mesa amps

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I am planning on buying a mesa half stack as an upgrade from my line six flextone II, I was wondering if there is a "best sounding" mesa amp, or is it just up to taste. Ive heard really good stuff about the Triple Rectifier.
 
One of my favorite Mesa amps is the Mark IIC+, but they're hard to find.

If you're not against rack equipment, you can go for the TriAxis and the 2:90 for a variety of killer sounds. I love my Tri. It'll do a lot of the Mesa line including the Recto.

Otherwise, the Triple Recto is a decent amp.
 
Also, make sure you go play through one for yourself. What others like may not be what you like.
 
Mesa confuses the hell out of me. My friend bought a Retifier (single) and it doesn't seem to have much of a clean channel. I figured that since I always associated Mesa with Metal. But I recently found out that Mesa supposedly makes AWSOME blues amps like that Mark thing Lopp mentioned. So, what I think I saying is, there isn't really a "MESA SOUND", you really do have to play EVERY Mesa to figure out what amp is right. For all I know they could have an amp somewhere in that line up that is as clean as a JazzChorus.
 
Never tried a Rectifier - but they're known for their high gain modern sound.

I've got a boogie dc-3 and it is the most versitile amp I've ever played. I can get almost anything I want from it. I can't get that wide open power tube sound. Boogies seem to let the pre amp tubes play a bigger role in the sound. Because of that I keep my Marshall around.

When you try a boogie, keep in mind you've got to do a lot of tweaking. There's a million good sounds in a boogie, and probably 2 million bad sounds. You've gotta get to know the amp - so while Lopp gave good advice in trying it before you buy it, another way to go is buy one used, play with it for a couple months, and if you don't like it sell it for the price you paid for it.
 
fprod south said:
When you try a boogie, keep in mind you've got to do a lot of tweaking. There's a million good sounds in a boogie, and probably 2 million bad sounds. You've gotta get to know the amp
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No doubt. Depending on the Boogie, it can take a lot of tweaking. For example, the older Boogies, the TriAxis, and the Quad can withstand a lot of subtle tweaking. It takes a while to understand each knob because they often won't seem like they are doing anything. A good thing to do with these amps is to use the manual to get some stock settings to hear how they sound.

However, Mesa got smart and has made a lot of their more recent amps, like most Rectifiers, less tweakable. Thus, it is more difficult for a novice to ruin the sound.
 
I have a dual recto. I can honestly say it is the best purchase I have ever made. You can really get alot of sounds out of the recto. I use it with a strat and the tones are many and sweet.
 
Good amps only sound good with good guitars. My friend has a boogie that sounds killer, until he plays on it with his guitar. Then it sounds like... well, you know.
 
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