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[smitty_p]

Oh, I should mention for anyone interested in a Mesa: They are not like other amps. You will probably hate them at first and wonder how anyone ever gets a good tone out of them. This is totally normal until you learn how the tonestack works and how to dial it in. You have to unlearn everything you have been doing all these years with Fender and Marshall style tonestacks - the "everything at 12 and adjust up and down from there" trick does not work with Mesas. But, as with most good things, patience pays off and once you learn to use them you're in for the best tone of your life.

Oooh, now that is tempting!

It takes more than that to scare me away!

It sounds like the same sort of sudden learning curve I ran into when going from solid state to tube amps. At first, I didn't like it, but as I learned how tubes behave, it made me change a lot about how I played. Now, I love 'em.

Seriously, learning how to work new gear can be half the fun. I do appreciate the heads-up.

It will be awhile before I get a new amp, though. I gotta finish this Les Paul Studio project first (more parts are inbound!) and then save up for anything new.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Official thread jack post. Speaking of Tubes,

 

[gball]

I maybe should bias my DSL40C's???

No clue if it needs it or how to don it.

If you've never done it check a bunch of stepby-step tutorials before you attempt. It's not hard at all, but since you have to open up the amp and have power in the circuit to do it you can kill yourself pretty easily if you touch the wrong thing. Seriously.

 

[Hackmaster]

If you've never done it check a bunch of stepby-step tutorials before you attempt. It's not hard at all, but since you have to open up the amp and have power in the circuit to do it you can kill yourself pretty easily if you touch the wrong thing. Seriously.

I just sent him the same tutorial in a message. Too funy.
Great minds think alike.

 

[gball]

Thanks a bunch guys!

That Rectoverb 25 really looks promising. I see it also accomodates external speakers, which is another feature I want, but which I failed to mention.

It's pricey, but if I save up a while and sell off a few things I don't use, anymore, it's doable.

When you're ready I can't recommend the Mesa Hollywood store enough. Even if you don't live in Los Angeles, they ship for free and it's the best customer service I have ever experienced. Nothing like going direct to the factory. It's an awesome store too - I buy all my gear there and stop by whenever I am near the shop just to chat with the guys.

 

[syscokid]

I've been at that store once, in '09. Tiny, but cool as all Hell. I remember the employees there were really enjoyable to get along with.

 

[Inspector #20]

I just sent him the same tutorial in a message. Too funy.
Great minds think alike.

Thanks to you both!!!!!

 

[smitty_p]

When you're ready I can't recommend the Mesa Hollywood store enough. Even if you don't live in Los Angeles, they ship for free and it's the best customer service I have ever experienced. Nothing like going direct to the factory. It's an awesome store too - I buy all my gear there and stop by whenever I am near the shop just to chat with the guys.

How does it sound with a Strat?

 

[gball]

How does it sound with a Strat?

Freeking incredible. Kenny Wayne Shepherd tone for days. I usually live on the neck pickup of a Strat and it's actually one of my favorite tones through the amp.

 

[gball]

I've been at that store once, in '09. Tiny, but cool as all Hell. I remember the employees there were really enjoyable to get along with.

No doubt. They are all gigging musicians and gear hounds who love to talk shop. TBH, I am not up that way a whole lot, probably only once or twice a year, but whenever I am there I have two mandatory stops: The Mesa Holllywood store and Amoeba Music.

 

[syscokid]

... and Amoeba Music.

Never heard of them. New? I haven't been down to L.A. in 5 years.

 

[gball]

Never heard of them. New? I haven't been down to L.A. in 5 years.

Aw man, you gotta go! It's the last truly great music store left - not new at all. The greatest selection of music under one roof on the West Coast:

Amoeba Music | The World's Largest Independent Record Store

The place is like a drug. I can't walk in there without walking out a few hundred dollars lighter.

 

[syscokid]

Aw man, you gotta go! It's the last truly great music store left - not new at all. The greatest selection of music under one roof on the West Coast:

Amoeba Music | The World's Largest Independent Record Store

The place is like a drug. I can't walk in there without walking out a few hundred dollars lighter.

Thanks. Located at Sunset and Cahuenga. Researched the store. Very impressive. That store has been there since Nov. 2001. I moved out the L.A. area in '86. Used to live in the Hollywood area in the late 60s to early 70s. Not surprisingly, so much is so different these days.

 

[gball]

Ahh, you missed it. I remember when it first opened up, I couldn't believe that a place like that could exist any more. It's kind of amazing that it's still going in these days of digital downloads. It's definitely an experience to go there - I can spend an entire day digging through the bins to find treasures.