If there's one thing I love doing on any 5150 model, it's pushing those resonance and presence knobs higher! They compensate for each other, so generally if one gets boosted the other one does too. With my cab (Orange PPC412) they sound amazing when they're both pushed to 8. It really opens the amp up, clears away the honk, and gives the palm mutes this beautiful blooming "chug". It actually opens up the mids a lot too, it effects the whole tone stack, not just the extreme lows and highs. Great work as usual dude!
@@jessicawalden6072 Yeah I mean it's horses for courses, this is one of those amps that's impossible to dial in a bad sound on. Throw it down a flight of stairs and plug it in and you've pretty much got the best rock and metal tones available for under a grand (or over, for that matter!)
I find this works well too, I do the exact same. 5150 II into my mesa 2x12 boost the resonance and presence controls to both 8 and it widens the sound even more with and crank the bass and treble to about 7 and leave the mids on about 5 and it's such a sweet juicy tone you get out of it. Not necessary to push more mids in an amp that's already mid range present, and with cabs voicing as well it's complete overkill. But I find this to be a good rounded rhythm tone.
Doing a deep dive on some of your old videos and came across this gem at the exact moment I was thinking about dialing in my 5150. Can the TH-cam algorithm read minds now?!?
I agree, James Brown designed the lead channel to have less bass in the preamp and more upper mids as per Eddie’s requests which is kinda what boosting an amp with a TS9 will do anyway. Love the II, such a well voiced amp. Leon does it great justice too.
Great Video Man!! I have a question, What kind of pickup do you use in this Video?, I recently bought a Gibson Les Paul 2017 Standard, my first Pro Guitar!!! but I got the feeling that the burstbucker pro pickups are not good enough for Metal or heavy, what you recommencement me? I don't want to modify a Gibson LP Standard because I spend a lot of money for her but maybe I need it.
LUIS MANUEL MATOS these are stock PRS 245 pickups. Before you change pickups, experiment with overdrives, boosts and EQ. Personally I prefer a lower output pickup (like a Burstbucker) and to shape the tone on the amp and pedal. Changing pickup height can help a lot too, so experiment with that too.
Thanks!!! I have a Mesa Triaxis + 2:90 (real amp) but for practice I use my AX8 through my line 6 Vetta II Combo as a Power amp without Cab or AMP sim on, with this setup my Gibson Sounds amazing, I like the two worlds (Digital and real Tubes). Thanks for your Videos, I have been follow you from the Beginning.
DOGMAN!!!! lol Great Tone, have you attempted to transfer these exact settings over to your Axe FX and see how well they translate? would be very curious to hear a 5150 prset you have dialed in on the Axe, you always seem to dial in great tones!
A real setup. THank you. So lame seeing these other youtube guys using amp sims and shit on a old school 5150. Get outta here with that hipster crap. Let the men make some noise, the kids still living with their parents can play with amp sims.
You fucking youngsters need to learn that bass and low end dosnt make you heavy. More presence and high end as well as the mid spike the 5150 style amps have give your tone girth and precision
This man is a very diverse musician, and extremely humble and kind. Love your vids, bro!
Thanks so much Korey, means a lot mate!
No matter what amp I play through I always come back to the 5150/6505+ 🔥🔥🔥
If there's one thing I love doing on any 5150 model, it's pushing those resonance and presence knobs higher! They compensate for each other, so generally if one gets boosted the other one does too. With my cab (Orange PPC412) they sound amazing when they're both pushed to 8. It really opens the amp up, clears away the honk, and gives the palm mutes this beautiful blooming "chug". It actually opens up the mids a lot too, it effects the whole tone stack, not just the extreme lows and highs. Great work as usual dude!
Shit I'm glad I got the combo then because the combo sound heavenly no matter what as long as you don't max the gain it is awesomely awesome.
@@jessicawalden6072 Yeah I mean it's horses for courses, this is one of those amps that's impossible to dial in a bad sound on. Throw it down a flight of stairs and plug it in and you've pretty much got the best rock and metal tones available for under a grand (or over, for that matter!)
5150 paired with a PPC 412 is such an underrated combo! I prefer that to any cab!
I find this works well too, I do the exact same. 5150 II into my mesa 2x12 boost the resonance and presence controls to both 8 and it widens the sound even more with and crank the bass and treble to about 7 and leave the mids on about 5 and it's such a sweet juicy tone you get out of it. Not necessary to push more mids in an amp that's already mid range present, and with cabs voicing as well it's complete overkill. But I find this to be a good rounded rhythm tone.
great videos, great playing, thanks Leon. You were my tutor in the last weeks! :)
Best 5150 demo I've come across yet!
I'm absolutely humbled, thankyou so much! It's been such an instrumental amplifier in making modern heavy metal.
3:08 "Yeah baby!" look at his face when he hits that first chug NICE
Volume on 3!!! I just picked one of these up and I can’t get it passed 1 without it shaking my house!!
love your videos mate!
