MESA/Boogie Founder | Randall Smith Interview
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6 ай бұрынThanks for watching this episode of Chords & Coffee with Nate White! If you are new here, you'll want to be sure to stick around and catch our weekly Chords & Coffee videos that stream every Saturday morning at 9 AM CST.
Recently Nate and Nash toured the tweedy tones of the new Gibson Falcon amp, the latest offering from Gibson and Mesa Boogie. Not long after the release of that video, Randall Smith (founder of Mesa Boogie) contacted Nate to let him know how much he enjoyed the demo. During that conversation it became rapidly apparent that Randall, Nate, and Nash needed to meet for some Chords & Coffee. Randall is an extremely engaging storyteller, rock historian and master of his craft. Get ready to have your mind blown with wild tales of high gain rock tones!
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@Marstevwhit. 6 ай бұрын
Truly remarkable session. Mr. Smith is surprising: only a few combine the drive, the effectiveness and true humility into a remarkable life. The stories were great. I think we all should go out and buy a boogie amp! Nash and Nate: hats off to being able to put this man at such ease that he opens up his own thoughts and feelings about music and enabling those that make it. I absolutely adored the Trinity reference. Mr. Smith's integrity/transparency was a heart tug. It is astonishing to see a community of players and enablers so willing to benefit one another.
@nashdude2 6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for tuning in my friend! Randall is a wellspring of knowledge and central figure in rock n roll history. Nate and I were truly humbled that he took the time out of his busy schedule to hang out and talk shop.
@ekalhoefer1 6 ай бұрын
What a fun interview. Love hearing directly from the creative minds that fuel our passion.
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Thanks Eric, it was good to see you yesterday at the store!!! 🙏
@johnnyelvis 6 ай бұрын
Great stories, and awesome video. 👍👍👍
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for watching! 🙏
@zososhep 6 ай бұрын
That was a great episode! I thoroughly enjoyed every minute! The words and wisdom of one of our guitar amp founding fathers is very inspirational! And of course great job with the questions and comments...
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! I appreciate your comment and taking the time to watch. 👍
@wendelllanders8439 5 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this very much!You earned my subscription today!!I just bought the latest Boogie by Randall the Mark 7!!Amazing tones from this beast!Crystal cleans to Monster Gain with note definition and articulation!!I also own a revision F Dual Rectifier 1993model!The most reliable amp I have ever had!Been through 4 or 5 others but my Recto remains trouble free!!!What great amps indeed!!!
@naterevolution 5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!🙏
@jimcarnes6263 6 ай бұрын
Great interview with such an amazing man of energy and inspiration !
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Randall is definitely a one of a kind! We are so blessed to have been able to visit with him. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@Starch1b2c3d4a 5 ай бұрын
Good to see Randall healthy and kicking. Awesome interview 🎉
@naterevolution 5 ай бұрын
He’s an absolutely inspirational individual and we are so blessed to have had this opportunity!
@Starch1b2c3d4a 5 ай бұрын
@@naterevolution Met him once a few years ago, and youre definitely right. He needs to write a book of all these cool stories!
@bethwhite2641 6 ай бұрын
Loved this! So many great stories! “Creative lunacy” is my new goal! ❤️
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Thanks mom, love you!!!! 🥰
@user-on1vv4uv6k 6 ай бұрын
Lovely. I always thought Mesa Boogie=Metal too. What a lovely man, great interview. Everyone just humble and enthusiastic.. Thanks. Subscribed...
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Thank you for subscribing! We appreciate you. 🙏
@StevenM.Pereira-jr6qz 6 ай бұрын
You touched my soul and it felt wonderful! I am a 69 year young guitar/vocalist doing my own and classic rock shows in Reno,NV. I picked up my grandfathers Supro Les Paul with his tveed Fender vibrolux Combo in my third grade of school in San Jose, CA. When I later saw a Mesa Boogie amp at Guitar Showcase it was love at first encounter. I made great money in construction but resented the high price and the policy of Boogie to not allow any substantial discount of their products to the result of pulling their franchise if they found any reseller had broken this rule. After a few years when I finally played through the Studio pre amp and a Simul 295 I understood. I was to never again own less than 2 Boogies after that. I have owned many and each one was superb and far superior to any other amp I knew of. I still have and love multiple favorite models from Marshall but if I had to choose only one it would surely be a Boogie, without any doubt or hesitation. I am starting a KZfaq channel and hope to share the joyful experience I have found only with owning and using my Boogies. Randall Smith I hope you know the appreciation you create when you create these tools. Thank you!! I wish you well and many blessings!
