MESA California Levels

[thievedletter]

Is it just me or are the levels super low on this amp? I have a medium to hot signal entering AT5 going into the California. Two close mics, in phase at 0db, with the amp on the 40w selection. I have the Master knob dimed and the gain around 50% and get a pretty low signal. Changing to lesser wattages makes it completely unusably low volume.

Is anyone else having this issue?

[thievedletter]

Dang 45 people have seen this post and not one person can tell me if it is working correctly or not for them?

[BrianCadoret]

I've tried the California in trial mode and the output volume is much the same as other amps.
Sure you have but is the output (bottom right corner) is set accordingly, or a preset is taking the volume down.

Brian

[thievedletter]

Thanks for replying. The output is set for 0.0db, so I dunno what the issue is.

[squeezenor]

I have the input gain maxed across the board as my default setting because every amp I tried felt dull, lifeless, or short of gain. Leaving the input gain (on the bottom left) cranked largely solved that problem. Not only am I getting the expected gain levels from higher gain amps (where I'd have to boost them before), but even clean amps have woken up. Smartest thing I've done in amplitube.