Is anybody else not excited for the Mark V

[thiswaythatway]

i'd be excited, if I could afford one!

unfortunately, as maiden fan will concur, mesa's here are a mega rip off. A lot of the bands I like (3 doors down, ghost of gloria, hoobastank) have a killer modern rock tone which is mesaish, but there's hell no way im paying 1700 gbp (so 3400 dollarsish) for a dual rec head.

hell, i'd rather stick with my marshall dsl and spend that on a PRS!

Same way that i wouldn't shell out $4000 for a Diezel.

 

[metalowns101]

exactly, I paid 450 gbp for my dsl 50 head, so call it 900 dollars. Sure, i'd love a mesa, but it's not 2500 dollars better!!

 

[maiden_fan]

Mesa stuff is a rip off here. The only mesa's I have ever really liked was the stiletto (around £1800 wtf?) and the lonestar again stupid money.

However Marshalls are cheap and I love them so I am fine lol.

 

[mctallica1]

I am interested only in that there may be something new for Cliff to model for the Axe Fx

 

[MARK1970]

Not a big Boogie fan. I like the sound other players get out of them, but they just don't do it for me. I had one of the early 90s Racktifier. I kept it in a Grundsdorf case for 11 years then I sold it for $100.00 more than I paid new. That was the first amp and last amp I ever bought on hype. That amp was in mint condition. There was no dust in the chassis and it even had the inspector tag on there still. The Mark IV is pretty good, but after some time with it, I just did not care for it. Again, it sounds great when played by somebody else. Just not my thang.

 

[jcj]

I am interested only in that there may be something new for Cliff to model for the Axe Fx

Funny, I'd never liked the MK IV, until I played the Axe Fx version

 

[Sick Michael]

Im a Quad owner and I feel my Quad/3:95 rig is hard to beat. My Preamp nails Mesa Mark IIc and Mark III tones, both clean and dirty and my poweramp can be switched to class A mode which is cool.

The only thing I believe the Mark V might offer is slightly improved "real amp" feel instead of the "rack" feel I have right now. I would still argue my Quad will do more tones.

The only tones I feel lacking from my Quad are the out and out Marshally stuff and the ultra-modern voiced metal stuff (which I dont play).

I am however very curious about the Mark V, being a mark series fan. Looks like a cool amp, and is probably much less of a nightmare to switch channels than my Quad

 

[Digital Jams]

Im a Quad owner and I feel my Quad/3:95 rig is hard to beat. My Preamp nails Mesa Mark IIc and Mark III tones, both clean and dirty and my poweramp can be switched to class A mode which is cool.

The only thing I believe the Mark V might offer is slightly improved "real amp" feel instead of the "rack" feel I have right now. I would still argue my Quad will do more tones.

The only tones I feel lacking from my Quad are the out and out Marshally stuff and the ultra-modern voiced metal stuff (which I dont play).

I am however very curious about the Mark V, being a mark series fan. Looks like a cool amp, and is probably much less of a nightmare to switch channels than my Quad

I am sure that the quad with that 395 will hang just fine and yeah the only thing your missing is the buzz bomb super compressed thing.

 

[Sick Michael]

Im a Quad owner and I feel my Quad/3:95 rig is hard to beat. My Preamp nails Mesa Mark IIc and Mark III tones, both clean and dirty and my poweramp can be switched to class A mode which is cool.

The only thing I believe the Mark V might offer is slightly improved "real amp" feel instead of the "rack" feel I have right now. I would still argue my Quad will do more tones.

The only tones I feel lacking from my Quad are the out and out Marshally stuff and the ultra-modern voiced metal stuff (which I dont play).

I am however very curious about the Mark V, being a mark series fan. Looks like a cool amp, and is probably much less of a nightmare to switch channels than my Quad

I am sure that the quad with that 395 will hang just fine and yeah the only thing your missing is the buzz bomb super compressed thing.

Yeah, thats about it. I almost never play that kind of stuff.

The other thing is, I used to own Engls, and they CAN do that sort of thing, but I've recorded my boogie alongside the Engls and the boogie sounds meaner and sits better in the mix.

Its the marshall thing that my Boogie just wont do. I can coax a kind of crunchy thing out of the Mark IIC preamp part and I can approximate Dan Huff/Giant kind of stuff, but thats all.

 

[thiswaythatway]

Im a Quad owner and I feel my Quad/3:95 rig is hard to beat. My Preamp nails Mesa Mark IIc and Mark III tones, both clean and dirty and my poweramp can be switched to class A mode which is cool.

The only thing I believe the Mark V might offer is slightly improved "real amp" feel instead of the "rack" feel I have right now. I would still argue my Quad will do more tones.

The only tones I feel lacking from my Quad are the out and out Marshally stuff and the ultra-modern voiced metal stuff (which I dont play).

I am however very curious about the Mark V, being a mark series fan. Looks like a cool amp, and is probably much less of a nightmare to switch channels than my Quad

I am sure that the quad with that 395 will hang just fine and yeah the only thing your missing is the buzz bomb super compressed thing.

Yeah, thats about it. I almost never play that kind of stuff.

