MESA/Boogie

Turn the MID on a Badlander 100 and the strings seem to change under your fingers. Scoop it and they feel bouncier and more forgiving; push it and the sound steps forward. Nothing physical moved. Your ears changed what your hands felt. bit.ly/4xpFPiP

We think of these amplifiers as art, and Custom Configured is where that idea gets taken literally. Every order has a name attached from the start of its build and is made from scratch, by hand. You choose the format, the speakers & finish. 👉 bit.ly/4vhVs9V

FAT and CRUNCH both appear in Channel 1 and Channel 2 of the Mark VII. Set CRUNCH at a soft-clip edge in one and higher in the other, or run the same sound twice at rhythm and solo volumes. 👉 bit.ly/4w3dCOh

If you're looking at a Cali Tweed 6V6 4:40, here's a quick breakdown of the two inputs. NORMAL is the brighter, full-strength one. LOW pads hot pickups for max headroom and barely clips. Start in NORMAL & reach for LOW when clean matters more than cut. bit.ly/3X0EuRO

The 90s Dual Rectifier Standard with the Tight Mod is here as a one-time limited run. John Marshall’s mod adds a preset front-end boost for a tighter, more percussive attack. Here, @DougDoppler puts it through its paces in the clip. Get it here: bit.ly/4zd0bML

Badlander 100s, 4x12 Rectifiers, & SGs make up the ingredients in the rig Will Levy has on the road with The Story So Far. Catch the band on tour: bit.ly/4Bp58Ug Facebook & Instagram - The Story So Far = @thestorysofarca Will Levy = @unclewooly (Insta only)

Six knobs on the Mark IIC+ pull out: BRIGHT on VOLUME 1 and LEAD MASTER, SHIFT on TREBLE and BASS, DEEP on MASTER, and LEAD on LEAD DRIVE. Push them all back in before the amp travels.

The mechanical line is where we're adding electromechanical components to the circuit boards; things like pots, transformers, & more. Then it makes its way to Keo, our last line of defense for the last 34 years! Watch chap. 3 of What Makes a Boogie, here: youtu.be/WGM8H_DnGkk

The Subway+ Bass DI-Preamp II folds our two original DI-Pres into one 1.1-pound pedal, shaped by what Subway owners told us. Straight to front of house, into a power amp, or into headphones with a click track. bit.ly/4tAm6tR

Either effects return on the Subway TT-800 can take a preamp instead of an effect. Swap your favorite pre in for one channel, and the footswitch flips between it and the other onboard channel. The post-EQ DI follows along.

Your Boogie starts with a 5x5 sheet of Baltic Birch in the woodshop. From there, your amp makes its way through Assembly where it starts taking shape, followed by Sanding where the team preps for the vinyl wrap. Watch Chap. 3 of What Makes a Boogie here: bit.ly/4s7KHqT

On the Badlander 25, a lot of our favorite sounds sit below noon on TREBLE and PRESENCE, sometimes with the TREBLE all the way off and the MID’s broad band carrying the bite. If you haven't, give it a try and let us know what you think! bit.ly/3VxCX5h

Meet Bill Kelly, Production Manager at Mesa/Boogie. Bill's been with us since '92 and oversees everything that happens on the Production Floor, including our our well-tenured staff. Watch the full video of What Makes a Boogie, Chapter 3 here: youtu.be/WGM8H_DnGkk

Timing a reverb tail is tricky in an analog amp with no internal clock. On the Mark VII, a timed mute cuts about 75% of the reverb when you switch channels, then lets it swell back in, keeping your clean signal out in front. 👉 bit.ly/4zjXvNe

The Fillmore 50's MASTER sits where older non-master amps had fixed resistors, so using it costs no tone. Run it high if you love that sound. Pull it back and you can set any gain at any volume. 👉 bit.ly/47exqDj

Each channel on the JP-2C has one switch, and it assigns the graphic EQ. Two five-band EQs on the panel, either one to any channel. Your crunch curve and your lead curve live at the same time, one footswitch apart. 👉 bit.ly/4htcLA3

One rule worth learning on a California Tweed: as the GAIN goes up, the BASS comes down. GAIN at 12:00, BASS at 1:00. GAIN at 2:00, BASS at 11:00. Hold the BASS high while the GAIN climbs and the attack goes flubby. 👉 bit.ly/4xKsCA6

When the custom order looks so good you can put it in the living room! Here we have a Custom Configured Fillmore 25. If this was your order, what would you change? Different knobs? New grille? bit.ly/4yaDNDm

When excess is barely enough. ⚡ The legendary Triple Rectifier is back in its original Standard Dress: black chassis, chrome knobs, and polished aluminum Diamond Plate. Crushing high-gain tone is back on tap: bit.ly/4h3BquD

If you're playing the TC-100, here's what you need to know: parking on the 3 or 7 watt Multi-Soak settings with a high MASTER creates real heat and stress on the power tubes. No damage to the amp. Just worth knowing before you make them your home! bit.ly/4cD9bla