Secret Sounds of the Mark V:25

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Tired of the same old sounds, try some of these sounds for yourself. Sometimes it pays to sit and just learn how amps work in order to get cool sounds.
The Mesa Boogie Mark V 25 is a gem. I did my best to keep the volume level the same throughout the whole vid. As you know, we tend to judge louder sounds as better and I didn't want that for this vid as I wanted each sound to be equal in volume so you get the idea. This meant a lot of tweaking on the input gain on my audio interface to keep things level. I tried my best.
Gotta love the sound of a Strat into a Mesa Boogie Amp
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[@PeterLeMusic]

Thanks for this - have had my Mark V 25 for years but still learning things every couple months about it

[@SaintLuminus]

Hi Peter, yes you're welcome. I'm glad you found this helpful. Like you I'm still learning things about this badass amplifier. It still blows my mind.

[@georgenowik7421]

Love the level of detail in exploring this amp. I've had one since first released and it's been amazing. Hate how difficult KZbin made it to find this when searching for videos related to this amp though!

[@SaintLuminus]

Yeah I really think this amp is underrated. Even after all of these years of ownership, I'm still finding new tones. Thank you for watching, appreciate it.

[@jkdsteve]

Marks are amazing amps...and this is without the most powerful tone shaping control. \m/

[@SaintLuminus]

Absolutely! In fact I went through the Andy Timmons Mkv 25 video with Doug West again, and had some aha moments. Also went back through the manual again today, and it gave me more ideas. As you know, the tonal options are nearly limitless.

[@dougjutz5407]

Great sounding amp. Thanks for the video.

[@SaintLuminus]

Thank you for watching. Indeed I absolutely love the amp. In fact I'm still finding new sounds.

[@jdiesel9048]

Very informative thank you! After owning many great amps, I bought a Mark VII several months ago and after countless hours of blues on it, it's "the one" amp for me.

[@SaintLuminus]

That's just awesome! Hoepfully I can pick one up next year.

[@GuyNarnarian]

And with humbuckers on all of these gain settings you will get a much thicker distorted sound. I have a single humbucker guitar that I can get to sound like its going through a cranked Plexi on Crunch mode with the gain at 1 o'clock, mids at 1 o'clock (boost mode at that point), bass pretty low and a V curve to dial out some of the mids on the EQ. Sounds fantastic even through the 10" speaker.

[@SaintLuminus]

Yes indeed. Humbuckers will change how I dialed everything in this vid. But the basis behind it is the same.

[@GuyNarnarian]

@@SaintLuminus Oh definitely the principles stay the same. I'd say to go with less bass than you normally would with the humbuckers, especially on the neck pickup, but its just another variable.

[@guyfromthatthing1017]

@@SaintLuminusyour settings seem to track well with Mini Hums (got an A5 BKP nailbomb bridge mini hum in one and a Black Cat Guitar 60s Epi vintage spec hot mini hum in other guitar)-mention that because using identical settings you use gives you a good jumping off point to dial in w the approach you’re going for

[@SaintLuminus]

@@guyfromthatthing1017 I’m so glad you mentioned about getting to a good jumping off point. That’s helped me find terrific tones. Even nowadays I’m still finding new & exciting stuff with this amp.

[@masterofreality230]

I was almost wondering if the crunch mode is actually part of the second channel, the volume jump on mine is insane going from clean to crunch. The video gave me some things to try though, good stuff. Next video idea: playing Jazz on Xteme mode lol

[@SaintLuminus]

Depending on how you set up the Crunch mode...yeah it can be a massive jump! I typically turn down the volume before I even play just to be safe.

[@evenstephen2000]

Great video. Subscribed! I’ve been using the cab clone DI out the back of my Mark V25 into my interface, and then using the Two Notes Wall of Sound plugin IRs that are just incredible and offer so many options. My initial hesitation was regarding the cab clone DI but it works awesome with the Two Notes plugin in Logic. Just thought I would share that for anyone interested in another option!

[@SaintLuminus]

Thank you for watching and sharing your own experience. I find the Cab Clone useable and just fine all by itself.....but certainly not my first choice. Two notes is indeed awesome. Have you tried 3rd Party IRs as well? I've tried some but I've never found them to be particularly amazing.

[@evenstephen2000]

@@SaintLuminus Yes, I agree with you. Honestly, if the two notes wall of sound plugin wasn’t so great, I would have just purchased a two notes torpedo or the Suhr that you have. But the WOS really lifts the cabclone up significantly. If I were you, I would look at the two notes website and their IRs are incredible. They have about 600 of them and they really divide up the categories to where you can understand what you’re getting. I really like the Pete thorn ones, the mesas are great (officially licensed) and SO many others. That said, I haven’t really had to look elsewhere. It seems like a lot of the other IRs are not quite up to that pro sounding standard. ML Sound Labs have a few solid ones…

[@masterofreality230]

I have done that also, but I wish we could get just the preamp without the "cabs" already on it through the xlr.

