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[EOengineer]

I read an unsubstantiated but not hard to believe rumor that Mike B is hanging it up once he clears his current backlog. That will truly be the end of an era.

TBH I’m actually a bit surprised by how many of the key players stayed after Randall’s contentious exit.

 

[newholland]

ya know- ive had my iib for ten years, and having finally done all the legwork to figure the best sounds i can get outa the lead channel- i recently got a bogner wessex.

much as i do enjoy the iib dirty, setting my amp up for a well balanced clean tone at humane levels with the wessex, im back in the same place i always get to with all my mesas: in just dont prefer the dirt on em to a good overdrive into a clean front end.

fortunately- the iib is SUPER good at being The Tiny Twin.

i dont really think its a deficiency of the amp- i think a 1981 mark was a colossal volume weapon, and the preamp is geared to play at outrageous volumes i can't currently use- so its not really any complaint.. but yeah.. this is the third time i just went straight clean channel in a mesa from the 80s.

 

[EOengineer]

ya know- ive had my iib for ten years, and having finally done all the legwork to figure the best sounds i can get outa the lead channel- i recently got a bogner wessex.

much as i do enjoy the iib dirty, setting my amp up for a well balanced clean tone at humane levels with the wessex, im back in the same place i always get to with all my mesas: in just dont prefer the dirt on em to a good overdrive into a clean front end.

fortunately- the iib is SUPER good at being The Tiny Twin.

i dont really think its a deficiency of the amp- i think a 1981 mark was a colossal volume weapon, and the preamp is geared to play at outrageous volumes i can't currently use- so its not really any complaint.. but yeah.. this is the third time i just went straight clean channel in a mesa from the 80s.

My Mark III and Studio Pre both make fantastic pedal platforms. I actually prefer them for that over my Princeton or Deluxe. Nothing wrong with using dirt pedals.

 

[newholland]

My Mark III and Studio Pre both make fantastic pedal platforms. I actually prefer them for that over my Princeton or Deluxe. Nothing wrong with using dirt pedals.

i dont feel too bad about it cause you could do way worse than a iib for great cleans... but the gain structure of the amp's lead channel doesnt really let you modulate as easily into midgain sounds at the guitar at home practice levels. it wasnt designed for that anyhow.

the upshot is, man does that wessex sound good driving the snot out of that clean channel