Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/100 Head vs Vox MV50-CE Rock
The Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/100 Head and the Vox MV50-CE Rock are both amplifiers sharing high gain, crunchy, full. The Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/100 Head leans transparent and saturated. The Vox MV50-CE Rock leans warm. Current prices: $2499 vs $128.93.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.32% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- high gain
- crunchy
- full
- mid-forward
Vox MV50-CE Rock
Vox · amplifier
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$2499via Reverb
$128.93via Reverb
The Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/100 Head is a two-channel 100-watt amplifier from the Rectifier family, running EL34 output tubes rather than the 6L6s used across most of the series, which gives it a tighter and more British midrange character. Each channel offers three selectable modes named Clean, Crunch and Crush, so the two channels between them cover sparkling clean sounds through to high gain. It includes Mesa's CabClone IR for direct recording and silent stage use. The Rectifier circuit descends from the Fender 5F6A tweed Bassman before Mesa reworked it into the modern high-gain standard. It suits hard rock and metal players wanting a tighter Recto voice with modern recording features.
The Vox MV50 Rock is a compact 50-watt head built around Nutube, a miniature vacuum fluorescent triode that provides genuine valve behaviour in a fraction of the space of a conventional tube. The Rock voicing is the higher-gain member of the MV50 line, aimed at crunch and overdriven sounds rather than the clean chime Vox is traditionally associated with. At roughly the size of a paperback it drives a full cabinet, which is the entire premise of the range. It suits players wanting genuine valve response in a rig small enough to carry by hand.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Hard Rock
- Metal
- transparent
- saturated
- warm
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Silent Recording
- Studio
- Live
- Practice
- Studio