Search results

There is not a simple, all covering answer available. And i'm far away from a guru. Just a person who has had to learn about these things. And all that not willingly even ;D So this is just wild guessing. Mark V uses power tubes in many different ways/combinations (read the manual, 'cause that...

I'd blame the effects loop for that noise. Test using hard bypass (roll channel masters to 0 before, because output volumes drop out from chain). To cure...? From yanking a plug in send (in case of memory loss in my side also return) to changing tubes the loop uses or changing blown...

It can be difficult first. There is quite a lot to control in a V. Every pot or slide has its power sweet spot. The point where everyting starts to happen fast. First you turn yhe pot or move the slide for a quite long way without any dramatic change and then, before even noticing it, you're...

Depends of how "toast" they are. If completely dead, it gets hard but still doable. Simply swapping V1 with V2 (or some other tube) can show if something changes. V2 is good for thesting because it limits possibe sound change to ch 2. Just to be sure, one of the reverb/effects loop tubes should...

Grats for your new amp. First you'd like to know if your amp is technically ok. When people decide to sell their amps, they rarely bother to get new tubes for them. Common symptom of worn power tubes is lack of low end punch. When it comes to ch 3 (or more or less all mark series hi gain...

This just may be because of my skills in english, but... All power tubes and V1 blown at once? Doesn't sound right. I wonder if this is about the driver tube V7. It may give the feel that power tubes are gone. Also effects loop, as in all amps that thing is in, may cause issues. If tube...

Hola My friend has one of those. When we had a chat about changing tubes, it appeared that it has also 5 pre-amp tubes like my full loaded version of Red Stipe. That wouldn't bug me at all, but in his there is no reverb. Since all V4 does in mine is reverb, what's going on in here? I tried to...

clip "Revisit™ Reverb Tank, 17" long, 3 spring, equivalent to Accutronics 9AB2A1B. Input impedance 10 ohms, output impedance 2575 ohms, medium decay (1.5 - 2.75 seconds), input and output grounded, designed for horizontal mounting, open side down. Exact replacement for Mesa Boogie® MK I, MK...

What i see there is Mark II or III and on top of it some kinda rack tuner/multi effect. Stop the video at 4:23 and move frame by frame and you'll see it.

This one sounds odd. Even if not Motorhead, Black Sabbath surely isn't the first band in mind if we need to choose The Most Silent Band of The Year ;D Some people don't like Mesa Marks because they tend to point out players mistakes. Sometimes it sounds like the wrong note attacks out with...

Dunno if there is any more issues with V-head than V1. As my amp clearly shows, the big tube cover behind large transformer has been troublesome enough to cause damage. I took reverb tank off to avoid any mistakes. Possible or not, better be on safe side. Since it was actually me who wrote...

I wonder who could possibly say something like that? ;D Faith is slowly returning. Appears that another is normal tear and wear and the other is 100% originated because of humankind. Come to think of it, practically all things wrong on this planet are like that because of humankind. Sorry...

I decided to crack it open and find out what's bugging it. At this point i suggest that it is perfect time to add the "Do not, i repeat, do not do that unless you're sure you know what you're doing". It didn't actually take long 'til i noticed that V1 tube base is loose or broken. Tapping it...

Got some fuses so i could start my testing. Now this seems like rectifier tube failure. Not sure thou. Kinda odd behaviour. Power on with all tubes attached--> fuse blown. No sparks anywhere. Double checked like this. Nothing but blown fuse. So it seemed like something more expensive than...

I'm going to start looking for small green men with tools in their hands to catch them while they sabotage my gear. Combo stood still for 2 days and when i got back to it, switching power on blew the fuse. Repeated that with fuse i nicked from my V head. Since i ran out of fuses (since my...

How would you guys describe the general reliability of Mark V? Because of last 2 weeks, I'm actually losing faith. Currently both my V's are down.

Actually removing the reverb tank did the trick. Took some serious finger power to open one of the screws with fingers since no appropriate tool was found, but otherwise quite easy. Gotta get me some kinda angled philips screwdriver... However changing tubes didn't help. The sound of course...

(start reading this by mentally adding 5 lines of colourful swearing of your personal choise in here) I bought my mk V head second hand and with an issue of some minor tubeish noise when reverb was used. Since that didn't actually disturb me, i let it be. Also i've noticed problems in effects...

Well... That'd take a book if done properly. First answer would be "i don't want to compare these at all". ;D But few obeservations. And please remember, that everything in here is purely opinion based. Also my red stripe sounds different than other versions. Even different than some other...

Dunno if it is possible to blow a EVM with any mark (or any guitar amp). However the C90 in a combo can be shot to pieces at higher volumes. Especially if there is heavy amount of bass involved. Amp does have more power in it, than one single speaker can take. With red strpe, drummer starts to...