EVH Stealth 100 Unboxing & First Impressions

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I unbox the EVH Stealth 100 watt and dial it in for the first time and give you my first impressions of what I consider the best EVH amp ever made.
Note: this is not an in-depth dial in of this amp. It's a quick, first impressions dial in and playthrough. The in-depth dial in will come later.

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@wheresallthezombies 2 жыл бұрын

Man it’s awesome and crazy to see the growth of your channel. So good!

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@Epochstudios 2 жыл бұрын

I love new Amp day brutha! Congrats on the stealth! I just bought the 100w PRS Archon(the made in USA 6L6 100watt version) last night! Got that and my Kemper! Can't wait til I can get the Driftwood purple nightmare and the Revv generator 100p, and a Mesa Triple rectifier + triple crown, damn this is an expensive passion! Building my little studio, finally realizing my dream! But damn!!! I need to add that stealth to the list as well

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. And congratulations to you on your future purchases. You're going to love every single one of those amplifiers.

@chrisjones8743 2 жыл бұрын

I just bought the Purple Nightmare. Returning it for this actually

@Hadouken5150 2 жыл бұрын

Just ordered one these guys. Can’t wait to plug it in and see how it compares to my 6505+.

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! You're gonna be really pleased with the Stealth. Remember to turn the presence knob to 2 or 3:00

@sheldonswan45 2 жыл бұрын

"You don't have to be a cork sniffing weirdo." LOL!

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@mattreum4271 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a plaque on the bottom of the 100w head showing the tube layout like there is on the 50w stealth?

@JC-nu5io 2 жыл бұрын

Just ordered a Stealth 100. Excited to try it out and add it to my studio.

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! You are going to love this amplifier.. Let me know how you like it when you get it

@JC-nu5io 2 жыл бұрын

@@TONEWARSgearshow I definitely will... Your Channel helped me decide between the 50w and 100w. Will be a welcomed addition to my home studio. Currently have a PRS Archon 50 MK1 and a Laney IRT 120.... If you ever get the Chance, check out the Laney!

@crimsontowerfullmoon8646 8 ай бұрын

How do you like it so far ?

@ivsiguitarist 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see you get your hands on an ENGL Powerball II.

@zombies418 Жыл бұрын

I’ve gone back and forth many times between the 100w and 50w for every amp evh offers from the og 5150iii, el34, stealth and the new 5150 iconic and I’ve always found that the bigger 100w heads sounded better. They sound like they have way more usable gain without getting muddy and to my ear they sound a bit brighter. Almost like a super hot rodded plexi like Eddie was known for which I’m a massive fan of and through the evh can you can dial the resonance to kick you in the chest like your front and center

@TONEWARSgearshow Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The 100watt evh amps sound amazing. Fuller, bigger and meaner.

@jasonlewis5350 2 жыл бұрын

The 100w blue channel is noticeably hotter and more aggressive than the 50w. The overall amp sounds more open and fuller, which is to be expected, but it sounds like a pair of double stacks coming through here. That’s just ridiculous. Great video dude.

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. I agree, Is every channel on this amplifier just has a Fuller, hotter sound. on top of that, the feel is better as well

@smeemusic 2 жыл бұрын

I have the 100 watt EL34 version of this amp. And just like yours, it’s nearly impossible to make it sound bad. But I would say, that red channel probably doesn’t need a boost but if this version of the amp does the same as mine, the blue channel should take a boost very well with very nice textures. Sry I didn’t get to see the whole video as my kids are running around being friggin crazy right now lol so yeah I missed a little, I’m sure you boosted the blue channel. Oh also, did you boost the green channel? Crank the gain up on it and boost it. It has a nice texture to the sound. Very usable for low gain, not clean tones but it’s also not “edge of breakup” either. I find these amps to be super dimensional without having too much extra stuff going on. It’s 3 channels with all identical controls. How can you go wrong?! Like with the Engl Savage mkii, there’s so many switches and buttons, you can go for days trying to dial in your tone. With the evh amps, I dare you to spend more that 10 minutes dialing in a tone. So hey, can I make a request? Is there Any chance you can shoot this bad boy out with the 100 watt EL34 version? There’s not many comparisons out there and I really like the way you demonstrate amps together. Id like to add a stealth to my collection and I’d like to see what you can come up with as a comparison before I make any decisions. I’m so torn though, idk if I want my next amp to be a savage mkii or maybe a badlander or the stealth. HALP! Lol

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting. Sorry for the late response. I would love to shoot those 2 out for you and for myself. I think that would be the ultimate EVH amp shootout.

