Kiwi Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Yesterday I was mucking about with my MIDI rig a little and came to the conclusion that the Strategy 400, as lovely as it is, is realistically too heavy for me to gig with. So I'm going to see what level of interest there is for it here before thinking about putting it on Ebay mainly because I'm interested in trades. These things are in a class of their own. Noone has made or currently makes a stereo valve power amp of this power rating apart from Mesa Boogie and even they don't make this model any more. Built like a nuclear bunker, it has 12 6L6 valves that are designed to barely just tick over when the thing is on full tilt. Result being that you don't really need to replace the power valves as often as other amps. I've only gigged this amp once, the rest of the time I've used it as my hi fi power amp which, ironically, is what the Strategy 400 was originally designed as. Output is 200w a side but there is the facility to connect 2 cabinets per side at 4 or 8 ohms. So potentially you could hook up eight 8ohm cabs to a single amp using linking jacks on the cabs. (Or eight 8 ohm Barefaced compacts if you like! ) There are left and right channel inputs and there is also a mono summed input as well. There's no bridging facility so you WILL need two cabs to get the best out of it. I had it serviced about 4 months ago where one valve was replaced with a matching example. The amp has fixed biasing so the choices are either replaced a dud valve with one of a value that matches the others, or replace the whole lot (which seems a bit of a waste unless the amp sounds muffled). The power switch was shorting out and got replaced too but Mesa tweaked the design a little so its a little more rounded than the originals. So if anyone is seriously interested in this amp, PM me [b]by April 25th[/b]. I know what I could potentially get for it on Ebay if there was strong bidding but I'd like to see if anyone on Basschat is particularly keen on it first. I reserve the right to change my mind mainly because it sounds amazingly fat and clean with a bit of synth bass pumping through it. As mentioned already, if there's trade bait out there (like a Yammie BBNEII, Spector Euro 5, Lakland 5502 or Status headless 5...or a multi effects unit with stereo inputs and tap tempo delay) I would be prepared to consider a trade plus cash if relevant. For anyone with specific technical questions, a user manual can be found on the Mesa Boogie site here: [url="http://www.mesaboogie.com/manuals/Strategy%20400%20Stereo.pdf"]http://www.mesaboogie.com/manuals/Strategy...00%20Stereo.pdf[/url] Schematic: [url="http://www.freeinfosociety.com/electronics/schemview.php?id=292"]http://www.freeinfosociety.com/electronics...view.php?id=292[/url] Usual raving at Harmony Central: [url="http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Guitar+Amp/product/Mesa%2FBoogie/Strategy+400+Stereo+Power+Amp/10/1"]http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews...+Power+Amp/10/1[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevans09 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Bump for an awesome power amp but can someone PLEASE part with a 400+?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted April 18, 2009 Author Share Posted April 18, 2009 You could pair this with the valve pre of your choice and have something better than a Bass 400+... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Shockwave is after a power amp and has a headless Status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted April 19, 2009 Author Share Posted April 19, 2009 we've been chatting a bit, thanks for the heads up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 bump. I'll take £700 excl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 Manual here: [url="http://www.mesaboogie.com/manuals/Strategy%20400%20Stereo.pdf"]http://www.mesaboogie.com/manuals/Strategy...00%20Stereo.pdf[/url] Considering my budget at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 [quote name='Crazykiwi' post='469718' date='Apr 22 2009, 04:29 PM']bump. I'll take £700 excl.[/quote] 700? i got one of these last year for 400 when the economical climate was alot better ;o must've got an epic bargain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevans09 Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 PM'd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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