Secrets of the Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head - Red Plating Tubes Repair
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video, we'll dive headlong into an early 1993 Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head (R-001148). This one is so early it still has the chrome chassis with black lettering. This is the early 2-Channel version (Rev. F) with some issues which we will repair, including red plating tubes and no output.
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brad, your personal life is none of my business, im just here for the amp videos, but stay strong and level headed my friend, hope you work your issues out.
Brad man we appreciate you putting out content with trouble going on at home , but all of us will still be here if you take a sabbatical. I've been there man. take a vacation do whatever you got to do feel better, and then go back and get your family. That is what's important not TH-cam. Get your head right... Then work on getting out of the dog house. I promise you will all be here when you get back. Much love man , and good luck.
Just remember to change the capacitors before you leave the "dog house". LoL.
@@pauldavis6356 lol
I hope you and your family can get back to normal.
I feel "A NEW NORMAL" is in his future. But it will work out.
Brad, just know you've got a big group of supporters out here.
Yeah, I obviously don't agree with everything the guy says or does but his basic philosophy is very similar to mine and I like that he's not afraid to speak out on stuff like this Covid hysteria.
@@TheChadPad Sure. I guess you slept through the shutdown, businesses being closed, being forced to remain closed or at limited capacity, masks being mandated, not wearing a mask being criminalized, 24/7 coverage of how deadly Covid is, food shortages, cleaning supply shortages, travel bans, countries around the world shutting down........I could go on but if you didn't notice all that going on what's the point?
Clearly no hysteria lol.
Dope.
Dude your persistence is incredible. Its good to see you think and work through finding a shorted capacitor and discovering yet another odd way failed tubes can behave. Every one of us is cheering you on personally and professionally. Thank you for investing time to make videos!
Brad I sure am sorry that you are having domestic troubles, you and the family will be in my prayers...
Nice trouble shooting!
(PS: I sincerely hope you find your way home)
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9:21 FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER !!!! 😂I always hear that in electroboom’s voice
I am praying for peace for you and your family.
Damn dude, I hope you and the wife get things worked out. That's never a good thing. I noticed you also have a medical bracelet on. Hope you're doing alright.
Stay healthy, stay sane, and always be open and honest with your women about how you're feeling. Bottling shit up will kill you...Literally. Ask me how I know. I was in the ER on Oct 1 of last year nearly dead from my body shutting down. I'm 100% better now, and everything but the blood pressure has been reversed back to healthy function (praise to God for that miracle), but I have absolutely NO doubt in my mind that keeping everything bottled-up inside, and my raw hatred and bitter disdain for a few certain people, contributed strongly to my high blood pressure (220 over 147....NO LIE!) that was causing me to have stage 3 kidney failure, which caused the rest of my body to start shutting down from a massive internal infection. I'm 100% better now, except for the blood pressure, which is being regulated by medicine, but as long as I loose weight and keep eating healthier and letting go of all my stress, and not worrying about things I can't change, I'm hoping to be off the meds someday and be back to 110%...Better than I used to be. 👍🏻
So, I hope everything works out good for yall man, and keep fighting the good fight. Remember, telling folks how you feel, doesn't make you a pussy...It means you have the balls to be honest enough with yourself, to be honest with everyone else around you. 👍🏻
hey there where did you hear that he was having family problems?
@@bengalvin9932 In the beginning of the video... When he said that he was at another house because he and his wife were having problems......
@@TroyPosey oh ok thanks must have missed it.
@@bengalvin9932 You must not have been keeping up with the last couple of videos to not know this. He spoke about it.
@@bengalvin9932 check out guitologist channel 2. He has a video up about it over there.
Why have simplicity and fulfilment when you can make your life a living hell with a 'boutique' amp.
Wow, that was a good one. Specially appreciated the annotated schematics while debugging the darn preamp, kudos for that.
I'm sorry to hear about the current situation. Hopefully it seems it's a matter of letting the mind cool down a bit. Yeah, easier said than done, but time works wonders. All the best!
