@mazsenior Good eye, that's a '67 Pooh kit -- very hard to reproduce now, only a few of them were made. P2P, cotton stuffing and real vintage corduroy. The new ones are sturdy, you know, but they just don't have that thing...
@damonjwood Well.........I just got my new Lonestar Special today, and I put a '65 Smokey the Bear on top, and I really had that amp singing...........LOL
@ChrisTheShred Wow, thank you! I forget what the settings were exactly, but ch1 gain was probably at about 1:30, treb at 2:00, mid and bass both around 10:00. Pres maybe at noon-ish.
hey man great demo! your tone sounds great! anyways wondering if you could give me a little input. I'm looking to grab either the lonestar classic, or the lonestar special. I have yet to find someone who can tell me differences in these amps other than the obvious ones. Any ideas?
well, the combo is really heavy. really heavy. next time i'd probably go with a head and cab. that said, i still move this thing all over the place for rehearsals and jams... thankfully it has wheels. the tone is worth it to me. but i recommend head/cab.
i use my ears, not knowledge of the parts. it sounds better than fender to me. how do you know if it's cheap parts? if you aren't an amp tech that doesn't mean you know that your amp tech is right.
Wow, you're very generous, thanks. As for the tone on M/B's home page, that's Andy Timmons, who also uses the LSC. So basically, yes: if Andy used my amp, he could get that sound. :) Interestingly, he apparently keeps his amps stock; I modded mine a little after I made this clip, so my amp's drive channel sounds slightly different now (I have clips up of that too). Cheers!
gnarly amp! I have a lonestar classic too and let me say people that its well worth the dough. mine is the v1. without the 5 watt mode, but I got it for like $900 so I'd say it was a fair trade. too bad I dont have a guitar to play through it at the moment...
The amp takes pedals very well, so I imagine it would do just fine. I guess it depends on what you're after, but overall most OD and distortion pedal seem to sound great going into the amp.
I'm not the biggest Mesa fan, but not only do I love the Lonestar series (and the old Mark series), but one thing about all Mesas is that they will make even the crappiest pedal sound boutique. But I think what the one individual who gave you a thumbs down was trying to say is, why would you buy a Lonetsar just to run a digitech grunge through it? Ditch the shit pedal. This baby has what you need on it's own. Why soil up thousands worth of tone, with a 40 dollar piece of plastic?
i like this amp but there so expensive! are they really worth the price? i have a peavey valveking which is all valve but like 4 times as cheap!! are the mesa,s really as good as the price they are??
All depends on what you need in a guitar tone. For what this amp is, it's actually a real bargain, esp. if you can get a deal on an older 50/100 model (~$1000US). Most boutique amps cost 2-3x more at least; this is better/more versatile than many of those, super tough, configurable, etc etc. Then again, I love me a nice Fender Blues Jr. too. If you're happy w/the Peavey, then great! To me, this LSC has been worth every penny.
Wow! $1700 USD? We're getting ripped off in Australia. Our dollar is almost on a par with the US, and yet the Lonestar is $4000 - $4500 AUD here. It does NOT cost $2700 AUD to ship one amp to Australia. Mesa need to get thier act together.
Nice playing, I just got me one of this amps, what settings are you using for the distortion sound. Im new to the tube world and Mesa amps. Love the sounds of yours.
All I can tell anyone who is shopping for an amp is that the old adage 'you get what you pay for' is always true. It's impossible to tell from a video on YouTube. Give this amp a try, it's a tone monster.
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Very nice clean, but overdriven sounds like bunk, iam sticking to my spidervalve it punches me in the throat, 1 thing about mesa is reverb is outstanding:)
jacksonaxer is stupid. mesas have the overdrive in the bag, their weakest point is their reverb. the spider valve is a toy compared to a mesa. this one isn't set up to be brutal, and it's probably the most clean-oriented amp in the mesa line, but his dumb ass doesn't realize it.
i ust bought a lonestar 1X12 combo on eBay,mine is the private reserve tiger maple cabinet. I think your right about needing volume to sound better. In the words of the geat EVH, tone = volume. thanks for the reply.
