New Mesa Mark amp coming?

[JiveTurkey]

Actually, let's do the opposite of that.

If they were less than pumped about the VII; they could craft a callback theme song of sorts "To Hell With The Mesa"

 

[spawnofthesith]

You’re right, there’s no metal bands post 1995 playing Mesa amps.

Or… you don’t follow metal. Which is fine, but Marks, Rectos, 5150s and the like are kinda the staple of metal sounds SINCE 1995 when they first started getting really popular with metal guys.

No I’ve been a metalhead all my life (who also happens to like hippie jamband music)

I still can’t think of that many “new” -major- names using Marks either inside or outside of metal

I don’t really think we are disagreeing here. I’m just saying marks are ubiquitous and excel at multiple genres

 

[la szum]

I mean, I can think of ALL SORTS OF GENRES that use/have used JCM800s, and they're kind of a one trick pony. So no surprise that all sorts of different folks wanna claim something as flexible as the Mark as their own.

For me, the Mark V never appealed because it felt like the channels/modes were set up to make it most useful for metal.

It's not too surprising to me that folks that loved the V are fairly bummed on the VII.

I actually own a V and am pretty sure it is MORE versatile than the VII..... which is also why it is more
valuable to me than the VII will ever be. Tweed and MKI modes. Tube/Silicon Rectifier options for
each channel. I could go on, but others have listed the lost features elsewhere.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

I actually own a V and am pretty sure it is MORE versatile than the VII..... which is also why it is more
valuable to me than the VII will ever be. Tweed and MKI modes. Tube/Silicon Rectifier options for
each channel. I could go on, but others have listed the lost features elsewhere.

Like I said, it's not that surprising that someone that loves his V isn't so psyched on this. When I've played Mark Vs, there have been plenty of tones I liked in it, but I couldn't really find those in a 3-channel amp setup on it.

This...I can imagine several 3-channel setups that'd work great for me.

At the end of the day, there are already a ton of Mark Vs out there and they are still selling them, so it's not like that amp is going to disappear or even become scarce anytime soon. It doesn't surprise me that Mark IVs are selling for $2.5k - they are incredibly well made 3-channel amps. That doesn't really lose its value.

 

[spawnofthesith]

I loved my Mark V and miss it a lot. I also think the Mark VII looks badass

Until I can score either for under $2k (unlikely) I don’t think they’ll be entering or reentering my collection



There’s some mark IV combos for $1700 locally thoigh

 

[TubeStack]

I find the terms Boomer Bends and Dad Rock to be pretty obnoxious tbh.

I think they're both great, hilarious, and pretty accurate (and I'm on verge of old fartness at 48 and play both).

 

[laxu]

I actually enjoyed the surprising amounts of Mesa Mark VII videos where it was used in non-metal contexts. I mean it would be boring if every video was just "hey, set the graphic EQ to a V, let's go chugging!"

 

[spawnofthesith]

Maybe me just being a hippie libtard here but I like the idea of an abundance of both low gain and high gain demos

Namaste

 

[JiveTurkey]

@Ola The Swede please do us proud with the chugs

 

[norminal]

@Ola The Swede

I didn’t know Ola was a member. Cool dude.

 

[James Freeman]

Finally someone who can dial a Mark amp properly and has a real IIC+ to compare with.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I didn’t know Ola was a member. Cool dude.

He popped in once and said hi He'll make Tonewars dude happy I am sure \m/

 

[RaceU4her]

I gotta get on these amp demo lists

 

[mbenigni]

Tonewars going hard

This was really funny for the first couple of minutes, but I had to bail after that. I am reasonably certain I don't want to see this guy slap a MkVII, or anything else, in the ass.

P.S. Please send me a free Mesa Boogie Mk amp and I will also be glad to slap things in their asses. Is that actually how this works now? God bless the internet!

 

[DrewJD82]

some non metal famous mark users off the top of my head:

Santana
Larry Carlton
Jerry Garcia (used during various JGB shows in the 80s, weir experimented with them too at one point or another I believe)
Trey Anastasio
Al do meola
Weezer


Tons and tons of others honestly. Marks are incredibly diverse amps and deliver amazing tones across the board. I don’t mind seeing lower rain demos at all of the VII. I have no worries thst it can’t also crush

Someone might have mentioned it, but God also used them as basically an OD in the 80’s

 

[James Freeman]

 

[norminal]

Ana Popovic gets some damn good blues tones out of her Mark amp.


I saw her at a blues fest back when she (and myself at the time) was using a Mark IV. Sounded amazing.

 

[mbenigni]

i dont know who this guy is and assumed he was going to do a proper demo based on the title, then i skimmed through and saw nothing but talking lol

You might have gotten all crazy and assumed that the title "Mesa MkVII Release Reaction" and the big picture of a Mesa MkVII front and center implied there was a Mesa MkVII in the room.


"I'M HERE TO YELL ABOUT THE FACT THAT NO ONE IS DOING THE THING I'M ALSO NOT AT ALL DOING!!!"

 

[JiveTurkey]

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Met him at GC last year. Such a weird, see YT'r in real life experience He was super cool.

 

[RaceU4her]

You might have gotten all crazy and assumed that the title "Mesa MkVII Release Reaction" and the big picture of a Mesa MkVII front and center implied there was a Mesa MkVII in the room.


"I'M HERE TO YELL ABOUT THE FACT THAT NO ONE IS DOING THE THING I'M ALSO NOT AT ALL DOING!!!"

The pushing out a mean power dump face really sucked me in, I think I make a similar face when I’m really digging an amp