Howdy folks, as an "amp man" living in northern California the acquisition of my first Mesa was only a matter of time.I officially joined the club last weekend with a very cool white tolex 85ish mesa boogie studio 22. It seems to be some kind of prototype or something. Unfortunately it doesn't work too well. I bought it with the intention of restoring it and quickly realized that this aint no fender as far as ease of access to the board and online documentation of every nuance of the amp. It's been pretty well mucked with on the inside, but still seemed to work on the "clean channel." not having any real experience with mesa boogies, I am not sure if there is even supposed to be a "clean" channel. Anyway, the "Lead" channel will not engage. I am not sure what the issue is yet. My hope is to try to get everything back to stock and then take it from there.
What would be really helpful would be some gut shots of any early studio 22s people might have. I could not find any previously posted on this forum. I just want to see how it's supposed to look in there. I can tell from the information that I have found that several things are out of place. I will post some pics shortly.
What would be really helpful would be some gut shots of any early studio 22s people might have. I could not find any previously posted on this forum. I just want to see how it's supposed to look in there. I can tell from the information that I have found that several things are out of place. I will post some pics shortly.