If you want a Mesa sounding distortion get a Mesa, u want a Marshall sounding distortion get a Marshall.... it's as simple as that! Just like if you want a Gibson Les Paul sound get a Les Paul and if you want a PRS singlecut sound get a PRS singlecut.... There are no comparisons even though they are both shaped and supposed to sound the same. Big difference between the 2.
No way a Marshall JCM 800 is going to sound like Mesa Dual Rect.... Hype, maybe but once u've tried a Mesa, you'll just go GAS crazy. High gain new age distortion with vintage Marshall sounding distortion. Capable of duplicating almost any distortion sound you can get just maybe British sounding crunch.
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Gibson Custom Historic Black Beauty 57' RI | Gibson Les Paul Custom 1989 | PRS Custom 22 10 Top | Gibson Hummingbird | Epiphone Union Jack l Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier | UnGauGeD Photos
Yup! But actually new one not very ex also lah. Buy used one off ebay, but prepared to pay shipping plus additional cost on transformer. If one can spend 5k on a guitar, I think 6k on one MESA not too much,..right? One day must gather all the MESAs here, then BLAST BLAST BLAST till everyone toh! Maybe one side MESA, the other side Marshall. Hows dat my brothers? Haha.. Marchiam geetar hero!!
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Gibson Custom Historic Black Beauty 57' RI | Gibson Les Paul Custom 1989 | PRS Custom 22 10 Top | Gibson Hummingbird | Epiphone Union Jack l Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier | UnGauGeD Photos
Haha, I ruffled a few Mesa feathers here. Ok, I take it back....Mesa ain't hype.
Speaking of Mesa, I prefer the lower wattage and slightly lower gain ones (old skool lah). More suitable for home use. If got chance, I certainly like to try out the Express 5:25 combo (new 1x12 version) and the LoneStar.
Mesa are certainly good amps. Especially the rectifier series.. Totally blown me away when i tried it at Japan. But on the other hand, they uses rectifier tubes; which will be the 1st to fail because of inconsistent current flow.
