0:02 clean. 1:22 crunch 3:28 gain on 5 4:23 full gain 6:00 Metal I really like this amp, but it could be really hard to dial :-). Recorded with Gibson LP and Shure 57 mic
Well, THIS is how to create a demo video. Terrific demonstration of the amp's abilities, and fantastic playing. It's not only a worthy workout of the amp in question, but a joy to listen to. Bravo!
For you cats having trouble dialing the gain in, it's not an amp you can put everything at noon and tweak from there. Start with the bass and presence low, around 2-4 probably. Mark amps are the same way. A general rule of thumb is that as the gain goes up, the bass should come down. The treble knob adds gain as well, almost like an OD pedal does. Hope that helps!
Nikolay, you are an awesome player!!! What a cool video!!! Nice tone...I've had one of these amps and I miss it so much!!! Thanks for sharing it with us!!!
Great vid! Have had my 90' caliber for some years now, and time to move on to more of a modern-metal sound. But it will never leave my home, something cool and nostalgic about it :)
Man, your lead playing is so clean and immaculate ..Great sounding amp.. Seems like every amp that looks like a Mark series always sound somewhat similar
this video inpsired me buy one myself... took me a couple of days to tweek it just right but once i got there... my god these things sound good! I've owned a few tube amps, combos and stacks. This is the only combo i've heard that stays clear and tight all the way to full volume.. the caliber 50 rocks!!
This is a very excellent amp guys. It takes a while to get the tones dialed in but it is sooo worth it. The amp really seems to shine with my Gibson guitars , although you hear their true individual voices and and adjustments have to be made. Too many people give up on this amp because both channels share the regular tone, bass, mid, settings and its difficult to get everything adjusted so as to love both channels. My advice after 3 weeks of playing and adjusting...don't give up. When you get it dialed in its magic.
just got one of these. Clean channel is just awesome! still learning how to dial in distortion, but will probably end up using pedals anyway. Thanks for doing this and AWESOME PLAYING!
Dude, the reason you buy a mesa amp is to have those killer distortion tones come straight out of the amp. Nothing is going to sound better than an amp like this cranked. Use the distortion tones from the amp, trust me.
I have used one all trough the 90s - sold and eventually bought another one. The clean is awesome IMHO. The distortion is very 80s, mid-heavy - if you like that you are set. Working with the EQ and your guitar volume will get you some more versatility. If you like it to sound like a cranked vintage fender or something you can get that too - just use the rhythm channel, crank volume and mids and you get a nice "in-between" tone.
Guys. Take note on how he's got that mic setup. :-) From center, angled to edge is not done very often and is probably playing a bigger role than you realize.
I was waiting to have my ears bleed when you cranked the gain to 11, but damn it still sounds great at full gain! Clean and crunch sounds the best though! Oh yeah amazing playing!
Damn, you can play! I had the .22 cal way back, and had the same issue people have mentioned...dialing in a good tone. Now I have the opportunity to get a 50 cal + 1x12 combo with extention cab, so may do it.
This sounds amazing! GREAT playing as well! Too bad i'll probably never find this amp locally for a decent price though. 50 Watts is a little too loud for me as well as i'd definitely need an attenuator since i'm living in a small place. But the Demo sounded really good man.
Hey! You are totally right, its sounds really buzzy at room level, on this video I have attenuator :-). But recently I discovered easier solution, with simple volume box (small box with single pot inside) in the effect loop, you can crank the amp (both from the preamp and the power amp sections) and have great sound at very low room level. Try this, you won't regret it:-), the sound is great!!! Cheers!!
it's the playing!!! you could make a broom sound great!!! and a matty mattell amp sound great!!!! and the articulation is the playing, not the amp!!!!! you are truly first class!!! a true pro!!!! ....and....you can play anything!!!!!!
The power amp needs to be set to no less than 5 - 6 (to sound warm and round) , so what I do is to put the gain on around 5, power amp - not less than 5 and than the volume box in the effect loop on 2 or 3 (for room level playing). I use some simple device I got from Ebay, its basically just a small plastic box with volume pot inside! Cheers!!
