NAD: Mesa Mark V:90 1x12 combo

[newholland]

aw man.. i tried longplates in mine hoping itd sound better. it did not. it just howled i prefer the non spax versions everyplace.

12ats in the PI have been okay in my mesas, but not my favorite. too dry and kanky. 5751s definitely sound good in v1 to my ear, but id literally never use an at in a driver position. just awful harmonics. but i havent had much success tube rolling any of my mesas save for power tubes.

 

[EOengineer]

if you want MODERN gain tones, i aint gonna disagree. i think that v is what gets you there. i know the 'metal' tones i'd get outa my eqless version arent what most modern metal dudes would want without pullin all the pulls and goin ham on gain. itll chug, in the interwebz lingo, but probably not in a way thats as pleasing to modern ears

I’ve heard perfectly brutal high gain metal tones from non GEQ Marks. My comment wasn’t aimed at any particular style or genre though, I was just suggesting that if the tone isn’t recording with as much girth as you want, and mic placement isn’t the issue, then push the lower bands on the GEQ up.

 

[newholland]

I’ve heard perfectly brutal high gain metal tones from non GEQ Marks. My comment wasn’t aimed at any particular style or genre though, I was just suggesting that if the tone isn’t recording with as much girth as you want, and mic placement isn’t the issue, then push the lower bands on the GEQ up.

i gotcha! ive found that to be absolutely true as well. when i record the iib, my eq isnt what id chose to practice in front of :lol: not sure if its an artifact of evms at suboptimal volumes (which i suspect) or its a quirk of mesas lil bitty box, or just the effect of doing it bandless in isolation with a lack of.perspective on cut in a mix (which i also suspect)..

 

[laxu]

I’ve heard perfectly brutal high gain metal tones from non GEQ Marks. My comment wasn’t aimed at any particular style or genre though, I was just suggesting that if the tone isn’t recording with as much girth as you want, and mic placement isn’t the issue, then push the lower bands on the GEQ up.

It's absolutely mic placement for me as the tone in the room and even putting ears at speaker level sounded huge.