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I think Soundchaser's comments about a speaker change are right on. My experience is with a 5:25 with a 10" speaker. To get rid of the low end flubbing out, I installed a Celestion G10 Gold Alnico. That change fixed the problem and the unexpected result was the chime that speaker produced was...

It’s been a couple of weeks since my Mesa SPAX7A tubes arrived. After evaluating the changes these past several weeks, I am very pleased with the results and I want to share the details with everyone. I ended up replacing V1 thru V4 with the SPAX7A tubes. The 12AY7 found a home in V5. I...

I stayed away from the 12AT7's for the same reason you did. I found an informative link about tubes, the author is referring to Fender amps but he goes into great detail about tube properties. http://billmaudio.com/wp/?page_id=131 Rehearsed with the band this evening and the amp performed very...

Here's where I'm at with the tubes. I put a GT 12AY7 in V2 and it really helped a lot. I have some adjustment now on the blues channel that I didn't have before the change and it didn't seem to bother the clean channel much. I can push the gains on both channels up to about 2:00 with out too...

I agree that the 5 watt mode sounds thinner than the 25 watt. So I use the 25 watt mode and keep the master down when I’m practicing. Yes, I have been chasing my tail quite a bit with the tone settings so when I get something with some potential, I take a picture of the amp settings. I do get...

Thanks for the responses! Bumping the gains on both channels helped. Re-adjusted the EQ and Contour, here’s the new settings FYI. Clean channel is still great: Gain = 11 / T = 10:30 / M = 10 / B = 1 / C = 5 Blues channel is better with these settings: Gain = 12:30 / T = 8:30 / M = 9 / B = 3 /...

I picked up a used 5:25 Express 10” several months ago from GC. Terrific amp IMO and my first MESA. Made the decision after trying several other “M” amps and getting tired of the rack rig I was using; an ADA MP1 with rackmount midi controlled processors and 2 pedals. Way too many cables on the...

Monday was a holiday for a lot of folks also...