New MK V - Not enough gain? speaker? Pentode mode on MKIIc?

[Karl Houseknecht]

Yessir, and thanks! I've got my three channels set up just the way I want them now. Going to take it to church on Sunday again, and I'm going to try a different mic and mic placement that I think works better too. Expecting good things!

 

[Karl Houseknecht]

I took the rig to church today and fired it up (very large auditorium ) Bass player's immediate comment was to ask what I'd done to my tone because it sounded HUGE and THICK. I hadn't changed any settings at all. So it wasn't just me imagining something wrong. Every channel was just full of awesomeness today. When I wanted just that little more...something...I ran a modeled TS-808 and stacked just a smidge of gain and boost on top of it...fantastic. The tones were so thick, juicy, and tight. It just had this roar to it that was so satisfying, and everything cleaned up when rolling off the volume knob, even on the Extreme mode. Our worship leader gave it a huge thumbs up too, as did the sound guy. All I did was plop a 57 in front of it midway between cone edge and cap, right off the grill. Used my POD HD Pro for effects only, both in the loop and in front. Switched channels using my GCX and MIDI from the HD Pro.

Amazing amp. Crossing fingers it keeps working.

 

[MBJunkie]

That is fantastic Karl!!
I am pleased that you got it sorted out and are now able to enjoy this great amp!! :mrgreen:

 

[rabies]

interesting story. the welding of the tube/pins, etc. is bullshit. I'm guessing electrical issue (maybe the power in your house or something, have you tried a Monster Powercenter, mine shows the voltage, etc.) did your tech replace any tubes? glad it worked out.

I'm very excited to get my M5 this week.

btw, mesagod666 that death metal show/link was pretty good (bad audio quality but I got the idea)

 

[Karl Houseknecht]

interesting story. the welding of the tube/pins, etc. is bullshit. I'm guessing electrical issue (maybe the power in your house or something, have you tried a Monster Powercenter, mine shows the voltage, etc.)

Except that the issue occurred both at my church and my house. I run a Monster Pro 2500 in my rack with everything I run on stage plugged into it, and yes, the MkV is plugged into one of the high voltage filter outlets. Voltage level is right at 120 in both locations, no wiring faults, etc.

I agree, the weld thing is probably reaching. I'm thinking loose tube(s).

 

[rabies]

that's the same model I have. usually it's a tube issue unless a power tube fails and takes out a screen grid resistor (never happened to me afaik but I've not had too many tube failures so I guess I'm lucky, esp. as **** loud as I crank these amps).