I forgot all about being critical about the amp sound, and just started rocking out to your playing LOL your TOO GOOD to demo lol. holy Duck, you rock man, totally.
would you recomend the head version of this amp? It seems like a real gainy head great for metal etc but you did get some versatile tones out of her.. how is she for live shows?
What kind of Volume-box you use? And how can you crank the amp with the volume-box - the power-section is in my cal. 50+ after the effect-loop! Great video!
Hello, good tutorial. Not if you can help me, I have a boogie caliber 50 + table and recently my gain channel has very high, brutal and piercing tones and lack of lows compared to the clean channel. When I plug my "Ds1" "Ds" pedals through the clean channel, the distortion comes out horrible, a very high-pitched, very high-pitched sound without bass. I tried the pedals on other amplifiers and they work very well! So I went to a technician to do a set-up. I changed the power tubes by the same 6L6 boogie table, and on the preamp V1 V2 V3 V5 12AX7 TADJJ and V4 12at7 tad jj. He hit the bias, etc ... But yesterday and today I tried again and the same problem remains. The distortion pedals lack tone. I bought the caliber 50 second hand for a year now and never had sound problems. He already had 2 6L6 table in power and 12ax7 of various brands, boogie table, groove tubes, jj etc .. Not sure what the problem will be? thank you
I have never tried the head version of the amp, but most probably its quite similar, concerning sound! The amp really has enough gain, but I wouldn't pick it up for modern high gain, sounds very much 80s :-) like (and I do like that). Its very loud 50 watts, no problem there! Cheers!
Hey!! I also have the 6L6 version! You can try with hotter 12AX7 at V1 position, I am using TAD Highgrade there. Maybe it has to do with with different power tubes, again TAD in my case. But thats really one of the hardest amps to dial I have ever played with!!
I should also note that I'm not running mine nearly at volume 5 which is the power stage, but I've done shows with this amp when I was younger and it just doesn't get angry the way I'd like it too.
I have this same amp and love it mine is a rackmount head but im having a problem with my fx loop it squeals every time I hook up my fx have you ever had this problem ?
hey , great playin , the paul sure chunks it up more than a strat , would like to have heard what the reverb sounded like at different levels , clean and crunch .thanks .
Awesome playing and tone! I had one of these amps( head version) and it sounded great,just like this vid. The trick was to keep the bass low, treble high, scoop the mids in the EQ. Also keep the master fairly high (5 o 6)... and keep the lead master (3 ish) lower than the master, this gives it that punchy smooth tone you got there. If you have the lead master higher than the master, it sounds harsh.
so i got "the volume box". how far do you turn the dial on yours? it seems it doesn't really do anything but change the frequency sort of, unless turned up which gives full volume. it doesn't really seem to change the volume at all when you roll the dial up and down, but rather change the way the gain sounds and take a lot of the bass out. what am i doing wrong?
HI, thats Caliber 50, not DC-5 :-)! The distortion channel can cover the ground between Santana and Metallica 84 (its not a modern high gain channel) but it sounds different than Pinnacle (which is much more Marshall like). If you decide on this amp, have in mind, that you have to play it loud (master on 5-6) in order to get the real drive sound. The clean is great and thats the main reason for me to use the amp! Cheers!!
The amp sounds fabulous, but the player sounds even better !
Shredding it. I've never complimented anyone on their playing before. The sounds insanely good.
Well, THIS is how to create a demo video. Terrific demonstration of the amp's abilities, and fantastic playing. It's not only a worthy workout of the amp in question, but a joy to listen to. Bravo!
For you cats having trouble dialing the gain in, it's not an amp you can put everything at noon and tweak from there. Start with the bass and presence low, around 2-4 probably. Mark amps are the same way. A general rule of thumb is that as the gain goes up, the bass should come down. The treble knob adds gain as well, almost like an OD pedal does. Hope that helps!
Mesa bass knobs are usually fine set at 10:00.
