Hi,
I love the tone of the F-series for crust punk/D-Beat. My settings are gain 100%, tone controls in the ball park of 50%, Volume 70-80%.
I have had nothing but trouble with my first F-50 which shut off at random, and now my F-100 seems to be a beast that eats through tubes. I only play at full volume 4-5 times a month with my band but I am having to replace my power tubes every 3 months and its almost a given that I will have a microphinc pre-amp tube every month or two. Almost always during a gig.
Does anyone else have problems with reliability? Anyone else playing with these types of settings? I sent the amp to mesa and I was told by a tech that I shouldn't have any knob past 1 O'clock. I played the music with even more extreme settings on my DC-5 for 15 years without any issues.
I love the tone of the F-series for crust punk/D-Beat. My settings are gain 100%, tone controls in the ball park of 50%, Volume 70-80%.
I have had nothing but trouble with my first F-50 which shut off at random, and now my F-100 seems to be a beast that eats through tubes. I only play at full volume 4-5 times a month with my band but I am having to replace my power tubes every 3 months and its almost a given that I will have a microphinc pre-amp tube every month or two. Almost always during a gig.
Does anyone else have problems with reliability? Anyone else playing with these types of settings? I sent the amp to mesa and I was told by a tech that I shouldn't have any knob past 1 O'clock. I played the music with even more extreme settings on my DC-5 for 15 years without any issues.