Mountain Fever
Well-known member
One of my biggest issues is trying to understand which model of Mesa overlaps into another model's sound pallette.
I recently demo'd the Ace 2x12 and the Rectoverb combo. I thought both amps had some really sweet sound on channel one and for my tastes less so on channel two. Many have touted the ability of the Mark IV to be very capable of a wide range of sounds, but frankly I get lost in the 10 billion combinations of knob and switch settings.
Similarly, I tried the Marshall JVM 210 and really like the tone from the clean channel on the amber setting and the crunch sound on teh green setting. I know that the Mark IV should be able to get me close, but I really don't understand what creates that sound. I'm sure someone can go, "OK. That is X for power, Y for diode or triode rec, Z for gain/master/output, and maybe use this particular speaker."
If anyone has some thoughts about posts or other resources that would help I would greatly apreciate it.
I recently demo'd the Ace 2x12 and the Rectoverb combo. I thought both amps had some really sweet sound on channel one and for my tastes less so on channel two. Many have touted the ability of the Mark IV to be very capable of a wide range of sounds, but frankly I get lost in the 10 billion combinations of knob and switch settings.
Similarly, I tried the Marshall JVM 210 and really like the tone from the clean channel on the amber setting and the crunch sound on teh green setting. I know that the Mark IV should be able to get me close, but I really don't understand what creates that sound. I'm sure someone can go, "OK. That is X for power, Y for diode or triode rec, Z for gain/master/output, and maybe use this particular speaker."
If anyone has some thoughts about posts or other resources that would help I would greatly apreciate it.