Raymund said:Soundwise they are definitely in the Mark and F-30/F-50 family. Phantastic clean channel and nice typical Mesa lead channel. The only problem is that you have a quite big volume jump between the 2 channels which makes it a little bit difficult if you play live. On this board someone mentioned a mod for the lead channel which reduces the volume jump.
Still my number one amp since 1984 !
Yeah me too it was my first too, and like a brain dead moran I sold mine when I got a Mark IV in 93 (I bought my 22 in 87 also. Was so excited with the IV figured I did not need the 22 any more WRONG I miss that amp.plumptone said:The studio .22 was my first Boogie.
The graphic EQ is a must have with these amps, because it's key to getting the two channels to work together.
Cheers.
bsacco said:Mesa Boogie really missed the mark on this amp. It could have been great and a classic...but they insisted on putting all those dark sounding orange drop capacitors in the pre-amp section in combo with the Black Shadow 12" speaker.
The result is a dark sounding VOX AC 15 that doesn't have enough power to cut through...not ballsy enough to even play over a 3 piece rock band.
Also, the amp is fragile and not durable.
I heavily modified mine by ripping out the entire pre-amp section and replacing it with clearer, brighter capacitors for a more british VOX type sound the sound is very good. But I would not tour with this amp...very tempermental. Even with the mods it's still not loud enough for live playing...I use it only for recording sessions.
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