Things I like about the 5153
plug and play, don't spend more than 30 seconds playing with the settings independent of the venue.
Switchable loop, comes in handy, I set my loop pedals on the amp and therefore they don’t take up room on the board, plus I don’t have to run long cables.
Used it with V30’s and G12-65’s (greenback like), sounds good with both so I suspect it’s not that fussy with speakers, that’s not to say there’s no difference though.
Reliable, I think the early ones had issues but had mine over 2 years, plenty of gigs and rehearsals, no problems
3 good usable channels,
Channel 1 can get a really nice clean tone, however, as it’s got a gain control you can use this as dirty channel if you want. Use a ts or similar and ac/dc no problem. It’s probably the most open of the 3.
Channel 2, not as much gain as some may like but it’s never been a problem for me. This is the early marshall on steriods channel. Sounds big and full, I use this for 99% of the time live.
Channel 3, tons of gain, I run it with the gain on about ¼, this is the channel I use for solos. It’s quite compressed but has a good feel to it.
It’s a flexible but no bs amp. The tone is good, in all honesty, if I won the lottery I would probably go for an SLO, XTC or Freidman but I am happy with the 5153.
I took the EVH cr@p off the front, here’s a pic without it
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