Wow, congrats! Does it have the 10 watt option? Sadly mine doesn't, but I got an amazing deal on it so I couldn't pass it up. You won't be sorry either way. Have fun with it!
no mine does not hav ethat feature either but I really have never cared for class A amps anyway. They are great fo rclean but I think most people would agree that their overdriven sounds are not the best and do no compare favorably to class A/B and so although I'd be happy if it did have it I am sure not going to let it getme down... just another thing tobreak or interfere with the signal path of the A/B circuit anyway
I happen to adore the smooth/rich overdrive you get from a distorted class A amp. But it has it's place, and isn't great for more than a few things. To each his own, I suppose. Of course, I like my class A/B just as much as any bloke. ;)
Didya ever actually listen to yourself talk and play on video like this? This is my first time, and... yikes, what a geek. And maybe next time I'll actually plan on something coherent to play...
well for one thing your not a geek but I think that the hi gain was a little brittle and harsh sounding. I woul dlove to hear the high gain channel but maybe not pushed so hard, kindof an Jimmy Page or Angus Young style. I realize you were trying to get the Marshall sound but could you back of on the gain a bit to show the amps true crunch potential in the sweeter range?
Hah, thanks for that :-) You have a good point. The amp sounds OK at low volumes, but you don't get that nice, sweet response unless it's up a few notches, which in my current living situation is not really doable. I hope to change this soon, so if/when I do I'll try to record some better samples.
One more thing: plugging into that Marshall cab changes the character again, deeper and warmer and less boxy. Makes me wish I'd gone for a head and small open-back cab... humph, but I wanted a combo.
Well, I loved the tone! Maybe too much gain for Page or Young but this sounded better. OK at low volumes, does it mean "great" OK which only gets even more great when you crank it up or just average OK :D? I'd like some nice punchy tube amp at home but I have bad experiences with some amps not sounding raw enough to satisfy me with little volume at least.
i had to look up forlorn
louie180 1 year ago
How do I get one of the boutique stuffed amp enhancement bears so my amp sounds that good?
mazsenior 1 year ago 3
@mazsenior Good eye, that's a '67 Pooh kit -- very hard to reproduce now, only a few of them were made. P2P, cotton stuffing and real vintage corduroy. The new ones are sturdy, you know, but they just don't have that thing...
damonjwood 1 year ago 2
@damonjwood Well.........I just got my new Lonestar Special today, and I put a '65 Smokey the Bear on top, and I really had that amp singing...........LOL
mazsenior 1 year ago
@mazsenior Only YOU can prevent...forest fires.
FzSBLACKMAGICK 1 year ago
such nice tone!! Great playing!
What were your setting at the beginning?
ChrisTheShred 1 year ago
@ChrisTheShred Wow, thank you! I forget what the settings were exactly, but ch1 gain was probably at about 1:30, treb at 2:00, mid and bass both around 10:00. Pres maybe at noon-ish.
damonjwood 1 year ago
You sound like Ed Helms.
arpraron 1 year ago
@arpraron ha ha -- gotta say that's the first time I've heard that....
damonjwood 1 year ago
@damonjwood You sound just like him.
Great demo too. Most demos of this amp sound pretty bad. Mesas just have finicky eq controls.
arpraron 1 year ago
1x12 or 2x12????
StefanPriceUK 2 years ago
1x12
damonjwood 2 years ago
hey man great demo! your tone sounds great! anyways wondering if you could give me a little input. I'm looking to grab either the lonestar classic, or the lonestar special. I have yet to find someone who can tell me differences in these amps other than the obvious ones. Any ideas?
foxtrotalex 2 years ago
The special has EL84s and the LS has 6L6 tubes.
Jasn1111 2 years ago
well yes, those would be the obvious differences, but thanks anyways. I ended up buying the Classic about a month ago.
foxtrotalex 2 years ago
Winnie the pooh prefers the mesa to the marshall, haha
EuphorbusBTB 2 years ago
That's because the Mesa sounds sweet as honey.
Ha ha, such is life when living in close quarters with your younguns...
damonjwood 2 years ago
would you recommend combo or head and cab?
darkstar941 2 years ago
well, the combo is really heavy. really heavy. next time i'd probably go with a head and cab. that said, i still move this thing all over the place for rehearsals and jams... thankfully it has wheels. the tone is worth it to me. but i recommend head/cab.
damonjwood 2 years ago
thanks for your reply, helps me a lot
darkstar941 2 years ago
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mesa has the worst reverband they use very cheap componets
djteleboy 2 years ago
are you joking? the reverb is rich and full, never overbearing or too splashy. they use nice components...hence the price.
timmonsisbest 2 years ago
you know nothing about the parts if your stupid enough to say that ,ask your amp tech if u have one.. cheap cheap pot's and patrs...
mudpieblues 2 years ago
this is correct, take your amp to any tech. they use the cheapest pots and parts worse than fender.......sorry,,,,, good cab's in the 4-12s
mudpieblues 2 years ago
i use my ears, not knowledge of the parts. it sounds better than fender to me. how do you know if it's cheap parts? if you aren't an amp tech that doesn't mean you know that your amp tech is right.
timmonsisbest 2 years ago
what wattage setting is your amp at?
timmonsisbest 2 years ago
I'm 99% certain it was at 50 watts.
damonjwood 2 years ago
Great! Finally someone with a great amp on here who can really play. It's a beautiful amp and you're a great player. We need more people like this...
