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Uneasy Rider
This is a Mesa Engineering (or Mesa Boogie) Trem-o-verb, 100 watts of real-deal Mesa tube sound and fury in a 2x12 combo.
I probably don't need to say a whole lot about this amp, but here are the basics for non-Boogie nerds:
- 2 Channels, 4 Modes (Clean, Vintage High Gain, Blues & Modern High Gain).
- Can run 6L6 or EL-24 tubes; has a bias switch to make it easy.
- Tremolo and spring reverb, like God intended.
- Massive balls
- All the other usual Mesa goodness. If you're not familiar with the amp, Mesa will tell you all about it here on their helpful out-of-production Tremoverb page.
It sounds unbelievable. I think—and I'm not alone—that this is one of the most awesome amps Mesa ever made. Fender clean to face-melting metal sounds are all up in this thing.
"But if it's so awesome, why are you selling it?" Well sport, I'm getting older, and pretty much just play occasionally in my office at home between earning a living and complaining about how much modern music sucks. I can barely turn this thing on without getting divorced and the cops showing up, let alone crank it enough to get *really* good tones out of it—although it does sound surprisingly bitchin' at ridiculously low volumes. But it's just so obviously begging to be set free.
I bought it a few years ago because I really wanted one back when I used to play for real, but couldn't afford one. Its awesome power is just too much—I mostly play through my Lonestar Special in 5-watt mode, and I hate to have this big beautiful bastard just hanging around not rocking the free world like it should be.
The amp was gigged with before me: as you can see in the photos, the back has some scars and it's missing the top handle. That's ok, I put new casters on it and the side handles are there so your roadies or your little brother and your mom can load that shit for you. Comes with a sweet Voodooman switch for channel, tremolo, reverb and effects loop.
I'm asking $1,200. These are super hard to find these days. Yeah, this one is a little rough on the back, but it looks nice from the front and sounds even nicer. If you're gonna be all like "Waaaaah, that's too much," well then make an offer, amigo. Worst I can do is tell you no, maybe laugh at you a little. The thing is, I don't really want to sell it, and I've just now arrived at the end of a years-long journey convincing myself to sell it for bullshit reasons like "it's too loud for home use" and "I could sure use that space," but if the market for Tremoverbs is just whining crybabies wanting to spend Peavey Classic money on one of the best goddamn amps ever, I'll keep it, maybe have it recovered in blue suede or something. Or maybe I'll sit on to it till 2038, when it'll be worth some ridiculous amount of money like the '65 Princeton I sold twenty years ago for roughly 20 times less than it's worth now. :dunno
Sorry for the not-so-hot photos. I'm gimping around on a busted-up leg and can't "go low" for proper shots. 2% to BARF if it sells here.
I probably don't need to say a whole lot about this amp, but here are the basics for non-Boogie nerds:
- 2 Channels, 4 Modes (Clean, Vintage High Gain, Blues & Modern High Gain).
- Can run 6L6 or EL-24 tubes; has a bias switch to make it easy.
- Tremolo and spring reverb, like God intended.
- Massive balls
- All the other usual Mesa goodness. If you're not familiar with the amp, Mesa will tell you all about it here on their helpful out-of-production Tremoverb page.
It sounds unbelievable. I think—and I'm not alone—that this is one of the most awesome amps Mesa ever made. Fender clean to face-melting metal sounds are all up in this thing.
"But if it's so awesome, why are you selling it?" Well sport, I'm getting older, and pretty much just play occasionally in my office at home between earning a living and complaining about how much modern music sucks. I can barely turn this thing on without getting divorced and the cops showing up, let alone crank it enough to get *really* good tones out of it—although it does sound surprisingly bitchin' at ridiculously low volumes. But it's just so obviously begging to be set free.
I bought it a few years ago because I really wanted one back when I used to play for real, but couldn't afford one. Its awesome power is just too much—I mostly play through my Lonestar Special in 5-watt mode, and I hate to have this big beautiful bastard just hanging around not rocking the free world like it should be.
The amp was gigged with before me: as you can see in the photos, the back has some scars and it's missing the top handle. That's ok, I put new casters on it and the side handles are there so your roadies or your little brother and your mom can load that shit for you. Comes with a sweet Voodooman switch for channel, tremolo, reverb and effects loop.
I'm asking $1,200. These are super hard to find these days. Yeah, this one is a little rough on the back, but it looks nice from the front and sounds even nicer. If you're gonna be all like "Waaaaah, that's too much," well then make an offer, amigo. Worst I can do is tell you no, maybe laugh at you a little. The thing is, I don't really want to sell it, and I've just now arrived at the end of a years-long journey convincing myself to sell it for bullshit reasons like "it's too loud for home use" and "I could sure use that space," but if the market for Tremoverbs is just whining crybabies wanting to spend Peavey Classic money on one of the best goddamn amps ever, I'll keep it, maybe have it recovered in blue suede or something. Or maybe I'll sit on to it till 2038, when it'll be worth some ridiculous amount of money like the '65 Princeton I sold twenty years ago for roughly 20 times less than it's worth now. :dunno
Sorry for the not-so-hot photos. I'm gimping around on a busted-up leg and can't "go low" for proper shots. 2% to BARF if it sells here.
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