Comments on: How to make your Line 6 Spider Valve sing like a Peavey 5150

By: GibsonYVONNE31

GibsonYVONNE31 — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:30:46 +0000

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By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:03:02 +0000

Awesome! Very close. In a live situation, thats all that matters. Its the bedroom noodlers that complain. Next, dial in a tone similar to the ENGL Powerball, please?? Im getting ready to trade off my Powerball for the HD100 MKII. The Powerball is absolutely awesome, but the Line6 has the flexibility and effects I really need for shows.

By: John

John — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:09:01 +0000

Sounds close but to be honest sounds fake, IE too digital. I took my amp to a friend of mine who modded the amp. He kept the blue channels as digital but all the orange channels are pure tone, analog, true tube tone. and with that i can get my amp to sound just like a 5150 Mk II or a Mesa Boogie Mk IV. But the blue settings…. they just sound to fake on my amp when you compare the digital channels to analog.

By: Ace69

Ace69 — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:39:03 +0000

5150 poor clean channel = poor biasing! Ultra cold self bias circuit to 20mA!!! 5150 should be biased to around 38mA!

By: johnny beane

johnny beane — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:38:47 +0000

I used a 1991 Peavey 5150 from 1995-2008 as my main amp.
Always loved the dirty sound but the clean tone just never did it for me, they did improve the clean tone on the combos later on.

I use a PODX3 for recording demos at home and it gets some pretty good sounds.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 05 May 2011 02:06:48 +0000

Had a block letter 5150.Sold it.It did what it did and did it well but there was an aspect in it’s tone that became annoying to me and the lack of a proper clean channel didn’t help.The HD100 MKII is it’s the way and the good reviews far outweigh the bad. TTK…keep doing what you do man.It’s good to see a regular guy that’s not pretending to be Ingve reviewing so much different gear.Thanks for doing you.

By: James

James — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:13:02 +0000

There is a big difference between the 5150 and the 5150II. If you don’t believe me, listen to a Van Halen 3 bootleg. He toured with the 5150II amp, and his tone sounds like garbage. As for the 6505, it’s better than the 5150II, but doesn’t touch the original IMO.

The trick to matching any amp when using the Line 6 Spider Valve, either of them, is getting the presence right. And I know that everyone knows it depends on what cabinet you’re playing through, but knowing how to use the presence knob makes all the difference in how thin or thick everything sounds.

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:37:59 +0000

the 5150 is NOT “long discontinued”. The Peavey 6505 and 6505+ is the exact same amp as the 5150 and 5150 II. Peavey renamed these amps when their relationship with EVH ended in 2005. They used the model name 6505 to commemorate 40 years in business (’65-’05).

By: nprenger

nprenger — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 22:28:31 +0000

I tried this tone setting on my Spider Valve MKI combo, and it sounds really, really good. Great job nailing the sound!

By: igor

igor — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 20:55:54 +0000

The tone stacks are different but you got them very very close with only subtle differences in the bass and mids…
The Peavey has some Lower Mids and Bass that the Line6 doesn’t quite do. But, the Line6 heads are very versatile and almost any tone is achievable. That’s what makes them such a great value. It’s essentially all of the amps you’d ever want in ONE HEAD.
Good job, man.
You gave a great tutorial on the science of using a modeling amp to mimic a trademark tone.
Much better than using the factory pre-sets…