80's Boogie

[straycat]

Found a half stack Mesa Boogie Mark III and I'm really stoked.100 watt simul class 2 6L6's and 2 EL 34's 5 band EQ and reverb.
Blonde tolex too all aged to perfection.
Have to wait until the 8th to pick it up and its killing me!
Pics when I bring it home!!

[chrisolson]

Nice! Congrats!

[DonP]

Cool.

[Shawn Lutz]

Sounds awesome. Post pix when you get it.

[VitaminG]

sounds very nice. Looking forward to the pics.

way before the Boogie = downtuned metal thing, my guitar teacher had a sexy Mk III combo. Can't remember exact details, but a honey-brown finish (can't remember if it was wood or tolex), wicker grill, loads of switches & knobs. To 13 year old me, it just smacked of class. And when he played his US Schecter strat (wood finish, gold hardware) or Ibanez George Benson through it (guy was a jazz dude, but I remember tabs for Far Beyond The Sun lying around and could whip out a Gary Moore ascending run when I asked about them ), it sounded awesome too. Had such a great singing lead tone, to my immature ears anyway, and that's what I grew up associating Mesa with.

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

That sounds just like the one I ordered from Boogie as a 17 year old. I lived at home, worked a good-paying job and had money to spend...I took out a $2k loan from my credit union and had a blonde half stack shipped to me.

Obviously that was way too much for me then, but I enjoyed it for many years. I later traded it for a Jubilee half stack and have used Marshalls ever since.

[straycat]

I will post pics as soon as I get it, Sunday seems like an eternity at this point.LOL

[Animus]

I have a Mesa Road King and I love that thing.

[Endrik]

Can't go wrong with old and loud Boogies, I'll never sell mine.

[Grandturk]

Good luck! I had a Mk II for a few years. I was going to get a Mark III as well, but I found it really didn't do much more than the Mk II.

[Larz]

You picked a nice boogie.

[GodWentPUNK]

I'm probably gonna get my balls busted here but I had a Mark III Blue strip that I just did not like so I sold it. While I hated to see it go because it was DEAD mint shape, I just got no use out of it. I hope you enjoy your new amp and ROCK ON BROTHER.

joe...

[straycat]

Did find out it is a blue stripe version BTW
We'll see when I pick it up already have some sweet trade offers rolling in.
One guy wants to trade his R8 lemon burst and a strat.
One has an 08 L.P. Std sort of a dark burst I would say plus he said he would give me his old Marshall 800 that took a dump(he thinks a bad tranny).
A few others have called me asking Q's.Damn word has gotten out all over town.
What would the cash value be on this amp just curious I don't want to get screwed if a decent trade deal pops up.

[hunter1970]

How about some pictures.?

[DonP]

Did find out it is a blue stripe version BTW
We'll see when I pick it up already have some sweet trade offers rolling in.
One guy wants to trade his R8 lemon burst and a strat.
One has an 08 L.P. Std sort of a dark burst I would say plus he said he would give me his old Marshall 800 that took a dump(he thinks a bad tranny).
A few others have called me asking Q's.Damn word has gotten out all over town.
What would the cash value be on this amp just curious I don't want to get screwed if a decent trade deal pops up.

Stray,

If you decide not to go for it, could you put me in touch with the guy with the bad 800? I have some 100 watt iron sitting from a 1979 (year) combo and have been looking for a dead head to rebuild.

I'm not looking to spend a lot, I really just need the chassis and headbox. I'll be gutting and rebuilding everything from scratch, so if he passes I'll understand.