Al Di Meola

"Last night I rediscovered my very first Les Paul which was basically buried behind a wall of other guitars that I hadn’t actually touched in more than 30 years. I bought it when I was 17 years old, I ordered it from the famous Manny’s Music on 48th street. It was used on the first three RTF albums, Land of the Midnight Sun and exclusively as well on Elegant Gypsy. I completely forgot how this guitar sounds! Now I’m going to use it on my new studio album, Beatles tribute II. Then I recalled in the day when I was using this guitar that I was adamant against using any effects and I was one of the purists that preferred going direct. Then it dawned on me that somewhere deep in my warehouse of stuff may be two or three 50w Marshalls from the 70s which made that sound an iconic sound of the time. Luckily, after tearing through a ton of stuff, I was blown away to find that one of the Marshalls in particular sounded as good as it did in the heyday. I think there is no more powerful combination. What an epiphany!" (June 2,2019) - Al Di Meola

From Mesa site "Al has used and enjoyed Mesa tone in previous electric forays in recent years with his Stiletto Ace and Stiletto 4×12 cabinets."

From Mesa Website "In support of his latest record release Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody in March 2011, Al has again taken to the road. The amp-of-choice for his latest tour is a Mark V 1x12 combo."

In this article Al Di Meola's complete gear, including this amp is covered.

In this article Al Di Meola's gear is covered, including this borrowed amp used in studio.

According to this article Al Di Meola is known to play through this amp on the road.

At a concert in Seattle, WA, in October, guitarist Al Di Meola was observed using two Two Rock amplifier heads, specifically a Two Rock Classic Reverb for clean tones and a Bloomfield Drive for overdrive/crunch tones. This was confirmed through a conversation with his guitar technician, who stated, "Al stopped using Mesa amps a while ago." An image supporting this observation can be found on Equipboard.