Mesa Boogie Factory Tour-Workshop & Design Room

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15 жыл бұрын

www.premierguitar.com PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Petaluma, CA, where he tours the Mesa Boogie Factory. In part 1 of the tour, we get to check out two of Mesa' most important areas; Mesa Founder Randy Smith's workshop and design room. We see all the old prototypes, which have spawned of several amps and how Randy designs their plated-through circuit boards with curved lines for various tape widths for connecting all the components on the board.
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@phosphodiesterase 15 жыл бұрын

Finally a good tour of the Mesa Boogie Factory. I never thought this was going to happen.

@GuitarMan96 11 жыл бұрын

I got a Mesa tour today with Tien. Super nice dude, and an awesome factory.

@ericwilliams7374 5 жыл бұрын

For me, Mesa Boogie is the ultimate amp!!!

@boogiejos 12 жыл бұрын

Wow! So nice to see where my tone addiction (llook at my skipname...) is born....Mesa rules for me; some 15 years now, after trying all kinds of amps. I have one problem though.....selling them (for another Boogie) is soooo very hard......Thanks for posting!

@guitaristguy20 12 жыл бұрын

@3:30 Revision A & B of the dual rectifier...some serious amp history right there!

@thewererabbit 15 жыл бұрын

word, I'm very happy about this, I'm sure I'm not the only one either.

@JJLipton 12 жыл бұрын

I never understood why certain informational videos like this still have dislikes. It's not exactly the type of video that polarizes opinions.

@Turboy65 Жыл бұрын

Just let me buy ONE of those prototypes off the shelf. I pick....a Mark IIC+. Knowing it's going to need some love.

@lordqs 11 жыл бұрын

Nice, you just say it all. I have been workig on tube amps for 5 yers till now and its amazing ho a simple 15W fender Tweed can do. I started with a 50W JCM800 based amp and it has a plenty of power and feel to it.

@-a-8423 13 жыл бұрын

This is where my Mark V was born

@lordqs 11 жыл бұрын

As an Eletronics Engineer I had all those Ideas by myself, but concerned if someday one of those well-know companies will just starting Billing-me if I start to seel Home-made amps, what for now is my Hobby.(A really nice hobby by the way)

@SegataSanshiroRule 11 жыл бұрын

Mesa amplifier simply rule!!!

@rjw7032 11 жыл бұрын

Jim Marshall died on April 5th, 2012. The iconic JCM800 circuits spawned Soldano's, 5150/6550's, Double and Triple rec's and others well in to the 1980's. Original Marshal amps were copies of early Fender Bassman amps. The only real difference was the use of EL34 instead of expensive 6L6 power tubes. Mesa Boogie amps were also copies of hot rodded Fender Amps. Let's just say that both Marshall and Mesa Boogie owe a lot to early Fender amp circuits and still "borrow" others ideas today.

@21stCENTURYBOY12 13 жыл бұрын

Marshall vox and Mesa boogie,the only amps that exist to me;D

@Spike674 13 жыл бұрын

@jsabo1929 Marshall has fans?

@brrav_ 12 жыл бұрын

...even the PCB's look good Oo

@guitarfan1979 13 жыл бұрын

you tellin me one guy is responsible for mesa sound ?

@Emogal1991 12 жыл бұрын

and my roadster :D

@yschepers12 15 жыл бұрын

No, you're not the only one, here I am. The mesa mistery gets lichtend a bit

@dressedtosmellgood 12 жыл бұрын

ultimately

@IlIlIlIlIllIllII 11 жыл бұрын

Marshall isn't even on the same level as Mesa. All Mesas are hand assembled. Marshalls are built on an assembly line.

@ritsmond 7 жыл бұрын

JVpictures Mesas are generally twice the price of Marshalls. Edit: They do have Handwired series' and custom shop amplifiers which are about the same price as Mesa.

@KHGuitarFreak1988 14 жыл бұрын

Even so, the Mark V is a great amp. I'm sure no one would pay for a Mark IV if they needed to charge stupid amounts for the rarity of parts...

@lordqs 11 жыл бұрын

Its amazing too how MesaBoogie has created its own "Knowed" Sound, and functions and so. Only thing i could call a "shame" would be mesa wanting to patent every little idea. I mean, Diode/Tube rectifying? Thats so Natural choice, it shuld not be "owned" for some company. The sme apllies to channel changeing, mute output, valve changing arranges whit realys, etc...

@AllenHarrison 14 жыл бұрын

wow no CAD haha thats crazy now and days no wonder mesas are so amazing haha

@MusicFillsMyLife 13 жыл бұрын

I love this whole tour, but why the hell have all the revisions of the rectifier continues to suck (except for the reborn) and never sounded better than the original? To me that room is a hell hole!

@strandwolf 15 жыл бұрын

LOL yokel.

@wizzear 14 жыл бұрын

stop listening to other people's sayings, and go try it out at your nearest mesa dealer:P

@nonya5475 9 жыл бұрын

Worst camera work I remember seeing for a professional video. Interesting subject, major detraction on the 10 year old with mom's video camera.

@erictripton 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not over the fact that Mesa copied Soldano and called it the rectifier..... Soldano Rules, mesa drools

@TrebleMidBass 5 жыл бұрын

mesa was a modder company for other brands before they came in the market as a new brand..

@ericwilliams7374 5 жыл бұрын

Actually they owe a lot to Fender. Though I love Soldano amps, if you look at the Mark Series Mesa Boogie amps, and. Fender Bassmen amp, they are very similar in "design".