Peavey 5150 vs EVH 5150III - Demo 

Wow, this is cool. You should let EVH know! ;) I appreciate you checking out the video man, hope you love your new toy!

Steven Baker I play a 100 watt. It is truly a monster. You wont be disappointed

don't forget the mesa cab

Φιλιππος exactly, the mesa cab loaded with vintage 30s do wonders to the EVH heads, its crazy! the mesa cabinet adds tons of bottom end and that lovely brown/bright saturation that we love to hear from modern metal tones, i cant say that about the evh cab, i mean im not saying it sucks but it gives it a more "darkish" " vintage" tone to it...not my cup of tea though.

Tim Gauci rip Eddie Van Halen both great amps he made. 5153 more tighter

Thanks for watching!

Thanks so much! Hope you're enjoying your amp!

They're both great amps, but yeah they've come a long way from the original. Haha, don't forget we're all getting old! Thanks for watching :)

timmkv: The getting old and no one seems to care is actually from one of my favorite Judas Priest songs- Victim of Changes. Wanted to see if anyone caught it. Great video timm...

Thanks for watching Tanner, glad you liked it! I've always found the amps to be fairly decent at lower volumes. Hopefully you'll get to crank it soon!

I appreciate that man! Just wanting people to hear it as natural as possible :D

Zac Anderson facts!!! This is one of the best demos for this amp and high gain amps overall. I think i have made my decision. 5150 iii 6l6 for the win. I was between that one and the el34 version

Amen!!! I own the 6l6 so I know it’s. Pretty harsh amp. Has it’s place and is great but if you want a thick low end the block letter eats it. This video showed that clearly. Cheers dude 🙏

Lucky for us Tim IS a rockstar and he doesn’t have to pretend!

awesome video indeed!! check out Sonic Drive Studio he is pretty awesome also!

Nice! Glad you dig it! :)

Both amazing, the Peavey is huge though! Thanks! :)

Fair enough man!

evh for me. i've got the 100 watt version. Peavey sounded a bit fuzzy in this video. the evh is tight, esspecially in the stduio. i used one without eq in the studio, that thing destroys.

@@aryinc the peavey 5150ii is tighter then the version 1. They all sound sick though

@@mikew9788 could be. the 6505+ also sounds cool. sold the evh XD, i'm lazy and want all the gain from the amp. traded it for an engl inferno "marty friedman sig". the channel 3 on the evh was to dark for my duncan loaded jackson. still think evh is a good brand so is peavey, might buy me the evh 50 watt one day if cheap,just for guitar jams or such.

Nice! Yeah the Blue channel often gets forgotten, would love to do more on the Blue! Thanks for watching. :)

Yeah you definitely don't need a boost with that amp. Just use the red channel which has more than enough gain ya know?

6505+ doesnt need a boost either. but it needs an OG mod for the lead channel, its way too tight and harsh without low end and witch cocked mids

Thanks heaps!

Thanks! Nice one, I haven't tried the MH yet!

Thanks man, appreciate you checking it out! Good point on the II/+. Definitely a middle ground!

@@timitvedefinitely not a middle ground, it has that mid thing to it since they cut out too much low end. its even tighter than 5153

Thank you! Happy you dig it :)

agreed..

Thanks for watching man, I'm doing my best to make the best content I can! Both are great amps with different strengths, glad you dig the video!

Thank you! More videos soon :)

Thanks man! Thanks for watching :)

Thanks so much!

:D

Agreed! Having them paired would be perfect!

Nice one! I've been thinking of getting it modded, but I always change my mind. Thanks for watching. :)

Thank you!

Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it :)

Ahh thanks heaps man! So good to read comments like this :D Enjoy!

David Gonzalez do you still own it? I’m in the same boat with the same cab as you about to decide

Nice one!

Thanks man! I'm glad you dig it, thanks for watching! :)

Good ear. I've never had a Plexi but think everything else was spot on. What blew me away was seeing the III on the Red channel, sounds not bad for the Red channel, Blue is tighter and way more dynamic.

Pablo Ortega thank you! Much appreciated :)

Thanks man! No OD's, just an ISP Decimator to cut some noise. :)

Sick! It's probably the best piece of gear I've purchased for years.

Can agree with that! :) haha

PV5150II not the albums

Except his tombstone...

Nice one, Tom. Thanks for watching! :D

Agreed! Thanks for watching! :)

Freddie Roxit thanks for watching!

Thanks Campbell! I honestly didn't release the bigger differences until I recorded both of them. Very interesting to hear the different flavours. Both delicious.

indeed!

Thanks man! Appreciate it :D

Thanks! I really appreciate you checking the video out. I love both for different reasons. The EVH is great for it's high end attack and the Peavey for it's rich mids and huge low end. I use the EVH live because it sounds great, it's a bit more portable and it's not a 20+ year old amp. Haha. I think you can get the EVH sound close to the Peavey with the right settings as well.

