Recent content by shortaus

Purple stripe Mark III.

Sorry that I can't actually answer your question, but I'm going to chime in anyway with some thoughts and suggestions. Many people used old Marks as pedal platforms, one of those artists was Prince (as recently revealed). Since the amp is based off those amps, I would say that it is still a...

This sums up my thoughts, even if you bring the jp2c into the discussion.

In my experience any of the amps will get you "close enough", but they are still not iic+s, you should just get one if that's what you want. Everyone but Mesa markets the jp2c as a iic+ reissue and it's not, even Petrucci rants on about how it is a "bonafide iic+", that's him trying to sell...

You need bass bro, I'm not sure if you are trying to tweak it like it is an actual iic+, but these amps allow (and benefit) from higher bass settings. Tweak it with the 60Hz slider to make it as tight or as flubby as you want, but you need more of that bass if you want to make it fuller. To...

I just want to give my two cents about this amp regarding the iic+ debate, because I own a iic+ and can give an opinion that is probably what you think all snobs who own one will only tell you because they're snobs. Just remember we snobs actually know what these amps are like, and seeing as...

People seem to think dropping the middle slider first is the best way to shape the sound but for me it's the last one I touch. If you're after the old Metallica tone you want to try the following: 80Hz: Boost this to pretty much max then back it off to taste, if you have excess bass on the amp...

I was thinking about doing that

Hey (first post, long time viewer), has anybody had experience with replacing the piping on their Mesa cabinets? I have a chance to score a really good deal on a Stiletto straight 4x12 but I can't stand the white piping and would like to replace it with black piping. My only other option is to...