Recent content by Flintwinch

Original poster here. Some very interesting comments, thank you all. I would like to reiterate though that the noise that I observed occurred with both with single coil and humbucker guitars with and without a floating bridge. Two Mark V heads and a combo as well as the Mark V:35 combo and a...

I used a SSS and HSS strat, a semi-hollowbody with a fixed bridge, and a solidbody with floating bridge. As I said, most prominent with the SSS strat but still present on all the others. I don't get this problem with the JVM210 head that I currently have for rental.

Yes, I also found it to be most prominent with my SSS strat but it was still present with my semi hollowbody.

I returned the Mark V last night and tried a couple more amps at the dealer, including a Roadster and a 5:35. That noise is indeed a "feature" cos all Mesas had it... I'm surprised that nobody else is annoyed by that sound. Played a Marshall JVM210 and was blown away, ordered the JVM410 and now...

Thank you for your reponses. sheehanje, I will try the things that screamingdaisy suggested in your thread. It's hard to imagine that a faulty tube is the problem - what are the odds that I end up with three amps where the same tube has the same problem? Seems to be more like a "feature" than a...

I bought a Mark V head last week along with a MB 112 cab. When I tried out the Edge mode on Channel 2 I noticed something really odd. Notes on the G string (from open up to 10th fret) were accompanied by a strange noise, not overly loud but annoying enough. I would describe it as a distorted...