Southdakota
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Not new to tube amps....just got my first Mesa today. It's a 2010 Roadster. So fired it up over my lunch break today and immediately loved it! I did a lot of research so before I even turned it on, I set everything how I envisioned it based on what I have read and seen. Really worked well! Just 2 issues. First, a lot of crackling tube noise when I first turned it on. Lasted several minutes and then was fine. I have not had it to this extent on other tube amps I own and really not a big deal I guess. Second, when playing in channel 2,3 and 4 and then foot switching to channel 1, I get a huge amount of reverb that lasts for a few seconds before tapering off. This is not noticable going from the clean to any of the dirty channels. Just curious if that is normal??
Otherwise, experimenting with Bold Vs Saggy and so far, I like saggy. Will be running all channels in 50W mode through a 2x12 to keep stage volumes reasonable. I like recto for channel 1 and 2 and diode for channel 3 and 4. A good friend and Mesa user recommended placing the main output very high and then adjusting each channel master as needed. I'm not sure if this will get the tubes cooking a bit more or not on this amp like on others??? Or will it just introduce more noise (hiss)?? Thoughts??
Otherwise, experimenting with Bold Vs Saggy and so far, I like saggy. Will be running all channels in 50W mode through a 2x12 to keep stage volumes reasonable. I like recto for channel 1 and 2 and diode for channel 3 and 4. A good friend and Mesa user recommended placing the main output very high and then adjusting each channel master as needed. I'm not sure if this will get the tubes cooking a bit more or not on this amp like on others??? Or will it just introduce more noise (hiss)?? Thoughts??