“Even after four decades of high-gain amp design evolution, the Mark IIC+’s distortion tonesstill remain the gold standard”: Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ review

Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+: the legendary tube amp is photographed face-on in a darkened room.

What is it?

For many guitarists, the Mesa/Boogie Mark IIC+ ranks at the top of their Holy Grail, bucket-list, unobtanium amps. The main reason the Mark IIC+ is so desirable is because it was James Hetfield’s main amp (he actually had a IIC++ with additional gain) on Metallica’s immortal Master of Puppets.