Open Box EVH 5150III 50W EL34 50W Tube Guitar Amp Head Level 1 Black

I don't gig, I just play at my home. I love the sound this amp delivers. Very rich, and clean with the warmth only tubes can deliver.

The red channel on this amp does the sound we all know and love very well, with very little tweaking. The blue channel is definitely different, but it's cool to have tonal options if you need. I may end up doing the c13 mod on it, but I'm not sure yet. Very pleased so far with this one

Too many issues for this price: Barely used (less than 3 hours) experiencing crackling Blue channel volume surge and drop (unstable) Red channel way too noisy (gets louder with volume) Noise (speaker thud) when channel switching

I'm freaking loving this thing. The Clean Channel (channel 1/green) is pristine to my ear and sounds as good as my Fender amp. Channel 2 (blue channel) has so many different tones you can get out of it from crunchy and bluesy to absolute chug with or without an OD pedal. Channel 3 (red channel) for me works great as a boost for leads/solos and I can set it louder than channel 2 which I use for rhythm. You do not need to set the gain very high on channel 3. I have mine around 10:00 or 11:00. This model allows you to dial in your gain and volume separately for both channel 1 and channel 2. I'm using some modulation in the FX Loop and occasionally a TS808 in the front but I'm so impressed by the sounds and tones I can get directly from this amp. Right now it serves all my needs and checks all the boxes. It's plenty loud and powerful (haven't turned the volume up past Noon yet) and it also sounds good and can be played at low volumes. I cannot think of any cons. I'm having a great time playing different guitars through it and fine tuning/tweaking the EQ's. Don't forget about the resonance knob in the back = )

The green (clean) channel on this amp through the 2x12 cabinet is absolutely incredibly. Expressive, responsive, articulate, and full of character. I recently tried out a Divided by 13 LDW amp and was blown away by the clean tone. I had always considered myself a Fender/6V6 person until that point. That amp was already sold, was twice the price, and is impossible to come across. This amp is the only one I could find that has both the EL34s and 12AX7s, and has that same unique clean tone that's somewhere between a Marshall and Fender in all the right ways. I could do without the red channel entirely, and would prefer to have separate eq controls for the green and blue channels, but easy enough to compensate with a tone knob.

I like this amp alot, I did have to return the first one I ordered, it did not work. But musicians Friend was great with the return process and after recieving the second amp, it is a great amp. The only thing I feel could be better, is the POTs could have a little more resistance when turning them, I am a blind guitarist so I have to feel and sometimes I knock them out of position, but a minor detail. Great sound and power and Slick Looking!