Snagged another Simul Satellite... Not letting this one go...

I cant find anything on a mk iii satellite at all in my literature from 89- late 90s..im pretty sure I have all the brochures ...I collect them.The simul is listed in the mk iv literature and brochures...as a head or combo.
 
I think the Mesa Satellite 60 is the Mark III satellite ? It's different from the Simul Satellite :

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Jack Luminous said:
I think the Mesa Satellite 60 is the Mark III satellite ? It's different from the Simul Satellite :

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From the Mark IV manual:
“Mesa/Boogie offers two different Satellite companion amplifiers[…] A simple 60 watt version called the Satellite Sixty, as well as a 75 watt Simul-Class with Graphic EQ make up this supportive duo with the Simul-Satellite being the obvious choice for most Mark IV owners.”
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The Mark III manual doesn’t mention any of this. That being said, I wouldn’t be surprised at all that both the Satellite versions were built out of leftover Mark III chassis and parts.
 
Very cool pickup Jim, I also have a mark Iva that is waiting for a recap. I can see the satellite being really useful in a reamp setup as well, which I am doing a lot these days with my vintage amps.

Is a 1990 mark iva vintage? Sure hope not, lol
 
don't worry fellas, i'll take it apart and take lots of pictures. we'll get to the bottom of this :p and i've seen mark IVa listed as vintage, so thats all the confirmation bias i need. woo-hoo! keep that resale value climbing!
 
showed up today. needed a little cleaning up inside, probably gunna be replacing the Master pot as deoxit isn't curing the crackle, but its in pretty good shape, and works great! tubes are newer. I can hear the "mark III-ness" in it, if that makes sense. pumping the mark IVa through the fx return, if you turn down the mark Iv and just have the SS, you can hear its a bit bouncier if that makes since. hard to explain. sounds heavenly
together.

i'm pretty sure those are old mark III black and purple stripe boards inside, just not fully populated.
 
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blackba said:
Very cool pickup Jim, I also have a mark Iva that is waiting for a recap. I can see the satellite being really useful in a reamp setup as well, which I am doing a lot these days with my vintage amps.

Is a 1990 mark iva vintage? Sure hope not, lol
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you going to do it yourself or send it in?
 
Exo-metal said:
What's the magic here, why not just use a poweramp and save the space??
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Seems like it’s similar to slaving to another Mark, but bypassing the preamp and using another GEQ and Simul power section. Kinda like when I slaved my SRG C+ to a loop modded B Coli. Huge.
 
The GEQ is after the preamp in a mark. Slaving into the satelite does not have the benifit of the eq. That's my understanding so I don't see the point.
 
Exo-metal said:
The GEQ is after the preamp in a mark. Slaving into the satelite does not have the benifit of the eq. That's my understanding so I don't see the point.
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Well, when I slaved my 60 C+ into my B Coli I was able to use the EQ in the Coli-on top of the EQ in the C+. Talk about the ‘Double Scoop’ effect…it was pure METAL madness 😂

I imagine the Satellite does the same? But maybe not….
 
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