FS: Mesa Coliseums - Mark IIB/III no-stripe/III blue-stripe

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glpg80 said:
When you do the ++ it really removes that harsh top end blue stripes are known for and helps round things out. A blue stripe III++ is really hard to contend with. I wish more people could play one.
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Same story with the + treatment. The ++ is just more aggressive & compressed than the +, in my experience.
 
journeyman73 said:
I thought Sykes famous one was a black stripe?
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Sykes had a gear selloff on Ebay/Reverb a few yrs back. He sold a few no stripe Coliseums and 2 C+ Coliseums, all within 2 enormous racks. No Blue stripes that I could see. Maybe he kept them? But he also has a wicked Jose 800 that you can hear on Bad Boy Live.
Any Coli is a weapon...if you can handle the decibels.
 
narad said:
Thanks for the info! I didn't know Sykes experienced both flavors of Mark III Coli!

The blue stripe was basically my go-to for 2-3 years, and the amp that lives on the Mesa 2x EVM 2x MC-90 cab, so for the most part I agree with that sentiment and my heart lies a bit more with its over-the-top nature. But sometimes on that cab it could be a bit too brash -- it seems weird given what I expect from those speakers spec-wise or even my experience with them when they were in separate 2x12s, but at the moment that cab is one of the harsher cabs I have. The blue stripe into that can definitely be an ear fatiguing experience. But then the no-stripe into that feels right, and the blue-stripe into the 2x12 with DV77s feels more pleasurable - still has the cut, but not making my hair stand up on end when playing on the top strings either :D

So I think people who want like an 80s guitar virtuoso sort of sound are going to like the blue-stripe more, and people who want to sort of round out a Mesa collection with a new flavor are going to like the no-stripe a bit more, but for me changing the speakers around can do a lot to move them into either direction. The geqs don't seem to be enough to really alter the inherent voicing of each model though -- I can't sit there on the same cab and tweak the EQ and get them to sound particularly close to each other. The best way I can describe it and what my friend agreed with when we were A/Bing, is the no-stripe probably can sound closer to the master of puppets recording, and the blue stripe probably sounds closer to what you want MoP to sound like.
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Is that ‘different’ tone of the no stripe reminiscent of Sykes on the ‘87 album?

Or is that album tone so processed who knows what we are hearing lol
 
journeyman73 said:
Is that ‘different’ tone of the no stripe reminiscent of Sykes on the ‘87 album?

Or is that album tone so processed who knows what we are hearing lol
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Yea, tbh there's too much 80s gear in the mix there for me to know what's going on exactly :D The Metallica MoP comparison I'll do since that's a simpler tone and studied to death by most of the mesa guys
 
Racerxrated said:
Sykes had a gear selloff on Ebay/Reverb a few yrs back. He sold a few no stripe Coliseums and 2 C+ Coliseums, all within 2 enormous racks. No Blue stripes that I could see. Maybe he kept them? But he also has a wicked Jose 800 that you can hear on Bad Boy Live.
Any Coli is a weapon...if you can handle the decibels.
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Wow, love the tone on Bad Boy Live …
I always thought it was his Mesas, but it does sound (better) than his Mesas to me.
Thanks, had no idea it was Jose, but it makes perfect sense ?
 
Bump, and the yen is doing a bit better (or worse, figuratively):
$6200 for the IIB
$3500 for the no-stripe
$3400 for the blue-stripe
 
Bump, just to match the reverb deals, I'll do $3400 on either no-stripe or blue stripe while the yen is roughly where it is.
 
GJgo said:
Jason, you should post these in our Coli owner's group. Your prices are a good deal.
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Thanks, I just did. The only reason that's not my #1 spot for the sale is that there's no way to "bump" on the non-sale FB groups though so it'll start to be buried by the new posts.
 
JackBootedThug said:
narad....I hate you...not really. I really want that blue stripe....fuck....
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The fact not one but two blue stripe mark III coliseums have come up for sale this year on RT is extremely rare. If you want it make it happen otherwise there’s not many others out there lol
 
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