mesa mk V

[kilgerry]

anybody have any info on the possible intro of Mesa's new mark V amp at the upcoming NAMM?

[bieke]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v66/ImperiumThroughTheAshes/photo.jpg

[59refin]

So is there a Mark V in that pic? All looks like old stuff to me.

[EdgeOfDarkness]

the amp sitting up top.(the long head)

[-Juggernaut-]

MARK V™ 40th ANNIVERSARY

Simul-Class™ Power Amp (Patents 4,532,476 & 4,593,251)
featuring Multi-Watt™ (Patent Pending) and Duo-Class™ (Patent 7,173,488)
technologies which provide three power and three operating class options that are channel assignable via
10/45/90 Watt Power Switches:
Choose 2 power tubes operating in pure vintage Class A (single-ended),producing 10 Watts -
2 tubes running in time-honored Class A/B producing 45 Watts or
4 tubes running in Mesa’s legendary, patented Simul-Class Power that blends the best of Class A and Class A/B simultaneously to produce 90 Watts of pure tonal magic /
4x6L6 (or 4xEL-34), 7x12AX7, 1x5U4
• Bias Select Switch (6L6/EL34)
• Fixed Bias for Consistent, Maintenance Free Performance
• Full Power/Variac Power™ Switch (Patent 5,091,700)
• 3 Fully Independent Channels with 9 Modes
(Channel 1 = Clean, Fat or Tweed™,
Channel 2 = Edge, Crunch or Mark I™,
Channel 3 = Mark IIC+™, Mark IV™ or Extreme)
• Normal/Bold Switch on Channel 1,
Normal/Thick Switch on Channel 2 (Mark I mode only),
Normal/Bright Switch & Pentode/Triode Switch on Channel 3
• Each Channel features: Independent Gain, Treble, Mid, Bass, Presence, Master,
Footswitchable or Auto-Assignable Contour Depth Control,
Footswitchable All-Tube, Long Spring Reverb Control,
Rectifier Tracking™
(Auto-selects Tube for all 10 Watt Modes,
Diode for all 90 Watt Modes,
selectable Tube or Diode for 45 Watt Modes on Channels 1 and 2,
Diode for 45 Watt Mode on Channel 3 - Patents 5,168,438 & 7,193,458)
• 5 Band Graphic EQ is Footswitchable,
Channel Assignable and Selectable between
1 group of 5-Band Sliders or 3 channel specific,
variable depth Contour Controls
• Footswitchable, Channel Assignable or True Bypassable All-Tube FX Loop with Send Level Control (over all channels when activated)
• Output Level Control (over all channels when activated)
• Footswitchable Solo Level Control – Patent 6,724,897 (over all channels when activated)
• True "Hard" Bypass Switch removes FX Loops, Output Level & Solo Level Controls from signal path
• Tuner Output w/Footswitchable Mute
• Slave Out w/Level Control
• Fan Cooled with On/Off Switch
• External Switching Jacks for Channels 2, 3 (channel 1 is default), EQ & Solo
• Aluminum Chassis
• New 4x4 - 8 Button Footswitch (Bottom Row: Channel 1, Channel 2, Channel 3, Solo – Top Row: Reverb, FX Loop, EQ & Tuner Mute)
• Slip Cover
• Kitchen Sink, Ice Maker, Beer Cooler (just kidding) but easier to use then this list suggests (not kidding)!

Model # Description Pro Net
2.MVM.BB Medium Head (Width 22 7 /8 ").............................................1999 .00
1.MV1.BB.CO 1x12 Combo • C90 Speaker • Casters........................................209 9.00

[Andrew JD]

I can't believe that pic got around so quickly....

[-Juggernaut-]

it's up on the Mesa site now......

http://www.mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Mark_Series/mark5/mark5.html

[pureoverdrive]

OMG, Iv been dreaming of having these 3 amps together.... Thank 4 mesa

[HELSTRUME]

Might have to blow my tax return :thu:

[diehard82]

Too bad I have the anti amp bug... also known as marriage

[pbognar]

Too bad I have the anti amp bug... also known as marriage

Ain't it the truth? :facepalm:

If I bought this, it would break up my family :cry:

Looking at the info at the mesaboogie site is like looking at porn...

I hope I can find something not to like about the amp when I try it out someday - with the discrete tone controls and power settings per channel, it seems they have approached the perfect amp.

I think we owe it to ourselves to create a thread listing the Mark V's faults to make us feel better...

eg.

- The clean channel doesn't sound as good as the one on the LoneStar

- There is no MIDI control built in

- There should be an effects loop for each channel

- There should be built-in effects

- It should have 128 patch memories

- There should be a separate graphic eq per channel

There, I'm starting to feel better already :D

[-Juggernaut-]

http://www.mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Mark_Series/mark5/p7lsm_img_1/fullsize/m5_left_hc2_fs.jpg



:D


:thu:

[eiolenii]

GAS!

