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Published on 07/18/11 at 13:53What I love about Mesa Boogie is the quality control of their amplifiers. They built immaculate constructed and sounding amps that honestly puts modern Marshall to shame. They have not wavered their ethics in their built what so ever, no matter how big they have gotten. There amps can take rigorous beating night after night gig after gig and still keep ticking.
This amp is a simple amp that rivals many combos out there on the market. it is a simple design with many features to boot. It is essentially a single channel amp that has three voicings or modes that give you many options. It also has a reverb feature that can be assignable to one or all three of the modes. You can also take the power from 90 watts down to 45 watts.
This amp has a nice custom look to it. It has a blue tolex covering and a gold grill cloth. It also has a nice gold piping that goes around the amp. The color combination is a nice color that goes well with the nature and tone of this amp. You get the same great features as the regular Dyne amp.
UTILIZATION
ELECTRA DYNE SPECIFICATIONS:
Simul-Class™ Power Amp featuring a 45/90 Watt Power Switch that incorporates concept elements from our Patent Pending Multi-Watt™ and Patented Duo-Class™ technologies providing two power and two operating class options: Choose 2 power tubes operating in time-honored Class A/B producing 45 Watts or 4 tubes running in Mesa’s legendary, Patented Simul-Class Power that blends the best of Class A and Class A/B simultaneously to produce 90 Watts of pure tonal magic / 4x6L6 (or 4xEL-34), 7x12AX7
* Bias Select Switch (6L6 / EL34)
* Fixed Bias for Consistent, Maintenance Free Performance
* Single Channel simplicity with the performance versatility of a Multi-Channel amp through 3 Footswitchable Modes (Classic Boogie Clean, Vintage Low Gain, Vintage Hi Gain)
* Channel Control Features: Volume (Gain), Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence & Master Volume
* All-Tube, Long Spring Reverb with Auto Reverb Defeat Switch for Vintage Hi and Lo Modes (Defeat Mode removes Reverb from Vintage Hi or Low Modes but retains Reverb on Clean Mode – Normal Mode applies Reverb to all Modes)
* Reverb Hard-Bypass Switch removes entire Reverb Circuit from amp
* FX Loop w/Automatic Hard-Bypass to completely remove when not in use
* Slave Out w/Level Control • External Switching Jacks for Vintage Low/Hi (Clean is default) & Reverb
* 2 Button Footswitch (Classic Clean, Vintage Low/Hi) and free Slip Cover
SOUNDS
This amp get get a solid sparkly clean sound and it can go all the way up to blistering lead tones with a ton of saturation that Mesa is known for. I love coupling this amp with a Les Paul or humbucker style guitar and just letting notes ring out all day long. You can have a lot of fun with this amp at home or in a band setting. You can also slave it out if you feel the need for other speakers cabs such as a 4x12.
OVERALL OPINION
If you need solid practice amp or an am that will be small and portable then this is good pick. If you need an amp that doesn't have 400 channels and 1000 different modes then this is an amp for you. Not a ton of features but just a simple combo amp that has a ton of gain and blistering leads that can be put on top of a Mesa Boogie 4x12 cab and blasting your audience at a gig.
At new they come in at around $2030 which may be a bit high for the features it has compared to a Roadster or a Mark V. So if you need the combo this is a good amp but if your looking for more channels and features then maybe the MK V or a Roadster will do the trick.
This amp is a simple amp that rivals many combos out there on the market. it is a simple design with many features to boot. It is essentially a single channel amp that has three voicings or modes that give you many options. It also has a reverb feature that can be assignable to one or all three of the modes. You can also take the power from 90 watts down to 45 watts.
This amp has a nice custom look to it. It has a blue tolex covering and a gold grill cloth. It also has a nice gold piping that goes around the amp. The color combination is a nice color that goes well with the nature and tone of this amp. You get the same great features as the regular Dyne amp.
UTILIZATION
ELECTRA DYNE SPECIFICATIONS:
Simul-Class™ Power Amp featuring a 45/90 Watt Power Switch that incorporates concept elements from our Patent Pending Multi-Watt™ and Patented Duo-Class™ technologies providing two power and two operating class options: Choose 2 power tubes operating in time-honored Class A/B producing 45 Watts or 4 tubes running in Mesa’s legendary, Patented Simul-Class Power that blends the best of Class A and Class A/B simultaneously to produce 90 Watts of pure tonal magic / 4x6L6 (or 4xEL-34), 7x12AX7
* Bias Select Switch (6L6 / EL34)
* Fixed Bias for Consistent, Maintenance Free Performance
* Single Channel simplicity with the performance versatility of a Multi-Channel amp through 3 Footswitchable Modes (Classic Boogie Clean, Vintage Low Gain, Vintage Hi Gain)
* Channel Control Features: Volume (Gain), Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence & Master Volume
* All-Tube, Long Spring Reverb with Auto Reverb Defeat Switch for Vintage Hi and Lo Modes (Defeat Mode removes Reverb from Vintage Hi or Low Modes but retains Reverb on Clean Mode – Normal Mode applies Reverb to all Modes)
* Reverb Hard-Bypass Switch removes entire Reverb Circuit from amp
* FX Loop w/Automatic Hard-Bypass to completely remove when not in use
* Slave Out w/Level Control • External Switching Jacks for Vintage Low/Hi (Clean is default) & Reverb
* 2 Button Footswitch (Classic Clean, Vintage Low/Hi) and free Slip Cover
SOUNDS
This amp get get a solid sparkly clean sound and it can go all the way up to blistering lead tones with a ton of saturation that Mesa is known for. I love coupling this amp with a Les Paul or humbucker style guitar and just letting notes ring out all day long. You can have a lot of fun with this amp at home or in a band setting. You can also slave it out if you feel the need for other speakers cabs such as a 4x12.
OVERALL OPINION
If you need solid practice amp or an am that will be small and portable then this is good pick. If you need an amp that doesn't have 400 channels and 1000 different modes then this is an amp for you. Not a ton of features but just a simple combo amp that has a ton of gain and blistering leads that can be put on top of a Mesa Boogie 4x12 cab and blasting your audience at a gig.
At new they come in at around $2030 which may be a bit high for the features it has compared to a Roadster or a Mark V. So if you need the combo this is a good amp but if your looking for more channels and features then maybe the MK V or a Roadster will do the trick.