Mesa Boogie Express 5:50

Mesa Boogie Express 5:50

Barely used. with footswitch.


Mesa Boogie recently added the Express series of amplifiers to its vast line of tone generators. The Express is offered up in two formats to meet the musical tastes of players of any genre. The 5:25 features two EL84 power tubes and a smaller bottle design that lends itself to the early breakup and warmth heard in many vintage British amplifiers. Our review model, the 5:50, features a duet of 6L6 power tubes. If you’re not familiar with 6L6s, they lend themselves to nice, sparkling clean tones with a distinct, rich bottom end (think early Fender). The 6L6 also comes across as smooth in high gain situations and is definitely one of my personal favorites.
The Express features Mesa’s Duo-Class power switching circuit. The switching circuit allows the player to choose between Class A/B at 50 watts or Class A at five watts.
The 5:50 offers the player two separate channels, each with two modes and independent EQ. Channel 1 provides Clean and Crunch while Channel 2 provides Blues and Burn. Other features include a tube-driven reverb and separate, footswitchable Contour knobs for each channel.

R15 500