Mesa/Boogie Stiletto User Manual

Overview:
Congratulations on your choice of the Stiletto 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 Stiletto, proving its’ lasting value as it supports your musical growth for
years to come.
While the Stiletto is the 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 Stiletto 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).
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REAR PANEL : Stiletto
FRONT PANEL : Stiletto
INPUTFT.SW
FAT
CLEAN
TITE CLEAN
CRUNCH
FLUID
DRIVE
TITE
GAIN
CRUNCH
GAIN
TREBLE
MID
BASS
PRESENCE
MASTER
100 W
50 W
100 W
50 W
FTSW
CH 1
CH 2
OUTPUT
SOLO
BOLD
SPONGY
ON
STDBY
ON
POWER
LEVEL
SLAVE
OUT
4 OHM 4 OHM 8 OHM
8 OHM
SILICON
DIODE
CH 2 CH 1
TUBE
RECTIFIER
TRACKING
CHANNEL SOLO
EXT SWITCH
STILETTO
RETURN SEND
SEND LEVEL
LOOP IN
WARNING: Unplug power
before replacing fuse or
removing bolts mounting
chassi
s
FUSE
POWER FUSE
120 V~
60 Hz
4
A
4
A
SLO
BLO
OOGIE
B
M
ESA
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Mesa/Boogie Stiletto Specifications

General

Type	Tube Amplifier
Channels	2
Preamp Tubes	5 x 12AX7
Reverb	No
Rectifier	Solid State
EQ	Bass, Mid, Treble
Inputs	1 x 1/4"
Footswitch	Included (Channel Switching)
Effects Loop	Yes (Series)