"I didn't particularly need the amp, but...." -Rockin Chippy each of the last 57 amp purchases. :) Sounds good Alex.

This kind of honesty is missing in society nowadays. Kudos to you.

I said the same thing to Brian Wampler on his SLO-30 demo - it’s great to hear an overview of a high gain amp that isn’t just 10 minutes of chugga chugga drop C tuning, so thank you for that, it’s helpful to be able to hear the full range of what the amp can offer. To my ears it sounds like a really great and affordable way in to 5150 tones. The 5150 Stealth was Ed’s last iteration of his range of amps, so in terms of future videos a comparison between the Stealth and the Iconic would be cool to hear (if you have the time and inclination!) with an SM57 on that cab. Thanks again for the demo :-)

Love the longer video man, your stuff is always great!

Really cool video!! I LOVE these kind of old school videos!! Great review as well!!

That noise gate was impressive too and this demo I feel like makes me think this should be my next amplifier instead of the Laney GH30R.

Really great review. I especially like the little comments, ie using less gain. Balanced and real world, good one Alex.

Really appreciate your honest presentation style and great playing. The amp seems really cool and great value but probably too much gain for me

Great demo of the amp! it's refreshing to hear someone play straight ahead rock riffs and showing the dynamic range of this amp.

James told me today...Ed wanted a great sounding amp the everyday guy could afford . Just like when he was at Peavey.

A very cool review coming from a very cool human being, you rule Alex! Merry Christmas to you too!!

You did a great review of this amp and actually made it sound better then most videos I've seen on this amp. What you refer to as cold is what I think I don't like about this amp. To me it sounds artificial, missing the warmth an all tube amp has. I think for gigging no one would even notice, though.

I think Resonance is very useful tool for dialing in thin speakers or cabs,or for fattening single coils. Nothing worse than a thin tone.

Thanks for the review. Not everyone can afford an expensive amp and I agree with the price point thing. I have to say the amp sounds pretty damn good.

I appreciate the explanation besides the chug man , great vid! For me I love the old school jcm 800boosted and eq'd before and after the. Pre! And I also like the high end sizzle but not muffled , it's a true balancing act on some amps! But for the price this offering from 5150 is what you would call "dead on the money!" I'll be subbing you from now on , first video I've seen from you and you've earned it!!!

Good review. It’s nice to hear a players honest opinions.

That’s a great demo!!!! I like that you didn’t just chug away.

Love it! Great job, Rockin Chippy! 🤘🏼

love this amp. Great Demo brother. great playing!

Damn, I wish more amp reviews were like this. Thanks!

The best review of this or any amp ive seen so far! just plug and play, and a fine guitarist aswell! You have my Sub man!

Awesome video and insight in this amp. Been considering this one since they announced it (I'm cheap). Sounds killer.

THANK YOU!!! Finally an HONEST natural sounding demo with out the crazy processing. Sounds great man!! Thanks

Perfect demo. Really appreciate the non mic'd sound. Btw, nice guitar!

I definitely see the hype around the amp. Price point wise. Good demo. I prefer a darker tone and low end. The stealth 100w and Soldano are my choice.

Great review CHIPPY! Awesome guitar!!🎄

Sounds great with that cab! Burn makes it much much thicker sounding. Cool amp!

Sounds good ! I liked how it sounded without the Burn engaged.

Great demo Sir, those are the type of chords people wanted to hear. Does it chug and bite but still stay separated in the DGB chords aka VH…

Thank you Rockin I thought you showed the tones perfectly it sounds killer for the money

Killer Alex! Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to you and the fam!!!

Killer vid! Merry xmas buddy.

The green channel on that thing is spectacular.

I like how you made this demo video of how the amp actually sounds with nothing extra added. I think your review is right on the money!

Thanks for the honest review. Refreshing!

SOUNDS GREAT ! AND GREAT PLAYING MAN !

Very honest and simple!! Great video brother!!

Great vid mate. If you use a tube screamer do you think the cold amp would warm up a little? I think it sounds really good 👍

great demo. the drive buttons on channels 1 and 2 are like getting a free tube screamer without the cost and wiring. so this makes the amp an even better value, because you don't have to buy a tube screamer unless you want to.

Great Demo...considering how much it would cost to get a tone close to this $900 beast with Soldanos, Friedmans or several other mega buck Boutique models, this will be my next amp for sure.

Great demo of the new ICON!!!

Great video Alex !! Just received mine on Monday and love it. What do you have your Bass/mid/treble and Res/pres at for the video? That tone hits my hair metal needs 😎🎸

Just got mine today love it

Great review man!🤘🎸🔥you’re a really great player and this is just the review I was lookin for on this amp. I’ve been going back and forth with this or the EVH IIIs 2x12 combo😩definitely leaning more towards the combo… any thoughts?? Thanks!

Great review!

You're right it is a little cold sounding. It's bright. I love the warm soft tones much more. SPeaking of that what amp do you think delivers that warm soft tone the best ? I know you know.

i got a crate G-20 amp in Dec of '87 when i was 17 for xmas....that amp blew me away....if the iconic was around back then....i prolly would of asked for that...not too shabby!!!! sounds killer!

Damn I love the res sounds so full turned up ….u should A/b the 1/4 power to full I find there’s a distinct difference for sure

Interestimg take. My first "good" amp and I am loving it.

I love this video! Thank you for the standard tuning and no chugging!! I have a question: Is this amp the closest to a Soldano SLO100 of the EVH amps?

