I don't hear anything really "Marshally" jumping out at me, more like nice Super Reverb and Boogie Mark I sounds; But that works for me. Excellent amp and well made video.
Just bought a new Dyne 1 x12. My first Boogie ever. Sounds pretty much like my Marshalls I have been playing for years, especially plugged into Marshall cabs. I can get a good tone at low volumes which is "new" for me with my vintage type non master amps. Nice! This amp nails Hendrix tones IMO and I need no pedals to do my thing with this amp, way nice! Does well with a jazz box. I'm liking this amp and plan to keep it! Mesa discontinued this model and I bought it maybe below cost! So can you!
Absolutely worth it. the vintage chanel is very close to the design and tone of the JCM 800. The low mode is like the low gain input on the JCM800, while the "Hi" mode adds the extra gain stage like the High gain input in the JCM800. Instead of having different inputs, like the JCM800 has, the added gain stage is added by simply clicking the switch or footswitch button. It's NOT the amp for the stereotypical Mesa fan though. It's more for the vintage amp fan. You also get a beautiful buttery fenderish clean with a little more bottom end than the Fenders
My experience with the Lonestar and the Electra Dyne is they were way too muddy in a band situation. But it did have a really big sound with with a lot of bottom end if that's what you like. The problem was the lead channel. Notes were flat and dead when you would solo, ZERO sustain. For all you EJ lovers, not gonna happen with Mesa. Listen to Andy Timmons play Crossroads, the rhythm is way to muddy sounding even with him.
If you wanted to pay the kind of money required for an amp that basically takes a clean sound and can boost it twice, I'd say buy a Friedman (the real simple one), and get 2 boost pedals. Cuz that's what this amp seems like to me, and probably a good reason why it's discontinued. It also seems like it morphed into the Triple Crown. Now THAT'S a truly versatile amp, with 3 "real" channels, that can nail british tones as well as hi-gain stuff, and has modern features like MIDI.
not true at all. It's 2 channels, with two modes built into the vintage channel. clean and vintage are entirely different. Just seems like "...single channel amp...w/3 modes if you base your impression only on looking at the control panel without hearing it or looking at a schematic. It looks simpler than it is because they use ganged pots which switch values depending on which channel is on. The "modes" on the vintage channel either add or remove an extra gain stage, like the difference between the low gain input jack and high gain input jack on a JCM800. The Vintage channel is one channel with the "mode" option adding the higher gain stage, but the clean channel is a wholly separate circuit using different pots. It would have actually been better if the had a separate row of pots for clean and vintage (instead of using the single row of ganged pots) because it would have eliminated the issue of balancing the levels between the channels, but they were trying to make it look more simple to appeal to people whose heads explode when they see the rows of pots on a Mark V or Road King.
@@samroney6644 From Mesa's website: "Single Channel simplicity with the performance versatility of a Multi-Channel amp through 3 Footswitchable Modes (Classic Boogie Clean, Vintage Low Gain, Vintage Hi Gain)" It's a single-channel amp with 3 modes, just like he said. NOT not true at all. Plus, if the clean was its own channel, it wouldn't need a dedicated trim pot.
@@gr8guitarplayer the clean chanell sounds completely different from the dirt channels. the amp uses stacked pots, so clean and dirt have different tone stacks.
You Brits need to learn (The Captain does the same thing) how to pronounce Mesa. The "E" sounds like the "A" in "say." You're pronouncing it as if it had 2 S's.
The reason the ‘a’ in say is pronounced that way is the ‘y’ dictates such a pronunciation. The ‘e’ in Mesa is pronounced that way (May-saa) because it is a Spanish word.
This is one of the finest modern amps made today. Tone is superb and the features are elegant in their simplicity.
You guys always do great reviews. Thanks
Just hearing that demo of the 3 gain ranges chording it sold me!
Really cool amp,and youre a good guitarplayer! Thanks for the review! Go on!
This amp is one of my favorite in the line. The top would be the Lone Star Special.
I don't hear anything really "Marshally" jumping out at me, more like nice Super Reverb and Boogie Mark I sounds; But that works for me. Excellent amp and well made video.
