Awesome interview!!! The production tag for my Mark IIC+/++ is still with my amp and on the line for “final play” is Doug’s initials I’d LOVE to see an interview with Mike Bendinelli!
So GG, why did you guys not make a big deal out of this interview, this is HUGE and I’m seeing this two months later! There only 29 comments! This interview clearly wasn’t promoted Anyway As a Mesa/Boogie fan and customer for 15+ years I NEEDED to see and hear this after the acquisition, the market issues and then the relaunch. I’d been saying ages we haven’t seen the BIG faces of the company for years Randy, Tien and of course Doug, I was wondering if they’d left or been pushed aside! This video has restored A LOT of my faith in the brand. I’d lost a-lot of faith in the brand and needed to hear and see a trusted face and voice like Doug explaining stuff to us, even just saying that Randall is still involved brings massive confidence to me as a customer. Thank you for this GG, I needed this. GG, Next time you do something like this SHOUT ABOUT IT!!!!
First and only question for Doug is... why is the price of jp2c in the USA 3600 dollars, and in the EU 5700 dollars and it's like that for every model...are we in the EU and the UK donkeys, so that we pay this much difference. For 5 years I collected money for JP2C and waited for it to appear in the EU. When I saw the prices, even though I had the money, I didn't want to pay because I think that someone is making a fool of me I bought a Diezel Herbert for 2900 euro Until you equalize the prices like in the USA or make the price difference minimal, I can't think of buying Mesa amps even though I love them
Sorry Doug but that extra eq is most definitely needed for the mark vii. Especially the mark vii mode. It needs an eq desperately to sound good. Channel two should be scrapped and re done. Channel one and three are great. That’s it
It was literally only Mesa that struggled with this. No other US amp brand have had issues selling in Europe throughout the entire time Mesa was absent. I think this says way more about Mesas quality issues rather than harsh regulations.
I was seriously concerned that Gibson would force Mesa to make mistakes and do bad things and slip on quality control, because that is what Gibson has built a reputation for DOING over the past few decades. Fortunately, OTHER THAN the cheap overpriced and underwhelming Falcon amps Gibson forced Mesa to make, that hasn't happened. And I will make note of the fact that when you name these major brands, Fender, Gibson, Mesa, Marshall....only Mesa has NEVER gone through a bankruptcy. Mesa has been better at running a tight ship than ALL the rest. I do hope Mesa continues to set that standard. Also, of all those companies, only Mesa does not have a down market, student/consumer line of products. All Mesa products are for the working musician, are road worthy and are relatively expensive but they are rugged, reliable, and worth it....if you demand a higher quality level than the mass market consumer products.
They used to be the next step up for a working musician but now with their current pricing they’re Doctor/lawyer amps now. Mesa is over as the working man’s boutique.
@@Turboy65 that’s only because many of us have had years of buying Mesa’s when they were quite reasonable, especially used. I have several myself and could never afford to replace them now.
@@Skoora I have a decent income and can afford new Mesa amps. But my income isn't THAT high. Anybody who can afford a new car every ten years can budget for a new amp, even a high dollar one. You've just got to figure out your priorities.
@@Turboy65 dual rectifiers jumped in a very short time over $1000 from 1799 to 2999. That’s flat out putting the amp in a completely different bracket of affordability. Saying anybody can save for anything is not living in the real world.
It was literally only Mesa that struggled with this. No other US amp brand have had issues selling in Europe throughout the entire time Mesa was absent. I think this says way more about Mesas quality issues rather than harsh regulations.
@@Tanax13 Speaking as an amp tech, I can tell you that Fender, Marshall, and many other companies have FAR more quality control issues than Mesa does. Which is remarkable given that Mesa's amps are often more complex than the others. However they are built with higher quality PC boards and high quality components and buitl to be road ready. Truth.
@@Turboy65 Again, why was Mesa the only brand that "couldn't figure out" the new regulations for 3 years? All other US brands were selling successfully in Europe.
@@Tanax13 Mesa's demand for transformers is greater than that of the other brands you can name and transformers were the critical issue. Finding suppliers to meet the new specs and meet Mesa's quality and tonal demands was not as easy as you would like to imagine that it was. When you need more, you have bigger supply demands to address. Mesa is the single largest tube amp manufacturer globally.
@@Turboy65 They are hardly the biggest selling tube amp manufacturer in Europe. Now that they are back in Europe, the top place they have in sales statistics is in #178th place on one of Europe's leading music stores. They're not selling well enough for transformer demand to be an issue. It might sell well in the rest of the world, but that's not where the regulations were a problem. It's pretty clear that there were such severe issues that they needed to fix with their amps/transformers that it took them 3 years to do it.
Thanks for the great interview. You need to put "Doug West" in the tittle. This video deserve more viewers.
Awesome interview!!! The production tag for my Mark IIC+/++ is still with my amp and on the line for “final play” is Doug’s initials
I’d LOVE to see an interview with Mike Bendinelli!
Only 293 views and 1 comment? Doug West is an absolute legend! Share this video!
Congrats to Boogie. Great vision, great products, great artists and masters of craft.
Amazing interview! I would love to see an interview with Mike Bendinelli as well! Hearing the history of the C+ from him would be amazing!
