Recent content by suede11

Hi all. Another happy 5:25+ owner here (head w/ 1x12 Lonestar cab). I'd like to point out another great feature of the 5:25+ that many other popular Mesa amps cant touch: the gorgeous, sweet and nuanced tone of the single-ended 5 watt setting. I spend most of my time at 5 watts which is plenty...

Another vote for the C90. I play my 5:25+ head through a Mesa Lonestar 1x12 cab with stock C90 installed. Sounds great.

I had a similar problem with an EHX #1 Echo in the loop. Found others with similar problems on the EHX forum. See bottom of first post here: http://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/414/ Might just be EHX delays (or the way their Blend knobs work) don't like our effects loops. Am currently using...

I've owned both (as heads with a 1x12). Owned the LSS for a couple years, liked it for sure, but always wished it had more (or more modern-sounding) gain. Was stuck using an EQ in the loop to add flavor to the gain, but then... The 5:25+ came out and that was enough for me. Sold the LSS and...

I talked to Chris at Mesa today. He said I would need to get a step-down voltage converter. Said 500 watt model would be enough. He also said I could have the head converted for lower voltage, but I'll be returning in a couple of years and don't want to alter the amp itself. Amazon has...

Thanks b00g. You're right. Tokyo is 50Hz, my mistake. Yes, I will call them. Probably best to get the official word anyway. I was hoping the lower voltage might allow for some tasty tones otherwise only achievable with a Variac etc, but I definitely don't want to hurt the amp. (Or myself...

Moving from Texas to Tokyo, Japan soon and taking my beloved Express Plus 5:25 head with me. Anyone know if the lower voltage there will hurt the amp? I believe Tokyo voltage is 100v 60Hz. I play through a Lonestar 23 cab (1x12 w/ MC90 speaker) if that matters. I sent an email via the Mesa...

Full disclosure, I'm no expert, just a dude with an amp like many of the rest of us but... Could it be effects loop-related? Maybe set all loops to off (before powering up), then turn amp on. Then, once powered up see if behavior has changed, or if turning loops on at that point affects...

Forgot a great one: Hedvig Mollestad Trio Newest album All Of Them Witches is awesome. Highly recommended.

A great loss of a true innovator. Proud to have some of his pickups installed in my fave builds. This calls for some wailing blues through one of his 280S Strat pups. RIP Mr. Lawrence, and thank you.

"...good heavy music without all the dumb lyrics and crappy singing." Couldn't have put it better myself. :D Try these out. My current fave of the bunch (aside from Russian Circles) is Pelican. Pelican Red Sparrowes Cloudkicker Maybeshewill If These Trees Could Talk Barrows Beware Of Safety...

After googling around the interwebs for more info, I decided to try it last night. Ran the DSL1 Loop Send into the LSS Loop Return. Worked like a charm, though the resulting sound is doubled a bit with a slight delay since I had to keep the speaker load hooked up to the DSL to avoid frying it...

The manual explains how to use the Effects Return as an Input for this, but I've never done it. I'm curious if any of you use yours this way. Does that mean I could run the Emulated Line Out from my Marshall 1-watt head into it for more volume, effectively turning my 1-watt head into a...

Puzzling. The squealing sounds like a bad tube, not sure about the white noise though. I'll assume you've unplugged everything but speaker and guitar and are still having the problem? (Whether the loop is engaged or not, I'd definitely remove any pedals, tuners, etc. from the signal chain—both...

I can confirm this works with the Lone Star Special as well. I use a Boss GE-7 (slight frown curve), followed by a Boss OS2 (gain at 10:00 to 11:00, dist. voicing) into CH. 1 of the LSS and it is a dead-on duplicate of my Marshall DSL. Can then use my guitar volume knob to go from Angus to...