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[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..

 

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[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.