Mesa/Boogie Mark IV Sound Clips Here...

[SFW]

Originally posted by Octaver Hey SFW, Just listening to your clips again. been playing my Boogie all weekend I noticed my amp sounds very different to yours Yeah even with different speaker experiments. My R2 & Lead sound kind of Twangy for want of better description The notes are a little splatty too. My JB's sound kinda single coil like. Especially on the high 3 strings they sound kinda twangy on Double stops etc. Not focused & compressed with a little Grit like you clips..which I like ! Just wondering what Valves your using in the Pre amp & Power amp stages.

 

 

Pres are stock mesa's and the powers are two mesa 6L6s and two EH EL34s.

[jgk62]

I'm not real familiar with the Mark IV.
Sounds good on its own, but how does it sound in a mix with a full band? Or live?
Can it cut thru like a Marshall?

[potaetoes]

Originally posted by jgk62 I'm not real familiar with the Mark IV. Sounds good on its own, but how does it sound in a mix with a full band? Or live? Can it cut thru like a Marshall?

 

 

they can cut through like a laser beam.

[yngzaklynch]

This guy runs his rather warm sounding. If you crank the far right slider up on the EQ it gets real bright and gainy so you have to offset that with a healthy bit of bass(slide the left slider up pretty high and have the next slider just over the center line). The amp can sound a lot of different ways. It IS genuinly a versitile amplifier!!!

[crwnedblasphemy]

Originally posted by danyeo After i fired up a Mark IV and tweaked for a few he didn't know what the hell hit him. SUddenly the Recto wasn't the best amp in the world anymore,

That was awesome Danyeo! hahahaha!! :D :D {censored}...that is funny!

[crwnedblasphemy]

Originally posted by jgk62 I'm not real familiar with the Mark IV. Sounds good on its own, but how does it sound in a mix with a full band? Or live? Can it cut thru like a Marshall?

 

 

Listen to Lamb of God!

[BOOGIE666]

its funny to me the tweed mode sounds warmer thicker, and less shrill. While still having plenty of punch.

[Shiny_Surface]

Here is a short clip where the guitar solo is the Mark IV's lead channel, without the graphic EQ engaged .

Great 80's metal lead tone without the graphic IMO


http://www.mp3lizard.com/download.cfm?id=17520

[Carpathia]

Great clips! Love the lead heavy tones.

[danyeo]

Originally posted by Shiny_Surface Here is a short clip where the guitar solo is the Mark IV's lead channel, without the graphic EQ engaged . Great 80's metal lead tone without the graphic IMO http://www.mp3lizard.com/download.cfm?id=17520

Pretty cool. The whole thing overall had a distinct Nightrider feel. David Hasslehoff salutes you.

[BOOGIE666]

you can get some wicked slayer south of heaven tones out of the lead channel without the graphic EQ also. Pretty cool metallica kill em all tones too actually.

try these:

triode
class-A
tweed mode
SED-EL-34's
mid gain switch in
bass: 2
Mids: 10
treble: 7
pressence: 1 and pulled
gain: 10 and pulled
drive: 10 and pulled


And I also do this funky thing of ouput on 10 and lead channel volume on 1, but this only works if you guitar isnt very noisy, and my gibson explorer reissue works geat like this, unless of course I have the pickups really close to the strings or something.

[Shiny_Surface]

Originally posted by danyeo Pretty cool. The whole thing overall had a distinct Nightrider feel. David Hasslehoff salutes you.

[SOMMS]

Originally posted by SFW After months of listening to people talk about the Mark IV being a

[Octaver]

LOL Shiny_Surface that clip cracked me up.

Your clip pretty much sounds like my MKIV & Im guessing thats the Typical MKIV tone.

I think most guys are suprised (Impressed) with the tones
our friend from Texas SFW is getting....... a more punchy & Focused tone.

Im not a Thrash at all fan but I do Like tighter Crisper tones where the tones Pop out rather than bounce or splat out .

[SFW]

I guess I get such a different sound out of mine because I refuse to play mine without the graphic EQ on. Dono....

[wanky]

impressive tone, someone told me the mark is really simalar the the 5150, but i guess the it sounds much heavier and much less bright and fizzy, but the 5150 is still hi-gain heaven to my ears

[toneking]

Which speakers are in the cab? My ears like the v30's and the 75 that is in my combo sucks!tim

[SFW]

Originally posted by toneking Which speakers are in the cab? My ears like the v30's and the 75 that is in my combo sucks!tim

 

 

GT70s. The cab is from the early 80s.

[squeally dan]

Awesome clips. GOod playing, and good tone!

[Octaver]

Originally posted by yngzaklynch This guy runs his rather warm sounding. If you crank the far right slider up on the EQ it gets real bright and gainy so you have to offset that with a healthy bit of bass(slide the left slider up pretty high and have the next slider just over the center line). The amp can sound a lot of different ways. It IS genuinly a versitile amplifier!!!

Hey thanks for that, it seems obvious but never thought of going to extremes with the EQ . Little alterations make a great difference on this amp !
It sounds closer to the Focused tones im looking for

I'll never knock back more usable gain

[SpiritOfSwine]

Originally posted by wanky impressive tone, someone told me the mark is really simalar the the 5150, but i guess the it sounds much heavier and much less bright and fizzy, but the 5150 is still hi-gain heaven to my ears

Actaully a 5150 is pretty much the polar opposite of a Mark IV.

 

The Peavey is simply raw brutal power. It does what it does and it does it well, but it's pretty much a one trick pony.

 

The Mark IV on the other hand can get those types of tones as well as anything else you can imagine. It can go from a ruthless high gain to a shimmering clean and everything in between with a stomp on the footswitch.

 

Both cool amps, but I love my Mark IV!