Mark III 112 or Blue Angel 410?

[Amplified]

I have the option of picking up one or the other and I am curious what some of your opinions are as this will be my first Mesa amp. The Mark III is either blue or green stripe (had a hard time confirming) and I am not sure about the date of the BA.

I know a lot depends on the style of music I want but just overall (versatility, reliability, rock-ability), what is your opinion?

Thanks,
amplified...

 

[Neptical]

hmm...

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I know!

Mark III!!

Decisions may be strictly biased based on ownership. 8)

 

[revgsmall]

I've owned 'em both. Great amps both of 'em. What do ya' wanna do? they are two different animals. The Blues Angel is a great amp but ya' need some pedals to get you where you need to go, its more of a platform amp. The Mk III was more of a "Get Your lead Tone here" amp. If you can state where you want to go, I can tell you more from what I know.

 

[Monsta-Tone]

If you want beautiful cleans with great mild overdrive and incredible reverb......Blue Angel
-Bypass the "Mojo Module" and it will be very quiet as well. Don't need a loop in a clean amp anyway!

If you want decent cleans, good crunch, and kick the door in lead tones.......Mark III
-Add R2 Master Volume and you have 3 really good channels (4 if you have R2 & Lead selected at the same time!)
-Cleans can be modded to be nicer, but it affects all channels
-Reverb is ok, but not stellar


I've had 2 Blue Angels. I loved them both, but did not like to use OD pedals at the time, so I sold them for more aggressive amps with channel switching.
The BA cleans have been haunting me ever since.
If you use pedals to get your dirty tones anyway, I would definitely go the BA!

 

[GD_NC]

Hmmm.

Isn't that a like trying to choose between an ES-335 and a Jackson Randy Rhodes? Those two are about as different as you can get. Not that that is a bad thing. Just a big preference factor involved.

You can always take the approach I did. Buy them both (Mark IV and Maverick in my case) and pick up a A-B switch.

I honestly use the Maverick 10x more often than the Mark IV. But, I like them both for different reasons.