Can you get the kinda tone that you here on Boogie's home page out of that?
JacksonGuitarist45 3 years ago
Wow, you're very generous, thanks. As for the tone on M/B's home page, that's Andy Timmons, who also uses the LSC. So basically, yes: if Andy used my amp, he could get that sound. :) Interestingly, he apparently keeps his amps stock; I modded mine a little after I made this clip, so my amp's drive channel sounds slightly different now (I have clips up of that too). Cheers!
damonjwood 3 years ago
wow man that clean is like a bell skipping a cross a calm lake fuking awsome...........
metalmike278 2 years ago
Wow, that's a pretty awesome description. Thanks!
damonjwood 2 years ago
juicyoverdrive, you talk shit.
better than marshall nowadays.
matty3279 3 years ago
Clean was awesome, but that lead channel sounded a bit weak.. didnt have the definition of other boogie amps
mikeayotte182 3 years ago
Rocks clean, sucks distorted!
latinrockfusionfreak 3 years ago
uh... ok... that seems to be the popular opinion about the LSC, but the drive channel is hugely underrated. This clip notwithstanding, that is.
damonjwood 3 years ago
gnarly amp! I have a lonestar classic too and let me say people that its well worth the dough. mine is the v1. without the 5 watt mode, but I got it for like $900 so I'd say it was a fair trade. too bad I dont have a guitar to play through it at the moment...
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JuicyOverdrive 3 years ago
Nice video, pretty damn good guitar playing too.
swiftlessons 3 years ago
Thanks! I like your demo too! Fun stuff!
damonjwood 3 years ago
if i ran a digitech grunge pedal through this how would it do?
Bubbles516 3 years ago
The amp takes pedals very well, so I imagine it would do just fine. I guess it depends on what you're after, but overall most OD and distortion pedal seem to sound great going into the amp.
damonjwood 3 years ago
I'm not the biggest Mesa fan, but not only do I love the Lonestar series (and the old Mark series), but one thing about all Mesas is that they will make even the crappiest pedal sound boutique. But I think what the one individual who gave you a thumbs down was trying to say is, why would you buy a Lonetsar just to run a digitech grunge through it? Ditch the shit pedal. This baby has what you need on it's own. Why soil up thousands worth of tone, with a 40 dollar piece of plastic?
TaskforceDingbat 3 years ago 7
I'm diggin' the teddy bear. No, really thought, very nice playing.
telecasterman18 3 years ago
Ha ha, thank you. Though I'm starting to wonder if the teddy bear makes me look like some kind of sociopath or something...
damonjwood 3 years ago
the teddy bear gives a better tone :)
duffy123123 3 years ago 2
i agree, amazing clean tone.
motokev 3 years ago
1x12 combo or 2x12 combo?
timmonsisbest 3 years ago
It's the 1x12.
damonjwood 3 years ago
i like this amp but there so expensive! are they really worth the price? i have a peavey valveking which is all valve but like 4 times as cheap!! are the mesa,s really as good as the price they are??
dannymarx123 3 years ago
All depends on what you need in a guitar tone. For what this amp is, it's actually a real bargain, esp. if you can get a deal on an older 50/100 model (~$1000US). Most boutique amps cost 2-3x more at least; this is better/more versatile than many of those, super tough, configurable, etc etc. Then again, I love me a nice Fender Blues Jr. too. If you're happy w/the Peavey, then great! To me, this LSC has been worth every penny.
damonjwood 3 years ago
they have amazing sound and i own a valve king also, but look, experiment with your tubes before switching amps.
fireball676 3 years ago
Nice amp, nice playin, nice Marshall, haha
lighteningboy 3 years ago
Does anyone know how much these cost new in America? In the UK, the cheapest I've seen them are the equivelent of around $3200
mikedowopdowop 3 years ago
I think they're $1700 new for this config.
damonjwood 3 years ago
Wow! $1700 USD? We're getting ripped off in Australia. Our dollar is almost on a par with the US, and yet the Lonestar is $4000 - $4500 AUD here. It does NOT cost $2700 AUD to ship one amp to Australia. Mesa need to get thier act together.
