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Man playing by ear that was me after I learned the fundamental of guitar. My ear was always better than I was LOL.

I hope you will connect with Rick Beato to talk on his UA-cam channel. He has close to 5 million subscribers and some of the best guests in music. Your stories would be a coup for him, More people should hear them.

Thanks for talking music Randy. You and I met about 20 years ago when I dropped an amp off to be repaired in Petaluma. I''m in Sebastopol. We know a lot of the same people. I knew Doug West when he was a 16 year old kid in Marin. Partied with Bendinelli in the old days. Kimock is a friend and speaks very highly of you. You have a very American "can do" spirit that I admire. A real renaissance man.

Music is the universal language, I played Baritone Sax in 8th grade. My hero,Gerry Mulligan. I learned more at Boogie in 2 years, than the previous 30! Thank you Mike B!

I LEARNED from this episode!

Thank you, Randall....These behind the scene stories and life lessons are educational and revealing ! ....A long time fan / owner of many many of your guitar amps, I finally found one of your Mesa Baron Tube HiFi amps.... It sounds absolutely amazing and blows all of my guitarist friends minds when they see it...(it is such a beautiful piece of gear) I alway wondered about the story behind this beast of an amplifier and want to thank you for all the hours of joy and music for myself and the countless others whose lives you've enriched...Cheers, from Winston Salem NC, Darrell B.

Wes Montgomery...

I’m leaving with Wes Montgomery’s SUNDOWN…….

I love hearing your life experiences. Please don't stop telling them. Thanks for sharing them.

You have found your calling!

Yo Randall!! Loving these videos man,, you're a great storyteller

Randall Smith you are a Leonardo DiVinci for our musical pursuits! Thank you for being you! Ken Smithson

Randall.....I don't understand why everyone hates the Nomad.....I love mine sooooooooo much.....by the way I use a REVV G4 preamp/overdrive/distortion pedal in combination with Channel 1 clean & Tung-Sol 6L6 GC power tubes & that seems to make the Nomad sound beyond obliterating with or without headphones dude.....I bought it used @ Guitar Center.....worth every penny Randall.....I fucking love it man way to go dude !!!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘😈😈😈😈😈-----Sincerely Dave The Shredder : 10 string guitar player located in Overland, MO !!!!!

I really enjoyed your video here. I still rock my Dual Rectifier Road King II ... that amp is just insane. I don't know what you did to make that Tweed mode so amazing, but I can't get enough of that clean sound -- it goes so great with my fuzz pedals. Anyways, I've always had great gear from you all, and I just want to say thank you for your life's work in that department.

This man sure has lived a life.

Hi Randall my name is David it's a great honor, I don't want to start any rumors but did you leave Gibson because of your contract with them and is Messa Boogie still going to remain the same under Gibson, I'm in my late 50's just retired last year and just acquired a Messa V 35 and a Messa vertical 2x12 cab, sounds great, thank for your hard work and dedication making Messa Boogie one of the greatest amps ever made, hope to hear more of your stories, you're a great inspiration, thanks Randall hope to hear from you

“most iconically beautiful wife- UH i mean mansion…” freudian slip randall 😂😂

Hi Randy! I am absolutely enthralled with your videos, and stories. Great stuff! I love your connecting of "The Flow" to racing, and to music. I was just explaining this to someone a few days ago. When doing anything thing creative (music, writing, artwork, designing, crafting, sports,, hell... even work), I am highly mediocre, at best (and usually suck) when my brain is running the show. When my brain is turned off, and I'm am just acting without thinking, is when the transcendent magic occurs. It was a life changing event, when I figured this out. Thanksyou for bringing up the topic, and for all of your highly entertaining videos. You are one hell of a storyteller!

As always, great stuff.

Is this official channel?

DIZZ!!!!!!!!!!

when i grow up randall,i want to be like you

Clarification:: I previously mentioned Mesa Boogies hardcore policy regarding discounting their amps. I meant not allowing dealers to discount their amps or risk losing the franchise.

