Members EpiPaul03 Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 Originally posted by Dimebag11 cuts through the mix MUCH better Depends who's EQing it. Really, a lot of Marshall people go to plug into a Mesa and aren't used to the EQ of the Mesa's and just give up and call it a day. It really depends who dials it in. I'm in a 3 guitarist band, and I cut through everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vancleaf Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 Marshall. love that wide open sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cibyl Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 Overall for what I like to play Boogies work better for me,....Recto's in particular. I like Marshall's though and my TopHat Emplexador does a great a impression of several vintage Marshall's that I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kesa Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 I like em both. I find that my recto has any tone I want with the tweaking being done properly. Love my recto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daveyboy Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 Marshall for me. Cuz, as my one Marshall bashing friend says: "Meh, those Marshalls are just ALL mids". DUH!! -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members richardson Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 Originally posted by danbronson Mesas sound gigantic. Thread closed! Move along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goat0063 Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 Marshall. Mesa does nothing for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AtillaTheHungry Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 I don't really know, but new Marshalls cost way too freaking much. Seriously, $2,000 for a JCM800 reissue? I'll pass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members godofmetalguita Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 mesa is just HUGE sounding. Marshalls...idk but i've never really got into them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 57GLDTP Posted December 26, 2005 Members Share Posted December 26, 2005 Marshall......Tone vs. buzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tele_jas Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 Mesa all the way!! Tone - Boogies arend as harsh and you don't need to turn up to 11 to make 'em sound good (but it's fun) gain - better gain Cleans - this is a no brainer, Marshall's don't have a good clean and Boogies are among the top of the clean tone amps. Even the Rectifier series have great cleans. Boogies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PWNAGE Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 nothing beats the sound of an UNHOLY MODDED MARSHALL OF DOOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members illini Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 Marshall all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PGS412 Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 Marshall for me! In the studio the sound engineer plugged me into a dual rec as soon as he realised there was going to be some heavier sounding guitars on a track. I gave it a shot & while i can understand why people love the Mesa dual rec, it wasn't for me & i prefered my Marshall with a boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scottdh Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 Boogie here. Just can't get into Marshall tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pink freud Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 depends. between those two, mesa boogie. but of you include amps BASED off the marshalls (soldano, bogner, 5150 through the soldano, splawn) then marshall all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members geek_usa Posted December 27, 2005 Author Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 Originally posted by daveyboy Cuz, as my one Marshall bashing friend says: "Meh, those Marshalls are just ALL mids". DUH!! You know, a fellow "guitar player" once told me, "Why would you want to buy a Marshall? They practically have NO mids..."I asked him if he knew what he was talking about, and that he knew that I MEANT Marshall and not some other brand. He clarified it for me. I then closed that conversation, knowing he was too much of an idiot for his own good, and that it might have been contagious. He's also one of those uber-devoted noise-rock fans that think anything that makes a sound is music. Some of the links he gave me made me about die laughing, but he was dead serious. Some of the utter {censored} I listened to and watched was about enough for me to visit the bands in person, and beat them over the head with their own instruments and tell them to use them properly.Yet he dissed bands like Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, and almost every band I would ever mention to him. He was a real wanker. Needless to say I don't talk to him anymore. As a side note, I think I prefer Mesa, but we will have to see once I get my DC-3 in the mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EpiPaul03 Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 Originally posted by tele_jas Mesa all the way!! Tone - Boogies arend as harsh and you don't need to turn up to 11 to make 'em sound good (but it's fun)gain - better gainCleans - this is a no brainer, Marshall's don't have a good clean and Boogies are among the top of the clean tone amps. Even the Rectifier series have great cleans.Boogies! +1. Mesas do sound better at lower volumes..Didn't think of that at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members anomaly Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 Marshall for me. Most Mesa's have a really boring tone too me, especially the Rectifiers, and they just don't cut like a marshall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ripping Rudy Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 Mesa is superior. You can get a Marshall type sound from a Mesa but not the other way around. The people saying the Mesa doesn't cut must be new to guitar playing or something. My Mesa can shear off your skin if you choose that frequency range. I've owned several Marshalls (JCM 800 included). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Whammyless Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 I like both sounds. I'd have a hard time picking just one of them. In practicality, I'd take the Mesa because Mesas sound better at low volume whereas my experience with Marshalls is that you really can't even get a good clean tone at bedroom volume, they're just too powerful and the volume knob goes from 0 to "10" with just a fraction of a turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DARKMETL/ Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 Get both and use both at once. Best of both worlds. That will solve that dilemma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hotcakes Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 Marshall. I prefer the way they cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dimebag666 Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 I've never played a real tube marshall and I've never even seen a mesa up close in the flesh.... I feel so left out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roland Posted December 27, 2005 Members Share Posted December 27, 2005 Rectoverb series II combo and JCM800 2204 half stack owner here. Apples and oranges. Life wouldn't be worth living without both but if someone put a gun to my head and made me choose, it would be the Rectoverb because its more versatile (2 channels) and sounds great at any volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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