Mesa dc10

[beagles15t]

Can anybody describe the dc 10 for me and explain why it is or isn’t a worthy amp ? found one for really cheap seems heavy as hell and is probably loud as fawk , not enough good vids on it and everyone is boosting

 

[BSRIAudio]

The DC10 is sick. Its one of the main amps on the first Slipknot record IIRC. Its in between the Mark series and Rectifier series feature-wise. It has fully separate channel controls and a graphic EQ but the tone stack and EQ are both after the gain stages so you can do some powerful tone shaping. Demos are likely using a boost because it has less gain than a Rectifier. Its also quite a bit tighter in the low. They are definitely very loud amps. I think the main reason they aren't as popular is they were made for a relatively short period of time and they didn't have the big bold look of the rectifier so people were going for the big monster amp with the diamond plate over the conservative looking Caliber.

 

[Markedman]

Great amp!

 

[turtlefingers]

I used to have one.
It is a sleeper for sure, but you will nee to do the serial loop mod, because it is unusable being parallel.

 

[Snave]

The DC-10 is a decent amp. They were marketed as the rhythm channel from the Mark IV and the lead channel from the Rectifier, but it doesn't live up to that description. The lead channel is kind of fuzzy and undefined—better than a .50 Caliber, but not as good as a Mark III or IV in my opinion.