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I mean, if you have the money to drop on a PS2 do it, it's an incredibly cool box that doesn't really have an equivalent product anywhere. But how quiet are you hoping to get? You can only attenuate so low and still have a guitar cab sound good, once you get down to "loud TV" or less, or...

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As an investment I have a hard time seeing Mark IIIs appreciating much more (as a collectible I mean) than they're at right now unless the amp has a player connection and/or is minty minty showroom mint. Prices are already down a little from a year and a half ago. It's been probably 30 years...

Ceriatone doesn't sell kits anymore.

Vintage Lo on the RA100 at 80s loud (the Multi-Soak changes it too much) is a real Marshall vibe to play. It feels and acts like something between a 50W plexi and an 800, there's a lot more gain there than you think but it's very responsive. It's stiff but it's not fighting you. Your picking...

I mean that once you get into TV/loud conversation volume, speakers meant for 'normal' performance volume aren't giving their best either no matter what you're playing into them. I love Marks :)

and with a Mark you're still gonna have that flat, dead, 'not moving the speaker cone' thing. What he said, even more so. I only ever had a MW plugged into my rig, which has a load box and IRs, so I can't say how it does at actual low volume. But these days there are a bunch of better...

There's absolutely no way it's coming back round, though. The tipping point has been reached, you don't have to make meaningful tonal compromises anymore when going digital and digital QoL is just so much better. (Also, anybody on this board under 40? Anybody?) Pandemic was the final straw...

Hey there - I've owned all the real Rectos and the post-2013 MultiWatt DRs are the best Rectos hands down. Basically they do everything tonally, while all the older Rectos all involve fairly major tradeoffs somewhere. Start there. If you can't bond with a Multiwatt you just don't actually like...

If what you really want is an HRM sound, you could sell your III, buy a Splawn or something, and have money left over. Or take the money you'd be spending on shipping and the mod and buy a preamp you can run into the III's power section. Mark IIIs in decent shape have become pretty...

I don't think sales going flat has anything to do with the amp itself or even its features. The tube amp market has gone flat since the pandemic except for vintage collectibles, and high gain even more so - there's just so many more options now from modelers to preamp pedals, everybody knows...

I've never had a Big Foot controller. They don't take a 9V, do they? Just looking for obvious stuff here...

Do you know if it's the right footswitch for the amp? I don't think the switching for the Multi-Watt DRs works the same as the older 3-channels.

Depends, man. I tried various combinations of EVMs, V30s, C90s, Emi RWBs and Swamp Thangs. The speaker rabbit hole is bottomless. In the room I'm not picky, Mark III sounds like a Mark III. I have an oversized 2x12 with a V30 and a Swamp Thang that's just a good all-rounder. Recording I usually...

Congrats man, I've had a lot of Mark IIIs and I'll never be without one. Endless good times in these amps. It's a rabbit hole, but I have had DRGs of each stripe except 'none' and the differences are sooooo minor. Purple R2 is very, very "Fendery" somehow, and that extra 15 watts or whatever...

Yeah, this was back when EC was still using an SG. Like Sinner's Swing said, tone knob down, guitar volume all the way up. I know you said "no pedals" but an EH LPB-1 is actually good for this kind of thing. I would try Channel 2 Blues, again like SS said treble down, mids up (not sure if the...

why don't you try it and see if you like it...?

I don't know what I was thinking, I'm never selling this amp lol

Certified repair places are definitely still a thing. My experience is that this is a case where if you have a choice between certified repair places, go with the "bigger" one, especially if it's actually a music store who has to maintain their relationship with Mesa. "Local amp guru" 8 times...

Appreciate the info my man. Probably gonna stick with what I have rather than heading down a rabbit hole!