Mesa 5:25

[tot_Ou_tard]

I had a chance to play for about 10 minutes (clean only) through a Mesa Express 5:25

http://www.mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Express/Express.htm

It was sweet (modulo the fact that I don't know anything) does anyone have any experience with 'em?

 

[Robert]

I have read about this one, looks awesome on paper! I'd love to try one. How much do they go for?

 

[Jimi75]

I have played it intensively at the tradefair in the end of March! This amp is a killer. The clean channel is the best I heard in a long long time. The crunch and metal is pretty creamy,too although I could imagine metalheads need some more distortion. Anyway, for blues and rock it is perfect and the reverb is awesome.

One thing I was missing is a second master volume for solo sounds.

Putting the amp in the 5 watt class a mode you get the best sounds you heard in a long time.

 

[duhvoodooman]

How much do they go for?

About a grand, from the preliminary reports....

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

About a grand, from the preliminary reports....

That's the price I was quoted. Way too rich for my blood. The store was crowded & that was just the amp with the fewest people nearby. The clean sounds were addictive.

 

[Adrian30]

It's a great little amp! I tried one few days ago, and loved it. I'll second Jimi on the superb cleans and very rich & smooth mild distortion. The tag price was $1049, but if you look at used, often 20+ years old Mesa Studios, slightly newer Calibers or F30s, you'll see them priced $600 to $800+. In the used market, Mesa retains the value pretty good.

Anyway, just wanted to bump this thread and see if anyone else has tried one in the meantime.



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[abraxas]

Almost all Mesas (Rectum-friers probably excluded ) are like a complex musical instrument, in the sense that you have to spend a lot of time with them in order to come to terms with what they are actually capable of. Which is usually quite a lot.

That said, both the 5:25 and the 5:50 are quite pricey in Europe, even with the favorable euro/dollar exchange rate. They are actually priced like boutique amps, even though they are rather bulk made machines (I cannot stomach the "tubes on a circuit board" that easily... ).