Mesa Boogie / Gibson raises prices.
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Demanic
PenultimateTone Member
And I wished I had snagged one more.
One deal I'm really kicking myself for not doing was a near perfect condition 5150-II and mesa stilletto cab for a total of $1100.
It was only about 40m south of me on craigslist but I'd just recently snagged other good stuff and was already feeling guilty for spending the cash.
Fender_Punk
BerriesAndCreamologist
Anyone looking for either a Gibson or Mesa is better off buying used.
Metalman_666
New member
I scoff at the thought of buying anything Gibson new. Prices have always seemed high to me in comparison to almost anything else around these parts.
The closest thing I have to a Gibson is the Heritage H-137 I picked up on this forum and that's one of the best purchases I've ever made, both in function and value at the time.
Although I love love love my Mesa I can't imagine walking into a store and dropping 3500+ on it new. Thank god for the used market
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The closest thing I have to a Gibson is the Heritage H-137 I picked up on this forum and that's one of the best purchases I've ever made, both in function and value at the time.
Although I love love love my Mesa I can't imagine walking into a store and dropping 3500+ on it new. Thank god for the used market
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NegativeEase
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The sky is falling,
The company the most people spend the most time hating on here is raising the prices of the things most people say they dont want, need, or refuse to buy on principle.
The company the most people spend the most time hating on here is raising the prices of the things most people say they dont want, need, or refuse to buy on principle.
JMP/HBE
Well-known member
JMP/HBE
Well-known member
Ive had plenty of Mesa & Gibson and never once paid retail. Only a fool or somebody with money to burn pays retail.
Fine gear but don't miss them at all.
The MK I / MK III / MK IV & Rectifier were all stupid loud and mostly non usable.
I like blasting a stadium as much as anyone else but those days are pretty much dead.
Rectifiers non-usable loud?
They have three volumes,,,,channel, output, and send-level on the back. Plus the solo too, but that only goes upward so we won't count that.
Also you can knock them down with their built-in variac(spongy) and to a lessor degree their tube rectifier sections.
Multi-Watts do 50w and older models handle pulling a pair of power tubes to go 50w for modern-mode,,,,,, it's never needed if in vintage mode.
To me they are one of the best bedroom volume high-gain amps ever.
Sirion
Well-known member
I'd still a good Gibson, but realistically I think the only thing I'd shell out on new is a reissue of the M-III - which would hopefully resemble the reissue from 2013.
As far as Boogies go, they aren't even available in Europe nowadays, so I can't say that this affects me.
As far as Boogies go, they aren't even available in Europe nowadays, so I can't say that this affects me.
JMP/HBE
Well-known member
Yes all true and fine amps as i siad, Whenever i would open up the DR minute pieces of the cieling tiles would leave "snow" on my amp.
The MK I was just not usable insanely stupid loud.
MK III had more gain and sounded great w/a power soak so you couls actually turn it up w/o killing small animals.
MK IV cool amp but basically Metallica "ride the lightning" sound in a jar.
They all went to home that needed them.
I could not get any of my Engineers / Tech to agree to work on them which left me having to ship them to Petaluma. Not going that route.
Plus Gibson owns Mesa now no telling who works on amps.
Im a Marshall guy a 100 watt JMP is all i ever needand i have 2.
Yeah sending to Petaluma sucks these days with the shipping rates. I assume Mike B. still runs their repair/mod shop, but I can't confirm it's still true.
I really lucked-out finding a mesa warranty tech not too far away, so at least he gets their schematics and tech-support to help with anything if he can't figure it out, plus their factory parts at discount rates.
Aceman
I am your doctor of love!
So let me see if I can get this right...
Gibson, who has raised their prices every year for at least the past 20 years, has raised their prices. And Mesa, now owned by Gibson raised their prices also.
In other news, the sky is blue, the sun is hot, and water is wet!
I believe the default advice, is, as it always was...buy used.
Gibson, who has raised their prices every year for at least the past 20 years, has raised their prices. And Mesa, now owned by Gibson raised their prices also.
In other news, the sky is blue, the sun is hot, and water is wet!
I believe the default advice, is, as it always was...buy used.
