Nick Athanasatos
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First Time Here, and need advice.
Presently, have the earliest MKlV hardwood Combo,in "virgin" (home use/lo-volume only)condition. I have had this,and the MKlll before it, bought new from Mesa Engineering,when they first came out. I am, despite having one or the other for around 20 years?..no expert. But I have felt that this an amp that can do everything..,but not good enough.. It is a very "processed" sounding amp, and it produces, what can best be described as the"Terminator"sound. I truly wish this was not so.
Originally,I was"born"into guitar playing in an era, where it was possible to have a Gibson Les Paul JR.57'and 4X!2/Marshall( metal face)50 Watt Plexi early on(3 years into playing). And let me assure you, that ,that guitar, into that Amp, sounded (no effects) like" Machine Gun"on Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsies. When you hit a note, and it sounds like that,basically it's "noise control". When the volume was backed off, ROCK,tone control,acoustic like. Then one day, the Amp stopped working, so it went to Andre's Repair (N.Y.City). When it came back,no more feed back,no more wild animal,just moderate tame grind. It was ruined,I got rid of the corpse a few years later,and in hind sight, that was the end of me. Anyway...
Whilst in a studio in N.Y. I tried a MKllB which I liked,so I ordered the loaded hardwood version(no EQ) available at that time..the MKllC+. (In those day's you ordered the Amps direct from MESA,and they wrote your name on the chassis)
When it arrived, I found in the box, an amp very different to what I tried in the studio in sound,and model..a MKIII.(not what I ordered). I noticed it had virtually no reverb, which I really wanted then..So I called and complained to Doug West, who I think, took my original order. And he said, this is the replacement, and assured me that this new amp, was just as good.
I never was satisfied and told Doug so. When MKlV came out I contacted Doug West again, who made a special arrangement to sell me this new one" direct", as these were in stores now. So I got rid of the MKlll (brother has it). And still, I am no more ,if not less, satisfied.
Unless there was a real reissue of MKllC, I can't imagine buying another Mesa/Boogie again, like the MKV. The Amps are built great,and the company wants the customer to be happy, but anything short of them calling me, and exchanging this MKlV for what I originally ordered, leaves me unfairly short changed.
So, unless someone at Boogie reads this, and is inclined to send me one they have at home, some kind individual might suggest some sample settings for this MKlV.
In the end, I believe I will get rid of it,none the less. Thanks for you up coming feed backs,and advise.
Presently, have the earliest MKlV hardwood Combo,in "virgin" (home use/lo-volume only)condition. I have had this,and the MKlll before it, bought new from Mesa Engineering,when they first came out. I am, despite having one or the other for around 20 years?..no expert. But I have felt that this an amp that can do everything..,but not good enough.. It is a very "processed" sounding amp, and it produces, what can best be described as the"Terminator"sound. I truly wish this was not so.
Originally,I was"born"into guitar playing in an era, where it was possible to have a Gibson Les Paul JR.57'and 4X!2/Marshall( metal face)50 Watt Plexi early on(3 years into playing). And let me assure you, that ,that guitar, into that Amp, sounded (no effects) like" Machine Gun"on Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsies. When you hit a note, and it sounds like that,basically it's "noise control". When the volume was backed off, ROCK,tone control,acoustic like. Then one day, the Amp stopped working, so it went to Andre's Repair (N.Y.City). When it came back,no more feed back,no more wild animal,just moderate tame grind. It was ruined,I got rid of the corpse a few years later,and in hind sight, that was the end of me. Anyway...
Whilst in a studio in N.Y. I tried a MKllB which I liked,so I ordered the loaded hardwood version(no EQ) available at that time..the MKllC+. (In those day's you ordered the Amps direct from MESA,and they wrote your name on the chassis)
When it arrived, I found in the box, an amp very different to what I tried in the studio in sound,and model..a MKIII.(not what I ordered). I noticed it had virtually no reverb, which I really wanted then..So I called and complained to Doug West, who I think, took my original order. And he said, this is the replacement, and assured me that this new amp, was just as good.
I never was satisfied and told Doug so. When MKlV came out I contacted Doug West again, who made a special arrangement to sell me this new one" direct", as these were in stores now. So I got rid of the MKlll (brother has it). And still, I am no more ,if not less, satisfied.
Unless there was a real reissue of MKllC, I can't imagine buying another Mesa/Boogie again, like the MKV. The Amps are built great,and the company wants the customer to be happy, but anything short of them calling me, and exchanging this MKlV for what I originally ordered, leaves me unfairly short changed.
So, unless someone at Boogie reads this, and is inclined to send me one they have at home, some kind individual might suggest some sample settings for this MKlV.
In the end, I believe I will get rid of it,none the less. Thanks for you up coming feed backs,and advise.