asmith9509
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Greetings all... Mesa Mark newb here... just picked it up today. It has been sitting in a closet for 15 years and is absolutely flawless! Was taken to the amp tech a few months ago and refurbed; it sounds absolutely unreal. I am trying to determine if it is a IIa or a IIb. When I called MB customer service and gave them the serial number, they said IIa but the amp does not seem consistent with that. Here are the stats:
- serial number 5059, DOM 4/16/1980
- walnut (?) cab with wicker front
- 100/60 watt switch on back
- 5 band EQ on front
- input and footswitch jacks on front
- volume 1, T/M/B, master 1, lead drive, and lead master knobs on front
- reverb, presence, and slave level dials on back
- effects looo, pre-out jack on back, return jack underneath
- switch underneath to go between fetron and 12ax7; 12ax7 currently installed.
I also have some questions about how to operate it.
- it came with two little metal footswitch boxes; neither are marked very well. One has a switch and an LED with no marking; the other has two switches and marking that I can't read. Do I plug them into the front switch jack? Mono or stereo cables? What do they actually control?
- if this is indeed a IIb, can I use the effects return with a volume pedal to do the gain trick?
- when I turn the reverb dial up, I get increased noise but no actual reverb. Do I need the footpedal to work the reverb? If not, could something be broken?
Thanks in advance for your help. Sorry about the newb questions- I am really psyched about this amp and want to get it rocking!
- serial number 5059, DOM 4/16/1980
- walnut (?) cab with wicker front
- 100/60 watt switch on back
- 5 band EQ on front
- input and footswitch jacks on front
- volume 1, T/M/B, master 1, lead drive, and lead master knobs on front
- reverb, presence, and slave level dials on back
- effects looo, pre-out jack on back, return jack underneath
- switch underneath to go between fetron and 12ax7; 12ax7 currently installed.
I also have some questions about how to operate it.
- it came with two little metal footswitch boxes; neither are marked very well. One has a switch and an LED with no marking; the other has two switches and marking that I can't read. Do I plug them into the front switch jack? Mono or stereo cables? What do they actually control?
- if this is indeed a IIb, can I use the effects return with a volume pedal to do the gain trick?
- when I turn the reverb dial up, I get increased noise but no actual reverb. Do I need the footpedal to work the reverb? If not, could something be broken?
Thanks in advance for your help. Sorry about the newb questions- I am really psyched about this amp and want to get it rocking!