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Does clicking off the reverb using the pedal remove the entire reverb circuit? Or will it be pretty much like turning the reverb knob to zero? Johnny

How do these two combos compare to each other? I can get a good deal on an F-50 and sell my Express for quite a bit more. All I really need is a good clean and a nice crunch so tone is the most important thing. Thoughts? Johnny

I have an Express 5:50 1x12. I have a Fender tele. Anyone have some good settings (amp and gtr) to get a nice rollicking alt-country sound a la Old 97's, Drive-By Truckers, etc? A dirty-ish kinda clean, slightly overdriven, I guess. Which mode? Thanks. Johnny

Has anyone used the 4 ohm output for the stock C90 8 ohm speaker in a 1 x12 5:50 combo? How does that change the tone? I'll have to try it next time I'm at the practice space.

I'm not getting much volume out of my Clean mode in my 5:50 1x12. I have the gain set at noon and the master at 2 PM. Shouldn't that be louder than hell in a 50 watt boogie? But it's not. Perhaps a preamp tube? V1? I should have flipped the switch to Crunch to see if that would be a clue or...

I'm starting to toy with the idea of using pedals again for my distorted sounds. Anyone have some good settings on the Clean mode for a great clean sound (less important) that sounds really big and beefy/throaty with OD or distortion pedals? I don't know if my 5:50 is having a problem or the...

I have an Express 5:50. Has anyone tried Yellow Jackets w/ EL-84's in this amp? Successful, a disaster?

I have a guy selling a matched pair of Mesa Boogie STR 420 tubes. MB uses 440's now. Is there a difference I should be aware of? I have an Express 5:50. Thanks. Johnny

I have an Express 5:50, about 3 years old. Yesterday at practice the sound seemed off (my other guitar player had used it a few days earlier) so I looked at the power tubes in the back and one had purple hues on the side of it. I switched the tubes and the other one displayed the color, so I'm...

When switching from clean to the dirty channel with the footswitch, what determines which mode - Hi or Lo - will come on? Is it just whatever last mode was selected will come up again? Let's say I've just finished a song that goes from Clean to Lo mode. The next song will need Hi mode as the...

Is it common for Mesa to use one kind of speaker - C90 - in a 1x12 and others - V30's - in a 2x12? Is this just a wattage thing? Seems the sound would vary quite a bit between the two. How are the sounds different? I'm thinking of getting an ED head but like the idea of a 2x12 cab but I only...

I wonder, is there any way to use a switcher box (like a Loop-Master) to switch the gain modes (from lo to hi) so an effects loop can be switched in to give a volume boost for leads. Like this switcher: http://www.loop-master.com/product_info.php?cPath=33&products_id=157 I'd love to use the Hi...

So I spent some time using the Burn mode on Channel 2 as my lead sound. Loved it and it was certainly great to have a dedicated channel for solos. But using the Crunch mode in Channel 1, I was never happy with turning down my guitar volume to get a clean sound. Or using different pickups or...

How much does the combo weight? Crazy heavy like the LSC or more like the Express 5:50? Johnny

What are you guys using when you need to take a lead? Just a pedal in front or in the loop? BB? Or are you using one of the modes for that? Sounds like an amazing amp, just wondering the control when you need to step out in front of the band. Johnny

Howdy all. I've had an Express 5:50 for a couple of years and have lately switched how I use the two channels. Instead of clean and dirty I now use Crunch for my rhythm and Burn for my leads. For a clean sound I turn down the volume on my rhythm channel. I don't need clean too often so it's an...

Can someone tell me how much a Nomad 55 1x12 weighs? Thanks.

On my Express 5:50, I've been using Crunch for my distortion and Blues for my clean sound. Then, for solos, I've used a booster or an OD. Today at practice, I thought I'd try something different. I flipped the mode switch on Channel 2 to Burn and used that for solos. And for cleans I just turned...

I've been reading up on using true bypass pedals in front of the amp. Makes sense to keep the tone as unaltered as possible. But does it matter in the loop as much? I'm not sure there are a lot of pedals/effects meant to be used in the loop (time-delay stuff) that are made true bypass. But is it...

So I've been boosting my signal into the Express 5:50 via the Pod XTL (which I use for a couple of effects only) and it's really been making the amp sing. Maybe the input from my Fender Tele with single coils was just too weak before. Should I be looking for a better clean boost, like an Xotic...