How are you guys liking them? I'm really considering one if these over a new Marshall. I think prs nailed this one. Do you guys know if you can swap in el34s like the archons? I would think not, but just curious cuz that would be amazing.
Brother, if PRS makes a big boy version, 50 or a 100 Watt, I will buy that one too. It sounds so damn good; and the more than I play it, the more that I like it. Ever had a piece of gear that makes you feel like you're getting better at playing because of that gear? This is one of those pieces for me. It's that good.
I threw a 12au7 tube in V3, and a 12at7 in V4...... Holy CRAP! Made this Amp so so much more versatile. The gain at 9 o'clock is blues all day. 3 o'clock is full on metal. With everything in between.
16:50-17:14 - Whatever mic situation was happening here, more of it please. That is like the most authentic 'room' sound I've ever heard on any of your videos. It was an accurate representation of cab and ambient sound. Perfect!!!
@@rickeymitchell8303 Well greenbacks are different then V30s. So though the amp itself is great, once you pair it with a really well pair of celestion's and you'd be set for a while.
Amp sounds sick. My old band opened up for Alter Bridge back in like......2005 and Mark brought us up on his bus (equipped with a satellite dish, etc. lol) and chatted with us and he was just a really nice guy.
Nah. Once I found out I was having a daughter I gave up the touring life. Not trying to be away from home and miss that haha. That band I was in was sponsored by Jagermeister so we got to play some pretty cool shows. That show was Alter Bridge and Future Leaders Of The World and we also did a couple shows with Staind, Three Days Grace and Hurt and one with Slayer and I can't remember the other Jager ones. But yeah man, was good times. I don't mention this to come off as bragging or anything. Just appreciative. Really I just wanted to point out what a nice fella Mr. Tremonti was :)
IanVase Dude I saw you guys at Mayhem Fest in Texas! I bought y'alls CD after I watched ya'll play, glad to hear you're enjoying the family life man, hope life continues to treat you well!
This channel and all the folks that are a part of it inspire me to push myself to become the best guitar player I can be. I’ll have my own “Captain meets Kevin Yost” video, mark my words. Whether he’s 50 or 90 when it happens though is the part that worries me a bit xP
A million thumbs up guys!...the videos are getting better every time!....I have a mt 15 on preorder here in the states and I can't freaking wait to get it!!!!....... Gonna run it thru a 1960 4x12 and an orange 2x12 closed back.... Shld bring down the foundation on my house!!!!.... Cheers and God bless!... Love you guys
Btw the fact that it's an affordable lunchbox is all mark: he didn't want it anywhere above $700 which, if you're looking for the maximum tone per dollar ratio, automatically means that you're getting a tiny head
ser_Moist its called a receding hairline - either way he is still rocking his hair somehow. The magic of chappers to look good while going bald where he then becomes bob
Mark tremonti is the guy that made me go play guitar! I own the first tremonti SE with the us humbuckers. Currently no amps... played through a marshall jcm900 and a dual rectifier. God i mis the mesaboogie. Killer sound. Maybe the mt15 is a nice amp to start playing again. Or a new rectifier 🧐
Open our eyes for the Intro??? You kiddin me?? 🙌🏻😃. Absolutely fabulous job Rob! These amps really cook. Really wish they were made in the states. I would gladly pay more for a US amp
omg. crazy video. Big props to Chappers for flying on a plane, then getting up early to do this shit. Reminds me of my Bogner Uberschall pedal it's really just geared for those high intensity sounds, but if you coax it at the bottom of the dial it does get "A wee bit bluesy" and clean-ish.
Great review of a great sounding Amp. Congrats for Chapman and the Captain again, for this great video. Finally someone shows a video review of the MT15, with a Strat and a Tele, and not just with a PRS guitar, playing Tremonti type riffs, I really like Tremonti, of course, but this review really show the versatility of this great little amp.
