New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
Sounds great. Tweedy, but delicate and subtle. great reverb too. I'd love one
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
I think it's true that they haven't done anything like this before (well, as far as I know). Never heard a Mesa that could do a nice SRV tone (which I think this one could).
Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
Can't proclaim to be much of a Mesa guy... but I do like the look of this one
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
Is it my ears or do the demos make it sound dark; like there's a blanket over it? That typical Mesa thing.
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
Had your ears checked for wax? Sounds sparkly to me!!Molly wrote:Is it my ears or do the demos make it sound dark; like there's a blanket over it? That typical Mesa thing.
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
Say again?jeremyb wrote:Had your ears checked for wax? Sounds sparkly to me!!Molly wrote:Is it my ears or do the demos make it sound dark; like there's a blanket over it? That typical Mesa thing.
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
I quite like the sound of the cleans although the overdriven tones still have that Mesa thing to my ears, it’s hard to describe but they all seem to have it.
This one has more appeal to me than most of their other current models however.
This one has more appeal to me than most of their other current models however.
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
The same sorta thing as people saying prs guitars sound sterile?Reg18 wrote:the overdriven tones still have that Mesa thing to my ears, it’s hard to describe but they all seem to have it.
(I don’t think they do)
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
It’s the low gain/mid gain tones that I’m thinking of, Ive owned about 3 Mesas previously and played lots more, it’s hard to describe but it never sounds quite right to me.Single coil wrote:The same sorta thing as people saying prs guitars sound sterile?Reg18 wrote:the overdriven tones still have that Mesa thing to my ears, it’s hard to describe but they all seem to have it.
(I don’t think they do)
As for PRS, amazing guitars that play and sound great! but I’ll always struggle to seperate them from the 90s Numetal scene, although a local pawnshop has a Custom 22 coming out shortly which has got my attention.
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
Not claiming to be an amp dialling in expert, and no idea how the guitar tone controls were set, but it looks like they all had way more bass and or less treble than I would.Molly wrote:Is it my ears or do the demos make it sound dark; like there's a blanket over it? That typical Mesa thing.
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
Mesa usually advise you to reduce the bass as you increase the gain. Not so in the examples, eh.JHorner wrote:Not claiming to be an amp dialling in expert, and no idea how the guitar tone controls were set, but it looks like they all had way more bass and or less treble than I would.Molly wrote:Is it my ears or do the demos make it sound dark; like there's a blanket over it? That typical Mesa thing.
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'
theres prob a fair bit of unconscious bias going on-i thought pretty much the same,"that sounds pretty modern/mesa" (despite this intended market being leagues out of my wheelhouse) if i hadnt have seen the amp or known it was a mesa id be none the wiser.Maybe.