f i r st p l ay MESA ENGINEERING JP-2C HEAD £2,950 WHAT IS IT? A modern, stripped-down (tonally-speaking) take on the legendary Mark IIC+, and Mesa’s first proper signature product 24 Guitarist summer 2016 GIT410.rev_mesa.
Mesa Engineering JP-2C Head first play Dream Machine The JP-2C makes Mesa history as the company’s first unlimited signature amp, which pays tribute to Dream Theater’s virtuosic John Petrucci Words Nick Guppy Photography Olly Curtis N ow in its Mark Five incarnation, the modern Boogie is a three-channel multi-mode monster, bristling with knobs, switches and LEDs that control an almost endless list of functions.
first play MESA ENGINEERING JP-2C HEAD 1 comprises three independent channels and two separate five-band graphic EQs. The EQs can be assigned to any combination of channels, as well as working off the supplied six-button foot controller, or through MIDI, which governs most of the JP-2C’s switched functions. Each channel has identical (though differently voiced) controls for gain, master, bass, mid, treble and presence, together with an EQ assign toggle.
MESA ENGINEERING JP-2C HEAD first play 1. The JP-2C’s distinctive control panel features three channels, each with controls for gain, master, bass, mid, treble and presence, and an EQ assign toggle 2. The new Shred mode can be selected on Channel 2, or 2 and 3, as well as being MIDI controlled 3.
first play MESA ENGINEERING JP-2C HEAD 4. The CabClone output offers highly authentic speaker emulation, with a choice of open/ closed-back sounds as well as speaker defeat, ground lift and level switching 5.