I appreciate you checking it out man, glad you found it useful! :)

Thanks for watching Marko! :D Glad you like it!

@@timitve 2 years late, but what do you set the resonance at to get it darker like that?

Agreed. Yeah an Overdrive always helps, you really have to tame the highs at times but easily achieved in my opinion. Thanks for watching!

0record0 thank you! I appreciate you sharing your thoughts! The EQ on the EVH has a wider EQ for sure.

I think that's a perfect description. The EVH definitely plays on the modded Marshall tone a bit more with it's high end. The Peavey i find is a bit richer in it's mids though.

Thanks! :)

Fair call man! I'd have to agree. Thanks for commenting & watching!

Same! Haha. Yeah man, same Eclipse with the pups. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you dig it :) My mind changes regularly so at the moment the EVH is winning, it's so gnarly! But the Peavey is just a beast.

Hey Adam, thanks for watching! I recently played through an original 5150 for a few shows and can definitely relate to the 'rich' tone you're describing.

Killer! Have fun bro :D

You won't regret getting the EVH, it's a great amp and have plenty of power and headroom. I promise! :) haha

Thank you! From memory there wasn't a boost, just an ISP Decimator to cut some noise!

Haha wow, what a coincidence! If I could only have one and it was only for home/recording use, I'd have the Peavey. But for the sake of live use, the EVH would be my choice. It sounds sick and a bit more versatile due to the three usable channels. It's also easier to cart around :) +1 on the Mesa cab, you can't go wrong! Thanks for watching!

timmkv I would be getting it for home use. So why would you have choose the Peavey for home? Does it sound better overall? Or are there other reasons also? And I really wish I would have bought the Mesa over the Orange in the first place. The Orange is a nice cab but I think the Mesa is better for the Tone I'm going for. The only reason I got the Orange is because it's an extension for my Peavey 6505+ combo. The combo has a 16 ohm speaker so I wanted to match the ohms. The Orange was even more expensive than the Mesa.

For me. it's a double edged sword. I'd have the Peavey cause it's an older amp and sounds huge, I wouldn't want to take it out anywhere because I don't want to damage it haha. But at the same time, no one needs that amount of volume for home use, and the EVH range definitely suits home recording and playing. I'm not helping at all am I? haha

timmkv Well let me put it this way. Forgetting all other factors, volume, weight, size, etc., which one has the thickest, meanest, and most aggressive tone? Because in the end, that is all I really care about.

Peavey will give you the thickest tone, put an overdrive pedal in front of it as a boost and it'll sounds like the meanest, most aggressive thing you'll ever hear. Just my opinion. :)

Thanks Neil! Glad you dug it. :) Using the green channel is a popular move, it give you a more articulate tone for sure! Will have to check the speakers out, thanks!

These are just some quick riffs I came up with on the spot for the video, haha. Thanks for watching!

Thanks man! The original is definitely not as tight as the EVH but still works very well. Thanks for watching! :)

No effects man. :) Thanks for watching! :)

Having both is a match made in heaven, I'd recommend it! :)

Agreed! Thanks for watching! :D

One being better than the other is completely up to personal preference. I love having the 5150 more for a collection perspective, and always use the EVH live, it sounds great and doesn't take up a lot of space. Plus I don't want to take my old 5150 out and break it, haha. Having a head is handy if you're playing live or recording in studios a lot. You'll be able to cater to different venues with different sized cabinets as well as experiment with different speaker configurations. If you like the convenience of having the combo, and like the sound of it then you can do no wrong. Stick with the 5150 if you're playing at home, but if you're out playing maybe consider getting the III to avoid things getting to old and fragile?

@@timitve I appreciate the info. I don't play out so the combo probably makes more sense, although i do have the carvin legacy half stack and an egnater vengeance half stack. The fender 3 definitely has a few more bells and whistles but as far as tone having played the both of them once again the peavey seems a little darker, which i like. However, buying it used someone has replaced the stock speakers, sheffields i assume, to a couple of budda phat 12's. Not sure how similar they are but they sound decent. Probably keep the peavey. Used prices get better all the time so maybe i'll pick up a bargain on the 3 one day, head or combo.

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you dug the EVH. :D

Thanks for watching! I do enjoy the clarity of the EVH for sure. :)

Hey man! Thanks, glad you like it! This guitar has a set of Pegasus/Sentient pickups. That'd be a sick set up for sure! :)

If you want brutality, cut and aggression, go the Nazgul. The Pegasus is clear, throaty but more open for chords and single notes.

Fair call!

Agreed. Thanks for watching, Charles!

