Are you buying the Mark V Just or mainly for the IIc+?

[boogieslayer]

Are you buying the Mark V just or mainly for the IIc+?

just curious where everyone's at with their Mark V purchase.

yes ? no?

 

[Gizzorge]

First off for boogie tone, and all of the options (power settings, voicings, versatility, etc...) Just seemed like everything I could ever want in an amp!

 

[phyrexia]

Ridiculous poll If I was in the market for a Mark amp and I had $2000 to spend on a Mark V I'd probably be able to shell out the couple extra hundred bucks and buy a IIC+. I want it all, baby.

 

[primal]

Yeah, I'm kind of thinking if you got the cash for a Mark V, you pretty much have the cash for a IIC+

 

[Silverwulf]

Yeah, if all you want is just the IIC+....well, just buy a IIC+. I want everything with it, the modes, the options, the versatility, etc.

 

[boogieslayer]

i agree if you have the cash just buy a IIc+
im just curious to see who is going to buy it not necessarily just for the IIC+ but maybe mainly for it..

 

[JAZZGEAR]

Ridiculous poll If I was in the market for a Mark amp and I had $2000 to spend on a Mark V I'd probably be able to shell out the couple extra hundred bucks and buy a IIC+. I want it all, baby.

Not true.....you may want the IIC+ tone + the multitude of power scaling configurations....+ the warranty, + the option to run the IIC+ with all EL34s..

So, not so ridiculous. And if it sounds just like the IIC+ (as has been said), then unless you're a collector, then why buy an old amp, when you can have a brand spanking new one (for much less than just a couple of hundred....try less than $1K)

 

[Whoopysnorp]

Ridiculous poll If I was in the market for a Mark amp and I had $2000 to spend on a Mark V I'd probably be able to shell out the couple extra hundred bucks and buy a IIC+. I want it all, baby.

Not true.....you may want the IIC+ tone + the multitude of power scaling configurations....+ the warranty, + the option to run the IIC+ with all EL34s..

So, not so ridiculous. And if it sounds just like the IIC+ (as has been said), then unless you're a collector, then why buy an old amp, when you can have a brand spanking new one (for much less than just a couple of hundred....try less than $1K)

Well, we'll see...as far as I can tell, the only place that's been said is in the Mark V manual.

 

[mesadude]

I have a IIc & MK IV, so I don't really need to emulate (or duplicate) those sounds. I bought the Mark V because it was the latest in the line of the coolest amps in the world, and I wanted to have the best MesaBoogie has to offer in this line to date.

So far, so good. The Mark V has a lot more configuration options/possibilities going for it. I've only just begun to scratch the surface of the tones this thing is capable of producing. Fun little amp! It's akin to adding a bunch of new colors to my tonal palate.

MeZa 8)

 

[binnerscot]

Not true.....you may want the IIC+ tone + the multitude of power scaling configurations....+ the warranty, + the option to run the IIC+ with all EL34s.
So, not so ridiculous. And if it sounds just like the IIC+ (as has been said), then unless you're a collector, then why buy an old amp, when you can have a brand spanking new one (for much less than just a couple of hundred....try less than $1K)

Those are exactly my thoughts on the subject and exactly why I bought a V.

 

[lesterpaul]

I will soon have both-I do not like taking my C+'s out of the house!hopefully, the V will be the workhorse..the one that smells like smoke and *** after a gig-NOT my babies!!
there is something, however, that only time will tell me about the V-and its not about the lead channel!!( of course, my +'s are different. to what West refers to in manual...a Coli and an export tranny....)I am a huge fan of the clean channel and the voodoo of the shared controls..just hope the V gets close, or actually offers its own unique tone!cant wait to see..
..and I, too, want it all, bay-bee!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Satch12879]

Ridiculous poll If I was in the market for a Mark amp and I had $2000 to spend on a Mark V I'd probably be able to shell out the couple extra hundred bucks and buy a IIC+. I want it all, baby.

Not true.....you may want the IIC+ tone + the multitude of power scaling configurations....+ the warranty, + the option to run the IIC+ with all EL34s..

So, not so ridiculous. And if it sounds just like the IIC+ (as has been said), then unless you're a collector, then why buy an old amp, when you can have a brand spanking new one (for much less than just a couple of hundred....try less than $1K)

Well, we'll see...as far as I can tell, the only place that's been said is in the Mark V manual.

And John Petrucci...

That being said, I'm getting one probably after the new year for the following reasons:

1. The Clean channel - the Mark IV Rhythm 1 was probably the best I've played.
2. The British channel mode - I like the particular attack this kind of Marshall-y circuit gives
3. It's a brand new, modern amp - I'm through with used/vintage gear and have gotten rid of almost all of it that I've acquired.

 

[screamingdaisy]

I'm looking at it because it's Mark tone combined with all the ideas that've been developed over the Lonestar and Roadking lines.

The IIC+ part is a bonus.... considering the improvement to the feature set and the fully independent R1 and R2 I'd probably still buy it if it sounded like a Mark V and couldn't do the Mk IIC+/IV thing.