What does 6 oclock mean?

[SEAN RAF]

Hi, I know it sounds like a stupid question, but where is 6, 7, 8 etc oclock on boogies? What is 10.30?
Cheers
Sean.

 

[MesaENGR412]

Pretend that the knob on the amp is a clock face. Since Mesa doesn't put numbers on the dials like Fender, Marshall, etc. of 1-10 (in some cases 11 haha), we tend to use Times instead of numbers as reference to the values we use on each knob. So, 12:00 means that the dot on your knob needs to be vertical, or at "5" on a numerical scale. 12:30 would be between 12:00 and 1:00, or "5.5" on the numerical scale.

As reference, the Solo and Output knobs on my Triple in this picture are at 9:00 and 8:30 respectively and on Ch3 (far left 6 cluster), the top row would read approx. 11:00, 11:00, 12:30 respectively. I hope this helps,

-AJH

 

[SEAN RAF]

Thanks for going to so much trouble to explain, very much appreciated.
One more question though, where is 6 oclock? My dials start at 7 and end at 5...

Cheers
Sean

 

[ibanez4life SZ!]

There really is not 6 o'clock on a mesa.....they might mean all the way down......or all the way up :?

Technically, like you said, the knobs don't go to 6 o'clock

 

[SEAN RAF]

Thanks, so 6 oclock is zero then...there are some interesting tone samples I've noticed with 6 oclock settings for treble which I found odd, hence my stupid questions. I'll get a decent tone...one day...
Thanks again
Sean.

 

[Humbility]

so...I guess when saying that "my amp goes to 11"...since I own a boogie....it REALLY means: "My amp goes to 6:00!!" :twisted:
*In a fake british accent.*

Hum

 

[JamesD]

that is odd that you've seen samples with 6oclock treble settings. Only thing i can think is if they are really going by standard numbers as if the numbers were on the knob or amp.

 

[E_R]

Maybe they were talking about older style numbered boogie knobs (numbers on the knobs ala mark and DC series) In that case the number showing straight up would be the setting. Maybe they just described it incorrectly????


the setting on my clean chan. are
3 , 7 1/2, 5 1/2 , 9, 7 1/2
Gain, Treb., Mid, Bass, Presense

 

[Platypus]

I've always taken 6 o clock to be completely on and 7 o clock to be completely off.