Lets kick off the blog with some gear talk. All guitar players I know have spent a good portion of their careers looking for the perfect combination of guitar/pickups, amp/head/speaker/tubes, and FX pedals to find the perfect tone… I (Andy) have been using a Fender Super 4×10 for years, a real work horse and a real pain to tour with! Sounds great and all but it just weighs a ton and takes up a lot of space come travel time. So after years and year of only having this amp to fall back on I put a call out to my tech savvy people for a new amp. It took some times but thanks to Tom (Bassist) the search is over and I have given up my Fender Super for the Mesa/Boogie Subway Rocket Reverb:
‘‘A grab and go, fire breathing tone monster, loud enough to overpower any drummer’’
When I read this personal review I was sold but the proof was in the pudding… so to speak. I went and played the thing and was stunned. I would have never thought a 1×10 could be this ballsy. Some assembly required, trouble shooting the metronome like popping sound this amp uttered after a few minutes of playing (bad tube) with Tom’s help and I was sold. I couldn’t walk out of the store with this in arms fast enough. I am sorry I ever doubted you Mesa/Boogie. I still like to think of myself as a Fender man but to get the right tone out of the Super I had to really crank it up… and I do my part not to be like every other guitar player on the planet. I like low stage volume. Well this gets to that tasty distortion/saturation point at lower volumes but can sort of fall apart if you get it loud enough. It can get loud though, holy hell! I like my amps like my women? Short, loud and with warranties? I dont know, all I do know is I can’t wait to get this out and see what it can do. New year, new gear… 2015 is going to be epic.
Love the sound man, hope you get that lucky break where you take off
So, a year and a half later, how is the little Boogie working for you?
I just purchased one used, and haven’t played it within a band situation yet, but so far it is amazing!
The best professional decision I have made. Its lean and its mean! 🙂