Mesa/Boogie .50 Caliber +

Two channel combo amp which is switchable between the clean and overdrive channels. 12" 90 watt Celestion speaker. 5 band eq which is also switchable with a foot switch or toggle. Pre-amp out with volume control. 2 four ohm outputs and 1 eight ohm output. Effects loop, reverb, presence control as well as a seperate volume and gain control.

This little Boogie is quite versatile and can reproduce warm clean tones as well as very overdriven ones at low volumes to moderately loud volumes. I am into classic rock and play an '88 American Standard Tele fitted with active EMG pickups. My other guitar is a newer Hamer Studio model fitted with Seymour Duncan JB and 59 humbuckers respectively. I found this amp sounded much better after switching to the active single coils, and it LOVES the humbuckers as well. The distortion can be dialed in from bite to metal and I find that it sounds the best on the clean channel with the gain around 8 and the master volume also at 8. Mind you, at these settings, the boogie is very loud and becomes more of a hinderance than an asset. The reverb is very nice for an amp in this price range and all of the controls only need slight tweaking to achieve different tones. Can run with a full band scenerio as well but is a little too directional in it's sound staging. I run an extension cabinet with a 12" 70 watt Celestion which cures this problem somewhat.

So far so good. This amp has dropped off of a 3 foot high stool once while being played and the suspension mounting system Mesa employs for the amp soaked it up no problem. I find that keeping the tube sockets clean is essential in keeping the sound at it's purest.

Haven't used this.

Yes I would buy this amp combo again due to it's versatility in such a small and portable package. It's full of volume and the tone is consistent day in and day out. I chose this amp mainly because the headroom was really impressive and it is quite touch sensitive as well. For the price I feel it was a good deal and should satisfy a fairly wide variety of styles.

2 channels, footswitchable. both channels share EQ, but there is also a graphic EQ which can either be on, off, or on for the lead channel. all tube, i believe 5 12AX7 preamp tubes and a pair of 6L6GC power tubes, tube driven reverb, effects loop, 4 and 8 ohm speaker outs, direct out, all that. enough features that you can do all you'll ever need to do with it, but not so many that you get confused with it and have to keep the manual around (like the myriad push-pulls of say a Mark IV).

this amp's sound is amazing. the manual says that it's designed to get sweet tones at low volumes, and it does...it's still touchy with the volume knob, to be sure (what 50 watt 1*12 combo isn't?) but it sounds tres cool low, nice and fat, you can get a good crunch, a beautiful clean, or some decent shred without bothering anyone in the next room, and this thing gets LOUD. sounds nice with single coils or humbuckers, VERY resposive to guitar controls and playing style. you can do basically anything with this amp...if you want a loud clean, just keep the gain down and crank the master, if you want shred then drop the mids on the graphic EQ and turn the gain and the treble up, as would be expected. gotta be careful with the mids, when you turn them up you get a really REALLY hard punchy sound, but well all you gotta do to fix that (if oyu don't like it, some do) is keep the mids in check (between 3 and 5). it is pretty quiet, and it don't make noise until you're playing so loud that you can't hear the damn noise anyhows, really. again, very versatile, sounds great low and better cranked, couldn't ask for more.

i really don't know, i haven't had it for that long, got it used.

again, no idea, ain't needed them.

this thing is perfect for me. loud enough to play anywhere i'm actually going to play, but sounds amazing even at low volumes, and tonaly it can do anything i am actually going to want to do, from funky clean to bluesy crunch to grunge and metal high gain. and it looks cool, too, creme with brown grill...i played some sovteks and yeah they sounded great, but weren't very versatile, and toyed with some of them hot rod fenders...NO GAIN. and nothing sounded like this at low volumes AND could cause severe ear-bleeding volumes needed to keep up with a hyperactive drummer who insists on keeping mics inside the bass drum and right on top of the snare...

2 channels, graphic eq.

lots of nice sounds, some bad sounds. it takes time to dial these up.

the reverb would not work. i had it repaired, but due to the design, it just kept giving up the ghost.

i bought it with a roadcase. these amps are fragile. eq buttons snap off, grill cloth gets beat up quickly, etc. great clean sounds, difficult to deal with, and very midrangey. i found i was always tweaking it at a gig. the evm 12-l is an amazing guitar speaker! it also made this amp about 20 lbs heavier.

2 channels (lead/clean). Both channels sound very good. Both channels share EQ controls (unlike the newer DC5). Graphic EQ is assignable to either be on, off, or only on for the lead channel. It's 50 watts is perfect for stage use because it lets you get sweet tones without blowing you off the stage.

Incredible sound, especially the lead channel. I've used this amp for over 6 years in many different professional settings from a touring top 40 club band, to progressive death metal and grunge bands. It kills in every situation and never fails to make all my friends jealous.

I toured with this amp for two years straight with it spending a majority of its time in a hot and humid equipment trailer and it never, ever failed me.

Mesa is real cool and real easy to talk to, but I never had any trouble.

I will never part with this amp, and I don't think I'll ever need another for what this one covers.