Some of the models since then are geared to the Rock playing crowd and may not do jazz quite as well. This was many years ago, but as I recall, it was a really nice guitar-it sounded great. It was dark, translucent brown (you could see the wood grain) with a black three-ply pickguard and a maple neck, and it had a humbucker at the neck and a single coil at the bridge. I think all of the Mesa amps from the 70's through the mid 90's are capable of great jazz guitar tones. I had a friend who had an Electra Tele-style. A bass player that I have done many gigs with is a close friend of Randy Smith, Mesa Engineering's founder/owner and has told me that Randy is a jazz guitarist. The one knock on Mesa amps that is totally true is that they require a LOT of fiddling with to dial in the sound you want (they have very interactive controls). Mesa amps are built with circuit boards, but of the highest quality, so they are long lasting just like the vintage Fender amps. I like the Mesa sound a tad better than the Fender sound for jazz guitar myself, but it is a matter of taste. I think you are right about the mids and highs. They might sound better in an band setting than solo or duo IMO.I have had quite a few Fender tube amps and a few Mesa tube amps as well (In fact, the two tube amps that I own are a Fender Princeton (1964 non-reverb with a JBL D-110F) and a Mesa. Mesa's sound like they have more mids and mellower highs compared to Fender's.
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