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| 2487.1 | | CAVLRY::BUCK | Heartbreak Boulevard | Tue Mar 31 1992 10:42 | 1 |
| We'll see.
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| 2487.2 | No!! No!!! Not the 6th string! PLEASE!!!! | MANTHN::EDD | Real programs in DCL? .NOT.! | Tue Mar 31 1992 10:46 | 7 |
| > Bottom so fat your bowels will move!!!
Do guitarists consider this a plus???
:^)
Edd
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| 2487.3 | Big Bottom, | BPOV02::DERRICO | WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSanDiego? | Tue Mar 31 1992 10:52 | 5 |
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Are you shure that this isn't a Bass-Amp? ....Big Bottom?...
/Mover's Anonymous.
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| 2487.4 | | FDCV02::GOODWIN | | Tue Mar 31 1992 11:07 | 5 |
| ... this could give new meaning to the question:
But what's the _BOTTOM_ line?
/Steve
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| 2487.5 | | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Now I'm down in it | Tue Mar 31 1992 12:14 | 3 |
| > "Bottom so fat your bowels will move"
The amp sounds great, keep your bedpan handy...
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| 2487.6 | | ELWOOD::CARLIN | Balance | Tue Mar 31 1992 15:09 | 11 |
| >
> > Bottom so fat your bowels will move!!!
>
> Do guitarists consider this a plus???
>
> :^)
>
> Edd
naw -- only bass guitarists
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| 2487.7 | be the first kid on your block | RICKS::CALCAGNI | multiple sarcasm | Fri Apr 03 1992 15:32 | 10 |
| The inside scoop from a local retailer is that these will *sell* for
$1299, or $1399 with the armour option. Uh, that's for the head
only folks. And don't expect to see any for several months.
Same place is quoting $699 on the 5150 heads, so that should give
you an idea. It appears that Mesa is going after more the Soldano
market than the PV. So why does their ad seem to insult the intelligence
of most people over the age of 14???? Maybe they're only targeting the
really rich kids. Go figure.
/rick
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| 2487.8 | | CAVLRY::BUCK | Heartbreak Boulevard | Fri Apr 03 1992 15:48 | 1 |
| I got my 5150 hear for $630., fwiw
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| 2487.9 | | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Now I'm down in it | Fri Apr 03 1992 15:49 | 1 |
| I thought the ad was kind of humorous...
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| 2487.10 | | RICKS::CALCAGNI | multiple sarcasm | Fri Apr 03 1992 17:07 | 1 |
| yeah, except I thought *they* were at least half serious...
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| 2487.11 | Get serious | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Now I'm down in it | Fri Apr 03 1992 17:21 | 2 |
| Looks like the thing has some *serious* protection with that metal
plating on it...
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| 2487.12 | right off a truck bumper. | MILKWY::JACQUES | Vintage taste, reissue budget | Mon Apr 13 1992 11:14 | 13 |
| I saw the ads for the Dual rectifier amp. What they are calling
"armour" is actually diamond-plate steel. I'm not sure if it is
aluminum or stainless steel, but either way, it must ad consid-
erable weight to the amp. IMHO this looks ridiculous and appears
to do little to actually protect the amp. I'm surprised they
didn't use the heavy steel grille for the front. The picture in
the ad shows a regular grill cloth. If I want protection for my
equipment, I'll buy a road case. Mesa Boogie has always made
pretty classy looking cabinets (wood grain, black, blonde, deisel,
road ready, etc) but IMHO this amp looks ridiculous. It definately
targets a young impulsive market.
Mark
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| 2487.13 | dissent! | EZ2GET::STEWART | the leper with the most fingers | Mon Apr 13 1992 14:14 | 6 |
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I liked the look, but wondered about the weight. Not too seriously
though - no purchase likely...
