Sanchez,
I wound up trading the RV and cabinet in. I took a "bath" on it.
The mgr. at the store showed me his price sheet (cost). Unforunately Mesa lowered the price. However, the lose I took was less than the cost of the mod with new speakers.
I traded it in for the Lone Star Classic 1x12. The clean is crystal clear with a nice bell-like tone and after playing with channel 2 I found that adding a TS-9 I get what I call the "Santana" sound. Metal guys will probably deem this amp worthless. Classic rock, blues, country, jazz
guys will love it.
I think all of Mesa's amps are great. It's a matter of the player being sure of what they're looking for. The RV is a great amp but it was the wrong amp for me. That was MY SCREW-UP. Allot of times when someone buys the wrong amp they have a tendency to say the amp sucks, when in fact they just bought the "wrong amp".
After considering the options, I'm REAL GLAD that I found a stock amp that fully fits my needs without messing with it. Everybody's needs are different. And for sure, everybodys idea of "the perfect tone"
are different. A guy who had a mod done may "cream" every time he fires up his amp. In that case the mod was worth it and a "good thing."
This amp "as is" does that for me. After screwing up once if it didn't put the biggest smile on my face I wouldn't have bought it. The mistakes are just too expensive and I wasn't going to "settle" because then I'd just wind up selling it again and losing more $$$$$$$$.
Bottm line .................................. If it's not EXACTLY what you're looking for, DON'T BUY IT. There are so many great amps out there, all you have to do is take the time to find it. I wish I had taken my own advise last year.
Play Well!
Bob M.