tunedown
Well-known member
My Mark IV is really a fantastic amplifier. It produces some of the most beautiful guitar tones I've ever heard. But I'm not sure that any of those tones are the ones that I'm looking for.
I've noticed that I'm not finding some of the things that I love about high-gain heads (and was scared to admit it) in my Mark IV. It gets a little loose, or flubby in the low end. The lower I go the looser it goes. I can get a tight, crisp low end and strong aggressive mutes, but I sacrifice getting a tone that I don't really like because it makes everything "crispy" and solid-state-ish...
I crank the hell out of it and get a lot of gain, but there's something missing. It doesn't...like...shimmer like the resonance and presence you get from a 5150. Or the consistency in distortion top to bottom from a bogner, where the bottom end isn't too tight, but it stays together really well no matter how hard I drive my gain...
I hate to bring up the age old Mark IV vs. Dual Rec argument, but, in all seriousness, did I buy a Mark IV when I should have bought a Dual Rec?
Did I zig when I should have zagged?
Please help me out guys, I just got this head and I don't want to get attached if it's ultimately not going to do what I really want.
I've noticed that I'm not finding some of the things that I love about high-gain heads (and was scared to admit it) in my Mark IV. It gets a little loose, or flubby in the low end. The lower I go the looser it goes. I can get a tight, crisp low end and strong aggressive mutes, but I sacrifice getting a tone that I don't really like because it makes everything "crispy" and solid-state-ish...
I crank the hell out of it and get a lot of gain, but there's something missing. It doesn't...like...shimmer like the resonance and presence you get from a 5150. Or the consistency in distortion top to bottom from a bogner, where the bottom end isn't too tight, but it stays together really well no matter how hard I drive my gain...
I hate to bring up the age old Mark IV vs. Dual Rec argument, but, in all seriousness, did I buy a Mark IV when I should have bought a Dual Rec?
Did I zig when I should have zagged?
Please help me out guys, I just got this head and I don't want to get attached if it's ultimately not going to do what I really want.