Really good comments you made on Resonance. A good mix tone will sound a bit too thin or too ear-piercing by itself. So when playing alone, you can add some Presence then dial it down for a better mix tone.

Best review of this amp to date.

What vanhalen riff did you play at the very start of the video? Figured it out lol 🍻

Ya know, the video EVH put out was horrible. This redeems this thing. Thank you!

Awesome video. And thank you for sharing your skills ❤❤🔥👍

Great feedback, thank you.

Excellent review.

Good point on the resonance control. Many players use it as a bass boost, but really, Ed and James originally intended it as a way to "tune" the Amp to the cabinet/speaker combo being used which was a great idea. On my old blockletter, I used various cabs....The 5150 with Sheffields, a Hiwatt with Fanes, and Marshalls with Celestions, and I was always able to get the tone I wanted. Great demo...best so far on this head.

Awesome playing

Thank You Merry Christmas

Amp sounds really good. I’d like to hear a comparison to the 6L6 50 watt. Honesty from your clips I think it might be more versatile.

Sounds amazing, what kind of cab and speakers are you running?

Great video. Thank You. Greetings from Sweden! ❄️🎅🏼❄️

Sounds good! Cab sounds really good imho

Awesome review

The reverb sounds terrible imo. But great video, and it's true. When I was a kid the gain knob would be on 10. With age I have dialed it way down and I play down tuned metal. Getting that tight sound and being able to hear the strings is more important than fuzzy chugs. Especially with 7 strings.

Great work Alex as always! Merry Christmas dude!!!

i like that you just play with a camera set up, no interface...i wanna hear the amp as if im sitting just like you...2' from the speakers!

Man this thing sounds so good. My problem is that most of the time I’d be using it in no to low gain situations. From everything I’ve seen the clean channel is there but it’s not anything spectacular. Guess I’m gonna have to play a few amps before buying one 😂

This amp sounds awesome!!!)))

Sounds great! What cab and speakers were you using?

Hey Nice vid...cant remember the of the 1st song u played on clean channel..what is it ? I think its just a part of his epic solo parts

Has any one ever done an A/B comparison with the 5150 against the Carvin Legacy? Eddie's sound against Mr. Vai's?

Ok so I just bought this amp yesterday and now I'm bummed out because I really think what you said is 100 % true even without trying it myself I hear what you're saying..I'm 56 but was looking for something different as I already have a TSL100 through a 4x12 with V30s...been playing for like ever and I'm struggling to find something decent that's not $3,000 but I guess that doesn't exist. I play blues and rock mostly with gain...any suggestions ? Thanks

What do you think regarding that the amp only has two valves in the preamp? Do you think it is missing something? For almost the same price, Which do you think is better: Marshall DSL100HR or this one?

I really wish they would just put a twin clean circuit or something. I get that “no one buys a 5150 for cleans” but ffs it’s a fender amp. Really don’t need a crap clean channel and 3 dirt options. Honestly from what I’ve heard the crunch channel is enough gain for my needs.

Nice in-the-room demo! And tuned to normal tuning! I think it sounds like a perfect '80's grind amp. NOT a good modern metal chug amp like the other 5150's. Of course, that cold feel is probably from the solid state components instead of a V1 12AX7. Compared to a DSL (for example), it seems to get nicer gain and tighter low end, which is cool.

well done bro!

If you still own the EL34 100 watt I'd like to hear that versus the Iconic.

Question how would you compare it to the peavey 5150's.. just wondering since James Brown was involved on this amp

Footswitchable boost also gives you some more input gain (:

sounds fkn KILLER.

I subscribed because of this demo

stiff is the word i would use to describe the feeling. my friend had a custom audio amp which sounded fantastic but was murder for me to play through.

Amazing amp

So does the soildstate input make it not a true authentic tube amp? Or is just t diode clipping people are hating on it so much

Totally dug your approach on this. Nice! Great video. Thanks! 🤘

If you had to choose between this and your afd100 what would it be

I’ve asked a couple other people but I would like your opinion., How does it sound when turn down to bedroom volume? Thanx

Sounds great but usely when you have the reverb up to high in an minimum space through recording it comes off to strong and has to much trail off at the end it takes away from the actual tone of the amp you could probably set it at two or three and your recordings live would probably come out better when demonstrating a product get your jeans and people don't normally want to hear how you like it so you need to play with the reverb at low settings and high settings to give people an idea of what the range of the reverb is I'm sure it has a great trail off range we can hear that but we don't hear it at lower settings but yeah it's how you want to come across to the public I guess if trying to pitch an amp sale 🤷👍

Love it

Best video i saw for this amp everything we needed to know.Perfect for my Ratt wasp dokken winger motley crue jamming

You are absolutely correct about the resonance control, imo. Even on my Axe-FX II I almost always have resonance turned all the way down on every amp model. It just messes up the mix for me.

This sounds great. Which cabinet are you using with it?

I bets its ss overdrive mostly due to it only having 2 pre amp tubes

Would you recommend this for high gain non-metal stuff? Dinosaur Jr, Local H, etc etc

Any updates on the iconic are you still using it? Any new opinions on the clean Channel or anything else

Don’t you mean Channel 1 clean instead of “crunch”? Channel 1 on that amp, so I thought was the clean of the two.

Sounds pretty damn good for 900 bucks

You said cold tone: Thats why the amp is only 80W. You can push four 6l6's to 120W but if you consider EVH ran his amps at lower voltage, this amp is running the power tubes cold to emulate the brown sound. (My Opinion)