@danielg9810 2 жыл бұрын

Torn between this and EL34 100 Watt. I thought they said the clean channel on Stealth wasn’t clean vs EL34 sounds pretty clear to me!

@jb_50w78 2 жыл бұрын

That is a huge amp. Is the chassis made out of aluminum? Otherwise that would be really heavy. It sounds great though. Also, I always love your style of showing how you dial in the amp’s settings.

@sheldonswan45 2 жыл бұрын

55 lbs

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. It's definitely worth lugging around because of how great it sounds and feels when you play it

@yannickgauvin7987 Жыл бұрын

hi jarrod! I am of the same opinion as you I have this beast and this amp is really incredible 👌 did you readjust the value of the bias?

@TONEWARSgearshow Жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting. I haven't adjusted the bias yet, but I want to in the near future...just to see what happens

@metallion0738 9 ай бұрын

Can you make shoutout between the Bogner Ubershall 150 KT88 with the EVH 5153 stealth 100? That will be a kick ass comparison as well.

@TONEWARSgearshow 9 ай бұрын

If I get my hands-on one, i'd be happy to do it

@IamTheDustDevil 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Jarrod, I'm about to purchase the Engl savage 120 MKII & I have the EVH stealth 50...Will you be doing a Savage 120 vs Stealth 100 comparison soon...Thanks...??

@daviddrake9798 2 жыл бұрын

You know he'll do this. The Savage is his favorite amp of all time

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Good question. I will definitely do that for you guys. That will be a great shoot out

@unaiartolaarbelaiz1055 2 жыл бұрын

shiiiiit that sounds awesome. Do you have any IR pack that we can buy??

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

I will be making some kemper profiles of this amp soon

@markinthemix6055 2 жыл бұрын

I’m in love with what l’m hearing it’s not as FIZZZZZZYYY. l’m feeling the punch in the gut.

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting. Yeah, this amp has it in spades. No fizz, just great, amazing, aggressive tone.

@henrymillsiii4961 7 ай бұрын

Are the cleans on this amp good enough for funk and light rock

@TONEWARSgearshow 7 ай бұрын

Yes they are, if you turn the gain up on the clean channel a little bit, it can definitely have some edge of break up and beyond tones

@bigmike9527 2 жыл бұрын

I watched a guy on KZfaq get good crunch on the red channel,he just barley turned up the gain and on the red and he got a damn good sound.try that and see what happens.his was a non stealth 6l6 version

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, the red channel it will be a great crunch channel as well as a lead channel. You don't need to turn the gain up very much at all on the red channel to get a good crunch tone.

@markinthemix6055 2 жыл бұрын

Can l prepay for the Kemper pack 😵‍💫

@christopher.k.guitar 2 жыл бұрын

Hey man, I’m really digging your channel. Honest and perfect reviews. Congratulations on that. If I might request one topic - could you compare the EVH 100watt stealth to the Peavey invective 120? The reason for me is that I really love the invective that I own but now it has a technical (most probably electronical) problem that no amp guy around me can fix and sending it back to the US (I’m located in Germany) for repair really would be a big hassle for me. So I‘m considering replacing it and due to Covid-19 there is no other Invectives to come by in Germany. You seam to love the stealth so it would be a huge help for me making a decision. Thanks man and keep up you great work 👊

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Christopher, I'm doing that shootout for you right now. It'll be up tonight

@christopher.k.guitar 2 жыл бұрын

@@TONEWARSgearshow wow, that’s awesome! Can’t wait. Thank you so much 😊

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

@@christopher.k.guitar my pleasure! It's rendering now. I'll upload it asap

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Here ya go - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJ-krJCBx5vZnKs.html

@mfm6 2 жыл бұрын

The clarity on those low notes. And without a boost. This amp sounds evil.

