Played the Mark V today.

[blackba]

I have a A here .... I do not really have setting. I just set it up by ear for what I am going for. Different guitars, pickups, cabs, speakers, rooms sound so different. Most of the time I use it for a "Stones" type sound.

I have had a Mark around since 1982 and this is number 12 of the IV original owner. So I know how to use it.

If you set it up for a Marshall type sound I tend to sink the 750 and 2200. Not just the 750.

Right now it is on channel 2 ....

G ~ 8 pulled.
T ~ 6 / 7
B ~ almost 3
M ~ 3
P ~ 6 / 7
Master ~ 4
Output ~ 2/3
Full
Pentode
Similclass

Graphic ~ top of them
80 / 6600 ~ top white line almost.
240 ~ down a bit from that.
750 / 2200 slide down to taste. With 2200 a little higher.

Winged C's

Jeff Beck in my Les Paul.

Full stack ~
Celestion going down ....not X pattern in cabs.
Greenback
Vintage 30
H30
Vintage 30

I found some great lead sound on the lead channel with 240, 750, and 6600 boosted. Then take the 2200 down to find a few good lead sounds.

Thanks, I will give those a shot. I think my settings are pretty similar off the top of my head, except the presence which I have alot lower. I need to starting using the graphic EQ more, I generally only use it on the lead channel and even then its not all the time.

I will say on the mark V, I love the solo boost option, it saves bring a pedal for that function, which is always good.

 

[stephen sawall]

I have a A here .... I do not really have setting. I just set it up by ear for what I am going for. Different guitars, pickups, cabs, speakers, rooms sound so different. Most of the time I use it for a "Stones" type sound.

I have had a Mark around since 1982 and this is number 12 of the IV original owner. So I know how to use it.

If you set it up for a Marshall type sound I tend to sink the 750 and 2200. Not just the 750.

Right now it is on channel 2 ....

G ~ 8 pulled.
T ~ 6 / 7
B ~ almost 3
M ~ 3
P ~ 6 / 7
Master ~ 4
Output ~ 2/3
Full
Pentode
Similclass

Graphic ~ top of them
80 / 6600 ~ top white line almost.
240 ~ down a bit from that.
750 / 2200 slide down to taste. With 2200 a little higher.

Winged C's

Jeff Beck in my Les Paul.

Full stack ~
Celestion going down ....not X pattern in cabs.
Greenback
Vintage 30
H30
Vintage 30

{I found some great lead sound on the lead channel with 240, 750, and 6600 boosted. Then take the 2200 down to find a few good lead sounds. }

~....... lead sound I talk about below.

Thanks, I will give those a shot. I think my settings are pretty similar off the top of my head, except the presence which I have alot lower. I need to starting using the graphic EQ more, I generally only use it on the lead channel and even then its not all the time.

I will say on the mark V, I love the solo boost option, it saves bring a pedal for that function, which is always good.

I was going to say the gain and presence is often lower. I just looked at the amp and put down what is on there.

I also use the EQ on channel 2 most of the time and leave it off when using channel 3 when doing leads.
The EQ is great when doing rhythm work on 3.

{I found some great lead sound on the lead channel with 240, 750, and 6600 boosted. Then take the 2200 down to find a few good lead sounds. }
~....... lead sound I talk about below.

I like the shape I put on there for leads on 3 and hope to use it on the V (sliders). And use the Preset Depth on 2.

You know how you can change the sound for rhythm playing a lot with the 750 slider. Using the shape I described for lead the 2200 works in a similar way.
You guys need to try it.

 

[mentoneman]

I had the shop guy tweak it for certain tones as I played

Ch 1
Vintage clean- check
Modern clean- check

Ch 2
Dumble lead- check
For that one ditch the graphic pump the gain and mids--endless fat sustain

Marshall crunch
Probably the least convincing but it's a combo at low volume so I didn't expect perfect
But still really decent and eons better than IV r2

Ch 3
EJ to metallica lead tone
Is it a IIc+ on steriods? No clue. Don't care, it's great.

Everything felt good touchwise and more real and immediate than my triaxis/395 rig did

gotta hand it to randy smith-- this is an impressive and fitting evolution to the mark series