The other thing is, I used to own Engls, and they CAN do that sort of thing, but I've recorded my boogie alongside the Engls and the boogie sounds meaner and sits better in the mix.

Its the marshall thing that my Boogie just wont do. I can coax a kind of crunchy thing out of the Mark IIC preamp part and I can approximate Dan Huff/Giant kind of stuff, but thats all.

I've always been curious about the Quad but i doubt i would ever invest into a rack system again. I see other people play racks and it just never sounds like a real amp to me.

And if the Quad won't sound like a TSL, DSL, or JVM, for the most part that's not a bad thing The only Marshall's Iv'e liked in recent memory are the one's that are modded. I played a DSL recently which i thought was decent, but i know i would get tired of it's ratty sounding gain. There justw asn't enough smooth lead tones in there for me.

 

[Sick Michael]

Im a Quad owner and I feel my Quad/3:95 rig is hard to beat. My Preamp nails Mesa Mark IIc and Mark III tones, both clean and dirty and my poweramp can be switched to class A mode which is cool.

The only thing I believe the Mark V might offer is slightly improved "real amp" feel instead of the "rack" feel I have right now. I would still argue my Quad will do more tones.

The only tones I feel lacking from my Quad are the out and out Marshally stuff and the ultra-modern voiced metal stuff (which I dont play).

I am however very curious about the Mark V, being a mark series fan. Looks like a cool amp, and is probably much less of a nightmare to switch channels than my Quad

I am sure that the quad with that 395 will hang just fine and yeah the only thing your missing is the buzz bomb super compressed thing.

Yeah, thats about it. I almost never play that kind of stuff.

The other thing is, I used to own Engls, and they CAN do that sort of thing, but I've recorded my boogie alongside the Engls and the boogie sounds meaner and sits better in the mix.

Its the marshall thing that my Boogie just wont do. I can coax a kind of crunchy thing out of the Mark IIC preamp part and I can approximate Dan Huff/Giant kind of stuff, but thats all.

I've always been curious about the Quad but i doubt i would ever invest into a rack system again. I see other people play racks and it just never sounds like a real amp to me.

And if the Quad won't sound like a TSL, DSL, or JVM, for the most part that's not a bad thing The only Marshall's Iv'e liked in recent memory are the one's that are modded. I played a DSL recently which i thought was decent, but i know i would get tired of it's ratty sounding gain. There justw asn't enough smooth lead tones in there for me.

.....and thats the clincher for me, the boogie actually works with me and helps me sound better than if I were u sing a Marshall or an Engl. My abilities are limited such that I need all the help I can get from my amp.

My Quad rig does sound more like an amp than other racks I've played, probably because the 395 mates well with it. I liked it better than a Recto, Engl Powerball and my old 6100. I was seriously torn between it and the Savage 120 though.

But its a switching nightmare and I dare say the Mark II / III / IV and V amps do sound more amp-like.

 

[kannibul]

If it sounds like some of the clips I've heard of the Mark IV, then, yeah, I may get one.

Then again, I might not. Just depends on how much, and how badly I want it.

I was screwing around with recording my JVM410H last night, and was just blown away at the tone of that amp. Ch3Orange is where it's at. Gain around 3...mmmmm chunky,chewy goodness...and I still have the STOCK tubes in it. I've not even rebiased. Pulled it out of the box, set it on my Avatar cab...and rawk out.

 

[Dale B]

I don't really care one way or the other. I think I'm fixing to throw my mint Mark IV on eBay and part ways with the Mark series and Mesa for good.

 

[again with this]

I can't wait to see the post NAMM reviews and such. Still nothing on Mesa's website.

 

[LedZep77]

I'm interested in hearing some clips, but I'm not really in the market for another amp right now - especially one that will most likely be $2K+.

That said, I also know that GAS can hit hard and fast

 

[JTyson]

I'm excited, but skeptical. I used nothing but boogies for a good many years, they proved to be very reliable, but I was never completley happy with the tone. I think I will let everyone get one and wait till the honeymoon sex is over, and then get the revised opinions. I hope they absolutly KILL - Jim

 

[chunktone]

I've never been anything but underwhelmed with Mesa Boogie amps, with the exception of their poweramps. I've tried many Mark II's, III's and IV's and they never did it for me. Good build quality, but not my cup of tea.

 

[jasonP]

Although I'm excited for any new amp.. I could have care less if some one wanted to use my Mark IV as a boat anchor after the 2-1/2 years I owned it.

 

[jasonP]

I don't really care one way or the other. I think I'm fixing to throw my mint Mark IV on eBay and part ways with the Mark series and Mesa for good.

Explain more please.

 

[blackba]

I am excited to get one. The problem is I will likely have to sell an amp to get one and I don't know which one will go. Like everyone else I am curious if the mark V will beat out my mark IV. I may keep the mark IV at home and take the mark V to practice, or just get rid of the mark IV if the mark V wins, who knows.

I am going to try the amp out or pick it up used this time. I got a Vox AC50CPH new without hearing it, and while it was a nice amp, the resale was not good and I wished I would have tried it first or picked up a used one.