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    Mark V good enough?

    The recto and any old Mark series will work. I have a rectoverb and MKIIC. If you are going to be chasing the best possible tone out of the recto, boost it for tighter chug. I have ran a recto with a DSL and MKIIC, it is indeed the great combination of two dissimilar but complimentary amps...
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    I think I've bought the wrong amp help please!

    I would lead toward a different amp. The MKV can cover all the nice Rectifier tones with one pedal. D a search for Wampler Triple Wreck. Monster pedal. I have a rectifier and use that pedal with little combo amps when I go to little jam sessions when I want some versatility.
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    Has anyone traded their Mark V In for a Dual or Triple Rec?

    I had a MKV and got rid of it. It was a fair bit of amp modeling of great Boogie amps, but fell short. I still have my MKIIC. What the MKV had as the MKIIC mode fell short. I am hearing you on the Recto. I still have my Rectoverb and love it. A Recto just kills for chugging riffs...
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    Advice for my first Mesa please.

    If you like lead playing, I would steer away from Rectifier based amps. They are awesome chugging amps. Killer. A crappy boost pedal makes them insane. They often have a great clean channel. For a lead player the Mark series amps are often the magic bullet. A MKIV is a liquid lead type...
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    Express 5:25+ tone questions - looking for IIC+ sounds

    There is a decent overdrive boost pedal called the Blue Note. It can help get you to a good bit of burn without grain. I have a MKIIC with GEQ, reverb, simulclass. As others have mentioned, it is a pretty unique amp. I have been collecting NOS and regular used preamp tubes for years. They...
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    Pros and cons of bolt on vs. neck through

    I have a few guitars of each construction. There is no best guitar or neck setting. I tele sounds better to me with a bolted neck. Strat too.. That is for blues and such. For rock, I have a few glued necks I like. Neck thru metal oriented guitars with actives. I think it gets down...
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    Disappointed in Mark V effects loop

    I would try the volume pedal up front. I used to use my guitar volume knob for swells. And that is up front :lol: I hated my MKV. Sold it for a bit of a loss and I have no love for the KMV.... But the loop? It was fine. I used a Wah and volume pedal up front with no issues.
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    Discovered April Wine ... Wow

    Steve actually sent something to Myles to sign by fed ex, signed it himself, then shipped it to me. As legitimate rock stars, I must say they are straight up guys. Very cool to see and chat with the people that paid the price of being a full time music slave and bring us the music. I have...
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    Best Replacement Guitarist?

    The somewhat secret replacement? Steve Wagner when he filled on for Joe Perry on Aerosmith album. The leads in Train Kept a Rollin are far beyond anything on any other Aerosmith album. When I heard that song, even I could tell that was not the band guitarist. He played that one song on the...
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    5:25 Express, new owner and a question

    It sounds like active pups into the amp in vid. May be a boost as well. It does not sound like normal passive pick ups into a stock amp to me.
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    Tell me about James Hetfield's use of the Triple Rectifier

    I saw Metallica the lat time thru ATL. The tone was just amazing. The live production crew did a great job brining chest thumping bass and mids that cut. For good rectifier tone, and me being more of a player than tweaker, I feel like the Recto sounds different and better up good and loud...
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    Discovered April Wine ... Wow

    I never got to see them. I was able to chat with Steven Segal, guitarist for a bit. Very cool. They did some cool stuff with layers and basic riffs that morphed into complex things. I like the raw guitar sound. In a vid I see an old Boogie head. Great guitar tones. A great band. The...
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    OH NO!!! Petrucci caught playing a Marshall JVM

    I have a jvm410 and I used to have a MKV. I like the old DSL100 best of the three. My gripe on the JVM is that the value dropped like a rock. cant even get $1000 for the thing used now. it was 2499 new. I know some like the MKV, I just did not vibe with it like my other Boogies. The MKV...
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    iic+ country gig

    Killer cleans and blues on tap in that amp.
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    New member - not your typical Mesa player

    Ha! Man I can identify with your post on great cleans. I rarely say it, but I chose to buy the MKIIC I have because of the clean channel. I push it a but to edge of breakup, but it is just phenomenal. The awesome guitar tone in the Robert Plant song Big Log is that great Mesa cleanish...
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    The Roadster Blues...

    To get a different tone than the Mesa DNA tone, I would say to leave the Roadster be. Lt it be great at being a Roadster. A superb second amp that gets you crunchy Marshall mids and smoking blues tones is the UK made, old original DSL. They are cheap too. It is the most popular best sellin...
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    1978 Les Paul - original owner

    It is stamped as a Second. What was the defect that made it a factory second?
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    The benefit of a Mesa "in shop" demo

    I have a MKIIC and sold the MKV. Not an issue of knowing how to dial in an amp, sometimes you just prefer one amp voice over another. Unfortunately I sold it to someone I jam with that loved it, and I have to hear it often. Oddly enough, I think he dials it in poorly! Ha! But he loves...
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    What is THE recto tone?

    Just to add to the crap storm... I like a mix of Marshall crunchy mids, or a Mark Series, mixed in with recto grind is verappeali g tithe metal ear. The difference is enough to create a more 3D wall of sound. I have only owned a couple Rectos. I decent boost made them sound good. Right...
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