New Boogie Member

[TMC]

Hello All,
Ashamed to say, 69 and my first Boogie !
Mark v 25 and two 1x12 open back cabs C-90's.
Have a guitarist friend who pointed me in this direction. Wanted something a cut above what I was playing, and the MV 25 is. Gigged once with 1x12 so far.
My other amps are Fender DRRI, Fender Blues Jr, Marshall DSL 20 loaded with Greenback, with 1x12 closed back cab C 70/80 speaker, Boss Katana 50 practice amp.
Tried to decide between Fillmore 25 or Mark 25 amps, both sounded good but more sounds in the Mark V to my ears.
Classic Rock player, need cleans and some crunch, really like the rock tones on Ch 2 M IV mode low gain. Also using Crunch mode with light gain, can cover nice cleans and hit it with a drive pedal for a bit more breakup.
Mark IV tones far superior to dirt pedals. I'm using a Strymon Sunset and JHS Angry Charlie, good enough to boost when needed.
Mark V makes my Marshall sound animic unless I really turn it up.
Cant play really loud in the two bands I'm in, so like how I can control the volume with the Mark and still sound good. Mark does seem to brighten up when I get to juice the volume though.

Todd
Long Island , NY

 

[bandit2013]

Welcome to the Forums, Todd,
I got my first boogie back in 1989, Mark III DRG combo. If it was not for a friend of a friend who mentioned the brand name to me back then, I may have never experienced such a masterpiece of engineering. I needed something to keep up with the band as the Marshall MOSFET 100 (really was not 100W, felt the Fender Deluxe reverb I had before it was much louder). Sold that amp after I acquired my first Boogie. Sold that amp 24 years later (yes, I regretted doing that even though I had a Mark IVB combo at that time). It is not just the name of the brand, it is the workmanship and quality materials that makes it stand out. Not much has changed on that aspect over the years. Sure, I do have two other amps that are not Mesa's, an EVH5150 IIIs EL34-100W (made by Fender no less) and a Marshall Silver Jubilee 100W 2555x reissue. That amp is actually great. Tone is so much like the Mesa Triple Crown and Royal Atlantic but not as refined as the Mesa amps.

Glad you found out what booties are all about.