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Published on 03/19/11 at 10:46EXPRESS 5:50
Duo-Class™ Power Amp (Patent 7,173,488) allows you to select either:
1 power tube in pure Class A (single-ended) producing 5 Watts or switching to
2 power tubes in Class A/B to produce 50 Watts via a 5/50 Power Switch / 2x6L6 & 5x12AX7
Fixed Bias for consistent, maintenance free performance
2 Fully Independent Channels with 4 Style Modes (Channel 1 = Clean or Crunch, Channel 2 = Blues or Burn)
Independent Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Reverb, Master and Contour Controls per Channel
Footswitchable Variable Contour Control on each channel provides the power of our 5-band graphic EQ all from 1 rotary control
All-Tube, Long Spring Reverb
Fully Buffered FX Loop External Switching Jacks for Channel 1/2, Contour 1, Contour 2, Reverb
3 Button Footswitch (Channel 1/2, Reverb & Contour)
Slip Cover
UTILIZATION
Its a Mesa, its freaking pain to dial in. the Manual is great, but it doesn't make it easier, it looks nice and is pretty simple as far as Mesa's go. Its really just like a baby recto to me, just not as good
SOUNDS
Well, this is tough. I really don't like it, I wanted to like it, because well...its a cheap mesa, but it really just doesn't live up to its name...the burn channel...well...it really burns...thats for sure. I think its just a baby recto, with cheaper parts and just doesn't sound as good, its loose and fizzy and just doesn't do anything a real recto would very well. The only thing I found this amp was really even kind of good at was fuzzy kind of lead sounds. It was really just an OK amp at best, it CAN do stuff, just not up to par with anything else by Mesa and for the price I'd rather have a bunch of other stuff.
OVERALL OPINION
Overall, its just really a pretty piece to look at, if you REALLY want a mesa, maybe this is the way to go, but I found this sub par and lifeless in comparison to pretty much everything else by them and I suggest looking elsewhere for an amp.
Duo-Class™ Power Amp (Patent 7,173,488) allows you to select either:
1 power tube in pure Class A (single-ended) producing 5 Watts or switching to
2 power tubes in Class A/B to produce 50 Watts via a 5/50 Power Switch / 2x6L6 & 5x12AX7
Fixed Bias for consistent, maintenance free performance
2 Fully Independent Channels with 4 Style Modes (Channel 1 = Clean or Crunch, Channel 2 = Blues or Burn)
Independent Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Reverb, Master and Contour Controls per Channel
Footswitchable Variable Contour Control on each channel provides the power of our 5-band graphic EQ all from 1 rotary control
All-Tube, Long Spring Reverb
Fully Buffered FX Loop External Switching Jacks for Channel 1/2, Contour 1, Contour 2, Reverb
3 Button Footswitch (Channel 1/2, Reverb & Contour)
Slip Cover
UTILIZATION
Its a Mesa, its freaking pain to dial in. the Manual is great, but it doesn't make it easier, it looks nice and is pretty simple as far as Mesa's go. Its really just like a baby recto to me, just not as good
SOUNDS
Well, this is tough. I really don't like it, I wanted to like it, because well...its a cheap mesa, but it really just doesn't live up to its name...the burn channel...well...it really burns...thats for sure. I think its just a baby recto, with cheaper parts and just doesn't sound as good, its loose and fizzy and just doesn't do anything a real recto would very well. The only thing I found this amp was really even kind of good at was fuzzy kind of lead sounds. It was really just an OK amp at best, it CAN do stuff, just not up to par with anything else by Mesa and for the price I'd rather have a bunch of other stuff.
OVERALL OPINION
Overall, its just really a pretty piece to look at, if you REALLY want a mesa, maybe this is the way to go, but I found this sub par and lifeless in comparison to pretty much everything else by them and I suggest looking elsewhere for an amp.