Recent content by skamor

Hello again, I thought I'd better offer a status report on my F-50, especially since I was also PM'ed by you, jvanoort. My amp just came back from the local tech, who was given the following task: fix the noise! This because I reasoned that I could live with the funny tapers on the gain/master...

Thanks for advice and encouragement, fabien and boss4; to the tech it goes.

OK, so I got a response from Mesa, saying that I should expect a difference in volume, and that I should check that the preamp tubes were working properly by swapping them, one at a time.... Not that much wiser, in other words. I do expect a difference in volume because of the added gain stage...

Thanks for the reply, fabien. I've been in contact with the regional dealer now, who said they would forward my question to Petaluma. I hope Mesa will come up with a suggestion for a fix, of course, but I'm not holding my breath.. The frustrating thing is that I really like the amp's clean...

Thanks for the reply, boss4. I have been in contact with Mesa on the phone but I was immediately redirected to their regional representative in Scandinavia, where I live. The service people there were reluctant to take on the problem, and indicated that it might be inherent to the amp design. I...

I have just purchased a used F-50 combo which has a couple of issues that need to be dealt with. The amp will be used primarily for big band jazz, and the most serious problem for me is therefore the apparent lack of "clean power". I used to own a (60W) Mark IIB, and expected the F-50 to be...