| Yeah, I mean I wasn't getting super chug sounds or anything like that at higher gain, just something a bit smoother than before. And yes I am looking to like the amp, I remember when I first played a Mesa amp and it was like a revelation, just so creamy, warm and sustain for infinity, really really liquid (as i see liquid meaning), unfortunately I have no idea what amp it was, or how it was dialed in, it had a dark green finish and was quite a small combo in the mid/late 90's. I've been looking for that in a Mesa amp ever since, so maybe it's just a case of finding that sweet spot.
I can see that just possibly the Mark V could a killer amp for recording with, as that treble bite that this amp seems to have will surely cut give you plenty of potential to cut through a mix, but can that work at lower volumes? Anyone have any examples of low volume recording with this amp?
It's one of those amps that I seem to like more when I'm not playing with it than when I am, dunno if that makes sense. I sit here now and I'm going, well it had a really great crunch in that second channel, if only I could dial in a bit more mid and bass (I was having a hard time getting the Mid pots to make any difference to the sound at all), and the cleans could be good, and then also thinking that it would be an amp that I'd like to make mods on, but it's highly complex, so would it even be possible to turn the fx loop from parallel to series? add a midi controller and so on. How is it to record with? Would better tubes and cabinet than the rectifier 2x12 cab it was on make enough of the positive difference to this amp? In retrospect I'm feeling that it was a colder sounding amp than the first time I tried it too. Lots of conflicting feelings about the amp right now, plenty to think about at least! |