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So earlier today I posted the question about using a noise gate with my Express 5:25 to tame the hiss on the clean channel. Well, I'm starting to suspect there may be something else wrong with my amp. Tonight I sat down to practice a bit, and after about 10 minutes there volume just dropped...

Thank you for the info, GuyB. So a big +1 for the +. I admit I was hoping to hear this, although my bank account may beg to differ...

Hello fellow Boogers :mrgreen: I simply love the clean channel on my Express 5:25 (1st gen), except for that pesky background shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (hiss). I've been assured by Mesa that this is a normal "feature" of these amps, and seen a lot of grief posted here regarding this. It really...

Hey bajaman, thanks for posting this! I'm considering doing one of the mods to my express 5:25, and I have a couple of questions, if I may... First, for either of the mods, is removal of the circuit board necessary? Second, do either of these mods change the tonal characteristics of the clean...

Interesting...well, I'm just about done building my custom "snake" to bundle all my cables to and from the pedal board to backline - 3 instrument cables (amp-in, fx-send, fx-return) amp footswitch cable Mic XLR cable It's only about 15 feet, so we'll see how it sounds

Thanks for the feedback all!

Isn't it though :D

Thanks for the feedback. All of the pedals I had planned on putting in the loop are true-bypass, so no buffer, although I suppose I could use my Boss TR-2 (Tremolo) in the loop. Think that would qualify as a "quality" buffer? Thanks again!

Hi Hugh, Check out this thread here: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/how-will-bass-damage-guitar-amp-754199/ Should be fine at low (bedroom practice) volumes, with the bass dialed down a bit. Cheers, Jon

Hello all, I'm curious to hear about anyone's experience with long cable runs in the Express's FX Loop (say 20' round-trip). I ask because my 5:25's manual is pretty clear about limiting cables to 3' (with 1' being preferred). In particular I've got 2 question: 1) Is this primarily related to...

OK, I know it's been a year-and-a-half since I posted this, but I finally figured out how to "dial-out the nasal sound" that I sometimes was hearing from my Express 5:25 :D I finally realized that the times I was hearing it most was when I was playing at low volume (accompanying a slightly...

Interesting, I play in an acoustic/electric combo with no drummer, and currently no bass either, so perhaps that's why I hear it so much more...

I know this is a MB trait, some love it, me not so much. Does anybody have any suggestions for getting rid of the nasal timbre? I recently read a review of the lonestar that mentioned the characteristic MB nasal timbre is gone :). Wonder if this has carried-over to the new 5:25+ ? Cheers, JS

Thanks for the replies everyone. boogieman60 - I can definitely get this effect, the problem is the drastic change in the overall output-volume of the amp make it somewhat impractical to do so. Morph - I believe compression on the input signal would take us into a totally different...

Hello fellow express-heads. Recently I've been experimenting with the volume controls on my guitars with my Express 5:25 in an attempt to get more control on the level of overdrive right at my fingertips. I know a lot of people say they like to roll-down their guitar's volume to clean up the...

I actually just ordered a pair of Neutrik male and female 6-pin XLR connectors from Mouser to do this. I figure I'll cut the existing cable about 2' from one end and then attach the XLRs. Eventually I might replace the PCB mounted DIN Jack on the footswitch with a panel mounted XLR so it's a...

Thanks for the feedback! I just remembered I have the response I got from MB regarding the cable: Me: "The footswitch cable for the Express, is it simply a 5 pin MIDI cable?" Response from Kris at Mesa: "Well the cable is a 5pin DIN cable but a simple MIDI cable will not work properly. With a...

What I'd like to do is just use a short (1') male-female cable permanently attached at the amp and then plug in to this with the main footswitch cable. Now although the connectors are the same as 5-pin Midi cable, MB told me that unlike midi, all the conductors are used for switching...

Thanks for the feedback J.J I use a stand now, but I love the idea of a little stack with the Express 1X12 and an extension cab. Of course it is one more thing to lug around... I never get to play loud enough to achieve speaker breakup anyways :? Does having an extension cab allow you run the...