Mesa Boogie vs Fender

@three_easy_payments   That is obviously true, but in what ways does the Fender sound differ from the Mesa sound for these particular amps, in your opinion?

@edcyn  Nothing wrong with a steel string acoustic, I totally love my Taylors. Not totally enamored of the fact that they require mediums, but that is probably why the sound is to die for. 

@edcyn  I hear where you are coming from, but I also think that a lot of the tone comes from 'playing the amp' which is what i try and do. With my Fender single coils, I can get pretty much any tone I want, depending on my playing and the amp setting. I don't particularly like the heavy weight guitars that you seem to be alluding to ( Gibbo's?) .
Agree that sparkle, headroom and dynamics are out of style, but then i guess my playing is also out of stye..oh well.

@edcyn  what Mesa where they using back in the day? I think a Pre-CBS Vibrolux is a killer piece, sounds amazing with single coils. Too bad you got rid of the Vibrolux. 

@dekay  I used to own a 70's silver face Champ, could never get it to sing, but back then i was using a crappy hum bucker Epiphone...probably would have a different opinion with my Strats and Teles today. 

@liongboba You are 100% correct, each amp has its own voice. I can get a nice bluesy sound out of Mesa, and with some work, a nice metal sound out of Fender…

BUT..Playing a friends Black Face DR, it is definitely super easy to get the nicest bluesy sound.