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I'll bet it's a new Black Label with an old Black Shadow sticker on it.... Wherever that sticker came from, it wasn't put on at the factory.

Something about the way the paper is glued to the back of the speaker makes me wonder, what do you all think about it? Besides it's very expensive...

Thanks Dave, I've sent an inquiry about the specifications of the speaker to the contact address listed on the FAQ and am hopefully waiting for a reply from their team. I know the speaker was manufactured in 1999 and the amp was manufactured 1973 or 1974, so I'm curious about how well this...

Is the ground switch centered? Here's the link you need to troubleshoot these puppies: http://www.mesaboogie.com/manuals/Mark%20I%20Maint-Repair.pdf Best of luck, let us know what you find! --Robert

Thanks Daniel! McBarry, thanks for the info. On closer reading I'd say that yes, it's "G1" not "61." It's a big help to know the speaker is 25 years too young to be original. Can you point me to the specs for it? Thanks again for all the help! --Robert

Thanks for the responses! The amp certainly seems to work as intended. Amazing considering it has seen some amount of abuse and is almost as old as I am. I would love to see the rest of the "Vintage Mark I manual" if anyone knows where I might find a copy. I'm thinking my (only) two speaker...

Thanks guys, I'm going to try to clean it up a little. Some of the sliders are loose and some are tight and I figure a little TLC is in order. Curious to see what date I might find. I called the El Paso Repair Shop whose sticker is on the rear of the amp, and the guy said that he's worked on a...

Hello All, I live in Austin, TX and recently traded a 1961 Gibson classical guitar for what I thought at first was a Mark IIB. Now I'm pretty sure this is a very early Mark I, serial number A328. I've posted several pictures on flickr here: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjwMCXvr Seems to me that it had...