MESA/Boogie California Tweed™ 6V6 4:Forty Official Demo

The all-tube California Tweed™ 6V6 4:Forty combines the best of classic tweed and blackface circuits in a simple, single-channel, pedal-friendly format. Powered by four 6V6 power tubes, our patented Multi-Watt™ power amp provides wattage options to fit any application. From 40 watts of gig-able clean headroom with four 6V6s down to two watts with two 6V6s wired in Triode and Pentode/Single-Ended, the perfect power-to-clip ratio is just a switch. Stunning, all-tube reverb offers nuance or vintage depth and is also footswitchable while your favorite effects will integrate beautifully in the finely tuned input or the tube buffered FX Loop. All the essential features you need, none of the complexity you don’t, and delicious 6V6 Tone at any wattage.
Available as a 1x12 combo or medium (23”) head, the California Tweed Series also welcomes two vintage-tuned, matching 1x12 & 2x12 extension cabinets that deliver the classic resonance of the Cali-Tweed voice.
Playing by Kris Dilbeck of Mesa Customer Service and Doug West, Director of R & D. Recorded with various California Tweed 1x12 and 2x12 Cabinets with Jensen Black Bird speakers. Mic’d with a Shure SM57, Shure KSM313 and an Avatone CK-40 stereo room mic. Mixed 33% SM57, 33% KSM313, and 33% Avatone CK-40.
For more information on the California Tweed Amplifier:
www.mesaboogie.com/amplifiers/...
And the California Tweed Cabinet Series:
1x12
www.mesaboogie.com/cabinets--s...
2x12
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[@void-hf5sk]

Thank you Tony Hawk

[@TheSavageGospel]

😂

[@gabosaurius]

There goes your thumb up kind sir, thankyou for the laugh.

[@paulsimmons5726]

Holy Cow! Now there's an amp that sounds crystal clear but still has some "oomph"! This amp would be just what a one-man act could appreciate and use.

[@JB_Eckl]

I first used this amp on a session with Los Lobos guitarist David Hidalgo. He played a G&L and a Firebird through it, no pedals, and got so many insane tones from it that I ended up keeping the amp. This is a GREAT old-school flavored entry from Mesa; easy to carry and loud enough for gigs, quiet enough for home. Sounds fantastic at edge of breakup of course, but also amazing at full gain for those early Santana/Bluesbreakers tones. Absolutely overjoyed about the Tweed.

[@johnroberts838]

The Genius of Mesa, what a Sweet Tone, Articulate and nicely rounded note definition. This will be another Classic Mesa Amplifier! I am Proud to own the Mesa Mini 25 Rec and a Mesa 4 X 12 V30 Cab, The sweetest and Nastiest Amp I have ever owned, I cannot speak highly enough of the High Quality and meticulous attention to detail. The same goes for Mesa's Pedals 👍👍👍. Melbourne, Australia.

[@mesaboogie]

Thanks so much for the incredibly kind words, John! Glad the amp is serving well and thanks for checking out the latest and greatest! :)

[@taterfight]

Everyone is making simple, single channel pedal amps and I love it! This sounds beautiful and look at the light blue tolex @6:33

[@sooparticular]

fuck pedal amps...this is all u need son

[@therealrobstark2916]

What a great amp the tone didnt change at all when changing wattage. Great Job guys

[@tomz1989]

Had the chance to try it out a year ago... Still dreaming about its sound. Probably the best ive ever played in my entire life. Warm organic and powerful

[@siavashmassoudi]

Played one of these for the first time at the Gibson room at NAMM this year and it is now on my bucket list of amps I want 😭

[@michaelstone7514]

That is one of the best sounding amps boogie has put out in decades.

[@gair1944]

I think it sounds GREAT! Nice job. Excited to try one

[@dlpasco]

Sounds absolutely gorgeous

[@Jalliams]

Who would have thought the bloke who’s been so influential in designing some of the most renowned & versatile hi-gain amps for the best part of 20 years is a pretty darn handy blues player! Depth at MESA. Cheers, Doug!

[@sanketkhadilkar8219]

No shit!!

[@markw9512]

The Jensen Blackbird speaker is amazing. I recently stuck one in my Mark IIb that I purchased new from you guys way back in the day, and man that totally changed the character of that amp, it's amazing! As always with the Mark IIb, a lot of care and patience (and research) is the ticket to dial in the sweet spot for both channels, but was definitely made easier with the Jensen. EV that came with it wasn't even close!

