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I just got this thing today and man, does it sound incredible through the 5:50. This may be the best sounding overdrive I've heard going in the Express.

I ordered, by phone, 4 preamp tubes LAST (correction) Thursday morning and I just now received the UPS shipping notice, FIVE days after I order 4 freaking preamp tubes and they won't arrive until NEXT Tuesday...UNACCEPTABLE!!!! Doug gets tube orders out the day they're ordered and they arrive...

I think I'm asking this right. :) Thank you in advance!!

Oh man, I have been on a pedal buying spree. In the last week I've purchased three amazing pedals and I wanted to let you guys know about them: * Fulltone Plimsoul * Rockbox Boiling Point * NOC3 Rock Candy All three of these pedals are amazing!!!! The Boiling Point may be the best overdrive...

I'm looking for the optimal placement of my NS-2.....inside or outside the FX loop? Any suggestions? Pros and cons to either? Thanks!!

If so, what might the tonal differences be? Will swapping them harm the amplifier? Thank you in advance!!

Gentlemen, Before I pull the trigger on new power tubes, I'd like to find out what you guys like. I had SED's and stock Mesa's so far. I like a warmer, creamier tone if that helps. I don't play death metal and don't need ear-bleeding levels of gain. :) I also don't like shrill and piercing...

Hmmmm, so I'm jammin' along a few minutes ago and my 5:50 started cutting in and out...basically sounded like someone was increasing and decreasing the volume knob. So I replaced both power tubes and that seems to have stopped it. Has this happened to anyone else? BTW, putting the Mesa power...

Greetings. We played an outdoor festival today and experienced weirdness every time I switched to the burn channel or any pedals with gain. The best way to describe the noise the amp was making is very, very hissy.....extremely noisy. I've never heard it before. The clean channel was fine...

Wow! This thing is crazy! I don't know if y'all are familiar with this contraption but man is it cool! Line 6 created a GUI that enables nearly instantaneous downloads of presets to the thing and they have hundreds of em'. Want an EVH tone? Done! Need the opening riff to "Crazy On You" to...

I've played with it a lot (5:50) but my ears just can't quite dial in (no pun intended) what the Contour control is doing tone wise. How is it different from the Mid control? Does it enhance highs? Does it smooth the lows? Does it accentuate the mids? Thanks!!!

Hi everyone, I hope y'all had a great 4th of July!! I bought a used Mesa 4 x 12 (compact 3/4-back w/Black Shadow's) and was playing at a relatively (small club) low level. I was playing a Gibson Les Paul in the neck position with just a little OD. I played a standard pentatonic scale starting on...

I got a call from my buddy at GC that he had a Mesa 4 x 12, straight, 3/4-back cab with Black Shadow speakers in excellent condition. It's really compact. I was also looking at a Mesa Traditional 4 x 12 with V30's that was a larger, closed-back cab. I took a flyer on the 3/4-back and have 30...

I've got a Mesa traditional 4 x 12 w/V 30's lined up for purchase possibly this weekend and I'm very anxious to hear your thoughts on the speakers. From what I've heard on demo vids they sound pretty decent but I haven't heard em' in a Mesa cab. Lots of reviews say they are bright, brash, and...

Greetings. Hey, I've got some questions that hopefully yoos guys can answer. On the 5:50, does the speaker breakup on the clean channel begin to occur when you have the gain cranked then increase the master or vice versa? Am I getting speaker breakup confused with tube saturation? Thanks!!!

I presently have a Bugera 4 x 12 that I use with my 5:50 and like it. However, I'd like to acquire a Mesa 4 x 12 cab and definitely want a closed back, which limits the choices to a Stiletto and Rectifier. Is there a big difference between the two? Anyone care to make a recommendation either...

I just picked up a 4 x 12 cab with two 8-ohm inputs in the back. My 5:50 has one 8-ohm and two 4-ohm outputs. Do I simply run a speaker cable from each of the 4-ohm amp outs to the 8-ohm inputs on the cab? Thanks!!

Has anyone else's hand gotten slashed due to the rubber coming off the handle of a 5:50? Sheesh! I need to either wrap it in some leather or replace it altogether. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!!! Thank you in advance!!!

If this has been answered in another post somewhere, or is available in the manual somewhere, my apologies for being redundant. I've always wondered what each valve does and would be grateful for a dumbed down explanation. :) For example, is V1 the gain stage and V4 the reverb stage? (I'm...

Greetings gentlemen. There is a Gibson Les Paul calling out to me that has a P90 in the neck but I can't find a guitar anywhere around here with P90's to try it through my 5:50. Because it's a single coil I fear it'll hum and sound thin and brittle. If any of you guys have played a Les Paul...