Brad holy shit, I noticed the wrist band. I really hope you’re ok dude, or at least on the way to ok. The biggest step is realizing there’s something that needs fixing, everything after that is a little bit easier. Random stranger on the internet and all, but I love you man.
@jacktheripped that's definitely not an ESD wrist strap. It's a hospital band.
@jacktheripped Pretty sure it's a hospital band, looks exactly like one I got. Most ESD straps are just some kind of elastic, not the fold and button fastening you see there. There's also a large flat area which is meant for writing patient info, in fact you can see some print on it. The whole thing appears to be one piece with no conductive part, and no sign of any stud for an actual grounding lead. Besides, putting "hospital wrist strap" into google images brings up something that looks exactly like that within the first few images.
Anyway, love and best wishes for Brad and whatever struggles he may be going through right now.
And its an old video in his home he no longer lives in with a big beard and on channel 2 he is clean shaved with a short hairstyle. Drama queen he is fine.
I'm pretty sure that's not a grounding strap either....looks like a hospital ID.
@jacktheripped I find it funny that you come here with false claims dismissing whatever might be going on, and then say we're beating a dead horse by correcting you.
I used to own a first gen triple rectifier when only 2 places in my state had em before GC got involved. It only had 2 channels, not 3, and a 1 button foot switch just to switch the clean and distortion channels. I sold it years ago, cuz 150 watts became kinda overkill for me, and switching from 6L6’s to EL34’s was a PITA to bias unless you bought Mesa tubes with the same gain rating, and my amp tech refused to work on it like you. lol. I totally get it, man! Great sounding amp though.
Phenomenal job figuring that mess out. One of the reasons I sold my triple rectifier was that it ended up being unreliable on the road and just in general. Not to mention, there was just way too much sh*t shoved in there. Ya just don’t need that many options. I went back to my much simpler Marshalls instead.
Brad, I’m so sorry to hear about your issues with your wife and your current state of mind. You’re far from being alone. The world is so f’d right now. Just please know that there’s a lot of people that love and care a ton about you and your wellbeing. People who don’t even know you personally, including myself.
I had a first gen triple rec also! Played great for about 1 year and then blew up and then someone stole the blown amp. Didn't play guitar for about 5 years after :-(
Warren Beyda
I’m sorry, Warren. That sucks and is sad that anyone would steal something like a musical instrument or amp. I got so burned out from touring, that I also didn’t play for years either, if that’s any consolation. I got way into HiFi, which eventually lead me back to playing guitar. 🎶🔊✌️🙂
You said you hate Mesas, but you expertly fixed two difficult repairs 👍🤘
WOHOOOOO!
Brad uploaded!
I needed that so much.💪
I hope, everything works out good for you and your family, buddy.
But, c'mon man .... Mesa?
You gotta be kiddin'!
Had them on my bench like three times. Every f****n one was a DISASTER!
Just knock it off, you can't be that desperate.
To quote the Austrian emperor; 'Too many knobs!'
Hospital wrist tag and a Save Ferris shirt with Cameron on it. Rockn fn Roll!!! Jokes aside now I am wondering if the Mesa setting on my VT120+ is going to emulate burning my house down
The main reason I won't own a Mesa amp, repair nightmare!! Good job repairing another Mesa.
I hope you can get your relationship back together. Thanks for taking time to share with us your situation - positive vibes for you....
Damn I'm sorry to hear about you and your old lady brad. Hopefully you 2 can work through it. We are all hear to talk man dont keep shit bottled up. Take it easy bro!
This is like old time Saturday morning cartoons for me.
When are the Munsters and Three Stooges on after?
And yes, Mesa’s biasing is full blown retarded. Every tube is an electromechanical device susceptible to swings of drift in either direction over time. There’s no one size fits all in any amp....ever.
I used to want a Dual Rec, and I used to have a Trem-O-Verb combo. *N E V E R A G A I N*
Munsters for the win, sir.
I hope it's not that color movie where Eddie is like 17 trying to pretend he's still 10.
Super Scary Saturday on TBS ftw!
You're a mad man working on those Mesa amps. I hope everything works out for your family Brad. This whole Covid thing has been terrible on a lot of folks.
