Bought mine today from Action Music in Northern VA - this amp is incredible on its own but even more so as a platform for pedals....as good as it gets!
@@eyeceeyooh I do not own this amp but I tried it in a closed room in the store. I used the lowest w. available and it sounds really good at bedroom level. The master is great and even at low volumes you can feel a round and good body. Now, if you want to crank the gain with the master all the way up, maybe looking for natural amp breakup, it will be loud even at 1W (I tried the 2-20 version). In summary, I want to buy this amp (mainly for use at home and at bedroom level), and I would use pedals for more OD and DS sounds. Hope this helps.
Just ordered mine waiting a month or so is ok for this ask me . Great amp well built and you pay for quality and mesa has it everytime . Prob at my age my last amp for me lol a top line and done ... Great preview too ! Great recording amp ! Maybe mesas last without a gibson tag
This is a fancy baby Twin Reverb that's using 6v6 instead of 6 L 6s it has a 2 watt setting that's Class A it's just a one circuit thing for the to Watts it makes sense not to offer Class A at the other Watts so it's 4 power tubes switched into either a pair or all four it only has two gains, traditional boogies have three gains so that's different this is just a volume in a master volume makes it a little less complicated to set up that tone I bet the best tone on this is the 40 watt setting with the master on 10 and that first stage between 4 and 6, I bet this could be astounding amp, didn't hear him here, he didn't crank it. Techs tell me Boogies are hard to fix, pre-made boards.
Mesa will fix the amp, and they continue to be able to fix even the first Mark amps from the 70s. The 20 and 40 watt setting sound VERY similar, more a matter of taste than anything. Also the master didnt strike me as the 'defeat' type when I tried one out. I thought it sounded best with the Master lagging just behind the gain; similar to how I run most of my amps.
I have Tone KIng Imperial MK II...amazing amp..2 channels (blackface and tweed/marshallesque sounds), attenuator for living room sounds..I will only upgrade speaker to Celestion Ruby in the near future. Really great amp that inspires me to play everyday. Also Mesa looks &sounds great!
I have an Imperial Mk. II, the one Mark was hand-wiring IIRC. It’s my primary amp, the grab and go, because of its sound and light weight. It is plenty loud with the stock speaker; I end up with it one notch down on the attenuator most of the time, on the lead channel at 10 and controlling the clean to dark with the guitar volume. It’ll go from clean to screaming, and I use the tone control and mid-bite to open it up for more vintage sounds or tighten it for more modern gain. Strats and humbuckers sound wonderful. I have a Mesa Lonestar Special and it gets used about half as often. I also have a SkyKing for bigger rooms and outdoors but again, the Imperial gets the majority of the work.
If there was a smaller version of this amp like maybe a 15 or 20 watt and it was a bit lighter, It would be the perfect amp for me. I love the tones from of this amp and It has a classy look to!
Would be hard to make that amp and retain 'what it is'. Since the amp uses a different combination of pairs of Class A, Class AB, Pentode, and Triode with the 4 bottles. To make it 15 or 20 watts you'd only have 2 or 3 of those options available.
@@MEDiumInc This is understandable but for me personally, I love the smooth tones from this amp but would trade some options for portability. Otherwise, it is an amazing amp with all it does and would love to see someone playing it live on stage one day!
Hey Angie, they actually do! The new MESA Fillmore 25 is based off of the same Tweed architecture - And also provides more performance options, such as two channels and a killer "Drive" and "HI" mode for even more sonic flexibility. It's powered by 2 6V6's so just what your asking for - It's smaller, lighter and super portable, but still immensely tone-full. One of the best small amps ever built IMHO.
@@audioflarerecords1615 The Fillmore 25 sound really good from listening to some videos with it. It sounds more rock voiced to me as the California tweed seems to have more of a bluesy/rock sort of sound which I prefere. I'm sure it will appeal to a lot of people and wouldn't mine having one also.
![Mesa California Tweed 6V6 4:40 Guitar Amp [Mick’s Vlog] That Pedal Show](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mkoAm5bt4hI/mqdefault.jpg)
I like how you follow the signal path when showing the controls. So logical. Thanks, love the amp too.
Bought mine today from Action Music in Northern VA - this amp is incredible on its own but even more so as a platform for pedals....as good as it gets!
I was there the other day ha. I think I'm going to get it.
Im driving it with a Strymon Riverside pedal on the front end and a Boss DD-500 delay in the effects loop. Sounds glorious!
Is the 10watt and/or 20 watt good for bedroom levels? Or is it too loud?
@@eyeceeyooh I do not own this amp but I tried it in a closed room in the store. I used the lowest w. available and it sounds really good at bedroom level. The master is great and even at low volumes you can feel a round and good body. Now, if you want to crank the gain with the master all the way up, maybe looking for natural amp breakup, it will be loud even at 1W (I tried the 2-20 version). In summary, I want to buy this amp (mainly for use at home and at bedroom level), and I would use pedals for more OD and DS sounds. Hope this helps.
