Amplifier Features |
| Amp Type |
Tube |
| Chassis Material |
Aluminum |
| Rectifier Type |
Dual Rectification with Patented Recto Tracking™ (Patent 7,193,458). Recto Tracking auto-matches the correct Rectifier compliment for the number of Power Tubes in use. 5 & 15 Watt Modes = Tube Rectification, 30 Watt Mode = Silicon Diode Rectification. |
| Rectifier Tubes |
1x Mesa 5Y3 |
| Variac Power Switch |
n/a |
| Preamp Tubes |
5x Mesa 12AX7 |
| Power Amp Tubes |
4x Mesa EL-84 |
| Bias Switch for Alternate Power Tubes Types |
n/a |
| Maintenance Free Fixed Bias |
Cathode Bias (maintenance free) |
| Wattage(s) Quick Reference |
5, 15 or 30 Watts - Channel Assignable - See Power Amp Details for more information |
| Built-In Power Amp Attenuation |
n/a |
| Power Amp Details (Class & Wattage) |
Pure Class A Power with Mesa's Patented Multi-Watt™ (Patent 7,602,927) Channel Assignable Power Amp - Provides three power options via two 5/15/30 Watt Power Switches: Choose 1 power tube operating in pure vintage Class A (single-ended), producing 5 Watts - 2 tubes running in pure Class A, Push-Pull, producing 15 Watts or 4 tubes operating in Pure Class A Push-Pull, producing 30 Watts |
| Convection or Fan Cooling |
Fan Cooled with On/Off Switch |
| Number of Footswitchable Channels (or Modes) |
Two Channels |
| Number of Style Modes |
Three |
| Number of Style Modes Per Channel |
Ch. 1 = One / Ch. 2 = Two |
| Types of Style Modes Per Channel |
Ch. 1 = Clean
Ch. 2 = Clean or Drive (Mesa's Vintage Cascading Gain) |
| Channel Controls |
Each Channel features Independent 5/15/30 Watt Multi-Watt™ Switch, Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Reverb (back panel) & Master - Channel 2 features additional Drive Mode Switch with Drive Level Control and Thick/Normal/Thicker Voicing Switch |
| Graphic EQ and/or Contour |
n/a |
| Reverb / Effects & Bypass Options |
All-Tube, Long Spring Reverb with Bright/Warm Tone Switch and Independent Channel Controls |
| Effects Loop & Bypass Options |
Fully Buffered Series FX Loop w/Send Level Control (over all channels when activated) - True Bypassable - See True-Bypass Options below for more information |
| Global Output Level Control |
Yes (Over all channels when activated) - See True-Bypass Options below for more information |
| Global Solo Level Control & Bypassable Options |
Yes (Over each channel when activated) - See True-Bypass Options below for more information |
| True-Bypass Options |
True-Bypass Switch removes FX Loop, Output & Solo Level Controls |
| Tuner Output |
n/a |
| External Switching Jack Options and/or Midi |
External Switching Jacks for Channel 1/2, Solo (back panel) & Reverb (bottom of chassis) |
| Speaker Outputs |
One 8 Ohm and Two 4 Ohm |
| Cabinet Simulation - Direct Live/Recording Output |
n/a |
| Headphone Output |
n/a |
| Slave Output |
Yes with Level Control |
