The GRID SLAMMER is an overdrive pedal that delivers legendary gain and tone in the classic, guitar-centric mid frequency range. This clip showcases the sweet, purring gain available for rhythm and the focused, stinging sustain produced for single-note solo sounds. The authentic tube-like clip of the Grid Slammer and it's expressive, harmonically rich ranges of overdrive are undeniable in any musical style, but particularly relevant in Traditional, Blues and Roots styles.

Recorded with Doug West, the Neck position single-coil pickup of a Tom Anderson Drop Top Classic, Lone Star 100W head – Channel 1 Clean, 1x12 Lone Star 23 Cabinet with Mesa Custom Celestion 90 Speaker, Heil PR 40, Sennheiser 421.

Mesa/Boogie Grid Slammer Overdrive Pedal ~ Blues Rhythm

The GRID SLAMMER is an overdrive pedal that delivers legendary gain and tone in the classic, guitar-centric mid frequency range. This clip showcases the soft clip and top-end sparkle with GAIN set moderately and TONE set above half way, adding to the shimmer. Here the LEVEL control serves as a balance of volume between pedal on/off... but LEVEL offers plenty of potential for smoldering and stinging gain by doing what it's name describes -- Slamming the Grid of the input preamp tube on your favorite tube amplifier.

Recorded with Kris Dilbeck, the neck, then bridge position single-coil pickups of a Fender Custom Shop Tele, Lone Star 100W head – Channel 1 Clean, 1x12 Lone Star 23 Cabinet with Mesa Custom Celestion 90 Speaker, Heil PR 40, Sennheiser 421.

Mesa/Boogie Grid Slammer Overdrive Pedal ~ Sweet Clip

The THROTTLE BOX is a distortion pedal that delivers high gain sounds for ALL genres of ROCK with cut and aggression, but retains the signature warmth and organic sonic quality found in all our instruments.  While its main strengths lie in higher gain sounds, lower gain options shouldn’t be overlooked for classic rock or howling blues. This clip showcases the thick saturation and controlled, focused punch of the LO mode for modern rock rhythm sounds. It also details the darker nature of LO, the wide range of usefulness of the TONE control, and the increase in top-end harmonics as GAIN is increased. 

Recorded with Mike, Gibson Les Paul Junior, Lone Star 100W – Channel 1 Clean, 4x12 Rectifier Slant Cabinet with Mesa Custom Celestion Vintage 30 Speakers, Heil PR 40, Sennheiser 421.

Mesa/Boogie Throttle Box Distortion Pedal ~ Alt Rock

The THROTTLE BOX is a distortion pedal that delivers high gain sounds for ALL genres of ROCK with cut and aggression, but retains the signature warmth and organic sonic quality found in all our instruments.  While its main strengths lie in higher gain sounds, lower gain options shouldn’t be overlooked for classic rock or howling blues. Our good friend, Blues Legend and long-time Mesa endorsee, Walter Trout pushes the Throttle Box into a full Blues storm. This clip demonstrates the wide variation available from the MID CUT control. It also showcases the Throttle Box's ability to serve up searing, sustaining single-note solo tones with fine tuning for warmth, cut and brilliance from the TONE control once your GAIN settings are dialed in.

Recorded with Walter Trout, Fender Stratocaster, Lone Star 100W – Channel 1 Clean, 1x12 Lone Star 23 Cabinet with Mesa Custom Celestion 90 Speaker, Heil PR 40, Sennheiser 421.

Mesa/Boogie Throttle Box Distortion Pedal ~ Rock Blues

Strat Clean via a split position between Bridge and Middle pickups in the Tweed Mode of Channel 2. Lots of sparkle with crisp bass and detailed high end - almost acoustic sound but with a little grit when you dig in.

Recorded with the split position between bridge and middle pickups of a Fender Stratocaster guitar through a 1x12 TransAtlantic 23 Cabinet. Mic'd with a Shure SM57 and Sennheiser 421.


TA-15 Ch. 2 Tweed ~ Clean Rhythm

The TransAtlantics are no stranger to gain and Channel 2 delivers a great range of classic rock crunch across both HI modes in the amp. Here's HI 2 with a Bridge Position Humbucker.

Recorded with the bridge position humbucker of a Les Paul Custom guitar through a 1x12 TransAtlantic 23 Cabinet. Mic'd with a Shure SM57 and Sennheiser 421.

