Mesa Boogie Stilletto Ace Head Vanilla Taurus
Item: MB2ACEVV
Players have come to expect a great clean sound in every MESA amp, and the Stiletto ACE® delivers in spades. The Stilletto Ace Head Vanilla Taurus has truckloads of clean tones like you’ve never heard before from an EL34 amp. Chiming transparent clarity riding atop warm breathing lows, and all this 3-D magic is delivered with stunning dynamic attack.
Because classic English Rock sounds are neither totally clean nor inherently high gain, we’ve fitted duplicate "crunch" modes in both Channels 1 and 2. For the player who has no use for pristine clean, this mid gain mode roams the wooly landscape from nearly clean to a punchy snarling break-up.
Just before these classic sounds end, Channel 2 begins its journey into high gain realms no British amp ever dared. The "Tite" Gain blisters with searing heat while maintaining articulate focus. The "Fluid" Drive bumps the gain and liquefies the attack to inspire your single note soloing to a new level of freedom.
Combining this new, more aggressive preamp with the brighter, faster feel of the Ace’s fifty watt power, creates a Stiletto that cuts with more depth and finesse than any of its English counterparts. Even veteran tone snobs need to check this amp! We routinely plug into this amp to bliss out on rock, to heavy rock guitar tones.
Mesa Boogie Stilletto Ace Head Vanilla Taurus
Features:
- Hand Built in Petaluma, CA
- Great Tones
- Built Like a Tank
- Special Vanilla Taurus Covering
Specifications:
- 50 Watts, Class A/B Power / 2xEL-34, 5x12AX7, 1x5U4
- Fixed Bias for Consistent, Maintenance
Free Performance
- 2 Fully Independent Channels with 6 Modes (Channel 1 = Fat Clean, Tite Clean or Crunch (Cloning Channel 2), Channel 2 = Crunch, Tite Gain or Fluid Drive)
- Channel Assignable Dual Rectification with Recto Tracking™ (Diode or Tube Tracking – Patents 5,168,438 & 7,193,458)
- Independent Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence & Master Controls per Channe
- Bold/Spongy “Variac” Switch (Patent 5,091,700)
- Output Level Control (over all channels when activated)
- Footswitchable
Solo Level Control – Patent 6,724,897 (over all channels when activated)
- 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 with Level Control
- Fan Cooled (combos only)
- External Switching Jacks for Channels 1, 2 & Solo
- Aluminum Chassis