TGF Official Amp Mesa Boogie Mark series. Join the fun and get one today!

[spawnofthesith]

I've been messing around with all the amps since getting the Mark VII. The PRS amps are in a different category because they don't sound anything like the Mesas - or even each other.

The Mesas...well, I find I can get very similar tones to the Fillmore 50 and the Lone Star 100 with the Mark VII, if I dial them in that way - it isn't hard to do. I might even prefer the similar sounds in the Mark.

Thing is, need 'em or not, I like the Fillmore and the Lone Star. Plus they have custom leather coverings and NOS tubes. I'd get absolutely clobbered if I sold them. Yet I still have a case of The Guilties for hanging onto them. I can't help it.

Maybe I can dial each one in so differently that switching between them will somehow make sense in the context of a session. Then I'd feel less weird about the whole business.

If it makes you feel any better, mesa wise I have a III, IV, V, a crab Mark clone and an f100 and a badlander

 

[László]

If it makes you feel any better, mesa wise I have a III, IV, V, a crab Mark clone and an f100 and a badlander

Thank you for sharing this. I am utterly in your debt!

At least I don't feel so alone!

 

[EOengineer]

If it makes you feel any better, mesa wise I have a III, IV, V, a crab Mark clone and an f100 and a badlander

 

[spawnofthesith]

That’s just the mesas


Welllll aside from those (including crab) I “only” have two other amps so that’s not so bad…. Right?

 

[EOengineer]

Marks are awesome until you set one down on your foot.

 

[gearJunkie]

Thank you for sharing this. I am utterly in your debt!

At least I don't feel so alone!

I've got my Mark VII, Badlander 100, Badlander 50 combo, Fillmore 50 combo, and my legacy Triaxis + 2:90 rig. You are not alone.

 

[laxu]

I've been messing around with all the amps since getting the Mark VII. The PRS amps are in a different category because they don't sound anything like the Mesas - or even each other.

The Mesas...well, I find I can get very similar tones to the Fillmore 50 and the Lone Star 100 with the Mark VII, if I dial them in that way - it isn't hard to do. I might even prefer the similar sounds in the Mark.

Thing is, need 'em or not, I like the Fillmore and the Lone Star. Plus they have custom leather coverings and NOS tubes. I'd get absolutely clobbered if I sold them. Yet I still have a case of The Guilties for hanging onto them. I can't help it.

Maybe I can dial each one in so differently that switching between them will somehow make sense in the context of a session. Then I'd feel less weird about the whole business.

It's the "I have gear that I could get rid of...but I don't really need the money, these things sound great and it would be a pain in the ass to sell them" dilemma.

Someone was selling another Mark V 90 combo for a good price recently...and I was tempted. But it had US power with a step down transformer and was on the other side of the country so it seemed like a chore to go and get.

 

[Tanax]

Marks are awesome until you set one down on your foot.

I guess it leaves a.. mark?



I'll show myself out..

 

[RGB]

 

[EOengineer]

This is EXACTLY what I was trying to find for my post and came up empty!

 

[László]

I've got my Mark VII, Badlander 100, Badlander 50 combo, Fillmore 50 combo, and my legacy Triaxis + 2:90 rig. You are not alone.

By no small coincidence, I once had a Triaxis in a rack rig, but if memory serves, I plugged its output into the effects loop of a non-rack mount Blue Angel head I sat on top of the rack. It's a pretty darn cool preamp.

I went through too much stuff during my "next-shiny-object-buy-everything-sell-everything-merry-go-round" phase that lasted about a decade!

 

[László]

It's the "I have gear that I could get rid of...but I don't really need the money, these things sound great and it would be a pain in the ass to sell them" dilemma.

So freakin' true!

I thought for a hot minute about putting the Lone Star on Reverb, but fortunately I was saved from my folly by the fact that I threw out the shipping box - which I deliberately got rid of years ago, after re-tubing it with NOS, so I wouldn't be tempted to sell the amp.

