FS/T: Mesa Boogie .50 Caliber+ combo

nyck · 07-26-2006, 04:23 PM

Up for sale is an incredible combo amp made by Mesa Boogie. It was handmade in California some years ago. It's 50 watts all tube and runs on two 6L6 powertubes. The tone is crunchy, tight, ballsy, and everything you'd expect from a Mesa. It is a 1x12 combo with a Mesa Black Shadow speaker. A few scuffs here and there, but it's in great condition overall. Features a clean and lead channels that are share a parametric EQ and gain controls. It's got a built in graphic EQ that can get heavy scooped tones and fat middy tones. It's got plenty of volume for gigging and the 50 watts allows you to saturate the tubes and get awesome tones at reasonable volumes. Price is $550 and comes with a free extra set of 6L6 powertubes. I'll also consider trades + cash for a Podxt bean model with all the model packs.

nyckz28@earthlink.net

MetalMike · 07-26-2006, 09:40 PM

I have a podxt bean w/ all model packs. How heavy can it get? My mark iv had a very low amount of gain and could not do modern rhythm tones at all. It almost had a vintage rhythm tone unless it was cranked. It sounded very 80s. I'm looking for something that can get heavy and have good leads especially if I were to get rid of my pod.

Vince · 07-26-2006, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by metalmike23

I have a podxt bean w/ all model packs. How heavy can it get?

It's the perfect amplifier. If I had an extra $550 I'd be buying it. They're heavy as hell, dude.

jakeskylyr · 07-27-2006, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by metalmike23

How heavy can it get?...I'm looking for something that can get heavy and have good leads especially if I were to get rid of my pod.

I agree with Vince. I've played two .50 calibers (a head and a combo) and they both sounded amazing. The only drawback is having only 2 channels in my opinion (as I'm spoiled with having essentially 4 on my MKIII), but they are 2 GOOD channels. As a matter of fact, I'd go so far as to say that I think it may even have more gain than my MKIII. I normally keep the gains on my MKIII at 6-7 depending on volume, and I was getting similar gain with settings of 5-6 on it. The distortion on these things is mega ballsy. Very thick, chunky, etc, and having the graphic gives you a HUGE range of tones. (don't underestimate the power of the 750hz mid slider

)The clean channel is also amazing in my experience.
I'm a self professed amp snob as I know what I want in an amp anymore, and my MKIII will be pryed from my cold dead hands. That said, I would buy a .50 caliber in a heartbeat as a backup amp.
One solution to making a mysterious 3rd channel appear on these amps is to get a footswitch for the EQ. Set up your rhythm distortion sound (generally a little more scooped than a solo tone) with the EQs cutting the mids as opposed to boosting the bass and highs. Saying a slider all the way up is 10, all the way down is 0, and 5 is flat, set it up like 6-3-2-4-6 approximately. By switching the EQ off, you will get a mid boost AND a slight volume boost making a kind of 3rd channel for leads in the process.

Dylan7620 · 07-27-2006, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by metalmike23

My mark iv had a very low amount of gain and could not do modern rhythm tones at all.

i can't even begin to describe how i don't understand this statement.
FWIW, the .50 cal is similar to the mark's gain structure but with a hair more recto-ish attitude. but if you don't like your mkIVs gain i'm not sure this would be different enough for you.

nyck · 07-27-2006, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by metalmike23

I have a podxt bean w/ all model packs. How heavy can it get? My mark iv had a very low amount of gain and could not do modern rhythm tones at all. It almost had a vintage rhythm tone unless it was cranked. It sounded very 80s. I'm looking for something that can get heavy and have good leads especially if I were to get rid of my pod.

This thing can 'definetly' get heavy. To get more gain out of the mark style amps(.50 cal included), you gotta crank the treble knob to about 8-9. The parametric EQ adds accessable gain to the gain knob.

Thanks for the positive comments guys.

I forgot to mention that the amp has a custom blonde tolex.

MetalMike · 07-27-2006, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dylan7620

i can't even begin to describe how i don't understand this statement.
FWIW, the .50 cal is similar to the mark's gain structure but with a hair more recto-ish attitude. but if you don't like your mkIVs gain i'm not sure this would be different enough for you.

I'm talking about without my ts-9 to boost the amp. The mark IV had an 80s metallica voicing at least at the volumes I played it at. You'd have to get very loud to go into dream theater territory and at those volumes I would get amazing tones from the amp but it would be hard to compensate as I lowered the volume.

