I bought MARK III head!

Hi.
I just found this piece of amp for very good price. payd 850€ for it and its really good price here in finland.
Now im just waiting that i get it to my hands, which will be probably in next week so i think its perfect xmas present for me :lol:
It is green stripe mark with eq, reverb and simul-class. i think?
Heres a picture of it.

Ill put some more pics as it arrives to me.

So what should i expext from it when it arrives. i have listened nearly every clips that i can found from youtube but they are so bad sounding (95% off them) that you cant really tell what to expect.
And do you have any suggested settings for first so i can start playing asap and then start to tweak my own sounds.
I play mainly lamb of godish / meshuggahish "djent" type music but also DT'ish prog rock / heavy.
I mainly us my prestige rg 7 or AV-basses custom multiscale 8 stringer.
RG is equipped with lundgren M7's and 8 should have very similar pickups as lundgrens are but i'll upgrade them to lundgrens too.


Oh and one other question.
I doesn't come with footswitches so how should i wire it if ill do it myself.
I have like 20 3pdt switches cuz i build very much pedals.
Can i use this switches or should i buy SPST's or something else?

Thanx allready for your answers

I believe you should expect something like this:



Enjoy man. Hope it's got good tubes in it when she arrives. If not there's lots of info here on the forum.

You can download the manual at the website:
http://www.mesaboogie.com/
There are sample settings at the end.
Any latching, push on/push off switch will do for channel changing.
The Reverb/Graphic foot switch, however, is a double switch with a stereo (TRS) cable required.
Good luck!

Thanks guys.
So maybe i'll go and buy few spst (on-off) switches for that and dont use those 3dpt's for that.

SonicProvocateur said:

I believe you should expect something like this:

Enjoy man. Hope it's got good tubes in it when she arrives. If not there's lots of info here on the forum.

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LOL :lol: This is completely accurate.

Congratulations on your impending NGD! I just recently got a MIII Green stripe myself.

When you get it make sure you have plenty of free time. When I got mine I was in awe, IMO this is the best amp I have ever heard. I locked myself in the basement. Expecting to play for a little bit and lost track of about 5 hours. When I finally came upstairs a toothache couldn't wipe the smile off my face.

Having had a Dual rec I just couldn't bond with. I traded for a kustom double cross. And knew it wasn't what I wanted so I traded for the Mark and believe I have found a definite keeper. Its the first amp I have had in a long time that I just cannot wait to get home and turn on.

Hopefully when you get yours you share my sentiments. MIII's are highly underrated. IMO.

Congratulations! When I got my Mark III last summer, I knew I had found my tone. It's an AMAZING amp. The cleans are sparkling and the leads/ rhythms are so awesome. I just wish the third channel weren't an issue because it sounds awesome, too, but at least it's something that can be fixed.

As a note: After like almost 3 years of owning my amp (previous recto owner) and playing in a prog/ultra metal band, i'm just now beginning to rediscover (remember really) that first and foremost the Mesa Mark III is a rock and roll amp, and that rocking out is what it does best! I am always lost in a world of tone, and will never get rid of this amp.

Plan to add another Mark to the collection!

Thanx guys for your replies.
Today it arrived and i were sold after first note i played through it
It's just so cool and tweakable thing.
I was jamming like 2 hours with my custom 8-stringer and goddamn amp plays every note so clearly that i couldn't believe it :shock:
It's also tuned full step down, so my tuning is E-A-D-G-C-F-A-D and no problems at all. So harmonic and clear and still heavy as hell :lol:
Tomorrow we are hitting to rehearsal with whole band so lets see what do we got then :mrgreen:

Oh yes, and this is LOUD ad ****!
With master set to 2 you cant hear even talking without PA-system. One of the loudest amps that i have tried EVER.

Oh, i have previously owned Nomad 55 and formula preamp and i can really say that this one kills those 129379023-0
Those 2 don't have nothing compared to this one.
I have owned just 2 amps that i regret for solding them.
One was marshall JMP super lead 100 from 1969
and other was Egnater TOL 100 head.

But with this i dont feel so bad anymore :lol:

Get ready to invoke bandmate jealousy!

SonicProvocateur said:

Get ready to invoke bandmate jealousy!

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Did that :lol:
We were playing and i played a little with GEQ and my 8 stringed guitar, i had SOOOUU huge bottom on my sound that our bass player asked for me that where do i need him anymore :lol:
This is just so cool amp, im really loving it.