That's the amp I used when I auditioned for the RHCP in the early 90's!
Hope all is Well Brad😎
I used to be Mesa Boogie authorized. Visited their factory in Novato, CA north of San Fran. Nice factory and great people back then. Don't know about now.
Yes the amps cooks be easier physically to work on but aside from that (and i told them so) whomever drew up their schematics should be shot. I know anyone who's tried to follow those things page to page agrees. That's half the issue that makes them so difficult to trace especially when you're trying to follow some of the FET switching lines😬.
I once asked if they had any board layout pages so at least you could find the components. They sent me Gerber files. Note of you've ever seen them....you're eyes will go alk googly trying to use those.
Anyway aside from being a pain in the ass to work on it is also fairly rewarding once you finally do beat the bastard😬.
Nice work...
Would you mind if we had a little back and forth discussion about an ‘issue’ I found with my Dual Rectifier (Multiwatt from 2011)?
It’s just a problem I’m trying to sort out but I’m scratching my head a little.
Man, sorry to hear about your situation. Hope you will work it out with your family. I do get the being angry at the world part, but the thing is there’s more world than you so... Just keeping myself busy with something worthwhile has always helped me. Rooting for you here
I woke up the other day thinkin' about you separated from your daughters. I hope everything will turn out for the best. Much love and prayers your way brother. I dug this video. Please take care of yourself. I care what happens to you.
Me too. You’re an inspiration to us all.
Oh Brad not another Mesa!
You glutton for punishment
@@johnmarshall3903 Yeah. It's not like they've been used and abused on any legendary recordings. So enlighten us, what amps aren't bullshit amps. Which non bullshit amps should we be buying? Maybe something with a volume and tone knob only?
@@devinponder6072 No. Just an Amp that doesn't cost the equivalent of a three storey house.
The only therapy anyone ever needs - 53:36 till the end. And then you went Ty Tabor-mode. Anytime you're ready I've got a drummer, I'm well versed in bass and vocals. We could give King's X and KXM a run for their money ;)
its good to see you back, we all hope your hittin on all cylinders, thanx for the vid, and keep us up to date with you.
I agree ....Many modern amps and even older amps are burdened with too many features and options...the curse of the digital age I guess ...Can't play for beans?..must be because your amp isn't feature-rich enough..😀😉 Congrats on victory over the Mesa!
3 bad tubes??? Naw - what's between the B+ supply and tube? a Mesa Booger PCB, and likely either a bad solder joint or cracked trace. Possibly bad plate resistor - especially if it's carbon comp. A good wiggle swapping tubes may have fixed it temporarily but PCBs and Tubes don't mix with all the heat cycling. That's not to say 12AX7s don't short especially when banged around in shipping, but I'd take a hard look at that booger board.
I dont think i can keep watching anymore of your videos with Mesa amps in them, my brain hurts so baaaaad just watching. LOL!!!
Sadly I bought a new Dual rec. I took it home and dialed it in. The next day I took it to the studio. I turned it on to get ready to record and I heard a thumping sound that got louder and louder until I turned the amp off. One tube was arcing out from the plates to the glass. The next day Mesa told the shop to give me a new set of tubes. That problem went away and I did end up using to record part of the record.
The next problem happened to me playing live. The foot switch would switch on its own to the clean channel when changing from channel 2-3. I finished the show and never missed a beat but I realized I couldn’t use channel 3. I thought maybe it was the switch cable but wasn’t. After talking to Mesa they told me to ship them the amp for warranty work. I figured it was something to do with static. I opened up the switch box and put two laundry dryer sheets inside the box. The problem went away. I have two Dual recs. One is 2008 and 2017. Even after It was working and sounding great I went back to using JCM2000s. Amps have to be bulletproof enough to play a tour. You need to have two amps preferably identical. I have 3 JCM2000s and a Korean DSL100.
Impact Screwdrivers are your friends. Rusty old bolts can come out. I'd be curious if mine could have got that bolt out.
Keep rockin Brad! Messy booger!
