An Exciting New Realm of Beautifully Simplistic, Tweed-Based Performance

In the twilight of the 1960s, SF Bay Area amp repairman to the Stars, Randall Smith, was inspired to start building his own amplifiers after coming to a deep appreciation for the ‘50s Tweed circuits. He loved their organic-sounding voice, powerful controls, and the way they smoothly transitioned from clean to clip and back again.

Standing on the shoulders of a giant, Smith’s (and the World’s) first venture into boutique guitar amplification resulted in a new Boogie® amp design inspired by that wonderful, timeless-sounding preamp. Five Decades later we return to pay homage. Now, drawing on these 50 years of experience, we bring forward an exciting new realm of tweed-based performance and authentic 6V6 character. A beautifully simplistic design that raises the bar in the world of vintage tone. The NEW CALIFORNIA TWEED™.

A quick glance at the front panel of the California Tweed reveals single-channel simplicity. Channel features include Normal & Low?Inputs, Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Reverb & Master Controls. Our legendary vintage all-tube, long-tank spring reverb with external reverb switching jack and a fully buffered, tube-driven series FX loop round out a feature set that delivers everything you need for golden tone and absolutely nothing more.

Single Channel, 5 Power Voices, One Simple Switch

The California Tweed is powered by 4x6V6 Power Tubes while the preamp features 5x12AX7 and 1x12AT7 preamp tubes. Our patented Incremental Multi-Watt™ (Patent 9,917,560) Power Amp, featuring Duo-Class™ (Patent 7,173,488) and Dyna-Watt™ technologies, provides five power levels, two operating classes and three wiring options via a single 5-Way Rotary Switch! Choose from the following power options:

• 40 Watts - 4x6V6 Class A/B Pentode

• 30 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Triode + 2x6V6 Class A/B Pentode

• 20 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Pentode

• 10 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Triode

• 2 Watts - 1x6V6 Triode + 1x6V6 Pentode, Single-Ended Class A Parallel

Harken back, bounce on forward, while never sacrificing one drop of golden California Tone

amp type:Tube

channel controls:Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Reverb, and Master

chassis material:Aluminum

convection or fan cooling:Convection

effects loop bypass options:Fully Buffered Series FX Loop

external switching jack options andor midi:External Switching Jack for Reverb On/Off (Reverb Footswitch and Cable sold seperately)

number of footswitchable channels or modes:One Channel

number of style modes:Two (Inputs)

power amp details class wattage:Mesa's Patented Incremental Multi-Watt™ (Patent 9,917,560) Power Amp, featuring Duo-Class™ (Patent 7,173,488) and Dyna-Watt technologies, provides five power, two operating-classes and three wiring configuration options via one 5-Way Power Switch - Choose from the following power options: 40 Watt - 4x6V6 Class A/B Pentode 30 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Triode + 2x6V6 Class A/B Pentode 20 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Pentode 10 Watts - 2x6V6 Class A/B Triode 2 Watts - 1x6V6 Triode + 1x6V6 Pentode, Single-Ended Class A Parallel More information on Dyna-Watt Power can be found in the Owners Manual, which is available in the Support Section of this website.

power amp tubes:4x Mesa 6V6

preamp tubes:5x Mesa 12AX7 & 1x Mesa 12AT7

rectifier type:Silicon Diodes

reverb effects bypass options:All-Tube, Spring Reverb

speaker outputs:One 8 Ohm and Two 4 Ohm

types of style modes per channel:Single Channel with two Inputs: Normal Input = Clean to Overdrive Low Input = Clean

wattages quick reference:2, 10, 20, 30 or 40 Watts - See Power Amp Details for more information