Hi folks,
After a lot of trial and error and a lot of amps I finally found my holy grail amplifier, the Mesa LSS. It sounds great at home practice levels but when I take it out with the band it sounds too dark and a little muddy at times.
I've heard some people swap the speaker out for a Celestion Gold (currently fitted with a stock black shadow). Any thoughts on this? Are speaker swaps best left to a proper tech as I've never changed one out myself before?
Any other ideas? Maybe I should just put an EQ pedal in the chain?
My usual set up is an LP standard (all stock) through occasionally used wampler echo, fulltone wah, fulltone dejavibe. Our music style is funk/jazz/blues fusion.
Any ideas greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Phil.
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Could you not beg, borrow or hire in a cab to try another speaker?
The EQ is a good idea but put it in the FX loop*. The Blackstar HT series benefit from this technique as well.
*Unless of course they have made an electronic dog's breakfast of the loop levels/headroom! No doubt ICBM will have finished his Wheaty Bangs by now and be along......
Dave.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've had one for about 10 years now and I reckon it's a 'decent' as opposed an 'outstanding' amp. Its certainly not comparable to the top of the boutique tree....
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
For clean to slightly driven sounds, Matchless and Bad Cats are superb; for gainier sounds, I like the Fuchs ODS I tried.
I think the conclusion I've come to is that no amp that allows switching between clean and driven sounds seems to convincingly nail both.
I don't gig anymore, so I'm not planning to replace the LSS - but I'd be lying if I said it has convinced me in the long term.
I'd have happily kept it if I'd been able to sell the Bogner. I'd definitely consider buying a LSS head if I saw one for sale. If it had a seperate reverb option on each channel, I think it would have been close to perfect.