Woodexpress Serial Number
Model: Express Serial Number: 177PZ01469 Caliber: 30-06 Condition: Excellent Metal Condition: Excellent Wood Condition: Excellent Bore Condition: Excellent Barrels: 2.
Serial Number 005 on an Original Mark I Snakeskin combo that guards Randall Smith's office at Mesa H.Q. (click to enlarge or for gallery) If you’ve ever had a hard time finding the serial number on your Boogie, this info will help.
Serial number locations have changed on the many different models over the decades but in the last 20 years the location and format has remained fairly consistent. Post 1985 Guitar Amp heads and combos As of the late ‘80s, Mesa began the use of a.75 inch x 1.5 inch decal that is often placed near the AC cord or IEC cable receptacle as shown in the picture above of this Dual Rectifier chassis. Serial Number decal on a Dual Rectifier head For those new to some of the terminology, the chassis is metal and houses of all the knobs, switches, transformers, tubes and sockets etc. - the 'guts' of the amp. The serial number of your amp is always going to be attached to this part of your amplifier. The cabinet is the wood enclosure in which the chassis gets mounted. The cabinet is most often covered in vinyl with the exception of cabinets that are custom and covered in leather or custom hardwood cabs, or, rack mounted amplifiers.
Walkabout rackmount unit with serial number decal on the underside of the amp towards the rear Some bass amps with serial number decals on the bottom of the amp AND built into head cabs will have to be disassembled from their head cabs to access the serial number. Assembly instructions for bass amp head cabs can be obtained from Mesa/Boogie Customer Service. The serial number is also printed on the quality control card (if available) which may allow you to avoid disassembly. In the case of the Titan below, the serial number is on the rear panel and is easily seen even when in the head cab. Mark IIB amplifier with tech initials and assembly date on the underside of the amplifier between preamp and power tubes Some people like to know the 'birthday' of their amps and many will be pleased to find Mesa techs initialing and dating the amps in plain view very near the serial number decal on the amps since 2008-2009. For amps built before then, birthdate information may be available on the outside of the chassis near preamp tubes (as shown above) or, inside the chassis which requires disassembly to see the inside) but these dates are not always availablew on every model. If, after reading this material you can’t find your serial number, see the Serial Number By Location table below for more specific detail per amp.
If you still can't find the serial number, consider the possibility that a previous owner (or thief) may have removed the serial number decal or obscured a stamped number. Feel free to call Mesa Customer Service at 707 778 6565 Monday-Thursday, 9AM-5PM Pacific time for further assistance if this hasn’t taken you right to the serial number information you've been searching for all this time! Amplifier Serial Number Prefix Location and Details Mark I & Mark I Re-Issue Original Mark I amps A - 00xxx Mark I Re-Issue H - 00xxx Both original and Re-Issue amps have a adhesive backed DYMO Label serial number underneath the speaker output jacks Mark IIA, IIB, IIC and Mark IIC+ No prefix Stamped into the rear panel underneath the speaker output jacks. (Son of Boogie) S-00xxx Stamped into the rear panel underneath the speaker output jacks. Candy evo 1473 dw manual.