The Mesa Boogie Mark IIB appeared in August of 1980, built till May 1983 and was the likely first guitar amp to provide a tube buffered effects loop.
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Introduced in 1985, the Mesa Boogie Mark III was the third major version of this iconic ‘upgrade’ of the Fender Princeton. The original concept was built for an unsuspecting Barry Melton of Country Joe and the Fish, then tested and named by Carlos Santana. Built for at least five years, these amps can be dated by a coloured stripe above the power cord. These amps were rapidly adopted by professional players around the world, and have appeared on countless stages and recordings.
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Today we are looking at a 65 Amps Lil ELvis, a 12 watt 1×12 inch speaker combo hand-wired tube amp with effects loop, tremolo circuit and power scaling via the Master control.
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The Gibson GA-90 combo amplifier was designed by Seth Lover for Ted McCarty and appeared in 1953. Its design covered both guitars and the new Gibson electric bass.
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Like Fender, Gibson offered amplifiers. Fender was surrounded by country music, but Gibson was in the Polka Belt and so produced amps like the Maestro GA-45, voiced for accordion.
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The Fender Super Champ development sterted in 1982 with newly hired Paul Rivera leading the engineering team. Their first project was updating the classic 5-watt amp to 18 watts with reverb, drive and master volumes, hand wired with point to point techniques. Some versions, like this, added a 10 inch EV Force 10 speaker.
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