Who here DOESN'T use the "Classic V" grapic EQ set

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I have the eq of my Studio .22+ almost exactly like dodger916 has his. I only use it on the lead channel which I don't use very much. I have an Altec 417-8H speaker in mine, so that might be why I like it like that. It's a bright speaker and it sometimes can use a little extra mid range.
 
I hardly ever use my EQ with my little classic rock cover band. I use a modified V a lot for when I'm metalling out by myself but Mesa wasn't lying when they said the Mark IV can sound great without the EQ. The key is to turn the sucker the hell up.
 
On my Mark IV the eq is almost always off. I sometimes use the eq with the mids boosted to switch in as a boost for solos on the clean channel. I find I can get the tone I want with the amp settings.
 
I do things entirely differently. I like a really fat clean sound so I run my

Bass on 4 Pulled
Mids on 7 Pulled
Treble on 6
Pesence on 0

All this would make my Lead sound far to bassy and flabby so I set the EQ to kick in on the lead mode and pull a lot of 80, and a little 240. 750, and a fair amount of 2200 and 6600. I guess it looks a little like the Sydney Harbour Bridge. I find this compensation works well.

Because I use both my boogie rigs with an A3 and have the whole lot under midi control I also create a few A3 patches that have different EQ/FX/Volume settings to fine tune the above settings.

I don't understand why the R2 volume balance is such a problem for the guys with processors. Even a volume pedal in the FX loop would help.

I mainly use my boogie distortions for Santana, Carlton, Blues, or Fusion sounds, so the V shape is kinda useless to me.

If I want metal sounds I just use an A3 distortion or a Keeley Baked TS9.

Does anyone use R2 + L1 together?

Because of the midi setup (Mark III) I can get this combination plus an A3 patch to tweak it. It's a sound with a fair amount of midrange hump: I find it really sings and cuts through.

I do the same on my Quad preamp:

R1 Clean + R2 dirty
R2 Crunch + L1 dirty
L1 dirty + L2 screaming

and quite a few other combinations, most are not that useable but the 3 above work well.

Well that's my post for the year; see you next year.

Cheers

Bob
 
I basically use mine is tilted "W" as well. I need a bit more mids in my sound as I use Strats and Teles.

I am a Mark III user and love it... not a metal guy either. I find the EQ on the MK III to be wayyyyy more essential than on the MKIV though... I have a custom MK IV on order from Mesa as we speak!!!




:lol:
 
Lately, for metal, I've been dipping the 2200 slider to the bottom line and the 6600 halfway between the middle and top lines. But I'm still tweaking all the time.
 
Hello, my first post.

I have a MKIII. I use the EQ in auto mode and tune it to whatever room I'm in (if I have the time) so the "Lead Drive" isn't too harsh.

Then again, I have walked over to it in the middle of a solo and started poking it around just to see what will happen.

I don't use the EQ on Rhythm I or II. I bought this amp new in `86 and so far my Teles, Strats and SGs sound great plugged right in with minimum fuss.

Cheers!
 
I have to disagree. While it may be the most talked about setting, IMO it's neither "Classic" nor "the most popular". In fact most of the pro's I've seen that use Mk IV's (when you can get a glimpse of their eq's) don't use the V. I know I never have. My eq settings change all the time depending on the guitar, the song, the speaker, the room, etc. In addition to (or sometimes instead of) the onboard five band eq I also use an MXR M-108 ten band eq in the loop.
Realize this was a long time ago, curious what common setting do you use on your MXR 10-band EQ?
 
I hardly ever use my EQ with my little classic rock cover band. I use a modified V a lot for when I'm metalling out by myself but Mesa wasn't lying when they said the Mark IV can sound great without the EQ. The key is to turn the sucker the hell up.
What settings do you use for your classic rock project?
 
Close... I don't understand how people can put the 6600Hz all the way up, it's too harsh. Nothing over 5kHz is useful with high gain.
I use this plus a 10-band parametric in the loop on a Mark V.
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Shallow M, but I hardly ever use it and only on Lead.

The best way I ever heard the old school Mark experience described is that the tone stack finds the best core tone for the guitar for that channel and the amount of gain you want, and then the GEQ is to put you in the mix/room. Super versatile but it just makes things sooooo tweaky and dependent on the mix. So if I'm just jamming or rehearsing I hardly ever use the GEQ, and if I want to change something on the fly I use my volume and tone knobs.

The other thing is, I really, really like R2's "core" sound when I'm playing with actives, that's my main Mark III sound, and I find the GEQ does something overall to R2 that I don't like. I don't think I've ever dialed in a tone on R2 I liked better with the GEQ in as opposed to just tweaking my guitar knobs. Even if I'm recording it I'm more likely to try a different IR or do some post EQ than start dicking around with the GEQ on R2. I dunno.
 
I no longer own a Mesa with an EQ, but I do sometimes use my 7-Band Boss EQ.

I normally use a shallow “V” with my EQ, usually even shallower “V” than the photo below.

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