[@justinpaquette224]

This video is what got me to stick a black bird in my twin, definitely an upgrade from what was in there

[@robertmailloux3720]

Thanks Mesa ! This is a beautiful instrument.Another gem that will make me wonder if I play the guitar or the amp.This is the case with my Boogie MK4b head and Recto 212 cab since I bought it. This is also nice and portable.The wattage is perfect.

[@vladzubac5360]

MesaEngineering=Godly tones, it's incredible what Doug and the team have done refining these amps over the years, and the continuous improvement and usability.

[@jamesfox8930]

glad they chose a tele. same thing i was thinking immediately when hearing the amp

[@JourneymanActor]

Beautiful amp. Great blues sound

[@_RLP]

Totally up my alley. I'm a sucker for single channel 6v6 circuits and this has an awesome sound. Seriously thinking about getting one. Btw, great playing, guys. The 335 and black strat segments were amazing.

[@mesaboogie]

Many thanks, Ricardo - appreciate the kind words and glad you're digging it.

[@dannyk9493]

You guys should do a demo video with it taking a bunch of different pedals from pres to mods, delays & verbs

[@AladimGTR]

Yet again, you guys come up with something so incredible, that I’m ready to sell my kidney to get my hands on one of these amps))) Bravo👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@marcusbevz6500]

I played this amp through both strat, and les Paul with p90’s…. Let me tell you that no matter what the settings where at, it always sounded good and that’s the difference between a good amp and a great amp, the great amp you plug straight in and it just sounds good snd as I played it sounded inspiring and that’s what a great amp is all about

[@DaveStejna]

Great job guys, sounds awesome.

[@andrewrwhitfield]

Sweet!!! Well done guys!

[@jeremythornton433]

Sounds gorgeous.

[@Martell276]

Super cool amp. Love the simplicity. Now I need one to compliment my Mark V:25

[@timothyplonk4266]

I love tweed amps and single channel amps. The power at 40 watts,etc,and tone controls offer what the vintage amps didnt-a midrange and presence control (presence was on some Fender amps). Love the tone,a MUST HAVE AMP.

[@markstapleton4364]

A stunning sounding amp!!

[@DamianS1893]

Sweet looking and sounding Amp

[@CFox.7]

Im a long way from being able to do an amp like this justice but ... dayammm i enjoy listening to it in this clip !

[@softdev1]

Just bought a head and 1x12. Been wanting this for 2 years

[@canyonproductions7683]

Congrats! Im soo in

[@kraid80]

looks and sounds GREAT

[@dvincentblack]

Lovely! I love my Road King v2 Head and RK Cab, and my 2x12 Electra Dyne, and my new TC-100 Head and 2x12 upright cab! I need more Mesa's! Lol. Don

[@pdbordelon]

Finest amp Ive ever owned, wow, GET IT!

[@jmsclbwmn]

This looks great! Can’t wait to watch more later. 👍🏻

[@jmsclbwmn]

Yeah, Boogie’s always good for a little hyperbole. It makes their manuals that much more fun to read.

[@Oldmonstonian1]

Sounds incredible (listening through ARCAM D/A converter, ARCAM FMJ and PMC speakers). I've had 4 Boogie amps, using LS Classic now, all brilliant sounding. Nick Guppy gave this a 10/10 Gold review in Guitarist magazine and he knows what he's talking about. I don't understand the negative comments, I also own H&K and Fender amps and have had Vox, Peavey, Selmer and Marshall over the years, all have their own merits.

[@fjk1138]

Sounds beautiful! Man, I'd love to hear a Gretsch played through one of these.

[@guitarocd9984]

I remember exactly when your first amps came out. The shop I hung out in received one. You change the world as far as amp design goes. Your amps did everything from day one. I remember it well. Because I couldn't afford it. LOL but we never complained they were worth every penny. So all the complainers save your money and buy a real amp. You could sell the first amp you put out there and it would still be better than the stuff on the market today.

[@russelljr4026]

Love the sound

[@lance134679]

I like everything about this. I'm not as much into the Mark V, as it doesn't really suit my classic rock/country/blues/surf kind of music, so these early '60s Fender-inspired amps are right in my wheel house.

[@renzosilver295]

Great AMP marvelous sound !!!

