Mesa Boogie Mark Five Demo - Steve Hubbard

I threw together this demo for those of you that are curious to hear the Mark Five.. This amp has endless tonal possibilities, and is incredibly versatile.. Here are the three settings that I currently use in my live setup! For the settings that you may not be able to see, I have the amp set on Full Power mode, 90 watts on each channel, and triode on Ch.3

The amp is running into an Orange 212 cabinet, with vintage 30's, mic'd with a shure beta57, slightly off center..

I'd also like to appologize for the lame jam video at the end.. The idea is to show you what the Mark sounds like in the mix of a track!

**Please realize that there is plenty of gain available on this amp-- I have channel three set at a fairly low-gain tone..

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[flowerdrop1]

hey butt knocker, what kind of guitar are you using? PUPs?

[SteveHubbardGuitar]

@flowerdrop1 its a jay turser strat with squire pickups

[flowerdrop1]

@SteveHubbardGuitar thanks, sounds pretty good

[SteveHubbardGuitar]

@flowerdrop1 That was a joke, eh?? It's a Suhr S4 w/ Suhr pickups.

[pipesstratman]

Steve - Are you still digging your Mark V? I saw you made a comment that you've changed your settings since your video. Would you share your new settings? Your tone is awesome. Have you experienced any clipping of your stompboxes through the FX loop? I'm struggling with that now with my Boss pedals. THX! God Bless!

[SteveHubbardGuitar]

@pipesstratman send me a PM and ill take a picture of my exact settings for you.

[oilpit]

MIDRANGE!!!!!

Finally a MK5 owner that actually uses it....a lot of it!

LOVE it!

[Danjelo]

Hey there! Your tone in this vid is really good. Do you still own this amp? Is there anyway you can share your exakt settings used? Thanks!

[96lolstar]

Can you try James Hetfield "Crunch Berries" setting on IIc+ mode?

[Abs9106]

@SteveHubbardGuitar holy shit squier pickups! You must be a professional guitarist!

[dawhit10]

Steve thanks for the vid, great tone. I have the 1x12 combo version and am having trouble getting the right fluid distortion out of it. I've tried everything on all channels. I use a Saturator, and a Jemini for distortion, not really happy with those, just can't get that natural harmonic distortion to come through. My route 66 overdrive actually sounds better than those but still not enough bite, any suggestions????

[JCKCPA]

Chase the Vintage Mark IICs and IIC+s. Handwired. Full of flavor and sound.

I have an ultra rare prototype Mark IIC "i". No eq with reverb. It has a special

light gold adonized chassis.

I think MB is right no eq is fast. Immediate, punch, quick, etc. The vintage ones will pay for themselves many times over . I think only 25-50 Mark IIC "i"s were made. They are inbetween the IIC and IIC+. They have some of the tweaks of the IIC+, though I would never upgrade!!!!

[thatcoolG]

running any pre amps?

[trniquet]

@richedie I can see why you'd think that, but two things:  youtube sound quality affects this clip, and also, higher settings on the master (around 1/2) and lower on the channel volumes will open the Mark V up a little. And generally, higher volumes will sound better.

[19581998]

Dude, I have seen several of your youtube vids and you make any amp sound good.

[Japsem]

Fuchs amplifiers sound much better..is my opinion..

[KHGuitarFreak1988]

@oilpit Most stock settings might seem too midscooped, but don't forget, the Mark V is a really heavy midrange amp. Having the mids really high might make the feel too stiff and perhaps stand out in a mix too much. The same applies for the midrange control for the EQ slider...