NAD: The Mesa-Ning

[Mikael Dez]

and mids… well wherever, kinda useless knob

I’m glad that I’ve read this after the last few months of wondering wtf the mid knob is even doing half the time - I hear drastic changes with treble and bass but mid seems to be like

 

[spawnofthesith]

I’m glad that I’ve read this after the last few months of wondering wtf the mid knob is even doing half the time - I hear drastic changes with treble and bass but mid seems to be like

Oh man the mid knob is even more of a placebo on Mark amps

 

[newholland]

Oh man the mid knob is even more of a placebo on Mark amps

oh man. well.. i know with mine, which has no geq, thats not true. it absolutely changes the lower mids AND upper midrange a bunch to the extent that you can back off treble AND bass. i run mine upwards of 7-8 (which ive had people tell me THATS CRAzAY?! its totally not, and is half the battle to equalizing dirty to clean tones if you use your guitar volume knob.. or the footswitch, for that matter!)

dont be afraid of cranking that sumbitch. it goes some surprising places if you turn off the geq!

 

[spawnofthesith]

oh man. well.. i know with mine, which has no geq, thats not true. it absolutely changes the lower mids AND upper midrange a bunch to the extent that you can back off treble AND bass. i run mine upwards of 7-8 (which ive had people tell me THATS CRAzAY?! its totally not, and is half the battle to equalizing dirty to clean tones if you use your guitar volume knob.. or the footswitch, for that matter!)

dont be afraid of cranking that sumbitch. it goes some surprising places if you turn off the geq!

My III is non GEQ (although I use the HX stomp model of the Mesa geq in the loop with it)

Early on though I did do a lot of tone testing just the amp as is, and I certainly had to treat the amp COMPLETELY different to dial in with no geq action. That said, I don’t recall what I was doing with the mid knob at the time


Ngl running it up there DOES sound a lil crazy to me but now I want to experiment on the III

 

[newholland]

My III is non GEQ (although I use the HX stomp model of the Mesa geq in the loop with it)

Early on though I did do a lot of tone testing just the amp as is, and I certainly had to treat the amp COMPLETELY different to dial in with no geq action. That said, I don’t recall what I was doing with the mid knob at the time


Ngl running it up there DOES sound a lil crazy to me but now I want to experiment on the III

haha.. oh shit.. dial it WAY up. it really changes the gain texture, and it lets you back off a enough on gain 1 to buy you some clean tones, and lets you drive the lead gain up- which kinda has a scoopier texture anyhow. on my ii, i haveta crank the presence and mids the get it really breathing. iiis are probably totally different, but i wouldnt be surprised if theres some overlap! you DEFINITELY meet the exploding bassman with the mids up though, and it goes to a way less modern gain place to my ears, especially if you goose the bass to loosen up just enough.