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Cheers all, I opened her up today and gave things a good clean. Oh my god this is one scary looking set of amp guts. But it's all back together again and seems to be working as intended with the problems seemingly gone.

If it's just cleaning the pots you can do that yourself with great ease as mesa pots are all wired off board rather than soldered on like Marshall or Peavey. Contact cleaner in the slot, give the pot a few turns with some gusto, then some electrical lubricant and you're done. What else do you need?...

I think Clarry serviced this about 15 years ago. Pots are scratchy and dropping volume. In theory they should be capable of a clean but the Mesa amps are nightmares and the mark IVs no less so. I also don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on someone who will be learning on the job. Any recommenda...

I think Clarry serviced this about 15 years ago. Pots are scratchy and dropping volume. In theory they should be capable of a clean but the Mesa amps are nightmares and the mark IVs no less so. I also don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on someone who will be learning on the job. Any recommendat...

Ok you win.

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I've been having a play with profiles from ToneNet, and man there's some great stuff on there, also some junk. I usually prefer proper miked up rigs over the direct ones that need IRs added. The Marshall stuff is bang on, and dare I say it, better than a lot of the best Marshall profiles I've tried...

Every guitar is unique. I’ve got a 76 strat I bought through Grant. Had it re-fretted by Ramsay. Plays wicked. Sounds wicked (the pickups are very aggressive). Weighs a shitload.

I've been having a play with profiles from ToneNet, and man there's some great stuff on there, also some junk. I usually prefer proper miked up rigs over the direct ones that need IRs added. The Marshall stuff is bang on, and dare I say it, better than a lot of the best Marshall profiles I've tried...

I got the tonex - it's pretty awesome! Definitely liking some of the tone models; the "Overdrive Special" is based on a Dumble and it sounds fantastic. I find the software so confusing to use though. Just editing a preset to add reverb is quite an ordeal. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong? Here'...

IK BlueBoard is another option I think

I’m overseas at present but when I have a chance I’ll let you know my highly subjective views of Kemper Profiler vs Tonex + HX Stomp vs Kemper Player vs Helix LT as I have all. But in a nutshell: - Tonex could sound and feel better than Kemper especially with the HX stomp effects (I have Tonex in th...

What’s the verdict on the KEMPER Player? Who’s got one in NZ? Have been considering buying another amp I don’t need, thinking I might be better to look into the KEMPER Player. Looks like it’s just over 1k landed? It'd be around 1350 landed (customs fees). I got one. So far I'm really enjoying it! H...

StrummersOfThunder wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:39 pm

vintage52 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:24 pm Neunaber Neuron covers a lot of territory.

Also cover a decent part of a house deposit

I’ve got a totally mint one I can sell for a better price

I suspect a bit of opening up and reconnecting fixed something that was dodgy. I don’t care - so long as it works

Thanks for the help. I replaced the cap and touched nothing else on the basis that the less I touch, the less I might break! But seems to be fixed now