Mesa Mystery Solved II: It's Not You It's Me Boogaloo

[JiveTurkey]

Dude, we've never met irl...how do you know about my tattoo?!?

 

[JiveTurkey]

The amp has MIDI. Set it and forget it.

Yes. But midi behavior for me is not as expected and I've gotten to a point where I don't GAF and end up playing the Badlander

 

[FuzzyAce]

Dude, we've never met irl...how do you know about my tattoo?!?

Dude, you need to cover your webcam!

 

[jellodog]

Yes. But midi behavior for me is not as expected and I've gotten to a point where I don't GAF and end up playing the Badlander

I wholeheartedly support the return to simpler amps and simpler times

 

[FuzzyAce]

I wholeheartedly support the return to simpler amps and simpler times

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I wholeheartedly support the return to simpler amps and simpler times

Yes, a wall of simple amps...with an amp/cab switcher controlled via MIDI and an iso-room for cabs, please. For the simplicity.

 

[la szum]

The Fillmore is f*****g glorious. It’s to Fender as the Badlander is to……epic high gain Britishey tones.

I wasn't a fan of the gained up tones.

The cleans are cool, but not as good as the MKV cleans I can
get, or the cleans from a couple of my Fenders.

I think I'd rather get a used Fender Vibrolux '68 Reissue for the money of a Fillmore, and a
couple of decent dirt/od pedals to run in front.

 

[la szum]

I’d really love to cross paths with one of these in the wild. Is it doing blackface or tweed? I know the mark series amps are have a blackface fender lineage so I’m guessing tweed?

I’d love something that can do what my 70s SFDR does but with a second channel that can be dialed in to either replicate that with slight variations or slide into more compressed, gainier territory.

Mesa Cali Tweed is Tweed based and the Fillmores are more Black/Brownface derived--in my experience.
I have some vintage Fenders and the Fillmore was not as saggy as those. Just a little more modern and stiff
sounding/feeling. Good for some. Not as good for others.

The cloned channel thing I am an huge fan of. To be able to dial in the two channels nearly identical but with
slight EQ/Volume/.Gain changes is fan-fooking-tastic!

 

[paisleywookiee]

I wasn't a fan of the gained up tones.

The cleans are cool, but not as good as the MKV cleans I can
get, or the cleans from a couple of my Fenders.

I think I'd rather get a used Fender Vibrolux '68 Reissue for the money of a Fillmore, and a
couple of decent dirt/od pedals to run in front.

Different strokes; a buddy had that very Fender, and I hated it. He sold it quickly, just too damn loud and ice picky.

 

[Stratzrus]

Yes. But midi behavior for me is not as expected ...

What was the issue?

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

What was the issue?

Jive. The issue is always Jive.

 

[JiveTurkey]

What was the issue?

Doesn't always retain the loop, eq, channel settings.

Jive. The issue is always Jive.

This is mostly the overall "issue"

 

[Stratzrus]

Doesn't always retain the loop, eq, channel settings.

That's a serious issue.

Is it the VII, the MIDI pedal (FM9?) or just the interaction of the two.

Do I remember you saying it was better with the Helix?

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Is it the VII, the MIDI pedal (FM9?) or just the interaction of the two.

Pretty sure the title of the thread explains what it is....

 

[JiveTurkey]

So revisited for a good long while yesterday and today. Again, this is all me.

Spouted off on this in another thread but will post up here as well for "historical purposes". I treated the VII as a single channel amp. Used my Stomp and dirt pedals in front of that single channel. Much better connection with the amp when not trying to force it to my idiotic will.

Couple of things I noticed in my trials:
1. HX cabs are really good. Very pleased with some different speaker/cab/mic combos over the Boss and YA V30 cab I have been using.
2. The onboard eq on the Boogie is obviously "the real thing". But pretty damn noisy. The Cali EQ block in the Stomp is great (other than the weird scale of -13.9 to 13.8(?) range) and making equivalents to the IRL GEQ on the amp? 13 years of bitching about sliders but -27.4 to 23.9 range is ok? It's a LOT quieter than engaging the eq in the amp circuit itself. Very pleased \m/ Makes me want to start a metal band for the 39 bazillionth time

 

[jellodog]

@JiveTurkey The struggle is real!

Super glad to learn that you've found something that works for you and hopefully some (inner?) peace.

Less is more!

(Sorry Yngwie)

 

[JiveTurkey]

@JiveTurkey The struggle is real!

Super glad to learn that you've found something that works for you and hopefully some (inner?) peace.

Less is more!

(Sorry Yngwie)

Don't worry. The day is young!

 

[Orvillain]

Inner peace? I'd settle for an outer piece. Turrrdurrrrrrrr

 

[TSJMajesty]

But pretty damn noisy.

Tube?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Tube?

Nah. Just adds a small bit of noise to the circuit when it's engaged. The JP was noisy AF comparatively speaking. Could be my environment as well? BL is dead quiet.