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So I've noticed this problem with my Mark IV ever since I've owned it (a year and a half approximately) where it warms up like a normal tube amp but for another 10 minutes it will hiss and pop (once or twice every 2 to 3 seconds) and the guitar sound would be pretty crappy (low gain, super...

Well i found myself with a crappy sounding crate 15 watt combo and a half working Kalamazoo model one and I figured I could use the chassis, speaker and cabinet from the crate and use the transformers and tubes from the kalamazoo and build my Mark IV a little brother! The kalamazoo uses a 6x4...

wow i need to go outside... or play guitar... or play guitar outside! :D

Well I recently started hearing my amp making weird low pitched popping noises when its first started up. I give it plenty of time for the tubes to warm up and I have a brand new set of tubes in it from Eurotubes. It does it in any power amp configuration and in full and tweed power mode. It...

Tonight I got asked to audition for a band so I brought along my Mark IV and my Sterling Petrucci to the kid's garage (take it easy I'm in college). Anyway I just have to say I am absolutely shocked how KILLER this amp sounds!!! I am just amazed! The only nitpicky thing I could have against my...

I recently bought a myriad of different tubes to experiment with in the power section and was thinking of a "what if?". What if I just leave the amp in class A all the time so I could use any set of tubes in the outer sockets and then put in EL-34s or something in the middle sockets to keep the...

So just a quick question...whats the point of having a Lead and a Lead + EQ button on the footswitch? With out the Lead + EQ button you could just step on both at the same time. Also the EQ is programmable on the back for RHY 2 so why did Mesa come up with this layout? If correct length was an...

Grr!! I hate it when I have this! So my Sterling JP50 is pretty new and wasnt having this problem before. I removed the bridge to change pickups and now that I have it all back together Im getting notes choking out on the high strings (E B and G) from the 4th to 12th fret. Oddly enough above...

So what does everyone use? Im currently running a homebuilt delay in the loop and a modded TS9DX up front but I have been thinking about one of those fancy TC Electronics gizmos to clean up my pedal board (i have LOTS more) and simplify things. Any tips for effects that compliment the Mark IV...

I just got this thing 4 days ago! So today I went to jam on it since no one would be home and decided I might as well crank it. I loaded it with a quartet of 6L6s and flipped on the power to full. I had it set in pentode mode and when I flipped standby I got some buzzing and immediately turned...

Anyone have a Mesa Revolver? They seem so cool but they're so rare! Otherwise I would probably sell off lots of gear to pick one up! Anything comparable?

http://www.americanmusical.com/Item--i-ELE-BLACKLABEL8-LIST Scroll down a bit No way is Zakk sober! Have you heard anyone ever get this intense about speakers?

This isn't so much of a question but an observation and maybe a little lesson on tweaking amps. I just got a Mark IV yesterday and I have probably put 10 hours on it. No joke! On my way to pick it up (looong drive to Wisconsin!) I was listening to lots of Dream Theater and early Metallica...

After a year playing (but mostly collecting dust) with an Egnater 4100 I am back in the boogie game with a Mark IV! Its the shorthead combo (it has a speaker but its not too wide lol) and it sounds great! I just played it for 2 solid hours and I am enjoying it more and more. I have also noticed...

so im wondering how to do this safely. I dont need to do this live but i would like to be able to do this without having it turn off the amp, connect the new speakers, turn it on, wait, flip on standby and then compare the new sound to something I hardy remember. can i get away with a simple AB...

Anyone have one/played one? I might pick up a 4x12 cab with celestion vintage 30s but i might trade my mesa 2x12 for it. would you??

i picked these two up for $60!!! $30 each including tax. I already modded it and Ive had it 48 hours. pretty cool pedal and capable of marshall-esque tones. For sale btw! And the real prize: A 1979 Block logo phase 90! Inside it has the same circuit as the script phase 90s (discrete...

you may remember me complaining a few months ago how every mark iv i tried sounded less than spectacular. I played one today with brand new chinese 6L6s, with a gibson SG and through a mesa recto 4x12. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing!!!! have to get one now!!! anyone wanna trade for a nomad 100? haha

anyone use one regularly? im not really a funk player but i really love 311's "Amber" and "Beyond the Gray Sky" where instead of a quack the envelope is more like a warm "wohhh" sound. i also just picked up a DOD FX25 two knobber which from the schematics is basically a DOD 440 with an opamp...

Sunn 4x10 cabinet unloaded -$75 Custom Wah - $125 McCauley PA monitor - $75 AC Booster - $125 Digitech Synthwah - $50 Amp stand - $100 (Perfect for Lonestars!) Anything youre interested in? PM me and I have pictures and descriptions and funny stories and any info you'd like to know. Im in...