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History of Mesa
Boogie
Mesa
Boogie is based in Petaluma, California, and was founded in 1971. Originally
started by Randell Smith as a small repair shop that modified Fender guitars.
Mesa Engineering (the official name of the company) began as partnership
between Smith and his friend David Kessner, who ran the business end of the
company while Smith provided the engineering.
The story
of how "boogie" came to be associated with Mesa Engineering is as
follows: In 1969, Smith, (supposedly as a joke) modified Barry Melton's (Country
Joe and the Fish) Fender Princeton amplifier and then took his creation into
the front store looking for a tester. Coincidentally, Carlos Santana walked
into the store that day and tried it out. According to company sources, he
"wailed through that little amp until people were blocking the
sidewalk". After finishing, Santana commented to Smith "Man, that
little thing really boogies!"
By the time Smith and Kessner started Mesa Engineering in 1971, they already had a sizable local reputation and garnered business from such San Fransisco musicians such as Santana, The Grateful Dead, and the Holding Company. The number of musicians who have used Mesa Boogie amps over the years includes Paul McCartney, Ben Kenney of Incubus, John Campbell of Lamb of God, John Myung of Dream Theater and Cliff Burton.
Mesa
Over the
decades, Mesa Engineering has released a mind-numbing variety of amplifiers, a
large number of which have been discontinued (ironically increasing their
appeal for many musicians). The first "official" released product of
Mesa Boogie was a custom bass amp produced for Patrick Burke called the
Snakeskin Mesa 450. In 1972, the breakthrough Mark I Boogie was released with
production continuing through the 1970s. Overall, the Mark series continues to
this day with the Mark II, Mark II-C, and Mark IV all having very successful
production runs.
In the
current
Discontinued
products from Mesa Boogie include the F-Series, Quad, Nomad, Blue Angel, Maverick and Formula preamp, as well as
earlier version of the Mark series. Pretty well the only place you can get
these amps is through Ebay or private sales.
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