I'm sold
The last "Misty" parts were beautiful, nicely done.
Shades of room 335. Very nice
You know how to get sweet clean sounds from all these amps
Sounds beautiful, fender need to make a blues senior to complete
I got it 😊 damn great american stuff
Masters, now that I've heard it!
Nice demo! Love that Steely Dan loop at the beginning.
This amp can sound really great for pedals without crunching the tweed
Just ordered mine waiting a month or so is ok for this ask me . Great amp well built and you pay for quality and mesa has it everytime . Prob at my age my last amp for me lol a top line and done ... Great preview too ! Great recording amp ! Maybe mesas last without a gibson tag
It’s been a while now, did you love it when you got it? and do you still have it?
great review and amazing playing :-)
This is a fancy baby Twin Reverb that's using 6v6 instead of 6 L 6s it has a 2 watt setting that's Class A it's just a one circuit thing for the to Watts it makes sense not to offer Class A at the other Watts so it's 4 power tubes switched into either a pair or all four it only has two gains, traditional boogies have three gains so that's different this is just a volume in a master volume makes it a little less complicated to set up that tone I bet the best tone on this is the 40 watt setting with the master on 10 and that first stage between 4 and 6, I bet this could be astounding amp, didn't hear him here, he didn't crank it.
Techs tell me Boogies are hard to fix, pre-made boards.
Mesa will fix the amp, and they continue to be able to fix even the first Mark amps from the 70s.
The 20 and 40 watt setting sound VERY similar, more a matter of taste than anything. Also the master didnt strike me as the 'defeat' type when I tried one out. I thought it sounded best with the Master lagging just behind the gain; similar to how I run most of my amps.
This is NOTHING like a Twin Reverb. You are babbling. 😆
Trying to decide between getting this or getting the tone king imperial 2, it’s a tough choice
I have Tone KIng Imperial MK II...amazing amp..2 channels (blackface and tweed/marshallesque sounds), attenuator for living room sounds..I will only upgrade speaker to Celestion Ruby in the near future. Really great amp that inspires me to play everyday. Also Mesa looks &sounds great!
I have an Imperial Mk. II, the one Mark was hand-wiring IIRC. It’s my primary amp, the grab and go, because of its sound and light weight. It is plenty loud with the stock speaker; I end up with it one notch down on the attenuator most of the time, on the lead channel at 10 and controlling the clean to dark with the guitar volume. It’ll go from clean to screaming, and I use the tone control and mid-bite to open it up for more vintage sounds or tighten it for more modern gain. Strats and humbuckers sound wonderful.
I have a Mesa Lonestar Special and it gets used about half as often. I also have a SkyKing for bigger rooms and outdoors but again, the Imperial gets the majority of the work.
Hi Mike. I'm having exactly the same problem.
@@jonathanmw4216 How you guys went about that choice? I am leaning toward the Boogie, need FX loop.
Never knew Joe Satriani now demos for Mesa Boogie ;-p
I was looking for this comment
I would have liked to heard gain with humbuckers ....
These are pricey but you only live once so why not.
I think exactly the same
If there was a smaller version of this amp like maybe a 15 or 20 watt and it was a bit lighter, It would be the perfect amp for me. I love the tones from of this amp and It has a classy look to!
Would be hard to make that amp and retain 'what it is'. Since the amp uses a different combination of pairs of Class A, Class AB, Pentode, and Triode with the 4 bottles. To make it 15 or 20 watts you'd only have 2 or 3 of those options available.
@@MEDiumInc This is understandable but for me personally, I love the smooth tones from this amp but would trade some options for portability. Otherwise, it is an amazing amp with all it does and would love to see someone playing it live on stage one day!
@@granthutchins2016 The blackstar is a nice amp for the price but not very comparable in tone to the Mesa IMO.
Hey Angie, they actually do! The new MESA Fillmore 25 is based off of the same Tweed architecture - And also provides more performance options, such as two channels and a killer "Drive" and "HI" mode for even more sonic flexibility. It's powered by 2 6V6's so just what your asking for - It's smaller, lighter and super portable, but still immensely tone-full. One of the best small amps ever built IMHO.
@@audioflarerecords1615 The Fillmore 25 sound really good from listening to some videos with it. It sounds more rock voiced to me as the California tweed seems to have more of a bluesy/rock sort of sound which I prefere. I'm sure it will appeal to a lot of people and wouldn't mine having one also.
That Suhr though!
13:30 lmao
The recording sounds a bit dull, I bet it has more highs in real life.
Yeah they are using a ribbon mic only so probably rolling off the highs
Gesundheit
Peg
I wish you would have used a Gibson. PRS is lame.
Your ignorance is so obvious!
nice amp; to expensive! it is probably made out of dic skin!
...yeah..?
This amp are 40 lb and 2500$ of s..t