At that time the premium speaker upgrade was an Altec 417-8H, which is what that one is. It’s the speaker in the classic Carlos Santana amps, and has a very powerful and punchy tone. It’s also a heavyweight that helps make this tiny combo heavier than it looks, especially combined with the serious iron Randy was using for transformers. It still sounds wonderful.
One from an old list is 097 Altec, which is a 2x12 open back cab based on this speaker. It should be like a big combo cab. I’m not sure if it’s FAS or if one of the other makers modeled it.
Not sure how it happened, special request or what, but my Mark-nothing had a JBL 15".
That’s actually a pretty rare version, something you could order when it was all special order then. There were only a few hundred ever made, from what I understand. Rare bird!
Been needing to order a few Royers and Neumanns anyway! LolOf course we are all expecting you to shoot irs from various positions and different microphones (top shelf please) for nothing & forever.
Thanks
Pauly
"No statement from Smith himself was provided in the release."
It has nothing to do with “chicken little” for me. We’re talking Gibson…slowly the amps will become cheaper or they will stay superior and cost $20,000. What sort of innovation or budget will Gibson put into advancing and innovation of the product line especially if the economy takes more of a nose dive than it already has? I suppose if they can keep their high profile endorser like Pertrucci they have a chance.
Don't get me wrong, I'm very familiar with Gibson's catch and kill history, I'm an Opcode Studio Vision refugee.
Yes I agree it would be a real shame to see the Mesa Boogie brand slip away. Definitely some major history involved especially with my generation and the early lore of Santana playing a modded fender by Randall when he was just a tech and Santana saying this amp really “boogies”. I can’t claim whether any of this was true, but sounds good. I was a huge Santana fan back then and that’s how I became a Mesa Boogie and PRS fan.
Those early amps definitely have history. Very cool sample!
I imagine that all intellectual property would have been included in the acquisition...
? - I don't see anything there confirming he was fired as per the OP reference - moving on a few transitional years after selling the company more like (as would be expected), but nothing close to the YTer captions I'm seeing.
On the contrary. Bruce claimed he was “fired.” There still isn’t any official statement saying that was the case. If anything, Bruce owes his viewers a statement of correction like all credible journalists would do.
