Good info here. Curious what power amp you used, if any.
It was his time at Valley Arts being the main amp repair guy. He didn't work on the amp per se, but he was the middle man between Mesa and (complaining) customers during the evolution of the Mark II series, since mesa had a very close relationship with VA. And by the sounds of things, he had to work on a LOT of Mark II amps.
So yeah, the next best thing besides getting actual Mesa guys lol.
It was his time at Valley Arts being the main amp repair guy. He didn't work on the amp per se, but he was the middle man between Mesa and (complaining) customers during the evolution of the Mark II series, since mesa had a very close relationship with VA. And by the sounds of things, he had to work on a LOT of Mark II amps.
Nah I wasn't saying he was right lol, just saying what Fryette's connection with Mesa *actually* was and why he was chosen for the IICP module project.
if I'm comprehending the video correctly, apparently he didn't co design it but helped make it what it became during the revisions. He talked back and forth with Mesa as customer intermediary of sorts translating what customers wanted, fixing prblems and making dreams into reality. Mesa (Randall Smith / one of Fryettes mentors) and Fryette were going back and forth on apparently every aspect through the history of it, but he didn't work for them directly it'd seem but had basically a lot to do with essentially helping with product development for Mesa.
What were you running the modules through? My worry isn't that the module won't nail the preamp tone, but that if I don't have a power amp with the same wattage and tubes then I won't nail the overall tone.
Exactly! The cycle continues.And then like an hour later you're lying in bed reading more about Marks.
I'm trying to avoid that! If I turn into a Mark whore, @MatrixClaw can swing by and throat punch me. 😂
OK, that's not fair, now you're making me wonder if I should finally break down and get a Fractal.
I mean, it would make tremendous sense in my case. So, see, I'm already rationalizing.
Good question - I remember "co-designed" being the words I heard. I swear Steven said it in the video he did for Synergy introducing it but I rewatched it this morning and didn't hear the mention in there. Maybe it was that longer video shared earlier? I thought maybe it was in the manual as well, but I found the PDF on their website and it also mentions Valley Arts. Maybe they updated it after the one I had, but I explicitly remember reading or hearing it somewhere not long ago because I sent a message to a friend about it. Unfortunately, I didn't send him the source 😭
My Fryette PS-1 or the power section of my Bogner 101b.
Answered above. I initially thought the PS-1 sucked with the Synergy gear but turns out the cab I was using it through had some faulty wiring. Once I switched to a different cab, there wasn't a huge difference between it and my Bogner, other than the Bogner helped my Uberschall module sound closer to my 101b. The PowerStation is one of the power amps the Synergy system was originally tested with.
Yeah but @BadSeed doesn't like when you send him an amp wrapped in green Saran Wrap so his opinion is invalid anyway.
they use the same parts for multiple amps. The holes are different mounting points for different badges.
Huh, that sounds like what I should be doing. But, does it bug you that the PS-1 has 6L6s, and the UL has KT88s? I mean, I can't tell the difference between anything people on the internet argue about, but it seems that everyone is hearing the differences between EL34s, 6L6s, KT88s, etc.
Perfect excuse for a veneer. Or a sticker.
Or an AxeFX.
