Which amp is the most underrated?

[horns666]

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5150 with a 422 in the loop...BEST bang for the buck for metal!!!

a poor man's uberschall.. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[thebisch]

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I had that GK, I forgot all about that! It was pretty good sounding IIRC. Iron Maiden and Alex Lifson used these at one point.

[thebisch]

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***** I saw that Rush tour (Moving Pictures). I was right up front. Alex had an ML250 on a stand right up on stage.*****

Actually, that is not correct. Moving Pictures era was 2x12 JCM800 Combo amps IIRC. The GK didn't start being used by Alex until Hold Your Fire IIRC.

[Inearthed]

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Ampeg VH140 (I think that's what it is called?)
Marshall 8100

[charvelguy]

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I think Moving Pictures was Hiwatt myself if I recall correctly.
I saw the tour too. I may even have some pics from it.
He played a 355 as well as an early PRS (I think it was Les Paul shaped) back then.

Anyways... Epiphone Electar..nice little amp.

[slayer]

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Peavey Ultra`s-Great amps for the money, and very-very versitile. I love my Ultra 60 watt combo, now looking for a really nice 120 Watt head. Jack.

[jgcable]

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I think Moving Pictures was Hiwatt myself if I recall correctly.
I saw the tour too. I may even have some pics from it.
He played a 355 as well as an early PRS (I think it was Les Paul shaped) back then.

Anyways... Epiphone Electar..nice little amp.

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Maybe it was Permanent Waves?? We did a fair amount of puffin at those concerts.... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[toejam]

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It's a 5210 and I can assure you that it's solid state...take a look in the "solid state" section on this website if you wish:
http://www.drtube.com/marshall.htm

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Well SHUT MY MOUTH. I guess I should have known that. [img]/images/graemlins/notworthy.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/toast.gif[/img]


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Yes, the 5210 is the solid state version of the 4210 from the 800 series. Marshall also had a 5150 combo that was the solid state (Mosfet design) version of the 3315. Yes, they had a 5150 way before Peavey!!

[guitarsjb]

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B-52 AT100 for sound and price it's hard to beat. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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I think I'm going to sell mine. I bought it mostly out of curiosity, not because I needed an amp. I find that I don't even use it, because my Crate and Randall both sound better, much better.

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I heard one recently and was NOT impressed..the B-52 sounded bad...but it was being compared to a 5150, so I guess I should have cut it a bit of slack. But from what I've heard I'll never buy one.

[toejam]

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fender roc pro 1000! whoohoo!

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Definitely!! I had one of those and loved it. [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[slash]

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Back to your topic... another underrated amp are the Carvin X series and Valvemasters. X60, XV112, XV112E, X100B, Valvemaster. These amps are very well made, sound great and are affordable. I have an X60, XV112E, X100B and a T100 and they are all excellent. The X60 is the best out of the bunch though. Its a tone monster.

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Glad to see you approve of the X60 [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[jgcable]

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Back to your topic... another underrated amp are the Carvin X series and Valvemasters. X60, XV112, XV112E, X100B, Valvemaster. These amps are very well made, sound great and are affordable. I have an X60, XV112E, X100B and a T100 and they are all excellent. The X60 is the best out of the bunch though. Its a tone monster.

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Glad to see you approve of the X60 [img]/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

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Its outstanding. I put a Keeley modded OD-3 in front of it and the tone is too good to even convey in words.

[quiksilver]

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How about SCRUMTRALESCENT? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[cy_berg]

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Yea, we call it harsh or grainy in the states. The 5210 is giving you a diode clipping distortion similar to a stomp box. What you are looking for is a cascading preamp distortion.

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Yeah, that why I've always used that amp with a preamp, e.g. the ADA MP-1

[cy_berg]

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The only issue I have with that amp is the clean is like the ADA MP1, it has to be almost clipping to balance the gain channel in volume.

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I have that problem with my MP-1, it sucks [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]