Mesa Stiletto cleans...

[Aceman]

Are freaking sexy!



I was Blues/Jazzin' the other night with a Strat, a tapped DiMarzio Fast Track 2, and a Boss RV 3 set for delay/verb. Damn! Not quite the uber-awesome of say a DSL401 as clean Marshall goes, but just damn....all kinds of clean goodness in here!

I don't even like clean...

[2ndhandband]

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Mesas have always had good cleans. My favorite clean sound comes from a Mesa Quad preamp in my friend's studio... it's basically the clean sound from a MKII. A Quad is too cumbersome to put in the live rig or I'd buy one just for that clean sound.

[DKSEARS]

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Indeed. I need to pull my Stiletto Ace out of storage, get it re-tubed and back into service. It's one of the best all-around amps I have ever owned. I always kept the clean channel on fat and goosed it with an overdrive for crunch and set channel two on fluid for the heaviest stuff I'd play.

Truly a great amp.


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[Aceman]

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And just another reason to love it. The clean vs fat clean with 100watt and recto of choice....

It's not a fender - but more than one very cool clean sound in there.

All that said I keep it on Crunch / Tite Gain; Loud & Louder!

[Demanic]

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This thread inspired me to play my Carvin combo through my Carvin 4x12.
Still reeling my innards back in

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[Boogie Bill]

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Careful, Ace...a Stiletto Trident just popped up...and I DON'T need another amp!!!!

Bill

[Aceman]

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Ace needs a Deuce, no need to be a Triple threat.

[Mincer]

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My Mesa has the best clean sound I've ever heard.

[Aceman]

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Again - I'm not a conneseur of the clean.

This thing is warmer/rounder than anything Fender would do. Maybe that's why I like it. Still - my fave rock amp clean is the DSL 401

[PFDarkside]

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Baceman, are you still rocking the Stiletto? They are really coming down in price now, especially the Ace...

[esandes]

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Of any mesa I'd consider trying/buying, it would be the stiletto because it's run with EL34s.

[PFDarkside]

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Of any mesa I'd consider trying/buying, it would be the stiletto because it's run with EL34s.

We you can run a lot of Rectos and others in that series with EL34s... and they make a difference but not that much. (I’ve got a Road King, and with the flip of a switch I can go from EL34 to 6L6. I’d say the Preamp and overall amplifier design play a bigger part than output tube type.

[esandes]

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I'm partial to EL34s just based on the countless EL34 Marshalls and 6L6 Fenders I have used. No Mesa experience.

[Aceman]

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It’s gigging next Wednesday.

[NecroPolo]

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I'm super impressed of both the cleans and drive sounds. I'm not a Mesa guy but the Stiletto is my kind of amp and on opportunity I'd definitely snatch one.