Sorted: Mesa Boogie Trans Atlantic TA-30 Combo

Faff

A bit specific I know, but I have a TA-15 head and it suits my purposes perfectly. I like the AC30-ish,  Marshall-ish and Tweed-ish channels which are versatile for gigging.
The TA30 has a loop and reverb which is a bonus.
If there are alternative this this, then please tell.

Collings

If you are buying a TA30 check it carefully. I had one and they can be very noisey with the loop and reverb engaged. It certainly put off at least one buyer when i was selling it. I believe Mesa did an update to fix the issue in some later versions. Lots of info on this if you Google it.

Faff

Thanks for that. I was under the impression that this was an issue with the head only as the amp is pretty crowded and the reverb is too close to everything else amongst other things. The important thing is that the noise does not increase as you go louder. 

A lot is made of noise and hissing amps on the Web but it depends on use. My CDR68 is more hissy than my other amps and is annoying when at home levels but at anything louder, the noise  does not increase so for gigs it's no problem at all.

Thanks anyway. 

Collings

Faff said:

Thanks for that. I was under the impression that this was an issue with the head only as the amp is pretty crowded and the reverb is too close to everything else amongst other things. The important thing is that the noise does not increase as you go louder. 

A lot is made of noise and hissing amps on the Web but it depends on use. My CDR68 is more hissy than my other amps and is annoying when at home levels but at anything louder, the noise  does not increase so for gigs it's no problem at all.

Thanks anyway. 

No its not just an issue with the head version (I had the combo) but maybe a little worse on the heads as i understand it for the reasons you describe. I believe the fix was to use a wire to re route the circuit on the pcb and Mesa would probably provide the detail if you wanted it. The noise does increase in relation to the volume of the amp.

In practice its not a problem at a gig but can be a little off putting at home if you play loud.

Faff

It's for gigs so I'll bear it all in mind. Thanks. 
Maybe that's why they discontinued them?

What did you replace it with?

Collings

I was only selling mine as I had too many amps and it was not getting used. It did have some great tones it in particularly the ac tones.

Faff

Sorted: I have now got one. Doesn't seem to have any noise issues. 
A very happy chappy.