| Title: | GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion |
| Notice: | Discussion of the finer stringed instruments |
| Moderator: | KDX200::COOPER |
| Created: | Thu Aug 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Any comments on the Mesa Blue Angel or Subway Blues
amps?
The former has a "progressive linkage" control that
allows the user select between two different sets
of power tubes, or combine them all. I saw one in
Daddy's in Cambridge, the 1-12 combo version. Heavy as
heck, and quite a sight to look in the back and see
all that glass (at least six tubes). It might be smart
to get the head only version just to be able to carry the thing.
The reverb was great on this puppy.
The Subway Blues is a smaller 1-10 combo. It was alot
easier to lift! The mid range control sort of
puts it into slight overdrive when you get
past 4. Something seemed to vibrate a little when
it was cranked, but I could n't tell if it
was in the amp cabinet or the tubes or what.
Not a big deal considering how loud the amp
was playing.
Neither of these has master volume.
The Blue Angel lists for 1199.00 in the 1-12
combo, and the Subway Blues is 449. The stores
claim that Mesa amps all go for list, no discount.
Kinda brutal.
These seem like cool amps to me, and I'll
be curious to see if people start
using them.
Dave
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| 3012.1 | ;-) | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | db | Wed Dec 21 1994 12:34 | 10 |
> The former has a "progressive linkage" control
Cool, I could really use one of those.
Buck is probably already on his way to the music store.
But Fred wants to know, if they are coming out with one that has a
"blues linkage".
db
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| 3012.2 | low tone/pounds ratio | RICKS::CALCAGNI | The animal trainer and the toad | Wed Dec 21 1994 16:00 | 11 |
Daddy's Shrew had one of these in the 4x10 combo version; might've
been a different name, but essentially the same amp with different
speakers. This sorta became my default amp for checking out guitars
there, largely because it's tone was so unobtrusive and let me hear
"guitar" instead of "amp". But it escapes me why someone would pay the
bucks for one of these. It didn't sparkle like a great blackface
Super, or sing like a tweed Bassman, or pin you to the wall like a
Marshall half-stack (all at less $$$). And if I were going to lug
something that heavy around, I'd want some tone-payback for it.
/aspen_pitbull
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| 3012.3 | Blue Angel revisited | RICKS::CALCAGNI | The animal trainer and the toad | Fri Jan 06 1995 16:04 | 21 |
I went back and spent some more time with the Blue Angel, this time
focusing more on the amp itself and playing with the controls. Not
a bad little beast; it's pleasures are subtle but substantial. With
the controls set properly, this amp can wail nicely when cranked. It
still doesn't really sound like any of the amps I mentioned in my previous
reply, or even like a Boogie, but it does sound good and makes you
want to play. As with the Subway Blues, the 'middle' control is used
to dial in distortion, though not with as much effect as on the Subway.
This amp sounded dark in direct side-by-side with a Subway and a Mesa
Maverick, but it's hard to tell what that means. The Blue Angel has
a very thick sound and perhaps would work better in a band mix than the
other two. It's also hard to get decent clean volume; the amps starts
to grunge up rather quickly. The "progressive linkage" business lets
you select between 4 x EL-84, 2 x 6V6, or a combination of the two
(like Simul-Class); this changes the color somewhat, most noticably
at high volume, but again as with most things on this amp it's subtle.
This is basically a one (but very good) sound amp, probably most suited
to blues-rock styles (sorry db).
/rick
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