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So, currently waiting on a Custom Color Mark V 90, and I've heard about all the various production delays due to Covid, and one BIG one is that the main company that Mesa was using for their transformers apparently closed with very little warning. Checking the transformers in my Royal Atlantic...

I was looking at the Mesa Boogie store for the first time in a while. I haven't been tube rolling any, just playing, for a while now. I noticed that now instead of the usual 2 choices for 6L6 tube types, there are now 5. In addition to the usual Russian 5881 STR 425 and Chinese 6L6 STR 440...

Well, looks like the Fillmore 50 and 25 have been popular enough for Mesa to put out a 100 watt version, in both head and combo versions. Still pretty minimalist in features, when compared to other Mesa amps. Has a Full/Half/Low power switch for all 4 6L6 tubes, 2 6L6 tubes, or 2 in triode...

So, I've got both a Tremoverb 2x12 Combo, with Vintage 30s, as well as a Maverick 2x12, which has the Black Shadow C90s. I know that the Maverick 2x12's usually came with the Vintage 30 speakers, while the 1x12's came with the C90s. I'm considering swapping speakers between the two, so I'd...

Well, thanks to Trent at Mesa Boogie, I was easily able to get the parts needed to get my Maverick 2x12 back to being the way it should be. I got new sticky foil for the top, new foam rubber, and some other bits and bobs that were needed. The Grill, as far as I can tell, is not the original...

Well, after years of avoiding it, I finally emailed Mesa Boogie (Thanks Trent!!) and got a replacement tube guard for the DC-5. I had it out a few times, and nearly had a power tube get killed. Seeing as SED tubes aren't growing on trees anymore, I want to keep them intact. I also changed the...

I have been reading up a lot more about preamp tubes, and came upon issues regarding modern-design tubes out of the Reflektor plant having issues with the filaments when used in a cathode follower position. Something about the voltage differential between the heater filament and cathode in those...

So, I finally got my tube guard for the power tubes, and now I'm finally checking out to see what kind of tubes are in the beast. The PO had told me that there was an EH 12AT7 in the phase inverter spot, but I had it serviced, so it is possible it was re-arranged. This is what I found: V1: Tung...

So, I finally got around to messing with the Maverick, due to a bunch of issues. The pots were pretty scratchy, so I wasn't going to open it up until I was ready to devote a few hours to getting it up and running. What I found with it is not exactly what I was expecting, and it's clear that some...

Title says it all basically. I've had the DC-5 for a bunch of years now, and it's a great amp. Great sound, flexibility, etc. I'm currently in the process of making a replacement tube guard for the rear, as the original was removed several owners ago. Anyway, one thing that has always kinda...

Been a while since I posted here. I still have and love my DC-5, but lately I was looking for something different, and I picked up a Dual Rectifier Maverick 2x12 in black locally. Great sound, and really love it. Just wondering if anyone has any advice, suggestions, etc for these amps. The...

I took my recently acquired DC-5 to a Jam, and after about an hour of playing the volume would just dive down to nothing. If i put it on standby and then back on it would be back, but then went away again. To be better save than sorry, I turned it off and switched to my "B" amp. I had the DC-5...