Monomyth vs Wizard vs Armored vs Mesa

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Had the urge to set the Armored Sabot V3 up and test some tubes in it.

Landed on some new production Tung Sol EL34.



I will add this to the original post for anyone that wants to compare.

Yes, they are dialed in as close as I could get them. They all can sound very different.
 
Corey James said:
Why not dial them in a little bit different from each other and pan one to the left and one to the right and crush?
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In a mix for sure.

The idea here is to show the differences in a specific situation.

I would actually prefer them a little brighter. Some are offended with bright tone so I tame them.
 
dead-pan said:
In a mix for sure.

The idea here is to show the differences in a specific situation.

I would actually prefer them a little brighter. Some are offended with bright tone so I tame them.
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Brighten it up baby!

Nobody’s buying music nowadays so make it for your enjoyment ??
 
dead-pan said:
In a mix for sure.

The idea here is to show the differences in a specific situation.

I would actually prefer them a little brighter. Some are offended with bright tone so I tame them.
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Hooray everyone judging guitar tones by listening on a phone speaker instead of monitors, or headphones right?
 
listening now on my monitors instead of my truck, i like the Armored the most. the wizard has those open and hollow low mids i just never get along with, the monomyth is better but slightly thin and a little clanky, and the Armored is kind of just right
 
I dig both! Slightly prefer the Wizard here. Cant go wrong with either one though!
 
The Wizard punches the hardest and is most balanced. They all sound decent. The VII is a little thin sounding.
 
Bram576 said:
Hooray everyone judging guitar tones by listening on a phone speaker instead of monitors, or headphones right?
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I don't know what you're talking about Brah, I just listened to these clips through my $22 earbuds on a Pc, and then straight through my Pc's built in speakers, and then through a 2001 Toyota brand truck radio in my Tundra and it's pretty easy, and definitive, to determine all three of these amps suck, the tone is horrible, and I'd never buy one of these amps based on the clips and my listening experience through the former.
 
Kordoba said:
I like the first two about the same. The VII is a distant third.
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I was testing some really old Sylvania 6L6 in the Mark VII in the clip.

Put them I an Omega Granophyre and noticed they had a very similar jaged tone there as well.
 
When Mesa was building the Mark VII, they really should have added the Mark IV's Presence Push/Pull pot, or a switch, or whatever. The Mark VII went with the hardware "Presence Pulled" option and to my ears that mode has always sounded kinda thin and weedy.

On my Mark IV, I push the Presence pot in and set the Presence relatively high and it makes the amp sound huge, at least in comparison with the Presence Pulled mode.
 
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