Mesa/Boogie Mark III
The Mesa/Boogie Mark III is a guitar amplifier used by Prince in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It replaced his older Mesa/Boogie Mark II amplifier heads. The Mark III was released in 1985, and is assumed that Prince adopted the amplifiers in the mid-to-late 1980s. He was using two Mark IIIs on the Nude tour, one for clean and one for dirty sounds.
Like the Mesa/Boogie Mark II, the Mark III was paired with Bag End D-12M cabinets. Around the Act I & II tour, Prince replaced his Mesa/Boogie amplifiers and Bag End cabinets with Soldano amplifiers and Marshall and Peavey cabinets.
Specifications
| Preamp | 5 x 12AX7 |
|---|---|
| Power Amp | 4 x 6L6 and 2 x EL34 (SimulClass) 4x 6L6 (Non-SimulClass) |
| Rectifier | Solid State |
| Channel | Rhythm, Crunch, Lead |
| Controls | Volume (Pull Bright) Treble (Pull Shift) Bass (Pull Shift) Middle (Pull Rhythm) Master (Pull Deep) Lead Drive (Pull Lead) Lead Master (Pull Bright) Five Band EQ (80, 240, 750, 2200, 6600) Presence Reverb |
| Power | 15/75 watts RMS (SimulClass) 60/100 watts RMS (Non-SimulClass) |
