Two years ago, it was a Fender Telecaster. Last year, it was a Fender Stratocaster . . . Just last week . . . had to have it. The Mesa Boogie Express 525 amplifier . . .A Fender Telecaster? A Fender Stratocaster? A Mesa Boogie amplifier? Clearly (says this proud player of a Gibson Les Paul through a Fender amplifier) the gentleman is a proud philistine . . .
(/wisenheimer)
Wished I’d gotten a refund and I’d have bought a Telecaster. Don’t care much for Mesa Boogies.
I went to the Mesa store on Sunset when I was there last time, but mussed the factory. Amazing stuff. I consider them the “Rolls Royce” of amps.
That said, I buy all my guitars and basses here: http://www.rondomusic.com/
Even after a complete setup, they’re ridiculously inexpensive and serve very well.
I prefer my John Lennon signature Rickenbacker played through a Vox AC-30 Top Boost Amplifier using Pyramid Gold strings!
I have made some sweet music with my ‘76 Les Paul custom but after acquiring my tele, it’s all I play anymore. I keep the Les Paul around because it’s beautiful, somewhat sentimental, and, at nearly 40 years old, irreplaceable to me but I rarely play it. The tele rocks man. I play through a marshal amp and a fender amp. Hard to say which of those I like more. I’m listening to a jam I recorded on the fender/fender setup a few weeks ago- it’s an eargasm.
I modified my epiphone valve Jr with a bitmo tweaky mod and a new power output transformer and tubes It’s now my go to amp. $170.
NO kidding.
Although the correct set-up is Gretsch through a Vox.