Mesa M3 Carbine combo vs Mesa Walkabout Combo

[mb94952]

I absolute love my Walkabout head. I play my Cirrus through it and they go through an SWR 610 Senior. After trying just about every amp/cab there is, it's ONLY Mesa amps and SWR cabs for me. I like the hybrids, too. It's Mesa best achievement, in my opinion.

That being said, I also LOVE my M3 and M6 (which I sold to buy the M3). Live, there was no other amp like the M6. It sounded better than any amp on the market. Probably always will. BUT, direct for recording a CD, the Walkabout is the undisputed king.

My main rig now is my Walkabout head thru the SWR 610. My M3 just sits. As for the Mesa combos, the 4 ohm Scout is amazing. The 8 ohm Scout was useless to me, sadly to say.

I can only imagine how awesome the M3 combo sounds. I wonder if it's an 8 or 4 ohm version. I have yet to see one in person, aside from youtube in Germany at some music store. My instinct tells me that the M3 would be a more versatile and louder combo.

Any opinions ?

[Caca de Kick]

After trying some of these out, to me the best 'combo' would have been the WA head in the ph1x12 combo-cab. I love the gooey tone of the WA head, I just didn't like the Scout's handling, the M's cab was much better at handling what I wanted to hear.

[someparts]

I have an M3 combo but have not played the Walkabout so can't compare the two. Mine is a 4 ohm speaker and I use it mainly for practice. It's a very simple, powerful and good sounding rig. After reading some reviews I had some reservations that it would sound really hi-fi - and it will do that tone all day - but turn the tweet off and give it some pre-gain and you can get the classic rock and fingerstyle tones with no problem.

[rodl2005]

Originally Posted by mb94952

I absolute love my Walkabout head. I play my Cirrus through it and they go through an SWR 610 Senior. After trying just about every amp/cab there is, it's ONLY Mesa amps and SWR cabs for me. I like the hybrids, too. It's Mesa best achievement, in my opinion.

That being said, I also LOVE my M3 and M6 (which I sold to buy the M3). Live, there was no other amp like the M6. It sounded better than any amp on the market. Probably always will. BUT, direct for recording a CD, the Walkabout is the undisputed king.

My main rig now is my Walkabout head thru the SWR 610. My M3 just sits. As for the Mesa combos, the 4 ohm Scout is amazing. The 8 ohm Scout was useless to me, sadly to say.

I can only imagine how awesome the M3 combo sounds. I wonder if it's an 8 or 4 ohm version. I have yet to see one in person, aside from youtube in Germany at some music store. My instinct tells me that the M3 would be a more versatile and louder combo.

Any opinions ?

Why is an 8 ohm WA ' useless' to you ? Ime, the 12" scout can't handle any more watts than the WA @ 8 ohms puts into it, & the 8 ohm scout is easy to add another cab to-for a 4 ohm load.
I totally understand that it's YOUR p opinion, but just wondering???
Totally agree-the WA rules well 'ard tho :-)

[RickenBoogie]

+1 to the question posed re: the 8 ohm vs. 4 ohm Scout cab.

[lomo]

As I've posted (too) many times before, I have owned 4 and 8 Ohm Scout 12 cabs simultaneously and A-B'ed them with my WA. No difference at all to my ears, in volume or tone. They both compress/surrender before full output, although the 8 Ohm can obviously take more rotation on the master and gain. As far as the M3 goes-sounds just like the 6 and 9 flat, with much less eq flexibility and fewer flowing electrons. At about 60 lbs, the M3 combo doesn't do anything for me. YMMV

[john_martin_sai]

...wanted to resurrect this thread to see if there are any new opinions......

[RickenBoogie]

Well, I own both a Walkabout and an M3. They couldn't really be any further apart, tonally, and yet, both are pure awesome. Using the Walkabout with a 2x12 for bass guitar, and the M3 with a 2x10 for synth. What do you want to know?

[john_martin_sai]

Originally Posted by RickenBoogie

Well, I own both a Walkabout and an M3. They couldn't really be any further apart, tonally, and yet, both are pure awesome. Using the Walkabout with a 2x12 for bass guitar, and the M3 with a 2x10 for synth. What do you want to know?

Just a brief/simplified pros & cons for each.

I'm not an 'amp tech expert' and in looking at these, just trying to determine the main differences.

My priorities are in order....

*300-500W - at least 12" speaker

*Reliability/Build Quality/Customer Svc

*Sound (I have a 4001 Rick and Hofner 500/1 - both with flats (go for Motown, Classic C&W, 50's-60's Pop/Rock)

*Portability

*Expansion/Versatility (adding cabs) and quality DI

*Dislike (compression, tuner, effects, gimmicks, any features for 'active' or 5+ string basses)
(headphone jack ok though)

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Would even appreciate any other contenders to these amps.

Thanks!

[77PBass]

Originally Posted by mb94952

I absolute love my Walkabout head. I play my Cirrus through it and they go through an SWR 610 Senior. After trying just about every amp/cab there is, it's ONLY Mesa amps and SWR cabs for me. I like the hybrids, too. It's Mesa best achievement, in my opinion.

That being said, I also LOVE my M3 and M6 (which I sold to buy the M3). Live, there was no other amp like the M6. It sounded better than any amp on the market. Probably always will. BUT, direct for recording a CD, the Walkabout is the undisputed king.

My main rig now is my Walkabout head thru the SWR 610. My M3 just sits. As for the Mesa combos, the 4 ohm Scout is amazing. The 8 ohm Scout was useless to me, sadly to say.

I can only imagine how awesome the M3 combo sounds. I wonder if it's an 8 or 4 ohm version. I have yet to see one in person, aside from youtube in Germany at some music store. My instinct tells me that the M3 would be a more versatile and louder combo.

Any opinions ?

Why are you shouting?