Another Mark IV question

[kmanick]

Now that I've had m Rectoverb for a bit (and I'm really liking it)
I'm a newly confirmed Mesa fanboy.
I've been playing on and off since 1975 and I've been thru tons of gear but until I got my Rectoverb I just never really gave Mesa a second look.
so now that my eyes have been opened my question is this.
I currently have my Rectoverb and a JSX head.
I'm thinking of replacing the JSX with a Mark IV head, but I've never had the opportunity to sit and play with one.
I know Petrucci and LOG (not my bag) uses them, so I know that type of tone is there, but can you get a "Marshall-ish" type of tone out of one as well.
I like my JSX for stuff like Satch/Van Halen etc, basically Marshall type tones. Does a mark IV go into this territory?
I know the Stilleto does , but I like the other tones that the Mark iv puts out so I wouldn't want to lose those by going with a Stilletto.

Or do you think I'd be better off just keeping my JSX around for that type of stuff and moving the Rectoverb and getting a Roadster, so I get a little
more versatility on that end?
I like the recto tone so I don't want to completely lose that (can a Mark IV get close to a recto tone?)

 

[Herbie the Rad Dorklift]

The Mark IV can do just about anything IMO.

However, the Stiletto is cheaper.

 

[rotaryunison]

I've played a lot of amps and have owned a JCM2000, Dual Rec, RectoPre, and the Mark IV. The Mark IV is hands down, my favorite. It's extremely versatile. It does take a while to find settings, but that's really it's only drawback IMHO.

 

[zenabI]

You have the option to have both EL34 tubes and 6L6 tubes in the MKIV so I'd say it can definitely do a Marshallish sound with some EL34 tubes.

 

[Boogiebabies]

With a Maak Faar you will be a wicked fanboy !!!

 

[srf399]

I wantedmore of a Marshall type EL34 sound with versatility... so I traded in my MKIV for the Stiletto. Try them out first. I read all the reviews about the MKIV here and bought one just hearing it once in a store and after 2 years of trying to coax THE sound I have in my head out of it I moved on and got it the first time with the Stiletto. Sound is subjective... you need to try them live.

 

[kmanick]

With a Maak Faar you will be a wicked fanboy !!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: Not all Bostonians speak like that (thank god) :lol:

 

[sbalderrama]

Hitting R2 on a Mark IV with a BB preamp is plenty "marshally" enough for my tastes, although probably not a Marshall purist.

 

[fatoni]

im on the other side of the deal. i have a mark iv and im looking to get a recto. so when the deal works out do me a favor and let me know how they compliment eachother

 

[kmanick]

sure thing!