NAD Mesa Mark VII...

[Life Eats Life]

Y’all has been’s ain’t holdin’ no MKVI??
That’s the one in my radar.
The MKVI is a one channel MK,
Raw ass monster mutes for miles..
Heavy metal over the hills & far away.

 

[Desertdweller]

I don't see how this could be the cause of low reverb for you but I pulled the tank from mine today and there was a piece of shielding tape that had come loose and was sticking to the springs!

Reseated the tape and the reverb is strong now.

Yep that wasn't my issue, I tested the reverb tank with another head and had no problems. I actually just got my VII back from service and it was a faulty reverb transformer or something on the PCB. All fixed now and sounds awesome.

 

[Deadpan]

Phone mic test. The VII is an amazing amp.

 

[EOengineer]

Thing sounds killer. Not sure if it’s the phone compression but def getting more of the immediate pick attack thing I get on my Mark III and kinda miss on some newer versions.

 

[Deadpan]

Thing sounds killer. Not sure if it’s the phone compression but def getting more of the immediate pick attack thing I get on my Mark III and kinda miss on some newer versions.

The compression was a big issue with the volume louder. Still there but not as much. This amp has amazing attack and growl.

 

[EOengineer]

The compression was a big issue with the volume louder. Still there but not as much. This amp has amazing attack and growl.

Yeah, but can it do JUSTICE…?

 

[Deadpan]

Yeah, but can it do JUSTICE…?

Best part is it can do it without a boost pedal!

 

[Orvillain]

Yeah the Mark V doesn't need a boost either. It'll take them well enough, but you don't need one like you do with a Diezel D-Moll for example, or even a JCM800 to get the kind of high gain tones I want.

 

[EOengineer]

I find boosts usually disrupt the dryness of the attack in a way that obfuscates what I like about the Mark high gain sounds.

 

[la szum]

You all are some astute motherfuckers! Love it!!

 

[Desertdweller]

I find boosts usually disrupt the dryness of the attack in a way that obfuscates what I like about the Mark high gain sounds.

I like it as an additional tonal option. On the older Marks where you can adjust the input volume it can really make for some interesting gain staging combinations.

 

[EOengineer]

I like it as an additional tonal option. On the older Marks where you can adjust the input volume it can really make for some interesting gain staging combinations.

I like to use fuzz for texture sometimes and find it works well with the Mark gain structure on the lead channel. I love how the Mark II/III clean channels take dirt as well - some of the best for pedal platforms. That sounds asinine to use a Mesa as a pedal platform but it does work quite well. Not really my primary thing though.

 

[Desertdweller]

I like to use fuzz

 

[EOengineer]