How NOT to make a Mesa Mark sound good.

[thiswaythatway]

Watch the video in the auction.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mesa-Boogie-Mar ... 3f287a47d1

 

[BackCrack]

The middle slider on the graphic stayed pegged up the entire time...fail.

 

[cardinal]

Just give one to me: I instantly make them sound bad. I love what I hear from those amps when someone else is playing. When I plug in, the wheels come off, and I have no idea why.

 

[gibson5413]

Man, that's terrible!! He doesn't even come close to showcasing what that amp is famous for, searing high gain. Either a fool will buy it for his price or a savvy buyer will wait it out until he drops it. The savvy buyer will know what to do with it once he gets it.

 

[glpg80]

Just give one to me: I instantly make them sound bad. I love what I hear from those amps when someone else is playing. When I plug in, the wheels come off, and I have no idea why.

+1

I remember plugging into a mark V. It went a little something like trying to solve a rubiks cube

 

[glassjaw7]

Lolzgreg once described the tone of a Mark as a "toucan screaming through a megaphone". this guy nailed that sound. He might just keep it if he heard how good it really sounds.

 

[skoora]

Ha! I was checking that vid/auction the other day too. I don't get the guys who have these multi channel amps that can rip as well as run clean and they'll do a 4 minute vid noodling on the same clean tone the whole time. Usually a pretty crappy clean tone too

 

[kiff]

he was on to something at 1:06, shoulda stuck with it

 

[shredi knight]

I knew it was going to be bad as soon as I saw how he had the EQ sliders set.

 

[MississippiMetal]

I played both a Mark III and Mark IV side by side and neither of them are what I would consider plug-n-play. The controls behave quite differently from a Marshall. I think a lot of it has to do with the post-EQ gain control and the full bandpass on nearly all stages that were being bypassed.

 

[blackba]

I played both a Mark III and Mark IV side by side and neither of them are what I would consider plug-n-play. The controls behave quite differently from a Marshall. I think a lot of it has to do with the post-EQ gain control and the full bandpass on nearly all stages that were being bypassed.

Once you know how to set the knobs, they are plug and play. I bought my mark IVA used in 2001, and the previous owner had used it for 10 years. I plugged in without adjusting the settings, and was pleasantly surprised.

 

[jerrydyer]

he no doubt hates the amp.
and wants to buy a Valvestate cause it has more saturation.

 

[moronmountain]

Ugh.........

 

[Jofipe]

Haha, sounds like a cooked wah the whole time.

 

[petejt]

I knew it was going to be bad as soon as I saw how he had the EQ sliders set.

Same here.

 

[OUTLAW1969]

he was on to something at 1:06, shoulda stuck with it

 

[Mudder]

I have a Studio preamp and it's easy with the Mark series to sound bad. There are some tremendous sweet spots, write them down! For the demo that dude should have downloaded the manual and just gone with the factory recommendations for tones.

 

[JimmyBlind]

Having the mids on max is better than not having them at all. The guitar is a mid-range instrument. Just sayin'.

 

[Anonymous]

I could really hear the nuances of the amp in this demo. Will buy!

Steve

 

[BackCrack]

Having the mids on max is better than not having them at all. The guitar is a mid-range instrument. Just sayin'.

I know a lot of players that use Mk's, and none of them dime that middle slider. All of them cut that slider except for one guy that leaves it at neutral, which actually works ok for his Tele and his style.