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Rare find from a 1977 Mesa BoogieModerators: pompeiisneaks, Colossal
FUCHSAUDIO wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 4:59 pm Mike Bendinelli at Mesa told me "we rip those out and put in real tubes, as well as the constant current diodes in the cathodes"...Oh, why ? "they sounded like ass"...
Nuff said. With modern LND-150's you can do so much better as far as solid state tube substitutes...
I guess every Mesa I've heard had a fetid fetron as they all sounded like ass. Except a Blue Angel I heard a decade ago. That was nice.Reeltarded wrote: ↑Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:00 pmFUCHSAUDIO wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 4:59 pm Mike Bendinelli at Mesa told me "we rip those out and put in real tubes, as well as the constant current diodes in the cathodes"...Oh, why ? "they sounded like ass"...
Nuff said. With modern LND-150's you can do so much better as far as solid state tube substitutes...
How could they know it sounded like ass?
Ahh they bought a decent sounding amp to test it in.
Sorry to bother.
Funny story: I was working in a repair shop (Triple S), and we were an east coast service center for Mesa-Boogie in the 80's. A customer comes in with a fresh set of Mesa tubes (premium, tested, etc) for us to install in his Mark amp.
I'm not talking about user adjustments. All fixed bias amps should have an internal bias adjustment. At two dollars in parts, less at scale, it's a crappy way to save a buck. But we all know it wasn't an incompetent engineering decision. As Reeltarded posted, it's a sleazy way to boost income, telling amp owners they need a special numbered matched set of power tubes.Reeltarded wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:22 am I don't think we like Randall because of 1000 reasons... and I'm all for anything that makes my guitars sound even better.
But...