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Topic: Mesa-Boogie Amps |
Larry R
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Navasota, Tx.
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Posted 30 Sep 2002 10:35 am |
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Considering tube amplification, would it be worth trying a Mesa B amp. I've looked at but not played through:
Nomad 55 2x12
Nomad 100 2x12
Heartbreaker 100 2x12.
Can I get a clean signal with no distortion through these amps or should I stay with solid-state. I'm using WEbb and Evans at the present. |
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Michael Holland
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2002 12:40 pm
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[This message was edited by Michael Holland on 03 October 2002 at 05:33 PM.] |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2002 12:55 pm
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I have a friend who has a Mark III, head with 4-6L6 and 2 -EL34. It's the cleanest tube amp I have ever heard! Only a handful of these were build, a custom order amp in its time! I had it up for sale last year on Ebay, never did go! Here's some speacs on this monster:
Coliseum Series 300
Mark III, Simul-Class
Power amp has 4 each 6L6 and 2 each EL-34 tubes
Total output power 150 watts RMS
Reverb, long 3 spring
Rhythm 1/ Rhythm 2 footswitch
Lead/rhythm footswitch
4 volume controls
Reverb footswitch jack (high/low)
Effects loop (constant level)
Variable level direct output
7 Pull switches on front panel
Cooling fan
5-band graphic EQ
D.C. filament supply
1x8 ohm and 2x4 ohm speaker jacks
[This message was edited by Ken Fox on 30 September 2002 at 01:57 PM.] |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 30 Sep 2002 2:14 pm
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I get clean sounds out of my Boogies, but they do have a slight "edge" on the high end that you might find undesirable if you're used to Webb or Evans amps. The solid state amps are definitely smoother sounding.
On the other hand, there's no way I've ever found to get an "acceptable" rock tone out of solid state equipment. For many years I stacked a Mesa/Boogie combo amp on top of a Webb. That gave me the best of both worlds.
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Steve Stallings
From:
Houston/Cypress, Texas
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Posted 1 Oct 2002 5:47 am
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I'm using a Mesa Boogie Studio Pre into a VHT 2/90/2. This is very clean with a smoothness that has to be heard to really appreciate. Of course, this quality comes with a price. It is heavy and expensive.
addendum: Regarding b0bs observation... I am a long time Evans user. I still have two older large cab Evans at home for my picking room. The MB/VHT simply smokes em... and they sound pretty darn good. A pretty fair Houston picker came out and listened to this setup last Saturday night and described it as "awesome".
Disclaimer: The above is simply my opinion. I have lots of opinions and don't mind sharing them  [This message was edited by Steve Stallings on 01 October 2002 at 06:58 AM.] |
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Robert Todd
From:
Atlanta, Georgia USA
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Posted 1 Oct 2002 11:38 am
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| I uses a Mark IV and a Nashville 1000 (not at the same time) The downside of the Mark IV as a single combo amp is weight. To solvwe this I bought the head seperate from the speakers (two 12 inch EVMs in seperate cabinets. These amps rock if you want overdrive, but are no better or worse than my Peavey for clean playing (IMHO). |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 2 Oct 2002 3:37 pm
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The early Mk II's have a switch to go from 60 to 100 watts..It has a great clean tone with a lot of headroom, but can also get nasty if you want it to....The reverb is much better than the newer Boogies...They're heavy, and they're not cheap....A setup like Steve S. has would really be the answer...Plenty of everything, tone, control, and power...but like he said, it comes at a cost...I will take a tube amp over a solid state any day of the week, but that's just my personal opinion..I feel that you can get way more harmonics, and way more feel from a tube amp
They do run hotter though !!....Jim |
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Brad Burch
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Posted 3 Oct 2002 5:21 am
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| I have played through a DC5 on many gigs. I thought it sounded incredible and was plenty loud enough. The reverb is not very good though. It is pretty shallow so if you like a lot of deep, lush reverb you would have to use something external. I liked it cause if I turned the reverb to 10 it was perfect for my tastes. Very, very heavy and I think they go for about $650 to $850 used. |
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