Amplifier Features |
Amp Type |
Tube |
Chassis Material |
Aluminum |
Rectifier Type |
Selectable Dual Rectification (50 watt mode) with Patented Recto Tracking™ (Patent 7,193,458). Recto Tracking auto-matches the correct Rectifier compliment for the number of Power Tubes in use. 10 Watt Modes = Tube Rectification, 50 Watt Mode = Selectable Tube or Silicon Diode Rectification, 100 Watt Mode = Silicon Diode Rectification. |
Rectifier Tubes |
1x Mesa 5U4 |
Variac Power Switch |
Tweed/Full Power Switch |
Preamp Tubes |
5x Mesa 12AX7 |
Power Amp Tubes |
4x Mesa 6L6 (or EL-34) |
Bias Switch for Alternate Power Tubes Types |
Bias Select for 6L6 or EL-34 |
Maintenance Free Fixed Bias |
Yes |
Wattage(s) Quick Reference |
10, 50 or 100 Watts - Channel Assignable - See Power Amp Details for more information |
Built-In Power Amp Attenuation |
n/a |
Power Amp Details (Class & Wattage) |
Mesa's Patented Multi-Watt™ (Patent 7,602,927) Power Amp, featuring Duo-Class™ (Patent 7,173,488) technology, provides three power and two operating-class options that are channel assignable via two 10/50/100 Watt Power Switches: Choose 2 power tube operating in pure vintage Class A (single-ended), producing 10 Watts - Or choose 2 or 4 tubes operating in time honored Class A/B power, producing 50 or 100 Watts respectively |
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 10/50/100 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 |