Just bought one of these today, and this comment has been super helpful! Much appreciated!
This was one of the best demos that I've ever heard. Nice playing, too. ;)
@MyLifeChanger
No, I am not using any additional gain pedal! And yes, they are hard to dial, but really nice sounding!!
This is funkin' amazing... Without a doubt, THE definitive demo video for the Mesa/Boogie 50 Caliber Plus! Thank you for uploading !!!
Nikolay, you are an awesome player!!! What a cool video!!! Nice tone...I've had one of these amps and I miss it so much!!! Thanks for sharing it with us!!!
You are a really great player mate, the Mesa sounds great.
best demo of this amp by far. good to see someone who knows how to dial it in right and play well.
I could listen to this shredding ALL day long man. So cool!! 🤘🏽🏆☺️
Superb playing - across all your videos! You are a natural!
Awesome tone, awesome playing, overall, an awesome display of awesomeness!
Great! this is how a youtube amp demo should be done!
proper miked
no talking, just good playing.
good view of tone control settings.
Thanks!
balls to the walls MAN,wicked riffing,you need to be internationally recognized.
That amp is an instrument in itself!, and you are a primo player my friend!
Great vid! Have had my 90' caliber for some years now, and time to move on to more of a modern-metal sound. But it will never leave my home, something cool and nostalgic about it :)
Great demo Niko as usual
Great demo mate, i was hesitant at buying one of these beauties, and this video swayed me, thank god it did, a properly sensational amp
Man, your lead playing is so clean and immaculate ..Great sounding amp.. Seems like every amp that looks like a Mark series always sound somewhat similar
Sick runs maan,also glad to hear some Accept :D
Man You sound great you are very good and that amp is sweet 👌
Solid playing bro!
Thanks for this video this kind of amp test is way more useful to me than some ''pros'' or official that only do some jazz blues things
this video inpsired me buy one myself... took me a couple of days to tweek it just right but once i got there... my god these things sound good! I've owned a few tube amps, combos and stacks. This is the only combo i've heard that stays clear and tight all the way to full volume.. the caliber 50 rocks!!
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE THE AMP SOUNDS GOOD ALSO
Great demo
This is a very excellent amp guys. It takes a while to get the tones dialed in but it is sooo worth it. The amp really seems to shine with my Gibson guitars , although you hear their true individual voices and and adjustments have to be made. Too many people give up on this amp because both channels share the regular tone, bass, mid, settings and its difficult to get everything adjusted so as to love both channels. My advice after 3 weeks of playing and adjusting...don't give up. When you get it dialed in its magic.
Excellent as usual 💎
Wow! What amazing skills ❤️
Great sounding amp too 👍🏻💁🏼
amazing playing man!
Great amp and great playing. Sounds beefier than EL84 tubes.
These amos are phenomenal!!Especially when you run them through a good 2x12 cab,face melting goodness!!
Well now I’m even more tempted to buy one I saw for sale locally! I have a Recto 2x12
Amazing playing, I'm envious!
Thanks man!!
@@NikolayKarageorgiev its not hard practice
Don't be envious, work for it! Be the envied!
Sounds SO good
just got one of these. Clean channel is just awesome! still learning how to dial in distortion, but will probably end up using pedals anyway. Thanks for doing this and AWESOME PLAYING!
Dude, the reason you buy a mesa amp is to have those killer distortion tones come straight out of the amp. Nothing is going to sound better than an amp like this cranked. Use the distortion tones from the amp, trust me.
I have used one all trough the 90s - sold and eventually bought another one. The clean is awesome IMHO. The distortion is very 80s, mid-heavy - if you like that you are set. Working with the EQ and your guitar volume will get you some more versatility. If you like it to sound like a cranked vintage fender or something you can get that too - just use the rhythm channel, crank volume and mids and you get a nice "in-between" tone.
Great Tone - also the amp ;-)
Guys. Take note on how he's got that mic setup. :-)
From center, angled to edge is not done very often and is probably playing a bigger role than you realize.
