Silverwulf
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Ok, so it's not NOS in the sense that it was purchased that way from Boogie, but it may as well have been. Got it from the original owner that ordered it new from Boogie back in 1993, was delivered in January 1994. Since he bought it, he's turned it on a couple times and it's literally sit idle in his basement for the last 16-17 years, never used. So, you may as well call it NOS. when I asked how often he used it, his wife interrupted and said "He's probably turned that on twice since he bought it"... :lol:
Anyway, it's absolutely mint condition. The knobs are tight and the switches are stiff as a brick. It's RF-1F, Revision F...one of the last of the line before the transition to Revision G, first revision made of the Triple. Standard issue 550381 Choke, with a 561140 PT (because it's close to the Rev G transition) but a 562161 OT, which is odd because the prior Rev F I had with an earlier serial had a 562181 OT, like the later G's. It's what I expected this to have...that's an interesting turn of events.
Guy had the original sales receipt, the really old school slip covers you don't see anymore, as well as a custom Recto footswitch with a hand drawn diagram from Mesa and the rare to find original Rev C-F 3 page owners manual. you can see all of those in the pics below. Notice the footswitch has 2 LED's in it. Never seen one like that before, but I'll have to check out the schematic included and see what that's all about.
All in all, a relic and piece of Boogie history that looks like it's been preserved in a time capsule. How does it sound? Ridiculous. This amp is a monster, hands down. I'll include the original Rev C-F manual in the Recto guide when I get it out in a few months. You can see page 1 in the pic below. The funniest part is that it suggests the same thing I've always suggested on how to make the cleans usable on the early editions. Here's the pics...
Anyway, it's absolutely mint condition. The knobs are tight and the switches are stiff as a brick. It's RF-1F, Revision F...one of the last of the line before the transition to Revision G, first revision made of the Triple. Standard issue 550381 Choke, with a 561140 PT (because it's close to the Rev G transition) but a 562161 OT, which is odd because the prior Rev F I had with an earlier serial had a 562181 OT, like the later G's. It's what I expected this to have...that's an interesting turn of events.
Guy had the original sales receipt, the really old school slip covers you don't see anymore, as well as a custom Recto footswitch with a hand drawn diagram from Mesa and the rare to find original Rev C-F 3 page owners manual. you can see all of those in the pics below. Notice the footswitch has 2 LED's in it. Never seen one like that before, but I'll have to check out the schematic included and see what that's all about.
All in all, a relic and piece of Boogie history that looks like it's been preserved in a time capsule. How does it sound? Ridiculous. This amp is a monster, hands down. I'll include the original Rev C-F manual in the Recto guide when I get it out in a few months. You can see page 1 in the pic below. The funniest part is that it suggests the same thing I've always suggested on how to make the cleans usable on the early editions. Here's the pics...
