tonedragon
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finally had the mark V opened up at a good gig.
Had the 45 watt setting,
channel 1 tweed w/ gain @2oclock
channel 2 M1mode gain @10 oclock heavy mids and highs w/ heavy bass cut
channel 3 extreme low gain
Now I play in a blues/jam band and this amp once dialed in kills.
Tone wise my setting are similar across the board. Heavy mid s to cut through the band. Low bass so the audience can hear the bass player.
The other guitarist has a early Duane allman tone thing going on. So my tone has to compliment his, not complete opposite but has to fall back into the mix when Im not playing a lead.
The tweed mode offered good cleans when dialed back on volume and stayed loose but tight like a good tweed amp should do.
The M1 channel had my version of a early bassman/plexi thing going on but was still all M1 when it came to smooth soloing, when I needed brash treble ala plexi style it was there. Along with the thick puch of a cranked bassman.
The extreme mode is where I found this amps shines. Boosted solo!!!
Now many have not been happy with due to the big mid hump.
But used as a boosted solo channel it cuts.
So after a two hour show down I find the MV to be the most versatile amp out there.
How's that, because I left a soldano and a vintage fender at home and covered all my bases.
Pedal wise ...tuner, delay,Dunlop roto vibe,RMC wah. Now I haven't played any metal since I was a teenager and Im sure this amp is a metal monster along with being a Tone monster.
After setting the amp with my ears not my eye's. And looking at it as three amps with simple layouts. Its not a hard nut to crack.
I Also don't t use the reverb ,effects loop,solo buttons at all. No master volumes or assigned eq's except for extreme mode.
Its that easy. I changed my perspective of the sometimes complicated MV.
Thanks to this forum. I found that the MV has a lot of things going for it once I
" set it and forget it"
Had the 45 watt setting,
channel 1 tweed w/ gain @2oclock
channel 2 M1mode gain @10 oclock heavy mids and highs w/ heavy bass cut
channel 3 extreme low gain
Now I play in a blues/jam band and this amp once dialed in kills.
Tone wise my setting are similar across the board. Heavy mid s to cut through the band. Low bass so the audience can hear the bass player.
The other guitarist has a early Duane allman tone thing going on. So my tone has to compliment his, not complete opposite but has to fall back into the mix when Im not playing a lead.
The tweed mode offered good cleans when dialed back on volume and stayed loose but tight like a good tweed amp should do.
The M1 channel had my version of a early bassman/plexi thing going on but was still all M1 when it came to smooth soloing, when I needed brash treble ala plexi style it was there. Along with the thick puch of a cranked bassman.
The extreme mode is where I found this amps shines. Boosted solo!!!
Now many have not been happy with due to the big mid hump.
But used as a boosted solo channel it cuts.
So after a two hour show down I find the MV to be the most versatile amp out there.
How's that, because I left a soldano and a vintage fender at home and covered all my bases.
Pedal wise ...tuner, delay,Dunlop roto vibe,RMC wah. Now I haven't played any metal since I was a teenager and Im sure this amp is a metal monster along with being a Tone monster.
After setting the amp with my ears not my eye's. And looking at it as three amps with simple layouts. Its not a hard nut to crack.
I Also don't t use the reverb ,effects loop,solo buttons at all. No master volumes or assigned eq's except for extreme mode.
Its that easy. I changed my perspective of the sometimes complicated MV.
Thanks to this forum. I found that the MV has a lot of things going for it once I
" set it and forget it"
