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Mesa Boogie Walkabout Mega-thread part Four!

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I had one of the first run M6 Carbines that had the shutdown issue, and my experience was great- they covered shipping both ways and sent me a brand new Carbine before I had even got my original one shipped out to them with no questions asked. It may have been because I had the problem almost literally right out of the store (I called them 2 days after purchase), and that I apparently happened to get ahold of the head of the service department almost right away...I think in all I went only about a day and a half without an amp!
 
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Crabby said:
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I think companies like Genz offering such outstanding customer service have raised the bar and although Mesa does take care of their customers eventually, the service was slow. .
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I agree. GB has set the standard and they are proactive when it comes to service and product development. The fact that an end user can get the founder on the phone is just the icing on the cake. I totally dig Mesa products and reiterate my Walkabout is my favourite head. Having said that, it appears the GB Streamliner i likely to be a direct competitor and if that is the case, Mesa will really have to sharpen their game just to maintain market share.

In my quest to milk enough volume from my Walkabout to keep up with our band, a used Schro Bad Maternal Fornicator
1515 arrives Monday:bassist:. I grew out of the older baffled Schro sound and am hoping that the newest design, along with the Walkbout's magic eq, will do it. I'll have to wait several weeks for the head to return from Mesa. My Carbine is FS since every time I play it, I just want the Walkabout:rollno:.
 
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vin*tone said:
*The detents cause the scratchy problems on the Eden heads - described to me (by an annonymous and highly reputable techie from a company starting with G) as a "DC offset issue" .... He explained it but I understood about 30% of what he was saying.
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Weird. I do like those 'G' guys, though this seems like a strange analysis of the issue. Nearly all mastering gear uses detented knobs, not only for accuracy in resetting settings, but precisely to avoid this sort of scratchiness.

Now it might be that Eden used lousy dentened switches. But there's nothing intrinsically inferior about using detents over continuous knobs.
 
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Crabby said:
My amp was finally returned and not only was the rack ear bent, but someone had taken a black marker and tried to cover up the scuff marks. This frustrated me the most as there was a clear attempt to try and hide the damage before it was packed up and sent back.
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That's unacceptable. I'd have been raging. But I double your sentiment of thinking that the Walkabout is a masterpiece in design and execution, considering all variables (price, tone, portability, mojo, features), despite its obvious shortcomings.

I'm hoping to try the fan mod soon. The bearings in mine are starting to go. Guess that's a testament to how much this thing gets used!
 
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Still curious about folks' assessment of 1x12 cabs for the walkabout. I'm currently playing through a Berg HT112ER, and I have a Mesa PH112 through which it also sounds good. But I've not played it through the Scout cabs, whether the combo cab or the regular. I'm also intrigued by the Barefaced midget or compact, though I've never played through one. Can anyone that's played through all (or some) of these describe the differences? Thanks.
 
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The Berg I haven't used.
The PH112 is more mid/low mid focused than the Scout cab, which is tuned lower, and a very phat, deep, vintage sounding cab.
The PH112 isn't particularly "modern" sounding on top, but it seems brighter than the Scout, to me.

Note: I haven't used a newer scout cab, with the player control network adjustable crossover, this may brighten current scout cabs compared to older ones.
 
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I really like my Scout 12 and used alone with a Stingray, I was amazed at how well it cut through the mix despite being such a fat warm cab. I have been running my Walkabout through a Schroeder 1212BMF cab lately and its a great combo as the cab is quite aggressive and loud. Its a 212 and actually weighs only about 2 pounds more then the Scout cab.

My favorite cabs for the Walkabout remain my pair of Mesa PH115's. They just work so well with the Walkabout and the combo is loud fat and full sounding with lots of low end.
 
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I just wanted to report back that I was working the Mesa/Boogie crew pretty hard (mostly Dan Van Reizen) about a more powerful WalkAbout, and some very interesting potential developments came out of our discussion (as in, light bulbs went off and dots were connected during this conversation). Once again, note my use of the plural form... :ninja:

Keeping my fingers crossed. :cool:
 
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If I ran MB, I wouldn't give a thought about what GK & GB are doing. Totally different classes and markets. The WalkAbout has no competition even from in house at Mesa-Boogie.

For how many years have people been saying that any new amp with a tube in it might match the WalkAbout? Nothing has so far, and that won't change any time soon I'll bet.

However if anyone has a shot at it, it'd be Mesa-Boogie.

TomBowlus, I understand you probably shouldn't divulge much or get hopes up, but would you at least say if you got any indication when what you're hinting at might come to market?

Thanks.
 
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