Sounds like a really bad soap opera; "The Bold and the Spongy" 🤣
Had a Mesa Boogie strategy eight88 bass head. I blew through 3 of them! 3 separate amps!! I was not pushing them at all and I babied them all but they still sparked and blew. Thank god Sweetwater has 1 hell of a warranty!!! I vowed to never go back to Mesa. Ampeg all the way
The mental gymnastics to take on this amp. It sounds killer even without the cab. Great vid.
sorry to hear about the family issues. Just go's to show, YOUR A ROCK STAR AT HEART.
Be safe and take care of "YOURSELF" first.
Brad, glad to hear that you _did_ get to go for a walk with your daughter(s). I hope that things work out for the best for all of you.
Brad, you know you have all the support in the world from your subs but as I told my wife 40 years ago, once we have kids our problems are secondary, our kids come first. You have 2 beautiful children and they deserve a full time mom and dad. My wife and I had some really rough times but we raised 2 kids that got the message. One has been married for 26 years and the other 23. Not being judgmental but wishing the best for you and your family.
I agree. This isn't my decision.
So are u laughing or crying at this Mesa mess?
I hope you get your domestic situation sorted. We are all struggling with what has been going on. I have been tempted by Mesa products in the past, but i have always resisted. If i were a gigging musician, i would have a pair of old twin reverbs - they are reliable and easy to work on. The Mesa stuff is just too complicated for most techs to mess with and actually charge for their time. Give me tubes all the way and point to point wiring.
Cool! Been missing this stuff! Great production this time, very visual and easy to follow.
Funny thing, you're the only channel I watch the beginning ad on. I actually like your sponsor ads. Good job.
I'm sorry about the hardcomings you're going through. Hopefully there's light in the future.
MESA on your workbench. Just a moment, have to get popcorn ... :D
MESA stands for My Amp Sucks A@s. There's enough other amps past and present that can be repaired for a reasonable price with a reasonable effort. I used to do Mesa warranty a long time ago. It ain't worth the grief. I remember in the early 90s Mesa sent out memo. "There have been questions about the quality of the Chinese 6L6s we now use.[coke bottles] We find them to be equal or superior to other tubes when used in the proper circuit." Put the Mesa and those Chinese 6L6s in the E-WASTE bin. I'm happy to hear you say "Just Say No To Mesa Repairs."Those 6L6s sure look like newer Chinese models.Thank you for all you share,Brad.
Mesa really do try to put to many choices into their amps, rather than trying to keep it simple and more reliable.
After watching one of your older Mesa repairs! I Swore I would never buy one. Beyond that. All the best buddy. Prayers that you get thru the personal problems. I've been there. A couple times thru my life. I feel your Pain, Anxiety, Stress etc. God Bless Brother. I hope I'm not out of line. But have been watching for some time. And, consider you as a friend.
Now I understand why Mesa Boogie is the bane of a technician's existence. I'll be praying for your family situation! Great video, bud!
Boogies arent bullshit amps..... they just have alot of technology in a small package that makes them difficult to work on... props to Brad for working on them, he should do more till he can get past that barrier of hating to deal with them. not to mention he seems to play better on a boogie lol
Welcome to "The Bold and The Spongy"
I remember the Mesa Booger from an earlier video. I recall it was disassembled for parts.
Almost as old as mine.
S/N is R00216. Bought it used roughly 25 years or so ago. Love it.
Mesa Boggie is made by the Devil in hell. It ist he Devil's amp !!! GO BRAD !
My pal is as angry at the world as you but from as different an angle as there is. The world still turns unaltered and you get to have a shit day. Find some peace pal.
Love these long videos on the more high gain amps! Nice work
I hope that you and yer wife have patched things up and you're home for good. Another great video. Wishing you all the best from eastern Tennessee. I hope Horatio is okay! You are a glutton for punishment for taking on another Mesa Boogie amp. From both of your repair videos on Mesa Boogie amps, you have proven to me NOT to ever buy a Mesa Boogie amp. If a board can become conductive then this amp is to be avoided at all costs. Also, the design of a Mesas Boogie amp leaves a lot to be undesired.
Hope you are doing well Brad,sorry for your troubles good job with that amp did you ever find out about that r332 resister?Cheers
STR 420 tube? Was the creator baked?
