While on vacation a couple weeks ago, I noticed the highway sign said I was coming to Petaluma soon. I thought, "Hey, Mesa is here, let's see what the GPS has." and punched it in. Sure enough, in a couple miles/minutes we pulled up in front of Mesa.
I walked in and asked the receptionist if we could have a tour. She said sure and called someone. In a couple of minutes, Kris Dilbeck from Customer Service came out and introduced himself and gave us a tour of the plant.
Mesa is not a huge operation with regular factory tours and a gift shop, but Kris was very friendly and helpful to take us "drop-ins" around the shop and show the details of what they do and how. It was very interesting and impressive to see the craftsmanship and testing that was done at each stage to ensure a quality product goes out the door. Each unit is tested several times, burned in for 24 hours and even played before they let it go to its new owner.
The cabinet guys also do some nice work, and it was interesting to see all of the different options including embossed leathers and premium wood finishes being done.
Each Mesa/Boogie amp or cabinet is built when ordered. None are built and then sit on shelves in the warehouse waiting to be ordered. This explains the 4 -6 weeks you'll wait to get one, unless your dealer ordered one for store stock. Custom finishes, etc. can add another four weeks while your baby is being built.
I thought it was pretty cool that they were that open to us just dropping by and then show us around. Now, if my wife will just pick up on the hints about the M6 Carbine for Christmas....
I walked in and asked the receptionist if we could have a tour. She said sure and called someone. In a couple of minutes, Kris Dilbeck from Customer Service came out and introduced himself and gave us a tour of the plant.
Mesa is not a huge operation with regular factory tours and a gift shop, but Kris was very friendly and helpful to take us "drop-ins" around the shop and show the details of what they do and how. It was very interesting and impressive to see the craftsmanship and testing that was done at each stage to ensure a quality product goes out the door. Each unit is tested several times, burned in for 24 hours and even played before they let it go to its new owner.
The cabinet guys also do some nice work, and it was interesting to see all of the different options including embossed leathers and premium wood finishes being done.
Each Mesa/Boogie amp or cabinet is built when ordered. None are built and then sit on shelves in the warehouse waiting to be ordered. This explains the 4 -6 weeks you'll wait to get one, unless your dealer ordered one for store stock. Custom finishes, etc. can add another four weeks while your baby is being built.
I thought it was pretty cool that they were that open to us just dropping by and then show us around. Now, if my wife will just pick up on the hints about the M6 Carbine for Christmas....