[dotlikeimpact]

If the sounds are there, and I'm guessing they are, they finally got everything right, features-wise.

[EricTheShredd]

:rawk: DROOL :rawk:

mmmmmm, Mark V

[shredhead117]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROjxB0w_4QE

Heres fairly good quality demo of the amp. Sounds freakin great!!! Looks like they've really improved channel 2.

[camer138]

dammit all! and i just got my engl savage 3 months ago..

[maninblk0073]

Hmmm...in reading the specs on mesa's website. Theres a bias switch on the back for 6l6/el34, It does mention that you can run el34's in just the outside pair...so where the f*ck would you run the bias switch. :confused:

[thirsty one]

WANT!, must sell items in sig.

[Thamel]

I just found this other demo vid from namm....all 8 minutes!

http://guitar-amp-head.mesa-boogie.en.audiofanzine.com/videos/index,action,play,id_video,200,idproduit,140455.ht ml

[Cobra_13]

I think i'm finally going to sell my soul to satan for something....

[guitar60]

Wow ... great feature set ... that is one killer amp. Haven't been a Mesa man in years though ... scary to go back ...

[ew_]

Hmmm...in reading the specs on mesa's website. Theres a bias switch on the back for 6l6/el34, It does mention that you can run el34's in just the outside pair...so where the f*ck would you run the bias switch. :confused:
I've been wondering about that one myself :confused:

ew

[les_paul]

You'd run it on 6L6, just like you could in the old Mark IVs.

[ew_]

Ah... that's what I thought. Thanks for that...

ew

[petejt]

:bor:

[pbognar]

I just found this other demo vid from namm....all 8 minutes!

http://guitar-amp-head.mesa-boogie.en.audiofanzine.com/videos/index,action,play,id_video,200,idproduit,140455.ht ml

Thanks for the video. Though it's hilarious when the interviewer asks if 3 channels might be too much for guitarists, because they are used to having only 2 :facepalm:

I have to say the front panel is laid out so well, and it seems like they put a lot of thought into this. Finally, no shared tone controls, and a versatile graphic eq for all three channels - not to mention the power options per channel.

Boy if I was 19 again. Back in the day, I scraped together just enough money to get a Mark IIB - no reverb or EQ though. So it was either a great clean amp or a great solo amp - it's always a compromise with shared tone controls.

[Santuzzo]

Is the pricing for this amp known yet?
Anybody have an idea how much it's gonna cost?

[Kowalski]

:eekphil:

[les_paul]

Is the pricing for this amp known yet?
Anybody have an idea how much it's gonna cost?

I've heard $2000 and $2100 for the head. Haven't heard about the combo, but typically they're about $150 more than the head.

[JimAnsell]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-2/951008/DSCN2002.JPG

[sdhupelia]

PRICING INFO:

Head is $2000 U.S. fixed price (Mesa Pro-Net pricing or whatever it's called, same as video game systems and such things with locked-in pricing across the retail channel).

Combo is $100 more.

Premium dealers are taking pre-orders now, not sure about more traditional places like Guitar Centers, but if you call up a dealer from the official list of dealers on their website, they'll take a pre-order. Make'N Music in Chicago is taking preorders for 20% down (including sales tax, not just on the base price), so a combo all in in Chicago (highest sales tax in the country) is like $2400 and change after everything.

The Combo is basically the same form factor as a MK IV widebody, according to them, so it'll be like when I look at my Rectoverb 1x12, and wonder why it's wider, deeper and heavier than my Orange Rockerverb 2x12 :)

Make'N Music will also have 1 of the collectible ones in the purple (I think he said purple) tolex, they're only making like 40 or 100 or some such number, ever, but that's $4000, and I think that only comes in the combo.

[Santuzzo]

Wow ! I actually had exoected it to be moch more expensive.
But I still need to see what the price in Europe will be like :cop:

[benzem]

Wow! That thing is as feature laden as my Carvin V3!

[Michael Jackson]

I am thinking about pulling the trigger on the head.... Did anyone play this at NAMM or at a store yet?

[davydusade]

:thu:Too bad I have the anti amp bug... also known as marriage
ha

[pbognar]

Wow! That thing is as feature laden as my Carvin V3!

While the smart effects loops of the V3 are cool, the Mark V lets you adjust power amp wattage per channel - so you can crank power amp section of the lead or crunch channels without all the volume. Good-bye frizzies.

[benzem]

While the smart effects loops of the V3 are cool, the Mark V lets you adjust power amp wattage per channel - so you can crank power amp section of the lead or crunch channels without all the volume. Good-bye frizzies.

i get no "frizzies" from mine