Mesa still makes head shells for Marks...

[boogiemon]

Customer service at Mesa recently quoted me "about $300" for a new short head shell for my mark III.

thought you'd all like to know.

 

[SonicProvocateur]

Awesome! Thanks, I haven't called them yet, but I was thinking about de-racking my rig for portability. Good to know!

 

[Neptical]

This is good to know. Authenic and straight from the factory no less. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[trickyrick]

They probably dropped their price to keep up with GTS. I'd still buy a head from George before I went to mesa. Not knocking mesa at all, I've just seen too many custom heads by George and am blown away by the quality, craftsmenship, options and price.

 

[JOEY B.]

They probably dropped their price to keep up with GTS. I'd still buy a head from George before I went to mesa. Not knocking mesa at all, I've just seen too many custom heads by George and am blown away by the quality, craftsmenship, options and price.

The $300 price will probably be a short head with fan and reverb tank in any color, as long as it's "black on black". The price for custom color tolex or custom grille on any production model will send the price soaring. :shock:

 

[ochrisl]

I doubt they are including a fan or reverb tank for that price. "About $300" is probably more like 399 + shipping and 6-8 week wait. Probably just a MKV headshell.

 

[boogiemon]

I doubt they are including a fan or reverb tank for that price. "About $300" is probably more like 399 + shipping and 6-8 week wait. Probably just a MKV headshell.

fan + reverb tank: definitely not included.
CS would have said "~$400" if that's what they meant & i specifically asked about a MIII.
i also understood that they would do the install of the fan, tank & chassis upon completion.

 

[gts]

i also understood that they would do the install of the fan, tank & chassis upon completion.

It's easy to install the fan, tank, and chassis in a headshell (Mesa's or mine).
It's all of about 12 screws (including the 4 that hold the chassis in).
Total of ~20 minutes (if that).

But if Mesa is going to install the chassis that means shipping it to them which isn't cheap.
Sending in a Mark chassis from the east coast cost about $80 a little over a year ago.
It's cheaper if you are closer but learning to put it all together is a good thing to learn and it's pretty easy too.
Save a couple of bucks and install it yourself.

They probably dropped their price to keep up with GTS. I'd still buy a head from George before I went to mesa. Not knocking mesa at all, I've just seen too many custom heads by George and am blown away by the quality, craftsmenship, options and price.

Thanks TR. Truly humbled to have you say this especially in light of your craftsmanship!

 

[SonicProvocateur]

Thanks TR. Truly humbled to have you say this especially in light of your craftsmanship!

Agreed. You still making hardwood shells, Tricky?

 

[revgsmall]

GTS is the man. He just did one for my prized Mark II. I'll be posting pics soon. Done in Dark Red snakeskin. Way less than $300 and mucho more Mojo. My GTS had the cut and mount for the fan and reverb tank.

 

[SonicProvocateur]

If I can't afford hardwood, I'm torn between white hot bronco and snakeskin. Both are so awesome.