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I bought this head for high gain tones with loads of tight low end. Your standard requirement for punk rock and hardcore. Yeah, it does that like a monster but that was never in question; I can’t believe what happens when you keep the gain reasonably low on the blue channel and crank up the volume... seriously musical plexi like tone that creates a wall of sound. Air gets moving through the speakers at around 9 o’clock and responds like a kicking sub at 11 o’clock. How it has so much body is witchcraft. It’ll make you giggle. The clean channel has enough headroom for whatever you need it for, too. Sound like a vintage Fender. Brilliant! I’m very impressed with the EQ section on this head as it has a HUGE spectrum to dial in any pickup combo you might want to use. My go-to guitar right now is a Gibson Firebird and the mini humbuckers sing like a dragon through this head. As for speaker response, V30s seem to love it most but GT75s can be utilized if you can curb the high end a bit. Play around with the blend of treble and presence and you’re gold. The head runs extremely quiet compared to the 100watt original EVH head. I don’t even seem to need a noise gate. All the cool features don’t need to be mentioned In a review but I will say I would really love it if EVH would start including a real Fender spring reverb unit in all their heads. Would be a serious game changer! The knobs are a tad cheesy, but perhaps a lightweight plastic is better for the pots? Hahaha, who knows. My new favorite amp and going on the road with me as soon as the world reopens!

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Ok gonna cut right to it here... I've been playing for 30 years at a semi pro level and have owned just about every guitar and amp there is and tried to use every possible combo I could think of to get the sound I've been chasing for all my life. Well this amp is it right out of the box no question. Channel one is as clean and beautifull as clean gets. Think the intro to Paradise City or Don't Cry by GnR. Channel two is the 5150 and OU812 tone spot on. Think the Best of Both Worlds by Van Halen and the solo that's in When it's Love. Channel three is the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge and Balance tone spot on just need a little Boss PS6 and you are there. I use a Hall of Fame reverb and a DD 500 delay and the amp is so good it's unreal. You can also get any other tone on earth you want with this head but let's face it if you can buy an EVH head and have what I said covered the rest is simple right? Sounds truly amazing. I hadn't bought a new guitar in a long time so I also got a new 5150 deluxe and wow it's as good as the amp. Ed really outdid it on this on. Too bad he isn't here to enjoy the fruits of his labor. The greatest player ever has made the greatest amp ever. Review over go buy one you won't be disappointed cause it's 5150 time!!!!!!!!!

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I already had the 50w 6L6 mk2, but decided to buy this Stealth 50w version due to the slightly darker sound, slightly changed mid section, and the bias points. Now that I own both, I wouldn't sell my 50w 6L6 mk2, I have it connected to two 1x12 matching cabs for no nonsense jamming, just the guitar into the amp, a fun standalone rig. The 50w Stealth on the other hand, I connect to my computer/mixer/daw with one of the Two Notes devices with cab simulation for recording and such. Still, I wouldn't call one better than the other, just a little different.

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I just got the amp in today so I haven't had much time to play around with it. But, I mean it's a 5150 and it sounds killer gain for days but I'm still going to run an overdrive with it because I like that setup. I've had lots of nice amps and this is right up there with the best and blows the rest out of the water. Oh and if anyone is curious my Cab is Marshall 1960 AV with V30s so it does sound great with cabs other than the EVH. I was worried about that at first but no longer. If you are reading this, you're obviously thinking about it. I'd say get it. One more thing it sounds surprisingly good at low volume so don't be afraid of the whole tube thing.

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This is without question the best of the 5150iii series to me. Way quieter than the original, cooler looking, tighter and bigger sounding. And finally, the red channel is kick ass. To me this amp does not need a boostI love it