Potential Mesa Reissues? IIC+ and Dual Rec

[Desertdweller]

Hell yeah! Very helpful.

Re: graphic eq, I need to experiment, but I see some create the V trying to keep the sliders below the mid point and some that crank everything above the midline except the 750 slider. Is that just a preference thing or is there any core difference in how the circuit handles one or the other?

What I’ve felt to be fairly universal is the lowest slider is high and the mid slider is low. For the 6600 slider you really have to balance it with the presence knob, your pickups, and the cab, to get where you want. The low mid and the high mid slider are fun and you can get a lot of different styles of sounds by checking where you want them. This is one thing that makes the JP2C fun is that you can set one of the dual EQs to a high 240 and a low 2200, and the second one to the opposite, and you have two very different sounds to run with.

 

[la szum]

Try playing Petrucci licks on a 2203.

Challenge accepted!

 

[Elf]

@Whizzinby

Treble is gain
Gain is also gain

I read this in my head in Yngwie Malmsteen's voice! :)

 

[la szum]

Legends of the Mark, I’m dipping my toes into the waters with the Synergy module.

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Controls Questions:

1. So the channel 1 volume affects the lead channel gain. Is that because the channel 1 is acting as a boost? It sounds like that is doing a boost to the circuit, hence the extra gain on the lead channel.
2. Do you guys normally use OD’s with the IIC?
   1. What sort of OD’s do you think work best? I slapped it with an 808 and it sounds pretty good, albeit I’m wondering if an OD without the massive mid mid bump might work better with the IIC, which seems like an amp youre trying to nail the midrange controls on. Might try the SD1 later.
3. Is the lead shift adding gain? Definitely feels tighter, I’m engaging that with an OD for high gain, then turning it off for more hard rockish variations.

A Mesa Mark Manual pdf would go a long ways to answering a bunch of questions, Whizz. Mesa Boogie
have always had the best manuals in the business. They go in depth explaining the interactive nature of
the controls, and often explains why they are that way. Also, suggested settings are often included for
different styles----even if most people revert and dumb the amp down to one style alone.

https://mesa-boogie.imgix.net/media/User%20Manuals/070425-MkV_160928.pdf

https://mesa-boogie.imgix.net/070655_MarkVII_230914.pdf