EVH 5150 III Secrets You Need To Know With Amp Designer Howard Kaplan
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2024
- EVH 5150 III Secrets You Need To Know With Amp Designer Howard Kaplan... In this video you'll discover secrets about the EVH 5150 III series of amplifiers.
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Howard Kaplan reveals some of the insider secrets like which preamp tubes Eddie Vanhalen preferred in the EVH 5150 III amps. He also talks about the little know secret about filament voltage and how it effects the Eddie Vanhalen's brown sound.
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About 3 months ago I had the privilege of meeting Howard when I brought my EVH 5150 2X12 combo to him to do the complete concentric separate channel one mod and was blown away by the man before he even started on my amp. He updated me on the progress nearly daily and asked me how I wanted certain things. I simply can not say what a great experience it was. He is so generous with his time and his attention to my needs. The outcome was better than I imagined. I can honestly say not only is he the best of the best at what he does, but I actually feel honored to have gained a new friend in Howard.
Howard is a great guy! I have never met someone who actually took the time to speak with clients who had issues, or questions! I've dealt with him many times when I purchased my EVH amps... I say "amps", because I had one of each model that came out... the 100w reg, the Special ed striped front, the red 50w, updated 50w, the 100w Stealth (when the still used Winged C's), the 50w stealth etc... lol Great guy! Lots of good info shared!
I will say I have had a great experience with Dave Friedman. He personally addresses customer questions and has taken care of me several times. I'm in San Diego and it's a 2.5 hour drive to his shop in Hollywood and he is always accommodating if I need to take hime something. Howard and Dave are rare birds in todays world, for sure.
Mr. Kaplan is such a nice guy. I haven’t been part of the 5150 III group for long but he’s always friendly and more then happy to help others that use the amp he designed.
Yes, he is a great guy.
Isn't that amazing how concerned he is about his product/design? I wish more engineers and designers would take that kind of attitude towards their products...
Howard is the man! He's the only guy I will trust with any of my amps. One of the nicest kindest human beings I have ever met in all my years. His knowledge and expertise is unsurpassed in this business.. They broke the mold...
Finally happy to hear Howard explain in explicit detail, why the combo amps channel 2 are like no other!
I was glued to my screen for this, very cool interview! Didn't know the "brown sound" reduced filament voltage thing was built-in, nice :)
Have chatted with Howard several times on Facebook and he is always ALWAYS available and thoughtful in his information.....he was also generous when I developed a problem with a shipped EVH 4x12 cab being damaged by logistics company....I ask Howard if there were any possibilities to get a replacement baffle grill spec? .... He one upped that by helping me secure a complete replacement baffle!! ...Thank You again and again Howard
He is a great guy.
Howard is a genius. I have a Vox AC30C2 and I absolutely love it. But you can't really do Metal tones with a Vox AC30C2. I went with the EVH 50w EL34 head and matching 2x12 cab. I absolutely loved it. That EVH amp gets me to high gain heaven really fast. The Green channel is surprisingly clean. The Blue channel in my EL34 50w head has not had the C137 mod done to it. An eq pedal in the loop and I don't need to do the mod. My Blue channel is BRUTAL. Red channel is absolutely SAVAGE. I saved this video because I plan to watch it a few times.
Thank you very much for making this video. And thank you to Howard for being willing to drop his wisdom on us. It is immeasurably beneficial to people like me.
Glad you like it.
What a cool man! Thanks Howard love my 5150 lll heads. Massive tone even at low volume. Thank you sir for the insight on working with Ed.
And the design aspect. You Rock Howard!!!
Howard is a great guy
Great interview! Thanks for sharing it.
Glad you liked it.
Great info! I picked up an EVH 5150 III 50 watt head with 6L6’s recently and absolutely love it. It’s a great versatile amp.
Great to hear!
Very interesting interview!
Great interview. Thanks 👍
Thanks Steve
Great interview. Can't wait to get an EL34 model.
Great guy and amazing design! I'll never part w/ my 50w head. 3 channel, Midi, 7 preamp tubes that can be used to buy diff tubes to customize your sound even a HP out (never seen that on a 30w or bigger amp!).
Very cool tidbit about the amp being tweaked to reduce the voltage a la Brown sound.
Howard is the real deal!
He’s a helpful guy for sure.
I absolutely love the 5150 III; it sounds exactly like my Powerball.
I genuinely believe that the original 6L6 50 watt head is a modern classic.
Thanks for that....i have one of the first 5150iii combo's and it got 2 of the expensive green speakers some how
Cool
Had a chat with him about cold bias, really nice guy. Offered me to mod my 50W amp but I can only wish because sadly I'm in Sydney.
Thx for a great video 😍🤘🔥
Glad you liked it!
i wish there were similar talk about the LBX heads.
