Try looking at different pre amp tubes first...... The chinese made pre amp tubes are less harsh in the high end then the Russian made ones(mesa uses the Russian ones). Especially over the Russian R1s and R2s.
I've been using 5751s in my Voodoo V-Rock and Mesa Stiletto. Cuts back on the high...
Hey Tysc,
No problem. Hope you didn't think I was downplaying your knowledge. Didn't mean it to sound that way at all.
Your issue sounded very familiar with the drop in volume, yet the other channels worked. Happened to me once, which is why I jumped in.
Anyway, good luck with getting it back...
Hey guys,
Thats too bad. One of my main amps is a Stiletto Deuce and I get more than enough bottom. One of my fav amps. In fact, I like the Stiletto one, not the two.
I use GT -EL34LS tubes in a 7# for the power tubes, and my pre amp tubes are 5751s. Very Marshall like. We do a lot of AC/DC...
I play a lot of shows on Thursday nights now. Get home around 2am, and up at 6am to go to work. I'm usually shell shocked all day. Most of the guys in the band are musicians only, and play in a few other bands when we aren't playing.
I stopped playing for a living 18 years ago, and having to...
Hi Tysc,
If the amp is fine in most of the channels, and you had noticed a volume drop in the channel that is not working, it could most likely just be a pre amp tube for that channels input or gain stage. A pre amp tube has two sides to it so it can be used to do an input for say gain stage 2...
Thanks...... I'm really liking the amp. You know what its like with these kinds of amps. If you've never played an old Marshall type amp, and have only played high gain stuff, your probably gonna sound like crap. So much of the amp is in your hands. You have to work the amp, and most people just...
Yep.... Thats was the one. Its in AWESOME condition. Sounds killer. Just didn't sound like I was expecting. Funny thing is, I turn down the gain to about 10 o'clock, and the sound is almost what I had expected from the V-plex. Still very touch sensitive, and the harder you hit, the more it...
Its funny you say that. I hear that a lot about the Stiletto, but then guitar players come hear us and they hear my amp. They can't figure out how I got my Stiletto to sound like old AC/DC.
I re tubed it with 5751 pre-amp tubes and I put #7 Groove tube EL34-LS tubes in the power section...
Thanks Bob,
The guys are a blast to play in a band with. We look forward to the shows, and not even doing it for the money (though the money is nice) . How funny is that........
We call it our Therapy night....
Brad stopped making amps back in the early 90s. I believe he is making effects now. I used to deal with one of his designers, Evan. Every so often, he would come by with a new amp for me, and take mine. I'd get mine back in a week or so, with some new toys in them. He would set up one of the...
Actually, I'm the guy on the left side (with NO HAIR) with all the Mesa's(I use Marshall cabs).
I use the Stiletto for the AC/DC stuff, the Triple Rec is actually used as a REALLY BIG distortion box for the higher gain stuff (collective soul ie...). I have a A/B/C box that I use to blend the...
So on Monday I find a Guitar Center Ad for a used Voodoo V-Plex. I played through one a few years ago and was BLOWN Away! I called them up, and bought it. The guy tells me the thing is mint. (it really is too).
I wait all day and my Voodoo amp showed up. Now the down side of this story (I...
Hey guys,
I'm Bill. Just found this site while I was looking for info on a Voodoo V-plex. Looks like there is a lot of good info here. I'm a guitar player from the 80s and got to use a lot of modded stuff back then. Rivera amps( Pauls modded Marshalls and then hisb TBR-1), Bedrocks, amps like...