Mark Morton officially making the switch to the Royal

I found this recently on his twitter account:

"MarkDuaneMorton Mark Morton:
Royal Atlantic. crushes all. i'm switching. (real talk)"

And in reference to the RA versus the Mark IV/V:
"its different....not as versatile, but for metal riffing....its better.....more modern...heavier bottom end...it rules."

I dig the RA, but I recently got the Mark V and I don't see it going anywhere. I may convince the other guitarist in my band to get an RA, that way I can play on both. It has to be a sick head for Mark to make the switch. Just sayin'

Yup. He is using a Green Rhino OD for his leads as well.

Interesting...

Doesn't surprise me. Dude on rig talk described the RA as having a TON of useable, controlled gain and a low end somewhere between the Mark and Recto, but with a character all it's own. I really need to check one out soon.

LOG is badass but they do generate the daffy duck nasal tone on the lead lines/riffing that the mark series is known for (just heard it on an old DT song on XM). i wonder if it's as tight as the mark series, those amps (I've owned III + IV) are tight as hell for fast riffing.

I should have tried out the RA fully at NAMM this year...

too bad used ones are hard to find...

Not as tight as a Mark ... but tighter than a DR....

LOG manages to make Mark IV's and V's sound like garbage. Wonder if they'll do the same to the RA?

danyeo1 said:

LOG manages to make Mark IV's and V's sound like garbage. Wonder if they'll do the same to the RA?

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they really have that daffy duck nasal sound going with the single note leads.

rhythms are sick, no question (omerta!)

i had a love/hate relationship with the mark iv. spent too much time tweaking and not playing, bottom line...

I have more of a Pepe Le Pew lead sound ... but definitively rhythm is Yosemite Sam. I play a far amount of funk so Road Runner and Marvin the Martian type clean stuff...