matt minds
New Member
Hey guys.
I'm new to this forum, and I actually made this account specifically to ask this question. I play in a hardcore band as one of two guitarists, and I play live out of a Peavey 5150 head that I recently purchased off of a good friend of mine. The head had it's problems at first, and I learned about a variety of common 5150 problems, such as the volume loss problem that I read about everywhere, easily solved by contact cleaner in the jacks in the back.
The main problem I am experiencing is that it's simply not as loud as it should be. When we play as a band, I'm often up as far as 7, when the other guitarist in the band is around 2, and he still overpowers me. He also played out of a 5150. It's extremely irritating.
All of the power tubes and preamp tubes are new (I know because I bought them and installed them myself). There are 2 JJ 6L6's and 2 Svetlana 6L6's, and 5 mesa 12AX7 (ECC 83). I did not test any of the new tubes in my troubleshooting process. I have all new monster cables for my set up that I recently purchased (at the same time I bought the tubes), and I run through a Boss NS-2. I have tried without the pedal; no difference. I run through to a 6505 cab at 16 ohms, and I am always extremely tedious in how I'm set up, and how long I let it warm up, etc. I never leave my standby on long and I take extremely good care of my equipment.
After the cost of the 5150, the tubes, and the cords, I'm flat broke with no money to spend to take this to a tech. I don't want to keep stressing the amp by putting it on 7, and it still not being as loud I should be. Any suggestions, or anyone with similar problems? I heard that there was an easy fix, but the person that told me could have just been blowing smoke at me.
Please help. Thank you
I'm new to this forum, and I actually made this account specifically to ask this question. I play in a hardcore band as one of two guitarists, and I play live out of a Peavey 5150 head that I recently purchased off of a good friend of mine. The head had it's problems at first, and I learned about a variety of common 5150 problems, such as the volume loss problem that I read about everywhere, easily solved by contact cleaner in the jacks in the back.
The main problem I am experiencing is that it's simply not as loud as it should be. When we play as a band, I'm often up as far as 7, when the other guitarist in the band is around 2, and he still overpowers me. He also played out of a 5150. It's extremely irritating.
All of the power tubes and preamp tubes are new (I know because I bought them and installed them myself). There are 2 JJ 6L6's and 2 Svetlana 6L6's, and 5 mesa 12AX7 (ECC 83). I did not test any of the new tubes in my troubleshooting process. I have all new monster cables for my set up that I recently purchased (at the same time I bought the tubes), and I run through a Boss NS-2. I have tried without the pedal; no difference. I run through to a 6505 cab at 16 ohms, and I am always extremely tedious in how I'm set up, and how long I let it warm up, etc. I never leave my standby on long and I take extremely good care of my equipment.
After the cost of the 5150, the tubes, and the cords, I'm flat broke with no money to spend to take this to a tech. I don't want to keep stressing the amp by putting it on 7, and it still not being as loud I should be. Any suggestions, or anyone with similar problems? I heard that there was an easy fix, but the person that told me could have just been blowing smoke at me.
Please help. Thank you