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January is an exciting time for us guitarists because of all the great new gear announced in time for NAMM, which by the way has officially started, this also makes it a bad time for me and many others because the G.A.S. is strong. Mesa Engineering aren’t helping with my Gear Acquisition Syndrome by announcing a new and quite surprising addition to their range, the TransAtlantic TA-15. Well surprising for Mesa anyway, really they are capitalizing on a growing market sector of low wattage small sized amp heads such as the Suhr Badger 18 and the Vox Night Train, and doesn’t it look fantastic.

Introducing the TransAtlantic™ TA-15, the new micro-dynamo from MESA Engineering®. While we may be the last to show at the lunchbox amp party, there is good reason for our stylishly late appearance… we saw another chance to redefine a genre.

The TA-15 packs all the footswitchable performance - including our patented MULTI-WATT™ Channel Assignable Power - found in our high-end full-size models and offers the most classic British and American sounds in a beautiful 12 3/8”W x 6 3/4”D x 5 7/8”H package that weighs only 12 pounds!

Here is some more info:
Multi-Watt™, Channel Assignable Power Amp (Patent 7,602,927) featuring Duo-Class™ (Patent 7,173,488) and Dyna-Watt™ (Patent 4,713,624) technologies providing three power and operating class options that are channel assignable via independent 5/15/25 Watt Power Switches: Choose 1 power tube operating in pure Class A Single-Ended, producing 5 Watts - 2 tubes operating in pure Class A Push-Pull, producing 15 Watts or 2 tubes operating in Mesa’s Patented Dyna-Watt™ Power that maximizes the power and punch of time-honored Class A/B power / 2xEL-84 & 4x12AX7

2 Fully Independent Channels with 5 Style Modes - Channel 1 features Normal (Brit Clean) or Top Boost Modes with Multi-Watt Power Switch (5/15/25 Watt), Volume (gain), Treble, Bass, Cut w/Pull Master - Channel 2 features Tweed, Hi 1 (Brit Gain) & Hi 2 (Fat Gain) Modes with Multi-Watt Power Switch (5/15/25 Watt), Gain, Treble, Bass & Master

Wow, on paper this is one seriously versatile amp and I can’t wait to hear it, hopefully someone will post some NAMM footage soon!

UPDATE: Here is some footage from NAMM of this awesome looking little amp.

The ToneKing has a uploaded a good video demo from NAMM:

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