EVH 5150 III EL 34 (This Should Be GOOD)

[@MrPolevaulter]

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[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Can't wait to hear this. Just started watching. 50 watts is perfect I think. That and a 2 x 12 and you're ready to rock!

[@philnicol8072]

The gain is Dynamite 🧨 There's plenty of 'tone' when using the clean channel too. 👍 A very well designed power amp stage in that head, incorporating the EL34's

[@Dan_Ranger]

It sure ain’t no option paralysing modeller! 😂 I’ve been gigging the 6L6 versions for about 10 years. Super reliable, versatile and cut through the mix 🤘🤘

[@stringbender11672]

Great one! Can hardly wait to hear what the new EVH 5150 Iconic amps sound like. Great playing by Elmo as usual🏁

[@MrPolevaulter]

Looking forward to those as well.

[@MarbsMusic]

I'm into the high gain and to me this gets me a sound I've been looking to get for a long time. The clean is amazing... still working on figuring out how I'll use the crunch but trying different boosts. To me this 50W is just a monster! Nice playing as always!

[@MrAlbertpr82]

I really enjoy your honest, and simple reviews. Your playing always makes want to grab the guitar, and steal some of those licks. 😅

[@MrPolevaulter]

Glad to hear :)

[@scottjerard1293]

Nice clean sound When i think EVH nice warm clean usually doesnt come to mind

[@MrPolevaulter]

Yeah.

[@stephanematis]

On fire. Thank you, I needed some aural joy between a day filled with meetings. Heck ya. I found the clean epic... which is a minor surprise for me. Yes, use this for demos if it fits your life.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Ended up selling it.

[@MrJimlen]

i have this & the matching 50w cab, i still watched your review because youre awesome :) this amp absolutely rules, its a fire breathing monster., i agree also its loud but not terribly loud

[@fransterhorst3694]

Decided to call you Elmo Kilimanjaro long ago, no problem. Love your video's. Cheers!

[@MrPolevaulter]

😀

[@robertrockwell6996]

Looks like you had some fun! Liked the laugh towards the beginning. I thought I was the only one that did that 😆

[@MrPolevaulter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@asnark7115]

@19:35 You have to clip a capacitor (C137?)in the amp to get the clarity back in the blue/crunch channel, otherwise it's muddy, as you said.

[@mikew9788]

I've been considering putting it on a switch

[@pedrolourenco2707]

The plexi is louder because it distorts the power amp. The EVH keeps the phase inverter and power tubes clean. It's a significant diference.

[@kevinkentley6846]

Sounds amazing Elmo !!

[@billhannum4117]

I'll take the marshall 1987x over this all day long . Evh has high gain the marshall has the right gain structure . . Marshall has more clarity and sounds natural .I have a jvm 205 and I have learned that high gain isn't all ways good . It's better to have enough of the right gain . I will keep my marshall jvm but I am getting the 1987x for sure it's my favorite marshall.killer demo and amazing playing once again Elmo

[@scoobystap3159]

The amp sounds great….and so does that Harley Benton.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Great idea to use the clean for guitar reviews. Great idea sir.

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

@@KarstenJohansson no. He turned of the stroman and used the amp..

[@KarstenJohansson]

@@hoosierdaddy2308 I got that on re-watch. Thanks.

[@BeyondVexing]

Sounds like a good kind of monster to have!🤪

[@OgamiItto70]

The clean sound surprised me by being better than I expected. And I don't see EVH releasing an amp unless it has notably good-sounding crunch. I hate "shared EQ," though. Shared EQ means you get either a great clean tone *or* a great crunch tone, but almost never both. So you can have *one* good tone and one blah one or two blah ones. Me no likey. I'd rather have separate EQs for each, clean and crunch, and do without the supergonzo distortion channel. Supergonzo distortion is why God gave us overdrive pedals and He even lets us use more than one at a time, if we want. It sounds good, but doesn't meet my needs. I can see how it would be just about perfect for some others, though. Nice review. Good, useful information. Thanks.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Cheers!

[@thebaldshredder]

Yeah I want some gain! 🤘

[@MrPolevaulter]

:)

[@BjornarFrantzen]

Lovely cleans

[@jacobbockover1628]

Thats a good sound your getting

[@pablobaleani2756]

ABSOLUTLY BRILLANT; so the amp

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Man. That thing just sounds great to me from here. I can tell you love it too because you're playing more than when you do with an amp you don't like . 🤣🤟♥️🤣🤣🤣 which makes perfect sense. 7 preamp tubes is amaxing!!! 🤣 Hope all I'd well sir. Good here. Is it cold there yet? It's getting fall here. Take care brother Tim..

[@rogerjr.8972]

Cold? T - shirt and shorts…Elmo J is a Viking!

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

@@rogerjr.8972 🤣🤟

[@MrPolevaulter]

It got cold after I filmed the video :D

[@billhannum4117]

Has alot of gain ...but...the plexi has more.string to string separation and clarity when pushed the evh is good ...the plexi can do this though with a pedal in front and retain articulation and dynamics ...just my two cents ...for me nothing beats a marshall ..

[@jconner3891]

Try the stealth 50. You’ll love it.

[@billhannum4117]

That's the one to get out of all the 5150 amps

[@austinnicolsonmusic711]

sounds cool my dude

[@grahamharding9396]

I have it,and the 6l6 version, and i prefer the el 34 version.I also have the joyo 6l6 equivalent ,which is something else.Maybe valve/solid state configuration has its place?

[@daniellarson3068]

This amplifier costs $1400 in USA. The EVH brand is owned by Fender and built in California. So, it looks like this one is a keeper and not going back in the lake.

