MESA/Boogie Mark VII Demo

MESA/Boogie’s Mark Series evolves with more than 50 years of innovation crafted into the new Mark VII Head, Rackmount Head, and 1x12 Combo. Iconic Boogie circuits and familiar features we’ve pioneered have been reexplored, enhanced, and melded with new voices and tools in an easy layout for players to use to dial in inspirational tones, experience the ultimate responsiveness/feel of tube amplification, and simply enjoy playing.
Within the Mark VII’s 3 Channel, 9 Mode preamp are the iconic circuits of the Mark IIB™, Mark IIC+™, and Mark IV™, the legendary Mark Series Clean, Fat, and Crunch modes, and a new modern high-gain Mode full of character and attitude (more shredding than previous Mark amps and more vocal than a Recto), aptly named Mark VII.
Channel Modes
Ch. 1 = Clean, Fat, or Crunch
Ch. 2 = Fat, Crunch, or Mark VII™
Ch. 3 = Mark IIB™, Mark IIC+™, or Mark IV™
Each Channel features:
• Independent 3-Position Style Mode Switch
• Graphic EQ Assignment Switch (On, Off, or Footswitchable)
• Patented Watt Multi-Watt™ 90/45/25 Power Amp Switch
• Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, & Master Controls
• Reverb Control (Footswitchable)
• 8-Position CabClone IR Select Control (back-panel)
The Boogie® Five-Band Graphic EQ, at the heart of chart-topping guitar sounds since the 70s, appears again on this Mark Series amp and acts as a powerful footswitchable or channel assignable tone shaping tool. Add dimension & ambience to the tones you’ve dialed by blending in the ideal amount of lush, tube-driven, analog spring reverb with individual controls for each channel found on the front panel of the Mark VII. A seamless, footswitchable, tube-buffered, series effects loop provides an onboard patch point for effects between the preamp and power section.
Perfectly tailor the Mark VII’s power section to the tones you craft in the preamp using our patented Multi-Watt™ Channel Assignable Power combined with our exclusive Simul-Class™ power. Simul-Class simultaneously marries the efficiency and boldness of Class A/B operation with the warmth and smooth transition to clipping of Class A to create the ultimate in vintage tube tone with modern power and headroom. Choose between 90 Watts of high headroom/tight-tracking Simul-Class power, 45 watts of harmonically complex Class A Pentode power, or 25 watts of sweet, clip-able Class A Triode power. A Bias Select switch gives players the option of swapping out the 6L6 power tubes the VII ships with for EL34s.
Our CabClone IR Direct circuitry, developed in partnership with Two Notes, offers 8 popular MESA Rectifier & Boogie Cabinet Impulse Responses to choose from per Channel for great sounding, quick & easy to use Direct recording, live front-of-house interfacing, or listening with headphones. Its reactive load provides a natural feel as well as protection for the amp when employed in those places where
cabinetry isn’t ideal or feasible. The VII’s DI Section also covers players needing an unfiltered feed for re- amping purposes by providing a ¼” Buffered Dry/Untreated Line Out.
The Mark VII employs MIDI Program Change and Control Change capabilities, enabling you to call up any one of the Channels with MIDI Program Change commands along with your processors that respond to MIDI for one-button convenience in live performance applications. A 6-button (3 x 3) footswitch ships with each amp, allowing players to channel switch and turn on or off their Reverb, FX Loop, and Graphic EQ.
Well over 50 years of everything we know about crafting the world’s best tube amplifiers has gone into our new Mark Series flagship amplifier, the Mark VII, with careful attention paid to supplying the voices and features most requested by our community of players. The Mark VII is an amplifier that will undoubtedly provide players with a lifetime of inspiration & great performance. We look forward to you plugging in, experiencing all it offers, and sharing that experience with us!
Learn more at: www.mesaboogie.com/en-US/Colle...
Happy playing! #MesaBoogie #MarkVII
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[@bioteque]

I've never imagined I could see Fender guitars on Gibson TV.

[@majunior1944]

What better way to convert Fender fans? Just don’t focus on the headstock.😅

[@NisGaarde]

It's a really smart move to throw in a Strat and a Tele in the mix here. Btw, there has been lots of Fenders on the various artist guitar collection videos in the past.