Saw a Latin band yesterday and the lead guitarist used this amp and accompanying cab, with a Suhr Tele - mostly clean, and on the edge of breakup, - he sounded righteous!
This is probably the best value valve head in the world right now. It shreds! It’s like an EVH lunchbox head, but with a dedicated clean channel added on that also sounds amazing.
Have had this amp for nearly a year now. Does metal great, but there’s absolutely no way to get a classic crunch out of it without pedals. I use an EQD Plumes on mode 2 with the vol/gain dimed thru the clean channel. It sounds badass.
Yea so got mine in the mail today and plucked into my marshall 1936 and got nothing more than a crunch. I thought that it would be fine without od pedal but seems like it wasnt.
Everybody hears differently,that’s exactly why you can’t trust any opinions on gear except your own,and you damn sure can’t trust anything you “hear” on you tube
For modern guitar player Prs mt-15 is the best I must say! More aggressive,clean tone,darker, dynamic vibes, crunchy,groovy & hooky..and many many more...!!! That's what killer mt-15 does🤘
Great vid, but then... is it too much to ask that when presenting an amp the reverb is less prominent? Not everyone likes the sound as wet. Felt a bit like a reverb demo inbetween until 22:22. I don't mind the delay, but reverb changes the sound IMO.
I was just telling my wife that this is the amp that I want but I probably should buy something like the Sonzera just to cover more bases... but I REALLY want this one since rock/metal tones are my absolute favorite.
neilomac I don’t believe in “one trick”. You can always tweak to do more one trick is one of those guitar words we all grow around that is basically bullshit. Work you knobs peeps. It’s all in the knobs
I liked the PRS archon, but felt something was missing. I think they nailed it with this amp tho. It sounds killer. Amazing with that precision drive too.
Never had a tube amp before, but this one has everything im looking for. Killer clean, Killer lead, And by what i hear, it works really well with distortion or Boost pedals really well. Im going to pick this up along with a delay/reverb pedal. Im also going to pick up a Fortin Blade. And ill just use my Fortin Zuul+ to keep everything nice and quiet or cut the unnecessary noise.
Robert Lawson do you play it through the 1x12. In its it too loud for at home? I’m worried it will be too loud even at 7 watts. I’m fine with blasting out. Just not eat defining loud
Fout years later and I can attest to this comment. I have a USA 6505+ and it just doesn't punch my chest like this amp does. It does cut through with its huge mids, that's something a 5150/6505 can do. I had to boost the MT15 to tighten up the low end, it's so HUGE yet usable, unlike a dual recto which sounds like a undergained, garbled, undefined, fat mess 😂😂😂
Well I bought the Amp a while back. The supplier accepted my MG 102 as a trade in so I was able to get the matching speaker cab effectively for nowt! The thing is killer! Always on the reduced setting and its still way loud enough for bedroom use. If I crank it its just excellent! My next purchase will be a full US PRS Tremonti. It'll take me a lonnnng time to save for that though! Oh, BTW the footswitch does come with the amp...
Won't be flogging the Evh lbx ii and rushing out to buy a prs Tremonti anytime soon , I thought the lbx was a bit modern sounding but the Tremonti takes the biscuit .
Very sweet. I think I'm gonna get me one of these amps, swap the stock JJ 6L6GC's with either NOS - SED - Winged =C=, or TungSol 7581A power tubes and a combination of pre war EI - ECC83 and Sovtek 12AX7LPS (long plate) preamp tubes, then I'll pair it with a Mooer G300 (once it's soon released) and run it through one of my Celestion, WGS or Jenson cabs with an IR speaker simulator and I believe it'll be about the best rig ever created in my 42 years of playing, owning (and using) most of the best pieces of vintage and modern music gear ever built. I believe that set up is going to be the greatest culmination of value and technology in guitar amplification history. $1250 dollars (for both units) that can easily achieve nearly infinite tube tones of pretty much every artist in Rock history is almost too good to be true. Almost.
