Mesa markIII NO EQ

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Anyone uave experience with a markIII without the graphic eq? Are they still killer if you put an eq in the loop? I miss my old red stripe, one of my few actual gear selling regrets. Theres a black stripe fairly close to me, but i have no experience with them, without the graphic. Thanks for any info.
 
I always thought all the Mark series amps had the GEQ? Guess I learn something everyday!
 
The Mesa GEQ is very powerful yet very musical in all but super extreme settings. The frequencies they chose and Q factor are damn near perfect. Plus the location in the circuit has some magical mojo as well.
 
Tone Monster said:
The Mesa GEQ is very powerful yet very musical in all but super extreme settings. The frequencies they chose and Q factor are damn near perfect. Plus the location in the circuit has some magical mojo as well.
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I'm confused, you are contradicting your last post that essentially agreed with Dave against the GEQ 100%
 
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There’s a red stripe GEQ equipped Mark III for sale at Music Go Round Boston.
 
I think it's plenty useable without the GEQ. I'd often turn it off as the volume got real loud.
 
Toured with a mark 3 and agree that the GEQ is a must!
 
The whole honk fest thing is amp to amp variance. Most of them are honky w/o EQ, and some of them (the best ones) are not. I've had 4 of them (All MkIIs to be fair) now that sounded killer with the EQ off (or no EQ) and I could easily play the amp without missing it.

I've owned a number of no-EQ versions, and it wouldn't scare me to buy more if the price was right. In the bedroom the onboard GEQ is convenient. In the band, I would always use my PEQ in the loop instead so whether the amp has a GEQ or not is irrelevant here. ...AND, on average the no-EQ models have a faster attack & more pure tone than the EQ models (based on the 20+ I've had), so PEQ in the loop of a no-GEQ amp at a lower price FTW.
 
Exo-metal said:
I gotta ask why...
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The built in EQ is in a different spot in the circuit than the effects loop, so placing an EQ in the loop is placing it further down the signal path and the results are different.
The said, you can definitely get decent results with an EQ in the loop - that goes for any amp, really- but it is indeed not the same as the built-in EQ.
 
Some examples-

Here's the tonally best IIC+ I've had (out of 6 of them)- a SR. ALL AMP.


Here's the GEQ vs. Mesa 5 band EQ. I will say I do not care for that pedal compared to the onboard or a PEQ.


Here's the onboard GEQ vs. the Empress PEQ.


Here's a DR with the 5 band in the loop.
 
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