Nick Bendall thanks :)
Doing a deep dive on some of your old videos and came across this gem at the exact moment I was thinking about dialing in my 5150. Can the TH-cam algorithm read minds now?!?
The perfect metal rig
The II doesn’t need a boost. It sounds best on its own.
I agree, James Brown designed the lead channel to have less bass in the preamp and more upper mids as per Eddie’s requests which is kinda what boosting an amp with a TS9 will do anyway. Love the II, such a well voiced amp. Leon does it great justice too.
That sounds good 👍
5150-Best machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great Video Man!! I have a question, What kind of pickup do you use in this Video?, I recently bought a Gibson Les Paul 2017 Standard, my first Pro Guitar!!! but I got the feeling that the burstbucker pro pickups are not good enough for Metal or heavy, what you recommencement me? I don't want to modify a Gibson LP Standard because I spend a lot of money for her but maybe I need it.
LUIS MANUEL MATOS these are stock PRS 245 pickups. Before you change pickups, experiment with overdrives, boosts and EQ. Personally I prefer a lower output pickup (like a Burstbucker) and to shape the tone on the amp and pedal. Changing pickup height can help a lot too, so experiment with that too.
Thanks!!! I have a Mesa Triaxis + 2:90 (real amp) but for practice I use my AX8 through my line 6 Vetta II Combo as a Power amp without Cab or AMP sim on, with this setup my Gibson Sounds amazing, I like the two worlds (Digital and real Tubes). Thanks for your Videos, I have been follow you from the Beginning.
what is your tuning?
Badass amp i have the 6505. Fuckn jams.
Have you tried the Friedman BE OD? If so how would you say it compares to that 5150? or a similar amp
Thomas Stankiewicz the pedal will never sound anything close to the valve amp
No but it could get close into cr120 Orange head 412 cab.
DOGMAN!!!! lol Great Tone, have you attempted to transfer these exact settings over to your Axe FX and see how well they translate? would be very curious to hear a 5150 prset you have dialed in on the Axe, you always seem to dial in great tones!
pwrmac7600 I've got some 5150 III presets but not an original 5150 preset up just yet. I'll get onto it over the weekend!
Nice tight gritty tone
Why boost an amp with more gain than you need?
Genial
Danggg what’s the settings at 5:30 in the video. When you turned off the OD it sounded perfect!
I can't remember but iI usually setup a 5150 with Gain/Bass/Mid/Treble/presence/Depth at 4/6/4/6/4/6 to start
What riff is this at 6:20 ?🤪
Ragdoll - "Letting Go"
Very cool, but I like the tone from your Soldano Hot Rod 50+ much better
That's a very special amp!
A little late but so happy to see kings x riffs!
Best band ever!
They're playing in my neck of the woods sometime in July.
Bro what tuning? Nice Playing 🤝
Drop C. Cheers!
I have a peavey valvking. I used another TH-camrs 5150 settings and it worked for Van Halen settings on mine
VK's are really underrated amps
How do you wear the beanie like that without it falling off?
double sided tape?
Velcro?
static?
you must reveal the secret!!!
All i need in life is a cu22 and 5150 with mesa cab 😁
:D
just s as you know. the tone on a tube screamer ( at leas the one I have from 1979, MUSt be at 1, or the lowest possibel ) :)
too harsh, gotta mod it to OG spec
And I was thinking that my POD 500x have broken 5150 amp emulation because of fizz. This amp sounds real fizzy in reality. Like can of bees.
Kostya M. Probably why thousands of pro guitarists have toured and recorded with it extensively I guess
Line 6 Little combo sounds like geez in a can, this sound is super saturation in tubes going hot!
@@samwilcockmusic It's just dialed bad. Turning presence down will help.
Constantine M I don’t think Leon could dial an amp in badly if he tried. The amp sounds great.
@@samwilcockmusic he dialed this amp model in hix AXE FX 3 and it's sounds awesome.
I love your playing... But my God the tones are harsh and thin AF
There's some icky sizzle on top that sounds mosquito'ish.....hehe
A real setup. THank you. So lame seeing these other youtube guys using amp sims and shit on a old school 5150. Get outta here with that hipster crap. Let the men make some noise, the kids still living with their parents can play with amp sims.
nothing wrong with amp sims...given that a majority are currently featured on albums and do the job, very well
Amp sims sounds pretty decent these days. I can bet you won't able to hear a difference in blind test between real amp and amp sim.
Christ turn the presence down.
You fucking youngsters need to learn that bass and low end dosnt make you heavy. More presence and high end as well as the mid spike the 5150 style amps have give your tone girth and precision
Hes got the tone maxed on OD as well, to my ears bringing that back down to say 3'O clock might help
5150 with 666 settings on the bass, mids and treble. 6 to 6.5 on resistance,5 to 6 on presense and gain from 3 to 5 to devils preference. 🤘
@@hawk6111 wtf are you talking about? There is so much hi end fizz. It's painful to listen.
@@ConstantineM throw bass guitar and a drumkit under it and you will see the light. Guitars job isnt bass frequencies.