[@jasong546]

I don’t understand the hate. For example I can’t think of a feature that is not included in an amp like the mark V:25, but makes people mental when missing from amps that cost almost as much. A tweed amp is a circuit, and fender wants a grand for their most faithful champ, 2000 for a 12 watt deluxe, and 3k for the 57 twin. That twin has great sound sure. But it has zero flexibility, no speaker outs, no effects loop, only a combo, and has no power level choices. Why do you hate flexibility in this, but celebrate spending 3 grand on an amp with zero features? Here you can also do a 2x12. You can’t do it with a 2k deluxe. So if you think it’s stupid because it’s not worth spending the money on a tweed circuit in a box that helps also with your other gear or with the sound guy at your gig, and you think it sucks cause they didn’t choose to dime the amp so you think you know what it truly sounds like, instead of playing one, then you pretty much should be happy with your blues jr. Don’t save until you can get one, just dime your ac4 in the guest bedroom and dial in the magic tones you get with that. I look forward to giving it a try myself.

[@dressedtosmellgood]

that yellow tele they use for all their demos never fails to delight me

[@gentlewolf1279]

The tele sounded awesome through this!

[@michaelcorrieri6117]

That sound starting at 2:58 holy smokes... love it!

[@barrywalsh2154]

I agree with you there man,that tele sounds unreal,its the sound in a lot of guys heads

[@LeviBulger]

Fantastic design.

[@neloramirezguitar]

Sounds great 🤟🏻

[@AM-ss3dx]

this is going to be a hit!

[@mesaboogie]

Appreciate the kind words, Benjamin! :)

[@garyjford1981]

Beautiful!

[@billspruce8368]

I own this head... I love it... it also sounds great into a H&K 2x12 with the V30's.

[@BenJBrandt]

YES!! i can get on board with this

[@FloridaManMatty]

Mesa is going to design me into bankruptcy! I’ve been wishing for years they’d come up with something that was the best of Mesa architecture and build quality mixed with Fender clean. Suuuure looks like they’ve nailed it with this one. It’s settled. I will have the combo by month’s end. Just...WOW.

[@EricVera539]

Dayum! This is awesome! Love it! (:

[@bareknuckles2u]

Those killer riffs with that Gibson...oh yes!

[@Boomheyyou]

Trying to be funny cause that’s not a Gibson

[@stanesposito2664]

Sounds great! Doug, you're so serious! LOL! 😊

[@lucassantana4528]

Amazing!

[@kaneo67]

I love it that the main dude uses zero reverb so you can actually tell that the amp is awesome with no fake effects.just that beautiful bouncy fender plus quality mesa boogie tube amp sound.no fakery.the second guy plays amazingly too,and I guess his job is to show how well the amp sounds with such effects like reverb/chorus/delay.beautiful amp.i have a mesa son of boogie.apparently the same circuitry as a mark 1.sounds beautiful.if I had more money I would get a Mexican strat or tele.but my Ibanez roadstar sounds warm and awesome,just different than the springy bouncy strat sound.I will get a second electric guitar someday with that sound I hope!

[@mesaboogie]

Thanks for the kind words, Jon - glad the demo is working for ya! :)

[@kaneo67]

@@mesaboogie oh I am a kind person,but you don't need to be overly kind to love a boogie.the demo says it all.A musical fetish of mine is to get my friends or aquaintances to play my rig.I get desensitised to my own way of playing or EQ settings,so its cool to see good(or even not very good) players play through my mesa.They make average players break out into new territory,or old covers or chord progressions take on new life.thats why I got such a musical boner over the demo.very well put together demo too.no effects guitar player,then an effects guitar player.The reason why I bought my boogie was because when I plugged my crybaby through it,it sounded like the funk albums I was trying to emulate,or jimis burning of the midnight lamp.My previous transistor amp did not do my crybaby justice.i really got it just for that reason.But I now understand that they are the best for so many other reasons

[@kaneo67]

@@mesaboogie could you please send me any links about son of boogies? they are hard to research

[@davidjanzen4067]

Ok guys I bought this amp head and 2x12.u rant going to believe me but I ab,d it with granddad 63 vibrolux and in 40 watt mode louder but tone and game onset PRETTY DANG CLOSE.In fact it's more Brown face than tweed.Got vibroluxe wine in spades when pushed keely javaboost .

