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I tried a variety of shielding. Tin shielding, various metals layered, a plate of isolation material and nothing worked. Mesa told me that the hum issue was the reason that they discontinued making the short head for the Lonestar. I guess the tank is just too close. I understand from...

I guess that inch and an eighth or so makes all the difference. Well, after screwing around with this for over two years, I give up. Unhooked the tank and took it out. Just got a new Eventide Space reverb so I guess that will have to do.

I measured on my short head and the top of the tank is 5/8 of an inch from the main transformer and is squarely positioned under it.

On the medium and long shells the reverb tank is displaced to the side and is not directly under the transformers. We're talking about two or three inches but that seems to make a big difference. I experimented by using an external tank just a few inches outside of the head and there is no hum...

Hi all, I have a Lonestar with the short head circa 2004. I've had a reverb problem from the beginning. I've changed tanks, leads, tubes and even tried to shield it but channel 1 still makes a serious humming noise at at any setting above three. The higher you set it the more hum and noise...

I've tried many combination's, Winged C's JJ's NOS etc and for whatever reason I always go back to the stock Mesa tubes. They seem to offer good sounds whether I'm playing jazz or rock. Maybe different combination's would be good for a specific sound but for all around playing, I prefer the Mesa's

Thank you everyone for the input but it's been sold to a fellow forum member.

Thank you for the opinion. If someone here on the forum is interested, I would be happy to email some images. It currently has "Winged C's" in the power section but I would include the 430's it came with.

I just picked up a Mark IV to go along with my Lonestar and DC-5 and am thinkng about selling the DC-5 head. The original owner converted his combo to a head with a Mesa head shell and even added his own reverb cover. Did a nice job. Head is in beautiful condition. According to the serial...

I have one of the last DC5 heads made so I'm assuming that any upgrades from previous versions were installed. That being said, my reverb is the weakest of all of my amps. I have to go to 7 or higher to get anything resembling a spring reverb. I've changed tanks, cords, and tubes, nothing. I...

The DC-5 is a great amp. I picked up a head about 8 months ago and am really enjoying the amp. One work of caution: this is a seriously loud amp! I'm ok in the house on the clean channel but the lead channel can get over the top past 2. There are many posts on the DC-5 here on the forum...

I picked up two from Brent Jesse about three months ago and they are really good sounding tubes. In my Fender Concert II they seem to be really balanced. I've been alternating in V1 between the M and a RCA blackplate and can't really tell the difference except the M has a little more boost in...

FWIW: I'm getting a really nice clean on the rhythm channel with Strat/LP"s/Bogner 212. Gain 5.0 Treble 4.5 Mid 5.25 Bass 4.75 Presence 2.0 Reverb 3.0 Master 3.0 Output 3.0

RCA or GE NOS. Can be had for around $20.

About three weeks ago I took some out of town friends to the "Tonight" show with Kevin Eubanks, who uses a Blue Angel. During the pre-show he was getting some really great tones from the BA. You can get an idea of it's sound by watching the show albeit in abbreviated form.

Have you ever tried a Blue Angel? I tried one about two weeks ago and it sounded pretty good both clean and dirty.

I've owned the 120 and currently own Yamaha's answer to the 120 a G100-212 (circa 1983). It sounds very good clean and takes pedals well. That being said, I also own the Lonestar and in my opinion there is no comparason. My Lonestar can do what the 120 can do except better and it also adds a...

Sounds like a preamp tube problem. The only preamps directly realated to the clean channel are V1 (which is shared with the lead channel) and V4, which is both the second and third gain stage of the clean channel. V6 which is the phase inverter could also have something to do with it. If you...

I have the Lonestar short head and I really like the portability factor with the head. I have four different cabs that I use with it: 1. Bogner 212-Vintage 30's 2. Avatar 212-CL80's 3. Custom 212-EVM-12L's 4. Custom 112-EVM-12L My favorite is the 212 with the EVM's. Unbelievable sound...

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