NAD - Mesa Boogie Mark III Red Stripe

[anomaly]

I have a DRGX red stripe going to Dann in a few days. Will be getting a IIC+/++ mod as well as V1/R2 volume mod and pentode switch,



This but with v1 mod too

This dude knows these amps for sure. What exactly is a V1 mod? What does that do?

 

[JDs Couch]

Sounds sick, would be interested in hearing new tubes in it. I feel like I never see people try new tubes in Marks and always just use Mesa branded ones.

I have all Non-Mesa tubes in my 84 IIC+:
NOS Siemens EL34s and NOS Tungsram and RCA 12AX7s. It also has a bias pot mod done by James Peters so it could use either 6L6 or EL34s.

 

[peterc52]

This dude knows these amps for sure. What exactly is a V1 mod? What does that do?

Clean volume control

 

[Nigel]

I bet that thang will rip Sykes riffs so good. What kind of cab was on the clip you posted?

 

[Jakem]

I just received a IIC+ RI today and will be interesting to get back to the Mark sounds again.

 

[Jakem]

I'd owned more than 5 mark IIIs but never had a red stripe, so I had to at least try one! So here it is - this one dates back to October 1987. It's a simul class El34 / 6L6 but I am planning to test some NOS Reflektor 6P3S Es that I have! Not much time to play but I dig it a lot! It's been serviced - new caps and it's ultra quiet!
Here's a short clip
https://hearthis.at/ultimate-metal-guitar-tones/red-stripe-mayo-1st-test/

Sounds great!!!

 

[311boogieman]

I have all Non-Mesa tubes in my 84 IIC+:
NOS Siemens EL34s and NOS Tungsram and RCA 12AX7s. It also has a bias pot mod done by James Peters so it could use either 6L6 or EL34s.

Pics?

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

2 new clips - this time thru a Marshall AV 1960 V30 - 421 mic - different settings - mayones duvell elite 6 with the abasi set
Excuse the sloppy playing but I'm currently recovering from an arm injury
this one as requested by @Techdeth (been a while since I last played these ones lol)
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a4qu...ey=ozvfxw7xi39qvt850av0an32o&st=cgg0nibn&dl=0
and here's a drop C# Anthrax riff
https://hearthis.at/ultimate-metal-guitar-tones/red-stripe-marshall-412-av-v30-anthrax-riff-passive/

 

[Tone Monster]

Metallica clip has no sound

 

[Jakem]

Metallica clip has no sound

+1

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

Metallica clip has no sound

copyright shit pff - will try some different site

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

what about now? https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a4qu...ey=ozvfxw7xi39qvt850av0an32o&st=cgg0nibn&dl=0

 

[Nigel]

what about now? https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a4qu...ey=ozvfxw7xi39qvt850av0an32o&st=cgg0nibn&dl=0

You need to be on stage with chops like that.

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

You need to be on stage with chops like that.

Wow thx a lot for your kind words

 

[Tone Monster]

what about now? https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a4qu...ey=ozvfxw7xi39qvt850av0an32o&st=cgg0nibn&dl=0

Sounds good

 

[ultimatemetalguitartones]

Sounds good

thx

 

[Akira]

what about now? https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a4qu...ey=ozvfxw7xi39qvt850av0an32o&st=cgg0nibn&dl=0

Great playing! It's a reminder to me how much I need to work on my muting!

Thx man! I owned 3 quad preamps in the past and IMO they are the best preamps I've ever tried! So organic and percussive sounding

Congrats. I've got a couple of MKIII's and Quad preamp (which is very similar to them) and really enjoy all of them. Fun amps, though sometimes a bit of PITA to dial in!

The only thing that comes close to the Quad is the Studio, IMO, which is really just half the Quad, anyway. If Boogie would reissue those...

Just want to add to the chorus of praise for the Quad Preamp. What a phenomenal preamp. I don't think I'll ever sell mine. Has the best clean tone of any amp I've tried and I love the IIC+ channel for both metal rhythms and lead.