MESA/Boogie HeartBreaker Amp Head

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Status: New Old Stock

You are looking at our original New Old Stock 1996 MESA/Boogie HeartBreaker amplifier head.  Purchased by us, M.E.S. Music Equipment Sales Ltd. as an authorized MESA/Boogie Dealer at the time, this amp has never been sold. It was delivered to us in January 1997 and has been on display in our store ever since.

They're not that easy to come across any more, particularly in NOS condition.

Created as a 25th Anniversary Tribute to the original Boogie Mark I, the Heartbreaker is a two channel / five mode, footswitchable Rock-n-Roll amp... Essentially two Mark I's in one chassis. The two channels are Love and Lust: Love embodies all the classic American black-face magic of yesteryear and can be switched between two distinct gain settings ranging from clean, and up through medium gain blues - all the way singing voice of the fabled Mark I's lead channel... the world's first high gain performance.

The Lust channel blends harmonically lush sounds across two diverse modes. From a 4x10 Tweed Bassman to a British Plexi... Lust walks the fine line between clean and dirty.  Both channels have selectable voicing options as well as individual Reverb and Presence controls.

The entire personality of the HeartBreaker can be further altered with the Bold/Curvaceous switch.  Bold delivers masculine authority and maximum headroom, while Curvaceous softens the feel and produces tones of the rounder

The Heartbreaker's four 6L6s are supplied high-voltage from a dynamic tube rectifier or can be switched to the silicon-diodes for added punch and headroom.  The on-board Bias Selector allows substitution of either EL34 or 6V6 output tubes. Each selection has its own distinctive feel. 

For further power compression, use the Tweed switch which acts like a built-in Variac.  A half power (60/100 watt) switch allows for even more variations.

Here is a brief review of the MESA -Boogie Heartbreaker:

"It is a really intriguing amp; More of a tweed/Marshall on one side and a blackface/Mark I on the other. The higher gain is very mid rich and not overly sizzly like some Recto's tend to be. The clean is really very well voiced.

This was, apparently, MESA 's last attempt to evolve the Mark I platform. It is a fantastic amp for anybody's money."

One awesome amp!!!

Click HERE to view the MESA/Boogie Heartbreaker Owners Manual

Features:

• 100 Watts, Class A/B Power / 4x6L6 Power, 7x12AX7 Pre-Amp, 1x5AR4 Recto

• Bias Select Switch (6L6/6V6 or EL-34)

• Half Power Switch (100/60 Watt Power Switch)

• 2 Channels (1=Love 2=Lust), 4 Modes: Channel 1 =Mk I Clean (Lo), Mk I Medium Gain, Mk I High Gain, Channel 2 = Tweed Clean (Lo) & British Gain (Hi)

• Independent Gain, Bass, Mid, Treble, and Master Controls per Channel (Front Panel) and Independent Presence, Reverb (Back Panel)

• Fat/Trim Switches (Channel 1 & 2, High Gain Modes)

• Bright/Warm Switch (Channel 2, High or Low Gain Modes) 

• Accutronics Long Spring Reverb 

• Global Output Level Control (over all channels)

• Global Bold/Curvacious Switch (Power Voicings=Modern/ Normal)

• Rectifier Select Switch (5AR4 Tube/ Silicon Diodes) 

• Full Power/Tweed "Variac" Switch 

• FX Loop

• Slave Out w/Level Control

• 1 Button Footswitch (Channel Select)

This MESA/Boogie HeartBreaker Guitar Amp Head Serial Number HRT00118 was Designed and Handbuilt in Petaluma, California by Randall Smith and his team.

Our Price: $2695.00 USD

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