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From humble beginnings to worldwide recognition, Mesa/Boogie was and has remained the original boutique craftory, hand-making amplifiers of uncompromising quality from the world’s finest materials. Mesa/Boogie’s values — passion, drive, integrity, and excellence — have guided half a century of breakthrough innovations. They have elevated the amplifier into an instrument in its own right, one with the power to shape and create musical genres.
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MESA/BOOGIE
history
1960’s - 1980’s
The spirit of art in technology.
The Mesa/Boogie story is a quintessentially American one fueled by genius and innovation, a lot of passion and hard work, and a willingness to try the not-yet-possible.
THE FIRST “BOOGIE” AMP (1969)
Wanting to play a prank, Randall Smith cuts open a little Princeton practice amp, and jams it full of reconfigured high-powered parts. Carlos Santana tries out this wolf in sheep’s clothing, and proclaims, “Man that little thing really Boogies!”
MESA ENGINEERING IS BORN (1971)
Mesa Engineering, a name he makes up on the spot at the County Office, will become known worldwide.
THE MARK I (1972)
After modifying more than two hundred Boogie amps in a converted dog kennel workshop known as the Toneshack, Smith invents a breakthrough high-gain cascading pre-amp architecture, allowing sustain without the need for high volume.
THE MARK II (1980)
At the dawn of a new decade, the company pioneers yet another landmark feature in guitar amplification with the introduction of the world’s first Dual Mode amplifier, the MARK II.