Members Red Planet Posted October 2, 2016 Members Share Posted October 2, 2016 So I think I have owned every amp known to man (not really) having been a gear fanatic since day one 42 years ago and owning into the thousands of amps. Of late I purchased an old Mesa Studio 22+ for the princely sum of $400 bucks with new tubes in it and a WGS G12C/S in it. This was in the quest to find something much lighter for live performance that sounded solid.I must say this is a great amp and plenty loud enough for just about any gig. I really really like the clean channel slightly cranked and just on the edge. I liked this amp so much I had Mesa go through it and had it recovered too. Anyway just thought in this culture of lighter/smaller I would mention this old inexpensive amp that offers much bang for the buck. Really not a sleeper at all and easy to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted October 2, 2016 Members Share Posted October 2, 2016 Looks really great. Is the Tolex white or blue? Congratulations of finding a good amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted October 3, 2016 Members Share Posted October 3, 2016 $400??? thats a steal, congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr.Grumpy Posted October 3, 2016 Members Share Posted October 3, 2016 I also own a Mesa .22 caliber , non-EQ version that I purchased used for $400. Mine is rather beat up, some markings on the beige tolex and the PCB is a nice, toasty brown color around the PCB-mount tube sockets. I was using for my band amp but it wasn't quite loud enough and also had a very "boxy" sounding tone, although that could have been due to room placement or pedal/tone control settings. I built a footswitch with a built-in loop attenuator you I can independently control the volume of when the "boost channel" is activated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Red Planet Posted October 4, 2016 Author Members Share Posted October 4, 2016 Looks really great. Is the Tolex white or blue? Congratulations of finding a good amp. Blue, Mojotone Carolina Blue. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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