Originally posted by afxwinter Sure I noticed that on the Mark each control affects the other, but I also noticed that to my ears the preamp gain on the lead channel was enough that I didn't have to dial the master above 1. That wasn't too loud at all.
The reason I didn't like my old 5150 wasn't because I found that dialing in tone was difficult, It was just that to my ears it didn't sound great at lower volumes, plus the tone was just not what I was looking for.
Yah like alot of amps the 5150 just "wants to have fun" very loud fun.For the record the 5150 has never done it for me either and I only like the Mesa DR just a smidgeon better and thats not saying much.
Sure dial the Mark volume to .5 for "conversation level" but bump any further and thats gone. Theres no flexibility.But hey if you live with it theres nothing like a Mark II/III amp tone.