Been over 15 years with the same members in my band. Sat. night I decided to gig with the Mark because it was a smoke free venue. The drummer says... "gosh, that is too loud. Can you turn it down?" I was using my Mark III green stripe with Thiele EV cab. I had it against a wall so maybe that was reflecting too much his way. I took a pillow and put it on his side to block the wall wash. I think he was hearing it because of the open back and the wall reflections. Putting the pillow up calmed him. I had been using it in my studio at higher levels and had gotten real used to the way I expected it to sound. I run it about 2 1/2 master there. Saturday night I was on 1 3/4 master. I eventually got it on "2" master later in the night. I always gig with the TSL100 Marshall an run it pretty high. I have all three of the channels at about 4-6, but he doesn't hear much and actually has a bit in his monitor because the 4x12 1960a lead cab is closed and it's a bit away from him.
When he complained about my volume I asked him to step out front and he did... he agreed with me that it was not very loud. I think the trouble is the open back and he is not used to that.
So I'm thinking that I wished I would have taken SPL from front back side et cetera. I'm also thinking I like some drive because in my view the Mark sounds better at "2" up. So maybe I can back all the pre-gains down and up the power amp section and find a solution that way and then I thought maybe I should use class "A". Mine is 85/25 watts so heck it should be at least almost half as loud. I am thinking I would still get nice tone and likely better harmonic overtone stuff actually etc. and I could somehow feel better about a quieter backline.
But then, I think it was the wall wash and leave it all be.
Can someone give me a little advice about deciding to run class "A" with it? How about tube life. Is it true that the 6l6's will never run and the EL84's will need to be replaced "often"
How about the open back, should I just carry a side curtain thingy to put up?
I can't find time to play with it until Sunday. I plan to do a lot of comparing with gain settings pre/post and using the SPL meter. I plan to jump into the effort of liking class "A" through some knob twisting as well. I have not used class "A" on it for as long I can remember.
I intend to use the Mark III and Thiele on gigs from now on as our state just adopted the smoking ban effective July 1. I had used it very selectively in the past (I kept it out of smokey bars!) and used it in much larger venues where we were not so close together.
This post banters a few directions but in closing; what can I expect using it class "A" and how about a side curtain (anyone make one?) sums it up. LOL
When he complained about my volume I asked him to step out front and he did... he agreed with me that it was not very loud. I think the trouble is the open back and he is not used to that.
So I'm thinking that I wished I would have taken SPL from front back side et cetera. I'm also thinking I like some drive because in my view the Mark sounds better at "2" up. So maybe I can back all the pre-gains down and up the power amp section and find a solution that way and then I thought maybe I should use class "A". Mine is 85/25 watts so heck it should be at least almost half as loud. I am thinking I would still get nice tone and likely better harmonic overtone stuff actually etc. and I could somehow feel better about a quieter backline.
But then, I think it was the wall wash and leave it all be.
Can someone give me a little advice about deciding to run class "A" with it? How about tube life. Is it true that the 6l6's will never run and the EL84's will need to be replaced "often"
How about the open back, should I just carry a side curtain thingy to put up?
I can't find time to play with it until Sunday. I plan to do a lot of comparing with gain settings pre/post and using the SPL meter. I plan to jump into the effort of liking class "A" through some knob twisting as well. I have not used class "A" on it for as long I can remember.
I intend to use the Mark III and Thiele on gigs from now on as our state just adopted the smoking ban effective July 1. I had used it very selectively in the past (I kept it out of smokey bars!) and used it in much larger venues where we were not so close together.
This post banters a few directions but in closing; what can I expect using it class "A" and how about a side curtain (anyone make one?) sums it up. LOL
