Most Complicated Amp I Ever Owned! Mesa Boogie Mark IV

[@dreamtheater_92]

Great video! I have a Mark IV widebody combo - I'm told it was the last one made, but I have yet to validate that with the serial number. I'm never ever getting rid of this amp.

[@milr9694]

Excellent video sir. I am sold on the Mark IV now. Just subscribed "_"

[@MrGuitarandvocals]

This is the best demo of this amp on KZbin! Liked and subbed!

[@CS-ru4xd]

I found that when you drop that mid EQ slider all the way down then bring it back up slightly to taste, it's very effective in getting it into more metal territory. I miss my MKIV but I found it to be ear fatiguing after tweaking around with it so much. But I still loved it and miss it. May have to get another one soon! Good vid man.

[@UseTheSupeRsonic]

The dark side of a lot of Mesa amps-the endless tweaking! You love what you dialed one day, and the next you’re like “that’s dogshit!”

[@FaseKeadog]

Great demo for the amp, almost convinced myself I could afford one!

[@anthonymontes44]

@@FaseKeadog Thanks Dude! 😁 save save save!

[@FaseKeadog]

@@anthonymontes44 Dually noted

[@TimSaad]

Great video man, I am a Metallica myself… the Mark IV really is one of the definitive amps in metal genre (and other genres also) I think

[@joshuamontoya-fk5ei]

Bass is thump, mid is body, treble is almost like drive and tone control . Set the EQ 5 band 1st then go back to the control kmobs to turn up or down to taste and gain should never go past 3 o clock for lead channel rythem tone the point is tight percussive and full bodied tone with rich midrange clarity

[@lordovthorn2747]

if I didn't already have and love my triple rec I might consider a mark series after this demo

[@anthonymontes44]

@@lordovthorn2747 as a guitar player and gear nerd I ask you, what’s one more amp? 😁 I owned a triple rec before but at the time I couldn’t turn up volumes like I could now so I sold it. I Really want to get a 100w dual rec soon. 150w is a bit much for this gigs I play! 🤣

[@lordovthorn2747]

@@anthonymontes44 I play a lot of outdoor stuff and have a 200w 212 for smaller shows with a 100w power amp and preamp for that setup but the big shows like The Palladium, Strand, Vault, House Of Blues or something it's all 150w's of glory.

[@mrhubbard7592]

I played on rectos for 13 years, got a mark 3 Redstripe, fell in love with the cleans. I picked up a mark iv, sold all my rectos but 1. Mark IV is absolutely amazing. If you know how to teak the amp, channel 2 is great also.

[@AA-lj6dp]

Great chugging sir + 1 subscriber

[@Nathan-fv8rt]

Are you boosted channel 2? I dont remember mine having that much gain

[@anthonymontes44]

@@Nathan-fv8rt yes. I had the Wampler Tumnus kicked in on CH2

[@Nathan-fv8rt]

@@anthonymontes44 sounds real good!

[@anthonymontes44]

@@Nathan-fv8rt Thanks Bud!🤘🏼😁

[@mattvdh]

when you had it at 6/6/6 it sounded good actually and not boxy at all, not sure why you thought it wasn't cool, when you reduced the mids/bass it sounded hollow

[@anthonymontes44]

@@mattvdh on its own at all 6/6/6, it does fill the room nicely, but in a mix it’s sounds way to thick and muddy! In Some cases I can hear where ultra thickness is wanted. But you gotta leave room for the bass lol

[@Stretchwreckedem469]

I always wanted to try scooping the mid slider on the graphic while cranking the midrange knob on the amp itself all the way up to see if it would counteract that natural scooping of the mids for high gain. I’ve always heard that cranking the mid knob will make the amp sound more huge compared if you turned the knob to 0 which gives off more treble bite in comparison. I personally don’t really see the point in scooping the mids in two different areas if you’re not going to try and compensate for the loss in the mids somewhere else in the EQ.

[@anthonymontes44]

@@Stretchwreckedem469 the Mark IV is heavy in the mids. The first eq section doesn’t really affect the amps tone stack. It more affects the guitars signal going in to the amp. That’s where I say it’s like a built in boost. this amp has a weird learning curve. In fact the Graphic EQ affects the power section and not the pre amp. Where as the traditional amp eqs are active in the pre amp. I found that out when I ran a pre amp pedal to the power section and the EQ was still active after bypassing the amp input.

[@Stretchwreckedem469]

@@anthonymontes44 I remember hearing about the EQ on the face knobs, i’ve heard people say the important thing about the way it works is that it apparently acts to shape the general signal of the tone itself instead of the tone stack (especially as you said with how the amp sounds like there seems to be an overdrive in front as it is), while the sliders act as your general EQ, which is why i always found it kinda weird that people would tend to pull both the 750hz slider down and then turn the mids on the amp to 0 because whenever i’ve heard the mid knob being set to even 6 or 7 it always sounded much more bold and in your face compared to other amps where scooping the mids can be a big no-no unless you scoop the mids with an external EQ without killing some of your volume. Even with the graphic EQ though the Mark series of amps seems to be among some of the few amps where scooping the mids isn’t just accepted by users of these amps, it seems encouraged by a lot of users from what i’ve seen and heard from people who own these amps which is cool. The only amp i’ve played that comes close to how the face knobs seem to shape the actual texture of the gain as opposed to the tone stack are the Orange Crush amps. Idk if the Rockerverb tube amps do the same thing too but whenever i used a 6 band graphic EQ in the loop of my Crush Pro 120 the treble winds up turning into a presence knob, the bass knob lets you choose between having a tighter or looser overall tone, and the midrange knob seems to make the amp sound more bold the more you turn it up as well. Obviously the Orange isn’t as complex as the Mesa Mark series but it blew my mind how you can get very similar tones considering Orange amps are really simple in comparison.

[@kayakwilliam5901]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Rondoggy67]

Nice video. But try getting into a real sport like Rugby instead of fake football 😂

[@anthonymontes44]

@@Rondoggy67 Football is a great sport. Maybe the NFL isn’t as exciting and can be predictable. But high school or College ball…. 😱buddy you should really give it a good watch. Understanding the game might help change your perspective a bit.

[@thomasnewton6491]

@@anthonymontes44 a more than gracious reply to a redacted comment, nice demo and great playing Anthony

[@anthonymontes44]

@@thomasnewton6491 Thank you, Thomas! 😁 Rather than grill someone who doesn’t know much about somthing, I like to invite them to really give things a chance to understand them.