505 sound on it is pretty much identical to a 5150 and the clean sounds are great. The Marshall, Mesa, Fender and Vox presets on it also sound great. But frankly it's worth it just for the 6505 setting. People should stop obsessing over gear and brand names and learn how to actually play the guitar.
I like the Buc-ee shirt! Oh and the 5150
That thing is a beast. I'm getting one.
I have a feeling that this is going to be amp modders new playground.