Potential Mesa Reissues? IIC+ and Dual Rec

[James Freeman]

https://www.mesaboogie.com/en-US/p/Amp/Mark-IIC-plus-Head/2-MCP-AB

Shameless band name drop from Doug W.
Youtube will never recover from this, it's going to be a Metallica chug fest months and months on end.

 

[Blix]

I like what I hear. It's clearly "vintage" hi-gain that sounds somewhat hard to play (not a bad thing) , not the built-in insane intensity that you get from say a EVH Stealth.

 

[Desertdweller]

I like what I hear. It's clearly "vintage" hi-gain that sounds somewhat hard to play (not a bad thing) , not the built-in insane intensity that you get from say a EVH Stealth.

Until you dime the treble knob then it will crush any modern amp.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Yeah pretty sure my III could easily go toe to toe gain wise with my 5153

 

[JiveTurkey]

I forgot you had the JP you've never really kept them long right?

Yeah. The JP was too grainy and noisy. Could have been psychological to a degree as I was still in sticker shock from a purchase that expensive at the time VII was great but full of features I didn't use and things I wanted to switch between but couldn't

Yeah pretty sure my III could easily go toe to toe gain wise with my 5153

This is interesting. The EVH is saturated af. The Mesa seems a lot "drier" of a gain type

 

[spawnofthesith]

Yeah. The JP was too grainy and noisy. Could have been psychological to a degree as I was still in sticker shock from a purchase that expensive at the time VII was great but full of features I didn't use and things I wanted to switch between but couldn't

This is interesting. The EVH is saturated af. The Mesa seems a lot "drier" of a gain type

To clarify, they sound nothing alike. completely different gain structures

easily just as brutal though imo

 

[EOengineer]

Interested to see some gut shots and less controlled demos. That demo had some pretty unconventional settings with the treble at 5.

 

[Desertdweller]

Yeah. The JP was too grainy and noisy.

Interesting. I would never consider the JP2C either of these adjectives and I owned it for 4 years.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Interesting. I would never consider the JP2C either of these adjectives and I owned it for 4 years.

Peg both 6.6k sliders, gain and treble on 10 and have every piece in the chain plugged into different circuits. With the cab clone USB cable plugged in

 

[Desertdweller]

Peg both 6.6k sliders, gain and treble on 10 and have every piece in the chain plugged into different circuits. With the cab clone USB cable plugged in

Well yeah if you turn all the gain and treble on the amp up all the way you're going to get some noise lol!

 

[Elf]

Any day now!

 

[EOengineer]

NGL It’s gonna be a battle avoiding impulse buying both of these reissues on the used market. That is if they aren’t shitty.

 

[nicolasrivera]

I bet the Mesa guys were like "FINALLY! We can use Kramers in our videos!"

Game changer!

Nope, only you would think that!

 

[la szum]

Yeah. The JP was too grainy and noisy. Could have been psychological to a degree as I was still in sticker shock from a purchase that expensive at the time VII was great but full of features I didn't use and things I wanted to switch between but couldn't

This is interesting. The EVH is saturated af. The Mesa seems a lot "drier" of a gain type

That's part of the Mark thing. They can be gained up as all get out and
still feel a bit stiff and dry under the fingers. I really think this is one of
the primary reasons some people cannot get on with Marks. They are
unforgiving to play. Not all that compression of an EVH.

They can scream, "You suck!" in our face until we either don't suck,
or sell the amp.

 

[la szum]

I bet the Mesa guys were like "FINALLY! We can use Kramers in our videos!"

Game changer!

Yup. Especially the Kramers without the iconic Hockey Stick Headstock.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Nope, only you would think that!

This isn’t a game changer? How do you determine when something’s a game changer? Did this not have snappy enough marketing for you? Were you not dazzled?

 

[SonVolt]

They can scream, "You suck!" in our face until we either don't suck,
or sell the amp.

I don't agree with this. Mark's are incredibly easy to play, vs something like a Marshall for example, which makes you work a lot harder.

 

[la szum]

Easy to argue with me, but hard to argue with AI:

 

[Kagami]

I don't agree with this. Mark's are incredibly easy to play, vs something like a Marshall for example, which makes you work a lot harder.

Every time I do leads on a mark I think it could be your first time playing guitar and it would make you sound good lol.

 

[Los-D]

Yes. That will be $7,000 please.

“Mesa Bougie”