Swingmaster
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Hello All from Spain!
Newbie on board.
I recently bought a brand new Express 5:25 1x12 because a good deal and now I'm more confusing than ever.
Usually I play and jamming at home, not in a bedroom but in a quite big cellar where I can play at "decent" volumes, not too low but not as high as I'd like (my lovely wife...)
I have several e-guitars but my favorite is a LP Standard 2001 and an American Strato, yes both worlds... BTW this is my first Mesa, was always playing Fenders & Marshalls with pedals.
Musical styles: Joe Bonamassa, Zeppelin, Gary Moore, ZZ Top...classic hard rock and hard blues between others.
I tell you what is my experience by now and why I'm thinking to trade it, maybe this is not my amplifier or somebody could give me some advise to tune it well:
I was playing with it for a week now and sounds different everyday!, I already noticed than the controls are really sensitive but I mean with exactly the same setup. Is that normal? Maybe the tubes?
I've found the ampli quite dark and sometimes flabby mainly in the high gain channel but in Crunch too, I have to adjust the bass knob almost at zero, Mids: 12:00 or more, Treble: 3:00 or more and contour: 12:00 to 3:00, to find a tone that sounds with a little of bright. This is more obvious with the LP than with the Strato, of course. I was reading over there that maybe a EQ in the loop could help. I know that Mesas are "darker" than Fenders but as soon as I connect my guitar to a Fender Jr. the tone is there again.
I think is a great amplifier and it is a pity if I have to send it back to the dealer.
Cheers!
Newbie on board.
I recently bought a brand new Express 5:25 1x12 because a good deal and now I'm more confusing than ever.
Usually I play and jamming at home, not in a bedroom but in a quite big cellar where I can play at "decent" volumes, not too low but not as high as I'd like (my lovely wife...)
I have several e-guitars but my favorite is a LP Standard 2001 and an American Strato, yes both worlds... BTW this is my first Mesa, was always playing Fenders & Marshalls with pedals.
Musical styles: Joe Bonamassa, Zeppelin, Gary Moore, ZZ Top...classic hard rock and hard blues between others.
I tell you what is my experience by now and why I'm thinking to trade it, maybe this is not my amplifier or somebody could give me some advise to tune it well:
I was playing with it for a week now and sounds different everyday!, I already noticed than the controls are really sensitive but I mean with exactly the same setup. Is that normal? Maybe the tubes?
I've found the ampli quite dark and sometimes flabby mainly in the high gain channel but in Crunch too, I have to adjust the bass knob almost at zero, Mids: 12:00 or more, Treble: 3:00 or more and contour: 12:00 to 3:00, to find a tone that sounds with a little of bright. This is more obvious with the LP than with the Strato, of course. I was reading over there that maybe a EQ in the loop could help. I know that Mesas are "darker" than Fenders but as soon as I connect my guitar to a Fender Jr. the tone is there again.
I think is a great amplifier and it is a pity if I have to send it back to the dealer.
Cheers!