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TX STAR: based on MESA Lone Star
MESA is a very famous amp manufacturer, founded by Randall Smith in ‘71 in California. Smith started off with the “snakeskin” Mark amp, a modded Fender Princeton with increased gain and sustain, which made Santana famous (or was it the other way around). More.
The MESA Lone Star is famous by its long-time use by Andy Timmons.
MESA is rather proud of this amp:
As far as I know, Fractal Audio modeled the original Lone Star ("Classic"), not the Special edition.
The Lone Star is a two-channel amp. Channel 1 is similar to a blackface Fender. It's also capable of blues-like distortion. Channel 2 has two faces. It can be a clone of channel 1, with slightly more gain. Or extra gain stages can be added ("high-gain" Drive mode) by flipping a switch, in which case an additional gain control comes into play. A Voicing switch (Normal / Thick / Thicker) lets you finetune the Drive mode.
Fractal Audio modeled the Lone Star's clean tone as well as channel 2's Drive mode. The clean tone is featured extensively in the first video below.
The current version of the Lone Star amp is driven by 6L6 (modeled) or EL34 tubes, and lets the player choose between 10 watts (Class A), 50 or 100 watts (Class A/B) power, per channel. And just like with the Rectifier, the player can also choose between Tube and Diode Rectifier Tracking (see the Recto thread for more information). The amp has a single input. The Lone Star has a built-in Variac ("Tweed" setting) and Reverb.
Each channel has Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence and Master controls. There's a separate Drive control for channel 2's Drive mode.
Here's the manual, with in-depth information and sample settings.
Review in Guitar Player
MESA delivers the Lone Star with Celestion Custom 90 (C90) speakers, just like its Boogie series. We've got a couple of those as stock cabs: #19 and #150.
TX STAR: based on MESA Lone Star
MESA is a very famous amp manufacturer, founded by Randall Smith in ‘71 in California. Smith started off with the “snakeskin” Mark amp, a modded Fender Princeton with increased gain and sustain, which made Santana famous (or was it the other way around). More.
The MESA Lone Star is famous by its long-time use by Andy Timmons.
MESA is rather proud of this amp:
"THE MOST RIDICULOUSLY AMAZING CLEANS, CLASSIC BREAKUP AND HIGH GAIN TONES WE HAVE EVER OFFERED IN A SINGLE AMPLIFIER
From its conception, the Lone Star was targeted directly at exceeding players' expectations of both tone AND versatility from a vintage and/or modern boutique amp, without accepting compromise. Tonally it must be experienced to believe, as there are not enough adjectives and expletives to remotely do it justice. Simply put, the Lone Star is a sonic flood of Texas-sized proportions! The most ridiculously amazing cleans, classic breakup and high gain tones we have ever offered in a single amplifier! It is "stranded island" good and if you only try one amplifier, make sure it's the Lone Star – But be forewarned, prepare yourself for a new vice because it's not just an amp – IT'S AN ADDICTION! The Lone Star will change the standard by which you measure all other amps!"
As far as I know, Fractal Audio modeled the original Lone Star ("Classic"), not the Special edition.
The Lone Star is a two-channel amp. Channel 1 is similar to a blackface Fender. It's also capable of blues-like distortion. Channel 2 has two faces. It can be a clone of channel 1, with slightly more gain. Or extra gain stages can be added ("high-gain" Drive mode) by flipping a switch, in which case an additional gain control comes into play. A Voicing switch (Normal / Thick / Thicker) lets you finetune the Drive mode.
Fractal Audio modeled the Lone Star's clean tone as well as channel 2's Drive mode. The clean tone is featured extensively in the first video below.
The current version of the Lone Star amp is driven by 6L6 (modeled) or EL34 tubes, and lets the player choose between 10 watts (Class A), 50 or 100 watts (Class A/B) power, per channel. And just like with the Rectifier, the player can also choose between Tube and Diode Rectifier Tracking (see the Recto thread for more information). The amp has a single input. The Lone Star has a built-in Variac ("Tweed" setting) and Reverb.
Each channel has Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence and Master controls. There's a separate Drive control for channel 2's Drive mode.
Looking for Andy Timmons' clean and dirty amp settings? Check the videos below.
Here's the manual, with in-depth information and sample settings.
Review in Guitar Player
MESA delivers the Lone Star with Celestion Custom 90 (C90) speakers, just like its Boogie series. We've got a couple of those as stock cabs: #19 and #150.
Cab Pack 10 provides more IRs of a Lone Star cabinet.
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