A LEGEND, 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING
If you play electric guitar, chances are you’ve
heard of John Petrucci and Dream Theater.
You may even know of our 30-Year relationship building many of his favorite amplifiers
– the very same amplifiers you might have
chosen for your sound. This distinguished
list includes the MARK IIC+™, Dual Rectifier®, TriAxis™, MARK IV™ and MARK V™
to name a few.
Inspired by our long standing relationship
with John Petrucci and more than 30 years
of collaboration we are proud to introduce a
MESA® first; The JP-2C™. Our first unlimited-build Signature Amplifier.
In celebration of John’s talent, his life-long
dedication to our shared art, and the long
relationship we’ve enjoyed with him, we are
proud to introduce a MESA® first; The JP-2C™ - Our first unlimited-build Signature Amplifier.
And YES… it’s a MARK IIC+! A next generation Re-Issue of
the legendary amp so many Recording Artists, MESA enthusiasts and Tone Freaks the world over covet, often searching
high and low to find. Only THIS IIC+ pulls in an enhanced
feature set born from our collaboration with John over a peri-
od of three decades of research and development.
Much like a race car or fighter jet, the JP2C strips down to bare essentials to get the
job done effectively, in the simplest way.
It’s a purpose-built, no compromise rendering that aims at one single goal; deliver
the most aggressive, purest sounding IIC+
EVER in a versatile package that delivers
the goods to meet John’s recording and
stage needs. All Things Heavy! But more
specifically; the highest headroom Clean
sound possible, a Crunch rhythm that has
Lead Channel gain available, but is tight,
grinding and articulate, and the ultimate
Boogie® Lead Channel with access to even
more saturation and the ability to track
any technique and speed while also reaching to the stratosphere for single note solos.
In that spirit, unlike other MESA amplifiers, the JP-2C foregoes the concept of multiple voicing Modes derived from
other MESA circuits and instead dedicates each of the three
Channels exclusively to circuit voicing’s of the MARK IIC+,
including the new SHRED Mode, which further enhances the
top end harmonic layering of the original IIC+ Lead Circuit. ■
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