IM GETTING A MARK IV!

[blackmesa]

i went to guitar center yesterday and i found a mark IV buried amongst a bunch of other stuff. to my amazement, it was in perfect condition, and if that weren't enough, it was going for $1350, i see them going for like 2000. anyway i'm really happy about that, anyway, i always get new tubes for new amps, any suggestions?

 

[Platypus]

Sweeeeeeeet.

Enjoy, read the manual very carefully.

I have tried JJ 6L6's and GT 6L6GE's and the GT's are amazing to my ears, tons of headroom. The JJ's just seem cold in comparison.

 

[Russ]

420's

 

[Random Hero]

SED 6L6s.

 

[blackmesa]

so which is the best for a dirty metal sound, of course i want to have a decent clean, but im more concerned about the distortion. so yea what would i want for high gain?

 

[Living_justice]

Just stick with the mesa tubes 6l6s, nothing wrong with them, i find them
better than gt and jj, more gain i find, full mesa tone.

 

[guitarded]

i went to guitar center yesterday and i found a mark IV buried amongst a bunch of other stuff. to my amazement, it was in perfect condition, and if that weren't enough, it was going for $1350, i see them going for like 2000. anyway i'm really happy about that, anyway, i always get new tubes for new amps, any suggestions?

I recently got a Mark also. I purchased a standard 6l6 retube kit from www.eurotubes.com They were JJ's No problems.... I think the kit cost about 100 including shipping charges.

 

[Schmoog]

my theology on retubes came from my stiletto experience. I went to guitar center, played a stiletto and fell in love. and I would come in like every two weeks and play it and love it. then when guitar center was blowin em out at like 795 each, I picked up a deuce. when it came time for a retube, I wanted the amp I fell in love with at the store. so I put the same tubes it came with: the mesas