Mesa Boogie 50 Caliber Crushing High Gain tone (retubed) No Boost

[@zerosoma33]

I love how the pressure from the sound waves are shaking the camera.

[@turbomunch]

Pressure from the sound waves 🤤

[@mvyper]

Sound really tight and mean. Like a classic Mark IV from the 90s. Awesome!

[@CinemaKev24]

I had a .50cal for years. It dials in the sweetest blues tone ever heard.

[@Jaundice__]

Sounds just like my .50 caliber +. They have a great crunchy aggressive flavor, I wanted a mark 4 or 5. But this buster will keep me content.

[@jeffyoung8047]

Ive got a .50 cal + like yours, I was really blown away by how great these amps are!

[@jake13b]

awesome. Marshall G12V is so underrated with mark series style amps.

[@RomanRotten]

By far my favorite speaker

[@Hitemwhereithurtss]

Great amp and playing

[@RomanRotten]

Thank you

[@Flaco-ip7cl]

The best sounding amplifier in the world..Bay area amps are the best

[@_cosmix_]

Ah yes, my favourite cab, Mar.

[@Infineonxdpe132g5c]

caliber is literally shares alot with mark III. Just a simplier version of it. SO it will definetily rip with its own tone)

[@RomanRotten]

Agree with you!;)

[@charlesrocks]

Sounds insane. Wow

[@bencehorvath1679]

This tone could melt satan’s face

[@RomanRotten]

Haha;)

[@boukebandstra2994]

That small part where you played the fast riff was almost like Morbid Angel.. dawn of the angry

[@djabthrash]

thought the same hehe

[@danarchism-dissident]

Brb... gotta go listen to NOLA front to back again..

[@13guitard00d]

The riffs and the production on that album are top notch. One of those all-killer, no-filler gems.

[@danarchism-dissident]

@@13guitard00d yeah, buddy!! It's on my "desert island 5" list.

[@13guitard00d]

Forgot to say that this amp is a big factor in why the riffs and the production shine. No other Down guitar tone that I've heard sounds as good as the NOLA tone.

[@williambyrne6855]

Nice. That's pretty much a reliable Boogie. :)

[@krachbumbang]

Frightening 😱

[@555shoe]

Best amp I owned, (probably modded) combo with EV12. Better than triaxis/strategy, mini recto and mark 3 combo. Sold it because I moved and the previous owner begged me to sell it back to him, I was so stupid to sell it. Sounded much better than this.

[@RomanRotten]

I sold two calibers, then regretted and bought this one. It’s hard to judge which is worse or better until you put them side by side and compare them head-to-head with the same settings and the same cab.

[@sunglassesfromparis1063]

Great tone mate, really great! Low frequencies are very tight and powerful. Which tubes did you use?

[@RomanRotten]

Thank you. 6L6s - Sovtek, 12ax7s - ehx. I don't remember which specific models.

[@metriffs]

Sounds awesome

[@sirduckoufthenorth]

That must be fucking loud, you can even _see_ it

[@mafiashpagety]

MARS cab ;)

[@ALLTH3YW4NT3D]

Kinda sounds like Killswitch Engage to me, nice job

[@JamesFerrerosa]

can i come and hangout? ill bring the beers lol

[@RomanRotten]

😋🍻

[@JohnSlattery-w4b]

my choice amplifier is mesaboogie duel rectifiers or marshal halfstacks

[@RomanRotten]

Marshall half stack can be totally different!;) from an old jmp to a modern jvm

[@skyleranderson1984]

Mars

[@syracuse6651]

Push that air !

[@raffaeleguido2828]

Really underrated Mesa. Nothing to envy of the more renowned Mark

[@drthunda]

Dang man

[@facu23057]

y ese cab mars mi bro?

[@nunoharris]

Hi. Whats the year of your Mesa boogie 50 Caliber ? Thanks

[@RomanRotten]

I don’t know unfortunately

[@tgchan]

🔥

[@flektra175]

Did they replace all the underrated capacitors too?

[@RomanRotten]

One dead blue cap was replaced

[@DymNox]

Расхуяривает на гранулы

[@otus_sco]

👹👍🏻

[@ivorycybernetics]

How does it compare to a dc5?

[@RomanRotten]

I’ve never used dc5, but my amp tech told me that they differ circuit wise.

[@ivorycybernetics]

@@RomanRotten great video ! Great tone!

[@RomanRotten]

@@ivorycybernetics thank you! Cheers!

[@candypeanut9927]

I’ve had a DC5 for years and now have the Cal .50+ (6L6-Version). I like the gain texture much more on the Caliber and can achieve more transparent, harmonic and fluent gain sounds. The DC5's high always felt stiffer and grittier to me. But on the other hand the DC5 has a significantly more powerful poweramp section. though rated the same, the Caliber does not get as loud as the DC5, starts breaking up earlier, has less low end and overall feels less substantial. It does not matter as much at home, but really starts showing in a band context. Apparently the output transformer is a weak spot in the Caliber. I have had and still have several Mesa amps. They generally have a reputation of being loud for their respective power rating, but the Caliber .50 seems to be an exception from the rule.

[@deadwhip]

Перед ампом грелочка была?

[@RomanRotten]

Нет. Чисто в морду

[@avosoftware]

Я не знаю что это, оно как марк или это другое?

[@RomanRotten]

Прародственник ректифаера с генами Марка

[@Vodkin_s]

Зёрнышко к зёрнышку

[@caseyjones3522]

an in room mic is pretty useless for evaluating tone

[@chrisodonnell3776]

How so? That's how your ears hear it unless you like to listen with your ear 1 inch off the grill cloth

[@djabthrash]

@@chrisodonnell3776 exactly :)

[@Zacattack1990]

Fuck! that amp sounds so brutal.

[@HAHb-zc2dp]

This isn't high gain 😂😂😂