Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

[B2D]

I hauled my butt down to GC San Marcos today and picked up a Marshall 1960AX cab (100w loaded with Greenbacks), and when I got home I fired up my MESA/Boogie Rectoverb 50W head and....

:banana: :32: :smokin:

I knew it was gonna sound good but I didn't know that it would end up being the tone that I've been chasing in my head ever since I began playing!

It;s the perfect cross between a Marshall crunch and Fender clean sweetness with a little bit of Cali sunshine around the edges.

Clean tones sparkle and shimmer while being full and fat at the same time, and sometimes I can get this acoustic-like richness and clarity out of my strat's neck pickup.

The dirty tones are... perfect. That's all I can really say. How I've always wanted my rig to sound but it always kinda fell short of that. And the 5 modes between the 2 channels make any tone I want possible. The Greenbacks help that a LOT. They seem to morph personalities along with the tone that the amps putting out.

It's wonderful. This is a amp and cab that I will have for the rest of my life and I'd like to thank y'all for helping my make up my discombobulated mind. Thanks! :beerchug:

P.S. I'll post pics ASAP!

 

[That90'sGuy]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

greenbacks are great speakers, you made a good choice

 

[StratTom]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

Glad to hear you like your cab. What were you using before?

 

[Rocker35]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

Nice one B2D!!
Always great when you find the tone your after. Enjoy!!!

 

[B2D]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

Glad to hear you like your cab. What were you using before?

These are all the amps I'd owned before this setup:

- Crate GX15R ~ Hey, gotta start somewhere.

- Marshall VS265R ~ My first real amp. sounded great, best chorus ever, but unreliable as all hell. Gigged with it for 4 years before it fell apart.

- Marshall JCM800 2x12 combo from 1982 ~ My first tube amp. killer overdrive and distortion sounds, but blase cleans. Volume was damn near uncontrollable, the thing was so loud. Only sounded good cranked up. Mig-50 owns it now and loves it. :wave:

- Fender Super 60 ~ what a joke! Sounded like a bumblebee with a megaphone on OD, but it had warm jazzy cleans. It lasted 2 gigs before going to pawn shop fodder. But I bought it for $160 and sold it for $200 :fingersx:

- Peavey XXX, modded by VooDoo ~ Good amp for one thing: Stupidly high gain. Not very versatile... Bought it from edgecrusher, used it twice (with a borrowed no-name cab) and then sold it to a local bartender.

- Line 6 Spider II 1x12 ~ I thought it was a POD 2.0 with a speaker attached to it. It's not.

- Fender Blues Jr. ~ Good amp for small gigs, but had to sell it to afford the cab.


....finally I have everything I ever wanted in an amp. Ahhh.... :fest6:

 

[Grandor]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

Congrads.



You'll be looking for a new amp in at least 3 months.
The nature of GAS.

Young Angus hates his ENGL now...

 

[JALIN]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

I`ve been thinking along that line to lately, I have the Solo 50 and have been wanting the 1960BV but the quality comparison to my Recto cab just can`t convince me to follow through.

 

[TheMist]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

I glad you found your dream tone.

 

[MoodyBlue]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

If I ever break down and spend on gear again (I promised myself and my wife I wouldn't) I think that combo would be the only other thing I'd like to add to my gear. Does that head have reverb and if so what type? I have always loved the Mesa Sound.

Nice score BD2!

Jim:cool2:

 

[Nightburst]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

Yeah I was thinking about that combo too since it is affordable for me 2nd hand. (around €2000 total?) I like the idea of marshall crunch and Mesa brutality and fender cleans. Pleeeeeeease make some soundclips!!!

 

[JfromHouston]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

got pics of the rig yet?

 

[Marcel]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

I often heard they're the best Marshall cabs.
I play over a 1960 A and don't like it that much. I like V30 the most. But it's hard to get a good cheap cab with V30's here. I'd like to test a Avatar but not avaible here.
I played over a Mesa Recto standard cab and it just killed.

 

[Stevo]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

Marshall 1960AX cab (100w loaded with Greenbacks

Yeah baby!!

 

[strat_master]

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HMmm everyone was telling me to put a single recto head inot ONLY a mesa cab and no oher brtadn would suit it.....BUT come to think of it ALOT of artists use mesa heads into marhsalls cans....Justin Hawkins form the darkness uses a duel recto head through a marshall AX cab hmm interesting!

 

[Maggie]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

I've yet to try my Recto. w/Greenbacks. Glad to hear it has potential. I'll have to check it out, as I'm still trying to make a cab decision, myself and I already have V30s and Jensens comin' out my ears.

 

[SemperRhythm]

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This is interesting. I'm getting ready to buy a 412 for my Rectoverb... can you describe the tone a little more? By the way you described it so far that is the tone I've been looking for. Never really thought of Greenbacks...

Nathan

 

[B2D]

Re: Mesa amp + Marshall cab... match made in heaven!!

Here's some pics! Never done this before on the new board, hope it works!

BTW I had the amp custom made with blue vinyl and a gold grille. :bling:

 

[StratTom]

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Looks killer. I really like the blue.