Sevenstringer
Well-known member
WOW - It sounds like a completely different amp!!!!
I was going to get rid of it as I like a hi gain crunchy tone but I don't need to now
I love what the Hollywood/Fluid Drive Mod did and it is amazing
then
I had Mr. Mansfield perform the bias mod to the amp and it opened it up even more!
If you have a Stiletto l you NEED to do this - you will not be disappointed - and you will get the same tones and MORE out of the amp
The mod is a bit of a pain in the ***, but worth it. I told Tien at Mesa customer service that I wanted to do it to both of my Stiletto's but he chuckled - He said "Do it to the first one and then really see if you want to do it to the 2nd." I agree 100%. It has a slightly higher bit of difficulty and you need to remove a lot of components to get to the ones that need to be replaced. Overall I would say 7 or 8 on a scale of 1-10. If you do decide to do it.....Leave the afternoon or spread it out over 2 days. And I will leave the other stock, just to have a wide range of tones at my disposal
In my opinion it sounds like a $3000 or a $4000 amp now
Another note John Mansfield is a great guy, very knowledgable and helpful - If you are looking to do the bias mod, I suggest going thru him for it.
Thanks again john
I was going to get rid of it as I like a hi gain crunchy tone but I don't need to now
I love what the Hollywood/Fluid Drive Mod did and it is amazing
then
I had Mr. Mansfield perform the bias mod to the amp and it opened it up even more!
If you have a Stiletto l you NEED to do this - you will not be disappointed - and you will get the same tones and MORE out of the amp
The mod is a bit of a pain in the ***, but worth it. I told Tien at Mesa customer service that I wanted to do it to both of my Stiletto's but he chuckled - He said "Do it to the first one and then really see if you want to do it to the 2nd." I agree 100%. It has a slightly higher bit of difficulty and you need to remove a lot of components to get to the ones that need to be replaced. Overall I would say 7 or 8 on a scale of 1-10. If you do decide to do it.....Leave the afternoon or spread it out over 2 days. And I will leave the other stock, just to have a wide range of tones at my disposal
In my opinion it sounds like a $3000 or a $4000 amp now
Another note John Mansfield is a great guy, very knowledgable and helpful - If you are looking to do the bias mod, I suggest going thru him for it.
Thanks again john