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russellconner
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My question is on the channel volume levels you guys use. Here's my amp's setup:
LP w/ EMGs --- ISP Decimator --- Dual Rectifier --- Two OS Mesa 4x12 Rectifier cabs (8 ohms each)
(no boost, effects loop OFF)
The amp is a 1994 chrome chassis with a Rev. G board. However, it has all the early rev features like attached power cord, serial loop, small logo, etc. It basically looks like Mesa used a leftover chrome chassis from the earlier revisions to build mine when I ordered it.
Here's my dilemna. With high gain, it seems like the volume increases way too quickly when i turn up the channel volumes. By the time i turn it up to 10:30 on either channel (with gain at 2:30 or so) the amp is holy crap loud and starting to break up. I have tried new power tubes and gotten the same thing.
Do you guys think something has gone bad, and that i need to replace a part? Is it a tube issue, and i just need to got through and swap them out? It still sounds good, it's just very hard to control the volume when it goes from off to nose bleed in a quarter turn.
thanks in advance for your input, guys.
-russell
LP w/ EMGs --- ISP Decimator --- Dual Rectifier --- Two OS Mesa 4x12 Rectifier cabs (8 ohms each)
(no boost, effects loop OFF)
The amp is a 1994 chrome chassis with a Rev. G board. However, it has all the early rev features like attached power cord, serial loop, small logo, etc. It basically looks like Mesa used a leftover chrome chassis from the earlier revisions to build mine when I ordered it.
Here's my dilemna. With high gain, it seems like the volume increases way too quickly when i turn up the channel volumes. By the time i turn it up to 10:30 on either channel (with gain at 2:30 or so) the amp is holy crap loud and starting to break up. I have tried new power tubes and gotten the same thing.
Do you guys think something has gone bad, and that i need to replace a part? Is it a tube issue, and i just need to got through and swap them out? It still sounds good, it's just very hard to control the volume when it goes from off to nose bleed in a quarter turn.
thanks in advance for your input, guys.
-russell