DaveShred86
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Hello everyone!
David here, it's my first post on these boards and first of all I want to thank everybody here for taking part in such awesome forums. Lots of good info and expertise here.
Some weeks ago I purchased my first MESA BOOGIE product, an old (in very good status by the way) Mesa Studio Preamp.
Thing is that I am looking for a poweramp for this goodie boogie, my sonical pretensions are focused on old school thrash Metallica tone, (Master/AJFA era to be more precise).
Which poweramp would bring me closer to the IIC+ / IV sound? I'm not on a short budget so I will take what I have to take.
Is the IIC+ mod absolutely mandatory?
I play with mahogany guitars equiped with emg 81, when I tried the studio preamp through the powersection of a JCM900 100watts I felt quite close...
Thanks in advance to any answer.
Edit:
Sorry I forgot to tell, I play on a Bigtone cab with 4 x 12 Celestion V30
Edit 2:
I also own a JCM 800 from 1982 powered with EL34. Just using it's power amp section would be better than any MESA poweramp I can purchase for the sound I'm looking for?
David here, it's my first post on these boards and first of all I want to thank everybody here for taking part in such awesome forums. Lots of good info and expertise here.
Some weeks ago I purchased my first MESA BOOGIE product, an old (in very good status by the way) Mesa Studio Preamp.
Thing is that I am looking for a poweramp for this goodie boogie, my sonical pretensions are focused on old school thrash Metallica tone, (Master/AJFA era to be more precise).
Which poweramp would bring me closer to the IIC+ / IV sound? I'm not on a short budget so I will take what I have to take.
Is the IIC+ mod absolutely mandatory?
I play with mahogany guitars equiped with emg 81, when I tried the studio preamp through the powersection of a JCM900 100watts I felt quite close...
Thanks in advance to any answer.
Edit:
Sorry I forgot to tell, I play on a Bigtone cab with 4 x 12 Celestion V30
Edit 2:
I also own a JCM 800 from 1982 powered with EL34. Just using it's power amp section would be better than any MESA poweramp I can purchase for the sound I'm looking for?