Members Dr.Picklebottom Posted August 24, 2011 Members Share Posted August 24, 2011 built mesa tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Operator Posted August 24, 2011 Members Share Posted August 24, 2011 It's reinforcement so that if people can't tell that your riffs are brutal metal, they can look at your amp and go "Oh! He's playing metal." It's the same reason why they put wicker cane on the Mark series, except in that case it's so that people will know you're playing like your spinster aunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NITEFLY182 Posted August 24, 2011 Members Share Posted August 24, 2011 It was pretty dramatic to have a full metal faceplate on an amplifier when the Dual Rectifier first hit the market in 1992. Just looks tough and durable which is a good image for an amp company to have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Picklebottom Posted August 24, 2011 Members Share Posted August 24, 2011 It's reinforcement so that if people can't tell that your riffs are brutal metal, they can look at your amp and go "Oh! He's playing metal." It's the same reason why they put wicker cane on the Mark series, except in that case it's so that people will know you're playing like your spinster aunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted August 24, 2011 Members Share Posted August 24, 2011 not convinced EL84's are gonna be nearly as convincing I'll be convinced by only hearing this convincing sound I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members decode6 Posted August 24, 2011 Members Share Posted August 24, 2011 I like the diamond grill; it's what signifies a Mesa Rec. Might be looking at this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bradino Posted August 24, 2011 Members Share Posted August 24, 2011 Oooooh oooh oooooooooh! I tried my buddy's Mesa with my board not too long ago and loooved it. Just didn't want one that big. This is a strong possibility! Thanks for the post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JRBain Posted August 24, 2011 Members Share Posted August 24, 2011 I love EL84s, I like the Mesa sound (if not for me...), but I'm sceptical of the lunchbox amps, particularly the expensive ones. As in, I think it's a great idea, but it's still a head - Transport is still required; it's not like I could carry it to the gig in my backpack or something. (not to suggest that that's going to be very feasible for a suitably loud tube head...) But sadly, I imagine that it will be expensive over here, which means that if ever I manage to acquire such an amp (which I would like to do), it'll probably be the Tiny Terror handwired. Which is closer to my tastes anyway. (I like Voxy amps, and it's very 'British sounding' to my ears) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1DZReverendDavidLee Posted August 24, 2011 Members Share Posted August 24, 2011 I really don't see how Mesa are justifying the massive price tags on these tiny amps. I don't know either but I think we can all justify the huge boobs on your avatar I have 3 Mesa amps - the Heartbreaker, the Nomad and a Solo 50 Rectoverb so I have no interest whatsoever in any more Mesa amps. This little one is cute but too pricey IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 With the conventional approach you can push a pair of EL84's to get 25W out of them (really their absolute limit before failure) but they wont last very long with your typical off the shelf 84 tubes. Maybe they got a factory to up the specs a little? Very possible. But like a lot of their modern offerings they seem to go with pushing everything to the absolute limit to failure at a loss of touch sensitivity, smooth harmonic distortion, and tube life/amp life, so I wouldn't put it past them to either ride a tube set like this to short death or up the wattage on paper for a better chance at marketing (say 22 watts now becomes 25 watts etc.). Interesting, thanks for the insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ferdinandstrat Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw, it's Rectifier Jr.! He looks so much like his father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moqi Posted August 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Mesa added video samples. http://www.mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Rectifier_Series/Mini_Rectifier_25/miniRectifier25.html#p7GPc1_4 Seems like it will be $999 and not $750 ( http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MiniRectHD/ ) ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OMTerria Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Seems like it will be $999 and not $750 ( http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MiniRectHD/ ) ... Was practically jizzing through this topic until now. Will wait to see what the resale prices are... Also, can I have a combo pretty pretty please :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdMan57 Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Mesa added video samples. http://www.mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Rectifier_Series/Mini_Rectifier_25/miniRectifier25.html#p7GPc1_4 ... Clips sound really good.I like it! Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrweems Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 I love nitefly.& there are some stupid mother {censored}ers in here. Jesus, what happened to the simple rule: Google, then speak.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CrystalLake Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Mesa added video samples. http://www.mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Rectifier_Series/Mini_Rectifier_25/miniRectifier25.html#p7GPc1_4 Seems like it will be $999 and not $750 ( http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MiniRectHD/ ) ... I posted that on the first page. Street is $999 and Dealer is $750. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moqi Posted August 25, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 Yeah, seems like I don't know the difference between street and dealer price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CrystalLake Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 No worries. Still out of my price range for a lunchbox amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NITEFLY182 Posted August 25, 2011 Members Share Posted August 25, 2011 No worries. Still out of my price range for a lunchbox amp. I think this is more of a full-featured low/medium output amp. Its just in lunchbox form. Generally the "lunchbox" concept is a low wattage amp that provides passable guitar tones at a low price and small size. This amp is probably capable of doing most tones you could need in a live, studio, or home situation. Within reason of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KoskineN Posted August 26, 2011 Members Share Posted August 26, 2011 This would make a cool stereo rig with my Maz 18!!! A lot of great tone would be covered with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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