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Yeah I will. I have a gig tomorrow so I wont be doing this til next week. My idea stems from a noise problem I am having I described in another thread. I have traced it down to the effects loop section. When I turn up the loop so I can use the amp at real volume, the noise floor is really...

My first guitar was some 70's pawn shop fenderish amoeba looking thing. The headstock was similar to a large headstock strat. The body was a mutant cross of a Jazzmaster and an Airline. I really wish I had it now as it is probably a very rare sought after Japanese guitar that is in vogue in...

I was wondering if there is a need to have a 12AX7 in preamp slots 4 & 5? I ask this because in the Mesa Bass 400+ it is suggested to install a 12AU7 in the driver socket. If I am not mistaken, the driver is the same as a phase inverter? My understanding is that the 12AU7 has lower gain than a...

I actually got this pedal two weeks ago. I wanted to give it a couple weeks on my pedalboard before reviewing it. I am seriously digging this pedal. It is voiced very well for heavy music. I dont play other styles so ymmv. I have been using the CFH wah since 2008 and the Zakk Wylds wah took a...

I discovered a new voicing on my Rec last night you might try. All I did was brought the highs down to about 10:30 while turning the mids up to about 2:00 and bass to 11:00. Presence stayed at 9:00 as always with channel volume and gain in my normal spots. Reversing the highs and mids spots...

Cool, good to hear your review regarding the preamp sets. Mullards...... to drool for. I pulled a few that were good form a family organ I saw lying on the side of the road once. Threw it back in the truck and tore it apart for the tubes. Lots of vintage 12AX7's in the old Hammonds. When...

Yeah the metalzone is horrid when used as a distortion pedal. It does however sound interesting as a boost through a tube amp. Used as a dist. Pedal and you sound like Deicide. Thin and ghey guitar buzziness.

When you retubed, was the amp in need of retubing, or you just decided to tube roll? I am only asking because I feel the same way you articulated in your review. An older guy overheard me telling a friend about the Dougs metal set I had bought. This old guy then asked what I just asked you, told...

Well isolated my noise problem. Can we say ground loop children? I feel like a dunce for not figuring it out earlier. Im getting a ground loop between my pedalboard and the amp. I wasnt hearing the hum due to the gain of the amp. It was coming across as white noise. Figured it out by trying to...

Sorry for not posting this earlier, but life gets in the way.... Wednesday night @ rehearsal...... noise got real bad. so much so that my drummer stopped playing and went over and started moving knobs around to try and help locate problem while I was playing. The noise is directly connected...

Im thinking I get some in all channels progressively more from green to red. Ill have to wait til tonight to check as the amp is at my rehearzal room. If he doesnt work tonight... Else ill find out tomorrow

@jcdenton6 re: the gain pots. Thats what I put in my amp.. That is my big suspicion with the extra noise Im getting on my amp. BCs yeah? I havent played a Rich since mine was stolen from a friends house when it was robbed. All the others that have come around the area have been garbage...

Very pretty. I'm digging the tangelo.

It is. the only real problem is in rehearsal where I have to put the amp on standby to carry on a conversation. This just started right after I switched pots. Maybe a preamp tube is going south. Ill check that first.

Nice. post a pic when you can.

Would someone please point me to this thread? I can't seem to find it. I am also not wanting to necro-thread. I understand the mod defeats the Bigfoot? Is there a work around for this? I still would like to use and need to use my footswitch. I would also like to use the Main output as...

Don't both amps have 5 preamp gain stages? v1-half the tube being used, v2&3 using full tube, then v4 for effects loop, and v5 for phase inverter? I think that the 5150 circuit(includes the 6505's) are allowing more voltage into the tubes. I have not looked at the circuit for your amp so I am...

We use a Dual Rec and a Marshall JMP 2203(earlier version of JCM800) in LaSanche. I really like the combination. The only problem is that the Marshall tends to kick the Mesa in the butt in the mids department. Especially in a live context, My amp has to be turned up a lot more than what the...

So channel 2 has neg feedback in the modern mode? I thought only the vintage and raw modes had that. hmmm learn something new every day. No, the white noise I am talking about is drastic. High gain amps have white noise and is part of the deal... This sounds like a distortion box is on...

Did you buy the standard 1/4" ply construction? I bought one of the lift off cases for my Marshall head years ago and the 1/4" ply is really really wimpy. At the time they didn't offer the 3/8" or 1/2" upgrade. So that case is relegated for storage use only. Looking at the Marshall case now...