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I agree. You *can* get it to bedroom levels, but it requires very delicate tweaking of the master volume. VERY delicate. Most days, I can't be bothered to fiddle with it in that range, so I'll leave it at the next level up, which is around 80-85dBs (volume of a noisy restaurant). Sounds great at...

Sweet cab! That looks awesome!

The perfect settings for each mode really vary depending on what guitar I've got plugged in and what kind of music I'm playing, so I'll skip the first question. As far as what I'm looking for in each mode, I generally use the clean for jazz stuff (treble and gain way down, mids high, bass...

I just ordered a tan shell, which is a standard colour. Not sure if you were planning on ordering that colour or black, but they said it would take 4-6 weeks to ship, because they didn't have any in stock and needed to build one for me. Hope that helps!

I would have to disagree with Elvis in that the Dyne *generally* isn't a bright, ice-picky, or piercing amp in general. It can be made to sound that way with extreme presence/treble, but otherwise, it's got a very punchy, guttural overdrive. However, with that said, I'm not sure it'll give you...

I'd second the tubes diagnosis. They just go when they feel like it, unfortunately. Those symptoms sound an awful lot like what happened to my amp when the tubes died, and although I wasn't able to identify a microphonic tube at the time, everything got better when I swapped out the tubes. I've...

I would say that the OCD has a very similar tone to the ED. Great sounding pedal, no doubt, but it's got that low-mid oomph that the ED already has in spades, so it seems a little redundant to run the two together. That said, I'm sure it'd still sound great with the ED, so it's worth a try if...

Well, currently, I'm loving my Xotic BB preamp with the ED. It's got that high-mid focus to contrast and tighten up the ED's enormous low-mids. The overdrive from the pedal's also just that bit edgier than the ED's, which works great as a boost on the blue channel. I've also recently decided...

Does that mean you've got a spare headshell lying around? I've got a combo that I've been wanting to turn into a head + cab. What color is your long head shell? I might be interested in grabbing that. PM me if you're interested in working something out.

Looking at getting a bit of a boost for my ED's gain and I'm split between the OCD and the BB preamp. Any opinions on which one mates better with the ED?

Sorry to hear that the first gig didn't work out. The ED is a totally different beast at gigging volume, although a great one still. If you have a chance, try resetting your tones at gigging volume in this order: Master => Clean trim => Treble => Mids => Bass => Presence I believe it suggests...

Sweet deal man. If I could've snagged one at that price... Anyways, hope you get what you're looking for from it. It's a great amp!

Is it the wide or narrow combo? I've got a wide combo and I honestly couldn't be happier with it. It's definitely a weighty beast, even though it's "just" the 1 x 12, but it makes up for that weight with volume and punchiness of a 4 x 12. Definitely doesn't suffer from the congestion that many...

Sorry, nobody's going to stop you from getting an ED here =P. Definitely in quality of sound, the ED beats the Express hands down. However, as people have been saying, it's not quite as versatile as the Express, especially since it lacks independent clean/dirty EQs. You should play with it and...

Volume has been somewhat of an issue for me in the past, however, with careful nudging of the master volume, I've been able to get a good home sound at around 80-85dB - this seems to be the minimum volume that my ED will sound good at; under that, it tends to be a bit shrill and lacking depth...

I've almost done that several times, but stopped last minute and rethought how much money that would put down the drain. I may eventually order an enclosure for the head, which MB said would be about $350. Not sure if that'll be possible anymore, though, since they stopped selling the long head...

This might seem a bit silly, but have you checked that all the caps for your preamp tubes are secure? I got a buzzing noise a couple of times because one of the preamp tube caps popped off during a gig. Took me forever to find it because it was stuck to the underside of the speaker magnet. Would...

Definitely keep us posted. I've had some problems cooking power tubes, too! No volume reduction, but a lot of fizzing and popping that wasn't fixed with preamp tube replacement, but WAS fixed with power tubes. I wonder if Mesa's got the bias set to hot on these amps...

Definitely look out for the reverb - at least set it to bypass the hi gain channel, it does mess with the tone under high gain settings. If that's not what's causing the problem, I reiterate what you realized - that the ED is a totally different beast when you crank it. I've found I need to...

Maybe give Mesa a call if you have some spare time. They've always been super nice to talk to - I'm sure they'll help you find your answer.