New Mesa Mark amp coming?

[James Freeman]

Side question - What do the preset controls on the Mark V actually do???

Fixed V shaped Metallica/Petrucci EQ on a single knob that you can gradually apply from 0% (flat) to 100% (full V) on any channel, so you can leave the real Graphic EQ where you need it like on Channel 3.

 

[Blix]

Side question - What do the preset controls on the Mark V actually do???

They should have kept that option and lost the crap reverb.

 

[James Freeman]

Gibson Mark VB-

 

[texhex]

Nice amp, it's cool... but my V is staying put.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I don't think I've EVER seen a Mesa produced amp vid that sounds good

 

[JerEvil]

I don't think I've EVER seen a Mesa produced amp vid that sounds good

Well every other one sounds about the same and the cab clone examples sound awful. I’m telling you a Mark V side by side will probably cop most tones Im hearing out of this.

 

[hemmelight]

I don't think I've EVER seen a Mesa produced amp vid that sounds good

All the best sounding Mesa demos have Andy Timmons playing. No Andy = no sale

 

[TSJMajesty]

I don't hear anything new.

 

[norminal]

I don't think I've EVER seen a Mesa produced amp vid that sounds good

All the best sounding Mesa demos have Andy Timmons playing. No Andy = no sale

This. And Petrucci’s videos as well.

 

[norminal]

I don't hear anything new.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I feel like I might have missed some good music because I can't bring myself to listen to anything from a guy who was in a band called Danger Danger

 

[TubeStack]

I am not impressed.
They removed most of the unique features of the V.

Mark 1 and Tweed
Channel Voicing Switches
Solo+Mute, Output Master, Tuner Output
True Class A 10W single ended mode
Triode/Pentode in 45W mode
Diode/Tube Rectifier
Variac Power
Loop Send Level and Hard Bypass
Slave Output+Level at speaker jack
Graphic EQ Presets

All the above features are gone, these features made the V super versatile beyond just crunch and metal.
This is basically a redacted V with far less tonal options but with MIDI and CabClone IR.

And the price...

Yeah, I have briefly owned a Mark V in the past (returned it and stuck with my Electra Dyne, my usual story),

But I would be FAR more likely to try another V than to go for this VII. Midi and IRs really have no appeal for me. Midi might be nice, but I don't really care about it.

I am more likely to use those removed features on your list ^^^, that are on the V.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Everyone on the forums despised the Mark V when it came out too

 

[Desertdweller]

I don't think I've EVER seen a Mesa produced amp vid that sounds good

Here you go. These guys are awesome.

 

[norminal]

"It's not amp modeling. It's a real amp model."

But, it includes built-in cabinet IR’s!

 

[JiveTurkey]

Here you go. These guys are awesome.

BUT EL84S?!?!?

 

[spawnofthesith]

Why is everyone in a tizzy over the price? It's $350 more than a Mark V

 

[paisleywookiee]

Why is everyone in a tizzy over the price? It's $350 more than a Mark V

It's $500 less than a JP-2C.

 

[laxu]

In other news, the release of this new amp finally made me install the 2.0 version of the ML Sound Lab ML5 Mesa Mark V plugin.

It's a chore to request new license keys for a new machine from ML but they did answer very quickly with a new key so not too bad.

Anyway, the plugin sounds good. I think the presets are good and it's a fun way to try a virtual Mark V.

 

[metropolis_4]

It’s $2,700 more than I spent on my Mark IV