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  • #31
    Re: Live amp review... Mesa and 5150

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    that fuckin' 422 really does a number with that 5150 huh man..night and day difference!!!

    I never heard that unit work so well with any other amp..

    It does well with my Marshall rack too..

    But My Uber Hates it...but it don't need it..

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    I tried it on my Mark III. [img]/images/graemlins/eviltongue.gif[/img]
    It sounded like canned mushed ass.
    I tried it on 2 of my Carvin amps. DISGUSTING FLUB.
    I put it back in the loop of the 5150. GODLIKE. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]
    Its the most crushing tone I have ever gotten in 30 years of banging it out in the metal scene.

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    • #32
      Re: Live amp review... Mesa and 5150

      One of the amps that I would put in the class of an Uber and 5150 is a VHT Pittbull CLX 100. These amps are paint strippers, very loud and very-very aggressive. With that being said, I sold mine, not because of above said traits, but because it had no sag at all, the tightests sounding amp I have ever heard. It would be great if all you played was straight tight sounding speed metal, but I play that plus heavy plam muting, and in that I nead more sag at times. What the VHT CLX 100 could really use is a switch like the Peavys do, Tight-Medium-Loose tightness switch. Jack.

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      • #33
        Re: Live amp review... Mesa and 5150

        yeah..but did you DIME the gain on the Uber and leave it there and tweak the eqs to THAT??!!

        That's the key to BRUTALITY!!!! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
        "Bill, Smoke a Bowl and Crank Van Halen I, Life is better when I do that"
        Donnie Swanstrom 01/25/06..miss ya!

        "Well, your friend would have Bell's Palsy, which is a facial paralysis, not "Balls Pelsy" like we're joking about here." Toejam's attempt at sensitivity.

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        • #34
          Re: Live amp review... Mesa and 5150

          Well, hopefully I will be able to find out soon what this little BBE can do with a 5150....5150 on the way! Now to find a BBE!

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          • #35
            Re: Live amp review... Mesa and 5150

            The difference is night and day!!
            "Bill, Smoke a Bowl and Crank Van Halen I, Life is better when I do that"
            Donnie Swanstrom 01/25/06..miss ya!

            "Well, your friend would have Bell's Palsy, which is a facial paralysis, not "Balls Pelsy" like we're joking about here." Toejam's attempt at sensitivity.

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            • #36
              Re: Live amp review... Mesa and 5150

              John, kind of a weird question here, but could you put an estimate on the weight of the Mk III head?
              You took too much, man. Too much. Too much.

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              • #37
                Re: Live amp review... Mesa and 5150

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                John, kind of a weird question here, but could you put an estimate on the weight of the Mk III head?

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                I would say it weighs in around 40 lbs. Its pretty heavy. About the same as a 5150. Certainly not as heavy as a Marshall 2210.

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                • #38
                  Re: Live amp review... Mesa and 5150

                  Thanks man, muchos appreciated! [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]
                  You took too much, man. Too much. Too much.

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                  • #39
                    Re: Live amp review... Mesa and 5150

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                    One of the amps that I would put in the class of an Uber and 5150 is a VHT Pittbull CLX 100. These amps are paint strippers, very loud and very-very aggressive. With that being said, I sold mine, not because of above said traits, but because it had no sag at all, the tightests sounding amp I have ever heard. It would be great if all you played was straight tight sounding speed metal, but I play that plus heavy plam muting, and in that I nead more sag at times. What the VHT CLX 100 could really use is a switch like the Peavys do, Tight-Medium-Loose tightness switch. Jack.

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                    The XXX has that switch. The 5150 has a resonance control. Its perfect for that application and makes the amp really versatile for a high gain monster.

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                    • #40
                      Re: Live amp review... Mesa and 5150

                      BTW, any amp with a presence control can be modded for a depth control pretty easily. Just FYI.

                      Pete

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