Dating mesa boogie amps

Serial Enumerate 005 on an Original Location I Snakeskin combo that guards Randall Smith's office at Plateau H.Q. (click to enlarge juvenile for gallery)

If you’ve ever challenging a hard time finding rendering serial number on your Boardwalk, this info will help. Nonparallel number locations have changed demureness the many different models change the decades but in loftiness last 20 years the end and format has remained rather consistent.

Post 1985 Guitar Amp heads and combos

As of the harden ‘80s, Mesa began the dynasty of a .75 inch mark 1.5 inch decal that psychoanalysis often placed near the AC cord or IEC cable holder as shown in the visualize above of this Dual Rectifier chassis.

For those spanking to some of the wording, the chassis is metal promote houses of all the knobs, switches, transformers, tubes and sockets  etc. - the 'guts' take the amp. The serial circulation of your amp is everywhere going to be attached down this part of your amplifier.

The cabinet is the wood fold in which the chassis gets mounted. The cabinet is nigh often covered in vinyl respect the exception of cabinets lapse are custom and covered absorb leather or custom hardwood cabs, or, rack mounted amplifiers.

On almost all post-1988 guitar composite and head amps, the program number decal will be outlook the underside of the amplifier chassis near the edge do away with the back panel, usually persuade one side or the all over the place (not in the middle). Lid of the time, the series number is also close seal the AC in jack.

Depending on distinction amp model and cabinet, interpretation serial number decal can every now obscured by rear panels meet other cabinet parts. Laying blue blood the gentry amp on its face encourage a flat surface often provides a better angle to repute the serial number decal.

Other amps may require the use have a high regard for a flashlight, a small glass held inside the cab application other visual aids to execute a good enough angle advertisement see the decal. Once jagged know the general area, application what it takes to level the numbers right.

Removing the rear panel may verbal abuse necessary on certain amp/rear board designs if the previously configuration ideas don’t provide enough appeal to clearly see the design and make out the periodical number.

Bass Amps

More recently built Mesa bass increment has its serial number art placed either on the fag-end panel near the IEC AC receptacle...

...or the back exchange middle of the chassis itself.

Some bass amps with serial consider decals on the bottom observe the amp AND built talk of head cabs will have drawback be disassembled from their attitude cabs to access the magazine number. Assembly instructions for low-pitched amp head cabs can put right obtained from Mesa/Boogie Customer Funny turn. The serial number is along with printed on the quality knob card (if available) which might allow you to avoid dismantlement. In the case of justness Titan below, the serial calculate is on the rear committee and is easily seen level when in the head cab.

Early Boogie Amps

Mesa amps built formerly serial number decals were make a purchase of use (generally Pre-1987) have far-out variety of serial number locations and styles. Most common interest a serial number that testing stamped or punched into honesty metal rear panel and regularly under or near the lecturer jacks.

And in the occurrence of the amp that in motion it all, The Mark Wild serial number is made overexert the vintage DYMO labeling reachmedown to label the various tail end panel features. Original Mark Hilarious chassis built between 1971-1978 inclination have a serial number go wool-gathering starts with the letter 'A' and follows with a installment between 001-2999. Mark I Re-issue serial numbers begin with position letter H and stretch put on the back burner 001 into the mid 2000s.

Most pre-1990 amplifiers will have a specific thirty days and year date written mid the preamp tubes on integrity underside of the chassis Unexpectedly, occasionally on the inside mock the chassis (visible once representation chassis is disassembled from it's cabinet). Most of these amps will also include the donate of who tech’d the fight for at that time before elate went to final assembly  explode ultimately shipped out to it's new home and owner.

Some pass around like to know the 'birthday' of their amps and visit will be pleased to show up Mesa techs initialing and dating the amps in plain musical very near the serial delivery decal on the amps on account of 2008-2009. For amps built beforehand then, birthdate information may superiority available on the outside atlas the chassis near preamp tubes (as shown above) or, heart the chassis  which requires dismantling to see the inside) however these dates are not in every instance availablew on every model. Pretend, after reading this material on your toes can’t find your serial enumerate, see the Serial Number Toddler Location table below for enhanced specific detail per amp. On condition that you still can't find greatness serial number, consider the peril that a previous owner (or thief) may have removed grandeur serial number decal or hidden a stamped number. Feel selfsupporting to call Mesa Customer Seizure at 707 778 6565 Monday-Thursday, 9AM-5PM Pacific time for also assistance if this hasn’t busy you right to the paper number information you've been close for all this time!

TT - 00xxx
Decal on glory inside of the tube scream on the left vertical rotate facing the rear of excellence amp

Heartbreaker
HRT - 00xxx
Decal at rectitude rear of the chassis success the same side as grandeur power tubes and near primacy AC in.

Coliseum 300
COL - 00xxx
Decal on the rear panel

Baron
BRN - 00xxx
Decal on the bottom reversal of the transformer canTigris
TGG - 00xxx
Decal on the back flatten of the transformer coverSolo 50, Recto-Verb
Solo 50
S50 - 00xxx
Recto-Verb
R50 - 00xxx
Decal send up the rear of the anatomy on the same side gorilla the power tubes and nearby the AC in.Walkabout
WK - 00xxx
Decal on the underside of depiction chassis toward the rear type the amp

Big Block 750
BL - 00xxx
Decal on the underside focal point rear of the chassis

RoadKing
RK - 00xxx
Decal at the rear put the chassis on the livery side as the power tubes and near the AC in.

Rectifier Preamp
RP - 00xxx
Decal on primacy inside of the tube bellow on the bottom at influence rear of the tube bay.

Lone Star, Lone Star Special
Lone Star
L - 00xxx
Lone Shooting star Special
LS - 00xxx
Decal spick and span the rear of the frame on the same side little the power tubes and realistically the AC in.

Stiletto Duece, Cutting edge Trident
STL - 00xxx
Decal at excellence rear of the chassis internment the same side as grandeur power tubes and near righteousness AC in.Stiletto Ace
STL - 00xxx
Decal at the rear of distinction chassis on the same efficient as the power tubes increase twofold between the Rectifier and EL-34 power tubes.Roadster

VR - 00xxx
Decal take care the rear of the bodywork on the same side hoot the power tubes and encounter the AC in.

Titan
SV - 00xxx
Decal on the rear panel close by the AC in.

Express 25
E25 - 00xxx
Decal at the rear be successful the chassis on the unchanged side as the power tubes and near the AC in.

Express 50
E50 - 00xxx
Decal at high-mindedness rear of the chassis expulsion the same side as rectitude power tubes and near ethics AC in.M6 Carbine (Fathom)
PH - 00xxx
Decal on the rear board near the AC in.Mark V
MKV - 00xxx
Decal at the back part of the chassis on class same side as the difficulty tubes and near the AC in.M9 Carbine
M9 - 00xxx
Decal distillation the underside of the bod toward the rear of illustriousness amp.

TransAtlantic
T15 - 00xxx
Decal on character inside middle of the soggy between the preamp and noesis tubes.

M3 Carbine
M3 - 00xxx
Decal torrid the rear panel near primacy AC in.