Hey folks.
So i got my first mesa a few days ago, and googleing a bit around led me to this site.
I alreasy had a 1x12 Thiel cab with my Engl Screamer, so i'm using that on the .22+ instead(getting an Engl 4x12 for the screamer)
When i first opened the box and plugged a guitar in (was at a friends place, and using an older SG), i was actually kind of dissapointed. i thought it would have more gain than that. Used a tubescreamer as a booster, and it helped somewhat, but still not great. Then when i got home, i threw an eq pedal in the loop(mid scooped),and the gain went from kind of lame to pretty awesome!(This .22+ dosnt have a 5-band graphic eq)
Now, reading around on this forum, i see a lot of ppl modding their amp to get LESS gain. this get's me thinking, maybe i sould be getting some new tubes for mine? The previous owner says he changed the EL84s for about 6 months ago, but the preamp tubes are a lot older.
so what do you think, could it just be the tubes? if so i'm gonna get a new set from eurotubes. they have a "hig gain set" for the .22+
and if not, is there anything else that could be wrong?
is there any mod to the 22+ so i get a grafic EQ on it?
So i got my first mesa a few days ago, and googleing a bit around led me to this site.
I alreasy had a 1x12 Thiel cab with my Engl Screamer, so i'm using that on the .22+ instead(getting an Engl 4x12 for the screamer)
When i first opened the box and plugged a guitar in (was at a friends place, and using an older SG), i was actually kind of dissapointed. i thought it would have more gain than that. Used a tubescreamer as a booster, and it helped somewhat, but still not great. Then when i got home, i threw an eq pedal in the loop(mid scooped),and the gain went from kind of lame to pretty awesome!(This .22+ dosnt have a 5-band graphic eq)
Now, reading around on this forum, i see a lot of ppl modding their amp to get LESS gain. this get's me thinking, maybe i sould be getting some new tubes for mine? The previous owner says he changed the EL84s for about 6 months ago, but the preamp tubes are a lot older.
so what do you think, could it just be the tubes? if so i'm gonna get a new set from eurotubes. they have a "hig gain set" for the .22+
and if not, is there anything else that could be wrong?
is there any mod to the 22+ so i get a grafic EQ on it?