N.Power Amp day: Strategy 400!

[Racerxrated]

Beast!!

Congrats!
From what I've read, and others that have compared, the 400 is a little beefier due to a more straightforward circuit. Metallica chose the 400 over the 500 based on tonal differences supposedly. But I have no doubt the 500 is also a beast. I've only had the 400...almost cracked the windows way back when I slaved a SRG C+ through 4 cabs....holy hell what power.

 

[Piero the Guitarero]

Vai used them in his Whitesnake era - quote from his website:

These Marshalls were used as preamps only, the power came from the Mesa
Boogie power amps seen below. In the left of this picture is a Yamaha PC2002M
power amp, and in the background you can see Steve’s guitar closet.

From top to bottom, a Rane SM26 mixer, two Soldano amp heads (backup only)
with the name “Schiller” on the front (Stan Schiller was Steve’s guitar tech at the time),
and 2 Mesa Boogie Strategy 400 power amps used for the Marshalls above.

https://www.vai.com/whitesnake-gear/