Recent content by bandit2013

Yes they will. Email customer service and they can make a grill frame with the covering you want for the Mark VII combo. That will be the higher cost option. It would probably look the best too. Most will remove the grill frame from the combo and remove the grill cloth and replace it. Some...

If you can, take pictures of it before and after you get the chassis back in.

Wonder what would happen if the one were to replace the ganged dual volume control pots with a concentric double pot setup with an outer ring and inner ring to adjust the two potentiometer levels independently. Good or bad idea?

The only thing I did not try was to run the clean ridiculously loud to see if that will influence the recording and then switch to a gain mode or channel with a more suitable volume level. If that works, I doubt it would be a good thing blasting the clean and then changing over to play lead...

I wanted to hear this myself. Interesting. I tried going the reverse and recorded onto a Ditto from CH3. I had the amp on IV mode, recorded a riff and then when to CH1 on fat clean. What I captured from CH3 was loud as hell. Made it difficult to play over it. Erased the stored data and then...

What I found the most interesting was a combination of the V30 and MC90. I had a wide body 112 open back cab that came with the MC90 loaded in it. I paired it up with the Recto Vertical 212 cab and wow. The C90 complemented the V30 quite well. If you are going to get an MC90 black shadow, it...

The bad thing is I did look at the schematics on many occasions only to be fooled by the schematics to believe what I thought was how things were but only to discover later on I was wrong. It would not be the first time I have made a mistake in this. Yeah, the NFB is disconnected. I admit I...

I would at least check the gain pot for CH3 to confirm that the solder tabs are not touching each other. Would be a good thing to check the wires for bad solder joints on the pot leads and on the PCB. The CH3 channel volume control could also be shorted. Simple things first before digging...

Hmm, if they are older models of the EV then there will be some differences in tone. Considering the current available EVM12L speakers. Black Label vs the Classic, there is not much of a tone difference. The EV BL is a bit tighter response and not forgiving on frequency, there will be no HF...

It is no wonder that the schematics can be miss-leading. I doubt that Mesa used any form of CAD to create the PCB designs. Considering the Roadster, it is evident it is tape on film so the schematic is just for reference. At least they managed to upgrade how they create the schematic. They...

Yeah, I was looking at the early model schematics at work. You are right, it is disconnected. Something is missing in the Road king schematic. If you look at the presence control, it has the FB net listed. But at the phase inverter, the connection states RLY8/RYL9. I can be wrong, my bad...

I take it you never looked at the schematics of these amps. I will post the schematics parts this weekend showing the details on Modern mode wiring of the presence pot and NFB. I can use what ever schematic I see for the Dual Rectifier. May use the Roadster as the key as I have the complete...

Do not let the word SAG miss lead you. All amps will do that. Mark amps will too. Hit a good strong power chord and you get a subtle amount of SAG. that is a tube amp characteristic. Rectifier amps when using the tube tracking (means that the power supply is using the tube rectifier diodes)...

Another thing to consider is the size of the amp. Here is the Badlander left, Roadster (bottom) and MWDR top. Cabinets are the Mesa Rectifier Standard slant front 412 cabs. The size of the MWDR is the same length as the roadster but not as deep. It will fit on a vertical 212 cabinet...

I would personally take a trip to a Mesa dealer (Guitar Cener is now selling Mesa again). If they have the MWDR, Badlander, and other amps including the mini recto and mark V. Try them out. Hint: download the user manual from Mesa and print out the suggested settings pages or take a picture...