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Sounds a bit naff as its through a phone, but the Mesa does sound lovely, the fan isn't too bad either. The gain is almost entirely down too as I dont want to deafen the neighbours! A little delay and reverb with my ACG through the Mesa... Mesa Tap..m4a

22kg or thereabouts. But given the PJB 12B weights a damn site more and I have to lug that in/out the boot, I'm sure I'll survive! Still miffed that Mesa don't give you the correct footswitch with their amps!

Already seen and arranged a purchase! I saw that before posting my comment above.

I've sent them a message, let's see what they say, although their website does say they are not taking on bespoke orders. A Boss FS-6 may possibly do the trick for the Solo and Mute functions...

Quite possibly... The rear of the head has 4 separate inputs which would seem to suggest a generic footswitch would work for any one function. I'll probably invest in the correct Strategy footswitch though as it'll then do the lot.

It'll be coming with me to band practice next week, I'll record a clip if I remember! Just had a little play and it is quite a monster, being able to run it low, half or full power is definitely needed! Shame the footswitch didn't come with it as the solo function would have been useful. All in, so far so good!

The beast has arrived... It also doubles as a device to create earthquakes on the other side of the planet.

So Mesa 4 ohm output to 12B input with a jack to speakon, then 12B 'link' to 6T input with speakon to speakon. That is exactly how I've been running the cabs into my previous head, and how I would have run them into the Mesa without seeking clarification, so I'm glad that does indeed appear to be right! Always good to seek a second opinion on these things, much appreciated!

Amended to correct my series/parallel blunder... @HazBeen, given the outputs on the Mesa and the inputs on the cabs (pic below) what would you suggest is the best way to run both cabs into the head safely? Link one Mesa 4 ohm output to the input of the 6 ohm cab, and link the 6 ohm cab to the 12 ohm cab? 2/3 power going to the 6 ohm and 1/3 going to the 12 ohm sounds like that's be what I want as the 6 ohm cab is the 12B and the 12 ohm cab is the 6T.

Right, This is a topic I know has gone round the houses, but I just want an absolute sanity check on my math to make sure I don't do anything stupid and kill a rather expensive amp straight out of the box! So, the head in question is a Mesa Boogie Strategy Eight:88. The cabs... PJB 12B and PJB 6T. The 12B is 6 ohm and the 6T is 12 ohm. I believe the equation for mismatching ohm cabs is as follows: (cab 1 x cab 2) / (cab 1 + cab 2) For these cabs this would be 6 x 12 = 72 divided by 6 + 12 = 18, which in my head gives a joint impedance of 4 ohms. So first sanity check is: Is my math right? Is a 6 ohm cab run in parallel (daisy chained) with a 12 ohm cab going to then run a joint impedance of 4 ohms? The second sanity check is with the amp... the picture below shows the speaker inputs on the Mesa, the duel 4 ohm inputs us what is throwing me slightly... can I just simply daisy chain the 2 cabs (if my 4 ohm math is correct) and run them into one of the 4 ohm outputs? Or should I run the 6 ohm cab separately into one 4 ohm output and the 12 ohm cab separately into the 8 ohm output? I'm thinking daisy chaining and running into one 4 ohm output is the right option. Can anyone give me some absolute clarification on this please! And sorry if this is old hat, but I want to really be 100% on this. Cheers! Russ.

Had many MANY of the rectangular ones, they're perfectly reasonable cases at a perfectly reasonable price.

Well, @krispn... you've really gone and done it now... Just sold my Markbass head and officailly pulled the trigger on the Mesa Strategy Eight:88 head! It better be good or you'll find me standing outside your window shaking my fist in anger! And before you ask, yes, yes I will obviously run away if you open the door...

I'm just in the process of pulling the trigger on the Strategy:88, however, even with its monster RRP of £3500 I've just learnt that it doesn't come with the footswitch as standard and that I'll have to fork out a further £150 for the privilege, somewhat off-putting to be honest. If a dirt cheap Behringer amp I had a while back can come with a 4 way footswitch as standard, a £3500 Mesa shouldn't even consider charging for one! Is it just me, or would this get your back up too?

I am every member of Basschat apart from you... glad the cats out the bag, it's been hard work!

Don't tempt me to do the same! However having just taken delivery of my ACG, I think I'll quickly end up divorced if I bought this... almost makes it more tempting to buy! 🤣

Looking to potentially do a part-ex on the Strategy as we speak... still might be a trifle too much cash to outlay right now though!

£729 on that M9 Rack is cheap... brand new items for 2nd hand prices.