Salem Sloth
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Hi everyone!
First of all, let me apologize for the subject, it means nothing but I lack concision, and I like Boogie Marks, and Deeds of Flesh (http://tinyurl.com/gog8uql). :|
I’m just a 31 year old italian noob, my english skills are not the best ones ever, so please forgive the poorness of my vocabulary.
Well, I’m looking for some suggestions to make the right decision on which one will be my next amp. I’ve been a proud Mesa owner for the last eleven years, bought a Mark IV in 2005, then sold it to get the upgrade in 2009, when I bought the Mark V that I’ve just sold a couple days ago, in order to prevent a drop in its value before the JP-2C release, and because I was using only two modes out of nine.
I’m not going to order the JP-2C, because I cannot afford it (3800 € in the EU), and even if I could, I wouldn’t go through several months of wait. Moreover, although I think it’s a cool amp, I have a feeling that this thing is like a Quad with a non-Simul IIC+ power amp stacked in one package. IIRC, the Quad boasts the preamp sections of a IIC+ and a Mark III. The JP-2C is a IIC+ with that Shred mode, which is supposed to be like a Triaxis’ Lead 2 Red (quoting the manual: “LD 2 RED - This mode is made for shred. In fact, it might be better named LEAD 2 Shred. It is much more aggressive in the top end than its’ yellow counterpart, boasting much enhanced upper harmonics.â€), and that mode is based on a “Searing Mk III LDâ€.
At this point, you may reply something like “Thanks, Captain Obvious!â€, and I would understand it, but I was wondering... Taking a no stripe Mark III (AFAIK, those models got the infamous 105 transformer, correct me if I’m wrong) and a Studio Preamp (that I believe is basically a IIC+ preamp... or is it a Studio Caliber preamp?), could I obtain a sort of abnormal Frankenstein’s creature that will be close enough to the JP-2C, but also with Simul-Class? I have the chance to choose between a green stripe and a no stripe. As I’ve read that the green one is more of a Mark IV with the class A power amp tubes wired in pentode, my choice to achieve a more IIC+ oriented tone should be the no stripe, with a Studio Preamp in the fx loop, throwing the whole thing into my 4x12 Recto Traditional at full blast. Do you think that this can be a fine solution to get a nice IIC+/III hybrid?
Enough. Sorry for the prolongation, and thanks in advance to anyone who’ll read this till the end.
First of all, let me apologize for the subject, it means nothing but I lack concision, and I like Boogie Marks, and Deeds of Flesh (http://tinyurl.com/gog8uql). :|
I’m just a 31 year old italian noob, my english skills are not the best ones ever, so please forgive the poorness of my vocabulary.
Well, I’m looking for some suggestions to make the right decision on which one will be my next amp. I’ve been a proud Mesa owner for the last eleven years, bought a Mark IV in 2005, then sold it to get the upgrade in 2009, when I bought the Mark V that I’ve just sold a couple days ago, in order to prevent a drop in its value before the JP-2C release, and because I was using only two modes out of nine.
I’m not going to order the JP-2C, because I cannot afford it (3800 € in the EU), and even if I could, I wouldn’t go through several months of wait. Moreover, although I think it’s a cool amp, I have a feeling that this thing is like a Quad with a non-Simul IIC+ power amp stacked in one package. IIRC, the Quad boasts the preamp sections of a IIC+ and a Mark III. The JP-2C is a IIC+ with that Shred mode, which is supposed to be like a Triaxis’ Lead 2 Red (quoting the manual: “LD 2 RED - This mode is made for shred. In fact, it might be better named LEAD 2 Shred. It is much more aggressive in the top end than its’ yellow counterpart, boasting much enhanced upper harmonics.â€), and that mode is based on a “Searing Mk III LDâ€.
At this point, you may reply something like “Thanks, Captain Obvious!â€, and I would understand it, but I was wondering... Taking a no stripe Mark III (AFAIK, those models got the infamous 105 transformer, correct me if I’m wrong) and a Studio Preamp (that I believe is basically a IIC+ preamp... or is it a Studio Caliber preamp?), could I obtain a sort of abnormal Frankenstein’s creature that will be close enough to the JP-2C, but also with Simul-Class? I have the chance to choose between a green stripe and a no stripe. As I’ve read that the green one is more of a Mark IV with the class A power amp tubes wired in pentode, my choice to achieve a more IIC+ oriented tone should be the no stripe, with a Studio Preamp in the fx loop, throwing the whole thing into my 4x12 Recto Traditional at full blast. Do you think that this can be a fine solution to get a nice IIC+/III hybrid?
Enough. Sorry for the prolongation, and thanks in advance to anyone who’ll read this till the end.