Amp shopping

[mesadualrec]

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yeah those look like sweet amps and sorta the same idea as the randall module amp I think randall copied their idea


the tone you get John Czajkowski is amazing (obviously that Steve Morse has alot to do with it too

 

[robelinda2]

i tried the Carvin Bel Air the other day, cool amp.

 

[candid_x]

I wish I'd had enough to get even a small Mesa, but I didn't. I knew I had to finally get a tube amp though so I did some research on the kinds of sounds I could get out of certain amps, listened to alot of samples, and tried out many amps in my price range at the stores near me.

I heard many good and bad things about what I ended up getting, but it sounds great to my ears, it has a decent warranty, and I got the extended anyway for another $60. I haven't mentioned it yet because I'm sure there will be some boos and hisses, but it's as close to a mesa in tone that I could afford. So, without further adieu, I got a B-52 AT-212.

It's a great amp for the price, is certainly upgradeable to sound even better when I can afford it, and I walked out the store with it for $680 (tax included).

Joe - I was totally impressed with a B-52 half stack, that another guitar player brought to a session last year. In fact, I was knocked out by it. The guy kept apologizing because he bought it cheap (?). He played his LP and CS Strat through it, and they did what they do; the amp doing its part 100%! A little on the bright side, but that's easily EQ'd. I forgot the model, but it was 100W, tube or solid state rectifier - just packed with features!

So what if it's inexpensive?? Granted, the vinyl was crappy, and no doubt there were corners cut somewhere, but from what I heard, it sounded great. I even liked the stock quad cab speakers, and I'm a real fuss-pot with speakers.

I play a relatively "cheapy" Laney, modded a bit. Had a decent offer for the head yesterday, and turned it down. It's a back up for the same amp in a combo. I don't care what people think of the brand or how much it costs; I like how it sounds. I have a recording gig tomorrow, and they asked me to bring it. Guess they like it too.

 

[jagged]

I hear the rectoverb is also pretty nice... any ideas on that one?

 

[wired]

I hear the rectoverb is also pretty nice... any ideas on that one?

I just bought a 50W Rectoverb 1x12 combo a few weeks ago & I am loving it. Full, round clean channel & channel 2 sounds great on the Raw or Vintage settings. I can't believe how big this thing sounds for 1x12. The 3/4 closed cabinet is great, keeps your clean sound from sounding muffled & gives you a good amount of thump on the high-gain channel.

 

[mesadualrec]

The rectoverb is a VERY nice amp

like all rectifiers it isnt as Smooth as say the Mesa MK series,but hey nothing a Keeley modded TS 9 Baked cant sort out

The good thing about the rectoverb is that it also has the reverb function that no other Rec. has

they have a bias swith like all recs to change between EL34's and 6L6's

unlike the other rectifiers they only have 2 channels,clean and distrotion

these are 50watts,but 50 watts of mesa power which is enough!!!

the good thing about it only being 50watts is it can be pushed into saturation easier than a dual or triple rec,so all that distortion can be put on tap easily

they have a very good headroom on the cleans and a pre-settable solo boost

the clean channel has two modes clean and pushed,pushed saturating the tubes a little to get some bluesy grit

the gain channel has three modes like all rec's,raw,vintage and modern

these really are great amps
they can also be tube rectified or silicon diode rectified,the later giving more headroom.The Tube rectification sounds more 'tubey'

I love rectifiers

 

[greenwizard]

Joe,
I walked into a Guitar Center just to test some guitars, like I was sure I didn't actually want to buy one, and I almost walked out with the B-52. It had so much versatility and power and I actually got better tones than I could out of the Mesa Rectifiers (I couldn't turn em up enough I guess).
The only amp in the whole store that impressed me more was a Mesa LoneStar, but I couldn't afford it.
As for your question, Jagged, I'd recommend against that JSX just because I asked about it an earlier thread "Anybody play their balls through a peavey jsx" and the general consensus seems to be summed up in BP's statement: "Friends don't let friends buy Peavey".
Good luck with your tone quest, I'm on one of my own.

 

[unclerico]

I could agree with you on the Legacy and JSX. But I would always pay the extra cash to get a Mesa Boogie. Especially a Mark IV. Very VERY! Powerful little thing.