Brad, nil illegitimi carborundum. I heard that's Latin for "Don't let the bastards grind you down". Chin up
Thanks always for the great content,sorry to hear about the trouble going on and I hope things get better. much respect from Tokyo.
Great video. Thanks for posting. Don't worry about things you can't control. Never give up and never surrender. Rock on Brad. Sunny happy days will return soon .. take care
42:06 I agree with your point here Brad. Mesa seems to take a long way around with tricky circuitry, modern circuit board design & cascading EQ wizardry to achieve a sound of a Fender Deluxe taking a few pedals. It's disappointing, I have TRIED to like MESA but find myself, like you, shaking your head as to the introduced add-ons causing grief. I have a MESA Studio Preamp that I can find one or maybe two good sounds out of, the rest are bland or I get one EQ setting wrong and it goes off the map. That cascading EQ means I adjustment of one knob, changes the whole EQ balance. The Preamp now has issues, it's old (older than that Dual Rectifier) and there's only one guy who works on Mesa stuff in my city region so I'm stuck with a grumpy amp tech who would probably say it's ruined rather than trying to fix it. The Preamp has gone into storage until I figure out what to do.
There are times when you have to let the world (others) deal with its own issues and concentrate on yourself, and your family.
Awesome vid, as always, thanks for sharing.
The message I needed to find. Great advice.
Great to see you posting on here brad. So your saying in conclusion .... dont buy Mesa amps unless you want ALOT of headaches when they break ?
Wouldn't it be a good idea to test the tubes and visually check out the filter caps before powering the amp up?
Tube yes, but you can't tell by lookin is the cap good or not. Like you see that the orange cap looks good, but it is shortcut. Only when cap is broke or it is cooked or you will see some damege on. You have to power up amp to see where you go looking some broker components. There may have some components like transistors and fets that seem to be in contitions, but when it start warmer you will notice that it start to act abnormal behave like it try to open but start pump on off on off. You may not find the broken component without power it up. And even you tested tubes sometimes even tester say it is good it may be broker. Tubeamp fixing is not so easy even it look like be so simple. Ground issues is pain in ass for real and it cause lots off grayhear before you find place where real problems is.
At 10:02, you can see the schematic shows the polarity of the 47uf filter electrolytic caps reversed... + of caps on right side of the bias circuits going to (-) voltage.. Stupid mistake. Also at 29:41 another pair of caps drawn in inverted polarity.
It's possible that's not a mistake. Apparently Mesa has a habit of inserting errors into its schematics so people attempting to clone end up blowing up their clones.
The Guitologist Sabotage is also a mistake..
@@jenniferwhitewolf3784 Sabotage was ok.. but I liked Sabbath Bloody Sabbath better..
Great video, Brad. The folks at Mesa are hopeless. They keep adding stuff over more stuff till they run out of real state. Just make a damn decision and leave what's useful.
On another note, hang in there pal!
Best vibes to you and your family.
brad are you ok? i see the medical band and i worry. i am a hobbyist at fixing amps and you are my go to guy. as someone that has dealt and dealing with mental health i will always be here if you need a random to reach out to and maybe scream at or cry to. or just rant and rave. many of us are here.
Buy a Soldano. Copy it shamelessly. Make it real cheaply, like it was made in China...spend a fortune on marketing to sell it to dumb kids. Make a lot of money. Be proud.
You mean like Jet City? Already been done.
All things to all people you said bout the amp but, Kinda hit home for me. I to struggle with alot of things which we will not mention.But ,man I hope you find the glue to mend your pieces back together again.Much Love Man
so you still wanted more, after that previous Mesa? xD
Hang in there Brother, you are a Good Dude. Same thing happened to me. It was the Best thing that happened in my life.
I used to own a Mesa Boogie Strategy 500 it was a powerful beast!
I am in the same boat as you my friend.
Prayers to you and your wife during this process.
Start ordering parts.
Ooh jeez those burnt wires scare me.
It sounds great tho and Brad your playing here just...
