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The test equipment:
Amp: Mesa Dual Rectifier Tremoverb
Speaker cabs: Mesa Rectifier 4x12 cab w/v30's "angled"
Marshall 1960 lead 4x12 cab w/GT12/75's "bottom"
Mesa Lonestar (widebody) 1x12 w/Black Shadow mc-90
Marshall TSLC212 2x12 w/Heritage and Vintage 30
amps for comparison: Mesa Single Rectifier and Marshall JCM900 m4500....both 50 watt amps.
Guitars: Gibson LP Custom 57 reissue
Gibson LP Standard 58 reissue
Paul Reed Smith Custom 24,
Fender Stratocaster 68 reissue
Fender American Series Stratocaster
Carvin CT6T
Carvin Ultra VC
ESP LTD MH-1000NT
Squire Protone thinline Telecaster
....all guitars have there stock pickups in them except the LP Standard which has a Pearly Gates in the bridge and a SD 50th anniversary Seth Lover PAF in the neck, and the ESP LTD has a SD Black Winter in the bridge with a SD SH-2N in the neck.
....a friend and owner of the single rectifier came over Saturday afternoon and we spent the whole day going back and forth between amps, cabs and guitars....can you say....FUN!
The Tremoverb kicked bootie! ....Clean, Blues, Vintage and High Gain....check, ....orange and red channels....check, ....4 button after market foot switch....check ....power, ....check ....lets try switching channels and modes....
....the first negative....there's a little noise when using the clean to vintage high gain and blues to modern high gain switches....a volume increase or decrease plus a bit of a pop....when doing this it makes a louder noise then my friends Single Rectifier or Marshall which make no noise doing at all when doing this....there's a bit of a volume drop going from Blues to Modern but with the after market footswitch hooked up it doesn't happen.
According to the Manuel this seems to be normal and expected....if I'm reading it correctly....this is the only negative we could come up with....other then that this amp is a solid throughout and a BEAST!
The amp sounded great through all 4 cabs....the Marshall 4x12 mellowed out the Mesa tone just enough to make it more pleasing through my ears but my Buddy preferred the sound coming out of the Mesa cabs....the Mesa 1x12 was really tight and more focused sounding then the others and would be a nice option for smaller rooms.
With out going into too much detail about the sound....we used both channels and both modes in each channel, tried every possible cab and guitar and our conclusion is this Tremoverb is the best amp I have ever heard in these 53 year old ears have ever had the privilege of hearing.
Considering the price was 850 for the head, the bit of a pop is manageable....to eliminate the pop I just won't change modes of the channel being used....if that makes sense to you.
I realize this was not a very detailed review....more of a story of what we did and what we used.
My rating and conclusion: 9.4 out of 10....at the price I paid I think I got a great deal....the sound, even though incredibly loud is what I wanted....is it more then I needed....yes! 8) 8) 8) 8)
....when I woke up Sunday morning and looked in the mirror....my face is still there but the melting has began. :lol: :roll: 8)
Amp: Mesa Dual Rectifier Tremoverb
Speaker cabs: Mesa Rectifier 4x12 cab w/v30's "angled"
Marshall 1960 lead 4x12 cab w/GT12/75's "bottom"
Mesa Lonestar (widebody) 1x12 w/Black Shadow mc-90
Marshall TSLC212 2x12 w/Heritage and Vintage 30
amps for comparison: Mesa Single Rectifier and Marshall JCM900 m4500....both 50 watt amps.
Guitars: Gibson LP Custom 57 reissue
Gibson LP Standard 58 reissue
Paul Reed Smith Custom 24,
Fender Stratocaster 68 reissue
Fender American Series Stratocaster
Carvin CT6T
Carvin Ultra VC
ESP LTD MH-1000NT
Squire Protone thinline Telecaster
....all guitars have there stock pickups in them except the LP Standard which has a Pearly Gates in the bridge and a SD 50th anniversary Seth Lover PAF in the neck, and the ESP LTD has a SD Black Winter in the bridge with a SD SH-2N in the neck.
....a friend and owner of the single rectifier came over Saturday afternoon and we spent the whole day going back and forth between amps, cabs and guitars....can you say....FUN!
The Tremoverb kicked bootie! ....Clean, Blues, Vintage and High Gain....check, ....orange and red channels....check, ....4 button after market foot switch....check ....power, ....check ....lets try switching channels and modes....
....the first negative....there's a little noise when using the clean to vintage high gain and blues to modern high gain switches....a volume increase or decrease plus a bit of a pop....when doing this it makes a louder noise then my friends Single Rectifier or Marshall which make no noise doing at all when doing this....there's a bit of a volume drop going from Blues to Modern but with the after market footswitch hooked up it doesn't happen.
According to the Manuel this seems to be normal and expected....if I'm reading it correctly....this is the only negative we could come up with....other then that this amp is a solid throughout and a BEAST!
The amp sounded great through all 4 cabs....the Marshall 4x12 mellowed out the Mesa tone just enough to make it more pleasing through my ears but my Buddy preferred the sound coming out of the Mesa cabs....the Mesa 1x12 was really tight and more focused sounding then the others and would be a nice option for smaller rooms.
With out going into too much detail about the sound....we used both channels and both modes in each channel, tried every possible cab and guitar and our conclusion is this Tremoverb is the best amp I have ever heard in these 53 year old ears have ever had the privilege of hearing.
Considering the price was 850 for the head, the bit of a pop is manageable....to eliminate the pop I just won't change modes of the channel being used....if that makes sense to you.
I realize this was not a very detailed review....more of a story of what we did and what we used.
My rating and conclusion: 9.4 out of 10....at the price I paid I think I got a great deal....the sound, even though incredibly loud is what I wanted....is it more then I needed....yes! 8) 8) 8) 8)
....when I woke up Sunday morning and looked in the mirror....my face is still there but the melting has began. :lol: :roll: 8)