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The Heartbreaker is truly the overlooked amp in Mesa's back catalogue, and also the most misunderstood. Because, at the time it was made, it was billed as a tribute to the Mk I, that's all people tend to think it is, but the truth is that that only makes up about a quarter of what this amp is...

Could not disagree more. Channel 1 on a Heartbreaker is a (massively more flexible) version of a MkI, but Channel 2 is voiced completely differently, nothing like a MkI, and opens up a shed load of Marshall and Tweed tones.

They can, but in my opinion they don't excel at those sort of sounds. If, as you say, the majority of you playing is at the more bluesy end of things, you'll probably find another amp in the boogie range that better suits, and you could use something like a V-Twin to get the OTT recto sounds for...

Maybe it's nothing to do with tone and is just a selectable voltage PT for when he plays all over the world?

Problem turned out to be a bad switch in the end. All fine now. I love the Heartbreaker. It's a really warm sounding amp, with a very vintage character. In terms of comparing it to other boogies, then it's definitely in the Mark series camp. As with most boogies I've ever owned, you need to...

Hi, Only just discovered this board, and what a find! I've been a huge Boogie fan since I got my first proper amp (a DC-5) some years ago. Since then I've had a MkIII, a Mark IV and a Recto. Then I went away from Boogies for a couple of years and now I'm back in full effect with a Heartbreaker...