Mesa blues amp recommendation

[ziehmrd]

Lone Star classic gets my vote. Very versatile. Traded my ED for it.

 

[gimme789]

thanks for all replies

by "blues" I guess I'm looking for an amp that can handle anything except heavy metal.

They all look great. That new electrodyne looks really nice, however, I am not really
looking for a "British" overdirve, if that is what it is.

I really need to go to a dealer to check them out. "Fender on steroids" more aptly
describes what i am looking for. Touch responsiveness especially. Maybe the
Lone Star series ......

 

[BoogieDown]

thanks for all replies

by "blues" I guess I'm looking for an amp that can handle anything except heavy metal.

They all look great. That new electrodyne looks really nice, however, I am not really
looking for a "British" overdirve, if that is what it is.

I really need to go to a dealer to check them out. "Fender on steroids" more aptly
describes what i am looking for. Touch responsiveness especially. Maybe the
Lone Star series ......

if a juiced up fender is what you are after, then you definitely need to check the lonestar series out. That's basically what they are, the preamp sections are identical so it's your choice if you want 6l6/el34 sounds or el84 in choosing between the lsc and lss respectively. The diffeence between the amps is not night and day though. The lsc has a little more headroom, but I suspect that a good extension cab for the lss might solve that issue if you compare combos of the same size (an lss coming through 2 speakers may have comparable headroom to an lsc with one speaker). From what I've read around here, the 112s are better than the 212s by a slight margin. I seem to be the type of player who can't deal with a straight up fender because I'm always looking for a British flair so I went with the lss, but the 112 lsc was a very close second.

 

[valascia]

It's taken a year for me to get it dialed in and broken in but my LSS is a singing blues machine now. It's a bit more on the twangy side of things but for clean Albert King or BB King licks it's spot on. hear it here: http://reverbnation.com/outbackbluesband

 

[Bluesman731]

LONESTAR CLASSIC BY A LONG SHOT. You can dial in just the right amount of fur. The notes have excelent bloom. And she will wail like a stuck texas pig when you want her to.

 

[Murphy Slaw]

I play a lot of blues with my Blue Angel. I think a non MV amp is "better" for blues, you have to drive the power tubes, like they did it in the old days.

Just me.....

 

[LPClassic]

I recommend also the Maverick, I have the 4x10 version and it cover very well almost everything, all the reason posted before are dead on. Also the tremoverb, I just got one and it does too a great job, however is really heavy to carry around, even with the casters...

I have a Hearbreaker and it is a great amp but personally I feel it a little too dark stil sounds incredible.

I have played a Blue Angel 4x10 and did not get the tones I was getting as on the Maverick I may required more time to found the tones I like but did not have time, so can compare exactly. On the Lonestar is an amp I had have hard time to like so far but cleans are very good.

Hope you had time to try the Maverick and see if that is what you want before you buy one, just remember this is an amp that has a lot of mids and the mid knob after 12:00 becomes a gain.

Good luck

 

[mgray]

Sure have seen a lot of Mark V's for sale though!

Why do you think that is? I'm considering a Mark V, mainly for it's diversity. But tone is obviously most important! This will be my first tube amp, and my main style is clean, to mild breakup to crunch. Blues amps seem to be my thing, but I want to be able to rock out with natural tube overdrive. I'm pretty much split between Fender Tweeds or the Mark V.

Most Mark V demos and people who play them seem to be metal guys. Would you say it's not a good clean/blues amp?

 

[Monsta-Tone]

I didn't try to get any lower gain tones. At the time, our band was playing heavier stuff so that is what I tried to get out of it.
To me, it had a few sounds that I could find variations of with the tone knobs.
I know I'll go down in flames for this, but I think it's mostly hype. I don't really care for the IV's either. Too many bells and whistles detract from the tone.

For an amp that can get heavy, but loves the lower to mid gain tones, get a Maverick or Heartbreaker. They are way cheaper than a Lonestar and you won't have annoyances like Recto Tracking and delay in reverb switching.

For an amp that can do lower gain and peel the paint off of the walls if you want, get a DC-3 or 5. If you get a 3, change the speaker to a mojotone BV30H or a Celestion Heritage 30 or Black Shadow MC-90 and the amp will really come to life!