Recent content by Jiveman

Just thought I'd write a quick post-move update, in case anyone cares.... In the end, everything arrived safe and sound and without any visible or audible damage. I ended up just packing the MKV head into the road case, with tubes in place as normal. Printed and posted a bunch of "fragile"...

+1 on G50. For my needs, I wasn't willing to spend a whole lot, so I also looked into G30, but a lot of people complained about the build quality of the belt pack transmitter, so I decided to get G50. however, I got one used for $200 off of CL, and I have been really happy with it. One...

The same signal duplicated twice is NOT stereo. And what's worse, you are probably getting phase cancellation. Assuming everything is wired correctly and the cables/adapters are good, then the signal is getting phase-cancelled and you would end up hearing barely anything or something really...

Thanks for chiming in, everyone. An agent from the moving company came over yesterday to do the survey of things that will be getting moved. I asked specifically regarding the amp, and he said that if I have a receipt showing its value, that it should be covered. The movers are getting paid...

I will be moving from east coast to west in a couple of months. We're getting estimates from a couple of moving companies. I'm not sure what to do regarding some of my equipment, most notably the Mark V head. I do have a road case for it, which is pretty heavy duty, with foam padding inside...

:-) This is part of the reason why I like the Morley Bad Horsie wah pedal. No on/off switch. When you lift your foot off it, it deactivates the wah. The only downside is that you can't do the "constant open wah" sort of an effect, but to be honest, that happens so rarely for me anyways. I...

Nice writeup and very useful info for guys like me, who have really only had a chance to play with one or two kinds of speakers. Thanks! I have a Mark V head with a horizontal 2x12 recto cab. I love the sound, but I rarely get to actually experience its full potential. But I DO frequently get...

Sweet! Glad you're liking it. I couldn't agree more regarding being able to use the 90-watt mode and dial things the way you'd really want to with a full cab. Also, any knob tweaking comes through as well, and allows you to keep learning and bonding with the amp. Just don't expect things to...

Hi, I'll chime in as well... I have a MKV head and was struggling finding ways to use it in my apartment. Even the 10-watt mode was too loud for my environment. Got the CabClone finally. Really happy with it! There are two separate ways that I think of CabClone: 1) practicing, and 2)...

I've just added CabClone to my Mark V head setup for live usage. Currently, I'm in a rock cover band of sorts. I use a 2x12 horizontal recto cab with my MKV head. Prior to CabClone, I would have used an SM57 or whatever mic was available just to pump a little bit of my amp into the mixer for...

Good analogy, Altair-IV! Makes a lot of sense! :) I was aware of the pop going between 10 and 45/90, and it's very loud sometimes, so I generally avoid that no matter what. More realistic scenario for me would be either all same wattage for all channels, or a mix between 45 and 90. In...

Cool, I figured that would be the case, but it's always good to hear official word on these kinds of things! Awesome! Thanks! :D

Probably a silly question, but it just occurred to me that I never saw this anywhere stated (read the manual long time ago, but I don't remember now), so I guess here it goes.... Is it "advisable" to set one channel to, say 45 watts, and another to, say 90 watts, and then switch between them...

Just got my amp back today, after it spent a couple of weeks at Mesa (plus some time shipping back and forth from Boston to Petaluma and back, etc.), and I'm happy to report that the problem has been identified and fixed! According to Mesa, it was a faulty footswitch input chip LM3914N (this is...

Took it to an authorized Mesa repair, and between them and Mesa, they decided that it must get shipped to the mothership for this repair. :-( I might be responsible for shipping one-way, but then the rest should be covered under warranty. Hope everything turns out well. Will report results...