Yeah buddy I feel ya
Chin up my friend
World's a pretty screwed up place. Particularly in our country. We should be concerned and active in whatever role we play in doing our part to save our country from socialist lunatics, but don't let it consume you. I've had to turn off all political news and social media and step back for my own well being. The anger and frustration can drive you do something bad that you won't be able to go back and fix. But you have to work out what's going on in your mind, as have I. I'm angry too. Be good to yourself.
_"save our country from socialist lunatics"_ - No problem figuring out what you are, then. Good luck learning Chinese.
@@tonyduncan9852 What you said doesn't even make sense. We're trying to pull away from China, bud. We don't want to depend on the Chinese. You've got it completely backwards. Under socialism you won't be speaking at all. They'll take that right away from you. A lot of brainwashing going on the in the U.S. I recommend turning off CNN and unfollowing all the social media hype and come on back down to planet earth. They've really got in your head.
@@HooksBill _"What you said doesn't even make sense"_ - it doesn't make sense - _to you._
_"We're trying to pull away from China"_ - _You_ might be, but your country isn't. China has already bought your country.
_"bud"_ - Look, we thanked your country for helping to save Europe seventy-five years ago (I say "helping" because Russia did four times as much to save it), but since then your country has (mostly) behaved badly all over the globe, and you ain't our "bud" any more.
_"We don't want to depend on the Chinese"_ - Then you shouldn't have taken their money.
_"You've got it completely backwards"_ - One of us certainly has.
_"Under socialism you won't be speaking at all. They'll take that right away from you"_ - Europe is mostly socialist. You are just plain false about socialism. Perhaps you meant to say "authoritarian regime", but you don't know what that means, do you? Hint: your country has been supporting fascist authoritarian regimes (including Hitler's Germany) all over the world *_for centuries._*
_"A lot of brainwashing going on the in the U.S."_ - So you don't need China, do you?
_"I recommend turning off CNN and unfollowing all the social media hype and come on back down to planet earth. They've really got in your head."_ - Now that's the best advice I have *_ever_* heard from someone who has *_never_* taken it.
And it's _wasted_ advice. I'm British, and an expatriate. Maybe Chinese will be too difficult for you to learn. I recommend you read "1984" by George Orwell. It's about a stable world run by three competing regimes which rely on sending their young off to continual world war, in order to subjugate their populations under continual stress, while lowering their vocabulary until they no longer have the language to formulate their resistance. Nice and stable. . . .
@@HooksBill Pretty much this. I don't even like to try to engage in some discussions online anymore because it's just toxic with the agree with me or you're [ insert every word that ends in -ist ]. I have always noticed that though. The ones who call for socialism the most do not understand it one bit.
@@shawnrenaud2252 I also hope Brad returns to his marriage. Whatever the original 'disease', this 'cure' is much worse. It takes two to do it. On the clock, Americans are in general polarized between liberalism (at noon) and republicanism (6 o'clock to midnight), and have no knowledge of 70 successful years of European socialism (9 am to noon). I'm anarcho-syndicalist, which puts me between 4 and 9am. I'm also a green, and bend people's ears about Permaculture, given half a chance. Being a person who generally knows better, no-one has ever listened to me. I'm past caring.
I know you won't take my advice.... BUT... Use a "dummy proof" tube tester like the Orange Divo. Test all tubes before you start, and discard anything that it doesn't pass. This has saved me EONS of time... Getting through 5-7 amp repairs a week. Sometimes you'll get mad at it for failing something you think should pass, or your old time tester says is ok... But just believe it.
Probably sound advice. In this particular instance, I was troubleshooting without a tester onhand at all because it was in the other house.
@@TheGuitologist stinks when you don't have all your tools. I'm doing all the repairs for a music store.... And its a flood of work. Being efficient has to be order of the day. I know my repair a thon videos suck, but theres way more money in getting the amps done.
Brad, Prayers sent for your healing. Prayers sent for your marriage. Stay safe the rapture is eminent. God Bless
Thankfully my mesa duel rec is biased pretty good had no issue In 8 years, got EL34's in mine.All assuming on my part!