[@SaintLuminus]

@@masterofreality230 Just the raw output would be nice, I agree. You can get that from the Big Mark V through its Slave Output. BUT, you have to have a speaker or a load connected.

[@Guitar.Jim_]

@@masterofreality230I just got this amp a day ago, but I saw a guy on KZbin who ran the effect loop send direct into an ir loader and said it sounded great..haven’t tried that yet!

[@Stoffendous]

Very nice video. Wish you also explained the presence settings a bit though, but great regardless. Thanks!

[@SaintLuminus]

Thank you for watching. Yeah good point about the presence knob. Its subtle, but it can definitely make a difference. I'll have to put that in another vid.

[@Rogeramirez]

It is also a good platform for pedals. I use a high gain pedal and the settings go as follows: Fat Channel - Gain at noon - Treble 4 o'clock - Mid (boost) 1 o'clock - Bass 10 o'clock - Presence 2 o'clock - Master 8 or 9 o'clock. EQ close to V shape

[@SaintLuminus]

Yes its really good as a pedal platform. In fact I would say its one of the better platforms out there because of the way you can dial in the character of the amp up front to work with any type of overdrive or distortion pedal. Thanks for sharing some of your settings.

[@GregoryGuay]

Do you bother changing channels on the Mesa or get your variety of clean/dirty with external overdrive?

[@Rogeramirez]

@@GregoryGuay Different channels have different eq curves and volume, so it's not convenient but it can be done just for one set up Dirty/clean. When using pedals the best channel is Nº1 Fat mode, but then you're stuck to its eq curve, which could make the clean sound setting a hard task.

[@SaintLuminus]

@@GregoryGuay I switch channels and use the drive from the Mesa. However if I want a variety of tones for live playing, I’d probably use pedals instead

[@scottagar6061]

Please somebody tell me if these amps hiss n hum at even low gain/volume settings? Every Boogie I've had is noisy as hell.Got rid of them all because of noise. I'm reall wanting this amp just for the clean / crunch

[@SaintLuminus]

Mine does not hiss and hum at low gain/volume settings. These are professional amps made to be played in professional settings. However bad power and/or ground loops can cause hum and noise. All you can do is try one out.

[@austinsandefer649]

Saint luminus, i have a mark 2 c thats been on storage for 20 years, any advice as to delicate cleaning of this old amp. Covered in dust and neglect. Man at music store in memphis wants me to bring it in and let them clean and perform maintenance check on it...

[@SaintLuminus]

If its been in storage for 20 years, I would call Mesa Boogie and make the arrangements to send it in to their factory in Petaluma and have them service it. Or perhaps they can recommend someone closer to you. I live in California so of course I would just send it up north. But yeah, I would have it serviced by someone who really knows these amps, and I can guarantee you will turn it on after its been serviced and get blown away.

[@mthao1832]

Dam it someone discovered my secrets of the green channel lol I play with it more than the red channel even for high gain

[@SaintLuminus]

Isn't that amazing amount of gain and tone available in the Green channel. Funny because I've been playing around with very low gain settings in the Red Channel. Its great for low gain sounds.

[@austinsandefer649]

Very good demo. I love my mark 2 c plus. Thank You for those of us who aren't shred metal heads. It's good to hear this amp without head banging , as we already know it easily does.

[@SaintLuminus]

oh man....you have a Mk IIC+. That's incredibly cool. Indeed its well known that Mark and Rectifier amps can produce headbanging goodness. But I have heard both of those types of amps in jazzy contexts. Its unreal to look at a Rectifier onstage, but the sounds are jazzy. :)

[@nunoharris]

Hi. Whats the year of your amp? Thanks

[@SaintLuminus]

I'm not sure. I got it after the Mark V 25 had been out for about a year

[@jamesetheridge3487]

Just sold my 100 watt duel rec head for a mark 5 25 1x10 combo and love it. You can get a company to make a 3mpty h3ad to put the chassis in so you g3t best of both worlds as still got my 4x12...

[@SaintLuminus]

I would looooove to hear my Mk 25 through a 4x12

[@jamesetheridge3487]

Mines a marshal straight cab...sounds fat...

[@SaintLuminus]

@@jamesetheridge3487 isn’t it amazing what a 25 Watt amp can do through a 4x12???😮🎸❤️❤️

[@jamesetheridge3487]

Yep didn't struggle at all.

[@Jeanraut]

Hello, Is it miked or cab clone?

[@SaintLuminus]

I did talk about this at the beginning of the video. What you are hearing is the SUHR IR which is included with the Suhr Reactive load.

[@Dobis86]

Cool video thanks!

[@SaintLuminus]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching. 🙏

[@Rude1911]

Christ play already

[@SaintLuminus]

Thanks for watching