Aart
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Elpelotero said:igfraso said:This is what puzzles me... the sudden surge in popularity for the Mark IV.
Maybe I don't recall it clearly but, when the Mark IV was issued, there were no 5-star reviews... maybe just a lukewarm review at Guitar Player.
I always thought that the Mark IV had not raised to the public expectations and, thus, it was not selling well.
To my surprise, these last years, I started realizing that it was carving a position on its own and becoming more and more popular.
Why do you think this happened?
as BB said, people have come full circle.
In my somewhat related opinion, the age of the dual rectifier as the prominent rock amplifier is starting to fade. People are looking for the new thing and sadly, there's not much out there aside from your Diezels and Bogners...but we all know these amps were ripoffs of the crushing recto gain. The next alternative is the Mark4. It has all the flavor of Mesa that people love, but without that trademark Recto sound people have come to dislike. Plus, you can actually solo on the **** thing.
It is also worth noting that the Mark4 itself never caught on too well because of the rectifier. The rectifier cannibalized sales of the Mark4 and other Mesa amps.
In summary, the musical tastes are changing before us. Which manufacturer is going to set the stage for the next 10 years.....?
The only good high gain amps that sound far different from recto's are the Marks and VHT has a good one with the ultralead(although it is somewhat closer to the recto).
But the Mark IV is the amp for me.