Mesa/Boogie MarkIIC+ at the time of its release?

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Hi all,

Anyone buy a IIC+ new back in the day? What was the general opinion about this amp at that time when it was available from Mesa? ?
 
Didnt even know about them and i was well informed. As far as amps back in the early / mid / late 80's what you saw acts in concert with
- was what you saw and alot of bands hid their backlines.
 
shar-vell Dan said:
Didnt even know about them and i was well informed. As far as amps back in the early / mid / late 80's what you saw acts in concert with
- was what you saw and alot of bands hid their backlines.
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Interesting! Wondering how much marketing effort did Mesa put on these in guitar magazines?
 
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Things like this was about it. But a mag ad doesn't animate much like internet.
 

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They were one of the 1st boutique company's out there.. You had an order form where you selected everything from GEQ, Simul Class, Half Power as opposed to a standard model.. And your local Dealer Approved Music Store put in the order..

Brad Giles was the 1st I knew with a 2B. He had that singing, sustaining tine on Speak Of The Devil..
 
I bought my first c+ and 1x12 extension cab direct from Mesa back in 1984 when I was 18. Now I'm 59 and have 20 of them. I had 22 at one point. Back then I wanted an amp with a clean and overdrive channel and Mesa was the only option. There weren't any dealers back then so I sent them a check and waited. I knew it was something special when I got it. I got lucky that it was a c+. I ordered it in cream because of the ad.
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The only time I saw mesa anything was pictures of Santana plugged into a combo saying “this thing really boogies…”. Then later on the occasional John Sykes or Brad Gillis pics. Maybe Steve lukather a time or two as well. In my area they were nonexistent. Marshall’s were as well. Fender and peavey….occasional crate as well. Hell I had the first vh4 or diezel in this state if that tells you anything. So sad…?
 
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I bought my first c+ and 1x12 extension cab direct from Mesa back in 1984 when I was 18. Now I'm 59 and have 20 of them. I had 22 at one point. Back then I wanted an amp with a clean and overdrive channel and Mesa was the only option. There weren't any dealers back then so I sent them a check and waited. I knew it was something special when I got it. I got lucky that it was a c+. I ordered it in cream because of the ad.View attachment 352829View attachment 352823
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Brother, are you investing in amps? Why so many?

I have 0 for example, you should just give me one of them bad boys ?
 
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Chicago had a dealer called Make N Music. Drove down there with $800 in hand!! Left with a MKIIC S combo!! Had no idea what it was about just that it blew away my two buddy’s MKIIB’s!!

They were not happy!! ?
 
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