$99.99
Whether you’re rocking a physical TONEX pedal on the stage or laying down tracks with IK Multimedia’s TONEX app, the IK Multimedia TONEX Mesa/Boogie Reference Signature Collection plug-in is a must-have for the high-gain obsessive with a passion for Mesa/Boogie might. This comprehensive collection boasts four immaculate TONEX models of individual amplifiers pulled from Mesa/Boogie’s Tone Lab — models loftily dubbed “reference amps” for their historical importance and sonic significance to Mesa/Boogie’s half-century legacy. Moreover, your bounty includes models of Mesa/Boogie’s limited-edition King Snake combo to cop smooth Santana-style tones. To precisely capture every sonic nuance of these five amplifiers, IK Multimedia worked directly with Mesa/Boogie’s in-house tone guru, Doug “Tone Boy” West, at a world-class studio, aided by IK’s state-of-the-art Advanced AI Machine Modeling Technology. The result? Some 70 exacting Tone Models perfectly capture the complex, harmonic-rich gain and expressive dynamics of Mesa/Boogie’s most iconic amplifiers.
The IK Multimedia TONEX Mesa/Boogie Reference Signature Collection plug-in provides four reference amps taken directly from Mesa/Boogie’s Tone Lab, along with the limited-edition King Snake — an exacting replication of Carlos Santana’s legendary “Budokan” Mark I amplifier. From the searing sound of the 1984 Mark IIC+ to the gain-drenched sounds of Mesa/Boogie’s 1990s-era Dual and Triple Rectifier amps to the raw sounds of the Mark IV, this collection spans all of Mesa/Boogie’s iconic tones in a single plug-in.
What’s more, the four reference amps were captured using two matching reference cabs from Mesa/Boogie, including a 4 x 12-inch Slope and 1 x 12-inch Widebody Extension. These two cabs have been perfectly worn in over the years by the Mesa/Boogie team, supplying a rich, warm, and touch-sensitive broken-in feel. True to Santana’s tastes, the King Snake’s cab was recorded with a Jensen Blackbird 100 alnico speaker, which Sweetwater guitarists find provides a decidedly clear and vocal-like quality when pushed into overdrive.
