NMVD !!

[Orvillain]

New Mark V Day!

I love it. I absolutely love it.

Follow up thoughts will.... in a way... sort of... follow up.

 

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[likitlikeyoulikeit]

So what did you trade for it?

 

[la szum]

Congrats, Orv! You now own Peak Mark Series.

So much to explore. So much to love.

 

[Orvillain]

So what did you trade for it?

My Fender Player Strat, LTD EC1000ET Evertune equipped LP wannabe - honestly... I wanted to love both, I didn't. Both have sat on the bench for over a year. I didn't get great prices. But.... I wanted rid of them. I've been trying to sell for most of this year, and a bit of last year. Being a lefty, nobody wanted them at reasonable prices.

Also gave them my TC Flashback II X4, and Strymon Timeline.

Total trade in value was £1040. The amp was £1950. So I owed them £910, which I plonked down.

Financially, this deal didn't make a huge ton of sense. But emotionally, it made the best sense, and I feel very happy with the amp! It is absolutely killer.

I toyed with trading in my Helix too. But just couldn't do it. 1, because Eric and Frank and Ben are really cool dudes, have been really great to me over the years, and 2... it still sounds freaking amazing, quite honestly. I have to keep it!

 

[Orvillain]

Sooooo....

One thing I was wondering about.... on channel 2, you've got the Mark I mode, which sounds pretty cool, but a bit dark compared to the other modes on that channel. I guess I need to figure out how to dial it in, without compromising the GEQ settings for the Mark IV mode on channel 3, which is absolutely gorgeous and killer.

Surprising to me actually how high you can go with the bass knobs on the channels. I was expecting to have to run them fully off, but up to noon is still full of great tones. Even 1 o'clock can sound cool if you subdue the GEQ low frequencies a bit.

A very interactive and cool amp.

 

[Orvillain]

Built in reverb is surprisingly decent, for a bit of moisture on the cleans. I don't usually like built in reverbs on any amps. This one is good.

GEQ typical settings work very well for this amp - the whole V shape thing.

 

[la szum]

Sooooo....

One thing I was wondering about.... on channel 2, you've got the Mark I mode, which sounds pretty cool, but a bit dark compared to the other modes on that channel. I guess I need to figure out how to dial it in, without compromising the GEQ settings for the Mark IV mode on channel 3, which is absolutely gorgeous and killer.

Surprising to me actually how high you can go with the bass knobs on the channels. I was expecting to have to run them fully off, but up to noon is still full of great tones. Even 1 o'clock can sound cool if you subdue the GEQ low frequencies a bit.

A very interactive and cool amp.

You can assign GEQ as on/off for each Channel. Can also play with Headroom/Wattage and
Tube Rectifier/Silicon distinctly on each Channel.

Thousand ways to skin a cat with that amp and get to where you are jiving with it.

 

[Orvillain]

You can assign GEQ as on/off for each Channel. Can also play with Headroom/Wattage and
Tube Rectifier/Silicon distinctly on each Channel.

Thousand ways to skin a cat with that amp and get to where you are jiving with it.

Yeah defo. Was just wondering if there was a typically done thing with that mode.

Edge and Crunch on channel 2 are amazing anyway, and they work very well with my channel 3 GEQ settings.

Each of the clean modes are killer too. It was just the Mark I setting that I had trouble dialing in straight away.

Fucking sick amp. It should be the actual TGFer amp - Badlander be baddamnneddd!!

 

[SillyOctpuss]

So fucking cool.

 

[texhex]

Sooooo....

One thing I was wondering about.... on channel 2, you've got the Mark I mode, which sounds pretty cool, but a bit dark compared to the other modes on that channel. I guess I need to figure out how to dial it in, without compromising the GEQ settings for the Mark IV mode on channel 3, which is absolutely gorgeous and killer.

Surprising to me actually how high you can go with the bass knobs on the channels. I was expecting to have to run them fully off, but up to noon is still full of great tones. Even 1 o'clock can sound cool if you subdue the GEQ low frequencies a bit.

A very interactive and cool amp.

