Recent content by benjamin801

I have the one on the left. It's for DCs, Calibers, and also the Maverick, I believe. It works just fine with my Mark III, and has for years. It's still just a footswitch. However, the light lies to you: it's lit when you're on rhythm and off when you're on the lead channel. "Fixing" it would...

That sounds great! Most times when I hear someone cover that song, they use waaaay too much gain on the guitars and it basically turns into a Metallica song, which isn't all bad, but I love that slightly dirty chug you pulled off. Good job with the vox too; that isn't easy! Also, SLC represent...

Open back/half back cabs with C90s are a natural fit for the Mark IV. Hell, my first Mark IV was a widebody combo that was open back and had the C90. The only application where I'd say you definitely want to go closed back is the classic Metallica/early Dream Theater sound. Otherwise that half...

Testing the waters... :P Really don't want to pay Mesa $350... :| I have: :: Mesa rackmount kit. Currently houses my Mark III, but will fit any Mark series short head through the Mark IV. Includes OEM reverb tank, does not include fan. :: SKB 4 space rack. The flagship SKB line, full...

With the Bass control on 4, pulled, my Mark III would be mud city on the lead channel. :|

Drool. :( :lol:

The only thing I really change is the middle slider of my GEQ: the louder I'm playing, the less pronounced a "V" I use.

I use EL34s in the outer sockets. I've tried all 6L6s, and I think the sounds are about 90% similar either way when running in Simul-Class, but the EL34s give me just a little more...something.

I don't have a Nova Drive, but it's the exact same circuit as my Nova System (I just checked TC's website to make sure that's true). And in that case, I can tell you that if you use those drives as the primary source of gain, going into a clean amp, they're...good but not great. Used in front of...

I'd start by replacing preamp tubes.

Here are a couple of tracks from my band's recently released EP. If you want to isolate the Mark III, I'm panned pretty hard right and my co-guitarist's Fryette 100/CL is in the left. Mountain Shiny Things

Here's an example! The rhythm tracks are my Mark III in Simul-Class mode (right speaker) and my co-guitarist's Fryette 100/CL (left speaker). When the breakdown comes after the second verse (1:43 if you're that impatient), those long, singing notes and noodles are me - same gain and EQ settings...

Bump...just in case all the knowledgeable people missed it the first time around. :lol:

Preamp tube swaps tend to be subtle differences. A speaker swap is a much more noticeable change, but again...the Ceramic Blue is a pretty bright speaker already, to my ears at least.

For preamp tubes, I find Sovteks, Tung-Sol reissues, and 9th Gen Chinese to be on the brighter side. I find JJs to be on the darker side.