Recent content by TimmyTantrum

For anyone who is interested, I just stopped by Mesa and talked to Mike face to face, couldn't have been a nicer guy. As far as the marking goes, he says it probably had something to do with a mod or update during production (as he was always tinkering back then). Beyond that, he couldn't...

There are three or four IIB hardwood combos on reverb.com last time I checked, in the $1400-$1800 range. Always wanted to see how they compared to my III, but my ever-patient girlfriend has already weathered six amp purchases in the last year...

Thanks for the replies. It's definitely not a +, but I knew that when I bought it. The guy I bought it from didn't say that anyone besides himself worked on the amp (he's an electrical engineer). He more or less returned it to factory settings before he sold it to me, but there might be some...

Hey all, I just picked up a IIC SRG head from the original owner yesterday for a great price (I felt like I stole it...). I'm going to have Mike at Mesa take a look at it, because it's been mothballed for the last few years. Still debating plussing it. Before I do that though, I have a question...

My Red Stripe Simul head is one of the best amps I've ever owned. One thing I do with it, and this is totally dependent on your style, is put a chorus pedal in the loop. I set everything super low (to where you can't even really tell there's a chorus effect) and it opens up the amp even more...

I thought I read somewhere that they were Red Stripes, but now that I think about it, the timeline doesn't seem right. Recorded in '85/'86, no stripe sounds right.

They still do basically everything there. Mike Bendinelli would most likely be doing the work for you, and if he can physically do it, he probably will. I had a Mk III Red Stripe sent there for work, and he re capped and re tubed it, added the reverb mod, cleaned the pots and refurbished the...

I love my Red Stripe, it's a Marshall killer... once it's dialed in. I can get almost perfectly John Sykes' tone from Whitesnake's 1987 album. He used a couple Red Stripe Coli's for that album, same preamp with two extra power tubes. Settings I have so far are Volume 9, Treble 9, Bass 1, Middle...

Haven't had my Red Stripe long enough to dial in, but so far I can't get it past 2 on the MV before things in my house start to fall apart. From what I read, anything past 3 is useless in most situations (so I've read- and believe). At some point in my life, I'm going to crank that thing, just...

Hello, I've been looking for a Subway Blues for a while now, anyone looking to sell one? Preferably the later model with the single input and fat/bright switch. Not interested in the Rocket. Thanks!