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And by doing so reflected light in a cool way.

EVH's truck stop reflectors is a pretty cool guy. He reflects light and he doesn't afraid of anything. clever {censored}!

He used it to perform Thomas Youngs Double-Slit interference experiments. That is to say when he saw twins in the audience he used it to signal one of his roadies (Tom Young) to get them backstage passes with no interference. do i win?

No way on the strobe light.....have you seen the movie "Jacob's Ladder!" Fuck that strobe light shit! right as if nobody here has ever been to a metal show where they use strobes:rolleyes:

No, but that sounds awesome and is now on my list of cool things to try! oh ya mirrors add to the fun too especially for doggy style:D

black lights are cool too...my wifes eyes glow in it wild!!

It's pretty:cool:

I'll never whack off again........ Ya ever noticed how much your GF face looks like her fathers?? now go {censored} her with the lights on missionary:D

Originally posted by dreamspace I bought St. anger hahahahaha sucker!!

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.

Originally posted by afxwinter As for the playing volume, the consensus is that the Marks all sound really good at conversation volume ROFL that would be a first...........dont get me wrong but..... In my 20+ years of playing all the mark II/III's I've played when set for "crushing" can't have the lead master over "1" for reahearsal volume and after 3 you have killed everyone in the room.Sure the amp can be dialed for "conversation" level volume but the tone is far from crushing as opposed to when its dialed for "ahnilation".Thats also the consensus I've got from bandmates other players.Hell I even read a interview with Tony Iommi 10 years ago that said the same thing when he tried Mesa Boogies. I thought it was pretty much universaly understood. I mean you do understand that unlike Peaveys or any TRUE channel switching amp that Mark's aren't simply a matter of dialing one preamp knob then dialing the one master volume knob right?

Originally posted by afxwinter Which Mark III would be ideal for playing at low volumes? Or does it really matter? Most people seem to not like the simul-class versions, but I figured those would be better at lower volumes wouldn't they? No you are really have to do a lil homework with Mark I II III amps.Simu-class runs a pair of tubes in class A and a pair class A/B "simul-taneously".It does nothing to reduce volume in any significant fashion nor was it designed too.

Originally posted by afxwinter The plan was to get the IIC+ and tweak it into my own sound, so I suppose I could do that with a cheaper high-gain amp. I've owned a 5150 II, but it was way too much power/headroom for me, plus it didn't sound anything like the Mark series imo which is my taste in tone. As sad as it is I've been looking at either a Line6 Spider II 1x12 or a Roland Cube. Any advice would be much appreciated. My advice is to stay firmly in reality which is: If you were concerened about power/headroom then don't bother looking at a Mark II or III.They are just as loud and because of the series gain design manipulating the controls to adjust sound makes it a bit more difficult than a 5150. The modelling or Hybrid route sounds more up your alley or even a preamp low power power amp.A Tri-Axis with any power amp will allow the tones you like more flexibilty and volume control.If you want cranked tones than you should go witha Mesa 20/20 or Marshall 20/20 poweramp. The Randall MTS series is also worth checking out. Good luck let us know how things go.