I say crap.

Average clean sounds and sludge-hell over-driven sounds.

Also encourages rock soloing.

:wf: 1

Not Crap for all the reasons you mentioned


cept the soloing.

LOVE my amp.

Not crap.

1 because some of the new stuff they're putting out doesn't have the same quality control as the older stuff.

I play bass through a Mesa Boogie 400 and love the way it sounds.

Along with Ampeg they are one of the few companies that still makes an all tube bass amp.

They make good gear. It's way too pricey for those of us that can't afford pricey things.

sterile, beer commercial, lifeless amps.
Appear to be made out of old socks and toilet roll tubes.
Would love a Dual Rectifier though.

Crap

Poorly designed, expensive garbage. Shit for any application, especially metal.

Diamond plate chassis option is the only positive.

i was gonna say crap WF 0, but j. harvey is right, the bass heads are pretty good.

so crap w/ WF 4. i think soldanos do that 'thing' much better.

I bought a used dual rectifier a couple of years ago and I have nothing bad to say about it, and wouldn't recommend purchasing one either. Never gave me any problems and the used price kept it in my ballpark financially. I Got 'meh' sound out of it for a couple of years, and sold it for more than it should have gone for.

I now have a bassman, which has required a lot of maintenance comparatively (easy to deal with and a-typical of these amps) but sounds infinetely better. I feel like I now know what a great amp is.

Mesa's seem to lack a distinct personality but aren't bad if you have the money to throw on a generic sounding amp that isn't going to break down on you or lose resale value.

But for the price, you can get so much more.

Crap with a moderately full plate of mini-waffles

Why are they so freaking heavy?