i went to the store today and tried the XXX for the first time and man I love it. Just curious how do you guys like the stock XXX cabs? What cab should I run it through next time im in the store? How different does the 5150 sound from the XXX? By the way I tried an old used blue voodoo and I didn't like it. I even tried it through a marshall 1960 cab and it only sounded a little better than the crate cab. Just wasnt near as nice of soound as the XXX. You guys think Id like the 5150?( was looking at them on ebay)

i preffer the 5150's. but it's a totally different sound, the xxx is a bit more polished up, and the 5150 is more raw.

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Gotcha, I just saw a xxx combo amp on ebay. How are those?

http://cgi.ebay.com/PEAVEY-TRIPLE-X...1QQcmdZViewItem

I prefer the 5150 tone myself. I find the XXX to have a tighter, more focused, buzzsaw type gain, while the 5150 is thick and chunky.
The new Windsor that's coming out soon is supposed to be pretty cool form what I hear. I just picked up a Penta and I'm loving it.
Jerry

from my experiences i should like the 5150 tone by its descriptions. i prefer the raw raunchy (in a very good way) tone, but when i played both(cranked) the xxx sounded alot better to me. i figure you have to tweek the 5150 more than i did though. i hear its not an amp you can just tunr the nobs and get a good sound on. it was the first time dimed mids diddnt sound good. usually thats all i do for an amp it sound greta to me. if you get the combo you will prebly want to replace the speaker.

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I prefer the XXX tone.

I love 5150's,awesome amps for the price.

i just bought one for $630 shipped. now i wait.

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Combo,head or stack?

what about the xxl is it as good as the 5150 or XXX or should i save my money

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No,the xxl is s.s.Save for the 5150/XXX.

I wanna get mine modded...

5150?

You mean like Voodoo modded?

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more like voodoo rebuilt.

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try jerry p

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Yeah I was thinking the FJA one, after hearing many good news from their 5150 mods. Getting rid of the buzziness in the dist. is one thing I want, as it seems like that's one thing they take care of really well.

I saw a 5150 and crate cab advertized in craigslist for $800. I email him and say I'll give him $500. He says ok so I went to look at it. I wasn't able to bring my guitar (I can only seem to play well on my guitar, the action and everything is how I like it to be) All he had was a jackson kelly with duncan designed crap for pickups, he said the strings are probably 4 yrs old lol, anyhow i found it very frustrating to play. The amp looked to be hardly used and the cab is a 4x10 crate with no model number, non slanted, but has castors. When I plugged it in I heard absolute crap. My crappy solid state amp sounds better than that shit. I know it had a lot to do with the pickups in the guitar(I use active emg's) and maybe the cab. You guys think the old crate cab is the culprit? How much could I get for it if I were to sell for something better? Any suggestions on better cabs that I might find used?

The guy said he'd take $400 for it after I told him it sounded like shit and said I was going to try out some more amps. I'm hoping I can just get the 5150 for like $350.. that would be awesome, assuming the bad sound was not because of the amp. I'm gonna bring my jackson soloist over there tomorrow and see if I can't get a good sound because if I get it I wont be able to afford a better cab until next month unless I can get 200 or more for the crate cab somehow.

You need to fuck with the EQ.If you have the gain up too high,it sounds like crap.They dont do a great clean/crunch,either.That and the combination of the cab and guitar,I would blame.

i bet it's the cab and the guitar... either way, you're a fool if you let that deal go. $400 for a 5150 and a shitty cab... the 5150 alone is worth a little over $500 on the used market. you could turn a profit off of this.

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Buy both, either keep the cab and change the speakers or sell it to some poor bastard. Also if you are not going to need your 5150 later on and decide to sell it, you are going to get more than $400 (around 700?) on ebay

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I know. I went to the guy's house and played on it with my guitar and it sounded way better but he said cant take 400 anymore because the wife told him 500 . I dont have 500 to spend I can barely afford to let 400 go so I told them to call me if they changed their mind/couldnt sell.

pm me his e-mail.

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Hey X, u stole my sig quote...sorta

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The link in your sig doesnt work.
http://engl-amps.com/news/news-01.htm

well shit. your right. i tried to change it but the way the site is set up i cant link directly to it.

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Haha!!Nice link you got there now.

i think its a cool pic, and i couldnt think of another way

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sorry to bring up an old thread, but i own a triple xxx head..and i wanna know. how do you make them not so muddy? it seems no matter how i eq it it has that stupid scooped sound..i love some of the tones, outta this amp, and it sounds amazing realy REALY loud, but sometimes its just muddy, would changing the tubes help? or am i doomed to have a muddy amp? i play through a marshall 1960 cab. also does anyone know if suffocation uses the crunch or ultra channel on their heads? iv seen them live twice, sweetass tone..love the vaders!

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