sparklesmcgraw
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Hey all,
I have had my MK IV for a couple of years and love it to death although I have only ever played it at bedroom volumes as I live in a flat and can't play too loud. Last weekend though I took it out to my parents house in the country and couldn't wait to crank it up loud on full power to hear how good it sounds at some serious volume!
I must say I was a bit underwhelmed. No matter what I did to the setting I found it VERY hard to smooth out the barky mid rangey character of the amp. It was almost piercing at times. I tried all configuartions and ended up coming back to triode, tweed power, mid gain as it seemed to smooth out the amp more to get the tone I was after. I was only playing metal however so is not really fair on the amp and maybe a smooth rythmn tone is what I am after (Rectifier etc..?)
I still think it sounds great and I can get the tone I want at lower volumes so that is fine by me, but was a bit surprised to find I couldn't get it on full power etc..
Playing on a MKIVa combo in a room with wooden floors so I understand I wasn't giving it the best chance. Maybe I need to get an amp for rythmn that can get the thick smooth chunky tones for rythmn and keep the MKIV for leads and cleans.
Just some thoughts!
I have had my MK IV for a couple of years and love it to death although I have only ever played it at bedroom volumes as I live in a flat and can't play too loud. Last weekend though I took it out to my parents house in the country and couldn't wait to crank it up loud on full power to hear how good it sounds at some serious volume!
I must say I was a bit underwhelmed. No matter what I did to the setting I found it VERY hard to smooth out the barky mid rangey character of the amp. It was almost piercing at times. I tried all configuartions and ended up coming back to triode, tweed power, mid gain as it seemed to smooth out the amp more to get the tone I was after. I was only playing metal however so is not really fair on the amp and maybe a smooth rythmn tone is what I am after (Rectifier etc..?)
I still think it sounds great and I can get the tone I want at lower volumes so that is fine by me, but was a bit surprised to find I couldn't get it on full power etc..
Playing on a MKIVa combo in a room with wooden floors so I understand I wasn't giving it the best chance. Maybe I need to get an amp for rythmn that can get the thick smooth chunky tones for rythmn and keep the MKIV for leads and cleans.
Just some thoughts!