#Looking for my first tube head

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sterile pelican
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I'm a intermediate guitar player and am looking for my first tube head, preferabally something around 1000 however the 5150 100 watt ($2,450) is enticing. Im not sure what to get as i want something loud but not expensive. I mostly play metal with some of my favorite tones being from TOOL, Gojira, and Killswitch Engage. What should i get? Right now i'm looking at this which is around my budget and comes with a cab, should i save more and get an expensive one or go for the marshall/something else?

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rare solar
sterile pelican
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does it sound similar to the 100w?

rare solar
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The used market is full of inexpensive 5150’s

rare solar
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Forgot to come off symbols kekw

sterile pelican
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whats the difference other than the wattage?

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like does it have less settings or

rare solar
sterile pelican
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oh okay

rare solar
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And the evh 5150III are some of THE most versatile amps

sterile pelican
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whats the difference in the peavy 5150 and the evh 5150

rare solar
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I much prefer the evh ones but the peaveys are just as good if you don’t need good clean

inland belfry
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this is what you should look for. 1 part of the knob controls the gain on the green channel, the other one the blue. Same thing for volume

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rare solar
inland belfry
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just the volume difference between your clean and crunch is gonna be nuts if you try to use both of them live

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But if you dont care for the blue channel and just do green & red it's still a fantastic amp, love mine to death

rare solar
inland belfry
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admittedly I haven't explored the blue channel a whole lot just because it's not viable for live settings

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I was playing it a lil yesterday and it did sound pretty nice tho

rare solar
inland belfry
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True, which is why im bummed about the way they built the old 50w's I needed the green channel for our set at the time so blue just wasn't an option unfortunately

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still, those other 2 channels on the 5150III's are spectacular

rare solar
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I mean good idea have you tried roll your guitar volume for clean @inland belfry

inland belfry
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ehh i probably could but for metal i was after the crystal clean bright af metallica tones

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also now i play with an SD Invader so that pickups basically all or nothing 😂

rare solar
inland belfry
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True lol

rare solar
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I plan to get one down the line

inland belfry
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I've converted to a helix now

rare solar
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Preferably the el34 (mostly cause looks)

inland belfry
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I love tube amps but loading into a show with a guitar case and a backpack is so nice

rare solar
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Yeah I bet it is

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Ngl if I get to that point doing shows like that then yeah I’ll probably get like a modeler but for now I want to get a 5150III (that’s still down the line)

inland belfry
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You can't beat that level of consistency, I love my helix

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Anyways i gotta head to bed soon, @sterile pelican Ill drop a demo of my 50w 6l6, Recorded it last night because my bandmate was asking me a bout tube amps

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enjoy my sloppy ass playing 😂