Mesa's are hands down one of the most reliable amps built on the market and always have been. Don't listen to all these marshall and soldano fanboys. Mesa always had haters, even amp techs are included in the hater group. Find a certified Mesa technician if you ever need service. Those who aren't recommended by mesa usually are confused when working on these amps, you can find a list of these shops on their website. The have a lot more switches going on than most amps, so techs that haven't frequently worked on them just hate on them and complain about their layout. I have owned about 15 mesa heads in the past 10 years or so, serviced maybe 2 or 3 and every time was because some idiot previous owner put tubes out of the bias range in, OR some of the early tremoverb models have LDR relay issues which is a 10 dollar part and very cheap to fix. Mesa's are built like tanks, and are some of the best sounding amps depending on what you play and if you take time to learn how to tweek them. With that said this is still a great repair vid none the less. I enjoyed it. Pretty cool how he explained the layout and narrowed down what the issue was. And w.e is happening in this guys personal life I hope it all pans out. Best wishes.
@@BillyRiffinDaTube Exactly!
Jesus Christ this amp has way too many options and unnecessary crap. It’s giving me anxiety just looking at it.
I hear you on the mental issues man. I really do. This world has got me BADLY messed up in the head as well. Do the best that you can. Your not in the shit storm alone, but as I am feeling more and more every day, that's of little consolation. I do very much enjoy your videos. Amp repair is not even close to my skill set, so I enjoy watching someone who knows their shit do what they do. If you can keep doing them, I, for one will keep watching.
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Was that a jar of moonshine?
Good to have you back Brad and I am sure that soon enough you'll hear those words again.
Stay strong.
i hope you settle things with your wife. at least for the sake of your kid.
Good to see ya back Brad. Your channel means a lot to so many of us. All of us late 30's to early 50 year olds don't really have a place of belonging in this world and "The Guitologist" is our Saturday Morning cartoons. Thanks for persevering though these strange and wacky times. I hope you find happiness. Things will get better hang on man. And thanks for sharing your knowledge. As you probably already know most guitarists are idiots haha.
Sorry, again, to hear of the difficulties you’re going thru, Brad. We are definitely living “in interesting times”, and it’s putting a strain on people’s lives, relationships, finances, mental healths, etc. Regarding the “outside” stuff, we all need to learn to step away from the constant bombardment of information (good & bad, fake & real). And when we do go back to it, we limit our exposure and try not to get sucked into the vortex again. Faith, family, community, country... in that order (although all four are important)... will help to right your own ship... and, in doing so, will help to also right the other ships in this turbulent ocean of our crazy world. Hang in there. Do what your need to do to repair any of the breaches in the hull and the tears in the sails. God will see you thru. In the meantime, I bought a variac t-shirt to help yah out. Now, where did I place my paddleball??? 😉😆🎸🎼🎶🎵
This has gone WAY beyond "limiting exposure" when the fuckers are tearing down your nation's history and threatening your way of life because they have deemed it to be inherently "racist". And on top of that, we have politicians and bureaucrats and Big Pharma setting us up for some mandatory bullshit shots. Yeah, it's WAY beyond just turning off some fake news. It's nigh on fightin' time.
Thanks for supporting the channel.
I have a lot of rectifiers. That is a rev f board. Great amp. Check my videos for my demo on this same amp. The serial numbers give you the what number of recto it is. I also have recto rev c serial #002x. All great amps!
The serial is listed in the description of the video.
So sorry that you are going through problems at the minute Brad. In the current circumstances in which we live it is so easy to become concerned for ourselves and our families and children. Please try to take care of yourself and I pray that your marriage problems can be sorted out. All the best my friend and try to relax and concentrate on your recovery and saving your marriage - it is worth the effort.
Man, a total hack worked on that amp before you. All the melted jackets and burnt board. WTF?
Exactly. That's not Mesa's fault.
I need to buy a second house so I can escape !
Brad, hope you and your wife work through your issues. I know how easy things in the world can eventually take a toll on the mind. Sometimes you have to turn the TV off and stay off the internet and social media for your mental health sake, I've gone through the same thing man. Just know that you and your family are in my prayers man, God bless bro.
Thanks Mike.
