Mark V vs. Lonestar Clean

[Dominik1986]

Hi,

I am new to this board and I hope some of you could help me with one question I have. I am searching for the ultimate Clean tone, and I would like to know which of those amps could deliver it for me?

 

[niilz]

LS to be honest - my 02cents as a MK V owner... :wink:

 

[kramerxxx]

I have owned a Lonestar Classic, very good clean sound.

I now own a Mark V, I think it is better and more versatile.

 

[MusicManJP6]

I think it sounds just as good as the LSC I've tried out in the store several times.

 

[Gizzorge]

Considering Randall took all the goods in the shop, and seemed to throw them into the MKV, I bet the lonestar rears its head somewhere in that circuit........

 

[scienceguy]

I can dial in my LSC clean tone on the MKV with no problem. I can't really say which is better...

 

[handyandy]

I think if this poll was in the Lonestar board the results would favour the Lonestar, most people will likely vote for thier own amp!
Im a Lonestar classic owner but never tried a Mk.V so cant comment, all I can say is the Lonestar has the nicest cleans Ive ever heard!!!
The Mk.V must be awsome to beat it but everyone has there own ears and a different take on what pleases them.
Main thing is your ears are happy and we are all owners of truly great amps!!!

 

[iceman]

I haven't played a Lonestar, but I have a Roadster which is suppose to have the Lonestar cleans. I loved the Mark V cleans, and actually hated the Roadster cleans at first but now after figuring out how to get the sparkle out of them I love em. I still favor the Mark V cleans though. Seemed like spank and sparkle (Roadster) vs complex chimey (Mark V). I heard the Electrodyne cleans are awesome, but I noodled around with it at the store and didn't really think they were better than Roadster or Mark (but I didn't play around with it that long so I'll chalk it up to that).

I play with an ESP M-II with EMGs and I'm always surprised at how great the tone is/was. When I played through several of Scheters and LTDs on the clean channels of several amps at the store I pretty much gave up on getting a great clean sound out of active pups, but the tones are there in my M-II.

 

[jonanderson23]

I own head versions of the LSC and Mark V and I think the V can get the LSC cleans. There is also a NAMM review on youtube where the marketing guy from Mesa says the Fat mode of the V was taken exclusively from the LSC clean channel. With that being said there are so many things you can do with the clean channel of the V. Very versatile.

 

[MusicManJP6]

There is also a NAMM review on youtube where the marketing guy from Mesa says the Fat mode of the V was taken exclusively from the LSC clean channel.

That actually makes sense because the Fat mode has the added bottom end like that of the LSC.