Re: Mesa Electradyne Test
The Electradyne is a lot like the Stiletto, at least the Stiletto's lower gain modes (Fat Clean and Fluid Drive on the Stiletto are their own thing). Neither amp is really representative of Mesa as a whole; they don't bear much resemblance to either the Mark series or the Rectifiers.
The Stiletto honestly made me think of a JMP/Shiva hybrid married to a Recto's power section. The Electradyne, which is less tweaky, being only a single channel with three selectable gain modes (which I don't think change the voicing, just the amount of gain available), seems more like a darker Marshall than anything.
If you dig Marshalls and "improved" Marshalls along Shiva lines, you'd dig the Electradyne and Stiletto. The Marks, which your little guy was based on, are their own thing and don't really resemble anything else in the amp world. They do throw down a fine Smoove Lead Toan, and I'd love to still have one around just for that. And I'll be the odd outlier re: Rectos. I actually never got on with Red/Modern, though it's the amp's iconic sound and plenty of folks have good luck with it. I think it's underrated, though, for the rest of what it does with all the other different channels/modes. Orange/Vintage is a badass rocksound.
We did use some
very non-Mesa speakers with it though- the Webers are all old Vox-Celestion clones, just with a higher wattage rating. Chris got a box full of 50-watters so he can use the cab with his Diezel Herbert.
(Which is moderately hilarious. Ubergain dethmedal map + old Vox speakers to play noisy alt-rock.) I think the Silvers are Alnico-magnet speakers as well. I'm sure that affects things a little. V30s, they are not.