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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.

Nice, always heard these were dope

Quick tone test




It sounds pretty heavy for such a tiny amp lol

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

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.

Looks dope. Congrats.

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

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

Congrats!

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

2xEL84. It's only 20w

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

Dibs if you ever decide to off it

Very cool, congrats on the amp.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Open back I assume as well?


Damn

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

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.