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Which amp wins in a battle for 80's-90's straight up metal tone ala Dokken, Ratt, Scorpions, Priest, Fuel, Godsmack, Metallica etc... you get the idea.
The 5150 is a stock signature model head
The Soldano is the USA purple version preamp with a Carvin T100 running a quad of EL34's.
Why am I asking?
My band Aftermath had a recording session on Saturday. It didn't go well for me. They are looking for a specific guitar tone. They have been recording and playing live with 5150's for so long it seems that regardless of the amp, they are always trying to dial in a 5150 type tone. I brought my Marshall 3203, a Boss GT-6, and I borrowed a Mesa Dual Rectifier, and a Vetta II.
Personally, I thought the 3203 sounded the best mic'd and turned way up. They absolutely bashed the Vetta and the GT-6 as sounding too "direct" sounding even when mic'd.
I had to fall back to my 5150II and record with that after hours of tweaking and heated discussions regarding guitar tone. The sound engineer mentioned (like I have heard many time before) that he preferred 5150's live and in the studio because they are easy to set up. I thought they sounded a little buzzy and certainly noisy. He had them gated bigtime to fix that.
Then.. he mentioned "why don't you get a Soldano? After all, a 5150 is the poor mans Soldano."
The sound they are looking for can be achieved with a 5150 with just basic settings and the gain on the rhythm channel around 6.
How will a Soldano SP77 with a Carvin T100 stack up tone wise to the 5150.
Cabinets used are stock 5150 cabs and Marshall 1960a's for recording. They use SM57's centered on one speaker in the front. They also use an open back 1 x 12 Mesa cab with a mic in the front and a mike in the back.
I can always use my 5150II but my point for the Saturday's session was this: I want to conform to what they are looking for but I also want my guitar tone to be recognizable. Kind of the way Tipton/Downing or Demartini/Crosby had their guitar sounds. They were similar but with subtle differences.
Will my new rig do the trick?
The 5150 is a stock signature model head
The Soldano is the USA purple version preamp with a Carvin T100 running a quad of EL34's.
Why am I asking?
My band Aftermath had a recording session on Saturday. It didn't go well for me. They are looking for a specific guitar tone. They have been recording and playing live with 5150's for so long it seems that regardless of the amp, they are always trying to dial in a 5150 type tone. I brought my Marshall 3203, a Boss GT-6, and I borrowed a Mesa Dual Rectifier, and a Vetta II.
Personally, I thought the 3203 sounded the best mic'd and turned way up. They absolutely bashed the Vetta and the GT-6 as sounding too "direct" sounding even when mic'd.
I had to fall back to my 5150II and record with that after hours of tweaking and heated discussions regarding guitar tone. The sound engineer mentioned (like I have heard many time before) that he preferred 5150's live and in the studio because they are easy to set up. I thought they sounded a little buzzy and certainly noisy. He had them gated bigtime to fix that.
Then.. he mentioned "why don't you get a Soldano? After all, a 5150 is the poor mans Soldano."
The sound they are looking for can be achieved with a 5150 with just basic settings and the gain on the rhythm channel around 6.
How will a Soldano SP77 with a Carvin T100 stack up tone wise to the 5150.
Cabinets used are stock 5150 cabs and Marshall 1960a's for recording. They use SM57's centered on one speaker in the front. They also use an open back 1 x 12 Mesa cab with a mic in the front and a mike in the back.
I can always use my 5150II but my point for the Saturday's session was this: I want to conform to what they are looking for but I also want my guitar tone to be recognizable. Kind of the way Tipton/Downing or Demartini/Crosby had their guitar sounds. They were similar but with subtle differences.
Will my new rig do the trick?
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