Yes it does! Thanks!!
The way I see it, It's angled towards the outer edge? The dust cap is visible in the center, and the mic looks to be angle away from it.
Yes I guess this guy can play a couple of things hahahaha!!!! Dude, amazing review and unbelievable playing!
Was not ready for that shred!
I was waiting to have my ears bleed when you cranked the gain to 11, but damn it still sounds great at full gain! Clean and crunch sounds the best though! Oh yeah amazing playing!
Your Korean name would be Dam Son. That's some nice playing right there.
Fantastic playing Nikolay.
Thank you!!
man, i came here to an amp, and left thinking "man, that guy can play!"
Great playing.
Awesome man! freakin great!
sounds fantastic. nice Slayer riffs too btw
Its only the amp itself! Cheers!!
Damn, you can play! I had the .22 cal way back, and had the same issue people have mentioned...dialing in a good tone. Now I have the opportunity to get a 50 cal + 1x12 combo with extention cab, so may do it.
Amp sounds great.Absolutely killer tone. Oh yeah. Dude,you fucking ROCK as a player. \m/
Thank you!!!!
Just killer sound, killer player, killer demo! :) (bow)
Killer playing
thats what i was thinking too, holy shit. i cant think of anyone ive heard demo hard rock amps (on here) that outchops this monster.
This sounds amazing! GREAT playing as well! Too bad i'll probably never find this amp locally for a decent price though. 50 Watts is a little too loud for me as well as i'd definitely need an attenuator since i'm living in a small place. But the Demo sounded really good man.
wow dude you rock!!!
great tone
Hey! You are totally right, its sounds really buzzy at room level, on this video I have attenuator :-). But recently I discovered easier solution, with simple volume box (small box with single pot inside) in the effect loop, you can crank the amp (both from the preamp and the power amp sections) and have great sound at very low room level. Try this, you won't regret it:-), the sound is great!!!
Cheers!!
it's the playing!!! you could make a broom sound great!!! and a matty mattell amp sound great!!!! and the articulation is the playing, not the amp!!!!! you are truly first class!!! a true pro!!!! ....and....you can play anything!!!!!!
A Boogie is and stay as a Boogie!
Great demo. I have the version without the "+" (EL84) and I love it also. I wish I could find another...
got one and it is awsome killer gain
Whoever's playing here... Well done!
thank you v.m.!
Great shit beautiful thanks
I've got this amp and I like it. Could you share your settings? Are you sure about the volume box? It seems it works only as another master volume.
The power amp needs to be set to no less than 5 - 6 (to sound warm and round) , so what I do is to put the gain on around 5, power amp - not less than 5 and than the volume box in the effect loop on 2 or 3 (for room level playing). I use some simple device I got from Ebay, its basically just a small plastic box with volume pot inside!
Cheers!!
Nice sound man!!!
I have a 50 caliber + head and i need those settings heheheh!
I forgot all about being critical about the amp sound, and just started rocking out to your playing LOL your TOO GOOD to demo lol. holy Duck, you rock man, totally.
Thanks a lot!!!
Cheers!!
@koliok Thanks! Fantastic as always!
just bought this , but mine has a zw EV in it..... wow, what a bombastic amp .....$300 btw, your chops are top shelf!
would you recomend the head version of this amp? It seems like a real gainy head great for metal etc but you did get some versatile tones out of her.. how is she for live shows?
What kind of Volume-box you use? And how can you crank the amp with the volume-box - the power-section is in my cal. 50+ after the effect-loop! Great video!
SLAYER !!!!!!!!
Hello, good tutorial.
Not if you can help me, I have a boogie caliber 50 + table and recently my gain channel has very high, brutal and piercing tones and lack of lows compared to the clean channel. When I plug my "Ds1" "Ds" pedals through the clean channel, the distortion comes out horrible, a very high-pitched, very high-pitched sound without bass. I tried the pedals on other amplifiers and they work very well! So I went to a technician to do a set-up. I changed the power tubes by the same 6L6 boogie table, and on the preamp V1 V2 V3 V5 12AX7 TADJJ and V4 12at7 tad jj. He hit the bias, etc ...
