Thinking about selling the Stealth

Orvillain said:
One time I had two Laney VH100R's at the same time. One had 6L6's and the other had EL34's.

What I can say for that amp is... the 6L6 version sounded more aggressive, and brighter. It was tighter sounding too, and palm mutes were thunderous. But on the whole it was smooth. There were no offensive frequencies that I can recall.

The EL34's sounded really aggressive too, but in a different way. I recall the amp would sound really in your face and harsh, in a way that the 6L6 one didn't. It wasn't as tight, and was a bit flubby in the lows, but it had its own thing going on.

This shit can be pontificated upon for days and days, and there aren't really any good ways to talk about tube differences. But my experience has been, it does make a difference; to some degree.

Even if the amp is predominantly preamp distortion, the power tubes do colour the tone in a certain way; it can be subtle, but it is there.
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Orvillain said:
I had the 100-watt 5150III EL34 Stealth. I didn't like it. I think it lasted a month before I sold it.

I'm a 6L6 man when it comes to any 5150 variant, TBH.
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Yeah I was mainly trying to envision that 6l6 blue channel sound that gets a bit of praise as an all around higher gain crunch with el34 power. I am generally a 6l6 5150 guy as well but I absolutely LOVED the 6534+ so I have room in heart for all of it :love :LOL:
 
JiveTurkey said:
No. Both are good amps but the BL was much better at doing "lower gain" tones. My idea of "lower gain" duly noted :bag :LOL:


I wish the el34 EVH interested me. I had it and was immediately turned off by it. It'd be interesting to give it another go and see if I was wrong; if nothing else than to have el34s back in my life. I know there is a mod that helps with something on the blue channel? :unsure:
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Sorry to keep derailing your stealth thread to yak about the badlander, but since you do modeller stuff do you know if there’s changes to how the return behaves when listening on clean vs crush mode? Does it stay consistent across the board or do the levels change?
 
JiveTurkey said:
:bag


Great amp but I just don't have the desire to turn it on. Biggest issue causing these feelings is almost 100% because of me not having a proper speaker cab. These F12 loaded 112s are great for modeling purposes but not the same experience with amps at all. Running it through the Suhr is a blast but boiling it down to digital at that point makes the III more fun since I am running it through studio monitors. My desire for a face ripping Marshall still burns but that lack of cabinet will have me in the exact same spot in an instant.
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Well my reins at this point in your mental intersection- Jay Strange arrives and remarks:
-go getcho’ a cab of choice and get back on the right side of town.
That juggernaut you physically put yourself through two times now with the fake stuff won’t fix itself until you face peel a bloody Marshall through a righteous cabinet with Celestions.
Just because it’s the dark side doesn’t mean it’s wrong side.
Dude, I’m in Tampon, Fl and the hurricane gusts are BEEFY.
Any second the town powers gonna go out
-we’re ready.
Shit gets real when tree branches start flying across yards..like the branches become part of the wind blazing by…
It’s getting real gnarly, shits flyin’…Fire in the hole!
-time to change rooms.
 
spawnofthesith said:
Sorry to keep derailing your stealth thread to yak about the badlander, but since you do modeller stuff do you know if there’s changes to how the return behaves when listening on clean vs crush mode? Does it stay consistent across the board or do the levels change?
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No apologies. Levels are very consistent vs. The VII which was horribly imbalanced between modes and channels.
 
I fucking hate EVH heads, or any variant of the 5150. :roflAny time one of the modeler companies releases a new model of one, I'm like
Sarcastic Schitts Creek GIF by CBC
 
I think the 5150III 50 watt heads are the shiznit. Got the 6L6 and EL34 variants. Sold my 5150III 100w “base” head and went with the Marshal JVM410H. So I have 3 stout heads and an EVH Lunchbox and rock out. If you have the amps and aren’t happy…. I’d look at your cabs. It took me a while but I settled on two Celestion’s I use depending on the application. Creamback 65’s or EVH Heritage Greenbacks. They have the sweet top end and midrange I crave. A bit lacking on native low end thump but I address that with outboard EQ and cab style… always closed back. 1x12 CB or EVH GB, 2x12 CB or 4x12 EVH GB.

These amps and cabs work for me.
 
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