Originally Posted by Petrucci
Here is my head and cab (the same i have)
150 watts of pure Mesa power, and 14 valves
I know the combo you tried, it's the Combo Rectifier, and it's a 50 watts. But mesa watts have always been a LOT louder.... so imagine my 150 ones
John, that head is the one we had in the shop - we had no cab for it tho (someone bought it) so it was hooked into a Peavy cab
Never got used - I preferred the Combo Rectifier myself - 2x12 I think it was. Had a two step pedal thingy - for clean/channel and solo boost, and even with a pony Epiphone Les Paul it still thundered
Sounded insane when the guitar guy brought is ESP Explorer (lawsuit model
) in and gave it some drop-D "Sad But True"
And yes, Mesa watts have awlays been louder
That said, I recently went to his (the guitarist guy) new shop where Jim Marshall (yes, THE Jim Marshall) was there and his guys were doing an unveiling of the new Marshall range, including the JCM and new JTM gear, along with the Monder Vintage amps - sound VERY good indeed!!!! Always been partial to a JCM900 myself