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So, my DC-5 is acting up a bit. The other day I noticed I had no reverb on the amp, so I took a look at the connections and all were plugged in. I tried it yesterday and the reverb was working, then I noticed it was fading out. It started having less reverb and then went to none. It was a very...

Check out the demo I was part of that compared the tone of a Mesa DC-5 through 2 Marshall 4x12s with different speakers! Both cabs are Marshall 1960Bs, but one is the upgraded version with Marshall G12 Vintage speakers. These speakers are the same parts as a Celestion Vintage 30, however they...

Hey everyone, I help run a page called The Gear Files and here's one of our new videos about making your own free DIY strap locks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2ugBTFYelI Be sure to like, subscribe and share! Thanks!

My grandfather bought an old homemade guitar at a garage sale maybe 5 or 6 years ago. It didn't really play and it was bought as a wall hanger because it was funky looking. I ended up taking it apart and looking at the bridge pickup. It was a humbucker, nickel covered, looked somewhat old, and...

You technically can't use both cabs at once safely. You'd need two 8ohm cabs to use the two 4ohm inputs, or 2 16ohm cabs to use the 8ohm inputs. Always plug a cab into it's correct impedance output. 8ohm goes to 8ohm. 4ohm to 4ohm. This being said, Mesa is really intense with some amps and...

V30s are common with most Boogie amps but I also really like the G12T-75 with it. The DC-5 is VERY mid-heavy and so V30s can be really nasally if you don't dial out a ton of the mids. The 75s have a nice mid cut which can smooth out the nasally mids of the Dual Caliber. Those are the only...

It's a single-button footswitch, so any mono cable (including an instrument cable) would work fine. I use an instrument cable and it does the job just fine plus it's cheaper than a speaker cable.

That sounds rad! Eventually, once I get my other 4x12 back from my band's jam space I wanna ABY both my amps into different cabs and actually turn em up and get a huge sound at a nice high volume. Unfortunately, I live in a townhouse and can't turn my amps up much, but it's still fun! Funny...

Thank you so much! I subbed! Yeah, I can talk to my buddy who I do the videos with and see! I know it can be difficult to get content, but luckily he knows a fair amount of smaller companies that do pedals, pickups, picks, etc. so we're looking to get some cool gear from that, and also, I'm a...

Hey everyone, I'm part of a gear demo Youtube channel called The Gear Files! We have Facebook, Instagram and Twitter! We do weekly uploads with content including amp demos and pedal demos, but soon to include pickup demos and interviews with bands as well. It would mean a ton if you checked us...

Hey does anyone ABY two of their amps to get a cool sound? I wanna hear some rigs and the tones you get! I ABYed my Mesa DC-5 and my Marshall JCM 800 2205 together into my stereo Marshall 1960BV with V30s and wow. It sounds HUGE! I know many of my favourite artists do this to achieve some of...

Sorry been super busy with college. I don't own any pedals that should really be used in the loop, and I know it at least used to work, because I owned a V-twin preamp pedal for a while and fooled around a few times with the power section of the DC-5. The loop SHOULD work. The amp functions...

I have never used pedals in the loop. So I have no idea.

I'm not sure what you mean by the precribed pedals and the presence and volume working with them. Also, the amp was bought new in 1997 by my godfather who, as far as I know, has kept it stock. I was given the amp a few years ago and just recently retubed it last month. It works perfectly aside...

I'm trying to run the FX Send from my Marshall JCM 800 into the fx return of my DC-5 to hear the difference between EL34s and 6L6s. I tried it tonight but only got very low volume coming through the speakers. I tried using the Presence control on the channel that was selected as well as the...