Open Box EVH 5150III Iconic Series 40W 1x12 Combo Amp Level 1 Ivory

I bought this amp after checking out all of the other offerings in the store... I was about to purchase the Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, when the salesman asked if I had played the 5150. No, I have not... so I plugged into it and within 5 minutes I knew it was the one! The clean tones are just gorgeous... Very glassy and Fender like. Great reverb. Just awesome. Then you hit the overdrive and you get this awesome classic crunch that sounds really killer! Then, you change over to channel 2, and get ready, because it will melt your face! Ultra killer metal distortion! Then you hit the boost and it blasts you through the wall! I truly think this is the most versatile, best sounding combo tube amp out there. Check it out, you're gonna love it!

Great sounding amplifier! Has all the gain u need and more. Alittle heavy but manageable. Only Con is that the noise gate is a little on the weak side. So I add one. It cleans up nicely also.

This is a great budget tube amp for hard rock and if you put a tube screamer in front of it, metal. Sure it has gain for days but a tube screamer really tightened this thing up for modern metal. Bit of a natural mid scoop but set EQ to the trusty 6-6-6 and its amazing out of the box. Keep the resonance a bit past noon and set presence to 1 or 2. The presence knob really adds fizz to this thing with the stock speaker so watch for that. The stock speaker is a bit weak but that is easily replaced. Metal heads may want to put in a Redcoat or a V30. Closed back cabinet sounds great. At 1/4 power this is still very loud. Also, don't let only two preamp tubes fool you, this thing still sounds and feels like a tube amp. The brittleness is from the speaker. upgrade the speaker or drop the presence down to zero and that will fix it. Overall GREAT amp for metal. Does the 6505 thing very well.

I use it as my primary recording and road amp. SUPER durable. "IF" I have to pick a downside, it's that the amp is 55lbs and I'm like 400 years old...hah...but that's the ONLY thing I can pick on about it. She's Rock Solid!!

Sounds great for 70s and 80s plus rock. Super nice overdrive and gain channels and the clean sounds good too. I play it at 1-1/2 if in my studio by myself and the volume is nice and low. With my band volume at 3 is fine. No way i could imagine getting it to 10. I don't love the 1/4 mode because it seems to cut into tone, which happens on all amps with attenuation. I love the mute button, then you know you can play without the house hearing, however the button should be visible on the front instead of on the back and very hard to see. I also wish the standby switch was on the front. A minor design flaw is that on the rear the speaker input jack sticks out thereby not possible to lay it on its back. This is minor and I'm not knocking a star for that or anything else. At 55 lbs., according to my bathroom scale, its not light for me but not a deal breaker considering the excellent sound quality and the weight is more or less consistent with other amps of similar wattage and speaker size. Lastly, the FX loop and speaker emulation are killer and really make this amp great.

Great amp! Clean or crunch sounds great!