Mesa Boogie Studio 22 Amplifier Review - It's Awesome!

I bought mine in 87. The people at the store said they put up the CLOSED sign and crank it up because every guitar sounded great through it.
Years later, I got a maple cab and changed the speaker for a Celestion blue Alnico. OMG!

Absolutely love my little Boogie. Bought mine in the 80's and will never part with it.

Those are hard to come by now because everyone who owns one will keep it forever. I know becasue I own one and you will have to pry it from my cold dead hands :D I run mine with a 12in Thiele cab too, fattens up nicely.

So it's 2 channel?

Not a lot of BULLSHIT CHATTER LIKE MOST REVIEWS Thank You!! You jumped right into it which is why 99.5% of us watch reviews. Highly informative, objective and entertaining!!

That's how a Boogie should sound.

How about show testing these amps without any effects..none..Im sure more people want to hear the amps natural tone

iv had one for about 20 years, use others occasionally but when I need natural tone, its crazy good. I've used slaved to a Marshall slimline amp and quad box for big gigs, but by itself it has beautiful tone.

Bro, I had one for yrs and seeing you play one I just broke it out of retirement and going to use it at my next gig!

No need for pedals with this one. That distortion blows the top off. The clean is my kind of clean - a little dirty. Never would I trade or sell

Got one in the early 90s with the EQ and extended cab for a STEAL! ($300 US) Best Deal Ever! Does everything you want and more. My kids can have it or sell it AFTER I’m dead.

is the dc2 the same one as this but with 2 channels?

I bought mine in 86. I've since had a maple cab made and changed the speaker for a Celestion Blue and you can imagine how it sounds. Effing awesome!

I have one of these amps. I'm the third owner, I know the guy who bought it originally, he sold it to his brother, and I got it from him. Mine is the only one I've ever seen in white tolex. It has aged to a nice cream color. Mine also was pre EQ era like the one in the vid. Now about the tones, holy moly I will never want for another amp that doesn't say Boogie on it! Just a killer amp. I've gigged it. I've been to the studio with it. I've been recording at home with it. They may bury me with it. It's that good. The cleans are sparkly with a touch of dirt that sounds just right. The gain side will melt the walls down with torturous gain, sustain, and feedback. You just ain't played guitar yet if you haven't plugged into a Boogie.

I hear a lot of people don't like them. No accounting for taste...

There are two drawbacks to this amp, the clean/gain channels do not match up well. (there is a mod for that I just haven't done it) And they can be a bit noisy at stage levels when things get quiet. You won't notice it when the band is playing, and the crowd won't care when your leads singe their ears.

I could see the look on Shanes face in the vid, he could barely contain his enthusiasm for the Studio .22. It puts a smile on my face every time I play mine too. :)

dude, having a ball tear isn't a good thing! sounds lovely, though

I got a 50 Caliber Plus combo back in the 80s because it was in the same family of Boogies as the Studio .22. Pretty much the same tone with more wattage, although I could have done just fine with a .22 because they are more than loud enough. I remember when that .22 because THE session amp in the 80s. I wish Boogie still made it. Incredible tone. Very sweet, versatile, and it just makes sense. I find that the 5 band optional EQs really don't do much for Boogies, and if I could have done it over again I would have either gotten the 50 cal without the EQ or gotten a 22. You can do the EQ boost with a pedal anyways.

Glad he reviews good gear, but I wish he could play a mother song!!

Aside a bit lacking on the bass department compared to other Mesa amps, it sounded good.
I wondered how an F-30 would compare if you have experience with them.

Had a shot at getting a Studio 22+ (which has separate Master levels for both channels), and bough it immediately after seeing this. It's a wonderful amp.

Amazing amp. My go to amp!

Phenomenal tones! Would you pick this over your Marshall DSL40c combo if you had to pick between the two?

I have one of these little beast and there freaking awesome. I believe mine is a 84-85 or 86 earlier version with the word Boogie in front only. I don't play it as much anymore due to being spoiled with my Morgan AC20 deluxe and my new Friedman pink taco 😋

The Caliber are workhorses made for gigging bands.They will not achieve legendary status like the Mark series but they do their own thing. Compact and toneful, and tons of cleans on the larger 50. Put a fan in the cab to keep it well vented.

I've watched a few of your amp reviews, and IMO you can't beat a boogie I had the studio 22 plus ev and I gigged with it and put a mic on the front and it was outstanding tbh 5 years ago I had to sell my dual rec & nomad 100 combo and the 22 plus, as my gigging days are done at 55 year's and been depressed ever since lol they were just amazing, we can talk katana, bandit, catalyst, and they are great until you have played through a boogie and ya never forget how sweet they really are, I really can't justify getting the Mk5 for indoors but was lucky to use one and that's a real arse kicker !!! Thanks for your upload 👍🙏🐱

Shane’s playing outshines that amp. I think mesa’s sound cold and sterile. Except the F30 or F50.

Shane, you were killing it with that Boogie. Got my Mark IIB in 1980...Boogies are the best!

This was my first tube amp 20 years ago and I still have it. So satisfied with it, I only bought one other amp since (because I needed a simulated speaker output). I've been through probably 20 guitars though.

More boogies please

I cant get anything like these tones from mine

What happens when there's a fault? Aren't these supposedly difficult to repair?

Coupled with a DiMarzio super distortion pickup there's no better

Did you keep it though?

How would you compare this to your DSL?

Killer amp. You can play anything with this.

Shane, greetings from Central Texas! I have a MarkIIB that I bought in 1980. It was Simulclassed at Mesa by Mr. Mike Bendinelli. 15w Class A and 60w Class AB. It's good friends with my '79 Les Paul Custom. Cheers Mate!

I bought mine in 86. I've since added a Celestian Blue alnico and a maple cab. It made a great amp even better.

Those tones are shite. I have this amp an I have to tell you, you don't know how to tweak it properly

Curt Corbain used this in Nirvana, at least on some songs. Great amp but old ones overheat and the sound cuts out.

This was my first Mesa boogie. I got in the 80s. Great amp

Horrible tones; muddy and thin at the same time. Nasty.

Great amps but they have serious heat problems if you do long gigs with them. I highly recommend adding fans to them. My preferred method is to yank out the tiny reverb tank, retrofit a full sized tank into the bottom of the cabinet, and wire up some 2" box fans on the metal grille where the reverb tank used to sit. Push cool air INTO it. I've seen some run so hot they literally melted their own solder which causes problems.

Is it normal for this amp to run hot by just turning it on and not playing it? Ty

Eq settings sound really muffled

That amp is so much better just used clean, with FX. Add your distortion before the amp. I have two of them, and I never use the dirty channel on those amps. There's just no point. You don't need the dirty channel, at all. That's what overdrive and distortion pedals are for. And they do a much better job. You'll get a much thicker sound.

Horribly miced.. should've micked it straight, slightly off center. So we could actually hear the whole tone. Not alot off center and outward 🤦🏾‍♂️

Horribly miced.. should've micked it straight, slightly off center. So we could actually hear the whole tone. Not alot off center and outward 🤦🏾‍♂️

Great tones! Love the guitar too.