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The MESA BOOGIE STILETTO DEUCE STAGE II

Handbuilt in Petaluma, California
(as are all of our products)

Multi-Watt, Channel Assignable Power Amp (Patent Pending) allows you to assign either 2 or all 4 EL-34 Power Tubes to each Channel for Power Ratings of 50 or 100 Watts of Class A/B Power via independent 50/100 Watt Power Switches / 4xEL-34, 5x12AX7, 2x5U4

Fixed Bias for Consistent, Maintenance Free Performance

2 Fully Independent Channels with 6 Modes (Channel 1 = Fat Clean, Tite Clean or Crunch (Cloning Channel 2), Channel 2 = Crunch, Tite Gain or Fluid Drive)

Channel Assignable Dual Rectification with Recto Tracking (Diode or Tube Tracking – Patents 5,168,438 & 7,193,458)

Independent Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence & Master Controls per Channel

Bold/Spongy "Variac" Switch (Patent 5,091,700)

Output Level Control (over all channels when activated)

Footswitchable Solo Level Control – Patent 6,724,897 (over all channels when activated)

All-Tube FX Loop with Send Level Control (over all channels when activated)

True "Hard" Bypass Switch that removes FX Loop, Output Level & Solo Level Controls from signal path

Slave Out with Level Control

External Switching Jacks for Channels 1, 2 & Solo

Chrome Chassis

2 Button Footswitch (Channel 1/2 & Solo)

Slip Cover

Stiletto marks Mesa's dedication to the legendary power behind heavy rock's British ancestry. Razor sharp and finely honed, the Stiletto is mean enough to slice right through any mix with a trademark new sound. From sparkling cleans to classic Brit crunch to a menacing new realm of high gain, our goal was to re-define the EL-34 sound and elevate it beyond the limits of previous boundaries. Just like the Rectos did to 6L6s!

Tighter, higher Bass. Lower, fatter Mids and a hazy harmonic topwhere luscious overtones line up in a shimmering crystalline spread. This mid-focused footprint compliments a Recto perfectly in an aggressive two-guitar band, allowing each player to carve out a distinctive region…and own it.

Two ruthless pre-amp channels create a mighty 6 mode platform while keeping that chrome panel gleaming and simple. Channel One fashions two Clean modes, one FAT and expansive, one TITE and urgent – or can be switched to CRUNCH, which roams from a '34-style Brit Blues clip through classic UK Hard Rock. Channel Two starts here, cloning the mid-gain presence of CRUNCH, and moves into a hellacious new frontier of modern grind with the barbed attack of TITE-GAIN or the super-layered, harmonic loaded bomb in FLUID-DRIVE. Only another MESA should consider sharing a stage next to the sinister fury of the Stiletto's high gain thrust.