I have a very rudimentary question for the experts that my local store who sells Mesa's cannot, or doesn't want to, answer concerning tube changeouts and my amp. I bought the amp used from a guy who had a few different ones and said he just didn't care enough to try and play them all anymore. It's a Dual Rec. Roadster combo and he had said that he bought it new and had never replaced any of the tubes but said he thought it was time for a new set and priced it accordingly. Not having had any experience with a tube amp previous to this one, I couldn't really tell a whole lot of difference in sound when I replaced tubes. I bought just a set of Mesa branded tubes and there were a couple of tung sols in there too and the guy at the counter said it didn't much matter and just to plug them in there and enjoy.
Well it all still works but reading further into this stuff, it sounds like there are a million or so variations that the tubes can be installed and probably a million more brand choices that will influence the sound. The bottom line is, would I benefit from taking this in to my Mesa repair place and having them do all this "bias" testing and such?
Well it all still works but reading further into this stuff, it sounds like there are a million or so variations that the tubes can be installed and probably a million more brand choices that will influence the sound. The bottom line is, would I benefit from taking this in to my Mesa repair place and having them do all this "bias" testing and such?