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[maguchi]

I really like the Fillmores. Tried the Marks and Rectos and they were too gainy for me. So I sold those.

 

[la szum]

That’s a deep dip at 750 - amazing he’s able to cut through.

He fucking cratered that slider.

I do notice he has the Bright switch on Ch. 3. ---which may help.

I also have to wonder what he was running in the Loop.

 

[Mikael Dez]

Channel 2 Crunch, Gain at 6, Presence and Treble to taste and I hit it with a SD-1.

Replaced all the preamp tubes with these STR SPAX7-A tubes:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MBSPAX7--mesa-boogie-spax7-preamp-tube

I love the SD-1 into a Mark!

 

[laxu]

He fucking cratered that slider.

I do notice he has the Bright switch on Ch. 3. ---which may help.

I also have to wonder what he was running in the Loop.

Bright switch mostly has an effect on the highs.

The graphic EQ sliders according to Fractal change the tone by only a few decibels at the middle range, and get more extreme at the ends. So 750 Hz at a setting like that is not necessarily that scooped.

I need to try pushing the other sliders so high in comparison tho.

 

[Orvillain]

These amps are super mid heavy. The 750hz slider all the way at minimum is not scooped, sonically.

 

[la szum]

These amps are super mid heavy. The 750hz slider all the way at minimum is not scooped, sonically.

 

[Desertdweller]

So John Petrucci used to have his Mesa Mark V settings on his website, until it was redesigned to something boring that goes into much less detail.

I dug up the pictures via Wayback Machine and put them together, plus did a bit of color correction and brightening.

The "Additional settings" were marked only that, I think they are from his "smaller" one rack tower, two amp "B-rig".

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Yep! Looks fairly standard though he sets his tone a little differently on the V than he does the JP2C. He did a full explanation of his settings and tone on this video for the JP2C back in 2016 after it released. This was a great starting point for me when I first picked up mine.

 

[Desertdweller]

He fucking cratered that slider.

I do notice he has the Bright switch on Ch. 3. ---which may help.

I also have to wonder what he was running in the Loop.

The 750 slider in the photo is still above the line though. Once you go lower it’s super noticeable as you quickly get into tone loss, but above the line still sounds really good with the amp at volume.

 

[Orvillain]

 

[la szum]

 

[LCW]

New vid from Euge…

 

[TubeLife]

Purchased this Mark V 90 a few years ago new. Playing it through a couple home built 1x12’s with an Alnico Cream and a Redback.

Still have to add some tolex and corners to the cab, probably this summer.

Just purchased the Mark III Blue Stripe a few months ago. What a beast of an amp. I accidentally broke the volume knob shaft unloading it out of my car.

Mesa sent me a new pot, just have to install it.

 

[Desertdweller]

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Yes. that's the stuff right there.

 

[TSJMajesty]

I swear on the new album, Trooch pushed that slider up somewhat. His tone is just "meatier" throughout!

 

[laxu]

Purchased this Mark V 90 a few years ago new. Playing it through a couple home built 1x12’s with an Alnico Cream and a Redback.

Thoughts on the Alnico Cream and Redback? The Redback sounds pretty dark in every demo I've heard, but might be a good "pair it with something brighter" speaker.

 

[TubeLife]

Thoughts on the Alnico Cream and Redback? The Redback sounds pretty dark in every demo I've heard, but might be a good "pair it with something brighter" speaker.

It’s a great match for both the Mark V and a Ceriatone OTS FM 100 watt which is a bright amp. But I wouldn’t say the Redback is dark, just more smooth with big bottom end.

Great speakers for my particular setup. If you look at the pic of my Mark V above, those are my actual settings if that’s any indication as to what the speakers are doing in that equation.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Ugh, there's an SRG blue stripe combo for $1600 listed about 5hrs away in the mountains

Pretty sure that listing was up for a while closer to $3k... maybe this is a trend towards IIIs being a little more reasonable

 

[MTB1973]

Split Back 4x12 | Mesa/Boogie

Black Bronco vinyl covered 4x12 Split Back mono (8 ohm) or stereo (2x 4 ohm) cabinet with two Celestion C90 speakers (in an open back chamber on top) and two Celestion Vintage 30 speakers (in a sealed, ported chamber below), metal grille, 300W power handling, 8 ohm impedance, Track-Loc casters...

www.mesaboogie.com

 

[EOengineer]

Split Back 4x12 | Mesa/Boogie

Black Bronco vinyl covered 4x12 Split Back mono (8 ohm) or stereo (2x 4 ohm) cabinet with two Celestion C90 speakers (in an open back chamber on top) and two Celestion Vintage 30 speakers (in a sealed, ported chamber below), metal grille, 300W power handling, 8 ohm impedance, Track-Loc casters...

www.mesaboogie.com

Good lord $1700.

 

[laxu]

Split Back 4x12 | Mesa/Boogie

Black Bronco vinyl covered 4x12 Split Back mono (8 ohm) or stereo (2x 4 ohm) cabinet with two Celestion C90 speakers (in an open back chamber on top) and two Celestion Vintage 30 speakers (in a sealed, ported chamber below), metal grille, 300W power handling, 8 ohm impedance, Track-Loc casters...

www.mesaboogie.com

This seems like a product nobody asked for. IMO that grille thing looks pretty awful and the only reason you would buy it because it's still a Mesa cab, and maybe cheaper than the more popular models.