Product Description
Mesa Boogie TransAtlantic® TA-30 Head
Amplifier Features |
|
|---|---|
| Amp Type | Tube |
| Chassis Material | Aluminum |
| Rectifier Type | Silicon Diodes |
| Rectifier Tubes | n/a |
| Variac Power Switch | n/a |
| Preamp Tubes | 6x Mesa 12AX7 |
| Power Amp Tubes | 4x Mesa EL-84 |
| Bias Switch for Alternate Power Tubes Types | n/a |
| Maintenance Free Fixed Bias | Yes |
| Wattage(s) Quick Reference | 15, 30 or 40 Watts – Channel Assignable – See Power Amp Details for more information |
| Built-In Power Amp Attenuation | n/a |
| Power Amp Details (Class & Wattage) | Mesa’s Patented Multi-Watt™ (Patent 7,602,927) Power Amp, featuring Duo-Class™ (Patent 7,173,488) and Dyna-Watt™ technologies, provides three power and two operating-class options that are channel assignable via two 15/30/40 Watt Power Switches: Choose 2 power tube operating in pure Class A Push-Pull, producing 15 Watts – 4 tubes running in pure Class A, Push-Pull, producing 30 Watts or 4 tubes operating in Mesa’s proprietary Dyna-Watt™ Class A/B power, producing 40 Watts |
| Convection or Fan Cooling | Fan Cooled |
| Number of Footswitchable Channels (or Modes) | Two Channels |
| Number of Style Modes | Five |
| Number of Style Modes Per Channel | Channel 1 = Two / Channel 2 = Three |
| Types of Style Modes Per Channel | Ch. 1 = Normal (Brit Clean) or Top Boost (Brit Drive) Ch. 2 = Tweed, Hi 1 or Hi 2 – (Plus, Pull Gain Boost on Gain Control) |
| Channel Controls | Each Channel features Independent 15/30/40 Watt Multi-Watt™ Switch and FX Loop & Reverb/True Bypass Switch – Channel 1 features 2 Position Style Mode Switch, Volume (gain), Treble, Bass, Reverb, Cut Control with Pull Switch that turns it into a Master Volume – Channel 2 features 3-Position Style Mode Switch, Gain with Pull Gain Boost Switch, Treble, Bass, Reverb and Master |
| Graphic EQ and/or Contour | n/a |
| Reverb / Effects & Bypass Options | All-Tube, Long Spring Reverb – Channel Assignable with Independent Channel Level Controls or Bypassable – See True-Bypass Options below for more information |
| Effects Loop & Bypass Options | Fully Buffered FX Loop – Footswitchable, Channel Assignable or True Bypassable per Channel – See True-Bypass Options below for more information |
| Global Output Level Control | n/a |
| Global Solo Level Control & Bypassable Options | n/a |
| True-Bypass Options | Independent True-Bypass Switches fully remove the FX Loop & Reverb from either Channel |
| Tuner Output | n/a |
| External Switching Jack Options and/or Midi | External Switching Jack for Reverb |
| Speaker Outputs | One 8 Ohm and Two 4 Ohm |
| Cabinet Simulation – Direct Live/Recording Output | n/a |
| Headphone Output | n/a |
| Slave Output | n/a |