Matt Reid im saying you might as well get a real rectifier instead of a mini rec. Used dual recs here: 900 eur, new mini: 1500 eur, used mini: idk, guessing 700-1000 depending on age etc.
@Matt Reid don't know what the market is like where you are, but this MT-15 is about $1000 CAD and used Mesa Dual Recs go for $900-$1000 CAD all the time here. Dual and Triple Recs are dirt cheap nowadays.
This amp sounds absolutely incredible. I did purchase it, but had to exchange for a different head because this one was way too loud for bedroom use, even at half power. Also the effects loop emits a humming sound whenever used and can affect other pedals such as chorus and reverb.
There is a half power switch on the back to compensate for that a little bit. But since ill be running a noise gate (fortin zuul+) it should be mitigated. Also sitting next to the transformer creates hum naturally so id make sure you aren't just sitting next to noise.
![Alter Bridge Rig Rundown Guitar Gear Tour with Mark Tremonti & Myles Kennedy [2023]](/img/n.gif)
We know a guy... We'll put in a good word for the show.
When will they start shipping in the USA? I've got one on preorder. Thanks
Wuhuuuu!😀😀😀
Outstanding! I've got one on order; looking very much forward to this monster shipping!
How are you guys liking them? I'm really considering one if these over a new Marshall. I think prs nailed this one. Do you guys know if you can swap in el34s like the archons? I would think not, but just curious cuz that would be amazing.
Brother, if PRS makes a big boy version, 50 or a 100 Watt, I will buy that one too. It sounds so damn good; and the more than I play it, the more that I like it. Ever had a piece of gear that makes you feel like you're getting better at playing because of that gear? This is one of those pieces for me. It's that good.
Captain meets Mark Tremonti!!! MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!
Magic word? :-)
PLEASE!? 🙏
PLEASE LEE? :D
P-P-P-P-P-P-P-PLEEEAAAASE !!!!
S'il-vous-plaîîîîît, por favor, per favore, bitte !!!
I threw a 12au7 tube in V3, and a 12at7 in V4...... Holy CRAP! Made this Amp so so much more versatile. The gain at 9 o'clock is blues all day. 3 o'clock is full on metal. With everything in between.
16:50-17:14 - Whatever mic situation was happening here, more of it please. That is like the most authentic 'room' sound I've ever heard on any of your videos. It was an accurate representation of cab and ambient sound. Perfect!!!
Jordan Roberts they also switched to the V30s which imo sound better.
It's that head man
@@rickeymitchell8303 Well greenbacks are different then V30s. So though the amp itself is great, once you pair it with a really well pair of celestion's and you'd be set for a while.
Time for a 6505MH vs MT15 vs EVH LBXII vs DSLR20 vs Dark Terror shoot out. Throw in a Tubemeister 20 for good measure.
YES PLEASE
It's time
Make it a blindfold and it is pure win
Yes make it happen! Although I’d like to see a Mesa mini rec in there even though Anderson’s doesn’t stock them :/
Randall RD20h
I don't care what anyone says, Creed has some solid riffs.
I'm with you dude. I think they get way too much flak than they deserve.
Not Marks fault but the jesus complex gave me the totes creeps...
because Tremonti is a beast. I like a couple of Creed's songs but Alter Bridge is pretty awesome. Show me a Leader was an awesome track
@@shadowproductions969 Check out his solo stuff. Amazing. It's called Tremonti.
Assuming you haven't heard it before.
mark urban indeed mate. Thanks to MT he’s a demon!
Rabea needed to be on this vid!
Well said. We could have had a good demo - instead of buckets of delay and lots of Chapman talking over Lee.
1 year later Mark Tremonti still hasn't done an appearance on Andertons tv. Heartbreaking but still such an amazing AMP. Love it to bits.
Not going to lie... thats probably the best high gain tone you guys have ever got on this channel, and I've been watching since the very beginning.
