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Joan Jett?

Good grief, it must have been a nightmare to be a member of their roadcrew. After all that heavy lifting, the roadcrew later formed Manowar…lol

Soundgarden / Chris Cornell / Kim Thayil - Dual Rectifiers and Recto Cabs In the studio with two early Blackface Recifiers, and two chromeface Duals And a pic of the Superunknown original picture that shows the original image that because the Album artwork…

Adam Jones / Tool - Mesa Dual Rectifier

Layne Staley w/ Mad Season - Mesa Dual Rectifier (Tremoverb?)

James Hetfield / Mark IIC+s From another thread of rare/private photos. Notes state that this pic was taken during the “Day on the Green” concert…

Stevie Ray Vaughn / Mark IIA?

Kurt Cobain / Mesa Studio Pre + Mesa Strategy Power Amp (400?)

David Bowie / Mark IV

Okay, we all know that musicians such as James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and John Petrucci have used Mesa Mark series amps to find their voices, but who else? We don’t have a reference thread that will document all of our favorite (and maybe not so favorite) musicians that have used Mesa/Boogie...

Hey man! Sorry I’m a bit late, but I have a few 4x12s with all sorts of speakers. I don’t believe I have any with the Eminence V50s, but I’ll double check to make sure. I remember the model being MS-12, from the 80s cabs. I’ve owned many, many Mesa 4x12s (I currently have seven…need one more...

I haven’t been around in a while, but it’s great to see y’all are still contributing to the forum! I can undoubtedly say that I agree with just about anything I’ve read in this thread! I’ve been saying for a long while that those Blue Stripes are the gainiest (new word, trademark pending) amps...

Hi Neskor! I can’t see your pic anymore, so unfortunately I can’t help much, but I do own several Blue Stripes, and they are hands down the most brutal amplifier Mesa ever made! Since the Blue Stripes are typically brighter than all other revisions, you’ll want to run the presence a little...

I’m also looking to buy another Coliseum, so if Wizz above passes, please let me know!

That’s great to hear that you’re happy with your results! I’m not sure if I could add anything to this thread, but I own a Mark III+ Coliseum that shares the same transformers with the Mark IIC+ Coliseums, but it’s a no-stripe (which came out just before the black dots). As far the sound...

That's very true. I play out, and I've heard my fair share of soundguys tell me to turn down. While the barn-find-Ferrari analogy is certainly true with older muscle cars, I'm afraid it doesn't hold up regarding the Mark III Coliseum, simply because there's not enough of them out there to...

I like mine. One of my Colis had the "C+ mod" done to it before I owned it (apparently by Mike B), and while it's a different flavor than the other Coliseum, it can get in the same ballpark with the Presence raised up. For example, if the presence is on 4 on the standard Coliseum, the presence...

Sorry to respond late. Here is the best way to differentiate the power stage configuration...

I'll add in a few more Mark IIIs I have. They seems to fall into the ranges alradh listed... Mark III Blue Stripe Simulclass - 226XX dated 09/88 Mark III Coliseum Blue Stripe Simulclass - 231XX dated 06/88 Mark III Coliseum No Stripe Simulclass - K5XX dated 09/85

Edit: Sorry Chip, it was another user on a different forum that also goes by "chip" and had some very similar amps as some of the ones you've posted about. My apologies. Blame it on posting late at night!