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MESA-BOOGIE MARK III

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

MESA ENGINEERING

CONGRATULATIONS! You've just become the proud owner of the world's finest guitar amplifier. When people come up to compliment

you on your tone, you can smile knowingly ... and hopefully you'll tell them a little about us! This amplifier has been designed, refined

and constructed to deliver maximum musical performance of any style, in any situation. And in order to live up to that tall promise, the

controls must be very powerful and sophisticated. But don't worry! Just by following our sample settings, you'll be getting great sounds

immediately. And as you gain more familiarity with the Boogie's controls, it will provide you with much greater depth and more lasting

satisfaction from your music.

THREE MODES

For approximately twelve years, the evolution of the guitar amplifier has largely been pioneered by MESA-Boogie. The Original Mark I

Boogie was the first amplifier to offer successful lead enhancement. Then the Mark II Boogie was the first amplifier to introduce

footswitching between lead and rhythm. Now your new Mark III offers three footswitchable modes of operation: Rhythm 1, Rhythm 2

and Lead.

Rhythm 1 is primarily for playing bright and sparkling clean (although a little crunch is available by running the Volume at 10). You

might think of Rhythm 1 as "the Fender mode”.

Rhythm 2 is mainly for crunch chords, chunking metal patterns and some blues (but low settings of the Volume 1 will produce an

alternate clean sound that is very fat and warm). Think of Rhythm 2 as "the Marshall mode".

The third mode is by far the most radical, and its two separate knobs will deliver the most lethal crunch or the smoothest, most vocal

sounding lead sustain. This mode is pure MESA-Boogie. Try as they might, no one else can touch this sound!

THE CONTROLS

Let's review the controls now, one at a time, to learn their various functions and see how they interact. Remember that the settings

listed are approximate.

VOLUME 1 This control is active in all three modes. It establishes the amplifier's basic gain, or sensitivity

to your guitar's output. Most

players find a "sweet spot" around 7 which enables the amp to footswitch best between all three modes. Generally speaking, you

should find the highest setting possible that still gives you the desired degree of cleanliness in the Rhythm 1 mode. This allows you to

have the strongest possible signal feeding into the other two modes.

The response of the Volume knob increases rapidly above 7. You can also back off your guitar's volume slightly if you want to run the

amp Volume higher or if your pickups are real hot. Adjusting your pickup height from the fret board can make a big difference. Higher

settings (of everything) unleash a stronger response from Rhythm 2. All-out metal die-hards (who probably won't use Rhythm 1

anyway) may want to dial the Volume up to 9 or 10 for a heavy grinding "krang" similar to a great (or customized) Marshall. And yet

lower settings of the Volume will enable both rhythm modes to play clean, each with its own distinctive voicing.

The PULL BRIGHT adds sparkle to a clean Rhythm 2 sound and adds shimmer to a clean Rhythm 1 sound, producing the ultimate

Fendery Strat sound for funk riffs, country and pop rhythm playing. The effect of the Pull Bright diminishes as Volume 1 is turned up

and has no effect when the Volume is at 10

RECOMMENDED SETTING: 7, pulled out.

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Page 1 - MESA ENGINEERING

MESA-BOOGIE MARK IIIOPERATING INSTRUCTIONSMESA ENGINEERINGCONGRATULATIONS! You've just become the proud owner of the world's finest guitar

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FOOTSWITCHINPUTLEAD MASTERTREBLE BASS MIDDLE MASTER LEAD DRIVEVOLUME45680Hz 240 750 2200 6600MESA/BOOGIE MARK IIISTANDBYONPOWERONEQ INEQ AUTOPULL BR

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TREBLE This control is the most powerful of the three tone controls. At high settings (8 and above) it will minimize the effect of theBass and Middle,

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RECOMMENDED SETTING: Your choice-try 5.LEAD MASTER This control regulates the loudness and is active in the Lead Mode only. Because it works at the sa

Page 6 - MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE GUIDE

GROUNDThis switch is often helpful in reducing buzzes which originate in the AC power wiring outside the amplifier. We recommend leaving theswitch in

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standard at 8 ohms. It has four 8-ohm speakers wired in series-parallel. No matter how unusual your speaker setup, it's alwayspossible to get goo

Page 8 - You can count on it

MESA-BOOGIE MARK IIIMAINTENANCE AND SERVICE GUIDELike all tube amplifiers, the Boogie requires some maintenance from time to time. But unlike solid-st

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central preamp tubes. We strongly recommend you use only genuine MESA tubes. Other tubes- including Groove Tubes - often aren'tgood enough. YOUR

Page 10 - Mark III Sample Settings

technician. Remember, in 90% of the calls we receive, we answer questions and repeat instructions that were already discussed here.If these procedures

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FOOTSWITCHINPUTLEAD MASTERTREBLE BASS MIDDLE MASTER LEAD DRIVEVOLUME45680Hz 240 750 2200 6600MESA/BOOGIE MARK IIISTANDBYONPOWERONEQ INEQ AUTOPULL BR

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