Amp sounds sick. My old band opened up for Alter Bridge back in like......2005 and Mark brought us up on his bus (equipped with a satellite dish, etc. lol) and chatted with us and he was just a really nice guy.
Lucky you to play for such a bieg audience as the one for Alter Bridge. It must have been a good experience. Do you still tour ?
Nah. Once I found out I was having a daughter I gave up the touring life. Not trying to be away from home and miss that haha. That band I was in was sponsored by Jagermeister so we got to play some pretty cool shows. That show was Alter Bridge and Future Leaders Of The World and we also did a couple shows with Staind, Three Days Grace and Hurt and one with Slayer and I can't remember the other Jager ones. But yeah man, was good times. I don't mention this to come off as bragging or anything. Just appreciative. Really I just wanted to point out what a nice fella Mr. Tremonti was :)
IanVase damn what was your band called
Straight Line Stitch.
IanVase Dude I saw you guys at Mayhem Fest in Texas! I bought y'alls CD after I watched ya'll play, glad to hear you're enjoying the family life man, hope life continues to treat you well!
This channel and all the folks that are a part of it inspire me to push myself to become the best guitar player I can be. I’ll have my own “Captain meets Kevin Yost” video, mark my words. Whether he’s 50 or 90 when it happens though is the part that worries me a bit xP
A million thumbs up guys!...the videos are getting better every time!....I have a mt 15 on preorder here in the states and I can't freaking wait to get it!!!!....... Gonna run it thru a 1960 4x12 and an orange 2x12 closed back.... Shld bring down the foundation on my house!!!!.... Cheers and God bless!... Love you guys
YESSS IVE WAITED FOR THIS FOR AGES
Btw the fact that it's an affordable lunchbox is all mark: he didn't want it anywhere above $700 which, if you're looking for the maximum tone per dollar ratio, automatically means that you're getting a tiny head
my favorite guitarist and this amp is awesome
i hate it when someone puts a tuner on a guitar its ugly and it leaves marks on the finish
His name would be Nigel
It's crazy how much this actually sounds like Tremonti's tone
John Osborne well, he said he used a prototype for all the rhythm on the last alter bridge album
He also said he got the tone he wanted then asked the techs to just make that 12 on everything
I WONDER WHY
Not really that crazy. It is his amp.
It’s crazy how long people have been chasing those Dual Rectifier tones
"It's a YOU amp". Amen Captain.
Great sounding amp, and. . . . . . DAMN Rob that was some smokin hot playing my man!!!!! Well done
Played one this Saturday. The greatest amp head I have ever plugged into!
CaribSurfKing1 is it super hella loud, I want it with the 1x12 but I’m worried it will be too loud for home use
Mr Chappers rockin that fresh fade....
i like it
ser_Moist its called a receding hairline - either way he is still rocking his hair somehow. The magic of chappers to look good while going bald where he then becomes bob
The thing going on with his hair on the side and back of his head is literally called a fade. It's part of a haircut.
As a 40something year old man
Careful with your trend-following, kids (sheep)... it's a Hitler youth haircut.
Fishing, Gaming & Guitars is that a problem...?
This is the best review video that you both have done. Great stuff.
I won't even try to pretend I didn't sing along at the beginning.
Awesome tones.
Mark tremonti is the guy that made me go play guitar! I own the first tremonti SE with the us humbuckers. Currently no amps... played through a marshall jcm900 and a dual rectifier. God i mis the mesaboogie. Killer sound. Maybe the mt15 is a nice amp to start playing again. Or a new rectifier 🧐
Sometimes I forget that Rob can play this well... Dang man you really pair well with this one!
Open our eyes for the Intro??? You kiddin me?? 🙌🏻😃. Absolutely fabulous job Rob! These amps really cook. Really wish they were made in the states. I would gladly pay more for a US amp
I'm amazed by Rob's playing and the editing is on point. Thank you for this video, really enjoyed it!
