Going rate for an early Mesa Tremoverb?

[bwgintegra]

Found a local Mesa Tremoverb I'm going to check out. Has that attached power cord, pointer knobs, serial # R-05474, transformers are 561140 and 562105. I've owned a lot of the newer rectifiers stuff but always wanted to try one of these. If I like it what kind of money are these going for lately. It comes with a single FS and the headshell looks like it;s in great shape.

Thanks

 

[NoiseUnderTheFloor]

I've seen the heads going for between $750 - $950 depending on condition. Split the difference and say $850. The 2X12 combo version, a little more. There's a local shop near me that has a T-Verb head in decent condition tagged at $1100, its been sitting there for at least a year. Way too high, you'd think they'd figure it out.

 

[mooncobra]

by FAR the best Mesa I have ever played was a Trem o Verb. It was a long time ago, around 93 I think? anyhow, it was a MONSTER, it sounded so good, actually, much better than any Mesa I have heard or played since then. It was a 2 x 12 combo in orange leather.

 

[Bxlxaxkxe]

Sold one for 800 a few years ago. Thought it was a very fair price. Miss it.

 

[NoiseUnderTheFloor]

by FAR the best Mesa I have ever played was a Trem o Verb. It was a long time ago, around 93 I think? anyhow, it was a MONSTER, it sounded so good, actually, much better than any Mesa I have heard or played since then. It was a 2 x 12 combo in orange leather.

Definitely. I had one of the first ones Washington Music Center got in stock when they were released. Loved that amp, but had to sell it when I went through a rough patch financially and also wasn't in a band. One of the heaviest freakin' amps to move or carry though....good grief. I've recently played a few used that were later series, none sound as good as I remember mind sounding, but maybe its just me mis-remembering "the way it was"

I have a RA-100 now. The only Mesa I've really liked since the T-Verb. Even still, I've not completely sold/bonded on it.

 

[RJF]

I just sold mine locally for $775. It's a nice amp as far as having reverb and the tremolo feature, but the gain channels were nothing to rave about. It didn't sound any better than a Solo head, and the bass knob was real touchy on the red channel. Just a little too much bass and it would mud up bad.

 

[NoiseUnderTheFloor]

I just sold mine locally for $775. It's a nice amp as far as having reverb and the tremolo feature, but the gain channels were nothing to rave about. It didn't sound any better than a Solo head, and the bass knob was real touchy on the red channel. Just a little too much bass and it would mud up bad.

That's always been my experience with most Mesa amps, the bass knobs are touchy and a little goes a long way, otherwise they get too wooly sounding. Always better to dial back on their bass knobs and use a separate graphic eq, whether the built in Mesa models, or an external in the effects loop to add more and tighter lows. I remember running a Boss GE-7 in the loop of my T-Verb and having the bass knob dialed back to about 9 o'clock. It also could help remove some of the flub. My RA-100 I have currently is the only Mesa I've been able to get along with without additional EQ, but it might be because the tone stack probably is more in line with something like a Marshall or even Bogner, at least from what I've read/heard.

 

[RJF]

On my Solo heads I run the bass at 2-3 o clock. That Tremoverb I had was touchy, anything past 12 oclock and instant muddyness. Lower than 11oclock and it had very little bass. Who knows, maybe it needed a new potentiometer for the bass.