New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

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New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

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What say you of the new Mesa Fillmore 50?

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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

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Can't wait until the Kemper profiles come out ;-)

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Nice.
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

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Sounds great. Tweedy, but delicate and subtle. great reverb too. I'd love one

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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

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I think it's true that they haven't done anything like this before (well, as far as I know). Never heard a Mesa that could do a nice SRV tone (which I think this one could).

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Can't proclaim to be much of a Mesa guy... but I do like the look of this one :thumbup:

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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

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Is it my ears or do the demos make it sound dark; like there's a blanket over it? That typical Mesa thing.

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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

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Molly wrote:Is it my ears or do the demos make it sound dark; like there's a blanket over it? That typical Mesa thing.
Had your ears checked for wax? Sounds sparkly to me!!
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

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jeremyb wrote:
Molly wrote:Is it my ears or do the demos make it sound dark; like there's a blanket over it? That typical Mesa thing.
Had your ears checked for wax? Sounds sparkly to me!!
Say again?

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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

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I quite like the sound of the cleans although the overdriven tones still have that Mesa thing to my ears, it’s hard to describe but they all seem to have it.
This one has more appeal to me than most of their other current models however.

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Reg18 wrote:the overdriven tones still have that Mesa thing to my ears, it’s hard to describe but they all seem to have it.
The same sorta thing as people saying prs guitars sound sterile?

(I don’t think they do)
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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

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Single coil wrote:
Reg18 wrote:the overdriven tones still have that Mesa thing to my ears, it’s hard to describe but they all seem to have it.
The same sorta thing as people saying prs guitars sound sterile?

(I don’t think they do)
It’s the low gain/mid gain tones that I’m thinking of, Ive owned about 3 Mesas previously and played lots more, it’s hard to describe but it never sounds quite right to me.
As for PRS, amazing guitars that play and sound great! but I’ll always struggle to seperate them from the 90s Numetal scene, although a local pawnshop has a Custom 22 coming out shortly which has got my attention.

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Molly wrote:Is it my ears or do the demos make it sound dark; like there's a blanket over it? That typical Mesa thing.
Not claiming to be an amp dialling in expert, and no idea how the guitar tone controls were set, but it looks like they all had way more bass and or less treble than I would.

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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

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JHorner wrote:
Molly wrote:Is it my ears or do the demos make it sound dark; like there's a blanket over it? That typical Mesa thing.
Not claiming to be an amp dialling in expert, and no idea how the guitar tone controls were set, but it looks like they all had way more bass and or less treble than I would.

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Mesa usually advise you to reduce the bass as you increase the gain. Not so in the examples, eh.

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Re: New Mesa: 'Fillmore 50'

Post by Kris »

theres prob a fair bit of unconscious bias going on-i thought pretty much the same,"that sounds pretty modern/mesa" (despite this intended market being leagues out of my wheelhouse) if i hadnt have seen the amp or known it was a mesa id be none the wiser.Maybe.

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