philch792 Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 I have a 5150 combo. Nice enough amp but i am trying to mellow it out a bit, get a much more cleaner sound. Anyone have any ideas? Possibly different tubes, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonfcomm Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 This is something you should post on the "Feel free to ask Myles" thread. I can guess he will suggest putting in a 12AY7 or 12AU7, as that is what he recommended to me to do the same thing with my Fender Pro Tube Twin. But I could not tell you specifics since I am not familiar with that amplifier. Daniel Sometimes I forget why I believe you But then the bullets always remind me Follow the great vending machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Welcome, philch792! Good answer, nonfcomm! (Not that you need my approval, just bein' friendly!) Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Yup, putting in a lower gain factor preamp tube will mellow things out. But IMO, the 5150's are not all that great as a clean amp... but they do have a very cool OD / distorted sound to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar Geezer Posted January 12, 2004 Share Posted January 12, 2004 Originally posted by Philip O'Keefe: Yup, putting in a lower gain factor preamp tube will mellow things out. But IMO, the 5150's are not all that great as a clean amp... but they do have a very cool OD / distorted sound to them.Kinda like putting a governer on your Corvette? LynnG Lynn G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Strat Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 The 5150 is a copy of the Mesa Dual Rectifier (which is in turn a copy of a Soldano SLO-100). The 2nd (or 3rd?) stage has a much lower voltage across the tube, which causes that stage to clip quicker (distort sooner) than the other stages. You can't do much unless you crank the master volume and use the gain knob as your volume. That's not going to work all that great because it would have to be kept very low and will be touchy. I'd put 12AY7's or 12AU7's in place of the first tube in the signal chain to lower the gain at that point, and then figure out which tube is the phase inverter (I'd guess it's the one closest to the power tubes, but you never know) and replace it with a 12AU7 or 12AY7 also. BlueStrat a.k.a. "El Guapo" ...Better fuzz through science... http://geocities.com/teleman28056/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted January 13, 2004 Share Posted January 13, 2004 Also- play around with different levels on the guitar's volume control, pickup combinations, tone controls, picking-hand touch and dynamics; learn to love that soulful responsive not-quite-clean but not-really-too-distorted sound, and pull expressiveness outta the touch-sensitive clean-to-dirty range with your guitar's volume turned down some. Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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