\John_who's_not_young_but_must_be_impulsive
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| 2487.14 | Great review | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Low self opinion | Thu Sep 24 1992 18:18 | 14 |
| Humorous as the ads are, and the concept of having a truck bumper
wrapped around your amp is, I read a review of the Dual Rectifier one
of the magazines I read recently that RAVED about this amp's tone *and*
versatility. As I remember, the reviewer claimed it was the best
sounding amp he had ever used!
Now, I'm usually skeptical about positive reviews in magazines, 'cause
they all seem to be somewhat that way, but this one was SO
overwhelmingly glowing that it made me sit up and take notice.
Might actually convince me to stop somewhere and try one out
sometime...
Greg
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| 2487.15 | Just curious | NWACES::HICKERNELL | Retro-focussed | Fri Sep 25 1992 08:44 | 3 |
| Did he mention his bowels at all?
Dave
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| 2487.16 | stereo flatulence | TOOK::SCHUCHARD | Don't go away mad! | Fri Sep 25 1992 10:58 | 1 |
| wow! imagine having dual exhaust!!!!!!!!
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| 2487.17 | | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Low self opinion | Fri Sep 25 1992 13:02 | 4 |
| No, no bowels were mentioned. He just said it was an incredible
sounding amp that was very versatile.
Greg
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| 2487.18 | seen one | RICKS::CALCAGNI | L'Angelo Minestronio | Tue Mar 09 1993 11:47 | 7 |
| Well, nearly a year later and the Dual Rectifier heads have started to
show up in Boston area Daddy's. I didn't try it out; was afraid I
might have an "accident" :-) Anyone else out there got the 'nads?
A store clerk said he thought the 5150 blew it away, fwiw.
/rick
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| 2487.19 | | KDX200::COOPER | Hello me, it's me again! | Tue Mar 09 1993 12:28 | 9 |
| I've played one. It kicks booty. I've also played the 5150.
They are both "typical" toob heads (they both kick!). I just
like the name of the Boogie better:
"Dual Rectum Fryer"
Sorry.
:-)
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| 2487.20 | It's YOU, Coop! | GOES11::G_HOUSE | It's NOT a TOOMAH! | Tue Mar 09 1993 13:02 | 4 |
| Remember folks, according to the ads, this thing will make your bowels
move! What MORE could one ask for in an amplifier??!?
gh
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| 2487.21 | the cure for constipated guitarists | DABEAN::REAUME | Resonance Control!!! | Tue Mar 09 1993 13:22 | 7 |
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RE: -.1
.......more LED's? Sorry Coop!
-B{}{}M-
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| 2487.22 | | KDX200::COOPER | Hello me, it's me again! | Tue Mar 09 1993 13:27 | 4 |
| No apology BoOm!
The thing is definately NOT me... Now, the TriAxis paired with a
395 Simul-Class and four more 4x12's is ME. :-)
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| 2487.23 | Gak | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Son of Spam | Mon Jul 19 1993 11:30 | 11 |
| Boom said something in another note about that " diamond-plate armor
option" on these things (you know, looks like a truck bumper?) and it
reminded me of something I'd intended to mention. I saw one of these
amps (Mesa Dual Rectifier) for the first time, and it had that crap on
the front of it. The thing that amazed me most...
....IT WAS *PLASTIC*!!!
Can you believe that?
Greg
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| 2487.24 | | FREEBE::REAUME | ACCESS the TONE ZONE | Mon Jul 19 1993 13:00 | 6 |
| I saw one at Sam Ash when I was working in Long Island last week.
Faked me out. I should have tapped on it to see if it was real.
Sounded good though.
-B{}{}M-
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| 2487.25 | | GOES11::G_HOUSE | Son of Spam | Mon Jul 19 1993 13:54 | 8 |
| This one didn't have it chrome plated. In it's native black it even
looked like plastic, so I tapped on it to see. Now bear in mind that
this was the head, not the cab, I donno for sure what they're putting
on the cabs.
I didn't play through the amp.
