boogieman88
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First of all, I accidentally posted this under "Modern Era Amps" as well, so my apologies for the double post as I meant to post it here only:
I owned the Mark V for about 2-1/2 years before trading (about 3 months ago,) and just bought another one (after massively regretting my trade.) Anyhow, I'm pretty familiar with the amp and have found that to MY EARS, running my Mark V through one of my Mark IVs power sections makes a MASSIVE difference in the depth and punch of the overall modes (mainly talking about IIC+ and IV modes here.) Now, I have never once played a IIC+, but I own quite a few Mark IV's (A and B) and am basing this on the fact that the IV's lead channel was supposed to be similar to the IIC+. In the end, I understand a lot of people's gripes about the the V's IIC+ mode, and it's lack of well...you know. Even the Mark IV mode on the V just comes to life with the Mark IV's power section. I run effects loop out of the V into the return of the IV. From doing this I have really been able to pick apart the differences in modes, as it seems they are much more complex and 3-D. Mabey I just prefer the Mark IV's power section to the Mark V's. The Mark IIC+ mode now has such an urgent and sparkley attack, with a fat punch underneath it, that it's hard for me to get out of it. Before I tried using the IV's power section, I was highly dissapointed, now I can't get out of it. As a matter of fact, the entire amp (V) is better in my opinion when running it through the IV's power section. Overall, I feel it adds some of that missing link. What are the differences between the V and IV's power section, and why is there such a huge difference in depth between the two? Has anyone else done this, and what are your findings?
I owned the Mark V for about 2-1/2 years before trading (about 3 months ago,) and just bought another one (after massively regretting my trade.) Anyhow, I'm pretty familiar with the amp and have found that to MY EARS, running my Mark V through one of my Mark IVs power sections makes a MASSIVE difference in the depth and punch of the overall modes (mainly talking about IIC+ and IV modes here.) Now, I have never once played a IIC+, but I own quite a few Mark IV's (A and B) and am basing this on the fact that the IV's lead channel was supposed to be similar to the IIC+. In the end, I understand a lot of people's gripes about the the V's IIC+ mode, and it's lack of well...you know. Even the Mark IV mode on the V just comes to life with the Mark IV's power section. I run effects loop out of the V into the return of the IV. From doing this I have really been able to pick apart the differences in modes, as it seems they are much more complex and 3-D. Mabey I just prefer the Mark IV's power section to the Mark V's. The Mark IIC+ mode now has such an urgent and sparkley attack, with a fat punch underneath it, that it's hard for me to get out of it. Before I tried using the IV's power section, I was highly dissapointed, now I can't get out of it. As a matter of fact, the entire amp (V) is better in my opinion when running it through the IV's power section. Overall, I feel it adds some of that missing link. What are the differences between the V and IV's power section, and why is there such a huge difference in depth between the two? Has anyone else done this, and what are your findings?