[@adamb4906]

I thought I was content (Lonestar & Fender Hot Rod Deluxe) now here comes Mesa with this California series! Perfect for a classic rock and blues player and I am sure I could get some nice rhythm out of it. Mesa is my number 1 , but I always kept a Fender around for the cleans, but now I can get the best of both Worlds in one amp!

[@kents2908]

Just got one. Best sounding amp ever. Holy grail sound yeeee haaaa

[@alainrosso568]

Hello.The clean sounds awesome?How do you like it?

[@kents2908]

alain rosso it is amazing

[@alainrosso568]

@@kents2908 Cool enjoy it..

[@CarlyonProduction]

what other tweed style amps have you owned? Just curious. I do like the sound of this thing but really wanted to hear it at full power with the master all the way up. Hard to tell how the power amp sounds if its not pushed at all

[@AS__77]

Basically the same look and price of a Victory V40 Deluxe. This Boogie just has it, though. Never played a Mesa/Boogie I didn't love!

[@bootgrip6]

This dude dances like Forrest Gump when he plays. Can’t wait try this amp out though!

[@1willywonker]

Low sounds nice

[@fireflame608]

I loved dual and triple rectifiers but I don't play metal so I never wanted one. This...on the other hand...I can't wait to see what a bunch of OD pedals sound like with this.

[@revol40]

That blue one is Ace!

[@ferlottes]

MAGNIFIQUE !!!!!

[@davidmahoherrezuelo]

I like this beauty with single coils...

[@alexzmixing]

I dont care if it sounds like a fender or what (IT SHOULDNT BE ANYWAY), if it sounds good, it sounds good, and IT SOUNDS DAMN GOOD.

[@sargentppeper]

Excellent!!! :)

[@mesaboogie]

Thanks, Michael!

[@riffinpeace6667]

this is nice but nothing beats the clean tone of a lonestar

[@savagewakolee2116]

Go play a Mesa California Tweed! I was extremely impressed, it's like a mix between a Fender Blues DeVille and a Marshall DSL40 it's super legit no joke, I want one bad! Or better yet don't try one, because once you do you'll be unhappy with you current amp.... 😂 I've never tried a Lonestar though so I can't compare the two but I sure do love the California Tweed... Have a good day and keep Jamming!

[@yakshrajsingh8121]

Naah i dont like lonestar , it doesnt focus only on clean tone like this one. It has all the metal music kinda stuff which i dont need, so no worth buying an amp with dirty controls if i dont want them

[@rafamcm]

4:06 Perfect John Mayer tone!! The black strat sounds awesome.

[@michaelcarter3334]

The ultimate compliment to Fender. I'll still take the Fender, but imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

[@Fabiomangano]

🔝🔝🔝🔝Great Sounds

[@beauwolf5729]

Looks and sounds beautiful and classy. IF you ever feel the need to give an amp away dear Mesa (because you hit your head against a beam or got electricuted) please think of me.😉

[@jackp.walker6247]

GOTTA get one of these for a test drive !!!

[@cazziebb1707]

Thanks Froggy

[@candyylove4951]

god damn that sounds fucking great

[@davidjanzen4067]

P.s. guitar I used to ab with vibrolux was 2018 les paul special p90.s

[@MrTyphoontyphoon]

well, guys, are you preparing a preamp so far ? i miss the Triaxis , maybe something triaxis monster-ish ?

[@fatherlarsathon]

2:58 -- yowza. What a sound.

[@AndyHardwake]

I'm really curious how well it takes Mesa pedals, especially my favorite Flux Drive. Any chance you guys can try it with all 4 original ones? many thanks in advance.

[@EngelbertHumperdinck86]

Low input full power sounds huge even at low volumes. Boogie amps are in a league of their own.

[@pdbordelon]

Beautiful amp and tone. Can someone tell me what tuning he is using starting around 2.42? Thanks

[@electricurinal]

Was expecting some Neil Young-ish CSN&Y "Woodstock"-style overdrive... didn't hear it. Does it do it? You'd think it should. Other than the lack of channel cloning and other minor features, I wonder how it's sound/feel differs from the Fillmore... which I was also very excited about.

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Guy with the black guitar sounds amazing. What r his settings? 🤔

[@yanna.3085]

Hi Mesa thanks for this new amazing amp! Could you please tell me what are the pedals used with the strat?

