Doug West and Randall Smith at the bench in the Tone Lounge. These two have been toning your favorite amps for over 30 years together! (click to enlarge)
Doug West has been Randall Smith’s right hand man in the toning of every Mesa/Boogie amp since 1980. Doug started playing guitar at age 6 and in an amazing twist of irony, bought his first electric guitar from Randy in 1968. Before ‘The Boogie’ (Mark I) was officially born, [click to continue…]

Mesa Employee Spotlight and Round table discussion:
John Marshall ~ Circuit Ambassador of the NEW Dual and Triple
Rectifiers and discussion with Director of R & D,
Doug West and Director of Sales, Steve Mueller.
(Part 2 of a 2 part interview)
Amplitudes: It’s good to know that the greatness of the original Rectifiers are so fiercely protected and referenced. We’ve talked about the things that haven’t changed. Can we talk about the things that have changed? [click to continue…]

Mesa Employee Spotlight and Round table discussion:
John Marshall ~ Circuit Ambassador of the NEW Dual and Triple
Rectifiers and discussion with Director of R & D,
Doug West and Director of Sales, Steve Mueller.
(Part 1 of a 2 part interview – Part 2 here)
Amplitudes: Tell us a little bit about your life before Mesa and how you got here.
John: Well, I started playing guitar when I was 6 or 7. [click to continue…]