Recent content by Luca79

Bump! I will consider reasonable offers. Thank you

Up for sale is this awesome 1984 wooden MKIIC+ HRX head, purchased from a good forum member here. Serial number 14141. Extremely clean condition, really perfect. Factory IIC+, reverb, 60/100W, X101 export transformer. I have optimized all the preamp section with NOS tubes: Tungsram, Raytheon...

I'm still tempted to get a quad of STR415's for my MKIIC+ in place of the STR440's it has now.... would the difference in sound be obvious, or marginal ?

What are the best STR415's for a 60/100 Watts MKIIC+ with the X101 export transformer? Are the color codes important? I also saw these ones: http://cgi.ebay.com/Philips-Sylvania-6L6GC-STR-415-Special-Design-6L6-Tubes-/220791639290?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item3368350cfa Will a matched...

This is very interesting. Could you please share your settings and tips to get those same tones?

Yeah it's a 100 watter (I have an Aracom DAG attenuator fortunately...). As for tubes, Sylvania 415's would be perfect I guess, but they are so pricey! The amp has 440's now.

Last week I bought this HRX Mark IIC+ head from our fellow member DaveP (BTW, one of the most responsive, helpful guys I've ever dealt with), and just scored a metal grill Mesa 2x12 half open back cab loaded with Electrovoice EVM 12L's. Just took a few pics, I thought I'd share it here: Now...

I love that cleanish metallic ring sound at 00:11 :)

I read on the net that Springsteen started using Mesas in the mid 80's, but I'm curious to know what model is he using. The only video where I can see one onstage is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmwJQ62Cs_o Anyone has better info? Thanks!

Is running a good EQ pedal in the loop going to have the same identical effect on the sound as having the onboard EQ? I'm asking because I was always using the onboard EQ on the MKIII I used to have, and I remember I wasn't in love with the non-EQ'd sound.

Thanks! Anyone else has comments on the one for sale in the link I posted above please?

Do you think Simulclass and GEQ are a big part of the reason why you like your MKIIC+ so much, or is it awesome regardless of those options?

What do you think of this one? http://cgi.ebay.com/Mesa-Boogie-Mark-IIC-Head-60-100-/320699859584?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aab338280

Thanks for the input guys! I should have said that my music genre is classic rock in the vintage vein. I used to own a MKIII blue stripe a few years ago, and I remember that I was always using the built in GEQ with a sort of "V" shape, I much preferred the sound that way for the music I play...

Well, it's been a while since I'm looking around for a nice IIC+ to buy. To you all experts: I was wondering what are the key things to look at when evaluating various examples, and if there are options (graphic EQ comes to mind) that makes the amp more desiderable and better sounding. A...