Randall Smith fired from Mesa?

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Vince

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Idk various extreme settings on Mesa amps yield excellent results like... a lot of the time.....thinking nothing should be too far away from noon on the knobs is the epitome of dialing in with your eyes rather than your ears imo 🤷‍♂️
Truth. Turning the treble off on a Recto yields a completely different and awesome sound, while cranking the treble and fully cutting the mids and bass (knobs, not GEQ) makes a Mark crushing.
 

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Truth. Turning the treble off on a Recto yields a completely different and awesome sound, while cranking the treble and fully cutting the mids and bass (knobs, not GEQ) makes a Mark crushing.


On the mark V, channel 2 mk 1 mode, everything dimed except for bass all the way off (volume to taste) is a pretty sweet and unique lead sound. GEQ in the classic V works for the leads like this, but chugs/rhythm dont. Drop the 80 to flat and 240 all the way out and you're in chug city though
 

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Nope nothing, just a post from a drama-driven youtuber (since deleted) and a bunch of rumor from people that wouldn't actually know anything beyond "Randall Smith is no longer here".

There's another video going around by a YT channel I've never encountered before (Barry Johns Studio Talk). In the comments under the video, Johns claims that Randall Smith still had a year left on his contract with Gibson when he was 'fired'. I came here to look for further discussion...seems like details are sparse, though.
 

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Back when he sold Mesa to Gibson, I understood that move as the first step into retirement. I'm actually surprised that he did not leave after just 18 months.

In any case, as "Lupi" above states, "details are sparse."
 
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