@TheCyberMantis 2 жыл бұрын

I doubt I would ever use the red channel. I would just use the blue channel, with different boosters. Blue channel sounds really good.

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

I love both of those channels. You really gotta give the red channel a try. It's amazing

@TheCyberMantis 2 жыл бұрын

@@TONEWARSgearshow I'm sure if I had the chance to try one, I would like the red channel too.

@jconner3891 2 жыл бұрын

Yea the blue channel on my 50 stealth is maxed.

@metalsnake3557 2 жыл бұрын

How good can the 100 watt take a fuzz pedal. I know the 50 watt loves them, but my 6505+ hates them

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Good question. I've never even thought of trying that... hopefully someone will have an answer for you.

@metalsnake3557 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks im just browising prices. Im a big fuzz guy as well. Im also really interested in the Revv Generator v3. Which amp do you prefer if you could only have one

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

@@metalsnake3557 my pleasure and happy price hunting. Well, the rev is probably a bit more versatile since it has 4 channels but if you want something super aggressive, the stealth 100 is the one you should get

@metallion0738 Жыл бұрын

But you can also mod your 50 watt stealth with separate resonance nobs for each channel bro, but maybe is a waste of money I guess, is just that those 100watt heads are freakin' heavy and take a lot of space, I see no need for 100w to log around, you can also use a 4X12 cab on your EVH 5153 50w head instead of a 2X12 because the headroom difference is better and will give this head amp more headroom, the rest is just a waste of money in my humble opinion, but you do what makes you happy.

@TONEWARSgearshow Жыл бұрын

The Easter Eggs in the 100w are worth it big time

@daviddrake9798 2 жыл бұрын

So you like this amplifier better than the Savage 120? I love to have more balls to what my 50 stealth has

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Good question. I'll have to do a shootout with them soon. I will say that I highly recommend either one of these amplifiers

@christopher7310 2 жыл бұрын

I want a Stealth so bad. I haven't even figured out what cab to run with it yet. hahahaha

@smeemusic 2 жыл бұрын

I’m running my EVH EL34 100 watt into an engl 4x12 pro loaded with v30’s. Sounds great, very satisfying in every way. BUT! The EVH matched cabs for these amps are also very impressive sounding. I also wanna put mine into a Mesa over sized and see what it does. But I would suggest checking out Ola englund on KZfaq. He has a video where he demonstrates I think 5 amps and 5 cabs and mix matching them all. It’s very insightful on how much a cab will influence your tone and gives you a very good idea what your amp would do with any of these given cabs. Best luck to ya!

@jconner3891 2 жыл бұрын

Hesu with demons. KSR.

@mikedervos5974 2 жыл бұрын

Its a monster man....its just stupid!!!!stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupid massive .Btw the red channel one both 100w and 50w versions its so good! i really cant decide if i want to use it for rhythms or leads,its so good ! the blue channel its not so massive sounding at least on the 50w version and it definetelly has more highs ,but you can make a very nice old school metal tone for sure.

@Bognerman14 2 жыл бұрын

You keep saying turn the pedal on? What pedal?

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

I think the precision drive?

@MrJam1001 2 жыл бұрын

I saw a comment from Reza Matix that he always runs 16 ohm cabinets because when you set your impedance to 8 ohms it doesn't utilize all the transformer windings and that affects your tone. It makes sense but I wonder how much truth there is to it.