But yesterday and today I tried again and the same problem remains. The distortion pedals lack tone.
I bought the caliber 50 second hand for a year now and never had sound problems. He already had 2 6L6 table in power and 12ax7 of various brands, boogie table, groove tubes, jj etc ..
Not sure what the problem will be?
thank you
I have the rack mount version of this amp and love it ..50 watts of Mesa is freaking loud lol
fluid!!!
hi, cool review and 5* for your playing. When has the amp been built? Mine has no greypainted background at the EQ-section.
Cheers, Frank
I have never tried the head version of the amp, but most probably its quite similar, concerning sound! The amp really has enough gain, but I wouldn't pick it up for modern high gain, sounds very much 80s :-) like (and I do like that). Its very loud 50 watts, no problem there!
Cheers!
Yer fucking incredible 💜 best amp demonstration ever!!!! 💜
wytewrabbit Thanks a lot!
Heck yeah!
Thanks a lot!!!!!
No, its 100% stock, keep on trying, they are very hard to dial, but I really dig the sound!!
Cheers!!!
Hey!! I also have the 6L6 version! You can try with hotter 12AX7 at V1 position, I am using TAD Highgrade there. Maybe it has to do with with different power tubes, again TAD in my case. But thats really one of the hardest amps to dial I have ever played with!!
Thanks!!!
I should also note that I'm not running mine nearly at volume 5 which is the power stage, but I've done shows with this amp when I was younger and it just doesn't get angry the way I'd like it too.
I have this same amp and love it mine is a rackmount head but im having a problem with my fx loop it squeals every time I hook up my fx have you ever had this problem ?
hey , great playin , the paul sure chunks it up more than a strat , would like to have heard what the reverb sounded like at different levels , clean and crunch .thanks .
Absolutely Brutal. I just bought the head and it kicks. What band are you in?
6:00 SLAYER! \m/
Nikolay -You are a killer player.
Russ Wilson Thanks! Cheers!
Russ Wilson Thanks! Cheers!
I guess the volume is actually gain. I hope you like the amp, I surely do, but it could be really tricky to dial some times!
Cheers!
Heard to dial....cuz of the INFINITE sounds!!!! ssiiiiiiic
Its exactly as you say, the eq works only on the drive channel, I just didn't realize during the demo that the EQ is on automatic :-)
Cheers!!
Haha just saw this comment 11 years later - I just made the same comment. Oh well, still a great video so thanks for showcasing my favorite amp. 😎
Awesome playing and tone! I had one of these amps( head version) and it sounded great,just like this vid. The trick was to keep the bass low, treble high, scoop the mids in the EQ. Also keep the master fairly high (5 o 6)... and keep the lead master (3 ish) lower than the master, this gives it that punchy smooth tone you got there. If you have the lead master higher than the master, it sounds harsh.
so i got "the volume box". how far do you turn the dial on yours? it seems it doesn't really do anything but change the frequency sort of, unless turned up which gives full volume. it doesn't really seem to change the volume at all when you roll the dial up and down, but rather change the way the gain sounds and take a lot of the bass out. what am i doing wrong?
I have that amp - love it. It's a keeper for sure.
You're fiddling with the graphic EQ and have the EQ switch in auto. Not sure that works the same.
Awesome playing, fuckin' great man!
hey awesome video! i own a caliber 50+ too.do you know when they were built? i don't know how to date it correctly....
+michi_182 Should say on the chassis if you pull it out. From what i've read off the internet these were made between late 1991 and 1993.
HI, thats Caliber 50, not DC-5 :-)! The distortion channel can cover the ground between Santana and Metallica 84 (its not a modern high gain channel) but it sounds different than Pinnacle (which is much more Marshall like). If you decide on this amp, have in mind, that you have to play it loud (master on 5-6) in order to get the real drive sound. The clean is great and thats the main reason for me to use the amp!
Cheers!!