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  • Page 1 Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2 Greetings from the Home of Tone ...You, smart player and intuitive human, have put your trust in us to be your amplifier company. This is something we do not take lightly. By choosing this instrument to be a part of your musical voice, you have become part of the Mesa family...WELCOME! Our goal is to never let you down.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Precautions Overview _________________________________________________________________________________________ 1-2 FRONT PANEL: INSTRUMENT INPUT _________________________________________________________________________________ 3 CONTROLS: GAIN ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 BASS ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 PULL DEEP ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 MID _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 TREBLE _________________________________________________________________________________________ 4-5 DI LEVEL __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 PULL-PRE __________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 MASTER ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 MUTE LED _________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 POWER SWITCH ____________________________________________________________________________________ 6 REAR PANEL:...
  • Page 4: Important Safety Instructions

    Important Safety Instructions Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
  • Page 5 2” of open “breathing” space on both sides of the unit. Allow 2 Rack Units of open space above the unit to allow heat to escape the upper rear vents. Your Mesa/Boogie Amplifier is a professional instrument. Please treat it with respect and operate it prop- erly.
  • Page 6: Overview

    The M3 Carbine expands the MESA Family of Bass amplifiers with an exciting new voice that’s super fast and extremely focused! The output section relies on the same time-proven array of custom designed mosfets used in our M-Pulse, Big Block 750 and Titan models, but the preamp and driver section are all new creating a very different feel and attitude.
  • Page 7 Rear Panel FUNCTION SWITCH labeled MUTE. That wraps up our Overview of the controls and features of the M3 CARBINE and now we’re ready to look at the controls and their individual roles in creating the sounds you hear in your head. Once again, thank you for choosing Mesa and most of all Enjoy!
  • Page 8: Front Panel

    INPUT: This jack is the instrument INPUT which feeds the first tube in the all-tube preamp of the M3 CARBINE. It is set up with enough headroom to handle both passive and active style instruments. For active instruments you may find yourself running the GAIN control somewhere between 10:00 and 2:00 for optimum headroom.
  • Page 9: Pull Deep

    Needless to say, with any control this powerful a certain amount of finesse must be applied to achieve musical results. PULL DEEP: The M3 CARBINE features a pull shift for the BASS control that allows you to choose between two different regions of low end and affects how the control will react.
  • Page 10: Treble

    In the POST setting, the GAIN, MASTER and Tone controls WILL affect the signal at the DIRECT OUTPUT. This setting will provide you with all the warmth and attack characteristics of your M3 CARBINE as it sounds when connected to a speaker enclosure.
  • Page 11: Master

    NOTE: As a reminder, never alter the A.C. power cord in any way for possible damage to the amplifier may occur not to mention the possibility of a fire outbreak. Now that we’ve gone through the Front Panel of your M3 CARBINE, let’s go around back and take a look at the features of the Rear Panel.
  • Page 12: Fuse

    ® FUSE: This is the A.C. Mains Fuse for the M3 CARBINE. REPLACE ONLY WITH A SLO-BLO TYPE FUSE OF THE PROPER RATING. THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, AS THE M3 CARBINE DRAWS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CURRENT AT HIGH OUTPUT LEVEL SETTINGS.
  • Page 13: Speaker Outputs

    These are the Speaker Outputs for the M3 CARBINE. These jacks accept standard ¼” phono type plugs. This is the suggested configuration. With an 8 ohm speaker load, your M3 CARBINE will produce approximately 150 watts of clean power. A 4 ohm speaker load connected to your M3 CARBINE will produce approxi-...
  • Page 14: Ground Lift, Direct Out

    Now that we have the Rear Panel sussed-out, you are ready to enjoy the musicality and shear power of the M3 CARBINE. We hope this instrument brings you many years of inspiration and musical discovery. From all of us here at MESA…Enjoy!
  • Page 15: Factory Sample Settings

    FACTORY SAMPLE SETTINGS SAMPLE #1: STRAIGHT UP GREAT ™ RANS LASS ® INPUT CLIP INPUT SAMPLE #2: BIG & WIDE RANS LASS ™ ® INPUT CLIP INPUT (Pull) SAMPLE #3: TIGHT TRACKING RANS LASS ™ ® INPUT CLIP INPUT SAMPLE #4: SLAP HAPPY ™...
  • Page 16: Personal Settings

    PERSONAL SETTINGS SHEET ™ RANS LASS ® INPUT CLIP INPUT RANS LASS ™ ® INPUT CLIP INPUT RANS LASS ™ ® INPUT CLIP INPUT RANS LASS ™ ® INPUT CLIP INPUT PAGE 11...
  • Page 17: Diagnosing Pre-Amp Tube Problems

    DIAGNOSING PRE-AMP TUBE PROBLEMS: At some point it is quite possible that you will experience some kind of minor pre- amp tube noise. Rest assured - this is no cause for alarm and you can take care of the problem yourself in a matter of minutes by simply swapping tubes.
  • Page 18: Parts Sheet

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