[@mesaboogie]

Thanks, Bibish! Appreciate the kind words. The Overdrive pedal is the Mesa Gridslammer and the delay is the Jim Dunlop Carbon Copy

[@ehmmmjay9907]

Mesa Tweed amp?!? Is Petrucci about to drop a blues album?

[@newking70]

😅😅😅

[@jonathonfuqua6730]

😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣 you really don't know Mesa do you

[@rypatmackrock]

That would be a funny possibility, let alone Joe Bonamassa trying them out. As a Bay Area native, trained by a guitar teacher who personally knows Doug West and the Mesa boogie team , (along with previously owning a mark 2B and a mark three with a 2x12 cabinet and an 80s digital stereo rack rig from what I remember), and particularly reading in books let alone the videos; mesa boogie started out with Randall Smith repairing audio equipment that soon lead to contemporary fender amplifiers. The first two famous examples were jokingly fitting a fender Princeton amp with a fender baseman circuit and a 12 inch JBL speaker for the guitarist of country Joe and the Fish. The next major seal of approval comment was from Carlos Santana after trying out the early mark 1 amps, where he famously stated, “That amp really boogies!” When Randall Smith finally branded the name of his business, the legend goes that his original address was on Mesa Avenue in Mill valley or the rural town of Lagunitas in Marin County where I grew up. Since the 80s from what I remember, they have stayed at that same Petaluma factory as they proudly cherish. Every mesa boogie fan or curious Music fans should watch the three-part documentary series on the KZbin channel of Mesa boogie‘s history. Part one: the beginnings with Santana as explained. Part two: the 1980s with the Mark 2C+ and Metallica. Part three: the dual rectifiers in the modern era.

[@cedarbay3994]

Would like to hear it with a Celestion instead of a Jensen Jensens have a certain reedyness in tweeds that I also hear here

[@Indiegaze]

Amp number 2 million that has a nice blues rock sound...just what we needed...

[@eyeceeyooh]

Is it possible to switch out the speaker on the Tweed 23 speaker cabinet? Or is it like the fillmore 19 where you can't switch it out?

[@sctses]

How much would you charge to put the multi-watt power amp on the jp-2c?

[@123lowp]

cool amp

[@scruffystrat]

how much does it weigh?? sounds great❤️🌻

[@samiam7342]

boogie does it again! i prefer the tcm-100 though..............

[@filks6004]

It just sounds so compressed in all settings like it’s stuck under the duvet. It feels stifled, muffled. Would a speaker change be possible to open the sound up? Love everything else about it.

[@Stashmanfpv]

I said the same thing…. ✌🏼

[@sam-browne]

So you love everything except how this guitar amplifier sounds?

[@stratocastermaster9]

I think that actually sounded better than a real tweed.

[@pabloperez4063]

When you are soloing with the stratocaster... Are you plugged into a pedal? Which one? 0r is it a foots witch from the AMP itself??...

[@vze2gsgr]

At 4:05 looks like he's stepping on a Mesa Boogie Grid Slammer overdrive pedal.

[@marcobruin9438]

Looks and sounds great! ...but why not just take a 2nd hand Mesa Blue Angel and put it on the 6V6 mode through a good 1x12" or 2x12"?

[@williamking8684]

what u said here is tone gold

[@hhattingh]

This may be just be my happily ever after amp.

[@RNFORLAW]

Ain't nothing like a Fender Tweed !

[@Steven-zg5bq]

coming from a deaf man

[@S0UNDC1TY]

Played one of these in Chicago and loved the tone so much I ordered one before I even got back to WV. It was bad out of the box with a constantly glassy harmonic sound out of the head (techs determined it wasn't the tubes). Got a warranty replacement which had the exact same issue right out of the box. Very sad! Things are all better now as my third replacement was a Morgan PR12. Love the amp but not sure what's happening with the QC over there. Hope it's just a bad batch of parts or some pandemic mistakes.

[@tylermanharth9110]

You’re not accustomed to Gibson QC are you? 1 in 5 are good, 1 in 20 are great. Just the way it goes.

[@S0UNDC1TY]

@@tylermanharth9110 I've had to learn this the hard way lol

[@USSLIBERTYREMEMBERER]

Tyler Manharth I was literally RIGHT about to buy one until you reminded me Mesas are gibson products now😭😭😭 Thanks a lot bro, sincerely. You may have just saved me thousands of bucks and months of headache

[@S0UNDC1TY]

@@USSLIBERTYREMEMBERER what amp were you looking at getting?