thenine
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what are the things to look out for on these? Besides good condition etc - what about blue stripe, red stripe, no stripe? Im a Mesa noob.
MatrixClaw
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No stripes on the IV. It's just the A and B model. Not really sure on the differences, I just know I had an A in 2008 and never got along with it. Have a B now and love it. Could easily be chalked up to my inexperience years ago, though. I hear the B is darker, but I don't find mine to be darker, so who knows.
GJgo
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The only "thing" to "look" out for on the (mostly early) IVs is that there's a brown cap that likes to blow up & make a mess of things.
I owned an A pre band. HATED R2. Sold it. Played a B at a GC & liked it much better- darker & tighter. Bought a B last week to try it in the band, want to see if it can succeed where IIC+ and III have failed!
I owned an A pre band. HATED R2. Sold it. Played a B at a GC & liked it much better- darker & tighter. Bought a B last week to try it in the band, want to see if it can succeed where IIC+ and III have failed!
Beyond Black
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Yes, the large, brown, Sprague 10,000 caps. Mike B said it’s cheaper to have those changed then clean up the mess they’ll make when they go.
Emg77
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What brown caps? I have 2001 Rev B. I hadn't noticed any. But I haven't specifically looked either?
blackba
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Look for brown CAN caps on the main board. See the 3 brown caps from the 3 blue caps on the main board in the picture on this site. http://ra2amps.com/?p=14
Emg77
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Thanks! Looks like I have 2 not 3! The picture you linked must have been a Rev A.But they are brown!