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Wow!!! What a great story, thank you so much for sharing! I’ll be sure to send this to Randall. God bless you on your KZfaq channel as well as all of your musical expression and endeavors!
@stfrideswide 6 ай бұрын
Fantastic interview. Thank you!!!!
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Thank you!!! 🙏
@Mitch-Master 6 ай бұрын
Well done guys. I enjoyed very much.
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Thank you! 🙏
@derekgladden5200 5 ай бұрын
Man, The KZfaq channel is blowing up! You guys have had some great shows lately!
@naterevolution 5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!! Appreciate your encouragement! 🙏
@TheBhannah 5 ай бұрын
My mark 3 that I bought in 86 sounds as good as now as it was new !
@dfwlistener7593 6 ай бұрын
What a lovely soul.
@stevepoorman9289 6 ай бұрын
Great interview. My favorite amps. I love my .50 caliber plus.
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Thanks Steve! 🙏
@Tony_Leonardi. 6 ай бұрын
Loved this episode thank you for this!
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Thank you Tony!!! 🙏
@Tony_Leonardi. 6 ай бұрын
No thank you I really had no idea the depth of this man. So so cool
@motorlibro 6 ай бұрын
Hearing Lee Michaels' name made me chuckle a little bit. Many years ago I was at Rick Turner's shop in SF. There was a mountain of small 1x12 cabinets there and I asked Rick, 'what's the deal with those?' Rick said that he built them, for Lee but he thought that they were too small ( Lee wanted a huge wall of speakers behind him) so he built him bigger ones and was selling the small ones...
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
That’s awesome! Love hearing that. I wonder what became of those cabs?
@giacomocastellano-official 5 ай бұрын
Amazing interview! Now I need one more MESA amp :D
@naterevolution 5 ай бұрын
You and me both! 😄👍
@babagadoush1 5 ай бұрын
The Fillmore is an amazing amp!
@naterevolution 5 ай бұрын
Yes it is!!! Probably my favorite of the current lineup.👍
@comicblueswithjonygitar36 6 ай бұрын
I have Prune Music amp made by Randall, Deluxe Reverb, owned I'm told by Lee Michaels, Jack O'Hara, then me, had it for 45 years now. Randall if you want to see it let me know, I'm in Marin now
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
That’s awesome!!! Thanks for sharing and we will pass that along!
@comicblueswithjonygitar36 6 ай бұрын
RIP Sal Trentino, I think he made that whizzer, he used to fix my stuff until he passed away about 10 years ago.
@grubbetuchus 6 ай бұрын
Here's an idea....Ampeg esrly '70s V series. It's the elephant in any amp hot rodding room.
@GEX-_- 5 ай бұрын
Triaxis gave us alternative volume settings for the same amp settings. Whatever happened to "pandora's box"? Triaxis 3.0 ?
@mrfuzztone 6 ай бұрын
Curious why Mesa doesn't seem to ever use a tube rectifier in amps they make. I thought maybe the Falcon amps might have tube rectifiers. Seems they don't. Another question: How different are the Gibson Falcon amps from the Mesa Boogie California Tweed amps?
@naterevolution 6 ай бұрын
Great question! To my knowledge, the dual rectifier and triple rectifier, still use tube rectifiers. A lot of Mesa’s other amps rely on preamp gain and use the “tightness” of a solid state rectifiers to achieve a desired percussiveness. Nash and I did a demo of the Falcon recently where we talk a lot about the differences between the California Tweed and the Falcon amp. Have you watched that yet?
@Turboy65 5 ай бұрын
You're not paying attention. MANY Mesa amps have had tube rectifiers. Including most of the Rectifier series.
@mrfuzztone 5 ай бұрын
@@Turboy65 Yeah, but the Falcon is supposed to be a recreation of an old amp that had a tube rectifier - 5Y3.
@Turboy65 5 ай бұрын
@@mrfuzztone The Falcon sounds like a 500 dollar amp, not a 1500 or 1800 dollar amp like Gibson wants to charge for.
@jsullivan2112 Ай бұрын
What an absolutely horrible interview.
@naterevolution Ай бұрын
🤣😂😅👍
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