[@snwhhwwhwaja1171]

Not the first time tho, they showed all sorts of brands in the collection videos

[@RolandSpecialSauce]

Well they're trying to sell their amp to more than just people who play Gibson guitars.

[@09cangry12]

There are only two kings of guitars, Gibson and Fender. 👑🔥👑

[@SinjaEs]

no sells to EU right now but the actual prices for mesa and gibson gear are also just insane here in europe so domestic companies are in a great position to expand their business 🙏🎸

[@charlesrocks]

What an astonishing amplifier. Nothing compares to a Mesa Mark Series amp. This is an absolute work of art.

[@jtalley85]

I have the Mark VII and its a god machine of an amplifier! I use it mostly in a studio application and omfg its insane. Strats, Les Pauls, PRS, everything is played through it and the tone is otherworldly. Well done Mesa Boogie!

[@jameslwashington1]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[@Michael-bm8hi]

Mesa Boogie stopped sales in Europe silently some two years ago and left behind their client base without any service and supplies - not even a notice. Speaking to amp techs I learned that it will be very hard to find a tech for servicing their amps. Their PCB boards are crowded with parts including multiple opto couplers and more. Difficult to service, difficult to find errors, difficult to repair - in Europe now almost impossible. Even their color coded replacement tubes are not available, which is crucial for their fixed bias design. I am now waiting for the day to come when my Mesa turns silent and from there directly into a piece of expensive electronic waste.

[@carteral-harlem3042]

Speak American.

[@WilliamHaisch]

Sounds great but I can’t afford that. I’ll wait a year for the Epiphone version. 😂

[@Nghilifa]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Twobarpsi]

Hahaaa 😂

[@collectingtengu4905]

good one lol😂

[@Turbo-D]

mesa AND gibson both are not selling anything outside the US right now they have lost their license for replacement parts here in the EU, that is just unbelievable and should be fixed asap 🙈

[@hotblackdesiato3451]

Well that explains it. I was looking at UK retailer sites for the price of the MkVII and it's like Boogie has just vanished off the face of the planet. I'll stick with my Studio Pre & 50:50 power amp.

[@Turbo-D]

@@hotblackdesiato3451 best decision 👍

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

i do like the sound of the bass amps. played through at guitar center.

[@matechabra]

Gibson, you're doing things pretty well

[@Mesatallic]

Where was the Mark VI?

[@nikokaliterna]

Same question over here…

[@burnoutzzz]

Apparently they started working on the mark VI during the pandemic but they had to scrap it. So instead of doing another try at the 6 they skipped right to 7 for some reason lmfao

[@Penisdoll]

Maybe the JP2C counts as a VI :).

[@TheMNB]

@@Penisdoll Sounds plausible.

[@scottkrueger]

No Dual Master for Solos ,the Presets for Post EQ, Mark I... Now instead of choosing Mark I or Crunch on Channel 2, I'd have to choose Crunch or Clean, then Choose No Mark I.... worse! How's this the Mark's History without Mark I ??? My Mark V is staying

[@bisaillion]

Which was the 6?

[@Mesatallic]

Will there be a Mark VII 25 & 35? (I have the Mark V 25, awesome little amp)

[@Twobarpsi]

This dude has CHOPS!!

[@thebostonguitarist7886]

Well it certainly does not sound bad and is a highly versatile beast, the big "but" is when it comes time to repair this monster. Mesa's are notorious for their gimmicky options combined with their badly engineered circuit boards. If you have a quick conversation with most amp techs, they'll warn you about Mesa's long-term reliability and maintenance issues in no uncertain terms. I want to "like" Mesa, they sound good but for the price you could get a new Ceriatone (Marshall style) head & a 6505 ii for roughly the same price. You could buy two amps instead of one adding to the versatility, in addition to having an extra amp on stage if something becomes faulty with the first. Again, I'm not trying to hate on Mesa but the competition is steep. We are not in 1992 with only a few high gain options anymore. I'll wait to see if they've made some improvements to this design, before I axe purchasing one. I'll keep an open mind!

[@ericolson326]

Yay, four of the nine preamp modes are just the same two I would never use included twice.