@jb_50w78 2 жыл бұрын

That really doesn’t make any sense at all. If you use an 8 ohm speaker with the 8 ohm tap on the amps output, it is no different than using a 16 ohm speaker with the 16 ohm tap as far as the output transformer is concerned. You always try to match impedance because that is how you get maximum power transfer (there is actually something called the maximum power transfer theorem which says that you get max power transfer when source and load impedances are matched). If you mismatch the impedance, it will affect the tone since the current draw will change. The difference in tone is more to do with how 16 ohm speakers sound vs 8 ohm speakers, which is all down to their design and their frequency response. Every speaker sounds different though, even two of the same model and impedance. But as long as you match the impedance of the amp’s output it won’t affect the tone. And you can design a transformer to have multiple taps for different impedances without it affecting the sound quality or have any effect on the tone. Maybe some cheaper transformer designs have some loss in frequency response when using the 8 ohm tap, but a good quality and well designed transformer doesn’t have to make that compromise. And even when using less windings it is still using the entire ferrite core to transfer power. I say all that as an electrical engineer. Audio isn’t my main area but I have worked plenty with analog and RF circuits and also transformers.

@techdeathhippie6319 2 жыл бұрын

@@jb_50w78 very awesome comment. I saw REZA said that so this was interesting

@jb_50w78 2 жыл бұрын

@@techdeathhippie6319 yeah, I really doubt that the transformer windings would have any effect on the tone when it comes to using 16 ohms or 8 ohms. As long as you match the impedance (a mismatch will affect the tone). But the speakers themselves will have the most effect on the tone, and 8 ohm speakers definitely sound different than 16 ohm speakers, and it has nothing to do with the transformer or even just the impedance itself. It’s just the speaker design. And speakers vary so much that even two of the same speakers with the same resistance rating will sound different.

@techdeathhippie6319 2 жыл бұрын

@@jb_50w78 so what changes between an 8ohm and a 16ohm . What characteristics change ? Asking because seriously this is one thing I’ve never really looked into

@jb_50w78 2 жыл бұрын

@@techdeathhippie6319 you mean for the speaker? I am not an expert on speakers, but this is my guess given my electronics and physics background. An 8 ohm speaker probably has less windings in the coil compared to a 16 ohm speaker, and that is going to change the distributed inductance and capacitance besides just the resistance due to the different number of windings of wire. That’s going to change the speaker’s frequency response because the speaker itself can be modeled as a resonant RLC circuit. And changing the frequency response will obviously change the tone. But speakers are highly variable. Even two of the same speaker are going to be slightly different due to tolerance in the materials and the winding and everything. Another thing that affects the speaker’s tone is the paper used for the cone. The thickness and density of that paper changes the tone a lot. So even that could actually have more effect than even just the resistance rating. So everything about the speaker including the design will affect the tone.

@timp.9582 2 жыл бұрын

my first impression seeing that shipping box was "that's too much box for that amp", then the amp comes out...well nevermind that~

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

Haha that 100 w Stealth is HUGE! It's so amazing too

@Praeterita1976 2 жыл бұрын

From this end, the red channel sounds ways better without pedal. Face-melting and musical at once.

@TONEWARSgearshow 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I'm really learning a ton about this amp after I did this video. So raw, tight and nasty. More to come

@techdeathhippie6319 2 жыл бұрын

Good call . I can’t do 50 watters. There is definitely something missing . Plus I play loud as fuck still so I need the clarity a 100 watt gives . 50 watts gets too slushy and bouncy to quick for me . Good for lead but not a tight crisp rhythm

@dildojizzbaggins6969 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe after you learn how to spell and use grammar/punctuation properly, 50-watters won't sound so bad to you anymore? Just a thought :'D

@techdeathhippie6319 2 жыл бұрын

@@dildojizzbaggins6969 there’s therapy for people so easily triggered now by grammar and not liking the shit you like . Might help you through your day pal . Peace to you

@Epochstudios 2 жыл бұрын

Really? Imo 50 watt amps are just as good and tbh in the studio amd at home I prefer them. But to each there own, I love 100 watt amps too. Need a damned load box So I can crank it at bedroom levels hahaha

@techdeathhippie6319 2 жыл бұрын

@@Epochstudios I agree with to each their but just get too dirty too quick for me and I really do play loud . My main amp is 100 watt wizard and that’s what created this whole love of 100 watt. I have 180 watt Diezel Herbert that gets ate alive by my wizard .so it’s ruined not only 50 watts but many heads in general perhaps . I’m also not saying they suck . 50 watts don’t make it bad it just don’t work when you are use to what 100 watt headroom does to the tone