Trying to get opinions on either of these amps. My amp exploded last night and I'm supposed to sit in with a few bands in the next week or so I need to find one soon. Local store has both used in the $500-600 range. Any info greatly appreciated!
I personally like Mesa's.
If you happen to get a Mesa, and havent played one before, try rolling your mids down to around 8-10 oclock. If you have the mids at noon or higher they just seem to overwhelm the sound to my ears. The 50 caliber for classic rock I would set my bass and treble around noon, the mids at 9 oclock, and just set the gain to taste, for me Im ussually around noon to one oclock on the gain. I use a classic les paul and I roll off the treble and set my pickup volume around 3-6, and I get a really good classic rock sound, to where you can roll the volume on the guitar up and down depending on how much breakup you want.
Honestly both of those amps are great amps, its just a preference you have to make.
What amp exploded out of curiosity?