I think the Mk IV will drop more than a little after a V comes out. Watch for "clearance" sales of the IV, that would generally give an indication of a new model coming out.
Mesa doesn't let dealers set their own prices, I severely doubt they would allow "clearance" pricing. Anybody ever seen any dealer Boogie for sale at anything less than retail?
I'm going to go out on a huge limb, here, and opine that the Mark Series is dead, Petrucci notwithstanding. (Just what do you expect him to say? "Oh, yeah, I've got three in my garage"??? He gave the easy answer, and the fanboys go the eff away.)
Now, because, as we all know, the short heads are no more, the "next generation" wouldn't even look remotely like the Mark IVs we've come to know and love.
The "Mark V", if you want to call it that, would probably be built on the same platform as the Recto heads.
Interchangeable parts is cheaper; just ask Smith & Wesson.
It would probably have four channels, no shared EQ, interchangeable power tubes/power levels, a gigantic foot switch, front and back panels with more knobs than the Shuttle... Oh, wait a minute... they already make the Road King.
Never mind...
