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I swapped out the 2 outer 6l6's for el34's. It's not making this noise anymore. It only makes a very slight low end noise now which is hardly noticeable, and is probably normal power up noise. These 6l6's must be bad, but they were in my last mark iv and never caused problems. They are odd...

Warmed up properly. This is my 2nd Mark IV, this one makes a LOUD pop when flipping from standby to ON. The louder the output level, the louder the pop. On only lead 0 and Master volume 3, it is chest thumping and quite scary! I can't imagine normal volumes. Here is the recorded noise flipping...

You think its too much trouble to remove the 3/8" piece that I assume is on the outsides? If I ever got around to retolexing, i'd want to make it look more like the current heads. (fyi i'm doing a head swap and getting one that looks like these pics... i'm not really into the looks of the wide...

So I guess it looks like a II shell. Did these originally come with the Mark IV's? I found a shell like this to replace my combo with, but now it doesnt look like it will match up with the cab that I JUST built to match the combo dimensions...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mesa-Boogie-Mark-IV-Medium-Head-Amplifier-4-/200577020045?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eb352708d Do all of the early mark IV's look like this? The edges look like they are 2x as thick and it basically looks like crap to me. It also looks like it would be longer than a...

Which is more valuable, an early rev B widebody head with that bumpy tolex or a later 90's widebody combo?

You guys are persuasive... Another thing is this, the amp is about 11 years old now. Should I be concerned about the caps anytime soon? I've had the amp 3 years and its been fine but I don't want to keep it another couple years and have to pour money into servicing it if I could just get a newer...

I've got a Mark IV wide combo that I'd be interested in trading. What condition is your head shell in? PM me if you're still looking to do this.

I've got a Mark IV made in about 1999, and I got an offer on it for a pretty good price. I don't really need to get rid of it, but it's the wide combo... so I was thinking to sell it, and pick up a newer short head or combo Mark IV on ebay for a lot less than I'd get for mine locally. This...

The case of my Luke smelled sort of good, but i left it open at night once, and i just about puked in the middle of the night. Woke up to a super saturated smell of case funk. Now i can't stand the smell lol.

I'm pretty sure its the gain on each channel. My R1 popped VERY loud when going from R2 to R1. But i noticed the gain on R2 was at 10 while R1 was at 3. I turned up R1 to 10, and the problem is solved. Try to equalize the gain on the problem channel and see if that helps.

I think my 1 s series is enough for me lol. It has put me through a lot of trouble, but at least now it has a super wizard neck! But a CE 24? Tell me more about it! Have any pics?

i have a musicman luke, which is alder, with an emg85 in the bridge. and i hate it with the mark iv. but love it with a dual rec. the single coil EMG's in the luke sound great through the IV. my mahogany body guitars + actives = thick and ballsy through a IV. wild. alder guitar + EMGs =...

I replaced the battery, no luck. I just think its not for me. It really is a wonderful guitar to play, but it's just not my tone i suppose. Another thing I dislike is that when I dig in hard, I get a loud tremolo noise from the springs that takes quite a while to ring out. It's that badass...

I just picked up a MM Luke for an absolute steal. The problem is, I hate the EMG's in it. Either that, or it is the Alder body that the guitar is made of. With my Mark IV, it is just way way too bright and there is no girth. Do you think swapping to some passives would help? Or is it just...

im glad to hear that this is normal, i had suspected it was but i just wanted to make sure. and i figured out why i wasnt liking the tone. i just got a SWEET deal on an MM Luke. it has an EMG81 in the neck, and it is an alder body. super bright, and no chunk. so i plug in my gibson sg...

yes it is a little strange. also another thing that annoys me. when i am on R2 and i switch to R1, there is a huge volume increase in R1 for a split second and it pisses me off. even if R2 is on volume 1 and R1 is on 10, i still get the loud *** pop before it goes to normal volume. now is...

i bet its the amp's fault and not the cab. i find that the **** thing sounds harsh no matter what its played through. it sounds pretty decent recorded, but when i can't stand it in a live, or even a practice situation, i wonder why i dont just let it go. "come on u just gotta tweak it for 5...

lol, i was just tweaking around. i got a new MusicMan Luke and it has EMG's in it, with an alder body. its bright as hell, so i was playing around with all the settings. i dont think this amp is meant for use with EMG's, i played a recto in store with the Luke and it was massive sounding. i...

if i set the Lead bass, mid, and treble EQ all to zero, all of the gain goes away. it is like playing through the clean channel with a mild overdrive pedal on. and if i set the Lead gain higher than 8 with those EQ settings, then the amp goes completely clean, no gain at all. as soon as i...