Mark V head for $1500. Good deal?

[JiveTurkey]

Good deal? Will the complexity get me like always or...?

 

[gearJunkie]

like always

You already know that answer, "like always".

That doesn't mean you shouldn't give it a go. It might be different this time.

 

[JiveTurkey]

You already know that answer, "like always".

That doesn't mean you shouldn't give it a go. It might be different this time.


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You are right. I really want a III still because it's for us dumbs

 

[gearJunkie]

You are right. I really want a III still because it's for us dumbs

The Mark V's complexity is on par with the Mark VII (3 x channels, 3 x modes per channel, 3 x power amp settings) and we know how that experiment worked out.

Your setup is complicated enough without a Mk V. Maybe that new Friedman José Arredondo single channel anp with a Tone King Imperial preamp (for clean) in 4CM.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I found a III on Reverb!

 

[gearJunkie]

 

[Badonkey Kong]

That III has a real grind to it...

 

[JiveTurkey]

The Mark V's complexity is on par with the Mark VII (3 x channels, 3 x modes per channel, 3 x power amp settings) and we know how that experiment worked out.

Your setup is complicated enough without a Mk V. Maybe that new Friedman José Arredondo single channel anp with a Tone King Imperial preamp (for clean) in 4CM.

My only disclaimer to this is it would stay home in the jam room. No gig need complications. But your point 1 bazillion percent stands.

 

[MatrixClaw]

I found the Mark V to be the easiest of the Marks I've owned to dial in (IIB, multiple 3s, IVa and IVb and the V90). It actually sounds pretty good if you dial it in like a normal amp. It sounds better if you dial it in like a Mark, but it's not an amp that people are going to play at a store and think sounds awful because they don't know how to use it. I also found it to be the least interesting sounding of all the Marks I've owned. Except the Crunch setting. Crunch is awesome.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I found the Mark V to be the easiest of the Marks I've owned to dial in (IIB, multiple 3s, IVa and IVb and the V90). It actually sounds pretty good if you dial it in like a normal amp. It sounds better if you dial it in like a Mark, but it's not an amp that people are going to play at a store and think sounds awful because they don't know how to use it. I also found it to be the least interesting sounding of all the Marks I've owned. Except the Crunch setting. Crunch is awesome.

I wonder if crunch is similar to the crunch mode on the Badlander? I think the mode layout makes much more sense in the context of a 3 channel amp vs putting 3 modes you want to switch between on a single channel

 

[newholland]

You are right. I really want a III still because it's for us dumbs

oh brother.

dont you believe it. i know im an ocd scientist about learning to use an amp 100%- but my iib almost broke me.

theyre not necessarily super complex- butbi would never say any mesa is particularly intuitive. there's "common knowledge"- but im gonna say a lot of it is based on nothing more than other people saying it.

there is an element of sickness even a three is gonna exact on you to figure out.

 

[FuzzyAce]

I found a III on Reverb!
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[JiveTurkey]

oh brother.

dont you believe it. i know im an ocd scientist about learning to use an amp 100%- but my iib almost broke me.

theyre not necessarily super complex- butbi would never say any mesa is particularly intuitive. there's "common knowledge"- but im gonna say a lot of it is based on nothing more than other people saying it.

there is an element of sickness even a three is gonna exact on you to figure out.

Oh I know how to work them; it's just putting all that good shit in a 5 pound bucket and expecting me to pick just one is sheer torture to how my brain works, NH

 

[newholland]

Oh I know how to work them; it's just putting all that good shit in a 5 pound bucket and expecting me to pick just one is sheer torture to how my brain works, NH

oh.. no me too! its like.. 'which is best?' and you proceed to spend all your time assessing versus playing

believe me... therein lies the mesa struggle.. i found the worst part with the old mesas was wading through how to balance sounds and use all the features. then i just stopped and used it like an exploding NMV amp at any volume and the issue rectified itself

 

[Orvillain]

The Mark V is dead simple to use. What's the issue??

 

[newholland]

The Mark V is dead simple to use. What's the issue??

haha... analysis paralysis.

fwiw- i wasnt talking about that WRT the 5, but moreso the 3!

 

[JiveTurkey]

The Mark V is dead simple to use. What's the issue??

 

[Mongillo19]

I miss mine. Do it JT

 

[Mikael Dez]

I found a III on Reverb!
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“I did a little carpentry back in my wood shop class in high school, but I was high most of the time”

 

[Mikael Dez]

The Mark V is dead simple to use. What's the issue??

It can’t be any more complex than the 35watt version aside from another channel (which will be the reason I get the 90 watt some day) - find your tone, leave the settings lol