1984 Mesa Boogie S.O.B.

[Gridlock]

Picked this up last weekend. Finally a Mesa that’s ease to dial in. Pretty happy with it.

It’s 60 watts, 6L6 powered, has big transformers, and a JBL E120 Speaker. I’m guessing that the little combo weighs 70+ lbs.

 

[charliechitlins]

I have that speaker in a little Ampeg Jet.
It sounds amazing, but the little sucker must weigh 50#!
The handle is shot!

 

[Gridlock]

I have that speaker in a little Ampeg Jet.
It sounds amazing, but the little sucker must weigh 50#!
The handle is shot!

I’ve read the specs on this JBL speaker, it weighs 22 lbs. by itself. The magnet must be 10” - 11” inches in diameter.

 

[charliechitlins]

I’ve read the specs on this JBL speaker, it weighs 22 lbs. by itself. The magnet must be 10” - 11” inches in diameter.

The only things I know about the speaker are it's heavy as hell and sounds incredible.
I call the amp The Mouse That Roared.

 

[Dave P]

My brother has a SOB, it was the budget version that had some sort of paint instead of Tolex. It rips. A good friend of mine had a SOB 100w head that sounded amazing, he played tons of gigs with it for probably 20 years.

 

[Gridlock]

My brother has a SOB, it was the budget version that had some sort of paint instead of Tolex. It rips. A good friend of mine had a SOB 100w head that sounded amazing, he played tons of gigs with it for probably 20 years.

Yes, Black paint was that base model at $500 brand new. I read that cream or black tolex was an $50 up charge option and the hardwood and wicker grill cab was a $250 up charge option (1/2 price of the amp).

 

[stormy]

I played a black 60 watt SOB for about ten years. It was different in that instead of a Master Volume it had a Limit dial in the same location. It came with a 12" Gauss speaker which I had never experienced before and was told it was "similar to an Electro Voice speaker". This little amp was capable of peeling paint off the walls. That innocent looking little amp was a monster.

Eventually had a head cabinet made for it to push a Marshall 4x12 cabinet. Great little amp that ran like a top. Should have never sold it.

 

[garywright]

does this work better for you than your early Mark III did ?

 

[Gridlock]

does this work better for you than your early Mark III did ?

I had a Mark III black dot and it was my least favorite Mark Series Mesa Amp. I could not get a decent overdriven sound out of it and always used it clean with an OD.

I also had two Mark IIB’s with EV’s that I also liked. Both IIB’s had Reverb and one had an EQ. Both were 90 watts Simul-class. I prefer straight 6L6 powered Mesa’s so I never used the Simul-class feature.