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    Favorite Guitar and Boogie Pairings

    ANY amp works best for me when paired with a Les Paul, SG, Explorer, Flying V...whatever, as long as it's not a strat. I've tried with seven different strats over the years and simply don't like them, can't get a tone out of them that I like to hear, and that's that. Humbuckers all the way...
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    Mark VII?

    Well, obviously, if the graphic EQ is AFTER the FX loop return, then adjustments to the EQ will still affect the effected tone. If the EQ is BEFORE the loop, it can cause some serious level related issues with the signal going into the effects. This might cause clipping at boosted frequencies...
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    The REAL output of a Mark V/90

    I think I have about as evil (heavy) an amp as was ever made. I own a Fender 400PS. It's only a head. a 90 pound head. 435 watts RMS out of three pairs of 6550s. A Dual or Triple Recto combo wouldn't be able to scare me much. I suppose I could prove insanity by building a combo out of it...
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    The REAL output of a Mark V/90

    If you want to sell that Mark V, some day, send me a message. I'm not at all opposed to picking up a second one....depending on price. Your talk about converting it to a combo had me thinking evil thoughts of converting a Triple Rectifier Solo head to a 2x12 combo with a pair of EVM-12L...
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    Wanted Reverb/EQ footswitch for Mark III

    "Currently unavailable".
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    Need advice - Re-capping a 295 Simul-Class

    Be aware that there's a ribbon connector on the board, with a molex type connector, that is notorious for eventually burning and that leads to shorts. Look for that. The burn begins on ONE pin and gets worse with time.
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    Need advice - Re-capping a 295 Simul-Class

    I see that now....the schematic I was referring to is a blurry one that seems to show voltages of 106 and 111 volts but other versions that have been redrawn have it closer to 287 volts. No worries, I'm still going to change out the parts in a few days anyway, so don't worry about it...
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    Best pedals to improve the Mark series overdrive tone

    The amps that you mention are all from the Marshall lineage, all having their ancestry rooted in the model 1959 Superlead, which is a fundamentally, conceptually different amp than the Mark series Mesa concept. The Marshall is a low gain preamp and to get it to grind, you turn it up and...
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    EQ's?

    I'm actually running my Alesis DEQ-230 digital 31 bander in my effects rack which is in the loop of my Mark III or V. All the good things you can do with the 5 band EQ to shape your tone can be improved on substantially by putting a 31 bander in the loop. Yes this is SO true. An...
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    Need advice - Re-capping a 295 Simul-Class

    I DID state that I'll be putting in 630 volt caps, did I not? That should satisfy even the most paranoid amp tech. But look at the Mark III schematic...111 volts on one side of a .1 cap, -56 on the other. Differential of 167 volts. 250 volt rated parts are appropriate going by voltages...
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    Need advice - Re-capping a 295 Simul-Class

    Look at the schematic. Plate voltage on V5 is 111/106 volts nominal which is the higher potential seen by the .1 coupling caps, and there's no scenario in which they're going to take more than that, so literally there isn't any reason to suspect that a 250 volt rated cap is not sufficent...
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    New Amp! Hardwood Simul-Class Purple Stripe Mark III Combo

    I'm now the owner of my SECOND loaded long head blue stripe and both of them have been absolutely amazing amps which are utra aggressive. I like to say that they're about as pissed off as a cat that's been tasered. In my opinion, having listened to many Mark IIC+ amps on recordings and a...
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    Need advice - Re-capping a 295 Simul-Class

    With your issue being popping fuses, you should do this test: Pull the power tubes out of the channel that's popping fuses. Retest the amp to see if it still pops fuses. If the fuses live, then that suggests a bad power tube as a possible problem.
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    Need advice - Re-capping a 295 Simul-Class

    In circuit testing MAY work but I'm the sort who leaves nothing to chance. If it's not much effort to pull the part and test it out of circuit, I'd do that. But that's MY way of doing things. Don't over think this. If the tester says it can be used for in circuit component testing, then go...
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    What Mesa has the best cleans?

    I have a Blue Angel and its clean tone is marvelous. And when pushed, it has the smoothest transition from clean to overdrive I've ever encountered. There's a range where I'm not sure if the signal is clean or has a little hair on it, it's that smooth a transition. Kicked hard, it becomes...
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    Mark III blue stripe redplating, quick diagnosis and repair

    Yes, that's what they do, but your typical meter does not put high voltages through the part to check for faults that don't appear at low voltages, which is what a bad coupling cap sometimes does. It may measure fine to a meter that tests it at 1.5 volts, but at operating voltage it could be a...
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    Need advice - Re-capping a 295 Simul-Class

    If there's a parallel resistance across the part, how is the meter to know if the resistance it's detecting is across the capacitor or that parallel resistance? Lift one leg at least and measure it that way if you don't want to completely remove it. If you want to KNOW, then there is a best...
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    Need advice - Re-capping a 295 Simul-Class

    You can't check ESR with the capacitors in circuit. That doesn't work because the parallel resistances in circuit around the capacitors are going to greatly alter the readings. To check a capacitor properly it needs to be fully removed from the circuit and then tested. The reason to check...
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    Mark III blue stripe redplating, quick diagnosis and repair

    No, that meter is not specifically an ESR meter but if a capacitor is shorted it will read as a resistance.
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    Mark VII?

    Speaking as a lifelong electronics technician, I can't agree with that. I will instead state that any three channel guitar amp on the market will separate the men from the boys, so to speak, with regard to their technician's abilities. You don't want to take any amp to a guitar tech who...
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