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Agreed. It took me a while to get used to Mesa tone controls after years of Peaveys and Riveras. When I first tried an F50 in the store a few years ago I thought it was one of the worst sounding Mesa's I'd heard. After reading all the hype I decided to try one again, with suggested settings with...

Yes, close but a little smoother.

I just got a used F50 head. I put in a new pair of 6L6s but would also like to replace the preamp tubes. I usually go thru Dougstubes and follow his advice but wanted to ask here first. Have you found any special or magic combination of preamp tubes that really made the F series come alive or...

I've got an F50 head on the way. I currently have an Avatar 212 with Eminence tonespotters. The TSs are great sounding speakers but not really voiced the way I'd like. Big sounding but kind of loose in the low end. I seems that V30s are the most popular speaker for the F series so I might go...

That's not a bad idea. I don't gig but occasionally get together with some guys. Even then I'd most likely just take the combo by itself. Thanks, Jerry

Hey all, nice board. Small intro, I've owned two boogies in the past. A DC-5 combo, never really liked it, and a Tremoverb combo, liked it a lot. I stopped gigging in 2000 and sold the TOV. I currently have an Avatar 212 and a Laney LC50 combo. The Laney is for sale to help pay for an F-50...