[@ehmmmjay9907]

Can I just get an amp with only Channel 3 for a third of the price? Lol.

[@brunoantony9257]

needs more knobs

[@deviprasadgarnayak4016]

Beautiful😍 and Inspiring

[@elvis_chen]

I spent a second to realize why Mesa Boogie's product video is in Gibson's channel...

[@gianlucaramundo3284]

The Encyclopedia of tone...

[@nacktheslayer9882]

Please for the love of god use this amp for your future demos lol

[@JRP3music]

I wish there was a noise gate system built in front and the fx loop. I am really curious about the combo amp

[@michaelgiuffre7837]

Mesa’s are notoriously quiet compared to other high amps

[@JRP3music]

@@michaelgiuffre7837 Engel puts them in theirs.

[@Turboy65]

Where's Extreme Mode? Where's the output master volume? Why no widebody version? And how long before you stop building Mark Vs?

[@GraniteSoundtrack]

Was there ever a mark VI? Or are they only going with odd numbers now?

[@JasonDominus]

Mark VI only existed in prototype.

[@YXYgames]

Would have been nice if they finally included 1 scooped mode, all 9 of them have a lot of mids (yes there is the eq but then you lose the eq just to get a scooped sound for 1 channel) And it would be great if they would sell their stuff in europe since they suddenly left

[@thmmke6926]

Dang fantastic, Take this amp and zero pedals and put it up against, any, I mean any boutique tube amp and drive pedal combo, This will win, amazing great job,

[@dv8322]

An Orange Rockaverb will sound just as good for half the price.

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

@@dv8322 sorry bro. It wont.

[@dv8322]

@@Starch1b2c3d4a You are obviously a Mesa fan and that's great. I like Mesa amps as well. Unfortunately, Mesa amps are overpriced and, in my opinion, don't sound as good. I also wonder if the Mesa of today is the same as the Mesa of yesteryear. Gibson acquired Mesa so I wonder if the attention to detail is still the same as it was when Mesa was a standalone company.

[@greedygringoprospecting6941]

add a programmable eq look at the boss eq 200. like 20. different sounds of a 10 band eq. or what you feel is. necessary.

[@dinkodelic]

Mesa is excellent as always... ❤️

[@timothypenn-kd3ps]

Mark VII has the same transformer as JP-2C

[@bleeknoir]

Mesa Mid range. Alive and well.

[@GeneralMiller92FIN]

To be honest I like more Mark V. It's huge mistake that Mark VII skipped the Mark I voicing which is found from Mark V. Mark I is so creamy. If you want to have chocolate cake lead you need the Mark I. I am also very sceptical about that the Master volume is missing.

[@RobinErhage]

Thomann arent selling mesa boogie products anymore, so i dont know how i could get one in sweden

[@gitarman666]

Bs the jp2c? Anybody

[@paradiswest4395]

$3799.00 for the combo, I'll pass.

[@Bwiser63]

SWEETWATER has them for 3499.00$$$$

[@apuAtrain]

The price is absolutely ridiculous. Why not just support a boutique builder at that price point? All those little switches and options only go so far.

[@paradiswest4395]

@@Bwiser63 well gee at that price I should get two of them, Commander Cody!

[@Tiger1016.]

Major disappointment they did not integrate preset setting saving and recalling, via MIDI and also a 2nd graphic EQ! I enjoyed the Mark V while I had it, but these amps are well known to be the most insanely difficult to dial in and this prevented me from being able to really utilize the utility of the impressive versatility that exists. Guess we could maybe see that in 10 years with the Gibson Mark X as long as a 2nd bankruptcy does not lead to a distressed debt hedge fund having their turn with Gibson/Mesa because the private equity firm, KKR, which owns both companies now, does not manage to run everything into the ground.

[@helwigtonefabrication]

How is this “Gibson”TV? Anyways, sounds versatile.

[@Mountainrock70]

I sure don’t need all those knobs

[@apuAtrain]

Price is ridiculous. Sounds anemic tbh. Much better options out there.

[@R1GAMBLER]

dream to own & play... nightmare to service & pay!

