Hey all, I just went to the Mesa store in Hollywood the other day and asked about a recap for a pristine, very early first run Mark IVA. The guy replied and then checked with the resident expert in back to confirm:
"Anything post Mark IIC+ was after Mesa switched the the type of caps used in their amps and so anything after Mark IIC+'s (Mark III, IV's etc.) DON'T EVER need to be recapped." He said all I needed to do was to replace the tubes.(????)
This is the first time I had ever heard this so I'm posting it here to see if anyone else had heard this. Of course, I would like it to be true, but if caps are being replaced on everything under the sun from what is posted here, thee are a lot of unneeded cap jobs being done.
"Anything post Mark IIC+ was after Mesa switched the the type of caps used in their amps and so anything after Mark IIC+'s (Mark III, IV's etc.) DON'T EVER need to be recapped." He said all I needed to do was to replace the tubes.(????)
This is the first time I had ever heard this so I'm posting it here to see if anyone else had heard this. Of course, I would like it to be true, but if caps are being replaced on everything under the sun from what is posted here, thee are a lot of unneeded cap jobs being done.