Mesa 400+ question

[permadave]

saw this suggestion posted online somewhere..

Any idea how to use both channels at once? Is there some kind of aftermarket A/B blend switch you would have to have?

OK owners...here is the dream setting...ready?
Split your signal into both preamps. pull out all the shift knobs (B+T) and play everything about flat (5). I can't remember
if you'd want to yank out the brightness knobs or no...
probably yes. Use your graphic for room eq only.
Man...what a tone. Impossible to beat.

 

[notonthehorse]

I believe that you can buy a simple splitter at a Radio Shack. That is probably the cheapest option if you don't need to switch back and forth between the channels.

 

[cheezewiz]

Yep..just use a Y cable. Thats what I did.

 

[corrosiontrav]

Yep..just use a Y cable. Thats what I did.

Does that jumper the channels to be both active?

Or can you run both inputs and run a AB/Y box and seperate them out?

 

[permadave]

Yep..just use a Y cable. Thats what I did.

So it will run both preamps simultaneously without any issue?

Does it sound killer?

 

[cheezewiz]

So it will run both preamps simultaneously without any issue?

Does it sound killer?

Yep..both channels are active. It sounds GREAT! It's absolutely the best sound you can get out of a Mesa 400+.

 

[permadave]

Sweet, thanks! I will be trying that out tonight at practice

 

[Nighttrain1127]

You could run an aby box or you could just turn the gain down on whatever channel you did not want to use.

 

[cheezewiz]

Does that jumper the channels to be both active?

Or can you run both inputs and run a AB/Y box and seperate them out?

I'm sure you could do this too, but I didn't find any need to switch channels. To me, the absolute best sound was using both at once. Thick syrupy rock and roll tone!

 

[rayzak]

I'm sure you could do this too, but I didn't find any need to switch channels. To me, the absolute best sound was using both at once. Thick syrupy rock and roll tone!

I bought a Y cable to use with mine and it did sound great, but every time I made the slightest movement with the cord, it would POP!!!! very loud. Thought I was gonna blow my new Bergie.

Do you think that maybe the Y cable had a short or something, because I would love to run it like that, but I did not have a good experience.

 

[cheezewiz]

I bought a Y cable to use with mine and it did sound great, but every time I made the slightest movement with the cord, it would POP!!!! very loud. Thought I was gonna blow my new Bergie.

Do you think that maybe the Y cable had a short or something, because I would love to run it like that, but I did not have a good experience.

Yep..either a bad cable or a bad input jack.

 

[schmoove]

the best thing i ever did with my Sansamp RBI/Mesa 400+ rig was run a patch lead from the Sansamp Output to Channel 1 and a lead from the Unaffected Output to Channel 2. Then I can get the perfect blend of Sansamp tone and clean tone direct from the Mesa channel knobs. Once you can get the dials up around 4 it's house-shaking stuff.

 

[BurningSkies]

Yep..both channels are active. It sounds GREAT! It's absolutely the best sound you can get out of a Mesa 400+.

+1

 

[anderbass]

Both channels Into a nv-610.

 

[Plain Old Me]

I like to run my ch 2 on bright while having ch 1 on normal. Sounds awesome!