[@jessetate9701]

We need metal riffs like as I lay dying A Day to Remember etc no more dad riffs

[@Dovvik]

A guy playing a Strat on Gibson TV, seriously ?! xD

[@poison7512]

This reeks with the stench of Gibson product management

[@rexrathtar3893]

Your unbiased view.

[@tcollacott]

Mark V.2😂

[@myDetailsDetails]

This reminds me of my iPhone speaker

[@dv8322]

$3799 for the combo? Way overpriced. My Orange Dark Terror sounds just fine to me.

[@TheMNB]

Maybe it does, but does it have 3 channels? EQ? CabClone IR? I'm not happy about the price bump either, but have you looked around? Everything costs a lot more now compare to 3 years ago.

[@dv8322]

@@TheMNB I don't need 3 channels and the simple EQ on my Orange works great and I paid $1500 for the amp and the 2x12 cabinet. My Marshall JCM 800 costs $1300 and it works too. Mesa amps are overpriced and they were acquired by Gibson two years ago so I wonder if the attention to quality and sound is still the same.

[@TheMNB]

@@dv8322 Mesas aren't the only high priced amps around. Soldano, Friedman, Two Rock, etc. I mean, hey, if an amp half the cost has the features and sound you're looking for, that's awesome! That's what it's about right? A rig that speaks your soul. But to be fair, if your Orange died and the company was kaput and you couldn't buy another, Mesa does make some amps with less channels, etc that sound great.

[@75YBA]

Printed circuit board = bin amp. Tech’s hate Mesa because they’re a pain to work on.

[@TheNohcim]

These are $4000 amps that are nearly unrepairable and nobody will touch when they inevitably fault. I suspect cheap IC caps too like every mass produced Fender PCB and EVEN handwired amp etc...

[@bartoszbilon]

​@@TheNohcim There are much more complicated repairable electronics than guitar tube amps. This is high quality product and their feature is that they are repairable. Everyone would like to have a simple pleasant one channel point-to-point amp to repair. Complexity of Mesa amps is the result of striving to improve the sound.

[@guitarswh]

I wanted to like the video, but I checked the price and my credit rating wasn’t high enough.

[@HunterRouth]

*Paging John Sykes*

[@joachimlindback]

Mark $7K

[@ofir_likes_beer]

Why

[@MrLABEL56]

чувак как-то коряво играет. недорого вышел наверное...

[@Walks-With-Pride]

Overpriced mediocracy! Much better products are available. Spend your money wisely!

[@dv8322]

Buy an Orange.

[@EatYourOwnBacon]

It’s overpriced but it’s absolutely not mediocre. It’s an amp that contains almost every mark series amp that’s existed, plus a new version. You also need to remember that eggs are also $9 a dozen. So if you’re wondering why it’s $3700 for a combo, sit back and think about it.

[@dv8322]

@@EatYourOwnBacon Gibson acquired Mesa a couple of years ago and I wonder if the attention to detail is still the same.

[@luiggisoundproject]

Mark VII =mark V….same shit

[@szarification]

If you listen (not extremely) carefully, you will definitely NOT hear a sound that has ever been made by any amp maker. EVER. This industry is also dying (artistically) just as many related others. That being said I'm not convinced that anything new could be created in this field, it's just that they are charging ginormous amounts of money for the same thing over and over again while trying to convince people that they are creating something that is new and fresh and better than ever. They are not.

[@ajcajc5429]

overpriced American crap where I live, plus they become a boat anchor if you need a repair as no techs wants to go near them

[@brandbandestudio9085]

Someone who plays better should do the demo.

[@joelbloggs8212]

Far, far, too many knobs. no thanks i'll stick to my trusty fender 63g Deluxe.

[@2550marshall]

C'mon Gibson, sell Mesa to another company (like maybe Fender) and go buy Marshall or work a deal out that you manufacture Marshall in the USA. Or, trade Mesa for B.A.D. A guy that plays a big clunky Gibson does not want an amp that has a 1000 knobs on it and does not have an EL34 DESIGNED power amp. Acquiring Mesa was a dumber move than robot tuners. Coolest guitars in the world with the shittiest amps????

[@mystiquesquared]

What is your major malfunction?

[@toddshepard3592]

Lol