Mesa/Boogie Mark V In Depth Part 7 - Channel 3 MARK IV

Part 7 of our in depth look at the Mesa/Boogie Mark V covers the Mark IV preamp circuit in channel 3. This is one of the most agressive sounds you'll ever find, with tons of gain, and extremely tight articulation.

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[mrichman]

What kind of mic did you use in this video, and what was the mic placement?

[haggertysmusic]

@mrichman For these videos we used a Shure KSM27 and Electrovoice Raven. 3-5" from the grill, each mic placed around the edge of the speakers dustcap.

[ShredEx1120]

WHAT WAS THE FIRST THING YOU PLAYED??????

[haggertysmusic]

@ShredEx1120 The middle section of Damage Control by John Petrucci. Thanks for watching!

[Alkinoos7]

I just love the fact you play Petrucci so much. It justifies the tone of the amp very much...

[haggertysmusic]

@nznaturopath Actually we did just use the 2x12 as an amp stand. :-) In those two videos I referenced, the 2x12 cabinet was not plugged in at all, and you can clearly see the microphones in front of the combo.

[nznaturopath]

@haggertysmusic I see you have mic ed the combo, but all the combo videos have the mark 5 sitting on what looks like a rectifier cabinet? I'm so sure that the combo "is" plugged into that aswell. Im sure you wouldn't just use that 2x12 cab as an amp stand eh, lol. The tone and everything about the amp would change "big time". I used to have the same cab. The open back kills the channel three drive tones no end. Or, can you put up a combo only channel three demo and tone settings that work good?

[haggertysmusic]

@nznaturopath We have two videos with the combo on channel 3. The Mark V 6L6 vs EL34 tube comparison and the Mark V Speaker Comparison (V30 vs C90).

[nznaturopath]

Can you please show a good demo of the combo mark 5 on channel three. Reason i ask, is that in a sense you are clearly showing here that the mark 5 combo "sucks" big time on channel three. As all demos and elsewhere show the head replacing the combo when the channel 3 is tested. Proving it sucks big time as its an open back etc etc, which channel three actually hates once the gain is turned up. Which again, shows that the combo sucks big time and has a channel 3 that is only half useable.