Members thefyn Posted January 20, 2006 Members Share Posted January 20, 2006 I have dabbled with the mark Iv in the studio. If I remember right it has 3 channels? One withy an EQ boost making it kinda 4? My 5150 combo crapped out on me but I am lucky enough to have a neighbour with a mark IV head and footswitch. I have a gig tomorrow and I will have the amp tomorrow so i have no time to tweak. I know a lot of answers are usually start at 5 and go from there but i dont have much time as it is an early gig. I need a solution. I have 3 sounds I need for the gig. Chan 1: Clean. For open chords Chan 2: Slightly dirty for more bite/slightly distorted soloChan 3: All out throaty metal power chords/solo tone What settings across the board will get me there. i can't even remeber if there are shared eq's etc. I only ever used it for thrash tone. Which it did in spades. Now I need the versatility and settings. HELP! {censored}ing 5150 effects loop!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cas Posted January 20, 2006 Members Share Posted January 20, 2006 clean channel - mids control how "open" it sounds. mids @ 0 makes your guitar sound like a telecaster. as you turn up the mids it realy opens up the sound. the presence knobs also set the overall sound, so i'd start out just turning the presence knobs and go from there. now for the lead channel. set your presence anywhere to 0, then turn it up gradually to 10 while playing of course. turn your mids to 4 or 10 as a starting point. treble 6-10 if you want a ver saturated sound but you can't have too much treble and presence. to the lower you go the darker the tone gets. bass should always be no higher than 3. keep your gain @ 8 and dial in your distortion with the lead drive knob. if you're turning way up, make sure you have the harmonics switch engaged, lead knob pushed in. i'd also go pentode and simulclass. set the EQ to a "W" and you're good to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thefyn Posted January 20, 2006 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2006 Thanks for the tips. What is the best hard sound for the lead channel. Like AIC power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thefyn Posted January 20, 2006 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2006 Looks like this website has saved my ass:http://www.grailtone.com/tone-settings/mesa-boogie/view-mark4-settings.html# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members potaetoes Posted January 20, 2006 Members Share Posted January 20, 2006 if you can make it out from this crappy pic... except drop the R2 gain down to 6ish. other settings: simul-class, pentode, harmonics, nothing pulled, EQ always on, adjust lead treble up or down to taste, play with presence knobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thefyn Posted January 20, 2006 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2006 (places his resolution 800/600) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Nik Posted January 20, 2006 Members Share Posted January 20, 2006 Get your neighbour to set it up for you. There's no way you are going to get a Mark IV to work for you in just a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shiny_Surface Posted January 20, 2006 Members Share Posted January 20, 2006 Don't turn the gain on channel 1 past 5 if you want total clean. For channel 1 keep the bass and middle in the 3-ish region I would say. Treble to taste. Presence as required. Channel 2, for slightly dirty keep the gain in the higher region 7-9. If you pull it out (pull fat) you will have more gain. Keep treble high or you will lose gain. If you pull the presence out it will be more "hollow", push it in and it will be more "in your face". Channel 3 keep bass and middle in low region 1-3. Treble at 7 or 8, any lower you will lose gain. Crank both gain knobs to 8. Use the pull fat to add more gain. Presence is same as channel 2, pull out for more hollow sound, push in for more in your face sound. Use the graphic EQ to taste. If you use the pull bright as well on the lead channel you may get squealing feedback at louder stage volumes, fyi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thefyn Posted January 20, 2006 Author Members Share Posted January 20, 2006 awesome thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BOOGIE666 Posted January 20, 2006 Members Share Posted January 20, 2006 Tweed mode Triode I prefer class-A mode but its up to you mid gain switch engaged Lead channel settings..... Gain: 10 and pulled Drive: 10 and pulled Bass: 2 Treble: 7 Pressence: 1 and pulled Mids: 10 Graphic EQ set to a "W" shape see my attached pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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