NAD: Mesa Boogie Mini Rectifier

[NippleWrestler]

I seem to remember it was "Misty Buff"? And to be fair, I actually liked it. Though it is not a very metal colour. Whereas the one in this thread knows who it's buyers are and what they want

It looks a lot less metal now than it did when I bought it. I'm not sure purple stain is the most metal of finishes... Which was the whole point

I love it! Jarrah or somethhing, ay?

Vitex leftover from some fingerboard stock.

[griff]

The crunchy one in the middle was the best sounding

I have found that to be true with a few multichannel amps I have had, no matter the brand. I'd get a nicer high gain tone by boosting the crunch channel than I would get from the hi-gain/lead channel. Get the amp to the point is crunching quite a lot but still has dynamic range and cleans up. Then slam it with an OD/boost pedal -- or two, so you have tiers of of boost kind of thing. It just seems to be the right recipe -- for the tones I like at least.

There are amps out there that have great lead channels though. I've just never had one myself. I suspect Griff's Headfirst amp might be one of them.

Yeah it's gone.
Lead channel was great but the diode clipping made it too much of a volume drop. It was also quite compressed and my band mates TSL seemed to cut through more. But the normal crunch channel with a boost on the Headfirst was pretty good.
Cool amps those Jose style Marshall's.. but I think I prefer the balls of a SLO or VH4.

[robthemac]

The crunchy one in the middle was the best sounding

I have found that to be true with a few multichannel amps I have had, no matter the brand. I'd get a nicer high gain tone by boosting the crunch channel than I would get from the hi-gain/lead channel.

Tend to agree, but my Mesa Filmore actually sound better for crunchy tones on the highest gain setting. I have one channel set on Clean voice, just before the point of breakup. The other channel I have on Hi Gain voice, but the gain knob well below midday. Actually sounds smoother than the Crunch voice, for some weird reason.

[NippleWrestler]

On most amps if you boost the gain you want to cut bass, as pushing the gain also increases the bass, leading to flub.

[olegmcnoleg]

On most amps if you boost the gain you want to cut bass, as pushing the gain also increases the bass, leading to flub.

I really wish you had told this to my younger self

[dayl]

On most amps if you boost the gain you want to cut bass, as pushing the gain also increases the bass, leading to flub.

I...... I had no idea!

The faceplate on this nesa looks sweet!

[NippleWrestler]

I think people not reading their amp manual explains why everyone thinks you need a boost with a mesa, specifically an sd1 or TS, which cut the lows at 720hz and boost the upper mids.

The mesa manuals clearly state that juicing the gain boosts the bass so roll it back if you want tight gain, or maybe you want the looseness for doom or stoner stuff, in which case have at it.