Mesa/Boogie 4x10 Recto Cabinet

The cabinet is in like new condition, Jensen P10R speakers wired for * ohm .Built rugged from 3/4 inch baltic birch,leather corners,usual black front grill.Rated 80 watts and actually srated with a tough coating inside the cabinet.

I'm using an ash Telecaster with Seymour Quarter Pounders ,the Delta Tone System and a maple neck.I'm playing some clean country,jazz,blues through a Fender Twin and another 1x12 extension with a Celestion G12H in it soas to get the 4 ohm setup.I'm also using a Peavey Classic head and a Heartbreaker head through these.
The Mesa cabinet with the 4-10's is made for guitar picking and chording and reactes well to pick attack.It doesn't like brutal distortion but at moderate levels with a tad roll back on the treble is sweet and clear-the original Fender sound was 1/2 these speakers-so it sounds very Super Reverbish as well as twinish.
The alnico speakers and 10 inch diameter put you in a new frequency range as opposed to a 12" speaker so it takes a little adjusting time to get used to it.
With moderate distortion it comes into the Vox area sound wise.

Rated at 80 watts so its not a cabinet for metal or hard rock.Build rock solid .

Don't see any problems as it's pretty straight forward.

Playing for so long my fingers are sore!I would like to have heavier rated speakers in it such as a 10 inch version of the Celestion Blue which are simply the best alnico speakers in the world -bar none.Ther are not too many choices for 10 speaker cabinets and most of them use the Jensen P10R speaker.Tophat charges $999 USD for theirs so I figure I got a hell of a deal.

I think this was made in 2000 as a special order. I bought it complete with a Short Head Maverick Dual Rectifier and it was described in the store as a Recto Cab. It is fitted with Special edition 10" Jensen Alnico speakers. I have always been a fan of the 10" speaker which has a better focussed bottom end and a brighter mid range attack that does it's big sister the 12" speaker. Anyone who has heard the Subway Rocket will pretty much know what I'm getting at here. It is in tan with darker tan leather corner protectors. It has a 8Ohm input and a further socket marked 'paralled out'.The serial number is 30893. It sounds sweeter than the 2X12" combo to my ears and the I feel I get a good spread of sound allowing me to be clearly heard through the mix. I don't need to be mic'd up and still get told to turn down. ;-) I'm surprised that there are no other reviews for this cab and the Mesa Boogie site has no information whatsoever on the cab which is odd. It is definitely Mesa Boogie by the way, I'm not mistaken.

It sounds great with the Maverick head. Lvely Fendery cleans and a vintage crunch, similar to the Vox AC30 top Boost which I used to run. It loves single coils and especially my US Fender Tele. It really honks through this cabinet. I play vintage rock so I don't know how this cabinet would sound with the scooped-out mids of a Triple Rectifier! That's not my cup of tea but I'd like to hear it anyway.

It hasn't let me down yet.

Never dealt with Boogie in person but they always answer my emails.

I've been playing for thirty five years and I also own a DC3 and a Boogie 1X12" extension cab.
I would be very upset if this was stolen. I'm not sure I could get another off the shelf as they appear to have been a special order for someone. I've never seen another like it and I note that there wasn't a category for this cabinet on HC until I wrote this. Are there anymore out there? It's a really lovely piece of kit, perfect for those vintage sounds.