1985 Mesa Catalog for those who want to see it.

[Juggernaut]

http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t92/Warchrist/1985%20Mesa%20Catolog/

 

[joepopp]

Very nice! Thanks GS

 

[Scott K]

LOL @ Steve Winter

 

[ThunderMonkey]

Very Cool ! Thanks for posting?

 

[user 2126]

Thank you very much it really appreciated.

 

[Platypus]

lol wow, those styles are kickin' rad.

I love the guy wearing the jacket for sale.. that hair is legendary.

 

[Shep]

they are the same ca7's in my mk III ...str 416 are they any good? the other's are str425 i think they are the 5881...this is a great bit of history...we look back and laugh at how they looked...back then IT WAS COOOL!!!.. i ofcourse wasn't born in 1985...so i can't reallly comment on the fashion stylings of that era...i was a 87' baby...lol

 

[Boogiebabies]

they are the same ca7's in my mk III ...str 416 are they any good? the other's are str425 i think they are the 5881...this is a great bit of history...we look back and laugh at how they looked...back then IT WAS COOOL!!!.. i ofcourse wasn't born in 1985...so i can't reallly comment on the fashion stylings of that era...i was a 87' baby...lol

A half dead Phillips / Mesa 6CA7 Fat Boy would sell for $ 100 each.

 

[Boogiebabies]

Mesa was selling EI preamp tubes in 85'. I always wondered when they did that because I have a handful of them and I had no idea they could have shipped with the MK II C+ and III.

Thanks for the catalog.

 

[Shep]

really they look and sound pretty dam good..why are they called fat boy's?

 

[ytse_jam]

Thank you so much for sharing, that's great!
Just a thing: when I went watching one of your images I had a virus alert... don't know if it's just me

 

[Boogiebabies]

really they look and sound pretty dam good..why are they called fat boy's?

Because thier bottle is as fat as a 6L6. EL34's are "Skinny" in comparison.

 

[Mrmot]

I remember saying on this board that the Studio Pre is from the Studio.22 and a lot of people told me that it's not true, that the Studio Pre was from the Mark IIC+. well, since I see in this catalog that they used to call it the Studio .22 Pre. I guess I was right! :wink:

 

[Aart]

Hmm, my GAS for a Metal Grill cab came back, but this time even harder

 

[ThunderMonkey]

<Hmm, my GAS for a Metal Grill cab came back, but this time even harder

I Love these halfback cabs !!! They sound incredible and in my opinion the coolest looking 4x12's ever !
I've owned three of these in the past & just picked another one just recently.
My first one, a slant, had a rectangular horizontal grill with usual Cel/EV setup, my second slant had Black Shadow Celestion MC-90's / Black Shadow EV's 180 watters instead of of the usual 200, unusual.
My third, a RoadReady (indestructable) straight front with 4 EVM-12L 200 watters, talk about monster tone.
My current one is a slant with Black Shadow Celestion MC-90's in open and Black Shadow VINTAGE Eminence 50 watters in closed bottom.

The Eminence are nice and tight with quick response as opposed to the 200 watt EV's that have a lot of projection almost like a PA setup (I Love these drivers)
I love all the different setups and have seen them come in so many different speaker configs, it blows my mind and has become a sort of obsession with me.
There are three of these tanks, yes they're heavy, on ebay right now.

Cheers ! \m/

 

[eldi]

That catalog wasvery interesting, it's strange to think of Mesa having such a limited product selection, before the days of the Recto's, Lone Stars's, and the F- Series.

The hairstyles are nice too. I remember when I was a kid (I would've only been 12 or 13 years old when this catalog was published), the mullet was considered "high fashion" :lol:

 

[geoangus]

1985 catalog and some were not born yet, or they're 12 or 13; geesh - nothing like making a guy feel old.

 

[Aart]

I was born for the Mark IV, born in the beginning of '89.

I play a Mark IV(invented in '89) and an Ibanez RG(invented in '89).

 

[sevenstrings7]

thanks a lot, man!

 

[Aart]

There are three of these tanks, yes they're heavy, on ebay right now.

Cheers ! \m/

I'm located in the Netherlands and there's no chance that USPS wants to ship a tank to europe.

And overhere they cost around €750($1000).