Recent content by mr_fender

When in Class A, the cathodes of the two inner power tubes are disconnected from ground, so no current flows through the tubes at all. They are quite literaly turned off. They only remaining draw on the power supply they have are on the heater filaments, which are always on. That's why the...

Yep, there's a lot of subtle shades to be had by using different combinations of gain and drive. I find that when drive is higher than gain you get a smoother, tighter tone. Using gain higher than drive sounds a bit more raw and growly. Adjusting the treble with these two changes things even...

MrMarkIII is correct. The two 4 ohm jacks are made for two 8 ohm cabs, since Boogie cabs are 8 ohm. The two 4 ohm jacks are wired in parallel and both connect to the 4 ohm tap of the output transformer. You can either plug a single 4 ohm cab into one of the 4 ohm jacks for a correct match, or...

Competition is a good thing. It brings out innovation and keeps prices low. The consumer is most often the one that benifits. Everone borrows ideas from others. Boogie did it. Early Marks are Fenders on steroids. Marshall did it. JTM 45 is basically a tweaked Fender Bassman clone. The...

Oh yeah, I remember now. It's been about 5 years since I sold my Triaxis rig. I do miss the versatility, but I don't miss hauling all of that crap around or paying for eight 6L6GC's every year or so.

Since the tone stack is nearly identical to blackface Fenders, the old fender "magic 6" rule works well too. For those unfamiliar, the magic 6 is volume/gain=6, treble=6, bass=2, and mids=3. Some people swap the mid and bass settings to bass=3 and mids=2. Works pretty well as a starting...

What CoG says is very true. I think that is why so many people say that these amps are so hard to dial in (even though they aren't). They expect the knob EQ to work just like it does on a Marshall. They turn the mids down expecting it to get scooped sounding, but it doesn't. They turn the...

I go back and forth between my strat and les paul with my mkiv. Generally I use pull bright with the les paul, but have it pushed in with the strat. I also find it useful to run the bass a bit higher with the strat too. Knob EQ is pre-gain, so I use it to level out the difference between the...

I'll give this one a go. 1: Knob EQ (also known as the tone stack) is pre-gain in Mark series amps just like blackface Fenders. The Graphic EQ is post-gain. Having both gives a huge amount of tonal flexibility. Being in different places in the signal path, the two EQ's have very different...

I've got a Line 6 M13 using the 4 cable method. So far it sounds fantastic and is SO versitile.

DD-20 in the loop and the others out front. Putting delay in front of a high gain amp is a train wreck. Univibe could go in the loop too, but I like the way they sound out front myself. For me, wahs always go in front. YMMV.

To sum up for a couple of posts above, yes the M9 does have a chromatic tuner and EQ pedals. EQ pedals, the compressors, and the volume pedal are all grouped under the yellow (distorion/overdrive) group. I use the Graphic EQ on my Mark IV, so I don't have much use for the EQ's, but they do...

Just an update... Still farting around with the M9. So far here's my grading of the various effects: Compressors: A They sound great and are very quiet. They add practically no noise even we set really high. Tube compressor is my favorite. Very transparent and natural sounding...

If all you need are reverb and delay, you might be better off going with separate pedals. I mainly use a Line 6 Verbzilla for reverbs and a Boss DD-7 for delay. Both sound great with my Mark IV. I also just picked up a Line 6 M9 to try out and it has the same reverbs and delays as their...

Anyone out there use the Line 6 M9? I picked one up the other day at GC to try out and so far I'm quite impressed. Delays, Reverbs, Choruses, Phasers, and Flangers are all really good. The distortions are better than I expected. Many of the models are quite close to the real deal. I still...