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I had a V for 12 years and thought I would never sell it….but I did. Mesa Quad too. I had got the quad when they were found for like 7-800 bucks before Covid and sold it for considerably more last year. I felt pressure to sell while the market was up as it wasn’t my primary amp. Change just...

The PS2 might give you even more tones out of that amp. I can't speak for the VII but the V I had for many years. I ran it into an attenuator (first a Marshall Powerbrake then the PS2) because it sounded so much better turned up. Especially the clean channel, which if you maxed the gain and got...

If you find Edge too spikey, EL34’s help a lot for the classic rock/punk and hard rock tones in the amp. I had a head for about 12-13 years and edge could nail a 70’s Master Volume Marshall tone through greenbacks on the Edge setting. What kind of volumes can you deal with? Even though there!s...

My Quad Pre sounded fantastic through the V as power. The different voicing settings on Ch 3 had great effect on the power section. Extreme really brought the beef for the external preamp. Having a power amp where you could switch in a tube rectifier and 10 or 45 watts, adjust voltage. Very...

I had issues with the EQ on my footswitch as well. I always thought it might be the connector pin in the footswitch that maybe wasn’t making a good contact with the cable as wiggling the cable would bring it back. I imagine tightening the pins in the F/S connector would fix it but obviously Mesa...

Does the JP2C have an internal load? If not definitely hook it up to a load, even if not turning up the master volume to hear it only through the Marshall. try the Send and try the Slave out into the return of the Marshal loop. See what you like the best. Slave out should have a level control so...

5 watt mode in the LSS is where the real secret sauce is. When you crank it up and it goes into awesome hard rock meltdown. I love that setting.

The following is from the angle of playing Gibson’s and having EL34’s in the amp. The mid knob on a MK series, V included is just a thickening agent. The amps have a set amount of midrange that you’re not going to impact in a significant way with the mid knob. Lower mid setting is a slightly...

The Q of the sliders may be wide enough where they bleed into each other. So the more extreme settings of one will alter the perceived sound of it’s neighbor. The center frequency of the sliders does not change.

Really nice work. I went through the search for a studio Pre years ago and couldn’t find any solution for rack ears. Ended up selling it and getting a quad, which had ears intact.

If everything is OK with the preamp and the tubes the only thing that is a swing and a miss is the User.

Since when are you switching that mid song. You’re either leaving it in half drive all the time or full all the time. If modern and deep don’t pop then you’re good to go. The Mk V pops if you go from either 45 or 90 to the 10 watt setting due to the extreme change in circuit flow and voltages...

The best “mod” I did to my 2009 was to use EL34’s. Made the amp good to go for me.

I mentioned the OT as he was saying the amp powers on and the tubes light up.

The pop will also happen when you switch channels between a 10 watt setting and either of the other two. 45 and 90 can switch channels with each other without issue.

It can handle the voltage drop and increase just fine. The only change you need to put it on standby for is going, to or from 10 watts, because of the pop. Even that probably doesn’t hurt the amp technically. It’s just to avoid the loud pop. If an amp can handle being turned off without standby...

Been using 34’s for 10 years. Loved what they did for the EQ on dirty tones. But I also use greenbacks which are another awesome match for the MK V. But I’m very much a classic rock/metal player. I don’t care for modern metal tones.

A fuse can look OK but still be blown. Double check changing the fuses. If amp powers on the mains fuse is probably good but the HT fuse might be done. Hopefully not the OT, as you already changed the tubes. You could pull the chassis and see if there’s any char or burn marks on the board near...

Has anyone been successful in modding the tremoverb’s tremolo to actually sound good. Maybe make it more like a traditional Fender 60’s Trem. I love the amp and if the trem was any good it would be some serious icing on the cake.

I called in too see how much it would be to have CH 2 be a clone of CH1 and unfortunately it was quite a bit. $500 or so just for the work. Labor intensive.