Mesa Boogie Mark III as pedal steel amp?

Marty Nemanick · Post by **Marty Nemanick** » 13 Jun 2014 2:08 pm

Carl, I bought a MK3 a couple of years ago and it took me a lot of experimenting to get the best psg tone. I settled on an old BW 1201-8 (spider web mag) for a speaker and I pull out all of the tone knob switches and let me tell you this amp handles it all, E9 and no break up on C6. Also has a lead channel for 6 string. Fantastic tone.

Good luck on your purchase,
Marty

Carl Mesrobian · Post by **Carl Mesrobian** » 13 Jun 2014 2:32 pm

Is there a pen mark above the power cord in back? The color gives an idea of the revision, according to Wikipedia. I do what Wikipedia tells me (only kidding!). No mark, black, purple, red, blue, green.

Marty Nemanick · Post by **Marty Nemanick** » 13 Jun 2014 3:22 pm

Mine is a blue stripe.

Carl Mesrobian · Post by **Carl Mesrobian** » 13 Jun 2014 4:53 pm

Here's a link that might be helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa_Boogie_Mark_Series

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 13 Jun 2014 6:29 pm

Carl Mesrobian wrote:I am thinking of getting a MB and get dizzy trying to choose one. I called Mesa and told them I play multi instruments (PSG, electric guitar, ojnab - that drum on a stick with strings, acoustic guitar, mandolin) -- Mesa mentioned the Lonestar. It looks huge, even as a 1x12.

I think a lonestar classic would be killer with steel...not sure about the other instruments

Brandon Schafer · Post by **Brandon Schafer** » 20 Jun 2014 4:05 pm

Wow! I never thought this thread would find life! Glad to see it did generate some discussion.

Kevin Raymer · Post by **Kevin Raymer** » 21 Jun 2014 3:23 am

I have used my Nomad 55 with 2-12 inch shadow speakers.

Sound great , but it weighs a ton.

I have also just plugged my digitech RP1000 into the in on the effects loop and driven it as a power amp by turning the mix to 100%..

I just haven't found a sound on the digitech that suits me yet.