New Boogie day!

[Ascension]

Hit my local GC after work and they had a very clean little BOOGIE Subway Rocket Reverb in the used section at $399. Had to plug in as I own a early non verb Subway so wanted to check this one out. She sounded great had a lot different personality than the one I have was more agressive and bigger sounding. Dropped it on lay away for now will come home in a couple weeks. Even had the factory footswitch tucked neatly in the bag in the back!

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[Mincer]

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These are great little amps!

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

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That looks like a great amp, congrats! It is probably far more practical for my use case than my Trem O Verb!

 

[jeremy]

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cool little amps! enjoy

 

[Ascension]

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Thanks guys looking forward to this one. Have been running an early non reverb rocket as my Church amp for a number of years now and have really loved that little rig. This one is the later version with reverb and also has verb. It has a lot more gain is overall much more aggressive and was a little beast in the store yesterday! Will likely replace the .50 cal + head I have as I haven't played it out in well over a year now. Gives me a second play out small rig here at the house so I don't have to pull my church amp. The Zinky is more the high gain no effects heavy rock to metal beast this one will be set up with a board running a delay and digital verb + chorus in the loop for a modern worship snatch and go rig.
Here is my current Rocket unmiced playing a worship event with some friends. The new one will fill this role so I can leave this one set up at my Church.

 

[Bubba Z]

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Congrats! Sounds like a great deal.

 

[Ascension]

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Congrats! Sounds like a great deal.

Think they thought the amp had an issue. The reverb and the channel switching on the front was not working right. Since I have an early non verb version I immediately thought wonder if the footswitch is in the bag in the back and is plugged up? Turned the amp around and took a look inside and yep. Unplugged the footswitch and suddenly the verb works and the front channel switch is running all 3 channels. Went straight for the counter at that point and started dealing. Just came out so they would not discount the amp on a cash deal so I just dropped a quick c note on it to lock it down on a lay away so I could spread it out a little.

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[BloodRose]

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Another great find Bro! I want sooo bad to try one of those zinkys!!

 

[Boogie Bill]

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Nice score. Very neat little amps, and they sound BIG.

Bill

 

[Ascension]

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Nice score. Very neat little amps, and they sound BIG.

Bill

Thanks Bill. You arent kidding on these little amps sounding HUGE miced in the FOH! This is my early non verb Subway Rocket running a WGS ET 10 no effects other than a little Digital verb in the loop.

 

[Ascension]

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Picked it up today. At first was quite worried as when i got her home it sounded really dead and lifeless compared to the early 1990 non verb Subway Rocket I own. Then I noticed it had been tubed with JJ's the very definition of tone killers!! Got those POS JJ preamp tubes out of it and dropped a Tungsol in V1 and EH's in V2 and 3 and she came to life. MUCH better now no more harsh cleans and muddy crunches and she is much closer to my other one. Think I flat stole this little beast!

 

[Boogie Bill]

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Was going to tell you I saw some Subways at Pacific NW guitar shows this fall. They sold for around $550 so you did good.

Good move on the tubes. The JJs are good tubes--love their EL84s, but their 12ax7s will make the amp sound very dark. A balanced JJ 12ax7 for the phase inverter slot is a good choice I've found; have them in my Maverick and DC-3.

Enjoy!

Bill

 

[Ascension]

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Was going to tell you I saw some Subways at Pacific NW guitar shows this fall. They sold for around $550 so you did good.

Good move on the tubes. The JJs are good tubes--love their EL84s, but their 12ax7s will make the amp sound very dark. A balanced JJ 12ax7 for the phase inverter slot is a good choice I've found; have them in my Maverick and DC-3.

Enjoy!

Bill

Still fighting it a little Bill. Got some kind of a gremlin in the mid control and she just doesn't seem to have the gain and fatness she should. Will dive in and clean the controls then go through everything in a couple days. Do yo know if the Reverb model was voiced that differently from the early ones. The new one is dated internally as a 93 the old one 1990 so??

 

[Ascension]

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Another great find Bro! I want sooo bad to try one of those zinkys!!

My Zinky is an absolute monster. MUCH bigger and meaner sounding amp than my 3 Boogies and has more gain on tap also. It's not just normal gain but it's super touch sensitive. lighten up and roll back it really cleans up then hit it hard it just rips! That amp always takes my breath away bro if you get a chance to play one jump on it!! To bad Bruce is tied up with a non comp contract with Supro as his own stuff just was amazing!!
Quick recording of the Velvet demoing the new ET 90 I had just dropped in it with my little sony recorder in my music room here at the house. No effects just rolling back to clean up a little then rolling back up and hammering back in.
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[Boogie Bill]

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Still fighting it a little Bill. Got some kind of a gremlin in the mid control and she just doesn't seem to have the gain and fatness she should. Will dive in and clean the controls then go through everything in a couple days. Do yo know if the Reverb model was voiced that differently from the early ones. The new one is dated internally as a 93 the old one 1990 so??

No idea at all, sorry. Just be sure to go thru the Owner's Manual. If you have questions, don't be shy about calling Mesa for answers.

Good luck!

Bill

 

[Ascension]

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No idea at all, sorry. Just be sure to go thru the Owner's Manual. If you have questions, don't be shy about calling Mesa for answers.

Good luck!

Bill

Pulled the owners manual for the Reverb version that's where I started looking at the mid control. It said at higher levels the mid control on that amp acted like a gain control so yanked it up and suddenly got a big gain spike then oscillation. That was only when I was pulling up on the gain pot slightly but it stabilized some after i worked the pot a little. Will pull the chassis and really go through her doing a through clean of all the pots and jacks first then take it from there. After I got those nasty JJ's out of the amp it brightened up but is down on gain from where one of these should be on the crunch side. Will play with some pre amp tube combos and see if I can get her dialed in. Right now have an old USA Baldwin in V1 then generic sovetecs with another Baldwin in the PI. Will likely drop a balanced JJ in the PI and play with the others as have Shunghangs, EH's real Mullards as well as RI Tungsols and the JJ's to play with. Bill do you happen to know if V2 in these is the crunch? I can't find a tube function chart for one of these amps anywhere on line.

 

[Boogie Bill]

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Again, no clue on the tube function chart...you'll have to call Mesa. With most of their amps they put it in the Owner's Manual. On some of the amps, there is a little plaque inside the cabinet but it may not show function, only placement.

Bill