TA-15 Ch. 2 HI 2 ~ Rock Grind

Channel 2's Gain modes clean up well with light attack for the amount of gain they deliver overall. A Bridge position Tele pickup displays the range of gain available from HI 1 when picked softly or when you dig in.

Recorded with the bridge position single coil pickup of a Fender Telecaster guitar through a 1x12 TransAtlantic 23 Cabinet. Mic'd with a Shure SM57 and Sennheiser 421.

TA-15 Ch. 2 HI 1 ~ Rock Rhythm

The 5 watt mode on the TA-15 is an excellent way to engage heavy overtones and saturation by driving the amp's power section to distort, even with light attack. Hearing is one thing - you have to play 5 watts to believe it.

Recorded with the bridge position humbucker of a Les Paul Custom guitar through a 1x12 TransAtlantic 23 Cabinet. Mic'd with a Shure SM57 and Sennheiser 421.

TA-15 Ch. 2  Hi 1 ~ Claw Picked Gain

The Top Boost Mode in a TransAtlantic can be brilliantly sparkling for clean and clipped sounds OR it can grind with gain when you dig in. Here's a Tele bridge position pickup showing the versatility within one setting of this mode.

Recorded with the bridge position single coil pickup of a Fender Telecaster guitar through a 1x12 TransAtlantic 23 Cabinet. Mic'd with a Shure SM57 and Sennheiser 421.

TA-15 Ch. 1 Top Boost ~ Grit

The Normal mode in Channel 1 of a TransAtlantic is a shoe-in for great clean but crank the gain up and enjoy the vintage rock grind when you dig in with a bridge position pickup.

Recorded with the bridge position single coil pickup of a Fender Telecaster guitar through a 1x12 TransAtlantic 23 Cabinet. Mic'd with a Shure SM57 and Sennheiser 421.

TA-15 Ch. 1 Normal ~ Vintage Rock

Channel 1 Normal clean delivers tremendous detail, clarity and sparkle for pristine clean sounds with far more headroom than one might expect from a 25 watt amp.

Recorded with the bridge position single coil pickup of a Fender Telecaster guitar through a 1x12 TransAtlantic 23 Cabinet. Mic'd with a Shure SM57 and Sennheiser 421

TA-15 Ch. 1 Clean ~ Sparkle

Monuments guitarist John Browne did a playthrough for the MESA/Boogie JP-2C - John Petrucci's new signature Mark IIC+with Mesa. This is John Browne's mix and preferred post production techniques applied to the JP-2C recorded tracks during this performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuIYsNWhW5E

Post Production settings and signal chains:
Rhythm Guitars - SM57 supported by the Mojave - Post settings are EQ/Filters and minimal LA3A compression
Lead Guitar - Cab Clone Supported by the Mojave - Post Settings are EQ/Filters and Minimal API 2500 compression
Clean Guitar - Cab Clone Supported by the Mojave - Post settings are EQ/Filters and API 2500 Compression with a dash of Verb

Mastering after is Stereo Enhancer > API 2500 Compressor > M PULTEC EQ > M EQ > S EQ > Neve Compressor > Limiter

Pedal Chains - Distortion  - Mayones Duvell Qatsi JB Signature Guitar with Bareknuckle Ceramic Nailbomb and Cold Sweat > MXR 6 band EQ > Repear Pedals JB Signature Pandemonium OD > Boss NS 2 > JP2C
For leads > Added a MXR Carbon Copy infront of everything. 

Chain For Cleans > Guitar > Carbon copy > Origin Effects Cali 76 Pedal > JP2C 

Garden Of Sankhara - Mesa JP2C Mix

The MESA/Boogie Mini Rectifier in Ch. 1 Clean mode with a 4x12 Rectifier Slant cab and split and neck positions of a Fender Telecaster guitar.

Mini Rectifier Channel 1 Clean  Mode ~ Clean

The MESA/Boogie Mini Rectifier in Ch. 2 Modern mode on 25 Watts through a Mini Rectifier 1x12 Straight cab. Played with the Seymour Duncan '59 bridge position humbucker of an ESP Eclipse.

Mini Rectifier Channel 2 Modern Gain Mode ~ Rock

The MESA/Boogie Mini Rectifier in Ch. 2 Vintage mode on 10 Watts through a Mini Rectifier 1x12 Straight cab. Played with the stock bridge position PAF humbucker of a Les Paul.

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