Seems to me like most people refer to the company as "Mesa Boogie" regardless of which amp they are talking about. If Mesa is trying to make some kind of distinction between "Boogie" and non-Boogie amp models, the message is getting lost.
Seems to me like most people refer to the company as "Mesa Boogie" regardless of which amp they are talking about. If Mesa is trying to make some kind of distinction between "Boogie" and non-Boogie amp models, the message is getting lost.
That's because all they made in the early days was the Boogie line so it stuck. If you look at their line today and in past models, the majority have not been Boogie's and the distinction is pretty clear. LoneStar, Heartbreaker, Maverick, Rectifier series, TA series, Road King, etc and their bass amps were never called Boogies. Same reason that many people call any cola a Coke, It was the first and it stuck.
Um, I'm confused? Is there a specific and tangible detail that makes one of Randall Smith's offering a Mesa versus a Boogie?
I thought essentially all of Mesa's amps were Boogies and Mesa's and that the name was interchangeable.
"Boogie" amps are Mark series amps. So far as I know the term has never been applied to a non-Mark amp...
All other series are typically fitted with a Mesa Engineering logo somewhere on the amp (front and/or back, depending upon space).
All Boogies are Mesas, but not all Mesas are Boogies.
Boogie Mark I, Boogie Mark II, Boogie Mark III, Boogie Mark IV, Boogie Mark V.
Mesa Dual Rectifier, Mesa Lone Star, Mesa Electra Dyne, etc...