I have so much fun seeing your videos, you're great men!! Long life to Mr. Tremonster😎💪🏻
The sound @ the 13 minute mark, was incredible !!!
Chappers has it in the back of his head that Mark is watching.. He gave us the A game!! :) Great review guys!
omg. crazy video. Big props to Chappers for flying on a plane, then getting up early to do this shit. Reminds me of my Bogner Uberschall pedal it's really just geared for those high intensity sounds, but if you coax it at the bottom of the dial it does get "A wee bit bluesy" and clean-ish.
This amp is gold. Great job PRS and Mark Tremonti!
Great review of a great sounding Amp. Congrats for Chapman and the Captain again, for this great video. Finally someone shows a video review of the MT15, with a Strat and a Tele, and not just with a PRS guitar, playing Tremonti type riffs, I really like Tremonti, of course, but this review really show the versatility of this great little amp.
Please make this happen! We need Tremonti in the andertons channel!
I want this amp sounds like a great smooth drive without the annoying high end fizz
Can’t wait for the MT-50/100 with improved cleans and switchable power modes.
Saw a Latin band yesterday and the lead guitarist used this amp and accompanying cab, with a Suhr Tele - mostly clean, and on the edge of breakup, - he sounded righteous!
love this amp...but what stood out the most is how much better the tube screamer sounds than the horizon...
I just bought one of these. I'm convinced with enough sit down time I can pull a good Blues tone out of it.
Did you do it yet? I’ve had mine since release and I ended up buying a Tumnus deluxe for less gainy stuff. Sweet combination.
This is probably the best value valve head in the world right now. It shreds! It’s like an EVH lunchbox head, but with a dedicated clean channel added on that also sounds amazing.
The whole demo is one of the best !!!
sounds tight even without a overdrive in front , i love it 😍
That bend at 14:40 tho
Josh Namba It was a thing of beauty!
i was like: HOLLY @#$?!
Didn’t notice because I was impressed by how Lee has improved his volleyball video by video.
I shit
I honestly dont know what happened there. Did he do a pinched harmonic on the way down?
this thing would sound fantastic through my orange ppc212. That cab seems to bring out all of the best qualities of any amp I plug into it
Can't wait to see the review of the new and improved MT15 and 100 soon! (whenever Mark decides it is done that is)
I've waited soooo long for this one !!! :D Love that amp ... and Captain meets Mark Tremonti - I CAN NOT WAIT :D
This rig sounds amazing! Especially with that Marshall 4x12. Very impressed!
Mr.Chapman, you are a fine guitarist. Just like I remember from years ago.
Just tried that same exact set up except I used an Esp EC-1000 and a guitar shop where I live and loved it !!!!
I knew the gain was going to sound great, but god DAMN. Did not expect those cleans at all.
I first heard this at a Mark Holcomb clinic, it spits out so much gain. I couldnt believe the price when I searched it up at home. I want it so bad.
Have had this amp for nearly a year now. Does metal great, but there’s absolutely no way to get a classic crunch out of it without pedals. I use an EQD Plumes on mode 2 with the vol/gain dimed thru the clean channel. It sounds badass.
Yea so got mine in the mail today and plucked into my marshall 1936 and got nothing more than a crunch. I thought that it would be fine without od pedal but seems like it wasnt.
Everybody hears differently,that’s exactly why you can’t trust any opinions on gear except your own,and you damn sure can’t trust anything you “hear” on you tube
The best sounding high-gain amp I have heard in a long time. Would love to hear this with Chapper’s PRS that he recently acquired 🤙🏻
it comes with the footswitch! just got mine in the mail today. this thing shreds 👌🏻
14:47 very inspiring..... the way Lee hits that ball.
Yesssssssssss, the opening was beautiful, good job guys
I love the Mark appreciation segment haha. Can't wait for the captain meets segment!
