If anyone is willing to part with their Mesa Dual Rectifier (in good nick of course), do send me a message.

Thanks!

Paul E wrote: Pedals don't usually come with their own power supply, usually you buy them separately. The pedal itself is a typical 9v pedal, can be powered by any ol' 9v power supply.

If you're planning to buy a power supply there, not really a problem, just make sure it is one that has 100-240v power range, then you can use it there and here.

Great! Thanks for the info. I do have a existing power supply that I planned on using for this, so I'm glad to know this won't be an problem!

I bought an amp from the US some years ago and I had to get a voltage converter in order to use it locally - I was hoping I wouldn't have a similar issue with a pedal.

Hi guys

Quick basic question - if I were to go the States and bring an effects pedal over, would I have issues regarding the DC adapter/power supply to the pedal?
I'm considering getting an ISP Decimator noise-gate pedal if my trip to the US materializes, but I'm unsure about whether I'd have problems with the power supply...

Thanks in advance

Thanks. Yes I've heard good things about the Joyo overdrive pedal as well! I haven't seen any second hand ones though, and the cheapest retail one I saw was for about R1000 from Terry Distributors in Cape Town. I'd consider this pedal if it's available somewhere at the right price...

Jazzman105 wrote: I have only read great reviews on the Mini. I am also in the market for a TS and am strongly considering the Mini. I see that Takealot is selling it at R1,019.00

Thanks, I saw this as well....Raru.co.za is running a special on the Mini at the moment for R899 with free delivery. This is an option for me but thought I'd check the forums to see if anyone is willing to part with the "big brother" version of these overdrive pedals.

I plan on using the pedal to add a little extra bite to my amp's gain channel and also to tighten the low end as well. I confess I'm new to the world of pedals, but I've seen people on Youtube get great results using overdrive pedals in this way.

Hi guys

Anyone willing to part with their Tube Screamer pedal? My wish-list includes the TS9/TS808 or even the Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini (unless someone can advise me against this option). The Maxon OD808 would be fantastic but I have a feeling I may be trying my luck real hard with this one...

Cape Town only please...

Thanks!

epictring wrote: May I ask what shop in the US you imported it from?

Bought it from Mesa Hollywood. Had to make use of MyUS.com though to facilitate delivery

Hey man

Yes, I got it sorted out in the end eventually, thankfully it wasn't anything major.

I took it to the good guys at Musicmate a few weeks ago and asked them to help me dial it in. They tweaked the settings a bit and it gave a muuuuch better sound! Much more in line with what I was expecting. The other thing we noticed while at the shop is that it needs to be played at a decent volume level in order to get a good channel 2 tone. This amp is really loud in general and it doesn't work too well at bedroom volume levels. I took it to a full band jam recently as well and cranked it up, and it gave some awesome tone!

So yeah the tone is great! But while at Musicmate they connected an overdrive pedal to the channel 2 on the amp as well, and all hell broke loose!!! It tightened everything up nicely and gave it that extra bite. It was jaw-dropping stuff!

I've tried the amp without the processor, I'm not that slow ? I agree that one of the appeals of such an amp is the raw tone it delivers. I've had an ME50 from a couple of years back already and just added it to my current setup mainly to experiment with some reverb/chorus on the clean channel.

Regarding matching the youtube clips I've seen, I haven't tried it with exactly the same guitar as in the clip as this is the only one I have. But I thought the EMGs in my guitar would have at least helped with reaching a good modern distorted tone out of channel two.

Thanks for the advice regarding dialling in a tone. I'll try experimenting more with the bass knob as you mentioned as well.

This amp is so damn loud though, especially on channel two! I'll have to wait until tomorrow when I have the house to myself so I can crank it up a little.

Thanks for the replies. As promised, here's some pics of the amp and my setup.

So I eventually got a voltage converter a few weeks ago and got the system up and running! I got a 300w converter and it seems to do the trick.

The clean channel sounds great and it works with a Boss ME50 very nicely.

Much to my HUGE disappointment though, the channel 2 (which I was most looking forward to) is sounding terrible!!! It doesn't even sound remotely close to what it sounds like on the demo clips on Youtube, even after I match the equalizer settings exactly to the demos. I'm convinced there must be something wrong somewhere. It's sounding very muddy and doesn't give a good "chunk" sound at all. I would actually describe it as more of an overdrive sound instead of a high gain sound. My old Spider III amp had a better high gain tone than my current channel 2 sound from the mini rectifier.

I have no idea what the problem may be though. I'll take it to a guitar shop in the week to see if maybe they can help me out.

Anyone have any ideas?

Sure, will post a pic tomorrow or so once it's up and running, and assuming I don't blow the thing before then!!!

The amp retails for $999 in the US. All costs included, I had to fork out about R11000 to get it here (there goes my life savings). That's without the voltage converter though. I ordered it just before the Rand appreciated so it would be less if you order now. Also, considering that amps like the Mesa Transatlantic costs $899 and retails for R12999 locally at Marshall Music, I thought my overall cost wasn't way out of line with local prices.

Regarding the voltage converter, I emailed the Mesa store in Hollywood about this issue as well. They just replied to me now saying that I should get a converter that can handle at least 200v.

Super excited to finally get it working! I'm just praying it doesn't pop when I connect it!

Hi

I just imported a Mesa Mini Rectifier from the US and had it delivered yesterday. I need a step down converter before I can use it though.

I read the manual and checked the back of the amp but it doesn't show what the power consumption/input wattage is. From what I read, I believe I should get a transformer that can handle at least 1.5 or 2x the power consumption of the amp.

Seeing that I'm having issues getting the power consumption figures of the amp, do you think that a 500w step down transformer is safe enough?

Also, the amp states that it's 60hz. Should I take this into account at all when looking for a step down transformer?

Thanks!