Mesa/Boogie Studio .22

Bought this amp in 1990. It has volume,master,bass,treble mid,prescence,reverb and 5 band EQ. It has two switchable channels but they are not independant. Has EQ switch facility also. Has DI out and facility for extra speaker. Is all valve. I use it for practice and with an EV ext cabinet for gigging.

I use a PRS Custom with GX700 in the loop. Also a Budwah, Tubescreamer and Roger Mayer Voodoo 1. The clean channel is top notch everything from tight funk to warm, mild overdrive. Dirty channel needs a bit of tweaking but most sounds are there. Don't expect Metal.
Power is fine for small/medium gigs. Run a Marshall EL84 from DI out through EV cabinet for larger gigs works great. I did not want a bigger amp as the clean sounds are great and its very portable. The EL84 amplifies the boogie nicely and gives stereo. Its well worth experimenting. This amp is extremely unfussy and easy to get great tones.

Apart from changing tubes no problems. Check that tubes are correctly seated and you can definately rely on it. If they are not properly in you may experience volume drops. Very solid construction. I've done hundreds of gigs without any problems.

Never had to deal with Boogie people. Its been a trouble free amp.

Ive been playing 20 years. I have an old marshall JCM 800, Tokia Strat
Takimine EF261 and my PRS Custom. Its been a fantastic amp.If it were stolen I would try and get one second hand or perhaps get a larger boogie. But I don't like too many bells and knobs. I like fairly small combos so I can actually get them driving and this fits the bill.

A All tube combo with channel switching, one 12 inch speaker and reverb. Not alot of knobs to confuse the average player, which is good. Bass, Treble, master, mid, lead master, presence, reverb. I assume it is 22 watts. pretty loud for home practice, but I have not used it on stage yet.

I play a Yamaha 112 with stock sing/sing/hum combination. I play mostly hard rock, although I like to dabble in blues and classic rock. the amp suits my playing very well. The clean channel gives a big dynamic sound with lots of lower midrange tone. It responds very well with my pick attack.Although it is a class B amp (I assume), I can fake a Class A U2 Edge sound. The lead channel has good crunch, although you cant really get a metallica sound. It is more suited to santana style lead and Who/Stones era lead sounds-good for what I do. It is a bit noisy around with the volume past 6.5, but I can live with it. I play a noisy guitar with microphonic pickups, so I cant really complain too much.

I have not taken it out of my house since I bought it, so I cant really comment. I hear Boogie gear is built like a tank, so I assume it can hold up to stage use. One thing I noticed: On the back panel, there seems to be some sort of cover over the tubes for protection. I understand its purpose, but in a live tube blowout situation, the cover can be a hassle to deal with. I've owned it for about 6 months, so far no tube have had to be changes yet.

I have had no problem-hence no need to contact company.

I like the Studio .22 alot. I use a DOD Tec8 (SUCKS!!!!!!), and the DOD takes away a lot of the tone away. Although it has an FX loop, the amp sound better with only a guitar. I would buy one again if I had to. There is always the danger of tube blowout live, but that is the nature of the beast I guess. Just carry spare tubes.

2 channels, boost fixed not flexible really eq not independently footswitchable

Good for rock and warm cleanish sounds really about 15W, very good for home/studio use good with strat, but far too bright, especially when overdriven I had to get the treble bypass cap cut off the preamp vol pot

very cheap construction, but light very noisy (hissy) though

playing 17 years, got lots of other kit it's expensive for what you get very nasal harsh sound without the mod I had done (far brighter than fender twin)

I own the studio .22 combo amp rated at 25 watts , but it sounds much louder to my ears. It's a two channel amp that's footswitchable between clean and overdrive with the same controls for both channels. It also has spring reverb and an effects loop. All tube design of course with a single 12" cone. There's also a direct out and external speaker output on the back. The EQ section features bass, middle, treble and presence controls. This is passive EQ , but very tweakable. I use it at home mainly but also for jamming with friends, playing rock and blues mainly. Features conclusion: This is an older model, but still has quite a few features. Only thing that it could use is dedicated controls for each channel , but there are lots of other Mesa amps with this now.

Clean channel- sounds great, you can get completely squeeky clean at loud volume with that great tube warmth and touch or push it right to the beginnings of distortion for a real cutting clean sound. (perfect for the solo to "Sultans of Swing"!
Overdrive channel- I call it overdrive because it doesn't distort to the point of "metal" type distortion. It's more of a 70's type crunch or "classic rock". (think Joe Walsh , Funk #49!) The EQ is really effective for getting brighter or darker tones. Personally, I find the basic distortion sound very crisp and clean, almost, but not quite, harsh. Like most tube amps, it's very dynamic, responding to your touch or guitar's volume knob very favorably. I like to footswich between the clean and overdrive channels and then also use a "metal" type pedal in line for the more modern "scooped" sounds. That overdrive channel IS perfect for some alternative bands sounds. (It nails Possum Kingdom by the Toadies!), so that's a reference point.
Overall- very good clean and overdrive channels

Well, this is the achilles heal of the one I own. It had a coupla resistors and a capacitor burn out. I sent it back and they fixed that problem, but now after having it turned on for 10 seconds or so, the bass completely rolls off and then this loud hum eventually takes over completely! Considering how much I like it, I'll probably send it back in for repairs. I DID buy mine used , so I don't know if this is a problem with others.

They seem like a really nice company , and when I sent mine off for repair I got it back fairly quick, although it is acting up again!

I'd buy this model again, but I wouldn't buy the one I've got now, because of the problems mentioned above!
I love the touch response of both channels and the detailed EQ. I hate repair problems I've had with it