Whitestrat
New member
in all due fairness- maybe the MESA's tones appeal to you; some of us can't get along with the MESA after hearing it in person.
It didn't appeal to me on its own. It was how well the MI Tubezone OD paired with the amp that caught my attention. It produced a vintage tone, which surprisingly was very hi-fi. I didn't really like the gain stages of the Mesa. It may sound good recorded, but it didn't impress live. It was an extremley neutral amp which didn't colour my guitar tone much. I left it to the Tubezone for that during leads. And the blackstar distortion rang nicely thru the amp too, while most of the time, it's normally a bit flat. I liked how the amp beefed up the normal clean tones without adding colour like other amps.