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All the talk around here has made me watch for one of these and I pulled the trigger a week ago on ebay. Here's the link.
I got it Thursday. The guy put the combo back together (with the Mesa rack mount kit inside the bottom of the combo) for shipping, which was probably a good idea. Unfortunately, it arrived with both EL-84s and a couple of the 12AX7s shattered in the amp, but otherwise was in good shape. I put some other tubes in it and it works fine (generally - more below)and the tone is great. I can't imagine this without the EQ though. Just a basic scooped setup improves the tone of the lead channel by an order of magnitude!
Some questions for you other owners out there:
Since I need to order some tubes for it, any favorites? (I had to pull the 12AX7s out of my SLO to test it.)
I get some noise all the time on both channels. It's no problem when I'm playing, but when I'm not it's a little annoying. It definitely increases with the master volume control and is about the same on both the lead and clean channels. On most high gain amps, I probably wouldn't think twice if I was getting this on the lead channel, but it caught me off guard on the clean. It is not affected by the guitar volume control.
There are three settings for the front-panel EQ switch. What are they?
Any recommended settings? I know to play it and find my own, but a jumpstart is never a bad idea.
That's enough for now. I'm leaving it in combo form for the time being, but do have the rack kit and might move it back to a rack-head and run it through a closed back cab if I come across a good deal on a small one. Right now I only have 4x12s and if they're going, I'm hauling the SLO!
I got it Thursday. The guy put the combo back together (with the Mesa rack mount kit inside the bottom of the combo) for shipping, which was probably a good idea. Unfortunately, it arrived with both EL-84s and a couple of the 12AX7s shattered in the amp, but otherwise was in good shape. I put some other tubes in it and it works fine (generally - more below)and the tone is great. I can't imagine this without the EQ though. Just a basic scooped setup improves the tone of the lead channel by an order of magnitude!
Some questions for you other owners out there:
Since I need to order some tubes for it, any favorites? (I had to pull the 12AX7s out of my SLO to test it.)
I get some noise all the time on both channels. It's no problem when I'm playing, but when I'm not it's a little annoying. It definitely increases with the master volume control and is about the same on both the lead and clean channels. On most high gain amps, I probably wouldn't think twice if I was getting this on the lead channel, but it caught me off guard on the clean. It is not affected by the guitar volume control.
There are three settings for the front-panel EQ switch. What are they?
Any recommended settings? I know to play it and find my own, but a jumpstart is never a bad idea.
That's enough for now. I'm leaving it in combo form for the time being, but do have the rack kit and might move it back to a rack-head and run it through a closed back cab if I come across a good deal on a small one. Right now I only have 4x12s and if they're going, I'm hauling the SLO!
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