riffpowers
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Hello everyone!!
I'm a 42 year old guitarist playing mostly rock/metal/punky/garage/crossover type stuff. Here's the band I play lead guitar in.
http://dogsflesh.co.uk/
https://soundcloud.com/dogsflesh
For years and years I've been plugging my les paul custom into the front of a marshall jcm800 with a tube screamer in front. Works ok, but I've always thought there's something better out there for me.
Basically the core tone is ok, but nowt spectacular, i'm lucky if I can turn it up past 2, its noisy, and there's nowhere to go for a boost for solos.
I think that I gravitate towards the "classic" sounds and simple amps, but they don't really have the features that a modern player needs.Also I fancy a change.
The other guitarist in my band has a peavey 5150 , so I need to be able to have a solo boost to ghet over that, although I think the 2 different sounds do sit well in a mix.
So I'm after something that has a nice tight punchy overdrive sound (I don't need masses of gain, but a hot rodded jcm800 gives you an idea how much ) , sounds good without pedals, has decent sustain, and has a solo boost function.
So I tried a few amps I'd seen locally.
Marshall jvm . Horrible.
Mesa rectifier solo 50. Amazing!! Loved it. Plenty of useful features, but not so many that I got lost, and easy to use. Reassuringly good quality, and single notes really sang, even in the shop. It had the solo boost feature that I needed, and felt great to play.
The only thing is I found it quite smooth and bottom heavy, and couldn't really dial any raunch and upper mid punch. Is this what these amps are like or was it just the cab I was using??
I also tried a Mesa Stiletto Deuce. Loved it. But I gather these amps don't seem to have the reputation that the rectos have.
So I also wondered about the mini recto. Is that loud enough to use in an unmic'd ? Do the 2 channels give the option of a solo boost?? Would it cut through over a peavey 5150??
Any advice and guidance you guys can give will be greatly appreciated!!! I'm reallu impressed with Mesa, but I welcome advice from people who have more experience than me with these amps.
I'm a 42 year old guitarist playing mostly rock/metal/punky/garage/crossover type stuff. Here's the band I play lead guitar in.
http://dogsflesh.co.uk/
https://soundcloud.com/dogsflesh
For years and years I've been plugging my les paul custom into the front of a marshall jcm800 with a tube screamer in front. Works ok, but I've always thought there's something better out there for me.
Basically the core tone is ok, but nowt spectacular, i'm lucky if I can turn it up past 2, its noisy, and there's nowhere to go for a boost for solos.
I think that I gravitate towards the "classic" sounds and simple amps, but they don't really have the features that a modern player needs.Also I fancy a change.
The other guitarist in my band has a peavey 5150 , so I need to be able to have a solo boost to ghet over that, although I think the 2 different sounds do sit well in a mix.
So I'm after something that has a nice tight punchy overdrive sound (I don't need masses of gain, but a hot rodded jcm800 gives you an idea how much ) , sounds good without pedals, has decent sustain, and has a solo boost function.
So I tried a few amps I'd seen locally.
Marshall jvm . Horrible.
Mesa rectifier solo 50. Amazing!! Loved it. Plenty of useful features, but not so many that I got lost, and easy to use. Reassuringly good quality, and single notes really sang, even in the shop. It had the solo boost feature that I needed, and felt great to play.
The only thing is I found it quite smooth and bottom heavy, and couldn't really dial any raunch and upper mid punch. Is this what these amps are like or was it just the cab I was using??
I also tried a Mesa Stiletto Deuce. Loved it. But I gather these amps don't seem to have the reputation that the rectos have.
So I also wondered about the mini recto. Is that loud enough to use in an unmic'd ? Do the 2 channels give the option of a solo boost?? Would it cut through over a peavey 5150??
Any advice and guidance you guys can give will be greatly appreciated!!! I'm reallu impressed with Mesa, but I welcome advice from people who have more experience than me with these amps.