Mesa Boogie Triaxis - Quick Test 

Love it or hate it, its still impressive as hell that this product came out more than 20 years ago as a fully programmable tube driven preamp. All in a 1U rack space too with minimal updates since because they got the design down right the first time.

"Who gives a shit about cleans anyway?" That just triggered dad rockers everywhere.

I want a Triaxis since the front panel reminds me of the BTTF delorean.

You had me at "Who gives a shit about cleans anyway?" The Triaxis was the heart of my first real rack rig. Miss that piece!

This is IMO the best amp demo video you've done Ola, really enjoy you talking in real time whilst playing rather than done post production in a voice over etc. Also fucking christ I need a triaxis now :(

I'm so exited about Ola uploading frequently videos again. I just have fun with them!

Hey Ola, can you please do a comparison of a low end guitar with stock pickups like an Ibanez gio or a cheap jackson versus one of your higher end Washburn guitars?

You should do a demo of the ADA MP-1 if you can ever get your hands on one. Another classic heavy preamp!

Man that tone!!! This has me seriously considering building a rack rig. Seems like it's super versatile and I play mostly metal but I have contributed guitar to everything from country to pop and funk etc. This thing seems like it could handle all that and sound good doing it!

Sold this in early 2000s... My highest regret in life.

a little more bit? this is freaking crushing tone! one of the most good rhythm tones i ever hear absolutely brutal!!!

Good demo there Ola. I've built my rig with the 2:90 and Triaxis and love it. Even the cleans, haha.

I always wondered about these. I have the mesa 2x50w power amp with an 11 rack for the preamp and effects but I may have to look into ebaying one of these. Sounds pretty good just running dry. Great video thanks!

"Who gives a shit about cleans anyway " lol ... love it .

Man... I can feel the first two ensiferum albums! Such tightness

Any chance you could use your actual Mk2C+ to compare against the TriAxis 2C+ mode?

gonna get one this year ...i have an Ionheart 120 i will use the aux input to mix the Triaxis with Ironhreart to create a super-amp

The Haunted...Made Me Do It. What an epic album.

recommended 4 you, clear mesa boogie throttle box eq. amazing

Will you make a separate video for triaxis in a mix? We love to

I put one of these in front of an Alexis Quadraverb GT+ with a 16 band graphic into a Marshall 8008 power amp and 1960 stereo converted cab. With the noise gate in the Quadraverb you literally could not tell the amp was on at all until you hit a note. People like Orange Goblin (or Our Haunted Kingdom as they were at the time) used our amp. It simply crushed. People tried to get that Metallica "Black Album" combined with Sepultura "Chaos AD" tone on stage, and that just got it perfectly every time. I stupidly sold it when I was broke one day...and the next month I was just as broke but without my Triaxis. Big, big mistake.

Any plans to do another review with your new studio mics and set ups? They still sounding amazing!!!! Cheers Ola!!

😢very good sound and the distortion is meticulous absolutely thank you Mesa Boogie I am so happy to have found you 😮 Triaxis gives ways and love is all about the god of all

2020... I'm still playing with Triaxis

I have the second triaxis imported in Italy, and I am very happy... Many years with my triaxis

Please do a full 7 string playthrough with the Triaxis! I’m thinking of getting this amp and i wanna know how it handles the lower tuning

cool i think your Box is amazing.

It would be pretty damn cool if you re-did some of your older amp tests. All of them are great, but some of the older ones have poor quality audio due to lower video quality from back in the day. Also, some of them only have the recorded/mixed song and no solo track or playthrough.

Can you do an updated video on this?

This is the best sounding preamp I have ever owned. It is really flawless and well built throughout. The thing with this preamp is you must run it with the poweramp built for it in my case is the Mesa Boogie 2:90 amp. My mate bought himself a triaxis and then paired it with his Peavey Classic 100w power amp and it sounded good..ish but when I run his triaxis through my Mesa 2:90 the difference was staggering. The 2:90 was around 5 times the price costing £2450 vrs his Peavey £500 and you can hear the difference immediately. If you own a triaxis and you love it then pls spend the extra cash on the Mesa power amp because they were practically built for each other and it's well worth the extra cash. The detail the 2:90 gives is stunning and you hear all the complex mids and huge lows without even a hint of wooliness going on... just massive power and beautiful on the ears:)

let's see the Marshall JMP1, one of my favorites. the TriAxis is cool, like the videos.

Great video, thank you for posting it! Do you know which version this triaxis is? 1 or 2? phat mod? or the serial number? Thanks!

Sounds killer. Kinda like the lit up numbers for settings too. Sometimes I feel like I can't get knobs to the exact same point they were before. With numbers it's easy to remember.

What do you think about the Studio or Quad Preamp? Cheap "Mark" Tone or better get the real deal?

How do you think hetfield uses this in combination with his diezal vh4

Holy shit I never knew how good that thing was. I was always entirely skeptical about it when they came out

I had one .Loved that.with simul90 worked so good.

Hey ola I have a question. Im debating between this and the grandmeister deluxe 40. I love the mesa tones this preamp has and i was wondering if the ultra channel is anywhere near this kind of sound (mesa mark iv). Im personally looking for a wintersun base tone and they used the triaxis extensively. The grandmeister on the other hand has amazing features and price wise in my country i can get both around for the same price. I know i will have to get a power amp for the triaxis. What do you say? :)

Sound very similar to my ADA MP-2, a lot of midrange

Please make a complete video of this!!!!

