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If you only know Mesa as a high-gain amp builder, the Fillmore is much closer sonically to what Mesa built in the early years. Wonderful clean tones with an old school voicing, rich and warm with plenty of clarity, you can run this amp as a pedal platform through the clean settings on either channel. Easy to configure but incredibly versatile, you have 2 identical channels to adjust and both have the same settings. This allows you to either have 2 similar voicings at different volumes/eq, or you can have one cleaner channel and one dirtier channel.
The Fillmore really shines for Mesa in that they haven't built an amp with this much flexibility on a very simple control platform. Throw in that you can switch from 25 to 50 watts and this amp finds a home for the house and studio or being the main amp on stage. If you have found Mesa Amps just a bit to difficult to dial in, but you want the Mesa Sound, you have found your amp in the Fillmore.
From Mesa Boogie
Introducing the MESA/Boogie® Fillmore™ 50™. Experience our new vintage-voiced and styled amplifier inspired from the other branch of the Boogie® Family Tree. At the heart and soul of the Fillmore 50, you'll discover–soft clip to saturated–our most expressive gain ever presented in a simple 2 (identical) Channel, 3-Mode platform, served up in traditional-sized and dressed combo and head formats.
Fillmore 50 - Discover soft clip to saturated–our most expressive gain ever presented in a simple 2 (identical) Channel, 3-Mode platform, served up in traditional-sized and dressed combo and head formats.
Humbly named in tribute to the renown bi-coastal venues that showcased the biggest names in Classic Rock over decades, this new instrument has been dubbed super-responsive, nuanced, organic… and “vintage-inspired Magic” by those who’ve experienced it. Subtle saturation that serves, not smothers, your style.
- Amp Type
- Tube
- Chassis Material
- Aluminum
- Rectifier Type
- Silicon Diodes
- Rectifier Tubes
- n/a
- Variac Power Switch
- n/a
- Preamp Tubes
- 5x Mesa 12AX7
- Power Amp Tubes
- 2x Mesa 6L6
- Bias Switch for Alternate Power Tubes Types
- n/a
- Maintenance Free Fixed Bias
- Yes
- Wattage(s) Quick Reference
- 50 or 25 Watts via single, global 50/25 Watt Power Switch - See Power Amp Details for more information
- Built-In Power Amp Attenuation
- n/a
Power Amp Details (Class & Wattage)
Class A/B Power with a single, global 50/25 Power Switch, each setting featuring a different wiring configurations (Pentode or Triode respectively). Choose from 2 power tubes operating in Class A/B Triode for lush harmonics and a sweet, liquid feel at lower volumes, producing 25 Watts or; 2 tubes operating in Class A/B Pentode for maximum power, punch and clarity, producing 50 Watts
- Convection or Fan Cooling
- Convection
- Number of Footswitchable Channels (or Modes)
- Two Channels
- Number of Style Modes
- Three
- Number of Style Modes Per Channel
- Three (Channel Cloning™)
- Types of Style Modes Per Channel
- Ch. 1 = Clean, Drive or HI (Channel Cloning™)
Ch. 2 = Clean, Drive or HI (Channel Cloning™)
- Channel Controls
- Each Channel features Independent 3-Position Channel Cloning™ Mode Switch, Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Reverb and Master
- Graphic EQ and/or Contour
- n/a
- Reverb / Effects & Bypass Options
- All-Tube, Spring Reverb with Independent Channel Controls
- Effects Loop & Bypass Options
- Fully Buffered Series FX Loop
- Global Output Level Control
- n/a
- Global Solo Level Control & Bypassable Options
- n/a
- True-Bypass Options
- n/a
- Tuner Output
- n/a
External Switching Jack Options and/or MidiExternal Switching Jack for Reverb On/Off (Reverb Footswitch and Cable sold seperately)
- Speaker Outputs
- One 8 Ohm and Two 4 Ohm
- Cabinet Simulation - Direct Live/Recording Output
- n/a
- Headphone Output
- n/a
- Slave Output
- n/a
- Weight
- 26 Lbs.
- Dimensions
- 9 3/4" H x 22 3/4" W x 9 1/2" D
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
Returns
Not eligible for Try Before You Buy or the 48-hour approval period. Standard return policy applies — see Terms & Conditions, Section 18 for details.
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