Crap based on the price alone.

Those things are just way too goddamn expensive. They would need to sound far better than they do in order to justify it.

I had a dual rectumfrier. It seems like I was always replacing power tubes, the v1 and/or v2 pres, blah, blah, blah. Then, one day, the rectum burst into flames. I think that was the most rock thing that amp ever did.

Don't know about other Mesa amps, but I'll say CRAP.

NC. while i'm not a *huge* fan of the new triple rectifier ones, for that neo-emo stuff it works. the guitar player in one of my old bands played a travis bean through a mesa mark iii that sounded completely fucking awesome.

Too much sizzle, not enough chunk.

As a gear-head, I'm going to say "Not Crap."

Whenever someone mentions "Mesa Boogie," everyone always thinks of Triple Rectifiers with scooped mids.

Of course, they make other amps, and you can always turn the mids up and turn the gain down. The Mark Series are excellent sounding amps that will cut the fuck through a Marshall in the mix. EQ'd right, the Dual Rectifier has some excellent tones, too (note: raise the mids, and stay away from the "modern" gain channel).

Their speaker cabinets, also, are very good.

I'd rather play a DR and have a convincing high-gain tone than play a MXR Dist+ into a Silverface Twin and try to look "cred."

I don't own a Mesa Boogie, but have played several, and seriously considered purchasing a Mark I reissue over my current amp.

horsewhip wrote:I'd rather play a DR and have a convincing high-gain tone than play a MXR Dist+ into a Silverface Twin and try to look "cred."

I don't own a Mesa Boogie, but have played several, and seriously considered purchasing a Mark I reissue over my current amp.

you bought the silverface twin instead?

toomanyhelicopters wrote:

horsewhip wrote:I'd rather play a DR and have a convincing high-gain tone than play a MXR Dist+ into a Silverface Twin and try to look "cred."

I don't own a Mesa Boogie, but have played several, and seriously considered purchasing a Mark I reissue over my current amp.

you bought the silverface twin instead?

Uh, no. I bought a Soldano. I always let out a twisted chuckle whenever I wail on the Soldano at basement shows.

I think that the new mesa are very bad (CRAP) (dual rectifer, siletto, etc etc) But the hold mesa are a BIG BIG amp!!
I've listen some small combo with a big big sound...
sorry for the bad english..

BlaX wrote:sorry for the bad english..

Not as much as I am.

I've got an old Mark I 100 Re and it rules. Great clean, it sounds fantastic with my Travis and when you flick on the RAT it makes a sound that causes other gearheads to shit themselves in jealousy. Plus it is so loud I’ve never turned the master louder than 4!