NAD!! Mesa Boogie content

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sixstringsamurai333 said:
I truly am loving the versatility. I still haven't quite figured out what I want to do with Ch 2, but I've nailed down some kick ass tones for the other two! :D
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If you've got a channel you're not crazy about, turn it into a big fat edgy clean tone, and put your pedals into it.
I recall you talking about Bogner pedals. The Blue or Red would kick ass on a Mesa clean tone. Then you'd have more shades of gain, on top of what the Mesa preamp already offers.
 
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Channel 2, crunch, gain on full, preset EQ somewhere around or below 9:00.

T - 12:00
M - 10:00
B - 11:00
P - to taste

I also run the gain on that one at 1:00 and 11:00, depending on what I'm after.
 
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Andrew Lamprecht said:
Welcome to the Mesa club. :friday:
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Seems its technically a nonmesa just-BOOGIE.... :-) btw, anyone know why some are branded pure MESA, others M/B, and these ones just boogie? Any pattern to the logic, like upscale and midrange offerrings?
 
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Adieu said:
Seems its technically a nonmesa just-BOOGIE.... :-) btw, anyone know why some are branded pure MESA, others M/B, and these ones just boogie? Any pattern to the logic, like upscale and midrange offerrings?
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All Boogies are Mesas, but not all Mesa's are Boogies.

The original modified Fenders were called Princeton Boogies. When Randall Smith started ordering parts he created a company called Mesa Engineering because he thought it was more professional sounding. His new amp (what became known as the Mark I) continued with the Boogie label, even though it was made by Mesa Engineering.

Traditionally, all the Mark series amps are labeled Boogie while non-Marks are labeled Mesa, although there was a transitional period where they used Mesa/Boogie in the late 80s/early 90s.... Probably because while everyone knew what a Boogie was no one knew what a Mesa was.
 
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some_dude said:
All Boogies are Mesas, but not all Mesa's are Boogies.

The original modified Fenders were called Princeton Boogies. When Randall Smith started ordering parts he created a company called Mesa Engineering because he thought it was more professional sounding. His new amp (what became known as the Mark I) continued with the Boogie label.

Generally, all the Mark series amps are labeled Boogie. Non-Marks are generally labeled Mesa, although there was a transitional period where they used Mesa/Boogie in the late 80s/early 90s.... Probably because while everyone knew what a Boogie was no one knew what a Mesa was.
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Randall...THAT randall? And Princeton too? Hehe, i do love me some chaos and confusion :-) fun company, sounds like my kinda crazy. and hey, their taste in speakers is awesome. All in all, might have to rethink judging them on the basis of disliking the looseness of the Recto series tones....
 
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Adieu said:
Randall...THAT randall? And Princeton too? Hehe, i do love me some chaos and confusion :-) fun company, sounds like my kinda crazy. and hey, their taste in speakers is awesome. All in all, might have to rethink judging them on the basis of disliking the looseness of the Recto series tones....
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Boogie was a modified Bassman with huge transformers jammed into a Fender Princeton chassis. It's just another Fender. Like Marshall.
 
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Adieu said:
Randall...THAT randall? And Princeton too? Hehe, i do love me some chaos and confusion :-) fun company, sounds like my kinda crazy. and hey, their taste in speakers is awesome. All in all, might have to rethink judging them on the basis of disliking the looseness of the Recto series tones....
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Well..... it's not like he pulled a bunch of numbers out his arse...... i.e. 1959, 1987, 2601..... that's confusing & chaotic.
 
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Adieu said:
Randall...THAT randall? And Princeton too? Hehe, i do love me some chaos and confusion :-) fun company, sounds like my kinda crazy. and hey, their taste in speakers is awesome. All in all, might have to rethink judging them on the basis of disliking the looseness of the Recto series tones....
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Looseness? You must be confused. They have tube and SS rectifiers controlled by a switch. Also, all the high-end content of a recto does not make for a loose sounding amp.
 
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Congrats man! I owned a mk4 a few years back and I really miss it. I was blown away when I had the chance to try the mk5.....you have yourself a killer amp there bro. Between that and the AFD, I think you have all your bases covered! :)
 
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I'm starting to think I need to try out a Mesa. I've been anti-Mesa for a long time, and I MAYYYY possibly be mistaken on that sentiment...

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Congrats! The MkV is an amp that can do it all. :cool:

The variac idea is intriguing.....I still want to eventually pick up a MkIV, but the variac makes me wonder if I should jump straight to the MkV.....hmmmm
 
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This has been my go-to amp for the past year, and it's an amazing amp. You can practically use it for just about anything you wanted. I remember that I didn't even buy it for the drive channels. I plugged it in, dialed in a clean, and I was already hooked from there. I was like, "Yep, this amp is the one, and I don't even have to crank Channel 3!" haha
 
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Heh, yeah, totally agree. Cleans were really important to me because I was giving up a 65 Amps London Pro to be able to afford the Mk V. The Mk V won't do the same kind of Voxy clean/light drive that the London Pro will do, but in the Fender-ish realm I'm more than happy with what it can do. I'm still discovering new tones every day, especially since every guitar sounds SO different with the Mk V, more than any amp I've ever experienced previously.
 
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sixstringsamurai333 said:
Heh, yeah, totally agree. Cleans were really important to me because I was giving up a 65 Amps London Pro to be able to afford the Mk V. The Mk V won't do the same kind of Voxy clean/light drive that the London Pro will do, but in the Fender-ish realm I'm more than happy with what it can do. I'm still discovering new tones every day, especially since every guitar sounds SO different with the Mk V, more than any amp I've ever experienced previously.
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That's why I always say to find your main axe and dial in a tone based around the tonal characteristics of that guitar. For any other guitar, just add a little more of something, and then a little less maybe, and then boom, you still got the tone. At least that's how I've attacked it. Sometimes I don't even mess with it and just pick up and guitar and go for it.
 
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MkIII Renegade said:
Congrats! The MkV is an amp that can do it all. :cool:

The variac idea is intriguing.....I still want to eventually pick up a MkIV, but the variac makes me wonder if I should jump straight to the MkV.....hmmmm
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The Mark IV has a variac (it's called Tweed mode), although I think Mesa's improved on the concept over the years and I wouldn't be surprised if it was better implemented in the V.
 
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Congrats! Always cool to hear stories of finding That piece of gear! Isnt that model the one thats supposed to cover like every mesa sound? If so, does it cover the tri rec? Im curious to tri one. Ive never gelled with any Mesa amps ive tried before, but I think its cuz I didnt have any time to try and dial it in. That and the only 2 ive played have been one of the little 5.0 models and a mini rec.

Is that AFD the bomb? My local GC got one in on trade a few months ago. Was gone in a day
 
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