Captain meets Mark Tremonti!! For sure it'd be perfect with also Myles Kennedy ^^
Rob you forgot about Ian Thornley. He's a monster of a player with a heck of a voice as well
Big Wreck is even one of Rob's favourite bands
opened for big wreck around 1999, great bunch of guys..Ian is so under rated...gary i believe the other guitarist passed..
Rob, you look like Jim Root, especially from profile view, haha :D Nice review btw, keep it up guys! Killer amp!
You guys are hysterical! Great Demo!!
Amp sounds great, but look at this beautiful guitar
For modern guitar player Prs mt-15 is the best I must say! More aggressive,clean tone,darker, dynamic vibes, crunchy,groovy & hooky..and many many more...!!! That's what killer mt-15 does🤘
Capt meets Rick Graham WHEN?
Thank you for using his signature and playing alter bridge riffs!!!!!
love mark tremonti's playing also rob is totally fan girling
MT15 vs 6505 MH vs Orange Jim Root Terror vs 5150 LBX shootout please
You two are the Martin and Lewis of Guitar Reviews! Hilarious 😂
Love you Chappers and the Captain. Thanks for the amazing content!
That Alterbridge stuff sounded great through that rig.
Can't wait for the Cap'n meets MT :)
Great vid, but then... is it too much to ask that when presenting an amp the reverb is less prominent? Not everyone likes the sound as wet. Felt a bit like a reverb demo inbetween until 22:22. I don't mind the delay, but reverb changes the sound IMO.
Excellent guys, thanks. Rory, you're man of the match.
The first time I my life that I got goosebumps from the first tones of an amp! Awesome...
That amp sounds incredibly good!
Not into high gain stuff but I have to say that is the best high gain amp ever wow
Kind of a one-trick pony, but it does that one trick REALLY really well. That filthy rock tone is immense.
I was just telling my wife that this is the amp that I want but I probably should buy something like the Sonzera just to cover more bases... but I REALLY want this one since rock/metal tones are my absolute favorite.
Alter Bridge play arge stadiums. My guess is a clean channel might just get drowned out when outdoors so everything needed to be boosted?
Sophia Bogard Mark uses Fender Twin Reverbs for his clean tone.
neilomac I don’t believe in “one trick”. You can always tweak to do more one trick is one of those guitar words we all grow around that is basically bullshit. Work you knobs peeps. It’s all in the knobs
I couldn’t agree more
I liked the PRS archon, but felt something was missing. I think they nailed it with this amp tho. It sounds killer. Amazing with that precision drive too.
You look like off brand mark tremonti
Never had a tube amp before, but this one has everything im looking for. Killer clean, Killer lead, And by what i hear, it works really well with distortion or Boost pedals really well. Im going to pick this up along with a delay/reverb pedal. Im also going to pick up a Fortin Blade. And ill just use my Fortin Zuul+ to keep everything nice and quiet or cut the unnecessary noise.
Mt15 best metal amp ive owned and played on. Clean is sexy and the gain punches your chest when you palm mute at low volume.
Robert Lawson do you play it through the 1x12. In its it too loud for at home? I’m worried it will be too loud even at 7 watts. I’m fine with blasting out. Just not eat defining loud
Fout years later and I can attest to this comment.
I have a USA 6505+ and it just doesn't punch my chest like this amp does. It does cut through with its huge mids, that's something a 5150/6505 can do.
I had to boost the MT15 to tighten up the low end, it's so HUGE yet usable, unlike a dual recto which sounds like a undergained, garbled, undefined, fat mess 😂😂😂
that guitar and amp are a match made in Heaven.
Much preferred the V30 over the greenbacks!
39:12 That PRS diss was phenomenal, and I am on their side 🤣
Monster amp! Can't wait for this beast!
the amp really is that good, i just ordered mine and im fukn picky. huge high gain sounds and a pure clean. fantastic amp
Not sure the clean channels up to much but what a awesome gain channel.
