So today I had the privilege of being able to play a Friedman Pink Taco and the Mark V25.
I had an appointment at one of the local boutique shops to try out the Mark V25. And my buddy owns a pink taco. Wanted a light weight gig ready amp and had narrowed it down to these two.
Spent the morning at the house with the pink taco. This is a KILLER amp. Modified Marshall tone for days. Really enjoyed it. One trick pony, but does that trick exceptionally well.
Then headed out to the store to try out the Mark V25. My expectations were that it would be VERY good.
It blew me away. First we went through the clean channel. Chimey cleans for days. Reverb sounded incredible. Not sure how if it is enough headroom with a hard hitting drummer, but it will be close. If not that isn't a deal breaker for me anyway.
Next played the crunch channel.
^%$#!!!
Could not believe how Brit it sounded. This channel easily handles all the old school classic rock I would play.
When we went to the second channel I though all three settings sounded simply awesome. And it was so loud. Could easily hang with even the hardest hitting drummers.
When stacked up head to head against the Pink Taco...
Features
Mark V25 -
two channels
three modes per channel
built in EQ
headphone out
cab sim out
Open and closed back sim.
built in dummy load
footswitchable channels
footswitchable eq
Switchable 25 watts or 10 watts
effects loop
Pink Taco
Effects loop
Clean Channel
Mark V25
Beautiful clean channel with clean and fat cleans along with a crunch
Pink Taco
No clean
Drive
Both amp drive channels sound amazing. I will give a slight edge to the mark V because it is slightly fatter with the EQ engaged, however the pink taco drive is NO JOKE!
So easy to carry and sounds so amazing with the recto slant cab.
In the end I put money down on a new Mark V25. Put it on layaway. Will be picking it up in a month. I am SO impressed with this amp this will be a long month.
Can not wait to pick it up!
I had an appointment at one of the local boutique shops to try out the Mark V25. And my buddy owns a pink taco. Wanted a light weight gig ready amp and had narrowed it down to these two.
Spent the morning at the house with the pink taco. This is a KILLER amp. Modified Marshall tone for days. Really enjoyed it. One trick pony, but does that trick exceptionally well.
Then headed out to the store to try out the Mark V25. My expectations were that it would be VERY good.
It blew me away. First we went through the clean channel. Chimey cleans for days. Reverb sounded incredible. Not sure how if it is enough headroom with a hard hitting drummer, but it will be close. If not that isn't a deal breaker for me anyway.
Next played the crunch channel.
^%$#!!!
Could not believe how Brit it sounded. This channel easily handles all the old school classic rock I would play.
When we went to the second channel I though all three settings sounded simply awesome. And it was so loud. Could easily hang with even the hardest hitting drummers.
When stacked up head to head against the Pink Taco...
Features
Mark V25 -
two channels
three modes per channel
built in EQ
headphone out
cab sim out
Open and closed back sim.
built in dummy load
footswitchable channels
footswitchable eq
Switchable 25 watts or 10 watts
effects loop
Pink Taco
Effects loop
Clean Channel
Mark V25
Beautiful clean channel with clean and fat cleans along with a crunch
Pink Taco
No clean
Drive
Both amp drive channels sound amazing. I will give a slight edge to the mark V because it is slightly fatter with the EQ engaged, however the pink taco drive is NO JOKE!
So easy to carry and sounds so amazing with the recto slant cab.
In the end I put money down on a new Mark V25. Put it on layaway. Will be picking it up in a month. I am SO impressed with this amp this will be a long month.
Can not wait to pick it up!
