Mesa Boogie Factory Tour-Assembly & Hammer Test

www.premierguit... PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Petaluma, CA, where he tours the Mesa Boogie factory. In the third part of the tour, we get to see the assembly process where the circuit board is checked and inserted into the chassis. In addition, we check out the implementation of transformers and tubes. The video concludes with the Mesa "hammer test" where technicians use the handle of a hammer to recreate drops and damage in the rock world.
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[@vincelupone]

7:40 - I know this is 14 years later, but that Express sounds amazing right here.

[@estevio2]

He's right about these amps being able to handle a doofus dropping them. One night I had too much Guinness and after our set I was taking my gear off stage, forgot my amp was still on top of the cab, grabbed the top cab and started taking it off the bottom cab, thought it was just more heavy than usual because I was "tipsy", then I was smacked in the head and heard my amp slam on the stage and bounce a bit and roll to a stop. I was a dead man. But not only did it work fine afterward, but NOT A SCRATCH! I was a lucky doofus that night, thank you Mesa Boogie for building good shit!

[@misterstratocaster]

The Boogie I ordered new in 1982 is still going strong. I like to describe it as still able to rip your face off.

[@Turboy65]

That hammer test is not the same hammer test that the early Boogies were subjected to. On a Mark I or Mark II, the hammer dents on the back heat sink and chassis area are scars for life. Some serious hammering occurred.

[@sonofliberty92]

Gotta love that boogie.

[@MistahhB]

Amazing QC

[@scottjackson4383]

Meas Boogie is hands down the best amp brand ever i live my Mini Rec \m/

[@Chip666Hazard]

@kizmetx yeah, but be glad that you´re american. got my Rectoverb last friday and paid 2400 euros for it! nevertheless i´m so glad i finally got my hands on it, love it man... Mesa rulez, love to see the factory- process!!

[@ahmedrashed78]

5 year warranty? In dubai they only provide 1 year!

[@GraemeSPa]

running foxy stout???? jesus H Christ - where you make that up?

[@MikeGtrMan]

They do, but often there are a lot less knobs on a Marshall compared to a Mesa.

[@Turboy65]

Look at a JVM410 and tell me that. LOL.

[@MikeGtrMan]

Haha, true XD but still.. even compared to a Roadking II... that amp is just insanse.

[@sparkyguitar0058]

Less knobs, easier to fix down the road. Mesa has great ideas just doesn't execute properly.

[@northmanlogging2769]

beat the snot outa my mesa for years, thrown it, kicked, dropped smashed guitars on it, still rockin, granted its got a different speaker now, cause smashish, and I broke some tubes during load in once... otherwise more or less original dc-5

[@VladicD]

Well there guys really don't slack around on QC.

[@builditwithlegos]

Yeah, I was like, "wow I want that job," and then the guy in the video mentions how everyone probably wants to do it.

[@bolijack]

@CarcPazu Ask them if they are Unionized :-((

[@ericwilliams7374]

Can I work here and get paid in "amps" please!!!!!!!!???????

[@demonspain23]

wish i could afford a mesa... ill be lucky if i can buy a bugera..

[@OriginalAtomicSheep]

Although this is the way I pronounce the word, the way he says it makes more sense as its spelt CH not SH but thats the quirky english language for ya.

[@KapaH8sU]

IF i'd work there i would be definetly like.. lost

[@bkyriakid]

me as amp tester : guitar tests per day ~ 2

[@hartistry1957]

Sounds fantastic, even on these shitty piezos.

[@OriginalAtomicSheep]

@Slashfan90210 Yep, I think American English is a lot closer to the way German is... pronounce exactly what is written. You Brits confuse people with all the silent H and shass see :D, even though I speak like that myself.

[@GraemeSPa]

interesting to see but very amateurish camera work - makes me feel seasick.

[@StefanPriceUK]

The word Chassis is pronounced SHASS SEE.