And/or if we could have an official concentric pot mod for the OG LBX
Not sure if there is a mod for those heads.
Thanks!
Thank you!
Nice chat. I wish he would have talked a little bit more about the 2-12 combo with the 6L6’s. I picked one up last week and love the heck out of it
Great video
Thanks
I met him in Arizona I was complaining about my amp ! He said youll love my new amp I designed it for Eddie . Good enough for me
Very cool dude
Special thanks to Howard.
Howard is a fantastic human being, always willing to help out.
The 5150 iii's are great amps ... I just wish that they were altered to be less bright and more warm.
They just lack warmth, sadly.
Try a different speaker cab.
Try the EL34 50w head.
All the amps with the same articulation and more "warmth" are about twice as costly. Orange Rockerverb comes to mind. Or you could spend a couple of hundred on a mod? Or use a pedal?
I noticed that when I use my stealth head with real vintage celestion speakers that's super warm and what I expected the stealth 212 cabinet to sound like but sadly it's not, it's louder with the EVH stealth 212 cabinet than the old 412 with old celestion speakers in it but not the tone I expected.
Ill summarize this stry..I was searching for a reliable Hi-gain head, mostly used for practice but if the opp arose to play live I could do it with a 212 cab. I personally tested 4 r 5 diffrnt amp manuf until I came upon a 212 6L6 combo..with the concentric rev. It sounded killer! Long story short..I now rock this exact 50 watt 6L6 head..with 2 ×12" C V 30's...lov it. Thank You for ur work Howard..we appreciate it.
Brah I want to get this amp, but based on horror stories about this one I wouldn't call it reliable... many people had it failing multiple times within the warranty period. Honestly I don't want to deal with that.
I was totally blown away with the tone of the LBX1, I was like ' How could this little amp do this?' I was so impressed I eventually got an EVH 50W combo 1x12. You get more versitallity from classic rock to heavy metal. Both amps work great with single coils too!
Wrong.
There's NO heavy metal from any EVH amplifier.
Clearly you're doing something wrong.
@@dreyn7780 what? absolutely plenty of metal tones in those amps
@@karmaceutical3963😂 He's an ultimate troll character. He thinks you can't use Gibson guitars into fender amps because the electric won't work. He's dead serious though so I think he's on the spectrum 😢
I am glad I waited to get my EVH 5150 III EL34 50. I love it. I lowered the gain slightly on my ch. 3 with a V4 5751preamp tube. To get a more usable control of the ch. 3 gain.
I have 3 5751 tubes for channel 3.
@@CraigBecktaDid that get rid of the hissing?
Great video!! Does anyone know if you can program the EVH ( midi ) to go to any channel example: ( Ch 1 blue-Ch 2 green-Ch 3 blue- Ch 4 red ) or any combination desired using midi foot controller - I’m using voodoo lab ground control
Thx🤘
How can i get channel 1/2 mod for my evh 5150 III combo if i live in EU ? Is there any Fender support for that ?
a realy great amp, lots of distortion for killer sounds, only a couple of flaws, after playing a while, i get a ringing pitch of very slight sound, which is annoying, and also there have been some humming, which can be corrected with a noise gate, but not often the case.
I have the 1x12 50 watt combo. I find the green channel cleans are very bright when I have the blue channel dialed in the way I like. Too bright to be useable for me. Any ideas?
I have a 15w lunchbox the one w the green and blue channels. Are the power tubes set for the Brown sound on that head?
I will ask Howard next time we chat.
The Anniversary's sound wayyyyyyy better too. Nothing against Greenbacks but I definitely prefer them.
bought a 5150 lbx-3 15watt head today,,,,blue&red lit buttons only,,,how do i find how old it is??? super nice & nasty lil' thing
Hey it appears Kaplans Amp Service website is down, is there anywhere where I could find the schematics for the volume mod?
Ok how do I find this upgrade? The Links do not work.
This man is bringing
I bet this is a good place to ask... Is the Effects Loop of the 5150 iii 50W Line Level or Instrument (Pedal) Level? Thanks for the awesome video! I love my 5150 iii
Anyone? There is no mention in the documentation and all my Google searches turn up results with people not being sure. Thanks!
@@Crunch104 I have the 50 W Stealth and I’m pretty sure the effects loop is line level. I run my time-based effects pedals in the loop without any issues. Hope this helps.
@@redrugambientguitar8852 Thanks man! My guess is that it is Line Level as well. I find it strange though that I cannot find any confirmation from any official source or from Mr. Kaplan.
@@Crunch104 No worries! Thinking about it, I wonder whether it's more likely to be -10 dB rather than line level.
What are the bias values in mV for EVH LBX series amps? EL84 will have less voltage I guess? Can V1 and V2 in LBXs be replaced with lower gain tubes? eg. 12at7 12au7 (they have different current so is it safe for the amp?)
