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Haven't been around in a bit but oh my... Peavey Ultra Plus, XXX, EVH 5150 Iconic and the EVH 5150 III Stealth 100w

I didn't plan on buying 4 amps within a month period but I saw them pop up with decent pricing so I jumped on them.

I really dig them all but I have to say that the Stealth reigns supreme over all, it's just such an aggressive pissed off sounding amp and it's what I've been chasing tone-wise for the longest time.

I'll do this amp justice soon but I have a little snippet from our last practice, just tracking a few songs and my bud recorded this on his phone.

Damn baw!

That's quit a haul. Congrats!

Amazing haul! How does the Ulta Plus compare to the XXX? HNMAD!

Devin wrote:Damn baw!

Thanks broseph, definetly having fun today

maggotspawn wrote:That's quit a haul. Congrats!

Thanks man, thankful everything worked out

Mike Oxhuge wrote:Amazing haul! How does the Ulta Plus compare to the XXX? HNMAD!

Thank you!, so far I after A/B-ing with the same tubes, I feel they're in the same ballpark sitting next to each other as the XXX is the successor to the Ultra Plus, but even though the XXX has more gain built into the circuit, it has some smear in the tone compared to the Ultra Plus, which seems clearer and also raspier in the mids.

Ultra Plus is also darker but that can be remedied by disconnecting the reverb tank which makes the reverb control act as a presence control

It also doesn't like Tung Sols in the V1 spot, I was getting some noise, whereas it's fine in the XXX, Must be higher voltage compared to V1 in the XXX?

Damn!!! That’s a haul, congrats!!!



Bring the brootz


How does the iconic compare to the rest?

Great haul man. The Ultra Plus is one of my all-time favorite amps. I need to buy another one eventually. But I like every amp in your haul lol
I haven't had the chance to really spend time with the Iconic yet but I've played it at stores and liked it.
The Stealth is indeed a monster. I've been using an EVH 50w recently and it's quickly becoming my main amp.

XXX is awesome too. Like I said, awesome haul!

Wow nice!! Yeah the 100w stealth I think is one of the best all time metal amps.

spawnofthesith wrote:Damn!!! That’s a haul, congrats!!!



Bring the brootz


How does the iconic compare to the rest?

Hell yeah, thanks man. The Iconic is my number 2 for sure, it hangs with the others and has more of that low mid clarity that I like just like the Stealth, and has healthy low end, but can get a little tighter when not using the burn switch on the red channel, but I like the burn

GuitarBilly wrote:Great haul man. The Ultra Plus is one of my all-time favorite amps. I need to buy another one eventually. But I like every amp in your haul lol
I haven't had the chance to really spend time with the Iconic yet but I've played it at stores and liked it.
The Stealth is indeed a monster. I've been using an EVH 50w recently and it's quickly becoming my main amp.

XXX is awesome too. Like I said, awesome haul!

Thanks Billy and cheers, I've been wanting an Ultra Plus for the longest too. They each have their own qualities that I dig but the Stealth is something special, and I think I'm good on amps for a long while now

NinjaRaf wrote:Wow nice!! Yeah the 100w stealth I think is one of the best all time metal amps.

Thanks Raf, and you definitely influenced my purchase, awesome clips and vids of the Stealth too

Nice haul and cool tone, but is your guitar a little outta tune? It seems a little off on those power chords, or
maybe it's just me??

Anomaly wrote:Nice haul and cool tone, but is your guitar a little outta tune? It seems a little off on those power chords, or
maybe it's just me??

Thanks man, yeah it was in tune before I started playing and definitely went a bit flat on the A and I didn't catch it until that part of the song, I have a heavy right hand lol

Didn't end up using that take after that, I need to do a real playthrough of this in the near future.