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Master of the Meh
The other guitar player in the band is on a mission to acquire the tools and gizmos to properly achieve some of the distinctly "80s" tones that our catalog of songs requires. He finally ditched his pedal board with the tuube screamer and a few other limited effects in favor of an M13.
He's actually doing a remarkable job with the M13 so far, considering he has never owned a multi FX unit.
Anyway, he has two different Marshall amps that he bounces between. I don't have a problem with either of them really, but he has a serious hard on for a Mesa 22.
He asked me what I thought, and I really struggled to offer any helpful advice.
My limited experiences with Mesa left me with the understanding that they are at their best when br00tality is the goal. I know they have a legendary gain stage.
Most of what we do is either clean tones smothered in chorus, delay, flanger etc, or relatively low gain, heavily effected tones.
For me, using the HD 500 for all of my tone shaping, love playing it through a JC because it is about as transparent of an amp as you'll ever hear (without the chorus circuit engaged of course). It doesn't really impart any of its own coloration to the sound.
I figure if he is going to stick with the M13, a fairly pricey Mesa is not the best choice. I think he's better off with something that has an abundance of clean headroom and doesn't add too much extra flavor to the sound.
A 22 watt tube amp, to me seems right on the edge of the headroom threshold for larger venues.
I don't know, I told him I'd ask you guys what your thoughts are.
I think if he's dead set on tubes, aan AC 30 is the obvious choice.
Educate me!
He's actually doing a remarkable job with the M13 so far, considering he has never owned a multi FX unit.
Anyway, he has two different Marshall amps that he bounces between. I don't have a problem with either of them really, but he has a serious hard on for a Mesa 22.
He asked me what I thought, and I really struggled to offer any helpful advice.
My limited experiences with Mesa left me with the understanding that they are at their best when br00tality is the goal. I know they have a legendary gain stage.
Most of what we do is either clean tones smothered in chorus, delay, flanger etc, or relatively low gain, heavily effected tones.
For me, using the HD 500 for all of my tone shaping, love playing it through a JC because it is about as transparent of an amp as you'll ever hear (without the chorus circuit engaged of course). It doesn't really impart any of its own coloration to the sound.
I figure if he is going to stick with the M13, a fairly pricey Mesa is not the best choice. I think he's better off with something that has an abundance of clean headroom and doesn't add too much extra flavor to the sound.
A 22 watt tube amp, to me seems right on the edge of the headroom threshold for larger venues.
I don't know, I told him I'd ask you guys what your thoughts are.
I think if he's dead set on tubes, aan AC 30 is the obvious choice.
Educate me!