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That's the direction I wish they had gone in too.. individually I liked my old Recto and my Mark IV but not well enough to keep either one. But together, they'd be something else entirely.. something made of pure awesome.
Mesa Mark V finally unveiled!
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That's the direction I wish they had gone in too.. individually I liked my old Recto and my Mark IV but not well enough to keep either one. But together, they'd be something else entirely.. something made of pure awesome.
MetallyGuitarded
He whom thou art not
Maybe I'm missing something here... How is that amp different/better than a Roadking/Roadster?
Now that I mention it, why does no one ever talk about the Roadking? Come on man, switchable, mixable EL-34 AND 6L6 power sections!? Seems to me like the Roadking should have been the last amp they ever needed to make. WTF do I know though.
Now that I mention it, why does no one ever talk about the Roadking? Come on man, switchable, mixable EL-34 AND 6L6 power sections!? Seems to me like the Roadking should have been the last amp they ever needed to make. WTF do I know though.
Loren Littlejohn
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Daniel
Aren't the Roadking/ Roadster variations of the Recto? The Mark series is a totally different tonality.
Jaymz
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2k US? That's less than you would pay for a Savage over here. And ALOT less than you'd pay for a Rectifier or something. I'm guessing the price over here will be the equivilent of 3k US AT LEAST.
Let it burn...
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James-Doolan
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Yeah man, Road King = Recto basically, the Mark series is in a totally different field of tone. The Mark series is what put Mesa on the map...all the classic thrash tones (Metallica - even though I think the guitar tones are awful on those first few albums...) and tons of stuff all the way up to this day. Just has a creamy sound some people dig. I know I do, and wish I hadn't sold my Mark IV back in the day. Maybe I can make up for it with this... 
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Chryst Krispies
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Yeah man, Road King = Recto basically, the Mark series is in a totally different field of tone. The Mark series is what put Mesa on the map...all the classic thrash tones (Metallica - even though I think the guitar tones are awful on those first few albums...) and tons of stuff all the way up to this day. Just has a creamy sound some people dig. I know I do, and wish I hadn't sold my Mark IV back in the day. Maybe I can make up for it with this...
~006
So would you say it's like the 5150 of the Mesa crowd? Like the pizza cheese bubbly kinda gain that the Peavey's have with the recto backbone?
If that's the case.... then fuck help us all.
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Nope that's not it at all. Its grinding, compressed as fuck, and aggressive - in a different way than the Recto. Mark IVs have barely any sag and an absolute shitload of mids. My Mark IV was probably the tightest amp of all the ones I've had. Notes ring through loud and clear. For rhythm playing, think the Lamb of God sound. For leads, the thickest, creamiest, smoothest, awesome-est tone possible.
Yeah, my impression of the Mark series is amazing lead tones, but I've never heard a rhythm tone from one that gave me more than a semi
Ermz
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Hmm, the playing is irking me (there's this weird "squelch" whenever he hits the upper most notes in the riff), but tonally, I dunno, doesn't blow me away, but it's not bad - do you have it in a mix? (or at least with drums?)
Ermz
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Umm a very rough tracking one. It's blended with another amp too, quad tracked. http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/285689/Orpheus/ThousandTimes-01.mp3
Very low-cost gear was used to capture it. None of the great AD/mic pre stuff I usually wank on about..
Very low-cost gear was used to capture it. None of the great AD/mic pre stuff I usually wank on about..
Haha, and no doubt that "other amp" was a 5150/6505, judging by the tone 
Not bad, just not my thing
Not bad, just not my thing
Ermz
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In fact it was a Bugera 6260 
. Yeah I imagined it wouldn't be your thing, but figured what the hey..
The guys like that thicker kind of Carcass sound. Basically the 5150 signature. Seems to suit their style of music, so that's the most important thing.
. Yeah I imagined it wouldn't be your thing, but figured what the hey..The guys like that thicker kind of Carcass sound. Basically the 5150 signature. Seems to suit their style of music, so that's the most important thing.
Actually yeah, I will say it definitely conjured memories of Heartwork, so mission accomplished with that!
