Greatest Cockney Rip Off wrote: ↑Thu Sep 02, 2021 6:12 pm Depends what your tolerance is to hiss. As you say, they're hi-gain amps which are always going to have hiss issues - nothing that a noise gate won't sort out. The Peavey JSX has a built in noise gate to alleviate this so might be worth considering. Our guitarist has an EVH III 50w head and it sounds epic. Personally I prefer the Peavey 5150 which is what these amps are based on but they're super loud (120w) and I'd wager you'd never get it past 4 on the master volume and 6 on the gain knob.
After a LOT of research I decided on a PRS MT15 in the end (loud enough to compete with the other guitarist in the band!) but I'd love to have one of those EVH 50w heads one day - I used a 120w Peavey 5150+ once and it sounded awesome! But at my age, I need to consider my back! I have a Randall RG150 but it's a beast in weight as well as sound!