Recent content by HK Expat

Thanks Dreamtheaterrules and Rectifried for your helpful insights. Maybe this is all perceptual on my part. I was sure at the time that I had a sudden loss of gain, but your comments as based on several different samplings of Mark V:25 amps is useful. The only other difference that I have...

I was experimenting with a new overdrive pedal this past weekend, that being the AnalogMan King of Tone. Had an interesting phenomena happen on the Mark V:25. At one point the gain suddenly dropped substantially on CH2. I checked all of the settings and they were OK – both channels on 10W and...

+1 to the question of "what speakers are you using". This is critical. You need to consider that everything in your signal path will shape your tone, your ability to cut through the mix, everything. Vintage 30's are great. I am using a Road King 2X12 with my Mark V:25 (V30 closed, Classic 90...

When I was gigging 5 nights a week I changed my strings at least once a week. That translates to 40 hours of playing, then change strings. That was with the typical nickel silver strings, which degrade at what we would consider to be a "normal" rate. If you want longer lasting strings, then I +1...

I'm using a 2X12 Road King cab with my Mark V:25, and it is the best sound I have experienced yet. You get the tight crunchy sound with the closed back V30 combined with the more airy Custom 90 in the open back half of the cab. I have no complaints whatsoever, and it is plenty loud.

I put a down payment on the Mark V:25 and waited for a couple of months for it to arrive here in Hong Kong. Happily it arrived and I picked it up yesterday. This is truly an amazing amp! I can't believe the range of sounds that are packed into this little box. My profession in in the field of...

Just to clarify as there are a couple of misunderstandings from a couple of the guys that replied to this post. I will hit RESET on the discussion and try to start anew and in brief. The delay unit that I was discussing in the original post is an ElectroHarmonx Deluxe Memory Boy (DMB). I bought...

I have owned the Express 5:50+ for nearly two years now and without a doubt it is the best amp overall that I have owned in the past 4+ decades. The Crunch channel is the best of its kind. I am less crazy about the Clean channel though, but when I need that sparkly Vox sound I use Channel one on...

Krek13 and royslead, you are both correct in that I should not have been using the Deluxe Memory Boy’s send and return jacks when I attempted to insert the effect into my Express 5:50+ effects loop. I did some more reading and the send and return on the DMB are indeed for inserting other effects...

Grissinerl, thanks for your reply. I know that Andy Timmons puts his two Deluxe Memory Man (DMM) into the effects loop, as he openly demonstrates his entire rig on YouTube and he states this and shows this clearly. And his tone is fantastic in my view. Other players also have success putting...

Thanks for the recent replies to this thread. Krek13, melodiusthunk, and Newysurfer - This is not due to worn out effects loops jacks on either the amp or the Deluxe Memory Boy (DMB). Neither have been used before. The cables are high end Xotic cables, and are working well in every application...

Thanks everyone for your replies thus far. What I did not mention is that the Mesa amp on which I am using the effects loop is the Express 5:50+. Jazzphan89, what is happening with my tone is that the highs and upper mids are degraded when the EHX Deluxe Memory Boy in inserted into the effects...

I have been trying to get my hands on a MarkV:25 here in Hong Kong for months now. The local music shop placed some on order a while ago, but for some reason they are being secretive about how many units they ordered and when they are expected to arrive. My best guess is that Mesa is having...

After running my EHX Memory Boy Deluxe delay pedal into my amp's input for the last year or so, I thought that I would try something different and put it in the effects loop. The Memory Boy has send and return jacks, so I used those at first. That resulted in very little signal - almost...

Len, thanks again for your suggestion, and just to update you that I did contact Rich at Mesa Boogie. Technically it is should be really quite straight forward to mod my amps from 220VAC to 110VAC power supply. The more complex question is that of international agreements made with dealers and...