Mesa Boogie talking about the possibility of a new TriAxis

[Orvillain]

Honestly, I'm kinda loving modern Mesa Boogie. They're doing most of the things entirely right IMHO.

 

[EOengineer]

Honestly, I'm kinda loving modern Mesa Boogie. They're doing most of the things entirely right IMHO.

 

[Orvillain]

Bear in mind, literally for 5 years nearly, it was nigh on impossible to get a brand new Boogie amp in the UK. I ordered my Badlander 100 in 2020, and they just never arrived on our shores. I had to cancel the order.

Gibson are handling a lot of things right. From product releases to distribution, they rescued Mesa Boogie IMHO.

 

[Tanax]

Bear in mind, literally for 5 years nearly, it was nigh on impossible to get a brand new Boogie amp in the UK. I ordered my Badlander 100 in 2020, and they just never arrived on our shores. I had to cancel the order.

Gibson are handling a lot of things right. From product releases to distribution, they rescued Mesa Boogie IMHO.

Agreed!
Now that Marshall jumped on the Synergy train, hopefully Mesa will too. A Badlander module would be pretty sick.

 

[bukowski]

I don’t know what tart means without googling it but I always appreciate your vernacular

A tart is a delicious pastry with a slight "tartness" to it. They are really yummy.

 

[Desertdweller]

Agreed!
Now that Marshall jumped on the Synergy train, hopefully Mesa will too. A Badlander module would be pretty sick.

Just thinking out loud, maybe you could get really close. Take the 6505 module, slap a 12au7 in as a replacement for one of the preamp tubes to bring the gain down a bit, and run it through an EL34 power amp. It would be a worthwhile experiment if that's a tone you'd like to see in a Synergy module. I always got the 5150 but through a Marshall power amp vibe from my Badlander, but maybe that's just me.

 

[EOengineer]

Anyone hear of any new movement on a possible V2 triaxis?

 

[Desertdweller]

Anyone hear of any new movement on a possible V2 triaxis?

Nothing since that clip back in October.

 

[EOengineer]

 

[Desertdweller]

 

[nicolasrivera]

Nothing since that clip back in October.

NAMM 2026 will be great!

 

[nightlight]

But when will the Mark IV be reisued??

I don't see that happening as it would cannibalise sales of their MKVII as well as the JP2C possibly.

 

[nightlight]

"Digital backend" should be the forum word of the year haha

 

[SonVolt]

I don't see that happening as it would cannibalise sales of their MKVII as well as the JP2C possibly.

I don't see how they could reissue the the Mark IV, not faithfully anyway. One peak inside the chassis and you'll understand why.

 

[Desertdweller]

I don't see how they could reissue the the Mark IV, not faithfully anyway. One peak inside the chassis and you'll understand why.

Randall Smith talked about this in one of his recent videos. He basically said it's too complicated to really remake, and the best modern version of the Mark IV sits in channel 3 of the VII. His words.

I agree, the VII's Mark IIC and IV modes are nails, I love them both.

 

[Orvillain]

Not doing anything to dispell my Mark VII gas!!

My Mark V is genuinely a lifer.

 

[SonVolt]

The Mark V's lead channels just didn't do it for me compared to the Mark IV.... way too compressed, not as aggressive and didn't open up the same way when the volume went up. I'm curious how the VII compares.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Randall Smith talked about this in one of his recent videos. He basically said it's too complicated to really remake, and the best modern version of the Mark IV sits in channel 3 of the VII. His words.

I agree, the VII's Mark IIC and IV modes are nails, I love them both.

Too bad they're on the same GD channel

 

[nicolasrivera]

I don't see that happening as it would cannibalise sales of their MKVII as well as the JP2C possibly.

How so?

 

[Desertdweller]

Too bad they're on the same GD channel

While I agree, and I would have wanted IIC to be available on channel 2 and channel 3 instead of a cloned Fat available on channel 1 and 2, having Crunch and VII mode available on channel 2 works great for me. If I set channel 1 to clean, channel 2 to crunch, I can then pick between my amp being a Mark IIC or a Mark IV by setting channel 3 to that mode. More productively, I set channel 2 to VII mode and boost it like a rectifier, then use MIDI and my effects to go back and forth between a boosted VII mode and my pick of either IIC or IV mode. Generally I just set channel 3 to IIC mode as I prefer it’s bigger, less compressed sound, but sometimes I want it just a bit heavier so I set it to IV mode. Live or at full-clip I’ll take IIC over IV for a wider tone with a touch less compression.