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Congratulations on your choice of the ACE as your amplifier and welcome to the MESA/Boogie Family!
This design represents our experience gained over the last several decades hand-building all-tube, high performance amplifiers and
showcases ultimate tone and versatility served up with intuitive simplicity.
We wish you many years of inspired enjoyment from your new instrument and feel confident that it will exceed your expectations right
away. And as your musical journey unfolds, so will your ACE, proving its lasting value as it supports your musical growth for years
to come.
While the Stilettos arethe first amplifier in the
MESA Family that features exclusively the EL34 type power tube, it is no less endowed
with the patented features and refinements than its
MESA siblings utilizing 6L6 type pentodes for power production. Years of scrutiny
and testing of the available ‘34‘s was incorporated into the long process of R&D to ensure reliable performance while we were extract
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ing our measure of this revered tubes’ golden elixir of harmonic bliss.
The ACE delivers all the vintage voodoo power-clip characteristics of the best classic British EL34 amps, and yet goes far beyond
those gems in terms of gain, expression, nuance and flexibility to put a new standard in place in the realm of EL Based circuits.
We begin with the straightforward 2 Channel platform that presents everything in a one glance, confidence inspiring visual tour of the
Front Panel. All the controls you need and nothing more. A closer look reveals two sets of mini toggles adjacent to the input GAIN
Control, one 3 position for each Channel, responsible for choosing one of 5 incredible Modes (CRUNCH appears in both channels).
REAR PANEL : Stiletto ACE
FRONT PANEL : Stiletto ACE
INPUT
FT.SW
FAT
CLEAN
CRUNCH
FLUID
DRIVE
CRUNCH
GAIN
TREBLE
MID
BASS
PRESENCE
MASTER
DIODE
TUBE
DIODE
TUBE
FT
SW
CH 1
CH 2
OUTPUT
SOLO
SPONGY
ON
STDBY
ON
POWER
OFF
LEVEL
OUT
4 OHM 4 OHM 8 OHM
8 OHM
CHANNEL SOLO
EXT
SW
RETURN SEND
SEND LEVEL
WARNING: Unplug power
before replacing fuse or
removing bolts mounting
chassis
POWER FUSE
120 V~
60 Hz
4
A
4
A
SLO
BLO
FX LOOP
SPEAKER
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C
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G
A
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SLAVE
LOOP IN
HARD BYPA
SS
F
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LOOP NOTE:
First set sound with LOOP
BYPASSED. Then set SEND
LEVEL and OUTPUT to 50%
fo
r unity gain. With LOOP IN,
adjust SEND to match FX.
Use OUTPUT for RETURN
level & live volume.
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