New Amp Day :) Mesa Mark V

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

I don't know what kind of sound you are going for but you might try using the 45 watt mode instead. The 10W mode's usefulness is kind of limited at least from my perspective.

[loose Cannon]

Jealous! The combos look sweet. What kind of weight are we talking about?

The combos weigh about 40kg.

[beachjammer]

The GT-8 didn't sound so hot tonight in front. Played with my singer/keyboardist and drummer. Certainly had enough punch even on 10watts. LOL, had to be easy on 'em. I don't know...the sound wasn't nearly as nice as it was here. Perhaps more reverb in the room we played in. Regardless, I'll fool with it some more tomorrow night. Thanks!!

I think that you should try the GT8 using the 4 cable method where you can assign delay, modulation, etc, through the effects loop of the Mark V but use the OD and Dsitortion pedal simulators through the front of the amp. I had a buddy that did this and it sounded really good. It colored the tone a little bit but not that bad at all. No more than any other effects unit would IMO. I've never done the 4 cable method personally but I'm sure there's guys on here that have run their GT8 that way.

[jgcable]

I think that you should try the GT8 using the 4 cable method where you can assign delay, modulation, etc, through the effects loop of the Mark V but use the OD and Dsitortion pedal simulators through the front of the amp. I had a buddy that did this and it sounded really good. It colored the tone a little bit but not that bad at all. No more than any other effects unit would IMO. I've never done the 4 cable method personally but I'm sure there's guys on here that have run their GT8 that way.

The 4 cable method still colors the sound. The GT8 is a tone sucker. Most modeling processors are. I traditional effects only processor or good high quality pedals are your best bet,

[JZ06]

I played tonight at practice with just the amp. It definitely has a sound of its own, all natural! I do miss the chorus, delay and a little compression. The clean breaks up ever so slightly using the rear pup on both guitars.I tried turning the gain down, then you lose volume and depth. Always a little compromise. Channel 2 with an sd-1 or the "right" pedal would absolutely scream! The clean just needs a little bit of wavy chorus. I don't want to make a mess and lug a million things around either...so I may have to think about this. This amp is a fiddlers dream!!

[RacerX]

The 4 cable method still colors the sound. The GT8 is a tone sucker. Most modeling processors are. I traditional effects only processor or good high quality pedals are your best bet,

...or an Axe-FX, eh, jg? Hee hee hee

[jgcable]

I played tonight at practice with just the amp. It definitely has a sound of its own, all natural! I do miss the chorus, delay and a little compression. The clean breaks up ever so slightly using the rear pup on both guitars.I tried turning the gain down, then you lose volume and depth. Always a little compromise. Channel 2 with an sd-1 or the "right" pedal would absolutely scream! The clean just needs a little bit of wavy chorus. I don't want to make a mess and lug a million things around either...so I may have to think about this. This amp is a fiddlers dream!!

Just get a few choice pedals. I would think and delay and a chorus in the loop and you will be good to go.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

The clean breaks up ever so slightly using the rear pup on both guitars.I tried turning the gain down, then you lose volume and depth.

The clean will sound distorted at lower volumes... Weird, I know. That might be what you are running into?

I run the clean channel on 90W, "Clean" with "Bold" enabled, master at about 12:00 and the gain at about 9:00, bass and mid around noon, treble and presence around 3:00 and a little reverb, going for a Fender-ish clean tone and it sound pretty good to me.

[JZ06]

jg: i was thinking a decimator for keeping things "hush". i've always liked the dd-3 and ce-3. Would the NS-2 do the same thing as the decimator for le$$ money?

make a jazz....i'll try that, and yep...lower volumes are where i find it breaks up. i have a show to do with it on saturday night of this week. lol, that volume pedal of the gt8 spoiled me soo much. was weird playing w/o it last night and i was not loud enough. had to keep adjusting both channels lol. eventually, i said fuggit, turned everything on 90w and was heard loud and clear. the keyboardist seems to think she should be louder than me.....this is not the case

[JZ06]

Thought I'd add the rig in it's entirety! my blue jackson is at my singer/keyboardists house.

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

FR SoCal? I dig it! I almost went for one of those.

Damn keyboard players... They should be behind a curtain, and not heard at all except right before the lights come up.

Well, unless you're Deep Purple or Edgar Winter Group. :dunno:

[JZ06]

Thanks.... the red '82 just got back from major surgery 20" flat radius on the board, 6100 fretwire, ibanez 17" radius nut and a few other tricks. The action is INSANELY low! I love it.....but that so-cal gets played like mad. I just switched to .010's on it. I've used .009's forever. Yeah, I was frustrated that I didn't have the volume pedal where I'd just turn up 'til I was happy. That has to change I think a decamator, ce-3 and dd-3..."MAYBE" a pedal for ch-2 and it ought to be good to go.

[jgcable]

jg: i was thinking a decimator for keeping things "hush". i've always liked the dd-3 and ce-3. Would the NS-2 do the same thing as the decimator for le$$ money?

make a jazz....i'll try that, and yep...lower volumes are where i find it breaks up. i have a show to do with it on saturday night of this week. lol, that volume pedal of the gt8 spoiled me soo much. was weird playing w/o it last night and i was not loud enough. had to keep adjusting both channels lol. eventually, i said fuggit, turned everything on 90w and was heard loud and clear. the keyboardist seems to think she should be louder than me.....this is not the case

Just about any standard Boss Chorus will work fine. You can put it in the loop or out front. It doesn't matter much. I like the CH-1 Super Chorus better than the CE3 Chorus Ensemble.
The Boss DD3 is a great choice for a delay. Put it in the loop. Regarding gates, because you are going to use multiple channels in the Mark V I would suggest the MXR Smart Gate. Its awesome.

[JZ06]

Thanks!!!

[Grim]

I have a Decimator. it is very good.