MESA Electradyne
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oilpit
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Re: MESA Electradyne
Your bump is succesful :friday:
I've got a 1x12 combo, I don't think it sounds terribly Marshally...sounds way more like a Mark I than a JCM800 IMO
There's not a whole lot to say about the amp, it's got 3 channels (ignore the stupid marketing BS about it only having one...that's a crock o ****). One is clean, and VERY Boogie, takes pedals great, but sounds awkward when you push it to OD. Vintage-lo (what should be called channel 2) is the most Marshally of the 3, can cop a pretty good Plexi if you aren't particular about authenticity, it has enough gain to go into JCM800 levels, but sounds nothing like an 800. Channel 3 bears absolutely no resemblance to any Marshall I've ever heard, it's thick (LOTS of bass) and has a buttload of gain, pure Boogie IMO.
Tone wise it's very simple, set and forget (keep the knobs around noon though, dramatic EQ settings will not produce pleasant results). In that sense I suppose it's like a Marshall.
My only beef with it is how big a jump there is in gain from the clean channel to channel 2, this is the only time that the shared controls are really an issue.
Your bump is succesful :friday:
I've got a 1x12 combo, I don't think it sounds terribly Marshally...sounds way more like a Mark I than a JCM800 IMO
There's not a whole lot to say about the amp, it's got 3 channels (ignore the stupid marketing BS about it only having one...that's a crock o ****). One is clean, and VERY Boogie, takes pedals great, but sounds awkward when you push it to OD. Vintage-lo (what should be called channel 2) is the most Marshally of the 3, can cop a pretty good Plexi if you aren't particular about authenticity, it has enough gain to go into JCM800 levels, but sounds nothing like an 800. Channel 3 bears absolutely no resemblance to any Marshall I've ever heard, it's thick (LOTS of bass) and has a buttload of gain, pure Boogie IMO.
Tone wise it's very simple, set and forget (keep the knobs around noon though, dramatic EQ settings will not produce pleasant results). In that sense I suppose it's like a Marshall.
My only beef with it is how big a jump there is in gain from the clean channel to channel 2, this is the only time that the shared controls are really an issue.
papersoul
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Re: MESA Electradyne
Thanks Oil, I want something a little different from my PWE and Bogner Shiva.
I was thinking a Splawn, Marshall JVM or used Mesa Boogie for something different. Maybe even an old Rectoverb. I always hated soloing on Rectifiers till I tried a friends 98!
Thanks Oil, I want something a little different from my PWE and Bogner Shiva.
I was thinking a Splawn, Marshall JVM or used Mesa Boogie for something different. Maybe even an old Rectoverb. I always hated soloing on Rectifiers till I tried a friends 98!
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oilpit
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Re: MESA Electradyne
I hate JVMs...I hate most modern Marshalls.
Splaws are awesome from what I've heard, never tried one in person but I can say with 99.9999% certainty that any splawn will sound better than any (new) Marshall
I'm not a Recto fan...they aren't bad sounding amps, but to get a tone I like I have to dial them in so unconventionally that it makes me feel weird, and (as stupid as this sounds) affects my playing. And I don't like all those knobs.
Try an ED too...you may just fall in love
I hate JVMs...I hate most modern Marshalls.
Splaws are awesome from what I've heard, never tried one in person but I can say with 99.9999% certainty that any splawn will sound better than any (new) Marshall
I'm not a Recto fan...they aren't bad sounding amps, but to get a tone I like I have to dial them in so unconventionally that it makes me feel weird, and (as stupid as this sounds) affects my playing. And I don't like all those knobs.
Try an ED too...you may just fall in love
