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GuitarBilly · Post by **GuitarBilly** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:49 pm

I went to Atomic Music today and they were doing a 1-day sale of some items. This amp was $450 and I had $400 store credit from previous trades. So $50 out of pocket.

It's a Mesa Subway Rocket. It sounds like a mini version of my F-100. It also drives a 4x12 really well but I bought it mostly for a small rig I can take everywhere.

Devin · Post by **Devin** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:52 pm

Nice, always heard these were dope

GuitarBilly · Post by **GuitarBilly** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:59 pm

Quick tone test

It sounds pretty heavy for such a tiny amp lol :lol:

Snave · Post by **Snave** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:00 pm

Those are cool little amps. Now to find the shoulder bag. :lol:

screamingdaisy · Post by **screamingdaisy** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:41 pm

One of the guitarists in my last band used one. He tended to dial in a Stones sorta sound with it. Sounded good and cut real well.

maggotspawn · Post by **maggotspawn** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:04 pm

Looks dope. Congrats.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:06 pm

I always wanted one of those! Congrats man, and that's a great price.

Bonano · Post by **Bonano** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:15 pm

What power tube arrangement: 2xEL34, 2x6V6, 2x6L6?

valtyr · Post by **valtyr** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:17 pm

Congrats!

GuitarBilly · Post by **GuitarBilly** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:29 pm

Bonano wrote:What power tube arrangement: 2xEL34, 2x6V6, 2x6L6?

2xEL84. It's only 20w

RaceU4her · Post by **RaceU4her** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:37 pm

Oh wow, I didn’t know they got that mean sounding

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:19 pm

Dibs if you ever decide to off it :call:

VTM · Post by **VTM** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:09 am

Very cool, congrats on the amp.

:rawk:

GuitarBilly · Post by **GuitarBilly** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:24 am

Snave wrote:Those are cool little amps. Now to find the shoulder bag.

Man I'd love to find the shoulder bag :lol:

the amp is definitely light enough to be carried that way.

Lance-a-not · Post by **Lance-a-not** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:46 am

Congrats, those are awesome little amps!!

One of my favorite Boogies and they sound great through a bigger cab.
I use to have two and ran them wet/dry through a couple 2x12s and it was :rawk:

spawnofthesith · Post by **spawnofthesith** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:35 pm

Damn that sounds chunky!! Had no idea that’s what they sounded like :eek:

I see these relatively often for a good price maybe I’ll grab one bext time :hmm:

RaceU4her · Post by **RaceU4her** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:54 pm

spawnofthesith wrote:Damn that sounds chunky!! Had no idea that’s what they sounded like

I see these relatively often for a good price maybe I’ll grab one bext time

there was one on my craigslist for months which of course now that im curious is gone, i thought these were more clean platforms, maybe im thinking of the son of boogie or whatever that thing is

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:09 pm

RaceU4her wrote:
spawnofthesith wrote:Damn that sounds chunky!! Had no idea that’s what they sounded like

I see these relatively often for a good price maybe I’ll grab one bext time

there was one on my craigslist for months which of course now that im curious is gone, i thought these were more clean platforms, maybe im thinking of the son of boogie or whatever that thing is

I kinda thought they were too, and I think the single channel version might lean more that way. However, you're right the Son of Boogie is definitely a lower tier clean platform. Not a great amp imo

GuitarBilly · Post by **GuitarBilly** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:10 pm

RaceU4her wrote:
spawnofthesith wrote:Damn that sounds chunky!! Had no idea that’s what they sounded like

I see these relatively often for a good price maybe I’ll grab one bext time

there was one on my craigslist for months which of course now that im curious is gone, i thought these were more clean platforms, maybe im thinking of the son of boogie or whatever that thing is

The Subway Blues (from the same series) is the pedal platform one. Great little amp.
The Rocket is the high gain version.

Mike Oxhuge · Post by **Mike Oxhuge** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:54 pm

That little bastard sounds mean! I had no idea these were capable of these tones. Congrats and HNAD!

Snave · Post by **Snave** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:34 pm

GuitarBilly wrote:Quick tone test

It sounds pretty heavy for such a tiny amp lol

I missed this clip the first time. Sounds killer for the size! That's the internal speaker? Reminds me of the Caliber amps.

GuitarBilly · Post by **GuitarBilly** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:49 pm

Snave wrote:
GuitarBilly wrote:Quick tone test

It sounds pretty heavy for such a tiny amp lol

I missed this clip the first time. Sounds killer for the size! That's the internal speaker? Reminds me of the Caliber amps.

Yes it's the internal speaker, 10" Mesa Black Shadow.

And yeah I'm pretty sure this is build upon the Caliber circuit.

spawnofthesith · Post by **spawnofthesith** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:15 pm

That’s even more wild that that tone is coming from a 10”

Open back I assume as well?

Damn
:eek:

Shask · Post by **Shask** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:46 pm

I remember loving this amp and wanting one back when you could try them in stores.... like 1999 or so.

TurboPablo · Post by **TurboPablo** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:51 pm

I had one for a while. I loved the way it sounded. But ultimately those two little EL84s gave up the fight when I pushed it hard. I ended up using it as trade bait for a Bassman.

If it's a keeper, invest in the stoutest pair of 84s you can find.

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