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Mesa F100 temptation (Edit: NAD lol)

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 6:02 am
by spawnofthesith
I absolutely don’t need anymore amps, but this well loved F100 combo at my local used shop has been staring at me for a while. Price recently dropped to $425

Has a pair of V30s in it. Seems like those are worth nearly half the cost alone


Supposed to be on a self inflicted “pump the brakes” phase but should I do something dumb?

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Re: Mesa F100 temptation

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 11:00 am
by linthat22
Looks like it's a fun amp, did you snag it?

Re: Mesa F100 temptation

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 12:12 pm
by Zeegler
I really liked my F-30. Seems like a great deal. Buy it, convert it to a head, sell the speakers.

Re: Mesa F100 temptation

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:49 pm
by nightflameauto
You're asking us if you should buy some gear? You already know the answer you're gonna get.

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!

Re: Mesa F100 temptation

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 3:14 pm
by ninjaraf
Yeah, why is this even a thread? Should be a NAD. GTFO til you have a NAD.

Re: Mesa F100 temptation

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 7:55 pm
by spawnofthesith
:lol:


I was rather drunk when posting this. Resting up today before a gig tonight. I’ll probably go and at least test it out this weekend

Re: Mesa F100 temptation

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2025 8:58 pm
by Guitarbilly
I absolutely love this amp. I had the head and it was one of my all-time favorite Mesas.

Re: Mesa F100 temptation

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2025 1:16 am
by spawnofthesith
Ok they just dropped the price to $375 I better go tomorrow :lol:

Re: Mesa F100 temptation

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2025 5:23 pm
by spawnofthesith
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Can’t pass up too good of a deal so here I am. Local used shop kept plummeting the price on this. Brought in some remaining junker pedals off the shelf and out the door was $267

​Has 2x V30s which I’ve been wanting to grab some v30s anyway

So far sounds pretty awesome. Heavy and LOUD af. Even with -20db attenuation can’t go too high in the masters in my apartment lol

Surprised how well it sounds for heavy chugs considering the open back cabinet. Gonna have to test it into some closed backs as well. Clean channel is gorgeous. I like the distortion too not quite sure what to compare it too. I know the express was the circuit successor to these and I owned and loved a 5:50+ but this definitely has more gain available and is tighter. Oh and did I mention loud and heavy? :LOL:

Only bummer is no footswitch. Looks like I can still get one new from Mesa for $80 or a third party for like $60

Re: Mesa F100 temptation (Edit: NAD lol)

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2025 6:22 pm
by ninjaraf
Now we're talkin!!