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.
Re: NAD
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:52 pm
by Devin
Nice, always heard these were dope
Re: NAD
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 6:59 pm
by GuitarBilly
Quick tone test
It sounds pretty heavy for such a tiny amp lol
Re: NAD
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:00 pm
by Snave
Those are cool little amps. Now to find the shoulder bag.
Re: NAD
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:41 pm
by screamingdaisy
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.
Re: NAD
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 8:04 pm
by maggotspawn
Looks dope. Congrats.
Re: NAD
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:06 pm
by Dave
I always wanted one of those! Congrats man, and that's a great price.
Re: NAD
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:15 pm
by Bonano
What power tube arrangement: 2xEL34, 2x6V6, 2x6L6?
Re: NAD
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:17 pm
by valtyr
Congrats!
Re: NAD
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:29 pm
by GuitarBilly
Bonano wrote:What power tube arrangement: 2xEL34, 2x6V6, 2x6L6?
2xEL84. It's only 20w
Re: NAD
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 9:37 pm
by RaceU4her
Oh wow, I didn’t know they got that mean sounding
Re: NAD
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 10:19 pm
by Dave
Dibs if you ever decide to off it
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:09 am
by VTM
Very cool, congrats on the amp.
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:24 am
by GuitarBilly
Snave wrote:Those are cool little amps. Now to find the shoulder bag.
Man I'd love to find the shoulder bag the amp is definitely light enough to be carried that way.
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:46 am
by Lance-a-not
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
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:35 pm
by spawnofthesith
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
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:54 pm
by RaceU4her
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
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:09 pm
by Dave
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
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:10 pm
by GuitarBilly
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.
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 3:54 pm
by Mike Oxhuge
That little bastard sounds mean! I had no idea these were capable of these tones. Congrats and HNAD!
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:34 pm
by Snave
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.
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 5:49 pm
by GuitarBilly
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.
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:15 pm
by spawnofthesith
That’s even more wild that that tone is coming from a 10”
Open back I assume as well?
Damn
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:46 pm
by Shask
I remember loving this amp and wanting one back when you could try them in stores.... like 1999 or so.
Re: NAD
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:51 pm
by TurboPablo
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.