Pronumeral1447 3 years ago
gotta consider the cost of shipping it to australia.
SmilingKnife2 3 years ago
buy it on ebay then pronumeral1447 get like 1500$ at your bank in usd and buy an american selling one
derrr
haha
rnrbear101 3 years ago
Nice playing, I just got me one of this amps, what settings are you using for the distortion sound. Im new to the tube world and Mesa amps. Love the sounds of yours.
acejcra 3 years ago
You play through what you've got....Cool teddy bear!
fendermac 3 years ago
All I can tell anyone who is shopping for an amp is that the old adage 'you get what you pay for' is always true. It's impossible to tell from a video on YouTube. Give this amp a try, it's a tone monster.
4fingersinge 3 years ago
Nice jazz tone on that!
Lahed92801 3 years ago
******
!!!!!!
I was "shopping" for a new amp on youtube by browsing different tones. You, sir, have just sold me on the Lonestar!!
harrylpgreen 4 years ago
djw rocks
agefender 4 years ago
Hi agefender!
damonjwood 4 years ago
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Very nice clean, but overdriven sounds like bunk, iam sticking to my spidervalve it punches me in the throat, 1 thing about mesa is reverb is outstanding:)
JACKSONAXER 4 years ago
jacksonaxer is stupid. mesas have the overdrive in the bag, their weakest point is their reverb. the spider valve is a toy compared to a mesa. this one isn't set up to be brutal, and it's probably the most clean-oriented amp in the mesa line, but his dumb ass doesn't realize it.
openedskittles 4 years ago 3
agreed, never compare any line6 to a mesa
neoromantism 4 years ago 7
WOW, what a great clean tone that is, and with a Les Paul even! I dig the Lonestars but i want to hunt down a Maverick and compare.
danyeo 4 years ago
i ust bought a lonestar 1X12 combo on eBay,mine is the private reserve tiger maple cabinet. I think your right about needing volume to sound better. In the words of the geat EVH, tone = volume. thanks for the reply.
jimmypagelicks 4 years ago
Wow, congrats! Does it have the 10 watt option? Sadly mine doesn't, but I got an amazing deal on it so I couldn't pass it up. You won't be sorry either way. Have fun with it!
damonjwood 4 years ago
no mine does not hav ethat feature either but I really have never cared for class A amps anyway. They are great fo rclean but I think most people would agree that their overdriven sounds are not the best and do no compare favorably to class A/B and so although I'd be happy if it did have it I am sure not going to let it getme down... just another thing tobreak or interfere with the signal path of the A/B circuit anyway
jimmypagelicks 4 years ago
I happen to adore the smooth/rich overdrive you get from a distorted class A amp. But it has it's place, and isn't great for more than a few things. To each his own, I suppose. Of course, I like my class A/B just as much as any bloke. ;)
Getzen919 4 years ago
Beautifull sound with that amp. Les Paul is also cool.
kees123kist 4 years ago
dude post some more videos please i wanna hear you play through the marshall too
kirkhammettshreds 4 years ago
Sounds awesome! I didn't realise the Lonestar had that much gain on tap. :O
Cosmic3K 4 years ago
good!
McTarini 4 years ago
Didya ever actually listen to yourself talk and play on video like this? This is my first time, and... yikes, what a geek. And maybe next time I'll actually plan on something coherent to play...
damonjwood 4 years ago
well for one thing your not a geek but I think that the hi gain was a little brittle and harsh sounding. I woul dlove to hear the high gain channel but maybe not pushed so hard, kindof an Jimmy Page or Angus Young style. I realize you were trying to get the Marshall sound but could you back of on the gain a bit to show the amps true crunch potential in the sweeter range?
jimmypagelicks 4 years ago
Hah, thanks for that :-) You have a good point. The amp sounds OK at low volumes, but you don't get that nice, sweet response unless it's up a few notches, which in my current living situation is not really doable. I hope to change this soon, so if/when I do I'll try to record some better samples.
One more thing: plugging into that Marshall cab changes the character again, deeper and warmer and less boxy. Makes me wish I'd gone for a head and small open-back cab... humph, but I wanted a combo.
damonjwood 4 years ago
Well, I loved the tone! Maybe too much gain for Page or Young but this sounded better. OK at low volumes, does it mean "great" OK which only gets even more great when you crank it up or just average OK :D? I'd like some nice punchy tube amp at home but I have bad experiences with some amps not sounding raw enough to satisfy me with little volume at least.
Rauski12 3 years ago