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NAD: MESA TC-50 Head

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Wanted a combo, was looking at Lone Stars but ...
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Mmmm, Triple Crown. The clean channel is probably based on the Lonestar circuit, isn't it? (Like the Mark V)
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Awesome amps. Reminds me of the Stiletto series but slightly tighter in the top end of things, and much nicer looking.

Can I call dibs? haha

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That photo is shite lol

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According to Mesa....

this new platform features a bold set of new circuits unlike anything else in our line.

According to me....

It sounds amazingly good and is more like the Electradyne / Royal Atlantic rather than the Mark / Rectifier amps. I haven't had long with it yet though so much more to explore.

The clean channel is really good, better than the RA100 and Mark V imho. All three channels are bright and lively which is unlike most Mesa amps I have owned.
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Re: NAD: MESA TC-50

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What made you pick this over the Lone Star? There have been a couple on/off TM recently.

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Re: NAD: MESA TC-50

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I love how your solution to having too many amps was to buy another amp! :D

Anything that has a clean as good, or better than the MkV has to be amazing. Good to try different flavours of distortion too. These look really classy.
Loving it so far

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Re: NAD: MESA TC-50

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codedog wrote:What made you pick this over the Lone Star? There have been a couple on/off TM recently.
RS didn't have any in the shop :winky:

I have bee eyeing up the TC but it was out of my price range, until I plugged into it :rofl:
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Re: NAD: MESA TC-50

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Nice one SB!

I have a Lonestar combo, which I love. curious to know if this is better...

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Re: NAD: MESA TC-50

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Nice one!

If I was still doing reviews this would be pretty intriguing, I've always loved the Mesa stuff and if you think the clean is better than LS/MkV then you have my attention!

Also... dibs.
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slash-ed wrote:I've always loved the Mesa stuff and if you think the clean is better than LS/MkV then you have my attention!
Me too.
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Re: NAD: MESA TC-50

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Haven't had the MKV for a while so only going memory, maybe I have forgotten how good the MKV clean was :D

I saw this amp as the next stage in the evolution of the Electradyne / RA100. The Electradyne was a two channel amp with 3 modes (Green / Blue / Red) all sharing the same EQ. Then the RA100 added seperate EQ to the dirty channel (Blue / Red) (but removed presence controls). The TC has seperate EQ for all channels now and presence controls.

The TC is also a very simple amp for a Mesa, no wattage selection, bright/fat switches or triode/pentode switches etc. It has Midi and Cab Clone but the amp circuit itself is pretty free from switching compared to the MKV and RA100 etc.

The clean has a drive switch which puts the clean channel into edge of break up and its brilliant.
The dirty channels have a tight switch that just bumps the mids up a bit and cuts some low end for when you want to that fast chuggy stuff (that I don't/can't do)

There was a MKV Combo and Head in the gold tag sale and I was sorely tempted by them but I wanted simplicity.
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Re: NAD: MESA TC-50

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sizzlingbadger wrote:Haven't had the MKV for a while so only going memory, maybe I have forgotten how good the MKV clean was :D

I saw this amp as the next stage in the evolution of the Electradyne / RA100. The Electradyne was a two channel amp with 3 modes (Green / Blue / Red) all sharing the same EQ. Then the RA100 added seperate EQ to the dirty channel (Blue / Red) (but removed presence controls). The TC has seperate EQ for all channels now and presence controls.

The TC is also a very simple amp for a Mesa, no wattage selection, bright/fat switches or triode/pentode switches etc. It has Midi and Cab Clone but the amp circuit itself is pretty free from switching compared to the MKV and RA100 etc.

The clean has a drive switch which puts the clean channel into edge of break up and its brilliant.
The dirty channels have a tight switch that just bumps the mids up a bit and cuts some low end for when you want to that fast chuggy stuff (that I don't/can't do)

There was a MKV Combo and Head in the gold tag sale and I was sorely tempted by them but I wanted simplicity.
Can you remember what the price was for the MKV ? Thanks
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