Well I bought the Amp a while back. The supplier accepted my MG 102 as a trade in so I was able to get the matching speaker cab effectively for nowt!
The thing is killer! Always on the reduced setting and its still way loud enough for bedroom use. If I crank it its just excellent! My next purchase will be a full US PRS Tremonti. It'll take me a lonnnng time to save for that though!
Oh, BTW the footswitch does come with the amp...
Put a volume pedal in loop, control the volume easy
Won't be flogging the Evh lbx ii and rushing out to buy a prs Tremonti anytime soon , I thought the lbx was a bit modern sounding but the Tremonti takes the biscuit .
Finally! All we need now is a Captain meets MT...
Great team, great editing.
Cheers from "baguetteland" France ;) Love u guys
holy shit, Lee is getting good. That was some tasty blues riffing
The 80s are strong in that one. Love it.
Perfect blues amp!
we need a 10 to 20 watt high gain shootout. This vs lbx vs lbx mkii vs dsl20 vs one of the new terrors
I want it! I want it! I want it...!!! I'm gonna have to break the bad news to my "WIFE", she doesn't recover that well from open purse surgery! @%#!&
She has to buy it for you? Or you carry a purse? Not sure which is worse. Unless your a chick. My bad
Paul Digga his TH-cam name is Charlie soooo
PILOT - JANUARY Is the song from 1975 ;)
Caloss2 Channel, yes and ironically they joke about a pilot later in the video!!
What I really like is the Marshall cab with this MT15 head.
I started learning guitar cuz of mark tremonti, so proud that he's my idol (other being john petrucci)
Damn, I forgot how good Rob is…..this man rips!
Don’t know why you’re laughing so much... Pilot is Mark Tremonti’s all time favourite band. 🤘🏻😂
Cheesy song, but Magic is...eh...
Sped Spedding ii
I’ll be your pilot Rob, our call sign will be “Ghost Fret 1”
Very sweet. I think I'm gonna get me one of these amps, swap the stock JJ 6L6GC's with either NOS - SED - Winged =C=, or TungSol 7581A power tubes and a combination of pre war EI - ECC83 and Sovtek 12AX7LPS (long plate) preamp tubes, then I'll pair it with a Mooer G300 (once it's soon released) and run it through one of my Celestion, WGS or Jenson cabs with an IR speaker simulator and I believe it'll be about the best rig ever created in my 42 years of playing, owning (and using) most of the best pieces of vintage and modern music gear ever built. I believe that set up is going to be the greatest culmination of value and technology in guitar amplification history. $1250 dollars (for both units) that can easily achieve nearly infinite tube tones of pretty much every artist in Rock history is almost too good to be true. Almost.
2 years later... what happened?
Why pay almost three times the price for Mesa mini rec if you can get this :D
That and the mini rec really does sound like shit...I think Chappers even has a video of it from way back when
Szymon Szymanski cause the mesa kicks ass and this doesnt. What i dont get is why people get minis and not dual/triple recs.
Matt Reid Dual recs have been dirt cheap since artists moved on to other stuff. My peavey was cheap too.
Matt Reid im saying you might as well get a real rectifier instead of a mini rec. Used dual recs here: 900 eur, new mini: 1500 eur, used mini: idk, guessing 700-1000 depending on age etc.
@Matt Reid don't know what the market is like where you are, but this MT-15 is about $1000 CAD and used Mesa Dual Recs go for $900-$1000 CAD all the time here. Dual and Triple Recs are dirt cheap nowadays.
This amp sounds absolutely incredible. I did purchase it, but had to exchange for a different head because this one was way too loud for bedroom use, even at half power. Also the effects loop emits a humming sound whenever used and can affect other pedals such as chorus and reverb.
There is a half power switch on the back to compensate for that a little bit. But since ill be running a noise gate (fortin zuul+) it should be mitigated. Also sitting next to the transformer creates hum naturally so id make sure you aren't just sitting next to noise.