Hey Strangedesign folks!
I like my Mesa Nomad, but my last few gigs have been small combo jazz and backing up a singer/songwriter, not the correct environment for a gain monster such as the Mesa. I'm a music major at Keene in NH and I think it'd be better if I dropped all of that gain before I became to dependent on it. Do you DRRI owners like your amp? I've heard incredible things about it. Also, $625 bucks gets you this shiny nice Mesa Boogie Amplifier. Help a student out!
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BUMP for lameness
Clean up your Mesa and bring it to guitar center, you can use the trade in credit to buy ANY USED GUITAR CENTER DRRI via their online search engine. Just pay the shipping. Thats your best bet. However, Id argue youd get more for your money with a ceriatone dumble clone combo.