That's what's nice about it. I have the electra dyne combo and a Marshall dsl40c. They couldn't be more different!
Just bought a new Dyne 1 x12. My first Boogie ever. Sounds pretty much like my Marshalls I have been playing for years, especially plugged into Marshall cabs. I can get a good tone at low volumes which is "new" for me with my vintage type non master amps. Nice! This amp nails Hendrix tones IMO and I need no pedals to do my thing with this amp, way nice! Does well with a jazz box. I'm liking this amp and plan to keep it! Mesa discontinued this model and I bought it maybe below cost! So can you!
Sounds so damn good! I'm going to try these settings on my electradyne. I lack the skill of this guy but maybe I can achieve the sweet tone...
I know this is an old video, but do you recall what mic that was? Beautifully recorded
What pickups are you using? Sounds amazing
Bo88y Beretta I
Is that a '60's Classic Player Strat?
Does anyone think this amp was worth the 1800$ they were asking for it? Which Marshall are they referring too as a reference for the 1st gain channel?
Absolutely worth it. the vintage chanel is very close to the design and tone of the JCM 800. The low mode is like the low gain input on the JCM800, while the "Hi" mode adds the extra gain stage like the High gain input in the JCM800. Instead of having different inputs, like the JCM800 has, the added gain stage is added by simply clicking the switch or footswitch button. It's NOT the amp for the stereotypical Mesa fan though. It's more for the vintage amp fan. You also get a beautiful buttery fenderish clean with a little more bottom end than the Fenders
My experience with the Lonestar and the Electra Dyne is they were way too muddy in a band situation. But it did have a really big sound with with a lot of bottom end if that's what you like. The problem was the lead channel. Notes were flat and dead when you would solo, ZERO sustain. For all you EJ lovers, not gonna happen with Mesa. Listen to Andy Timmons play Crossroads, the rhythm is way to muddy sounding even with him.
If you wanted to pay the kind of money required for an amp that basically takes a clean sound and can boost it twice, I'd say buy a Friedman (the real simple one), and get 2 boost pedals. Cuz that's what this amp seems like to me, and probably a good reason why it's discontinued. It also seems like it morphed into the Triple Crown. Now THAT'S a truly versatile amp, with 3 "real" channels, that can nail british tones as well as hi-gain stuff, and has modern features like MIDI.
It's a single channel amp...w/ 3 modes.
not true at all. It's 2 channels, with two modes built into the vintage channel. clean and vintage are entirely different. Just seems like "...single channel amp...w/3 modes if you base your impression only on looking at the control panel without hearing it or looking at a schematic. It looks simpler than it is because they use ganged pots which switch values depending on which channel is on. The "modes" on the vintage channel either add or remove an extra gain stage, like the difference between the low gain input jack and high gain input jack on a JCM800. The Vintage channel is one channel with the "mode" option adding the higher gain stage, but the clean channel is a wholly separate circuit using different pots. It would have actually been better if the had a separate row of pots for clean and vintage (instead of using the single row of ganged pots) because it would have eliminated the issue of balancing the levels between the channels, but they were trying to make it look more simple to appeal to people whose heads explode when they see the rows of pots on a Mark V or Road King.
@@samroney6644 From Mesa's website: "Single Channel simplicity with the performance versatility of a Multi-Channel amp through 3 Footswitchable Modes (Classic Boogie Clean, Vintage Low Gain, Vintage Hi Gain)"
It's a single-channel amp with 3 modes, just like he said. NOT not true at all.
Plus, if the clean was its own channel, it wouldn't need a dedicated trim pot.
@@gr8guitarplayer the clean chanell sounds completely different from the dirt channels. the amp uses stacked pots, so clean and dirt have different tone stacks.
You Brits need to learn (The Captain does the same thing) how to pronounce Mesa. The "E" sounds like the "A" in "say." You're pronouncing it as if it had 2 S's.
The reason the ‘a’ in say is pronounced that way is the ‘y’ dictates such a pronunciation. The ‘e’ in Mesa is pronounced that way (May-saa) because it is a Spanish word.