5150III 50-watt Tube Head - Black Stealth Review

The Sweetwater difference...

This amp is exactly what I wanted. For me, a big investment and my first tube amp. I wanted something that will last me years and covers all the tones I enjoy. I love the voicings of all 3 channels. Clean is clean, Blue channel gives that bluesy/rocky OD, and Red is that massive crunch/dirt I think of as the perfect modern sound - even tho Ive got the gain set at 1, prefer to let… read more the red be massive distortion and the blue be moderate/mild. Red channel paired with V30 speakers has a sparkle and thump that is just heavenly. No distortion pedals on my loop, the amp does it all. Somehow the first amp sent, may have been damaged in shipping, gnarly power amp noise... which the internet itself doesnt seem to say is in any way a common defect. Thank you to Kevin Scott and the team who all stepped up to help when they new I was in trouble! The second one got here faster than the first!

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Balls to the wall

I have to admit that I have never been much of a fan of tube amps but this one has won me over. I have owned several tube amps over the years and they have been meh, until now. This amp has a great clean channel, the blue channel is excellent, and the red channel gain all the way up actually has more distortion than I actually even need which is saying a lot cause I love lots… read more of distortion. I'm not technically minded so won't waste time talking about the incidentals of this amp. I'm glad I got one.

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THE metal amp

Words cannot describe the feeling of getting this and cranking it up. Aesthetically, it's basically the most BA amp you've seen with amazing build quality. The blue channel is now redone and AMAZING for those hardcore kids and pop punkers alike. The clean channel takes pedals amazingly. I love love love this. Who needs 120 watts? In this day and age, every venue mikes the cab… read more anyway. Bless yourself. Buy it if they restock. THANKS JOE PERRONE

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Fantastic Amp!

I recently had gotten back into may passion for making music i had given up a long time ago. In a short time, I had set up a small studio with all the basics I needed to play and record my own material. I was lacking on guitar tone, so I searched forums and joined pages to find out what amps people were using to achieve the tone I was after. Once I found the EVH 5150III Stealth… read more 50w my search was over! My amazing sales engineer Lucas Norton has been just absolutely fantastic getting me rolling with all my home studio needs. This amp has been quite the popular one, and has been on backorder for some time. Lucas always kept me informed on the latest updates, and has just been great getting other gear I needed shipped out super fast while I was waiting for the Stealth to come in. I highly recommend trying this bad boy out, I absolutely love it!

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BEST TUBE AMP EVER FOR THE $$ THIS AMP IS CRUSHING!!!

I've own & have owned many high gain Tube amps over the last 40+ years and I am more than please with my purchase of the EVH 5150III 6L6 Stealth. This amp is amazing, unbelievable gain and the red & blue channels are voiced quite differently yet you can actually get very nice clean tones using the green channel. I did not need another all tube guitar amp but after watching many,… read more (what I consider to be reputable), reviews I had to take a chance and buy one. Although being on backorder I did not know when I would actually get my hands on one but with the help and always dilligent communication of my long time Sweetwater sales rep Jon Krempel It was only a matter of weeks before it was in my hands. I can't recommend this amp enough especially if you play hard rock or Metal. Thank you Eddie Van Halen! Buy this amp....you won't regret it!

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