Mesa Boogie walkabout Send and Return...

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Author Message jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 3892 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, March 03, 2014 - 11:59 pm:    I have a Mesa boogie walkabout head that I've had from new since about 2004. It's just had a repair to the send and return sockets as there was a problem with the signal breaking up. ( a common problem I've read). As I also wanted to check my F1-x out after a recent mishap I plugged the full range output of the pre-amp into the return socket at the back of the walkabout. The sound was fine however, whilst expected the pre-amp controls of the walkabout to be bypassed, the master volume also was bypassed so the only way of controlling the output volume was via the pre-amp gain control. My question is simply, is this correct for the walkabout? I use this method with my pre-amp into the return socket on many of my gigs where there is a back line now because the back line amps are not usually to my liking and all of them bypass their internal pre-amp stages but always give me control of the master volume. Does mesa do things differently or does this point to a problem with the repair of the send and return sockets? At the moment I don't have a device I can loop into the the send and return sockets to see if the master volume is affected in that mode too but should get a chance in a day or so hopefully. Jazzyvee wideload Advanced Member Username: wideload Post Number: 206 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - 4:41 pm:    My Peavey BAM210 is the same way. I use the F1-X to control gain - usually have to stay down around 3 or so. Made me think about going to a power amp that would let me push the pre w/o trashing my hearing, but I don't play enough anymore to want to spend the money... davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11298 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2014 - 5:55 pm:    I just read the manual, and it's not stated in there. However, I found one comment on talkbass that states that the master volume is indeed before the effects loop. xlrogue6 Advanced Member Username: xlrogue6 Post Number: 291 Registered: 8-2002 Posted on Wednesday, March 05, 2014 - 8:55 am:    Unfortunately, that's the stock configuration on the Walkabout, along with the post-only DI. Love everything else about the Walkabout, but those two things are just plain stupid. I find it easier to work around them rather than modding it, so far anyway.