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Published on 11/13/13 at 13:50
Tube amp: 4x6L6 for power, 5x12AX7 for 1x5U4 preamp to rectify
3 channels with 3 each way with one option, one with clean fashion Clean / Fat / Tweed Bold option, with one crunch fashion Edge / Crunch / Mark I option Thick, 1 drive with Mark IIC + / MarK IV / Extreme Bright Mode option
10/45/90w 1 switch per channel
1 reverb resort per channel 1 switch diode / tube for channel 1 & 2 and Pentode / Triode for channel 3
1 Gain knob, Master, Presence, Bass, Treble, Middle channel
1 5-band equalizer and preset selection
1 effects loop
1 volume and 1 output Solo button (general volume) button
1 tuner output
1 HP C90 Black Shadow Mesa Boogie by Celestion
All handmade in U.S.

UTILIZATION

I use everything in 45w mode, reverb, Tube mode, the EQ

SOUNDS

The clean channel is good but not great, I have a preference for Fat Bold mode option as the config Petrucci ... but I found that compared to a clean Fender kind there is not, I has the Deluxe 65 and I still prefer my Fender in this role that is clearer and more dynamic with a vintage touch, despite what is the best of my knowledge Mesa clean if I compare the Roadster, the Tweed fashion begins to crunch but there focus is not rendering a 57 Tweed was not nervous, that side a little muddy and slightly fuzzy surly ... This is the natural extension of the drive clean it stays neat and clean, but the mode is still nice
The crunch channel Mark I mode is super interresting it looks like Marshall hormone made in the U.S. it can be a little boxy / dark but I like it very melodic and it's still vintage in the grain is straight and very own any notes stand is impressive, it has a good dynamic nothing to do with the Vintage channel Mini Rectifier also said the knaki Maxi
The drive channel so now I have two modes of preference you Mark IIC + for the next Metallica old School and the Mark IV for the next Dream Theater so that these modes justify the purchase of the amp alone was philosophy both the modern and vintage, it's clean clear sharp ... it is squarely at the source of Metal in this channel, there is not shit or squirm ...

OVERALL OPINION

Mesa quoted as saying I had the Mini Rectifier, the Rectoverb the Roadster and then this one, into one, there is the panard one is squarely in the Rolls then with other December Mesa without it a little Twingo price of the Mercedes, I would not say that the Roadster is the top of the Rectifier
With the Mark V was a very versatile amp built for modern rock, metal, but not that ... we have a clean which is above the other series and a crunch channel MarK I worthy of a Marshall ... therefore usable channel 3 what more
After there price then € 3000 you forget immediately after HAND 1500 € it does it better
This is an amp that I would keep in my config complement Vintage impossible to make as complete, best quality and most ...