Getting a few more tones out of the Mark V:25 and Rectoverb

[orionz06]

What is the most feasible way to get a few more tones from these two heads, short of buying another head and switching equipment?

I love the cleans on the Mini Mark and I love the tight metal sounds I can get. Boost the ch.1 to get a rock/blues tone? Ideally I would have a metal tone, punk tone, and a clean tone. With some work the metal tone can be decent without the eq engaged.

Trying to seek the best all-amp solution or the purest Mesa solution.

Flux Drive EQ or Throttle Box EQ into the clean?

 

[Dreamtheaterrules]

Don't know how long you've had yours, but there is a metric boogieton of tones in them as it is. Other than a boost, I'm going to take a good while exploring mine with my various guitars, before I start looking for more flavors with pedals. I'm thinking that may be completely unnecessary!

 

[elvis]

Bottom line is they only have two channels each. You could put the preamps of each in a looper pedal or HGAS, so you would have 4 available tones, two from the MV25 and two from the RV.

You can also get two additional tones from a boost or OD pedal. The two you listed would do the trick.

 

[ryjan]

What is the most feasible way to get a few more tones from these two heads, short of buying another head and switching equipment?

Turn a few of them there knobs maybe?

 

[elvis]

As I understand it, the question was about footswitch-selectable discrete tones.

 

[MusicManJP6]

Deciding what tones to settle on is the blessing/curse of these amps! So many awesome tones. It doesn't matter what music I listen to prior to turning the amp on. I am always able to dial in a very similar tone to what I hear in my head at that time. Pretty cool!

 

[ryjan]

As I understand it, the question was about footswitch-selectable discrete tones.

Ah, I see.
I got clean and metal down pat. What exactly defines a punk tone?

 

[orionz06]

The problem is I could likely set up three of these heads and still want to have a few more channels. Sooooo good.


But yes, I love the Rectoverb/Recto sound too. So much music I grew up on was from those amps.

As I understand it, the question was about footswitch-selectable discrete tones.

Ah, I see.
I got clean and metal down pat. What exactly defines a punk tone?

So that's interesting... I think it's my metal tone with mids.

Think Pennywise, The Offspring, NOFX, Fenix TX, and a few others. The Offspring and NOFX are Mark based, the others are recto. Funny enough the sounds I like more I had assumed were recto but just recently learned they were Mark.

 

[ryjan]

Just have the GEQ on for metal with a bit of a scoop and then switch it off for a more mid heavy tone.

 

[orionz06]

Wife let me have it early. Long story short I was gonna buy it on Black Friday and she decided it was a better gift and bought it instead making me wait.

I'm digging mkIV mode with my EQ scooped for everything. Still in a honeymoon phase but this is the first time MY SOUND was right there.