FX8 4CM with Mesa Single rectifier parallel loop

[aperez_br]

Hi folks

You probably have seen this being asked many times but I couldn't find a definite answer yet. I have an fx8 2 that currently I'm using with a Marshall JVM410h 4CM though serial loop. Works perfectly. But recently I bough a Mesa Single Rect. Series 1 and it only has parallel loop. I'm running through many problems with Post effects like Delay. If I keep the same delay settings that I have for the Marshall presets and set the Mesa loop mix to the maximum, my volume is dramatically reduced and the quality is really bad. I then changed some of my presets to have all post effects in parallel, 100 mix and the Mesa loop mix slightly bellow half. If I use a delay with Level not higher than about 5, it is usable most of the time but I still get some of the famous phasing problems. If I need a stronger delay, it is completely unusable. How do you guys that own Mesa rectifiers have managed to work this out?

Many thanks

 

[Budda]

Mesa owners generally mod their amps to serial loops, in my experience as a forumite.

 

[aperez_br]

Mesa owners generally mod their amps to serial loops, in my experience as a forumite.

That's exactly what I had to do at the end! Didn't have much time to play much yet but I think that has solved the problem.

 

[mikhael47]

Yes, a mod is the best way to go, I had a rectoverb and always had issues with the parallel loop. It tended to be noisy too... also, watch your masters, try and use the output of the amp to control volume instead of the masters.