What the word on the Mesa 20/20 power amp?

[Schaf]

I just picked one up locally out of curiousity. It has a silver front. Mosty that I've seen for sale have the black fronts. What's the the good bad and ugly?

 

[gtrwun]

I used a 20/20 for a few years in my rig and I loved it. It did have a problem when I first got it, that was quickly repaired by Mesa and I never had another issue of any kind. Sounded great and was plenty powerful for club gigs and keeping up with a loud rock drummer. I think I used a Marshall JMP-1 with mine. Been a long time so I cant get into more detail but I'd buy another without reservation. Nice piece.

 

[japetus]

I had one for a few months awhile back, I was using it as a gigging power amp with a JMP-1. I really liked it a lot. Pretty damn loud. I will say in that 3-5 month span, I burned through the EL84's pretty quick...but I had it cranked pretty hard.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

EL84's have their own vibe and won't sound as "big" as 6l6s or EL34's

 

[4406cuda]

I believe there is a simple mod available to add more bass, deep mod.

 

[Tone Monster]

EL84's have their own vibe and won't sound as "big" as 6l6s or EL34's

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This.

They sound good but lack oomph. Hard to describe. Wouldn't sound great for metal IMO.

 

[Schaf]

EL84's have their own vibe and won't sound as "big" as 6l6s or EL34's

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This.

They sound good but lack oomph. Hard to describe. Wouldn't sound great for metal IMO.

Thanks guys. I really was just trying to get a little info. My rig is pretty simple and am not looking to change. Just picked it up at a pretty good price but I'm probably going to unload it and pick something else up. Thinking seriously about the Randall Diavlo RD 45.

 

[BackCrack]

I believe there is a simple mod available to add more bass, deep mod.

Yup, very easy to do and totally worth doing. I found it with Google in 5 minutes.

Side note: you can still get a replacement front control plate if needed, but in black only...and you need to make sure your 20/20 is the last production version or you'll have to get creative with screw alignment.