NAD: MESA/Boogie Mark V 35w! Owww Yeah!

Don't be afraid to push the middle slider up. It's sensitive and can get really nasally, but a lot of the amps character lives in that area IMO. Also, IMO the XTREME mode gets the closest to the legit sound/dynamics of the bigger amps - or at least it does the way that I dial them in. It's long been my favorite mode after owning it for a while.

 

Hell yeah! The IIC+ is really my favorite setting too, and I also use mine mostly for recording, with a loadbox. You're better at dialing in tones than I am so I really hope you do a big video with each voicing and channel!

I did this cover with the IIC+ setting as well. Interestingly, my settings are usually pretty close to 12 o-clock on B-M-T and I tweak just a little from there. Ive seen plenty of guys with setting at more extreme ends of the spectrum and it still sounds great too though:
https://soundcloud.com/incasinoout-1/misery-signals-5-years-instrumental-cover

 

Don't be afraid to do that. It's what I did with all my Marks. Dimed the treble and set the bass super low.

 

those are pretty common settings for Marks actually. I run my mk3 with treble near max and bass/mids at 1. I don't know if the treble affects gain on the mk5 like it does on the mk4 or mk3 though.

 

I think the EQ effects have been universal since the Mark II. Bass adds flub, treble adds attack and gain, mids are tits on a boar.


TBH, I still need to try a V one day.

 

Great tone in the video!

I love my Mark V to death though I set it up a little different from most people. I use the Mark IV mode, bright on, gain and treble around 1:30, mids just below 3:00, bass just above 9:00, presence and master at 11:00 preset eq knob around 11:00, then master volume as needed. I also boost the front end with a Maxon 808. Most people are anti-boost with Mark amps and set the mid knob about as low as the bass knob, but I've found cranking the mids ads a lot of nice body and juice to chugs without battling with extreme low end.

I do prefer the "normal" approach of low bass and mids when I use Mark models in my Axe FX II, though. Go figure

 

sounds fantastic.

 

where's @Wizard of Ozz when you need him?
Sometimes when I get tired of how raw and aggressive the mk3 can be, I daydream about a more refined mark sound, like the V or the JP2C. Then I remember that I don't want refined, that's exactly why I got rid of my mk4. I guess I'm the odd man out among mark fans since I love how obnoxious and nasty the mk3 can get.

 

Settings aren't extreme, the amp just works that way. Pushing the highs to 9-10 is needed to get the extra gain for those 80es metal tones.

 

One of my favorite things to do is bump the presence up above 12 o'clock (2-4). It really opens things up. Gotta drop the top band on the 5 band down to compensate.

 

Hell yeah! Sounds great!

 

One of the best amps ever made IMO, its loud enough for any gig and the perfect size for a studio. I wouldn't trade mine for anything. Except maybe a full sized Mark V. I usually keep it on the extreme channel, on the EQ I cut the 80hz, 750 hz, and boost a little of the 2200 hz.

 

Man, keep those dialing in tips coming guys! I just moved to a new, smaller apartment, so I now have my V:35 set up next to my computer, running into a load box, instead of having it on my 2x12 before. Pretty nice having it ready to record at all times.

 

People say a mark series is hard to dial in.

Like... no it's not.

Like you can start off with the treble at 9 - 10, bass at 1 - 2, mids at whatever. Do a V-shape with the EQ sliders

Boom, chug till the cows come home.

 

Actually - something that's really fun with the Marks is to intentionally do exactly the opposite of the usual advice and CRANK the bass knob for some thick fuzzy nonsense that is a ton of fun to play with.

But yeah, JazzHands has the right idea -> Easy instant Metallica mode is just treble up, bass off, middle slider almost all the way down - and at that point it's hard NOT so sound like you're pretending to be an 80s/90s thrash band.

 

I've never owned a Recto so it's hard for me to compare....
I can't remember where I heard this, but supposedly the Recto voice was originally aiming for what a Mark sounded like when you dialed it in a certain way. Is that really true? No idea. Probably not. I'd be curious to hear from someone who knows better how the two really relate to eachother, if at all.

 

You guys need to shut the hell up about Marks. I don't need that kind of influence right now.

I don't need a Mark. I don't need a Mark. I don't need a Mark...