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Well said Chip!
Mark Fore said:Randall Smith was overheard when asked about reissuing the IIC+, "I wish people would move on."
+1000 for the James Hetfield Signature Mark IIC+ with Half-Back 4x12 EVM loaded cab!
Forward thinking is great, and I respect him for doing so. Then the marketing machine comes along and names three of the nine modes of the Mark V after previous models. It's all about business, and I understand. I truly can't stand the thought of MESA making a "signature" amp of any flavor. I hope they're above doing a "sell out" move like that, as I would quickly lose respect for their idealology. There are already too many of the musical instrument companies that have jumped on this "exploitation" bandwagon, it's all smoke and mirrors. :evil:zodiac272 said:Mark Fore said:Randall Smith was overheard when asked about reissuing the IIC+, "I wish people would move on."
+1000 for the James Hetfield Signature Mark IIC+ with Half-Back 4x12 EVM loaded cab!
I can believe RCS saying that... He always seems to be about the future and forging on with new gear. I mean look how fast they stopped the C+ and started the mark III... the first trimodal amp... then a touch of backpedalling with all the stripes, like blue and red, then forward again with the green stripe which pretty much became the mark IV.
how about a JH IIC+ with built in chorus! hahaha
NOT!
Scott
Shall we call it the Mark IIC+ Mini Me....? :wink:boogiemon said:i predict that the next "lunch-box" amp from mesa (after the TA-15 & mini-recto) will be a Mark-ish re-issue w/a "+" mode. Not that it'll sound like a C+, but it'll sell well for a while anyway.
...we'll see.
chipaudette said:Regarding the Mark IIC+ Mini-Me, if they'd switch their lunchboxes from EL84 to 6V6, I think that they'd have something. It wouldn't sound like a IIC+ for metal rhythm, but the 6V6s would make for possibly the creamiest lead tone ever heard.
I couldn't make it sound good in my amp (IIC+ pre-amp with 6V6 power section) but that's because I'm an amateur. The opportunity is there. Mesa could do it.
This thread just totally changed for me. I had thought that it was just a fun abstract discussion. Now I've got GAS. GAS for a product that doesn't exist and probably never will. Mark-style, high-gain lunchbox 6V6. Tasty!
Chip
Yeah, I tried it too and wasn't crazy about it, but there have been others who loved it.MrMarkIII said:+1 on the need for a Mesa 6V6 amp.
I've played a Mark IV with 6V6s, and while it was still Boogie-licious, it wasn't a huge, life-changing, transformative event.
Just a bit smaller, less head-roomy, a tad spongier. You must run four 6V6s in Tweed mode, which accounts for a great deal of the sound, I'm sure.
It's not a Deluxe sound, tweed or blackface. It's still a Mark IV.
norskmetall said:screamingdaisy said:Mark V Coliseum w/ old school Simul-Class.
Yeah right on!
Btw: I had a dream...
Would be cool if it came true. A great idea I think! 8)
Two channel head.
With classic clean tone from the Quad Rythm 1 ch, (sounds almost like a piano). And of course the IIC+ lead channel. :mrgreen:
I wish..
SonicProvocateur said:Schumacher is still in business, though they are no longer Woodward-Schumacher I think (EIA code 606 as part numbers have been). I've seen some big lists of new parts with the 606 codes, but I can't recall if the new ones have them. But as far as I know they still make custom linear power transformers and are in business as Schumacher Electric. Mesa just switched brands during Mark IV production...
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