This sparked a large debate. Thanks ELKVIS it seems that you have the most logical non-opinionated reply. My mesa dual rec is a first year so that would make sense. By the way the amp way just retubed and serviced. It may be the footswitch so I'll try another. As for mesaboogie616 reserch before you post. I don't want as much headroom at practice but need it for gig's. O and I am using JJ/teslas and my amp blows the 3 channels out of the water sound wise.