The lead tones were amazing. If you check my soundclick you can hear them but rhythm at moderate volumes is where I thought this amp fell short. (I used a randall rm100 for rhythm). Did it have great lead tones? Yes. Could it do anywhere near a bone crushing rhythm tone? No.

The problem I have with comments on the mark IV is theres too many assumptions. People who have similar mesa amps assume that the mark iv is a suped up version of (insert similar voiced mesa amp here) and can do anything that an amp like the (insert similar voiced mesa amp here) could do. I'm not accusing you of never playing a mark IV I'm just making a general statement.

Don't get me wrong. The mark IV is a great amp. Maybe it just wasn't for me or I needed something easier to dial in.

Dylan7620 · 07-27-2006, 02:19 PM

ah, so it has enough gain, (i'm talking w/o the boost) but you have to crank it... what about the tweed setting? it has the same lead circut as the IIC+ (ie metallica and dream theater) if youwant uber modern heavy rhythm (chugga chugga) stick to the recto for that.
though for the record... .50 cals are GREAT amps that are tone monsters
sorry for highjackin your thread nick

MetalMike · 07-27-2006, 02:26 PM

That's the problem dude. If I got a recto I'd be loosing that incredible lead tone. Unfortunately the middle ground is the road king and its fucking expensive

nyck · 07-27-2006, 02:37 PM

If you check out Meshuggah's None album, it was recorded with a .50 Caliber. On youtube.com, there's an old Meshuggah video of them playing Humiliative where you can see the .50 caliber heads in the racks.

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07-26-2006, 04:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
nyck blah! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 3,039 iTrader: (7) Real Name: Nick Main Seven: no 7 Rig: Mesa .50 Caliber Thanked: 2	FS/T: Mesa Boogie .50 Caliber+ combo Up for sale is an incredible combo amp made by Mesa Boogie. It was handmade in California some years ago. It's 50 watts all tube and runs on two 6L6 powertubes. The tone is crunchy, tight, ballsy, and everything you'd expect from a Mesa. It is a 1x12 combo with a Mesa Black Shadow speaker. A few scuffs here and there, but it's in great condition overall. Features a clean and lead channels that are share a parametric EQ and gain controls. It's got a built in graphic EQ that can get heavy scooped tones and fat middy tones. It's got plenty of volume for gigging and the 50 watts allows you to saturate the tubes and get awesome tones at reasonable volumes. Price is $550 and comes with a free extra set of 6L6 powertubes. I'll also consider trades + cash for a Podxt bean model with all the model packs. nyckz28@earthlink.net

07-26-2006, 09:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
MetalMike IKILLUWITHMYBALDHEAD Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York Posts: 1,105 iTrader: (0) Real Name: Mike Main Seven: RG7CST Rig: Peavey JSX Thanked: 7 $MetalMike is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $MetalMike is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $MetalMike is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $MetalMike is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $MetalMike is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $MetalMike is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$ $MetalMike is rather kvlt and tr00. \m/$	I have a podxt bean w/ all model packs. How heavy can it get? My mark iv had a very low amount of gain and could not do modern rhythm tones at all. It almost had a vintage rhythm tone unless it was cranked. It sounded very 80s. I'm looking for something that can get heavy and have good leads especially if I were to get rid of my pod. -Mike My Recordings

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07-27-2006, 02:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
Dylan7620 50w of fury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Snohomish WA Posts: 1,687 iTrader: (2) Real Name: Dil Rye Master Main Seven: RG7620GN & S7420FMTT Rig: Mesa DC-5 Thanked: 0	ah, so it has enough gain, (i'm talking w/o the boost) but you have to crank it... what about the tweed setting? it has the same lead circut as the IIC+ (ie metallica and dream theater) if youwant uber modern heavy rhythm (chugga chugga) stick to the recto for that. though for the record... .50 cals are GREAT amps that are tone monsters sorry for highjackin your thread nick

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nyck blah! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 3,039 iTrader: (7) Real Name: Nick Main Seven: no 7 Rig: Mesa .50 Caliber Thanked: 2	If you check out Meshuggah's None album, it was recorded with a .50 Caliber. On youtube.com, there's an old Meshuggah video of them playing Humiliative where you can see the .50 caliber heads in the racks.


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