Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25?

I believe the Celestion Custom 90 is just a beefed up version of the Celestion Classic Lead 80 speaker. A quick Google search will probably tell you for sure.

 

There's many Boogies that can do Tweed plus Marshall - not exactly, but good facsimile.

Express/Plus, Blue Angel, Lonestar, F30/50, mini-rec, Rectoverb, Mark V, Transatlantic.

What they all miss is the speaker flavouring a pre-Rola or Jensen alnico or Greenback gives.

 

I owned one briefly.

Sounds like a Boogie to me.

They all have that mid signature.

Quieter than its wattage rating (less present in rehearsal room than a DR, despite the mids). Reverb on the back sucks if you use reverb as an effect, not a set-and-forget.

Returned. As always, YMMV.

Honestly I think a Hot Rod Deluxe IV does way better at Fender (duh) and also Marshall for far less and sounding better.

 

well, thanks for this thread. i had the hots for one of these, based on demos i watched. Now, not so much. GAS squashed. this is a good thing.

 

I've got a 50 combo. It's obviously going to sound a bit different due to the larger cab and power section, but either way the higher gain modes are much more Boogie than they are Marshall, mainly due to the lower midrange voicing. But they'll still do classic rock all day long, and can nail the Santana thing.

 

Depends what you want.

If you only want to bring a guitar, cable and amp and don't use a pedalboard then Boogies can work well to give 2-channel tones..

I still kick myself for selling the Express 5:25 110 as it had lots of flexibility with the contour control and boost switch.

They're harder to dial in than a Fender - no harder than a Marshall - but once you realise the gain and treble controls are key it's not hard to find your sound. The key for Tweeds is crank mids.

I wish Boogie'd use 6V6s rather than EL84s in the 25 watters as I do agree with Milwark in the bass response of the EL84 25 watt models does not behave like bigger bottles.

 

@Dacious - I think Fillmore 25 is 6v6

 

I've got the 50 combo as well and absolutely love it. I'm not a huge Marshall lover and tend to think of the "Marshall-y" sounds in Boogies to just be a better version of the Marshall sound, and it's certainly capable of getting close enough for most any use outside of straight simulation, though. Toss an EQ in the loop and it'd take real minor sculpting to nail that sound, though. Granted, that trick does sort of make any amp a billion times more versatile.

I do think the 50 combo is the best of the bunch though. I spent a long time chewing on which Fillmore to get and it really seems like it's the perfect option. Granted, it's practically what I'd have built as a custom amp, so I'm pretty dang biased and just over the moon that Boogie put out something so bang-on for me as a player.

 

Oh OK - my bad. I guess if you're used to 6L6 bottom it could still sound a little lightweight.

 

I get that for sure. I do think the Mesa master volumes tend to be about as good as they can get on a tube amp as far as maintaining decent tone, but if we're talking getting comfy bedroom volume, a lot of that tone issue comes from not driving the speaker nearly enough to get a full response from it, in my experience. I do use an attenuator - a Torpedo Captor - with it, but mostly just to make the curve of the knob a little less micro-sensitive at home. Though, it's fair to say the Fillmore's 50 watts seem to be absolutely nowhere near as loud as a Marshall's 50 watts, must be a much less efficient design or some other trickery on the ears.

I like the triode mode, though. It's not so much a volume thing as having a different power stage response on tap in practical usage to me. So, I find it pretty handy.