So GG, why did you guys not make a big deal out of this interview, this is HUGE and I’m seeing this two months later! There only 29 comments! This interview clearly wasn’t promoted
Anyway
As a Mesa/Boogie fan and customer for 15+ years I NEEDED to see and hear this after the acquisition, the market issues and then the relaunch.
I’d been saying ages we haven’t seen the BIG faces of the company for years Randy, Tien and of course Doug, I was wondering if they’d left or been pushed aside!
This video has restored A LOT of my faith in the brand. I’d lost a-lot of faith in the brand and needed to hear and see a trusted face and voice like Doug explaining stuff to us, even just saying that Randall is still involved brings massive confidence to me as a customer.
Thank you for this GG, I needed this.
GG, Next time you do something like this SHOUT ABOUT IT!!!!
Great interview guys. Love to see the Transatlantic come back
Can't wait to get our hands on the amps when they arrive! Keep an eye out for some videos about them :)
The jp2c was the mark VI originally if you count the lineup.
Great interview! They show the one and only Mark VI.
First and only question for Doug is...
why is the price of jp2c in the USA 3600 dollars, and in the EU 5700 dollars
and it's like that for every model...are we in the EU and the UK donkeys, so that we pay this much difference.
For 5 years I collected money for JP2C and waited for it to appear in the EU. When I saw the prices, even though I had the money, I didn't want to pay because I think that someone is making a fool of me
I bought a Diezel Herbert for 2900 euro
Until you equalize the prices like in the USA or make the price difference minimal, I can't think of buying Mesa amps even though I love them
Sorry Doug but that extra eq is most definitely needed for the mark vii. Especially the mark vii mode. It needs an eq desperately to sound good. Channel two should be scrapped and re done. Channel one and three are great. That’s it
No digital chip on the "CUTTING EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY" Will EVER!!! Replace a tube!!!!
Another case where regulations strangle companies.
It was literally only Mesa that struggled with this. No other US amp brand have had issues selling in Europe throughout the entire time Mesa was absent. I think this says way more about Mesas quality issues rather than harsh regulations.
dude! why would you go back to your face while they're showing the inside of the mark 6!?! wtf!!? we wanna see inside that thing!
I was seriously concerned that Gibson would force Mesa to make mistakes and do bad things and slip on quality control, because that is what Gibson has built a reputation for DOING over the past few decades. Fortunately, OTHER THAN the cheap overpriced and underwhelming Falcon amps Gibson forced Mesa to make, that hasn't happened. And I will make note of the fact that when you name these major brands, Fender, Gibson, Mesa, Marshall....only Mesa has NEVER gone through a bankruptcy. Mesa has been better at running a tight ship than ALL the rest. I do hope Mesa continues to set that standard.
Also, of all those companies, only Mesa does not have a down market, student/consumer line of products. All Mesa products are for the working musician, are road worthy and are relatively expensive but they are rugged, reliable, and worth it....if you demand a higher quality level than the mass market consumer products.
They used to be the next step up for a working musician but now with their current pricing they’re Doctor/lawyer amps now. Mesa is over as the working man’s boutique.
@@Skoora Looking at what's on the bandstands these days, it's quite apparent that you're not entirely correct even if you aren't totally wrong.
@@Turboy65 that’s only because many of us have had years of buying Mesa’s when they were quite reasonable, especially used. I have several myself and could never afford to replace them now.
@@Skoora I have a decent income and can afford new Mesa amps. But my income isn't THAT high. Anybody who can afford a new car every ten years can budget for a new amp, even a high dollar one. You've just got to figure out your priorities.
@@Turboy65 dual rectifiers jumped in a very short time over $1000 from 1799 to 2999. That’s flat out putting the amp in a completely different bracket of affordability. Saying anybody can save for anything is not living in the real world.
The new EU transformer regs are ABSURD but then again, the very concept of the EU is absurd.
It was literally only Mesa that struggled with this. No other US amp brand have had issues selling in Europe throughout the entire time Mesa was absent. I think this says way more about Mesas quality issues rather than harsh regulations.
@@Tanax13 Speaking as an amp tech, I can tell you that Fender, Marshall, and many other companies have FAR more quality control issues than Mesa does. Which is remarkable given that Mesa's amps are often more complex than the others. However they are built with higher quality PC boards and high quality components and buitl to be road ready. Truth.
@@Turboy65 Again, why was Mesa the only brand that "couldn't figure out" the new regulations for 3 years? All other US brands were selling successfully in Europe.
@@Tanax13 Mesa's demand for transformers is greater than that of the other brands you can name and transformers were the critical issue. Finding suppliers to meet the new specs and meet Mesa's quality and tonal demands was not as easy as you would like to imagine that it was. When you need more, you have bigger supply demands to address. Mesa is the single largest tube amp manufacturer globally.
@@Turboy65 They are hardly the biggest selling tube amp manufacturer in Europe. Now that they are back in Europe, the top place they have in sales statistics is in #178th place on one of Europe's leading music stores. They're not selling well enough for transformer demand to be an issue. It might sell well in the rest of the world, but that's not where the regulations were a problem. It's pretty clear that there were such severe issues that they needed to fix with their amps/transformers that it took them 3 years to do it.