Decent (albeit a little restrictive) advance planning on my part!

Someone was selling another Mark V 90 combo for a good price recently...and I was tempted. But it had US power with a step down transformer and was on the other side of the country so it seemed like a chore to go and get.

There are times I'm tempted; it's almost as if owning two of the same thing would somehow double my pleasure.

That might make sense if I actually went places and needed backups!

 

[LCW]

Crisis averted! Almost sold the IIC++. Then came to my senses after playing it. Sorry for the moment of weakness.

 

[EOengineer]

Crisis averted! Almost sold the IIC++. Then came to my senses after playing it. Sorry for the moment of weakness.

View attachment 50641

Is it really a IIC++ if we can’t hear it from where we’re standing?

What had you considering a sale?

 

[LCW]

Is it really a IIC++ if we can’t hear it from where we’re standing?

What had you considering a sale?

Reasons

 

[Orvillain]

By no small coincidence, I once had a Triaxis in a rack rig, but if memory serves, I plugged its output into the effects loop of a non-rack mount Blue Angel head I sat on top of the rack. It's a pretty darn cool preamp.

I went through too much stuff during my "next-shiny-object-buy-everything-sell-everything-merry-go-round" phase that lasted about a decade!

I've always wanted one of those pre's ever since I heard that ISIS's Aaron Turner used one on Panopticon. But I actually don't know how true that is.

 

[EOengineer]

I've always wanted one of those pre's ever since I heard that ISIS's Aaron Turner used one on Panopticon. But I actually don't know how true that is.

Honestly the V covers A LOT of that ground and probably sounds a little better. IMO the V beats the triaxis so long as you don’t need a bunch of presets for what you’re doing.

 

[László]

I've always wanted one of those pre's ever since I heard that ISIS's Aaron Turner used one on Panopticon. But I actually don't know how true that is.

I don't know whether he used one, either.

The Triaxis is a real-deal piece of gear. I was into Mesa amps, and had a handful in my studio; it was great to experiment with the Triaxis and get additional tones with them. I had one of the V-Twin pedals here, too, another under-appreciated piece of Mesa equipment that I used to push the front end, mostly of a Bogner Metropolis.

In those days. I had the guitar effects in a rack that I'd use in the control room, and would send a line out to one of the combos or cabs in an acoustically dead booth that was soundproofed. The heads I had would stay with me in the control room.

All of which reminds me how good that rig sounded!

As fun and cool as pedals can be, having a rack full of the kinds of effects that were popular in commercial studios (e.g., Eventide Ultra-Harmonizer, TC M5000, Drawmer compressor, the Triaxis, a couple of Lexicon pieces, etc) sounded awfully nice.

Since I don't play out any more, I've thought about putting together a compact rack system with some choice gear, and using the pedalboard only for the occasional trip to a different studio for projects. Somehow I manage to talk myself out of such folly, but it's a close-run thing!

 

[dbagchee]

So I’m 99.9% picking up this Mark III tomorrow (what kind of music store is closed on Sundays?!). Looks pretty clean. Any thing I should look out for?

https://reverb.com/p/mesa-boogie-mark-iii-3-channel-60-watt-1x12-guitar-combo

I’m going to follow @spawnofthesith lead and run the HX Stomp Graphic EQ in the loop. Stoked to finally have a Mesa with 6L6s!

 

[Orvillain]

So I’m 99.9% picking up this Mark III tomorrow (what kind of music store is closed on Sundays?!). Looks pretty clean. Any thing I should look out for?

https://reverb.com/p/mesa-boogie-mark-iii-3-channel-60-watt-1x12-guitar-combo

I’m going to follow @spawnofthesith lead and run the HX Stomp Graphic EQ in the loop. Stoked to finally have a Mesa with 6L6s!

Look out for your pants turning into brown sludge.

YESSSS BOIIIII.