Mesa Boogie Blue Angel – I’ve been looking for this amp for 25 years
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The Blue Angel is a vintage inspired amplifier from Mesa Boogie capable of a wide variety of Fender-esque tones. Ours is a 4×10 combo, which immediately makes us think ‘Mid-60’s Super Reverb’. But the Blue Angel is capable of much more. It has the ability to run in 6V6 mode (15 watts), EL84 mode (33 watts) or Linked (38 watts). We love the EL84 mode as it tightens things up and gives the amp a bit more chime.
Table of contents:
00:00 – Brian struggles under the weight of this enormous amplifier – both physically and tonally. These are the kinds of sacrifices we make for content.
00:12 – Playing Sample (with effects)
01:03 – Why have I been looking for 25 years for this?
02:42 – Playing direct into amp – Les Paul (clean)
02:58 – The amp’s different ‘modes’
03:48 – 6V6 Mode
04:43 – EL84 Mode
05:15 – Simul-Link Mode
06:30 – How I am mic’ing the amp (121+SR25)
06:46 – Controls on the front panel of the amp
07:40 – Playing through the amp clean (adjusting the knobs)
09:50 – Thoughts on the range of the controls on the amp
11:00 – Playing clean and switching the different modes (6v6, EL84, Link)
12:25 – Thoughts on clean tones and linkage modes
13:31 – Cranked amp tones – straight in with a tele
14:34 – Thoughts on the cranked amp tones
15:09 – Clean direct into amp – Les Paul
16:36 – Cranked amp tones – Les Paul
17:54 – Playing Demo with effects 1
18:37 – Playing Demo with effects 2
19:00 – Playing Demo with effects 3
20:28 – Thoughts on running effects into this amp
21:43 – Conclusion
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I also have a 4×10 Blue Angel, it's a lovely amp indeed.
What I love: use 6V6 setting, fat, single coil Strat and "swap the top" – Treble down at 10:30-11 Mid up at 1-2 o'clock. Bass and reverb to taste
Volume at edge of breakup
Straight into the amp, no boost or OD pedals
Ride the guitar volume and pick attach to get some of the best blues tone you will ever hear.
I think I tamed mine slightly by swapping out the harsh mesa 12ax7 V1 pre-amp tube to 5751 or 12AT7s, can't remember exactly
Enjoy
I used this patch in my FM9 paired with my Music Man Majesty this past Sunday at church. I gots lots of compliments about how great it sounded!
Sounds really good and I notice it has that legendary hiss/hum that it was known for. I'm on the fence with one in the cart so this review is very helpful.
I really don't like the sound of the overdrive on this amp. The clean is incredible though
Nice video Brian on the Voxy Tweed amp.
I had one with one speaker, I remember how heavy it was, but with 4 speakers…you are crazy
Sounds ridiculously good.
Great amp I almost got one. Congratulations and enjoy it!
I remember reading about this amp when it first came out in the 1990's. I said to myself "6v6 and el34's? that thing has got to sound amazing. All these years later and I have finally heard one. I was right. This amp sounds BEYOND!!! (IMO) MB's finest guitar amp!
Mesas are such great amps.
Let’s go! Grabbing it ????
This amp is spectacular!!
SO AWESOME, AS ALWAYS!!!