I want my Mark IV to sound like this.....

[trem]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmcZ9C1-w1s

Possible? :shock:

Aw shucks. I bought the wrong amp. :lol:

~trem

 

[fpoon]

It is possible but ****, that song is hard to keep clean especially with the little amount of gain he is using, he's awesome.

 

[srf399]

Great player! It's hard to really tell how good his sound is online. Would be a treat to see him play live.

 

[Anonymous]

I think his tone is from about 50% gear and 50% fingers. His tone is good, no doubt, but he is also one of the most accurate and precise players around. I find his tone very Vai'sh. So that being the case, yes, I do believe you could achieve is tone on a Mark IV. But remember, most of the tone, especially someone like Guthrie, is in the fingers!

Great video by the way, I really enjoyed it.

 

[rockhound76s]

Wow, that guy is incredible.

There is really no limit to what the Mark IV can do....it really has a great clean channel....you should be able to approximate that tone with one.

 

[6L6C]

Great player he is a mechanic as far as precision, but still plays with a ton of feel!

 

[scottcrud]

most important question is can you play like that?

 

[junebughunter]

It's been a while since I've posted on here but I was doing some research and couldn't resist responding...

Definitely do-able with a Mark IV with Rhy2 or a boost in front of Rhy1. With some good technique a little bit of pre-pre-amp compression you can get pretty close to that on a Mark IV. Compression for the skanky country tone is a must. You will probably struggle to get just the right amount of gain saturation without a ton of gain though.

 

[Skyless7620]

Compression for the skanky country tone is a must. You will probably struggle to get just the right amount of gain saturation without a ton of gain though.

What I usually do to solve that problem is split a humbucker for a dirty single coil sound and roll back the volume a slight bit. The gain dissapears, but the compression is still there (mostly :wink: )

 

[junebughunter]

Compression for the skanky country tone is a must. You will probably struggle to get just the right amount of gain saturation without a ton of gain though.

What I usually do to solve that problem is split a humbucker for a dirty single coil sound and roll back the volume a slight bit. The gain dissapears, but the compression is still there (mostly :wink: )

Exactly! I miss my Mark IV more than any amp I've ever owned and sold. Including a lot of other mesa gear, Hughes & Kettner gear, Marshall etc.

The Mark IV is truly a legendary amp...

The best tone my fingers have ever produced was from a Rhy1 with a Keeley Katana Clean Boost, Keeley Compressor, and a DL-4 in the loop with just a hint of delay with a slight modulation.

The Mark IV responds to volume controls better than any amp I've ever owned but compression can change how that works...