Members sahlomonic Posted January 1, 2013 Members Share Posted January 1, 2013 Hypothetically, if one were to buy a 3 channel amp, would it be worth getting a used 5153 for half the price of a used Ecstasy? I'm familiar with the 5153, and I know it can go from nice cleans to great crunch and can easily go the brootz route, but can the Ecstasy perform as heavy? I'm not really a brootz player, but time to time I enjoy doing some Sevendust type music. What say u HCAF? Who has experience with both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KCTigerChief Posted January 1, 2013 Members Share Posted January 1, 2013 Originally Posted by sahlomonic Hypothetically, if one were to buy a 3 channel amp, would it be worth getting a used 5153 for half the price of a used Ecstasy? I'm familiar with the 5153, and I know it can go from nice cleans to great crunch and can easily go the brootz route, but can the Ecstasy perform as heavy? I'm not really a brootz player, but time to time I enjoy doing some Sevendust type music. What say u HCAF? Who has experience with both? The ecstasy gets heavy dude...The onboard boost on the lead channel gets you up there. You're welcome to play mine to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KCTigerChief Posted January 1, 2013 Members Share Posted January 1, 2013 Originally Posted by sahlomonic Hypothetically, if one were to buy a 3 channel amp, would it be worth getting a used 5153 for half the price of a used Ecstasy? I'm familiar with the 5153, and I know it can go from nice cleans to great crunch and can easily go the brootz route, but can the Ecstasy perform as heavy? I'm not really a brootz player, but time to time I enjoy doing some Sevendust type music. What say u HCAF? Who has experience with both? The ecstasy gets heavy dude...The onboard boost on the lead channel gets you up there. You're welcome to play mine to decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sahlomonic Posted January 1, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 1, 2013 Originally Posted by KCTigerChief The ecstasy gets heavy dude...The onboard boost on the lead channel gets you up there. You're welcome to play mine to decide. Would love to take you up on the offer sometime dude. Whenever you have time . . .About the Ecstasy's boost, what can you tell me about it - as in what kind of boost. Volume? Gain? Mids?I like the dead simplicity of the 5153 layout, but I also like the tweaking options you can do with the XTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sahlomonic Posted January 1, 2013 Author Members Share Posted January 1, 2013 Originally Posted by KCTigerChief The ecstasy gets heavy dude...The onboard boost on the lead channel gets you up there. You're welcome to play mine to decide. Would love to take you up on the offer sometime dude. Whenever you have time . . .About the Ecstasy's boost, what can you tell me about it - as in what kind of boost. Volume? Gain? Mids?I like the dead simplicity of the 5153 layout, but I also like the tweaking options you can do with the XTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KCTigerChief Posted January 1, 2013 Members Share Posted January 1, 2013 Originally Posted by sahlomonic Would love to take you up on the offer sometime dude. Whenever you have time . . .About the Ecstasy's boost, what can you tell me about it - as in what kind of boost. Volume? Gain? Mids?I like the dead simplicity of the 5153 layout, but I also like the tweaking options you can do with the XTC. From what I've heard it's pretty much just a gain boost...Though, on the green channel, it bumps the volume up too, which makes me think it's a gain boost...But on the lead channel, since you're so compressed as it is, there isn't really a volume boost...I don't really know actually, I'll have to mess with it tomorrow at practice The Ecstasy is simple, don't let all the switches fool you. What's cool is, the knobs work well no matter where the switches are set. Messing with the Pre-EQ switches just changes the sound of the settings you've chosen. It's actually pretty fucking cool. Because you don't have to change your knobs or settings to mess with the switches. But yeah dude, come take the thing for a test drive. It's at Matt's house...If Matt is available Saturday, we could do it then. I'll ask him tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KCTigerChief Posted January 1, 2013 Members Share Posted January 1, 2013 Originally Posted by sahlomonic Would love to take you up on the offer sometime dude. Whenever you have time . . .About the Ecstasy's boost, what can you tell me about it - as in what kind of boost. Volume? Gain? Mids?I like the dead simplicity of the 5153 layout, but I also like the tweaking options you can do with the XTC. From what I've heard it's pretty much just a gain boost...Though, on the green channel, it bumps the volume up too, which makes me think it's a gain boost...But on the lead channel, since you're so compressed as it is, there isn't really a volume boost...I don't really know actually, I'll have to mess with it tomorrow at practice The Ecstasy is simple, don't let all the switches fool you. What's cool is, the knobs work well no matter where the switches are set. Messing with the Pre-EQ switches just changes the sound of the settings you've chosen. It's actually pretty fucking cool. Because you don't have to change your knobs or settings to mess with the switches. But yeah dude, come take the thing for a test drive. It's at Matt's house...If Matt is available Saturday, we could do it then. I'll ask him tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shane159 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 I love the Ecstacy, probably the best amp I have ever played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shane159 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 I love the Ecstacy, probably the best amp I have ever played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hellaboogie Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 I can only speak to the 5153 and it's pretty nice sounding amp for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hellaboogie Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 I can only speak to the 5153 and it's pretty nice sounding amp for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magh8 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 I owned an xtc for a short time. it was a cool amp but as far as heavy goes it gets into thrash territory at its best. that being said I would to with the 5153 if you want more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magh8 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 I owned an xtc for a short time. it was a cool amp but as far as heavy goes it gets into thrash territory at its best. that being said I would to with the 5153 if you want more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shane159 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 The Ectasy that I played on had about the same, if not more gain than my Nitro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shane159 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 The Ectasy that I played on had about the same, if not more gain than my Nitro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 5153 is a fine amp....but it's not even in the same ballpark as the Ecstasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members duncan Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 5153 is a fine amp....but it's not even in the same ballpark as the Ecstasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Coroner is using xtc's. I had no problem getting mine heavy. There are also some cool cheap mods out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Coroner is using xtc's. I had no problem getting mine heavy. There are also some cool cheap mods out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magh8 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 it wasn't the gain just the overall tone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magh8 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 it wasn't the gain just the overall tone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KCTigerChief Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Originally Posted by magh8 it wasn't the gain just the overall tone What cab were you playing through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KCTigerChief Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Originally Posted by magh8 it wasn't the gain just the overall tone What cab were you playing through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magh8 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 dont remember TBH that was like over 2 years ago... I know I ran it thru either a vader 212 or 412 as well as a mesa tradtional 412. there was just something about the red ch I didn't care for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members magh8 Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 dont remember TBH that was like over 2 years ago... I know I ran it thru either a vader 212 or 412 as well as a mesa tradtional 412. there was just something about the red ch I didn't care for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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