Mesa Boogie F-50 Direct Record Test

This is my first demo on YouTube, so I hope you enjoy it. I decided to try to record the direct recording/phones out from my Mesa Boogie F-50 into my Presonus Firepod. This was connected to my Mac Mini and was recorded in Garageband. There is no EQ or compression of any kind in order to allow you to hear the results. For me, the cleans are nice but the dirt is lacking.

Guitar: Japanese market Charvette, MIJ, with an SD JB in the bridge and an old SD '59 in the neck. All the gain is from the amp. I used the amp reverb on all the clean tracks, and a couple of the cleaner dirty ones. The first 5 samples are from the clean channel, and the final 7 are from the dirty channel. I wrote all the little riffs.

If people like the video, I'll try some more, beginning with mic'ing the Mesa.

The direct out, on balance, does not do this fantastic amp justice, but is more than adequate for headphone playing. When my band records again, I'm planning to use the direct out along with a close mic in order to fatten things up/apply post-production effects.

Please comment!

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[nouoriel]

I recognise those cleans! I find the clean channel excellent. i use the dirty channel sparingly and get most of my distortion now from a fulltone ocd/ibanez tube screamer. the clean channel takes pedals very well.

[smaschmann]

@nouoriel Thanks for the comment... it was my first one! In terms of the gain channel, I actually quite like it with the contour engaged, but find it suited really only for metal type music. My major gripe with this amp is the fact that the non-contour mode's level is 3db lower than the contour mode's. I've been lurking in the excellent f-series forum at Harmony Central, and seen that many people use a device like the TC G Major to balance the modes' levels, but I don't have one.

[smaschmann]

@nelgnosab Cheers!  The F50 does have a beautiful clean for sure.