Recent content by jmusolino

I'm fortunate enough to own both amps. My current setup is two-sided. On the left is the Mark VII head with a Mark V:90 combo and the Head-Track, sharing the combo speaker and a Mesa 1x12 ported C90 cab, with my time-based effects on that side. On the right is the TC-100 head and a Fillmore 50...

I have much the same setup these days, though instead of the Mark V:25, I have the Mark V:35, with the Mark V:90 and a TC-100 that I got about 6 months ago. I use the 90 for my time-based pedals (Eventide Factors) and run the others straight. I picked up a Head-Track that I'll use for the TC-100...

I got a 2-year old gently used 90 watt combo four years ago. I've had a Mark I/60/100/EQ since roughly 1975, brand new at the time. The combos are quite hefty in every sense of the word, but the tone... Three years ago, I also picked up the 25. The day after I ordered it, they announced the 35...

I use the 35 head with one or two Mesa 1x12 ported closed back cabs. Or with my 50-year old Marshall cab with those old 25-watt greenbacks. Using Eventide pedals in the loop, either a combination of Pitchfactor, ModFactor and TimeFactor or a couple of H9 Max pedals. Incredibly versatile amp that...

I just loop it through the handle so it's coming in from above, rather than below. Works flawlessly for me in every situation. I use that in both the 90 and 35 watt versions.

The 25 and 35 don't have the switchable effects loop that the 90 has. If you get into the JP-2C, the new TC-50 and TC-100, those all have midi switching capabilities that include channel, loop, reverb, solo control. I have both the 90 and 35, and I keep the loops active all the time...

Thanks!! Glad they work. I find the same thing at really early hours of the morning - or what we call peak evening hours!! I'm usually using the 10-watt setting at home, but it works in louder circumstances at 45 and 90 watts, and I also adjust the gain in the same way. It's an incredibly...

I know what you mean about too much going on. ****... I should mention that the EQ settings are those fractions up from the center point, rather than the bottom. Nothing in my curve dips below 0. There are times when I might change over from sliders to preset at around 1:00 for a still slightly...

Niiice!! A fun evening indeed!!

Extreme mode. T-1:00 M-9:30 B-12:30 P-11:30. I'll run the Gain at around 10:30 or 11:00, with the Master at around 9:30, all in 90-watt, or if that's too much, 45-watt pentode. If I bring in the GEQ, it's a modified V, with 80Hz about 3/4 of the way up, 240Hz around 3/8 up, 750Hz flat, 2200Hz...

I generally use Extreme mode with no GEQ for that purpose. Bright switch on or off, depending on the room. I use the Mark I mode for heavier gain and for most of my leads, and I'll bring up the gain on Extreme mode to get a really nice Clapton live Cream sort of tone. For gigging, I'll use all...

I have both a 90 combo and a 35 head. I'm using an additional Mesa 1x12 V30 ported cab on the 90 and 2 Mesa 1x12 C90 ported cabs with the 35. My usual modes on the 90 are Fat/Mark I/Extreme, with Fat/Extreme on the 35 if using it alone, but I'll mix those up when using both amps together. I keep...

I also use Mark I mode as my primary lead mode. At home, running 10 watts, it's pretty cool, but in a band setting at 90 watts, it's pretty spectacular. I run the gain at around 2:00 or 3:00, treble and presence around 3:00, bass and mids around 9:00. The GEQ is sliders, set in a modified V...

BluzCruz, like you, I'm a hyphenated-rock, rather than a metal player. I have the V combo and the V:35 head. Love 'em both. They're just different enough with the different power tubes and they play well together. Here's the thing on the 90. When I gig, I use all 3 channels (Fat w/contour-Mark I...

I found my Mark V didn't like the Classic 57+ in the bridge of my 2007 SG3. It was OK with my old Nomad 55, but complete ice pick with the V. I replace the pickups with DiMarzios, a Tone Zone in the bridge, Norton in the middle and Air Norton in the bridge, all wired to switch from series HB to...