Thanks for watching! Happy to hear you got your dream setup and still love it, you have great taste! :D

@@timitve thank man! And after listening to a few sound bites I was like that's the amp I need to play metal. Now that I have it I know it's so much more. It's a piece of history and an amp I will never sell. It's not in perfect condition (missing the back board but the 5150 logo was transplanted onto the front grill.) But it still looks amazing.

Thanks man! I still need to work on recording I think, haha. I appreciate you checking the channel out. :)

It's a pretty loose comparison as there are a lot of differing specs, but they were equally as loud as each other in the room. Thanks for watching!

NO resonance frequency at all on 5153... nice no post processing

Aye, thanks!

Peavey 5150's sounds better!

Drop D and yes there's an ISP Decimator in between.Thanks for watching! :D

I buy EVH 5150 III 50w black =) Thanks!

Fair enough! Thanks for watching :D

It has a Resonance control knob on the back panel that will thicken and make it have huge bottom end..sold my Triple XXX head and bought my new 5150-3 50 watt head and cabinet..love it ! Great sounds you got here in your video..they both sound damn good !

Hello! I actually own the evh 5150 lll and honestly when i was at the shop looking for a new metal styled high gain amp I thought at first the peavy sounded amazing too. Buuut when i played around with the knobs on the evh. It was way more versatile. The presence knob does alot and with the extra resonance on the back i can have those bassy heavy tones too. So i went with the evh and I realized that its basically a blank canvas amp head. You can run any pedal through here and it will sound amazing. And yes even the boss metalzone sounded pretty good on there too. But i can play any style music with this amp head. You will see what i mean when you play with the knobs alot more. But idk u might have already tried it and just didnt like how it compared. You are entitled to your opinion and Either way good comment!

Yes. Resonance knob might be able to artificially enhance bass on some model of 5153s, but it works completely different between a 120 watter vs 100/50 watter in low ends at the end of the day so the low end punch of 5150 will always sounds "more" than evh version. I own the 100 watt version 5153 and ever since the first day I own it my cringe of mk1 version 5150 can not be tamed. However for the rise of the new 7/8 stringers and down tuners, EVH version may work better due to the refined low mids. The mk1 version may need help from pickups or eq. But I'd prefer to have it and be able to shape/tailor it than not having it and cringe afterwards.

That’s because the EVH uses el84s which are great. But are tubes focused mostly on mid range. While the peavey has 6l6 tubes which are much better for the low frequency bass. My attitude has always been a 6l6 amp can be dialed in to sound like an el84. But an el84 can never be dialed in to sound like 6l6. So I would rather have the 6l6 tubes.

Thank you, ESP make the best!

Thanks! Glad you like it!

Fair call man! In the room, the EVH wasn't really hissy so a change of mic placement could fix that :) Thanks for watching!

You're right. A tilt of the mic would make all the difference. Cool comparison in any case!

Thanks man! Appreciate it!

They're both great to be honest, the EVH was nice and open from memory. But I haven't played it through an EVH cab in a while. But the 5150III with the Mesa is killer, focused and huge!

timmkv excellent. I'll pair it with the recto . Any thoughts on the vertical vs horizontal cab? Honestly , you're the only one who makes quality vids , and I trust u ..

Thanks man! But there's plenty people making great videos! Haha It doesn't make a huge difference but I've always liked the feel of a horizontal 2x12. I feel like there's more body with both speakers on the ground, for live use at least. May be different if it's primarily going to be used for jamming at home though.

thank you !

Use both cabs with both heads. That’s what I do. I have a Mesa 4x12 and an EVH 2x12 and I love the way both the V30s and the G12EVHs blend. I use both cabs with either the Peavey or the EVH amps. Also with an MXR 10 band, a Fortin Zuul, and Jackson Audio Prism. Best tone I’ve ever heard.

Noted!

Nice! Would love to try one out on day :)

Agreed, both are great and can do the job plenty. Thanks for watching!

All knobs start at 11.00 and then end up at about 1.00

timmkv I just got the EVH about a week ago. I'm loving it. Have you ever tried one of the EVH cabs? I have an Orange 2x12 but I want to get a second cab. I'm looking at either the EVH 4x12 or 2x12, a Mesa 2x12, or an Orange 4x12. If I could find a good used Mesa 4x12 in my area I would get that.

I've tried the EVH, they're fine. I didn't love or hate them to be honest.

The Mesa Boogie 2x12 has been amazing!

@@timitve 🤟🏻

Thanks mate! Not sure I'm sorry. It could be from 92' but will have to look in to it!

Sweet, block letter on my wish list for sure, awesome tones bud!

Thanks Hoppo, you're a legend!

The Peavey does have some incomparable lows, for sure! Thanks for watching!