[@MrKrankKopf]

The EVH brand was owned by Eddie and now by Wolfgang. Fender does the marketing and distribution of EVH products like they do with Gretsch. All the amps are made in Mexico. The guitars are being made in Mexico, China and the USA. The upcoming Iconic amps will be made in China.

[@daniellarson3068]

@@MrKrankKopf I did think it would be unusual to be built in California. Thanks

[@andreil1234]

Well I suppose throwing a dirty shirley in front of the clean channel gets you around ;) Do an Ironheart 60 or 120H review if you ever get the chance. They're quite inexpensive new for what they offer and you can always find the odd bargain used. Cheers!

[@andrewjones8668]

nice playing

[@MrPolevaulter]

Cheers!

[@andrewjones8668]

@@MrPolevaulter I just got an ivory EVH 5150 iii 6L6GC head for AU$405, internal Bias pot not working tho

[@Cold_Hearted_World]

Gday mate, can I ask if you have tried it at "bedroom" level volumes? I'm really keen for the 100w version but I'm worried it will be the equivalent of driving a Ferrari around in a 40mph zone. Great playing btw 🤘

[@MrPolevaulter]

Sorry, I haven't.

[@vincelupone]

Just jumping in to say this amp is REALLY good at low volumes, including bedroom volumes, but the volume knob is touchy. Fender approaches this amp as a mini amp, and therefore the power amp is always 100% and the channel volume knobs are preamp volumes, so you're always at max headroom. The pots are a bit touchy, which means that you have to have it set just so to get the volume low enough and if you nudge it even the slightest bit, you can accidentally get very loud very quickly. Hope this helps, it's a truly awesome amp.

[@cheenu711]

You can try a pedal with a level knob. I use an EQ pedal to silence my amp.

[@mikaeljohansson83]

Now there's some FAT tone! What pickups are you using on that Welmo guitar? Seriously nice tone. And as always great video Elmo👌

[@MrPolevaulter]

Thanks! Seymour Duncan YJM Furys.

[@SadLonelyEmo161]

Suomi names i can not read it but it looks funny i wonder how it sounds ! I have only one times see it in real life because i ordered a guitar from finnland!

[@zakkcovers18]

Looks cool

[@oldguyjammin9732]

What’s the most FUN amp you’ve played. Aquafish was asked the same thing and said “JCA 22” so I bought one... what say you shredmaster!?!?

[@MrPolevaulter]

Boring answer, but the Marshall 1987x I have behind me. The Harley Benton Tube 15 was a surprise.

[@oldguyjammin9732]

Looked like you needed to make a pretty big EQ adjustment between clean and crunch :( that’s something that really bugged me about the HK heads too, always had to fiddle with knobs between two tones... deal breaker. You just keep getting better - way to stick with good ol’ regular practice.

[@MrPolevaulter]

Yeah, that was a bit of a bummer. Might be you could get around that with an EQ pedal.

[@RickMichaelis63]

Cool Amp !!!!

[@MrPolevaulter]

Yep :)

[@rollingstart_90s]

Soitteleeko tällä vahvistimella kotipuolessa, ilman mitään keinokuormaa, vai onko volyymit heti potikkaa avatessa kovat? Onkohan tämä ja Marshall DSL20 nuppi verrattavissa toisiinsa? Tarttis hommata uutta soundia, mutta en osaa päättää. Oma ENGL Ironball on hyvä, mutta vaihtelu virkistäisi kummasti.

[@Artbyrishikahh]

Great

[@mikaashton2152]

Sounds beefy... And tight..

[@jconner3891]

Subscribed

[@MrPolevaulter]

Thanks!

[@RapttorX]

great, you should totally keep thi... aaaand he sold it

[@MrPolevaulter]

I kept it. For now at least :)

[@george.kollaros]

Yes, the cleans are really good and the gain is more than everyone needs! But, when you switched to crunch channel it sounded a bit muffled and also the same happened when you switched to the high gain channel. I don't know if it's a setting you can make with the tone controls to fix this or it's the amp's inherent voice. You can clear this out because you know how it sounds in the room and how it responds to the b/m/t controls, but you said the same thing...

[@MrPolevaulter]

Yeah, it got a bit dark when switching :(

[@Mr.5hady]

Nice😎👌

[@kmichaelp4508]

17:40… can you talk a little more? Or do ya just want us to hear the amp? I came here for conversation PAL!!!! Outstanding amp 😆

[@VanjaSpirin]

It is known that 5150 is somehow clone of Soldano SLO 100, but Soldano, even as 100$ Neural DSP plugin sounds a bit better, more arrticulated with same amount of balls.

[@Artbyrishikahh]

Winner of giveaway is

[@MrPolevaulter]

That's a week from now.

[@Artbyrishikahh]

@@MrPolevaulter ohhk great 💖👍

[@janjihappy9185]

Done sub!

[@MrPolevaulter]

Cheers!

[@jconner3891]

Cut the capacitors 137c and the blue channel comes alive.

[@MrPolevaulter]

A bit late. I sold it.

[@vfamily2406]

😲 great googly moogly...

[@MrPolevaulter]

:D

[@Tilbily]

Lots of gain.... translation " these amps do go to 11 ! ".

[@janjihappy9185]

👍👍👍👍🥰

[@flathead7922]

Skip the cln shit n go for the raw directly..

[@hugomartinho2555]

"oh no... he has delay on!!! its now IMPOSSIBLE to hear the amp tone!" :)

[@MrPolevaulter]

:D