Mesa HeartBreaker 2x12

professorben

anyone got any experience of these? 

Rave

I had one for about 8 years and am about to buy another. It's basically a Twin/Mk1 Mesa and a Tweed Bassman/Marshall JTM in one box. A pretty versatile amp but it is very heavy...around 120Ibs if I remember rightly!

professorben

Rave said:

I had one for about 8 years and am about to buy another. It's basically a Twin/Mk1 Mesa and a Tweed Bassman/Marshall JTM in one box. A pretty versatile amp but it is very heavy...around 120Ibs if I remember rightly!

Wow seriously? 
Wete we rehearse is up a flight of stairs

Rave

professorben said:

Rave said:

I had one for about 8 years and am about to buy another. It's basically a Twin/Mk1 Mesa and a Tweed Bassman/Marshall JTM in one box. A pretty versatile amp but it is very heavy...around 120Ibs if I remember rightly!

Wow seriously? 
Wete we rehearse is up a flight of stairs

Good luck then! I started rehearsing and gigging with my band a lot...ended up buying a Marshall Head & 4x12 Cab because it was much easier to move about. I, like others, nicknamed the Mesa the Backbreaker.

Luminous

https://luminous1.bandcamp.com/track/el-sharara

I have the Heartbreaker head which I use with a rectifier 4x12. I think its a great amp, can clean up well and with an overdrive can run the full gamut of tones. It likes a TS and generally takes pedals well. It can be a bit dark and difficult to dial in but when you've done that it  cuts through and sits well both live and in the studio. It really sings at volume but I have no issues using it at teaching levels.
The track I've posted is a Heartbreaker with a TS in the front end ( recorded with a valve condenser and an SM57 )

Weighs a ton though.

ICBM

Don't exaggerate. It's only 101lbs.




What's really ridiculous is that unlike the more featherweight Trem-o-verb (98lb), it doesn't have end handles. It would probably be a good idea to fit some.

Bucket

More like Backbreaker am I right folks?

(I'm here all week...)

siraxeman

Gotta rember kiddies, tone ie real tone never comes any less than 30kgs.

ICBM

Bucket said:

More like Backbreaker am I right folks?

(I'm here all week...)

I think they were calling them that before you were born!

Rave

Rave said:

professorben said:

Rave said:

I had one for about 8 years and am about to buy another. It's basically a Twin/Mk1 Mesa and a Tweed Bassman/Marshall JTM in one box. A pretty versatile amp but it is very heavy...around 120Ibs if I remember rightly!

Wow seriously? 
Wete we rehearse is up a flight of stairs

Good luck then! I started rehearsing and gigging with my band a lot...ended up buying a Marshall Head & 4x12 Cab because it was much easier to move about. I, like others, nicknamed the Mesa the Backbreaker.

Bucket said:

More like Backbreaker am I right folks?

(I'm here all week...)

See above

thomasross20

Lol
Way  too heavy!!