Description
Description
After years of repairing amplifiers for the stars of the ‘60s San Francisco Bay Area cultural scene, Randall Smith began building his own amplifiers after developing a deep appreciation for 1950s Tweed amplifier circuits. Inspired by the timeless sound of a classic Tweed preamp, the Mesa-Boogie California Tweed draws from over 50 years of boutique amp-building experience to raise the bar for single-channel amp simplicity.
Featuring “Normal” and “Low” input options, plus Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Reverb, and Master Volume controls, this single-channel amp boasts Mesa/Boogie’s legendary vintage all-tube, long-tank spring reverb with external reverb switching jack, and a fully buffered, tube-driven series FX loop.
Powered by four 6V6 power tubes, plus a preamp equipped with five 12AX7 tubes and one 12AT7 preamp tube, the California Tweed combo amplifier offers five power levels, two operating classes, and three wiring options, accessible via a single 5-Way Rotary Switch.
Single Channel, 5 Power Voices, One Simple Switch
The California Tweed is powered by 4x6V6 Power Tubes while the preamp features 5x12AX7 and 1x12AT7 preamp tubes. Our patented Incremental Multi-Watt™ (Patent 9,917,560) Power Amp, featuring Duo-Class™ (Patent 7,173,488) and Dyna-Watt™ technologies, provides five power levels, two operating classes and three wiring options via a single 5-Way Rotary Switch! Choose from the following power options:
- 40 Watts - 4x6V6 Class A/B Pentode
- 30 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Triode + 2x6V6 Class A/B Pentode
- 20 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Pentode
- 10 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Triode
- 2 Watts - 1x6V6 Triode + 1x6V6 Pentode, Single-Ended Class A Parallel
- Harken back, bounce on forward, while never sacrificing one drop of golden California Tone
Features:
- Wattage: Multi-Watt™ 2, 10, 20, 30, or 40
- Channels & Modes: 1 Channel
- Mode Voicings styles: Single Channel with two Inputs: Normal Input = Clean to Overdrive Low Input = Clean
- Graphic Eq Reverb Fx Solo: Reverb
- Foot switchable Functions: Reverb (Footswitch & Cable sold seperately)
- Speakers Impedance: 1 - 8 Ohm Jensen Blackbird ALNICO 40 / Total Load = 8 Ohms
- Weight: 46.4 Lbs.
- Dimensions: 19 1/4" H x 22 3/4" W x 10 3/8" D