Greg
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| 2487.26 | Any Trem-O-Verb Owners ou there ? | MSBCS::KALINOWSKI | | Fri Jan 19 1996 10:55 | 85 |
| Doesn't anyone own one of these ?
I have a Dual Rectifier Trem-O-Verb 2x12" Combo and I love the amp. I
got rid of all of my rack stuff and my marshall 1/2 stack to lighten my
load. I was looking at a MKIV originally, I test drove that and just
wasn't able to get the sound I liked from it. I then moved over and
tried a Trem-O-Verb head through a Marshall 4x12 Cab and was blown
away. I ordered a celestian loaded 2x12 combo that day.
About the amp:
This amp is not nickle plated or plastic covered (although I hear that
Duvol and Acerbis will start making frame guards for these soon ;^).
Mine has Black leather covering, black grill cloth, chrome knobs. There
is a leather handle on the top and 2 very heavy Navil type recessed
handles on each side. The amp has 4 casters and a nice cover. The
amp is 100w all tube and can easily be converted to 50w by removing 2
power tubes and a tube rectifier. The front pannel has :
Chan Gain Bass Mid Treb Pres Reverb Master Trem Trem
| O O O O O O O Dep Speed | Effects S P
O O O | |
Chan Gain Bass Mid Treb Pres Reverb Master Trem
| O O O O O O O |
The Channel select selects the voicing for the channel. There are 4
unique voicings across 2 different channels. The orange channel is a
vintage channel and the red a modern Hi-gain channel. Each channel
offers 2 unique voicings one high gain and one low gain. The channels
can be cloned; in other words you can make the red cahnnel identical to
the orange, or the orange channel identical to the red. This is real
useful if for instance you like both voicings on the Red channel. You
can clone the Red Channel onto the orange channel (in essance now
creating 2 Red channels) Use one red channel with Voicing1 and the
other with Voicing 2. You still have complete control over all preamp
setting including reverb for bith channels.
The front of the Amp has 2 complete sets of preamp controls offering
the user maximum tonal variety. Each channel has independent master and
reverb settings as well. The reberb between the red and orange channels
are also different. The orange channel offers a deeper reverb with what
appears to be a longer decay as compared to the modern red channel.
This was designed intentionally by Mesa.The tremolo is nice, although I
don't use it very often, and offers a Depth and Speed Control. Tremolo
is selectable for each channel via a switch on the front of the amp. In
addition there is an effects Master on the front pannel. This works as
a master volume when the effects loop is activated. Really cool feature
because with an effects unit in place you don't have to keep ajusting
your input and output volumes to keep the unit from clipping as you
turn up your volume. Instead you set the master for each channel, Ajust
the effects unit once and use the master Effects to control overall
volume.
The back pannel is equally interesting. There is a rectifier selection
switch which allows you to move change from tube to solid state
rectifiers. This has a pretty dramatic affect on the sound. The Tube
rectifier is much warmer and really good for blues and rock. The solid
state rectifier is really tight and excellent for hard rock/metal.
The effects loop is selectable so you can disengage it, set it for 1
cannel, the other channel or both. It has send and mix levels as well.
There is a slave with a slave level control and finally 4 1/4" jacks for
foot switch control of channel selection, reverb, tremolo, and effects
loop.
The system supports 616's or EL34 power tubes and comes with 6 12ax7's.
5 of the 12ax7's are for the preamp sections and the 4th is for the
tube reverb built into the amp. The one I selected has specially
designed 30W speakers made by Celestian for Boogie. There are also a
number of impedance matched jacks on the rear pannel suffecient to drive
2 - 4 expansion cabs.
As for the sound, I love it. I can get most of the sounds I was getting
out of My 5150 head out of it with a far more flexible second channel.
It does and absolutely wonderful clean sound and with a little tremolo
a great bluesey sound. The open back 2x12 is a bit trebely for my taste
but combined with the marshall 4x12 has all the bottom-end I'll ever
need.
Tell me there is someone out there who has one or who has tried one of
these. What were your opinions ?
Brian
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