I'm a S.O.B. owner, but have been saving up to upgrade to a Mark V. I've had the chance to play my friend's V combo a lot and I really like it (not a big fan of the speaker but that's remedied easily enough with a head or changing the combo speaker).
But I'm wondering....what's the general take on a Mark IV compared to a V? The price difference is substantial - several hundred dollars vs a used Mark V or almost a grand vs a new Mark V. Unfortunately, I don't have the opportunity to play a IV so it's a relative unknown for me.
Obviously the V is more customizable - full tone stack on each channel & all the different modes, channel-specific reverb & wattages/operating classes, etc. But the IV has a lot of those options as well - pentode/triode, class A (push-pull, I presume) & AB, etc - though not as much as the V.
I play lots of blues-rock - Hendrix Band of Gypsys, Skynyrd, Zeppelin, etc. I use lots of sustain in my solos.
Any thoughts or links are much appreciated!
But I'm wondering....what's the general take on a Mark IV compared to a V? The price difference is substantial - several hundred dollars vs a used Mark V or almost a grand vs a new Mark V. Unfortunately, I don't have the opportunity to play a IV so it's a relative unknown for me.
Obviously the V is more customizable - full tone stack on each channel & all the different modes, channel-specific reverb & wattages/operating classes, etc. But the IV has a lot of those options as well - pentode/triode, class A (push-pull, I presume) & AB, etc - though not as much as the V.
I play lots of blues-rock - Hendrix Band of Gypsys, Skynyrd, Zeppelin, etc. I use lots of sustain in my solos.
Any thoughts or links are much appreciated!