I was a SF South Bay area musician during my working career as a Sheet Metal worker (among other things) and made good money for the time. I always had old tube amps until I could afford a Marshall and I had many. I mostly shopped at Guitar Showcase in Campbell. CA. (I think) and they always had a great selection of trending gear. That's where I saw my first Mesa Boogie but due to Boogies hardcore policy regarding discounting their amps I refused to even try one. I always got a (deal). Then one day I plugged into a model on the sales floor and things changed. The next day I purchased a Studio Preamp and a Mesa 50/40 amp. A few days later I traded in the 50/50 and bought a Simul 295. AWESOME Amp!! I have had a 50 cal, a mk4, a mk3, a dual rectifier and currently have a "Ractifier" and a Triple Recxtifier (modded).Plus a Marshall JMP 1 and a Satriani 100 watt head. I'm retired from work now but still playing in the Reno/Tahoe area and must say Thank You for all you've done to elevate and inspire me and SO many others to enthusiastically do more and enjoy more than otherwise possible. I LOVE all your gear and your courageous spirit. This world is far better for your contributions. Steve. 530 386-4115

Dude, you are just *off the hook* !! 🤣🤣

I've got a Subaru BRZ, the easiest and best decision I've made. Not fast - but low cg, perfectly balanced, Torsen diff... super fun.

The “Impoverished Mexican gardener rig” did it for me 😂😂😂😂😂

You mentioned how the new engine was over engineered and not as fun as your race car . Can you apply that to amps?

Great story! Back in my kart racing days, our team name was "Team Hangover" ... for obvious reasons.

I enjoy an interesting story teller. Racing is not an interest of mine but I watched a video all about it and I don't regret it. I enjoy the stories and I hope to hear more.

Thanknyoubfor the stories and the laughs!!!

Tell us when Metallica knocked your door at Mesa in search of your unique tone! Thank You Randy!

Gibson ruined your Amplifiers, they won't pass the hammer tap test anymore. The friggin tube sockets are not bolted to the Chassis anymore 😢

My Mom moved to Palm Springs. So I know what a great place it was in the 80's. I used to go mountain climbing there in the Agua Caliente Indian reservation..Your story about the car race there is spellbinding. And to hear that you won that race is epic! I am a guitar player for the last 50 years and I know what you mean about "getting in the zone". Thank you Randy for this awesome video.

That’s funny ,you talk about Guitar and being in the zone ,that’s the name of my band ,The Zone. Great stories 25 minutes went by like it was five minutes I see you’re uping your time. I love it keep them coming.

Randall, Thank you for taking the time to share your story.

Hi M. Smith, you are sharing with us a lot of your experiences, integrity and dedication. During your videos, we can see how human you have been and how this brought you to the summit, without becoming one of these big corporate guy. You kept your fundamental values as priorities, without trying to eat everyone else. You treat your best employees as if they were part of your family. Despite you came up with many breaktrough innovations, you have been able to stay humble and a lot of us will always remember you for those qualities. Just to share how unpredictable have been your influences on other stuff than just music (which is quite obvious)... 35 years ago, I was still a mid teenager and decided to learn how to play the guitar. As for any other kids of this ages who were just playing nintendo, I had a lot of free time but I rather spent days learning the instrument. Then someday I sold my small peavey and bought my first tube amp, a 50W very basic Marshall, which was just what I can afford. I was aware of your amps because I was a big fan of Metallica. I was mesmerized about the fact a tube, or a lamp, could be used to produce such a great.... sound! Which was totaly odd, since it was very old technology. I just couldn’t understand how come it was possible it surpassed solid state amplifiers. Then at some point during my high school I had to start thinking of my plan for a living. Then, I had a vision : I wanted to learn that stuff. So I went to the college to become an electrinic technician. I remember me asking each of my teachers if they could share their knowledge about tube amplifiers. None of them was old enough. I was quite disappointed that this was no longer part of school programs. Then I left school and start touring with a band. I was dreaming about getting a MkIV. A friend of mine had one and I couldn’t imagine a better and more versatile amplifier. Being a French Canadian, it was very expensive to get one, with the exchange rate. Life brought me back to school and I went to University to become an electrical enginee, but still focused on my old dream. Again unable to get any teacher with some sort of tube back ground. With enough electronic knowledge, I decided to learn the tube technology by myself and guess what was my first project? I decided to build my own MkIV, from scratch! Not beacause I couldn’t afford one, but because I wanted to learn from the best amps on the market and the same way you did when originally working with the princeton. I knew how to build my own PCB, it was just a matter of time and staying focused. I never got any gut shot from the real amp. I saw one only after I completed mine. I was very surprised to see the stack of LDR! I remember how it was difficult to route all those traces on just a double layers PCB. Stacking them broke how things were done normaly! I never thought this was to commercialised anything, I'm not a business man, just a personnal challenge for myself. I’m still using this MkIV clone as my go to combo amp. What a challenge it was to hand build all that stuff, including the LDR and the hardwood cabinet. My MkIV clone is in service since 2002 and never failed on me. I sent a picture of it through your attention and Mike B. via the Mesa/Boogie customer feedback email. Not sure if it made it through. A long story short, you have influenced not just musicians, but also your dedication to success inspired a whole generation of technicians and engineers. How many companies sround the world have now emmerged to follow the path you have created? Like Leo Fender, you have forged the sound of at least 3 generations and influenced many professionals in their career decision. You can be proud of what you have accomplished! Thank you for such an inspiration! Steve