Check with Howard on Facebook or via email.
I have an (EVH 5150 100 STEALTH ) plugged into a load box (Torpedo captor X ) for direct recording through IRs. When I have the sound turn down on the monitors and I play the guitar, I can hear it coming from the amp head. There is a Randell ISO cab speaker cabinet plugged in Captor X. There should be no sound since the monitors are turned down. is this normal for high gain amps.
Yeah I hear resonations when I play my amp through my reactive load. It's either the amp or the reactive load (suhr, the amp is ceriatone), but it's like a really silent and buzzy version of what I'm playing.
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Anyone know what the plate voltage should be on an el34 50 watt head? Mine runs at 485v
That's perfect for EL34.
HI Craig, i have problems with my FX loop, when i turn it on there is a noise / hum ...do you have a Idea what is the problem? thx
Having the same exact problem with mine ...not happy
Do you know the impedence rating of the 5150iii 50watt 1x12 combo speaker? It has the G12EVH-50 speaker but I can't find any info for the 50 watt version. Not Celestions website, no where.
That sounds like the EVH iconic combo.
Should be 16ohms. Get a multi meter.
What kind of mods does Howard to for the 5150?
You will have to check with him, his contact info is in the description.
Hey is Kaplan have a email can ask him some questions or maybe someone here knows?
I have a 5150 III 50W EL34 head.
It has Genalex el34/KT77 tubes but they say KT77 are them tubes safe to be in the 5150 III 50W EL34 HEAD?
KT77 are in the EL34 family. They will work in the 50 EL34 albeit that the tubes are a matched pair.
I have one of the older 5150-3’a that doesn’t have the concentric pots in channel 1&2. I’d like to look into getting that mod but the links you provided for Howard don’t work. Any updates on those?
Howard shut down his business.
@@CraigBeckta well that sucks. :-(
@@johncarter9509 There are other techs that can do it. It all depends on where you live or if you're willing to pay for shipping.
@@asnark7115 I assumed this. But finding them is the issue.
But I have spider classic line 6 it puts the. SOUND out too sound n taste
The channel 2 voicing changed somewhere along the way. Anyway you could ask him when did that change happened?
I prefer the original. They turned the channel 2 to sound more like the channel 3.
Changes made were to Eddie's suggestions.
@@CraigBeckta yes but do you know what year that happened?
@@TavaresProject Only Stealth has that, no changes on the regular model
I got the guitar it's bleach blue the Amp is next withe the head stock
I'm sure the speakers don't blow often because most people play these amps with the master volume down.
Amp.needs a adjustable noise gate
The only time you hear that noise is when you are in between songs and only if your guitar is turned all the way down.
Howards website link is invalid. Good discussion though.
Howard has unfortunately shut down Kaplan’s Amp Repair to work for another company. He no longer provides the mods.
I cant find Howards Facebook Page and Website, is it all down?
Yes, he shut down his business.
@@CraigBeckta Thank you Craig! I have a older EVH 5150iii 100w and i can only go to 100 mV at the test points is that normal? Thank you so much
@@01leftThat could be a sign that the tubes are starting to go.
They charge more than half the price of the 4x12 ($1149) for the 2x12($599) and the 2x12 has budget speakers?
I guess they are in business to make money plus EVH gear takes a cut of the profits from Fender.
@@CraigBeckta fair enough. I was just surprised since I had not paid enough attention to realize that until it was pointed out in the video.
😂they aren't budget speakers, they cost $170 a piece.
I'd love to get my 5153 head modded to have concentric pots but nobody seems to do it in the UK?
Howard’s website and Facebook no longer exists and I’d really like to get In touch with him. Anyone know why he is off grid now?
I think he is working for someone now.
@@CraigBeckta Do you know if his CH1/CH2 mod PCB is still available from Fender or anywhwere?
Why are the new ones breaking down ?
It is hard to say whether the newer ones have a higher failure rate. You often only hear about problems on social media.
Tube shortages bring down tube quality that is why EVH is only producing 50% of there norm output. Tubes are the main reason I see people w/ problems. My 2014 is a tank.
Interesting what he said at the very end, the Iconic first stage is solid state. Which we kinda already knew.
I am still waiting to see the inside of an Iconic head. I'm not a fan of "made in China".
Think I’m owed some $$$ 😂😂
It would be awesome to interview you about your work on the first 100 watt head.
@@CraigBeckta unfortunately I’m not the right Matt Wilkins lol
His website and Facebook pages are down… is he okay?
He’s fine. He’s working for a new company, and has closed Kaplan’s Amp repair permanently.
I’ve had mine for 2 years and just found out, because it’s 230v I’ve got to switch the cables inside the head 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Such bullshit that they chose G12-H30s over the EVH Celestions in the 212...the speakers are about the same damn price!