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👍👍 still waiting to get an email invite to buy one. Glad to see people are receiving their orders and the amp is meeting expectations.

@stratjacket I signed up March 21st @ 6:23am. Pretty sure that was the day the list rolled out. Any rate, sounds like we're in the same boat. Looking forward to snagging one when available.

Still waiting on the invite email... Was told they received 150 people on the list the first day it was rolled out. So far they've only produced ~80 of them. Was told to hang tight. They're working on cranking out more of them. In the meantime, looking forward to hearing YouTube clips of...

Another forum member ( @hellzington ) turned me on to the Zio by Source Audio. I don't personally know that forum member, but watch some of his YouTube content from time to time, which is worth a watch. It's a great recommendation for Rectifiers. It can color the sound slightly, or reduce...

Had a Badlander 100. It was a cool amp, but I missed the massive wall of sound a Dual/Triple Rectifier bring to the table. Never tried it with the Mr. Scary mod. Have heard it helps add saturation. Just prefer the gutteral lowend of the Dual/Triple. The Badlander doesn't necessarily need...

I A/B'd the MTL 100 E34L against a III+ HRG (Red Stripe not that it matters now). The noise floor on the Wizard was much lower and its build quality was superior. Both sounded great, but the GEQ of the Mark really makes it more flexible. Either way someone goes, I'm sure they'd be happy.

An original H power section has more push, sounds more full and alive. The JP2C is a great amp but does sound more processed and sterile compared to an original. WIth that all being said, it is splitting hairs in the grand scheme of things. The JP2C shines with channel switching, dual eq's...

Mesa had to make new GEQ boards with new component values to compensate the tolerance and travel. They also mount differently, supposedly have more range and are better than the old ones. Got that from the man.

Both are great amps, but damn those Wizards are something else... Scored an MCII 50w and MTL 100w both E34L loaded and would really like to cop a KT88 loaded Hell Razor and/or MTL MKII. Really well built amps, but man they carry a hefty price tag and kick like a MF'r.

Based off clips online, it sounds more like a classic rock amp. I own a MC2 50w E34L and MTL 100w E34L, more modern sounding, more gain. Both are excellent amps and have raised the bar on my current stable. So much so, I'm considering cutting a couple of my amps loose. For those who...

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@GJgo yes, he only mods the Red Channel and the clean channel is effected by the mod. @GJgo when the hell is Mesa going to start sending you these new amps to demo? You think with all the content you've put out there, they'd send the new Dual Rec your way.

@braintheory I have a G/C Triple that Mike did for me a while back. If I recall correctly, he said Rev C & D had a different PCB layout. Because of this, it not possible to modify the Orange Channel of E/F/G to Rev C specs.

I've gotten to know a couple Mesa employees on a personal level. They're great people who truly care about their customers. Employees like the above don't pop up out of nowhere. It takes the right company culture to develop/retain that kind of talent. As for what happened to Fluff, that...

Kind of questionable how Gibson is treating the brand right now. The way they abruptly "fired" Randy could've been handled better. They also severed ties with Fluff over his reporting of what happened to Randy, which he removed after the post was active for ~30 minutes. So you sack the...

@braintheory well said. Both amps cost ~ the same. For that kind of money, I'd gladly take the handwired/point-to-point MezzaBarbara over the IIC+ reissue. The IIC+ reissue will be a mass produced amp. Odds are there are people who will grab them expecting the world only to be let down that...

Just saying ~$4k for a "reissue" with modern parts isn't much cheaper than this $5k IIC+ Longhead HG.

@NineShallDie you're ? right about needing to search religiously on all platforms to find a reasonable used IIC or IIC+. They're definitely out there. My last IIC HG ran me ~$2.5k Shipped/PayPal'd. I sent it to Mike and it came back IIC+/++ ?. All I can say is use a protected payment system...

@SonVolt the IIC+ is really a 1.5 channel amp. Being able to toggle from a stellar clean to awesome lead isn't really possible unless you have the Petrucci Volume Mod. I know Mike B isn't entertaining that anymore due to the originality/collectibility of these amps and it isn't his favorite...