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I just fainted from too much awesome. RECTOBABIES
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Man they look sweet! Would love to hear a demo! Will Google that after work!

Edit: Doh, video samples on Mesa website...
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The modern faux-vintage look of amplifiers masquerading as bench power supplies/battery chargers completely fails to excite me. I like an amp to look like a real musical piece of kit, not industrial. As always ymmv.
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Dunno about those website demos, but I bet they can sound alright.
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Modern? :P
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I'm not a big fan of the Rectifiers, but that's pretty damn cool.

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I pretty much agree, again :( Rog And I have one of these...

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its built like the proverbial but the looks don't do it for me, thinking of making one of these if I keep it.

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BG wrote:I pretty much agree, again :( Rog And I have one of these...
Is this one of those "You know you're old when" moments...? :lol:
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slash-ed wrote:Modern? :P
1989 was the fork in the road here at Mesa/Boogie®. It was the year we embarked on a mission to Rectify high gain guitar and reintroduce MESA Engineering® to the world.
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The modern was in reference to the (it seems) everyone now jumping on the ugly stick of design train. :lol:
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much like that modern yellow thing in your driveway? :P
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Beauty is indeed in the eye of the beholder.
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Just about had a GAS attack over the bably Recto, but then realised I could get my DSL201 retubed and make a decent 2x12 cab for it and save many twodollars.
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Rog wrote:
BG wrote:I pretty much agree, again :( Rog And I have one of these...
Is this one of those "You know you're old when" moments...? :lol:
no, its one of those, what the hell am I thinking??? moments.
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I thought I beheld it on Blue Mountains Road on Sunday...
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