Mesa/Boogie Fillmore 50 Combo
Product information "Mesa/Boogie Fillmore 50 Combo"
Introducing the MESA/Boogie® Fillmore™ 50™. Discover the new amplifier with vintage sound and looks, inspired by the other branch of the Boogie® family tree. At its heart and soul, the Fillmore 50 features the most expressive gain level ever achieved in a simple platform with 2 (identical) channels and 3 operating modes, available in traditional sizes and in combo and head formats.
The name refers to the famous venues on both US coasts where, for decades, everyone who was anyone in the classic rock scene performed. Those who have tested this new amplifier describe it as extremely responsive, nuanced, organic and... "vintage magic". With subtle saturation that enhances your style without overshadowing it.
2 completely independent channels selectable via footswitch with 3 Mode Channel Cloning™
Channel 1 and 2 features: Cloned clean, drive, and HI modes with independent controls for gain, treble, mid, bass, presence, and reverb, plus master volume control
Vintage full-tube reverb spiral, long tank, independent channel controls
- Channels: 2
- Country of Origin: USA
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 45.4 x 57.8 x 25.7 cm
- EQ: Gain, Treble, Middle, Bass, Presence, Master, Reverb
- Effects: Hall / Reverb
- Gain Levels: 3 per channel
- Headphone output with speaker mute: no
- Impedance: 4/8 ohms
- Includes: Footswitch and cover
- Inserts: Series
- Loudspeaker Type: Celestion Custom 90
- Loudspeakers: 1x 12"
- Output for Extension Speakers: yes
- Power: 50 W
- Power Amp Valves: 2x 6L6
- Power Range: 41 - 50 W
- Pre Amp Valves: 5x 12AX7
- Special Features: Power can be reduced from 50 to 25 watts, fully buffered effects loop, three different style modes (clean, drive, high), Vintage style construction / acoustic
- Technology: Valve
- Weight: 20,25 kg
In the late 1960s Randall Smith, one of the most famous amp repairers in the San Francisco Bay Area, was inspired to build his own amplifiers after developing a fondness for the tweed circuits of the 1950s. He loved their organic sound, the effective controls and the way the tone gently moved from clean to distortion and back again when the gain control was used.
To push forward with his own amplifier designs and concepts, he settled in Pentaluma, California in 1969 and worked on further developing his amps.
The characteristic, heavily distorted sound of his Mesa/Boogie amplifiers was initially the result of an electrically mis‑dimensioned preamp. Founder Randall Smith wasn’t sure whether the preamp’s output would be enough to drive the power amp, and he built it with four twin triodes, of which the first seven triodes are still used today to amplify the input signal.
Many years later Mesa/Boogie has grown into one of the major global players in the market for high‑end guitar and bass amplifiers and is a leader in the development of modern amp designs and circuits. The American company also holds several patents on special features and circuits, such as Multi‑Watt™, Dyna‑Watt™ and the Mesa CabClone™ cab simulator, which you’ll certainly come across when browsing our selection of Mesa/Boogie products.
Of course, a maker of such innovative and high‑quality products has by now also gathered a large fanbase among professional musicians who got hooked on Mesa/Boogie amps. The best known users of Mesa/Boogie amps include the already mentioned Carlos Santana, Larry Carlton, Angus Young, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Adam Jones, Mark Tremonti and Dave Grohl. Of course these aren’t the only famous Mesa/Boogie users, and Mesa/Boogie also boasts a large and steadily growing following among studio musicians and hobby guitarists. Maybe you’ll soon be part of the next generation of the Mesa/Boogie fan community?
