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Unique Melody MEST Fortune Review

The custom version of the MEST Fortune is a weighty, fulsome tuning, with an even-harmonic, almost euphonic, timbre throughout.

Nothing about this tuning is shrill, bright, or lean-sounding. It’s effortlessly smooth throughout with a saturated coloration that is very unlikely to ‘breakup’ with sibilant or brighter recordings.

Everything up to 1-2k is north of neutral, so it carries a good deal of warmth and power. Instruments deliver a pleasing fundamental frequency that will delight thrash metal, modern pop, and R’n’B rhythm section fans.

Vocals and percussion are more neutral in their imaging. It’s not as forward-sounding as the MEST Jet Black in the mids, nor does it have the same levels of note contrast as the Maven II Crescent or the older Maven Pro.

Instead, it generates a subjective feeling of relaxation. This is more of an easy-going sound with a slightly looser ‘phatter’ bass delivery. Combined with a treble lift shifted more to the upper than lower FR, it creates a gentle sheen on notes rather than a drier, hard-hitting impact.