Hey Ola. Do you by chance have a seller's page on Reverb or Ebay?

I'm not sure if a 58 was the best choice for the mic. The windscreen greatly affects the EQ.

I have the same issues you can hear in this vid. I tend to hold on to gear and would say that it has some of the best cleans back to back with other hi gain amps, But.... big but... Flub.... can't get heavy low end with out a lot of flub, scooped or not. and you can't get the output A&B knob up with a lot of gain. I ended up pushing the signal with a tube screamer between it and the power amp. to boost the level and gain keeping the tone all the way down to hit the lows. Still felt I needed an EQ after to get the tone right.... once compensated in this way it did everything it they say it can...... Also don't get the 2 fifty.... You need to run both sides according to the manual and 90 watts a side sucks a lot of juice and the 2:90 I had would bleed the power down enough to sag into a faded level. Two fifty watt outputs = 100 and I never had a problem with my Dual Rect. at half volume most jams it's two much.

Sounds great on the Mark IIC+ setting, with the Gain on 6.0 and the Lead Drive on 10. Otherwise, I don't like that Mesa Boogie scooped and too fat type of sound. I prefer when it chugs!

Ola, I'm having a hard time finding the Washburn Solar online for purchasing. Any suggestions?

Question for you all! Do you guys know any pedal that tries to capture the sound of the Triaxis/Mark series?? Thank you!!

I love this sound

Does this have to plug into a head such as the dual rectifier or can it go straight to the cab??

damn, the dynamic voice makes a TON of difference, cool

Hey man, can you do a line 6 spider V metal review?

Triaxis or helix/axe fx?

Damn you had a JPM too!!

Can you tell us which incarnation of Triaxis you used for this video?

I heard Spawn of Possession use this preamp but I don't know which model!?

Does the Ld 2 yellow sound like your mark 2c+ ?

Ohh boy, this sounds amazing 6:05

Was this a current version? There's been a few different versions over the years, mostly to do with ld1 red.

I´m planning on buying a triaxis to have the same distortion sound at lower volumes. Right now i have a mark4 but it´s difficult to achieve that in an apartment. For power amp i was thinking the old 50/50 or 2:90 depending on the result i´m interested in. My question is this: Has your mark2c+ a simulclass output stage or is it class AB ? Also, do you remember if the volumes on the amp and preamp were too high to achieve that tone? Thanks, Chris.

My Marshall jmp1 preamp which I believe they were each other's competition but it rips a new one as well :)

"They're calling it the shred mode in the manual, we'll see about that." -Ola Bwahahaha!! Access denied!!! Not today Randall Smith, not today.

I have 2 Triaxis that sound killer. Unfortunately both have the TX5 board so Lead 1 Red doesn't sound like this at all. This sounds like a Recto board which makes the LD 1 Red far more aggressive...Having said that, you get the Triaxis for the LD2 modes anyway...

I wanted one so much at the time .

Hey Ola. What version Triaxis is this?

any body remember,Rockman, it was running into a ada amp i think .wish i still had it today, just to heir again

Hey ola compare jp2c vs mark iic+

is that unit in front the amp or in the effects loop ?

this thing is awesooooome 😍

It's a great preamp, but i still preffer the Quad preamp

What kind of noise gate do you use? There's like no noise at all, even at high gain.

Early days of Symphony X, man!

Beautiful piece of gear. Costs as much though...

Tones of pure sonic violence. I approve muchly.

Hey Old, I don't know if anyone has asked you yet but can you sweep pick?

You should redo this video and try to capture Spawn of Possession's tone for Cabinet or Noctambulant!

Ola: "Who gives a Sh#t about cleans anyway" Me: Subscribed.

Were you inspired by Dream Theater or Evergrey when you got the Triaxis?

Used to have one - used to like it until I did a head to head comparison - mesa boogie Quad preamp...The quad chewed it up and spit it out... Also, lots of people have reported multiple problems...

I like MESA sounds

Lead 2 red is mark III mode

i m not big on mesa boogie, but i would love love to have a triaxis

Triaxis best piece of equipment ever *o*

Interesting... I like it :)

Never liked the Mesa, but it's infuriating how a lot of my favourite bands have cut at least one album with one and I actually like the tone. I wish they would do this rack unit for the Engl amps :P.

1:41 Hail to you, dude!

I've always wanted a tri-axis

Sorry, but why changing Lead 1 Drive when playing a Lead 2 sound? As I can understand from the manual, it makes no difference. Lead 1 Drive is for the Lead 1 sounds, while Lead 2 Drive is for Lead 2 sounds.

Triaxis has the most insane gain and dephs in the world

Ola, you are the man that can make anything sound awesome. However, I was surprised at how terrible this demo sounds. Not sure why. I used to own a Triaxis and it was brutal AF.

Brutal!!!!

So great coming back to these old videos Ola. I'm looking into what Joe Haley of Psycroptic uses, if you haven't heard them they're an incredibly tight extreme metal band from Australia.

So no axe fx? It's all amp tone?

Good lord. I had no idea these sounded that pissed off.

Hasn't James Hetfield used these too?

The tone reminds me a bit of None by Meshuggah...especially the palm mutes..

It sounds like you have old tubes that should be replaced.

If you like rock can you please pass by Stefano Sella's channel. I think you'll like it

Never cared for triaxis until I saw this video

Sounds really massive and i'm not even a Mesa fan

I wanted to hate on this thing. I can't.

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