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If you haven't taken the stickers off of the base of the tube then the smell is probably coming from the stickers Mesa puts on its power tubes. Their EL84 run fairly hot and will actually cook the stickers and create a bad odor. Trust me, I've done it. If you peeled the stickers off then I'm not...

A used Lonestar Special 212. I love those amps.

Lose the C90. I almost sold my amp due to how it sounded with the stock speaker. I dropped in 2 Cannabis Rex's and my amp sounds literally 10x's better.Smoother and more articulate highs. Subtle mids with more character and a massive rounded but tight bottom end. I also changed my 1st gain stage...

Ditch the C90. I almost sold my 5/50 because of this speaker. I can't figure out for the life of me why Mesa uses them. They should at least use V30's. There is this lo mid/bassy farty thing that just cant be dialed out of the C90's. I dropped in a pair of Cannabis Rex's and the amp immediately...

I just installed two Cannabis Rex speakers and they turned a great amp into an outstanding amp. They got rid id of all of the weird mids I couldnt dial out while retaining all of the desirable ones. The bass is way more bold and puchy. The highs are now way more detailed but smooth as butter...

50 watts is plenty. You can always mic it. I recommend that anyway. You sit in the mix better and it sounds more balanced. I've seen guys with 20 watt amps mic them and sound enormous through a PA. They actually sound better sometimes because they can actually turn their amps up and run them the...

Lonestar Special or VOX Heritage AC15 handwired