Any Interest In The New Mesa Boogie Mark VII?

None whatsoever.

I like the head version but with the combo, why do they keep using the Celestion Black Shadow? I know it has the power rating but that is an Awful speaker! It doesn't sound good in an open-back cabinet. I have tried breaking it in and mine just sounds anemic and doesn't carry the lows at all. I have a few Mesa combo amps that are high powered and they almost always use this speaker. I have tried many different speaker types and have found that the Eminence Texas Heat works best for the open-back amps put the Black Shadow speakers in a 4X12 cabinet. They still lack depth and are a very midrange to high emitting speaker! With a few tube changes to my open-back amps, along with the Eminence Texas Heat, the amps sound alot better. It took me quite a while to learn the EQ settings on my Mesa amps and found the Black Shadow speaker just couldn't be dialed in. It may have the power rating but I wish that Mesa would find a better solution for their open-back amps!
What has anyone else found to work for you?
You wouldn't think that the Mesa Triple Rec would be a good clean amp but it is one of my favorite amps to play any style of music through. Mine has the large cabinet with the Vintage Celestions in it and is my all time favorite amp, but its not practical to carry around. It can go from sparkly cleans to full on Roar! I have always wanted to get the Mesa C4 or 5, but I wasn't able to afford it when one was available.
Tell me what you have used in your open-back Mesas and I might give it a try. Remember to list the amp type and the tubes used also to be able to get the full picture of what you have achieved. Thanks, Woody

Hey Pinetree, did your Mesa come with the EV 12L or?

After fifty-one years it's probably not much of a leap to speculate that the Mark VII is/will be Randall Smith's Swan Song.

I have an older Express 5:25 that I just ADORE. Sometimes I think about the mini Mark 5:35 head, but maybe in a few years time. But the Mark VII is more amplifier (and power) than I'll probably ever need.

How would you describe the difference, Pine? 

Interesting. Apologies for going OT for a moment.... but I have a  Mesa Express 5:50 and can't quite bond with it. I like the tones, but there's something the sound that's hard to describe. It seems "detached"... like the amp has been turned away from my ears or is sitting in another room. It's either my ears (which wouldn't be surprising) or some frequencies are getting lost somewhere and taking a kind of "presence" with them. I'd like to experiment to with different speakers, but I don't have any. LOL. 

Ola takes the Mark VII for a spin;

Too many knobs and switches for me! The best Boogie I’ve owned was a Mark IIc+ combo. Not too complicated, great tone (even with the Black Shadow), but too heavy and too loud.
I reacquired my Mark I reissue head after the death of a family member to whom I’d given it. It’s a great little/big amplifier and all the Boogie I need.
Plus 1 on RS’s swan song.