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The Mark V 90W has everything I need, except I wish it had Resonance control. A parallel FX loop would be nice, too. I wish the Mark VII had a master volume control. I know not including the rectifier tube helped it get smaller than the V, but I really prefer the tube on ch2 of my V. I do want...

But, like I said: only if the manufacturer specifically states it's a safe mismatch in the manual for a specific amp. So always check the manuals. I've seen a Marshall that said an 8 ohm & 16 ohm is safe if plugged into specific jacks (the 8 in the 4 ohm tap & the 16 in the 8 ohm tap, or...

I've used V30's, the MC-90 Black Shadow, a G12K-100, and Jensen Tornado Stealth 80 with mine. If I just had a 1x12, I'd have the MC-90 in it. But I have two 2x12's and either run in stereo or put them both on the Mk V. One has two V30's, the other has a MC-90 and Jensen Tornado Stealth 80. I...

On my Mark V, Extreme is a lot louder than the other 2 modes on ch3. I set the master volume for Extreme, then set the Solo boost for the other modes to match the Extreme volume without the boost. But the MkVII doesn't have a master volume, so you might want to use a clean boost in the FX loop...

Always match impedance with tube amps, unless the manual for a specific amp explicitly states that a certain mismatch is safe for that amp. Solid state amps are fine with a 16 ohm cab in an 8 ohm output, it will just be limited to 50% power. But tube amps work differently. Putting 16 ohms in an...

My comment was in response to this statement in the original post: "The other issue which probably some of you have experienced is the terrible tone suck you get with the FX loop. I have searched for a few years to find a solution or something that would actually work in the FX loop of the Mark...

Output level (amplitude) is not gain. Output level is volume. Input level is gain. The clean channel has the lowest gain but the highest headroom. Ch3 has the highest gain with low headroom. The clean channel output level is higher because it isn't limited by headroom, isn't conpressed. Gain ≠...

The clean channel actually has the lowest gain of all the channels of an amp, but has the highest headroom. High gain channels basically have no headroom because the gain doesn't change the volume at all past 3, just the amount of distortion/saturation. If a clean channel and high gain channel...

The FX loop in my Mark V 90W (made in 2012) works perfectly. No tone suck, no volume loss. And I have a LOT of stuff in the loop: rack 10 band para EQ, 14 pedals (incl. parallel blenders, several stereo, analog and digital), buffered stereo splitter, 3 A/B switches, rack BBE Maxcom, and a...

I just saw a JP2C 1x12 combo at the local store here yesterday. Five Star Guitars in Beaverton, OR. https://www.fivestarguitars.com/shop/c/p/Mesa-JP-2C-1X12-Combo---Black-Bronco-Black-Grille---Limited-Edition-x81616616.htm

The Mark V 90W does have a master volume, but even with that, if I had all 3 channels set to 45W and had a looper track playing into the FX return, the volume would be different on each channel. And on channel 3, switching the voicing from Extreme to Mark 4 or Mark 2 would cause a large volume...

It works and I can get it balanced, it just takes adjusting with every setting change. Good thing I'm not trying to use this live. The point (for the OP) is that different channels have different power amp volumes, so running a looper in the FX loop will indeed change volume when channels are...

Eh, my camera is terrible... The Mark V 90W is the heart of this 3-amp, 5-speaker, 9-mic stereo wet/dry/wet rig. Mark V FX send -> EQ, signal splits & sends one to the V3 return for the dry center channel, driving the 1x10 on the right. The other side of the split goes to mods/delay/reverb/etc...

I have a Mark V 90W and the power amp changes volume with just about every setting. On ch3, extreme is much louder than mk4 and mk2, I have to engage the solo boost to get them as loud as extreme was without changing the channel volume. Switching from EQ sliders to preset EQ makes a huge...

So I just ordered a Fractal X-Load and have been working with the Suhr RL all week, doing comparisons... Into my IRs, the SRL sounds exactly the same as the slave out on the Mark V. But I've noticed that they sound very different if a speaker is connected to the Thru on the SRL, compared to...

The Mark's EQ is before the FX send, so it doesn't affect the sine sweep going into the FX return when measuring IRs. Though I still bypass the EQ and put presence to 0 so I get as flat a reading as possible. I made some IRs with the sweep going thru my parametric EQ and those aren't good...

My Mark V:90, made in 2012, with the all-black footswitch, that I bought used this year, makes a substantial pop when any footswitch is pressed, and when switches on the amp are flipped. The 90/45/10W switches are the loudest. My apartment is plagued with EM/RF noise, mostly coming from the...

IRs are in the WoS plugin in the DAW. RL isn't an IR version. I've tried a bunch of IRs, modelers, and analog cab sims and couldn't stand any of them. These ones I've made are the first that give me a sound I would actually use in a finished song that I would share publicly. I just wish I could...

JJ 6L6GC, 45W on all channels, pentode on ch3, tube on ch1&2. I measured the IRs with the presence at 0 and I made 4 each of each speaker/mic pair: one thru ch3 pentode, one triode, and one thru ch2 tube, one diode. Not much difference but the ch3 IRs have a tad more midrange, so I've been using...

Hi. Looking for the best way to silently record my Mark V:90. I've made IRs of my speakers, running in the TwoNotes Wall of Sound plugin in the DAW. Looking for the best way to get the amp's signal to the IRs that will sound the most like the real speakers. Running the FX send to the IRs...