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I've very jealous of Gunner Recalls Mesa MarkV
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:44 pm
by oinkbanana
tell me more about it.
& guess i'm gonna sell some pedals to fund one
but i don't even know where to start picking which ones are gonna go.
and the AC4 I got from TheInk'd arrived today.
i hope i don't get amp head addiction.
i'm a mess. i'm gonna go see an outdoor show and get off these gas inducing websites for the day.
damn you ILF.!!! DAMN YOU TO HEAALLLL
Re: I've very jealous of Gunner Recalls Mesa MarkV
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:47 pm
by Gunner Recall
The speaker I ordered for the cab is finally in the mail, I've been using my rectoverb as a cab for the time being
I'll really know what this bad boy sounds like within the coming week.
Still trying to dial in a proper rhythm tone, but my cleans/leads sound friggin amazing
It's not as confusing as it looks...you just have to look at each channel as its own amp with seperate controls.
The EQ is VERY powerful...to the point where it appears they dialed back the regular bass/mid/treble knobs to avoid people blowing shit up.
You set the general feel of the amp with the knobs, then sculpt the actual tone with the graphic EQ.
I decent break down I found is:
gain=gain
treble=more gain/saturation
mids=feel/saturation
bass=tightness (less=tight, more=loose)
presence=treble-ish
I can get a decent clean and some crunch without the EQ engaged, but it seems if you want anything to have real balls the EQ needs to be on.
Re: I've very jealous of Gunner Recalls Mesa MarkV
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:05 pm
by bronzetalon
I don't know if you're just gassing for a mesa or the mark V specifically but if you want to go the cheaper route I would suggest going for some thing out of the DC series. I own a DC-5 and it effectively ended my amp search. The DC series has some of the best cleans of the early mesa amps and his distortion sounds like a hybrid of mark and recto territory. Mine has the graphic EQ and two completely separate channels plus thy can be had for about $500.