Mark I mode is darker, I've never found a way around that. Seems like a creamy, saturated lead mode to me. However, Crunch mode on that same channel is an absolute beast with the GEQ and a boost. And the Edge mode is pure Plexi (without the GEQ engaged).

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

My Fender Player Strat, LTD EC1000ET Evertune equipped LP wannabe - honestly... I wanted to love both, I didn't. Both have sat on the bench for over a year. I didn't get great prices. But.... I wanted rid of them. I've been trying to sell for most of this year, and a bit of last year. Being a lefty, nobody wanted them at reasonable prices.

Also gave them my TC Flashback II X4, and Strymon Timeline.

Total trade in value was £1040. The amp was £1950. So I owed them £910, which I plonked down.

Financially, this deal didn't make a huge ton of sense. But emotionally, it made the best sense, and I feel very happy with the amp! It is absolutely killer.

I toyed with trading in my Helix too. But just couldn't do it. 1, because Eric and Frank and Ben are really cool dudes, have been really great to me over the years, and 2... it still sounds freaking amazing, quite honestly. I have to keep it!

If you are happy with the loss ...then fark it. As long as you are happy...that's all that matters.

As far as trades go these days..... could have been worse....and who wants to bother with all the BS of selling it all individually....I get it. Especially if you just want to get the damn thing done and move forward.

Cool get. Congratulations.

 

[texhex]

Don't forget to try some of the channels and modes with the 10W and 45W settings.

Tweed on 10W is fucking sick!

 

[jellodog]

Finally!

Some proper fecking gear action instead of arguing about knobs and sliders!

 

[Orvillain]

As far as trades go these days..... could have been worse....and who wants to bother with all the BS of selling it all individually....I get it. Especially if you just want to get the damn thing done and move forward.

This was exactly it. In a month or two's time, I won't even give a shit about the money/trade side of things here.

They also had a Triple Rectifier for £1062, which I think might be a great fucking deal... but I couldn't really swing both of them!

Got my Dual Rec anyway too!

 

[Elf]

Gongrats!!!!

 

[EOengineer]

Sooooo....

One thing I was wondering about.... on channel 2, you've got the Mark I mode, which sounds pretty cool, but a bit dark compared to the other modes on that channel. I guess I need to figure out how to dial it in, without compromising the GEQ settings for the Mark IV mode on channel 3, which is absolutely gorgeous and killer.

Surprising to me actually how high you can go with the bass knobs on the channels. I was expecting to have to run them fully off, but up to noon is still full of great tones. Even 1 o'clock can sound cool if you subdue the GEQ low frequencies a bit.

A very interactive and cool amp.

Killer. I’ve been patiently waiting for you to make this leap knowing what you were looking for tonally and…well…knowing what you now also know…how baller the Mark circuit is - had a feeling this was going to be a hit.

You’ve already found all the brutalz but it sounds like you’re also finding the understated stuff. Rolling down the gain and pushing the bass up can get otherworldly touch sensitive EOB and mid gain tones.

I’m a huge fan of how these work with Strats and LPs alike. Simply KILLER amps.

 

[texhex]

Looks like it's in pretty good shape too. Mine is a 2012 and I got it in 2018. I had to re-tube it because it was pretty crackly. Used all Mesa tubes, 6L6GC 440 power tubes and SPAX7-A in every position and have had them in ever since.

Crazy thing is I traded the V for a Kemper Power Rack about 3 months after getting the V. I was so sick after I did that, I absolutely hated the Kemper the first time around because I didn't understand it. I sold the Kemper and got an AXE-III.

A year later I emailed the guy I traded the V to and asked him if he still had it. He did, and I was able to buy it back off of him, he even said he had felt a little bad about the Kemper trade when he did it. LOL! Damn lucky for me.

This is one amp I won't ever sell, it will have to burn up first.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Congrats!!!! Legitimately one of the best amps of all time


I like Mark I with the GEQ in kind of an ascending staircase shape. Or honestly the 80hz can be flat, scooping the 240hz slider is more important

 

[Whizzinby]

LFG