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.:-The Warwick Amp Club-:.
- Thread starter Bue92
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How do I define it?
Well, the Xtreme 5.1 combined with the 115 PRO Gives a deep modern growl. But you can twist and turn the knobs any way you want and get just about anything. I've been told the Tubepath series sounds more vintage and tubey (Makes sense as it's got a tube preamp) while the Xtreme is solid state all the way.
The Warwick cabs are great, they kick ampeg hard in the ass at a much more affordable price.
Well, the Xtreme 5.1 combined with the 115 PRO Gives a deep modern growl. But you can twist and turn the knobs any way you want and get just about anything. I've been told the Tubepath series sounds more vintage and tubey (Makes sense as it's got a tube preamp) while the Xtreme is solid state all the way.
The Warwick cabs are great, they kick ampeg hard in the ass at a much more affordable price.
Bue92 said it right, seriously warwick cabs kick ass!
soooo damm punchy and loud and bassy! but u can really get any sound!
soooo damm punchy and loud and bassy! but u can really get any sound!
Aight, nice man 
I on the other hand, I'm STILL waiting for my 411. Distributor getting on my nerves.
I hope everyone can and will post pictures of their rigs!
I on the other hand, I'm STILL waiting for my 411. Distributor getting on my nerves.
I hope everyone can and will post pictures of their rigs!
Stick with the Hartke 3500 head! If you need more power just get the 5500 - it beats the Profet head anyday.
Not really. When ever I've tried a Pro fet, they've always felt underpowerd, advertising a higher wattage than they actually are. Hartke's 3500 and 5500 heads are some of the best on the market - they blow the Pro fet out the water.
Well you are a Warwick fanboy...
Well you are a Warwick fanboy...
dude i totally agree! i even have the Profet 5.1, and its damm queit, it sounds damm AWESOME THO! but very queit and underpowered.
they lie how powerfull they are!
i wanna get an Extreme 5 tho, as ive tried 1 and they r loud!!!!
I won't try to cpmare it to a Hartke head because I've never tried one (not for a long time anyway)....
but...
Put yourself in front of the new Pro FET 5.2.
I'm selling mine because it's too loud!
I'm not kidding - it's REALLY loud.
(for the record, Pro FET 5.1 amps aren't underpowered - they have a conservative gain structure, and a volume curve on the master dial that gives you clean useable power throughout almost all of the range. Most manufacturers give you 80-90% of your volume on the dial to trick you into thinking you've got a really loud head, but after that there's not much more.
Warwick have modified the gain structure in the Pro FET 5.2 and used a different pot in the master volume dial to give users what they expected and conform to what most manufacturers are doing. Now you do get most of your power at 12 o'clock on the dial, as with most of the others.)
The above phenomenon is well documented - you can read about it if you like.
The Pro FET 5.2 at 12 o'clock is scary loud!!! I'm not kidding - go ahead and try one.
I'm actually selling my Pro FET 5.2 and going back to a 5.1 because I prefer the wider sweep on the volume dial - but I'm guessing most users will like the modification, because they'll be able to say to their friends - look at how loud my amp is......and it's only turned up to 3!
I won't try to cpmare it to a Hartke head because I've never tried one (not for a long time anyway)....
but...
Put yourself in front of the new Pro FET 5.2.
I'm selling mine because it's too loud!
I'm not kidding - it's REALLY loud.
(for the record, Pro FET 5.1 amps aren't underpowered - they have a conservative gain structure, and a volume curve on the master dial that gives you clean useable power throughout almost all of the range. Most manufacturers give you 80-90% of your volume on the dial to trick you into thinking you've got a really loud head, but after that there's not much more.
Warwick have modified the gain structure in the Pro FET 5.2 and used a different pot in the master volume dial to give users what they expected and conform to what most manufacturers are doing. Now you do get most of your power at 12 o'clock on the dial, as with most of the others.)
The above phenomenon is well documented - you can read about it if you like.
The Pro FET 5.2 at 12 o'clock is scary loud!!! I'm not kidding - go ahead and try one.
I'm actually selling my Pro FET 5.2 and going back to a 5.1 because I prefer the wider sweep on the volume dial - but I'm guessing most users will like the modification, because they'll be able to say to their friends - look at how loud my amp is......and it's only turned up to 3!
i might just have 2 trade in my 5.1!!! lol, its stupidly queit!
so the 5.2 is crazy loud, like OMG loud, nice
