Well what does a man do on his day off when he works 6 days a week 14 hour shifts every day?
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Damn right, he takes a guitar and goes to the local guitar store to test amps and cabs.
As pathetic as this may sound, I had a great day. I recently put a BKP Holydiver into my bassists Jackson DK2M and since I only have an Orange Micro Terror with the matching PPC 108 cab at home for practice, I felt the need to play it through a real amp to get a good impression of the difference it made to the stock JB.
First thing I need to say here is I'm sold on the EVH 5153 for over a year by now. I haven't played a better amp that suits my needs (except maybe the Marshall JVM 205 series) before so it was a pretty easy choice to decide upon which amp I would fire up.
So first I got into the smaller room of the 2 ones that are offered at the music store I visited, simply because the bigger one was occupied, spotted an Orange 2*12 with V30s and hooked it up. I must say although it sounded good, the size of the room was a big downside and I knew this wasn't what I was looking for. Anyhow, after playing for some minutes the big room was free so I re situated myself there and connected the EVH head (the 50 watt version btw) to a Mesa Cab. And let me tell you, I was blown away!
The clarity, dynamics and tightness one finds in BKPs was there of course and came as no surprise, however the sound I got out of that combination was mindblowing. Rich, fat, biting, warm yet brutal, responsive and mouth watering. I don't know how I can go on praising it, however I know the amp kicks ass already but that Mesa Cab just gave it that last piece that was missing. It was dominant, full, standing in the room like "here I am, deal with it". And that's why I choose this specific title for this thread. This thing retails at 1300 Euros and the price is certainly justified.
The Cab is loaded with Vintage 30s and that's not a surprise in any way (I want to tinker with Eminence V128s as people here have suggested them to be a good alternative to V30s) but the sound is just different to what you expect and know from ordinary cabs loaded with those speakers. It's just fuller and meatier, hard to describe, but when you hear it in person you'll know what I mean.
All I know is I need more money allthough I'm certainly spending too much already on gear and I just wanted to share my experience with you fellas. Feel free to share your opinion, tell me I'm stupid (this is my 5th beer by now, don't be too harsh :P ) and just talk gear if anything really.
Peace out and cheers!
