edgecrusher
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A local shop has a Mark IV combo for $1250, and I very interested in picking it up, so I brought in my red stripe Mark III head to compare against it through a Marshall 1960 cab.
I think the IV must have had bad tubes, because it did not sound good at all. It had very little gain and saturation with the gain and drive knobs at 10, and it had this weird squonk to it. Plus it was super loud with the master volume at 0 (I turned it up a bit, but was was retarded loud, and bad sounding at that). I also noticed when I pulled the presence knob, the volume dropped significantly? Either way, I was very dissapointed. I've heard the III is more aggressive, but I didn't think the IV was weak sounding in comparison? Bad tubes I guess?
I think the IV must have had bad tubes, because it did not sound good at all. It had very little gain and saturation with the gain and drive knobs at 10, and it had this weird squonk to it. Plus it was super loud with the master volume at 0 (I turned it up a bit, but was was retarded loud, and bad sounding at that). I also noticed when I pulled the presence knob, the volume dropped significantly? Either way, I was very dissapointed. I've heard the III is more aggressive, but I didn't think the IV was weak sounding in comparison? Bad tubes I guess?