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02-06-2012, 03:43 PM
|  | Junkyard Scout | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Dominican Republic | | | I like the switchable wattage option. If it isn't insanely expensive I may consider it down the line when I get some other stuff out of the way. I hope they don't make it rack based.
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02-06-2012, 03:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: GTA Ontario Canada | | | Fixed bias hugh... It's a little bit of a pain to find 12 matched 6l6's. |
02-06-2012, 03:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Nashville TN | | | Only 300 watts from TWELVE 6L6's??? |
02-06-2012, 03:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: NW Indiana | | | That must be a typo.
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02-06-2012, 03:51 PM
|  | Sponsored by Jagermeister | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Seattle / Tacoma | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nashvillebill  Only 300 watts from TWELVE 6L6's??? | So no different than the old 400+.
I may get in line for this new one, but my dream was a 400 watter using 6550's. C'mon Mesa! |
02-06-2012, 04:30 PM
|  | The "G" is for Gustav | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Maryland | | | Would love to see a new all tube head from Mesa, bit not with 12 6L6s - that makes no sense now that there are decent 6550 and KT88s being made - it just doubles the probability of having a tube failure. The Mesa Hollywood guy was hush hush a few years ago but alluded to "something with KT88s" when I pressed him, so hopefully that will still come to fruition. |
02-06-2012, 04:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | They actually have 2 new all tube bass heads a-comin'. I heard the Strategy was to be higher than 300 watts, but the one that peeks my interest is the new 100 watter, with a similar name.
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02-06-2012, 04:53 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ohio | | | Yeah, heard about this a little while back. They are a 6L6 based company so big bottles are probably not going to happen. I also heard there may be a smaller all tube amp at some point... |
02-06-2012, 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by nashvillebill Only 300 watts from TWELVE 6L6's??? | The AMPEG V4BH is a 100 watts with 4 6L6 tubes |
02-06-2012, 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Caca de Kick So no different than the old 400+.
I may get in line for this new one, but my dream was a 400 watter using 6550's. C'mon Mesa! | I'm with you. I want 400-500 watts RMS out of some bigger bottles. I don't care if it weighs more than I do. Quote:
Originally Posted by RootNoteRadical The AMPEG V4BH is a 100 watts with 4 6L6 tubes | An anemic 100 watts at that... |
02-06-2012, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by christw I'm with you. I want 400-500 watts RMS out of some bigger bottles. I don't care if it weighs more than I do.
An anemic 100 watts at that... | Well how many watts can you get out of 12 6L6'S? |
02-06-2012, 05:35 PM
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Endorsing: J Worrell Bass | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Dayton OH | | I was shooting at the V4BH because I wasn't happy with their headroom. 
I don't expect any more out of those 6L6. The kid in me wants to see a ridiculous 8 kt88 amp or equivalent for my stupid loud projects I get into. |
02-06-2012, 05:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Portland, OR | | Quote:
Originally Posted by RootNoteRadical Well how many watts can you get out of 12 6L6'S? | The amp I'm currently using, Mesa attributes about 65 watts per matched pair... and I think that's a tad conservative. They also called the 400+ 500 watts with 12 6l6s in it.
Either way, that's a loud black box.
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02-06-2012, 06:16 PM
|  | In a world that doesn't, bass does. | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: SF Bay Area, California | | | Kind of disappointed. Hopefully it's not a rack amp. Why don't they use 6550s? |
02-06-2012, 06:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia | | | Well the Traynor YBA300 has 12 6L6's & is 300w a has a user bias feature. That's getting glowing reviews.
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02-06-2012, 06:23 PM
| | | | A 6L6 is generally considered to give out 25 watts although some class it as a 30 watt Valve / tube. Me, I recon it's the same as an EL34 which is 25 watts but not as nice sounding. |
02-06-2012, 06:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hunt. Co., New Jersey | | | Whats wrong with a rackmount when they have vintage style tolex cases to rack them in?
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02-06-2012, 07:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Seweracuse, NY | | | 300w sounds very decent and honest of Mesa, give their past flights of fancy about the 400+.
Really you're looking at between 20-25w per tube, at best. Conventional wisdom about the 400+ puts it around ~280w
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02-06-2012, 07:02 PM
|  | Just a punk kid. A really, really loud punk kid. | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bloomington, IN | | | I feel like being able to switch between 100/200/300 would be way more useful than 60/150/300. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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