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Mesa/Boogie Lone Star 2x12 Combo

Item ID: Lone212

2-channel, 2 x 12" All-tube Combo with 10/50/100-watt Class A and A/B Operation

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This Versatile Combo Makes a Stellar Stage and Studio Amp

The Lone Star is perfectly at home dishing out Texas-sized clean and grainy tones from its duo of 12" speakers, and it also shines in the high-gain range. Thanks to its two tweakable channels, selectable Class A/B or Class A operation, switchable (tube or solid-state) rectifier, great-sounding long-spring reverb, and a host of other stage- and studio-friendly features, the Lone Star packs a lot of amp into a little bit of territory. Call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer today and enjoy the Lone Star's tonal feast firsthand!

Mesa/Boogie Lone Star 2 x 12" Combo Amp at a Glance:
  • Tonal options galore
  • Conjure the spirit of the Blackface
  • Split personality
  • Tube Rectifier Tracking

Tonal options galore
The Lone Star's Multi-Watt power amp featuring Duo-Class allows you three power options that are channel assignable via 10/50/100-watt power switches: Choose two power tubes operating in pure Class A (single-ended), producing 10 watts, or two or four power tubes running in time-honored Class A/B, producing 50 or 100 watts respectively.

Conjure the spirit of the Blackface
The Blackface is one of the most popular tones of all time, and the Lone Star easily provides this classic sound, with a punchy, shimmering twang that gives way to furry smoothness. It's based on a traditional vintage/boutique gain structure to produce angelic and warm clean sounds in its low to medium gain ranges. Like most great tube amps, this channel can be driven to clip and produces incredible solo possibilities for blues or roots chording styles.

Split personality
For more options, the Lone Star's second channel has a split personality. At the flick of a switch, it can clone the clean magic of Channel 1 (with an added touch of blues-roots gain) or kick in an additional high-gain amplifier with its own dedicated control. With stunning performance inspired by the pivotal Mark I, the interaction of three cascading gain controls unlocks the historic vault of ground-breaking lead sounds.

Tube Rectifier Tracking
The Diode/Tube Rectifier Tracking Switch takes Mesa's patented Dual Rectifier concept to a new level. When Tube Rectifier Tracking is selected the Lone Star will auto-assign the most stylistic rectifier circuit to track the assignable 10/50/100-watt power settings of both preamp channels. In this mode, when either preamp channel is in the 10 or 50-watt position, the 5U4GB Rectifier Tube is automatically brought online, which produces an authentic vintage feel that is extremely silky and inspiring to play. In the 100-watt position, the Silicon Diode Rectifier is automatically brought online, which provides the Lone Star with "top fuel" performance that produces more punch, a tighter, livelier attack and substantially more headroom. In this way, Tube Rectifier Tracking allows you to tune each of the channels "power feel" to the specific preamp sound you are dialing in.

Mesa/Boogie Lone Star 2 x 12" Combo Amp Features:
  • 2 x 12" with C90 Speakers
  • Bias Select Switch (6L6/EL34)
  • Fixed Bias for Consistent, Maintenance Free Performance
  • Selectable Diode or Tube Rectifier Tracking - Patent Pending
  • 2 Fully Independent Channels
  • Channel 1=Boutique Vintage Clean/Classic Breakup - Channel 2=Clone of Ch 1 or Cascading High Gain
  • Drive/Clean Switch activates Ch 2 "Drive" Control (Multi-Stage Cascading Gain Circuit)
  • Thick/Normal/Thicker Voicing Switch (Channel 2)
  • Full Power/Tweed "Variac" Switch
  • All-Tube, Long Spring Reverb with Bright/Warm Reverb Tone Switch
  • Output Level Control (over all channels when activated)
  • Footswitchable Solo Level Control
  • All-Tube FX Loop with Send Level Control (over all channels when activated)
  • True "Hard" Bypass Switch that removes FX Loop, Output Level & Solo Level Controls from signal path
  • Slave Out w/Level Control
  • Fan Cooled with On/Off Switch
  • External Switching Jacks for Channels 1/2, Solo & Reverb
  • All Aluminum Chassis
  • 2 Button Footswitch (Channel 1/2 & Solo)
  • Slip Cover
  • Casters
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Classic tones with the Mesa/Boogie's Lone Star Combo!

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Specification Detail
Type Tube
Number of Channels 2
Power 10W Class A, 50W Class AB, 100W Class AB Switchable
Speakers 2 x 12" C90
Effects No Effects
Reverb Yes
EQ Treble, Mid, Bass
Amp Modeling No Amp Modeling
Number of Models 0
Preamp Tubes 5 x 12AX7
Power Tubes 4 x 6L6, 1 x 5U4 (Rectifier)
Inputs 1 x Instrument
Outputs 3 x Speaker, 1 x Slave
Footswitch I/O Yes
Effects Loop Yes
Height 32"
Width 26.75"
Depth 18"
Weight 89 lbs.
Manufacturer Part Number 1.LS2L.BBB.CO

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Messa Boogie Lone Star 2x12 Combo

by BW from KY
February 4, 2011
Music Background: Semi pro, hobby, writer, session dude, junk food junky.
First, I've always been and will always be an old-school Marshall amp guy. I tried out this amp with EL-34's and vintage 30's in a local store. Wow. Wow. I'm still getting used to active eq's but thi... read more [+]s amp will do everything except metal. But you aren't buying this amp for metal, are you? No!
Channel one is faultless. Channel two...well...read up on the Reeder Mod for this amp. It costs nothing, is easy to do and turns this amp into a stupid tone machine that will make the good rock fairies climb up your nose and mine your brain for every classic rock album sound you've ever heard. But, again... it's active eq's so it takes some time to learn the curves.
Will it replace my Marshalls on stage? Yep, the versatility of this Mesa kills them. Will it replace my Marshalls in the studio? Probably, but you never know what the song calls for. Will this amp do plexi? Do you know what "plexi" sounds like? Do you know what a GOOD plexi sounds like? I'll tell you this: This amp will deliver sounds heard on many classic recordings as is with no mods. LEARN the EQ section. The bad/ good of this amp: Everytime I change guitars, the tone changes quite drastically. I have NEVER owned an amp that lets the guitar's character shine through so much at all gain stages. Is that really bad? Heck no. It means this amp works for you. close [-]

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