AmpliTube MESA/Boogie 2

More full-throttle tones from the inventors of high gain

AmpliTube MESA/Boogie® 2 is the much-anticipated follow-up to IK’s first MESA/Boogie offering, bringing 4 new officially certified amps and 5 cabs to AmpliTube 5. Now you can complete your collection of full-throttle gear from the inventors of high-gain tone.

All MESA/Boogie 2 models have been precisely crafted using IK’s latest modeling technologies including DIM™ and VIR™ to sound, look and respond just like their hardware counterparts, and have been tested and approved by the R&D team at MESA engineering.

More than mere amplification

Plug into any amp from this new collection and you’ll be amazed by the levels of responsiveness, feel, nuance and sound. We worked hand in hand again with MESA to meticulously recreate every circuit and control feature of each model. And we nailed it.

Gear available in AmpliTube MESA/Boogie 2

The amps and cabs in MESA/Boogie 2 were chosen for their significant tone-shaping innovations. You’ll find 3 ground-breaking amps from MESA’s current line-up and one of their most desirable models from the past. You also get 5 officially certified cabs with a range of configurations and a choice of Jensen or Celestion speakers. In addition, we’ve included two extra speakers from our work on the California Tweed, which you can swap into any cab.

4 Amplifiers

• Mark IIC+
• Mark V
• California Tweed
• Triple Crown

5 Cabinets

• 1x12 California Tweed
• 2x12 California Tweed
• 2x12 RoadKing
• 4x12 RoadKing Black
• 4x12 RoadKing Vintage

2 Speakers

• American J40
• American J100
   

Sound like a rock god

MESA/Boogie amplifiers have provided their signature tone to a wide variety of players from around the world. This includes iconic pioneers like Carlos Santana, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Al Di Meola and also modern heroes like Metallica’s James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, Dream Theater’s John Petrucci, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Lamb of God’s Mark Morton and Will Adler, Johnny A, Andy Timmons… the MESA list of guitar greats with noteworthy tone goes on and on.

Cascading waves of tone

And there’s a good reason for its impressive roster of players. MESA/Boogie has pioneered the biggest advances in amplifier technology of the past 40 years. Its innovative “cascading” tube preamp offered multiple stages of gain that introduced guitarists to a world of near infinite sustain and aggressive crunch separate from volume that simply didn't exist before.

Their creation of the world’s first Dual Mode footswitching amp in 1980, the MARK II, ushered in a new bottom-line for live-performance guitar. Later II, III and IV MARK amplifiers unveiled nearly all of the now-common pro features players have come to expect.

From Switchable Power Reduction to Effects Loops, Switchable Rectifiers to Switchable Speaker Cabs, Voicing Switches to on-board Graphic EQ, Simultaneous Modes of Tube Wiring to Channel Assignable Power Ranges and Classes of Operation, it was all seen first on a Boogie.

All of MESA Engineering’s designs have helped to set the stage for entirely new and successive waves of era-defining sounds and the music those sounds inspire, like the MESA Dual and Triple Rectifiers, which gave the world a searing mid-range crunch and HUGE, percussive low end that's dominated hard rock and metal since its introduction 24 years ago.

Give MESA a try and you'll tap into the thick, rich sound that so long ago prompted Carlos Santana to make his ”mark” on the brand by famously saying, "Man, this thing really boogies!"

Features

• Gear collection for AmpliTube Custom Shop
• 4 officially certified MESA/Boogie amps and 5 cabinets
• Breakthrough DIM™ technology for unparalleled realism
• Sound-certified and approved by MESA/Boogie
• No previous version of AmpliTube required
• Works seamlessly with the new AmpliTube 5 Custom Shop

System Requirements

Mac®

• Minimal: Apple M1 or Intel® Core i5 Processor, 8 GB of RAM, macOS® 10.15 or newer (macOS 11 or newer required for Apple Silicon Processors). 3 GB of hard drive space.
• Requires an OpenGL 2 compatible graphics adapter.
• Supported Plug-in formats (64-bit): Audio Units, VST 3, AAX.

Windows®

• Minimal: Intel® Core i5 Processor or equivalent, 8 GB of RAM, Windows 10 (64 bit) or newer. 3 GB of hard drive space.
• Requires an ASIO compatible sound card.
• Requires an OpenGL 2 compatible graphics adapter.
• Supported Plug-in formats (64-bit): VST 3, AAX.

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