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I just purchased another pair of Mesa STR-416s. Upon measuring their bias, I got these readings; 10.5mA and 15.4mA. As a side note, the 415s I got sound really good and are matched within 1 mA of each other. Keeping those for sure. I paid $150 for the pair of 416s. The tone is ok, but I'm...

I could, but I'd just be bypassing the effects loop. I only want the chorus on my clean channel. When I switch to dirty, the idea is for the chorus to turn off automatically through midi.

Not very likely that the top speakers are both completely fried. They're probably ok, especially if they're EVs. It sounds like you may have a bad electrical connection somewhere. Unscrew the back panel and look for any loose wires around the jack or speakers. If you don't see anything obvious...

They were indeed Mesa labeled Str-415s & 416s. Interesting that you say the mA of these tubes should be in the 28-38 range. That has not been my experience at all. I've seen the bias measurements of a few Mesa 415s, and they all seem to fall more within 48-58mA. (Edit: I take back what I said...

Glad your 416s work for you. I don't think my problem was with the strings, though. I really gave the 416s a fair shot. Perhaps if they were properly matched, things may have been different.

:roll: Yes, yes. As I, myself, mentioned in the original post, though it is technically safe to run two 16 ohm cabs in the amp's 4 ohm jacks, it is not ideal. The tone does indeed suffer when the impedance on the speaker load is double what it should be. No bueno. Haven't had the pleasure of...

Turns out I was right from the get go. Easiest mod in the world. Totally reversible, took only a few minutes, and cost nothing. As previously stated, one of the 4 ohm jacks (middle jack) is wired in parallel to the other (main) 4 ohm jack with a single wire. I just unsoldered it from the main 4...

Not necessarily trying to recreate MOP. Just interested in the topic is all. The thread is titled Metallica Speakers after all. By the way, here's an interview quote from Guitar Player. Wonder if it's the same one you're thinking; James Hetfield: "... for the 1991 album, I'm using MESA/Boogie...

Well there you go. So then where did this consensus of Metallica using G12-65s come from? Are people (including MontyJay) just parroting unfounded info? It had to come from somewhere. Maybe they used them for Kill em All or RTL. Any evidence on the matter, like pics or interview quotes, that is...

MontyJay did state that about G12-65 speakers for their early albums, but I have never seen any actual evidence that suggests this is the case, especially for Master of Puppets. Flemming Rasmussen's notes only ever mention "300 watt kabinets". Also, the pic of James in his Mr. Bubbles shirt...

I have two 16 ohm cabs that I'd like to run into my C+ as a full stack. There is only one 8 ohm jack and two 4 ohm jacks on the amp, so running two 16 ohm cabs is not quite compatible - doable but not ideal. What I need to make this work is two 8 ohm jacks on the amp. Now, looking at the...

Using 25k pots. Put them in there myself. Active pickups are essentially married to 25k. Finished wiring up the rest of the guitar. The noise is still gone. Guitar sounds great. Still not sure what the culprit could have been. I replaced the first set of 25k pots and all the wiring at the same...

I had previously tried the push down thing on the pickup. Didn't work for me. Also, I had the ground wire wired up as you describe. Tried something today, though, and I actually got rid of the noise...somehow. After numerous fails, I was like, screw it, and just removed as much from the...

The guitar sounds quite good, acoustically. A little bit of ringing occurs from the strings between the nut and tuners on the headstock, but I placed some electrical tape across them to hush any ringing while playing. There is also some slight ringing of the strings between the bridge and hard...

I recently bought a 1984 Gibson Flying V (sans pickguard) off of eBay. The Dirty Fingers in it were beyond microphonic and were swapped out for an EMG 81/60 set. However, the microphonic-like noise persisted, though not as severe with the EMGs. Nevertheless, the noise is so bad that it can even...

That's precisely the response I was looking for. Thank you much.

I run my V2 nonfat Triaxis in stereo and use a Boss Super Chorus through the effects loop for my cleans. The pedal works fine when run in stereo (wet/wet), but if I try to run wet/dry by unplugging one of the two cables between the pedal's output and the effects loop's return, the corresponding...

Interesting. I too have had bad luck with microphonic Dirty Finger pickups. I figured mine just needed to be wax potted due to their age, but reading about all the good it did you is disconcerting to me.

Patch Name: Thrash Rhythm C+unch Submitted by: Audiokill Mesa Triaxis Version: v2 nonfat Preamp Tubes: V2=Mullard I91, V4=Mullard I93, Mesa Russian 2 in the rest. Power Amp: 2:Ninety Power Amp Tubes: Mesa 440 6L6GC Guitar: 84 Gibson Flying V Pickups: Bridge EMG 81 Cab: Marshall 1960 BV switched...

Small world. I was just at Mesa Hollywood the other day looking at that very unit, then ended up buying another one just like it (v2.0 recto board nonfat) on ebay yesterday. Congrats to both of us :)