Can anyone identify this Mesa preamp?

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I sent it over to Mesa and they had no idea what it was, maybe someone here does? I cannot for the life of me find anything online like this, kind of fishy.

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Any photos of the back?

My guess is that if you email Mesa, they'll answer the question for you. I wouldn't be surprised if it's a knockoff recto pre.
 
i remember seeing a couple of these for sale somewhere, i think it was a russain builder?
 
Yep I emailed them and the response was "I have never seen that before." That's what I was guessing, that it's some knockoff.

Here is the backside of it
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It's not a real Mesa. Some kind of Russian copy preamp.
 
I am always interested when I see oddball clones and stuff like this. Like what if it is actually some holy grail sounding piece of gear but it's so obscure that nobody would take a chance on it. Of course on the other hand, it could be a re-housed DOD grunge and catch fire.
 
That's exactly what I'm thinking, part of me wants to buy it and see what happens. I know I shouldn't, but I'm intrigued..
 
Very strange , if Mesa didn’t have a clue as to what it was, it’s obviously bogus
 
Dare I say can you ask for gut pics? I'm guessing they won't, it would just be interesting to see the innards.
 
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