Mesa Boogie Stiletto Trident II

Description: PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE LISTING BEFORE CONSIDERING A PURCHASE, THANK YOU! This amp has been a golden tool for me over the last year. It has worked great for me and the tones you can get are incredible! It's basically Mesa's answer to a Marshall tone but with that Mesa hit you in the chest response. I am looking to match amps in my band so this will have to go unfortunately. This has been to the Mesa repair department for maintenance once for a power issue that turned out to be a faulty power cable jack. They checked over everything else and gave it a clean bill of health. I've played it twice a week for a few hours and never had any other performance issues. The only thing wrong with it is that a few of the tube guides are broken (see pic) so you will need to be careful when reinstalling the tubes. FROM THE MANUAL: While the Stiletto is the first amplifier in the MESA Family that features exclusively the EL34 type power tube, it is no less endowedwith the patented features and refinements than its MESA siblings utilizing 6L6 type pentodes for power production. Years of scrutinyand testing of the available ‘34‘s was incorporated into the long process of R&D to ensure reliable performance while we were extracting our measure of this revered tubes’ golden elixir of harmonic bliss.The Stiletto delivers all the vintage voodoo power-clip characteristics of the best classic British EL34 amps, and yet goes far beyondthose gems in terms of gain, expression, nuance and flexibility to put a new standard in place in the realm of EL Based circuits.We begin with the straightforward 2 Channel platform that presents everything in a one glance, confidence inspiring visual tour of theFront Panel. All the controls you need and nothing more. A closer look reveals two sets of mini toggles adjacent to the input GAINControl, one 3 position for each Channel, responsible for choosing one of 5 incredible Modes (CRUNCH appears in both channels). HAND MADE IN PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA ALL TUBE INSTRUMENT AMPLIFIER The Preamp MODES: In Channel 1 the choices are grouped in reference to gain regions usually associated with Rhythm styles; FAT CLEAN, TITE CLEAN and CRUNCH.CHANNEL 1: The beauty of FAT CLEAN re-educates EL aficionados used to living with clean “inputs” that are no more thanupstream patch points. Satisfactory, though un-inspiring, we choose to switch in an entire clean-optimized preamp dedicated to sparklinghighs, sweet mids and breathing lows. The FAT CLEAN mode invites a refreshing, re-defining look at the expectations of cleansounds in this genre of amplifier.The more stripped TITE CLEAN mode trims away some of this low end response and leaves you withan urgent voice where mids and highs dominate and lows support. This difference is perfect when darkermahogany guitars are in use or, in the studio when you need a part to sit in a mix without occupyingtoo much space.From here gain is increased dramatically to produce CRUNCH, an essential, quintessential mode whichdelivers the spectrum from classic Brit break-up, through tight Southern Crunch and eventually to a smoldering L.A. Grind. This modeis so flexible and its’ gain region so inherently right for so many styles, that we repeated it as an option in Channel 2.CHANNEL 2: This channel begins its odyssey into the realm of gain hellacious with an ingenious, yet common sense duplicationof the CRUNCH mode found in Channel 1. A scheme that proves invaluable, as this versatile mode tops-out at the onset of saturation,offering up a wide and usable range of medium gain. Not just great for rhythm playing, CRUNCH reveals a whole world of articulate,earthy solo sounds that leave the vintage or modified circuits seeming a bit inadequate, if not overpriced.Next, the TITE GAIN mode steps into the MESA frontier of lead voices with a new and blistering renditionof the classic Brit sound that has been fortified with additional gain and classic Boogie focus. Thisnew sound adds a searing harmonic blade to the mid-focused, chest thumping hit so prevalent in theU.K. based circuits and creates an addicting-to-play solo voice that stands proud alongside the likes ofour fabled Recto, Mark I and Mark IV.And finally we come to FLUID DRIVE, the highest gain of the 3 modes in Channel 2. This self-descriptivemode adds yet another triode stage to the preamp, unleashing a single note voice of unprecedentedliquidity. Notes fl ow out into in a river of harmonic complexity while retaining authority and depth, spread and focus. Here, the attackof the note is transformed into an instantaneous symphony as it is morphing from an absolute bold event in time - to a spinning wheelof vowel sounds as the envelope changes during decay in response to the rise and fall of input voltage generated by your pickingtechnique.All this preamp tone and flexibility is only half the story and magic though it is, the power section of the Stiletto plays an equal rolein making what we call a high performance amplifier. With the Stiletto you have options to tune the power to the sound you aresearching for, both channel specifically and globally, and these choices point at crucial differences in power response that turn goodtone into classic tone.Each Channel features a 50/100 (50/150 Stiletto Trident) POWER SELECT switch that enables you to assign the number of outputtubes that will be brought on-line as a Channel is called up. In the Stiletto Deuce, 50 watts calls two tubes into service producing ahalf-power scenario, while the 100 watt setting brings all four EL’s to life for big, tight headroom.The Stiletto Trident lets you choose between the clip-able 50 watt two tube scheme, and the crushing might of 150 watts - whereall six output tubes unleash a previously unknown frontier of EL aggression. In addition to the channel specific power option, the Stiletto incorporates our patented TUBE RECTIFIER TRACKING™ feature. This is also a Channel Assignable feature that appears as two toggle switches located on theRear Panel. These switches allow selection of a Rectifier style - Tubes for a saggy, compressed feel or Silicon Diodes for tight, punchyresponse. When RECTIFIER TRACKING is selected, the proper amount of tube rectification is automatically called up for thehigh power (1x5U4 in 50w, 2x5U4 in 100w Deuce and 3x5U4 in 150w Trident ) mode. This power-vibe flexibility allows you to zeroin on the sound as well as how that sound feels to play.And finally, to further tune the power style, we’ve included our patented BOLD/SPONGY ™ switch. This useful feature allows youto choose between the full 117 volts of incoming AC LINE voltage in BOLD or, use the SPONGY setting which acts as a built-in variacto knock the incoming line voltage down to a brown-out like condition. This voltage difference also produces a dramatic difference inthe way a sound feels to play as well as accentuating different frequencies.An Effects Loop BYPASS switch allows you to bypass the Loop and all associated circuitry (including the OUTPUT and SOLO Controlswhich are part of the Loop Return stage) to produce a pure, unaltered signal path for studio work or any time you want the maximumraw urgency of this shining tone blade. When you do choose to switch in the almost transparent Effects Loop, what little differenceyou might notice is quickly forgotten with the usable power of the OUTPUT and SOLO Controls coming on line. The OUTPUT allowsyou to adjust the overall level of both Channels with one knob, while the patented SOLO™ feature allows you to preset an additionaloutput level control and switch to it any time for a volume boost during live performances.A SLAVE OUTPUT with level control is also provided to accommodate using the Stiletto as a master head in a large rack systemwhere it can be used to drive processing or additional power for large venues.Two 4 Ohm and two 8 Ohm SPEAKER OUTPUT jacks enable you to match the impedance of most any cabinet configuration youwish to use.

Price: 1300 USD

Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

End Time: 2024-10-19T22:15:46.000Z

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