I stopped to accept MBs for repair, quality is not worth the money the charge you for these units...
Agreed.
Great video Brad. Hello from Alabama. Stay strong and I pray things will go well for you. I enjoy all your videos.
I've heard not to 100% trust Mesa's wiring diagrams... something about them not wanting out of factory servicing.
Does anyone or some famous Mesa artists even use the tube rectified option in making their music? As far as I have read from forums and other techs posts there's no real point in tube rectification (unless you're a blues player and want that sag effect) and for ex. Soldano amps do the job of dual/triple recto series without the complexity by just using diodes for rectifier. I believe Mesa is best used for high gain heavy music and I don't see how would one benefit from sag in their sound.
Yes they are the holy grail - yes they sound better than any other metal amp ever made - and yes they can only be serviced by 1 company if there is a problem - Mesa.
I love my Mesa Boogie Roadster. I’ve had it for 15 years and it still sounds freakin awesome and has never let me down either. You can really roll tonight to the guitar’s bite. I think Mesa Boogie is getting unfairly bashed about on this TH-cam channel based on a 30 year old Mesa Boogie that has obviously not had qualified service and two other old Unloved Mesa Boogie amplifiers. If you’re going to work on Mesa Boogie Tube Amplifier you should get the owners manual and read up on all the cool features it has instead of knocking them. The spongy switch is like the same trick Eddy VanHelen did to his amp to starve current on the power tubes. The Bold setting is for that HEAVY METAL PUNCH and yes they are noticeable with a good working quality matched set of Mesa Boogie Tubes. The other advanced features enable it’s owner to customize their own sound. To the untrained technician unfamiliar with Mesa Boogie’s amplifier designs concepts and how they operate it can be daunting to troubleshoot. Anything you don’t fully understand how it works is going to be hard to troubleshoot until you gain that understanding.
For example, I bought my Roadster head used but it looked brand new. It needed new tubes because the person who owned it was a kid and didn’t know how to start up and shut down the head properly and most likely ran the gain all the way up on maximum because one of the four channels had it’s 12AX7 preamp tubes worn out and not producing adequate treble. The power output was week as well and just didn’t have that crisp crystal clear output on the clean channel, it was a bit dull. I simply bought factory verified matched 6V6 MESA BOOGIE Power tubes. Thanks to their balanced bias circuitry I easily got this beast roaring without taking it into a shop and leaving it for two weeks until they have time to get around to adjusting the bias for too much money. I just simply installed new set of Mesa Boogie tubes as described above and it has worked like a champ for 15 years now without any problems at all. So I’m calling BS that Mesa’s biased tube set up isn’t worth a damn and Mesa Boogie in general aint worth a damn. I’ve been running 15 years on the same tubes and they are still going strong is pretty damn good. The EL Tubes are a cool option if you like the British sound and an amp that’s incredibly adjustable to your own taste. Tube rectification or diode bridge rectification are nice options especially if you like to play Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Megadeth, and Metallica. and want it to sound like them. I also like playing surf tunes as well. The clean channel and REAL REVERB SPRING BOX and Tubes SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE IT or that Chris Issac song Wicked Game sounds perfect on a Strat. The Rolling Stones sounds awesome on the Tweed Channel to get that awesome FENDER sound. I love all the options this amp has. It’s perfect if you like a variety of music. You can do it all on one Mesa Boogie with an authentic sound that pedals only mimic. Mesa Boogie is made for the road and big concerts. Slaving heads together and a signal out to the PA and a whole host of great features. All of the other options have been great at giving me the ability to customize my own sound. I have gotten major compliments from professional band members who claimed my Mesa just wasn’t good as so and so’s amp until they heard Mesa Boogie. They had to eat some crow but were amazed on the sounds I was getting out of my Roadster. The key is don’t let unqualified amateurs who don’t know Mesa Boogie’s equipment work on your Mesa Boogie Amplifier. strictly for huge venues only.
The last Mesa....way to much can go wrong....hope everything works out in your marriage..you are a awesome dude and we love you...
Brad, Keep your life in tune first! If the video's are theraputic then stay the course!