Animal
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What kind of vibe do ya reckon these amps are shootin' for?
http://www.mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Express/Express.htm
http://www.mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Express/Express.htm
New line of Mesa amps: Express 5:25 and 5:50
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Tom M
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Re: New line of Mesa amps: Express 5:25 and 5:50
Looks like the replacement for the F-Series to me. I like Mesa's EL84 amps, these should be pretty good too. I definitely like the 5/25 watt feature. It's good that major amp companies are starting to realize not all of us have arenas to play in.
It'd be nice if down the road they made a 12" version of the 5/25 combo, though.
Looks like the replacement for the F-Series to me. I like Mesa's EL84 amps, these should be pretty good too. I definitely like the 5/25 watt feature. It's good that major amp companies are starting to realize not all of us have arenas to play in.
It'd be nice if down the road they made a 12" version of the 5/25 combo, though.
Virtual Kevorkian
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Re: New line of Mesa amps: Express 5:25 and 5:50
It's the F-Series replacement.
The F's have dropped way down in price, though... I'm really, really tempted by an F-30.
It's the F-Series replacement.
The F's have dropped way down in price, though... I'm really, really tempted by an F-30.
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Skarekrough
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Re: New line of Mesa amps: Express 5:25 and 5:50
That's a feature that I discovered on my Trace Elliot Velocette and since then I wish it were on every other amp I own. I think the Trace clocks in at 6 watts though.
Interesting to hear them....could make a nice switching amp for me to obsess over!
That's a feature that I discovered on my Trace Elliot Velocette and since then I wish it were on every other amp I own. I think the Trace clocks in at 6 watts though.
Interesting to hear them....could make a nice switching amp for me to obsess over!
innerdreamrecords.co
TrippyVinylologist
Re: New line of Mesa amps: Express 5:25 and 5:50
I think I'm going to cry. I have been looking for an amp like the 5:25 for studio work - I bet I'll have to sell a kidney first.
I think I'm going to cry. I have been looking for an amp like the 5:25 for studio work - I bet I'll have to sell a kidney first.
skyydogg01
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Re: New line of Mesa amps: Express 5:25 and 5:50
I played the 5:50 yesterday. the clean was real nice. got some good jazz tone out of it. crunch was just that, crunchy. it sounded like it was driven just to distortion and cleaned up with lighter pick attack. blues was nice too. sounded a lot like the crunch but a little more low midrange. the "High gain" channel, I think they called it burn, was kinda sludgy. it sounded good, though. lots of low midrange (classic mesa right?). I personally would have liked a little more high midrange but this amp doesn't have it.
the reverb had ZERO effect on the sound. I mean it wasn't even there!!!
I think this is the amp that makes me realize i'm a marshall (type gain) man.
I played the 5:50 yesterday. the clean was real nice. got some good jazz tone out of it. crunch was just that, crunchy. it sounded like it was driven just to distortion and cleaned up with lighter pick attack. blues was nice too. sounded a lot like the crunch but a little more low midrange. the "High gain" channel, I think they called it burn, was kinda sludgy. it sounded good, though. lots of low midrange (classic mesa right?). I personally would have liked a little more high midrange but this amp doesn't have it.
the reverb had ZERO effect on the sound. I mean it wasn't even there!!!
I think this is the amp that makes me realize i'm a marshall (type gain) man.
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Sludgenutz
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Re: New line of Mesa amps: Express 5:25 and 5:50
I pasted this from The Boogie Forum:
The 5:50 is $1149 & $1199 in the U.S. for the head & combo, respectively.
The 5:25 is $999 & $1049 head & 1x10 combo, respectively
I pasted this from The Boogie Forum:
The 5:50 is $1149 & $1199 in the U.S. for the head & combo, respectively.
The 5:25 is $999 & $1049 head & 1x10 combo, respectively
