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I just have the cheaper Sterling JP50 with John's Signature Crunch Lab and Liquifire pickups and I can come very close to his sound. If you notice his master volume, he is really driving the power section of the amp which is a very important factor. Like I said previously, it helps to have his...

Do a search, there is a settings thread here that has an actual photo of his channel three settings. Also, go to http://www.johnpetrucci.com, you can see some pics of his rig where his settings can be seen. It's not really clear, but you can get some of them. Of course, the most important part...

I'm currently using an MXR Distortion III. I've had allot of more expensive OD's, but this guy works just fine for the little amount I need it. It's listed as a distortion pedal, but it's really more like a Tube Screamer.

Clean channel is excellent! I use a Keeley Compressor and it **** near makes me want to cry it sounds so nice! Nothing to worry about tjjmon!

Oops! You caught me there, I meant high frequency. Since I posted, I've been able to adjust all three channels to where it sounds nice. I haven't had a chance to try this at high volume yet, so I'm not sure what the high treble and presence levels will do when I crank it up a bit. This has been...

Hey man, I tried your settings and it does sound AWESOME! I generally don't use Extreme too often, I stick to Mark IV, but this does provide allot of the low end punch that MkIV and IIc+ don't seem to have. I say "seem" because it may just be that I have not found it yet in those modes. The only...

Well said Mark Fore!

I too cut back to just a couple of pedals and go right through the front end. I use a Keeley C4 Compressor, MXR Dstortion III(as Overdrive), MXR Stereo Chorus, DL-4, and ISP Decimator. Perfect for me, not over the top and provides lots of options. I've owned allot of Multi-FX units, none of them...

I currently have my Mark V in a room in my house that is nothing more than an extra bedroom. I find it to be very manageable. It's allot like any tube amp in the sense that it sounds better when played louder, but still sounds great at lower volumes. I had a Dual Recto before this and it sounded...

Had a dude stop by tonight to buy my old Avatar cab from me, so I let him try the cab with my Mark V. He said he wasn't a Boogie fan, this from a guy touting his Bugera 6262 as a killer amp. After 5 minutes on my Mark V in Mark IV mode, he was taking his new car down-payment and ordering a new...

Congratulations! That's the level of excitement I had when I got my first Boogie. There is no going back now!

Wow, that's a tough call man. You wait so **** long, and then this. I guess it all depends on how you feel about it. If GC offers you some $$$ back and you can live with it, I guess you could keep it. I find it hard to believe they will give you a break though, it's not really their fault. I'm...

Before my Mark V, I used a 5:50 as a bedroom amp with great results. Now I use a Mark V as my bedroom amp, but my family doesn't like it as much! I really enjoyed the 5:50, wish I still had it.

From someone who has the amps you do, that means much! Awesome stuff man, welcome back!

Congratulations, it will be WELL worth the waiting you endured!

REALLY loved the BB Preamp best with the 5:50 when I owned it. Sounded better than the OCD and the Keeley TS-9 I owned, sounded warmer and the tone controls are more responsive IMO.

And here I was thinking I was an idiot for using an external EQ in my FX loop on an amp with an EQ! Glad to hear others are doing it too, it does radically change the sound of the amp. Really shimmers up the cleans nicely and brings in some serious bottom end. I'm using the MXR 10 band as well...

Just wanted to let everyone know that John's website is updated with all of his latest rig and guitar info. Unlike the previous site, they don't give settings diagrams, but if you look real close you can see allot of them. Just thought I would pass it along in the event some of you may be...

Just my opinion. I work for a defense contractor and we design and manufacture some VERY elaborate systems with some very dense circuit cards inside. I cannot point to any failure or issues with this "whiskering" condition. It's not to say it does not, or can not, happen. We have put, literally...

Saw them in Albany on August 4th. They were awesome as usual. I thought his live sound was much better this time around, but that is hardly saying it wasn't good when he was using Mark IV's. When I saw them in 2007, I was SO close I could hear his sound out of the back line, which was awesome...