That was great! Thanks for sharing.

Hey Randy I love listening your car/amps stories before I go to bed ! I love it ! Amazing guy you are ! I want mooooooore !!! 💯✨️🇺🇲 Stay rock ! Hello from France 🇲🇫

Fun and flow and the law of diminishing returns, that'd maybe what the book could be called? My version is riding my bike to the supermarket to get cat food for the strays and building guitar amps from old radios where even the heptodes do stuff! I'm 62 now and way down the bottom, NZ, and I'm real glad I started with skateboards in the early seventies, how flow could take you to edges and live to tell the tale but mostly set up a life where doing one own thing having seen that courage pays in very interesting ways that, somehow, sets the next adventure to explore what, how and where within our own choice. Keep waving the flag Captain!

I really loved your play by play account of your race, and I know that specific race is deeply impressed in your mind because of all your specific details of the actual race day experience! What an emotional feeling of a race. I did some car racing, but nothing near to your higher levels of speed and race cars. My current racing is on my prized Gary Fisher mountain bike now!

You are a precious American Human! Please keep the stories coming!

Thank you, thank you, thank you sir for designing the Rectifier amp; the most versatile, badass amp ever made.

this was a wonderful episode. Well, it turns out our paths cross again, an old friend of mine who used to work for Wilwood engineering in advertising.(I worked for various racing magazines and myself raised vintage British motorcycles.) his name is Allen Nicholas and I believe you guys race together at some point anyway he invited me to circuit of the Americas in October to help him crew on his formula Atlantic car, which was a ball when we spoke recently. I asked him if he knew you and of course he did and I told him my Mesa story that goes back to 1980. and pointed him toward your UA-cam channel love the racing stuff and I’ll be playing my Messa amplifiers this week on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Thanks for doing this.

I got to tell you, these se little snippets of your company. You're raising everything all mixed together is one of the coolest things I've ever seen in music and or racing for that matter. And you're a great spokesman words are no problem for you and I do appreciate it. I can see this going like into a cannon version. I mean like ours on end like serious you whatever good stuff

Randy, Great stories about racing. Right on the money about being in the zone. I know the feeling well. There are times when I'm driving the car. There are times when I'm along for the ride. Then, there are times when the car and I become one. One has to clear their mind of all the distractions and clutter to reach that state. I love the part about showing up with your "yard maintenance equipment" and going home with the trophy. That is what racing was all about in the past.

Randy great to have another fab ramble to watch thank you!!! a nice change yet part of the tone farm story!!!

The combustion engine, especially when coupled with an ECU is quite possible the most complete union of physics, engineering and philosophy. Building, tuning and harnessing the ICE is a lifelong pursuit of incredible learning, craftsmanship, tool craft and pure joy.

And what's your opinion on Max Verstappen?

Stupid? Stupid is my middle name, but boy have I learned a lot from that stupidity.