Mark III blue stripe combo (soon to be mine!)

sotosprince · Jun 11, 2015

So, after all I sold my old 2:90 to someone who wants to pair it with his triaxis for a fair price... My mesa quad was so sad to be left alone so I decided to pull the trigger on afully loaded mark III blue stripe combo SIMUL CLASS EU version . The serial is sth like 22294 and as far as I can tell from the photos the combo looks very nice! I can see that it's loaded with 2 str 442 and 2 str 440. I don;t know about the preamp tubes but I have already ordered 2 RFT , 1 sylvania and 1 GE12ax7 tubes. As some of you already know, I am into 80's metal, especially metallica, so I would be really grateful if you could give me some tips + settings.. I know that this one is similar to the quad's 2nd channel, but still any advice would be helpful! I am looking for some crunchier tones like those 2...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlimy5dg2lM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3VFdOuRe6g

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sotosprince · Jun 24, 2015

Well, after spending some time with my newcomer I can safely say that I have fallen in love!!! I wasn't expecting to actually like that much the actual sound of the combo since this is not a closed back cab but the EVML sounds soooo good! Even though I am into metal, I just cannot stop messing around with the clean channel! Absolutely gorgeous! I have some nos 12ax7 tubes to experiment with but so far I haven't bothered.... If I was to describe the lead channel I would say that it's both aggressive and articulate! Also, one thing I noticed is that I need to set the presence a bit high to get my old metal tones sound raw and aggressive! Pictures to come...!

ryjan · Jun 24, 2015

Congrats!
Isn't it great how all the Mark amps and preamps based off of Mark amps can have the same sound but all have such a different sound at the same time?

Brad737 · Jun 24, 2015

Congrats. While myIIC was at Mesa getting the Plus conversion, I picked up a Simulclass Blue Stripe combo. There are a LOT of sweet tones in that amp. Seems like a lot of folks I've talked to only want Petrucci or Metallica tones out of the lead channel, but the clean channel sounds great, and I think the Rhythm 2 sounds great as well. I'd tried a Dual Rec several years ago, and didn't really care for it at the time, so I basically ignored Boogies for years. But these Mark Series amps are killer.

sotosprince · Jun 25, 2015

ryjan said:
Congrats!
Isn't it great how all the Mark amps and preamps based off of Mark amps can have the same sound but all have such a different sound at the same time?

Yeah! Although I bought the amp for the lead channel, the clean one is very sweet! I havent spent so much time with the crunch one yet. Also, the elektrovoice speaker is really good sounding and not as bright as my celestion gold.